Update
Snow
Last night I was to introduce Jim Daley (Marine Sgt in Vietnam , Purple
Heart, Bronze Star, retired Army BG) who is running for the Wisconsin Supreme
Court in April. We were getting three inches of snow. Three inches? No big deal,
I thought, before I hit the 5MPH traffic. I was 40 minutes late, just in time to
apologize to him. "No excuse, Sir!" ~Bob
Here today, up
tomorrow: Why gas prices may be on the rise
Excerpt: "The industry is the best in the world at
cutting costs when they have to reduce spending. What's happening is we're
shutting down drilling rigs," Hofmeister said. "Not completing the
wells that have just been drilled. And we're going to eat off the surplus oil
out there probably by mid-year." (This would be the result the Saudis are
pushing for by keeping production high. I filled up at $1.89 last week, now
$2.09. ~Bob)
General News and Comment
Snipe. By Andy
Weddington
Excerpt: America 's national security
strategy (and foreign policy) is, to the say the least, bewildering.
Explainable it may be but it's not comprehensible, to the sane mind.
Scott Walker works to
harness national donor network for White House run
Excerpt: It was not yet 8 a.m. on a recent Sunday morning,
but a crowd of heavyweight GOP donors already was gathered on the back patio of
Carl and Jimmy Westcott’s desert home, nestled at the base of a mountain in an
exclusive community in Indian Wells., Calif. The early morning attraction:
Scott Walker, who stood before a rolling golf course and laid out why his
tenure as governor of Wisconsin shows he has the right qualities to be the next
president of the United States. The eager reception for Walker — who picked up
a $100,000 check on the spot from one attendee — was repeated as he hopscotched
across the country last week in the first fundraising tour for his new political committee.
The Vanilla
Candidate: Unlike the rest of the current field, Scott Walker
can boast support from both wings of the GOP. By Jonah Goldberg
Excerpt: The big deal is the vanilla factor (which sounds
like a terribly boring spy novel). According to the Register story
that accompanied the poll, 51 percent of caucus-goers want an
“anti-establishment candidate without a lot of ties to Washington or Wall Street
who would change the way things are done and challenge conventional thinking.”
Meanwhile, 43 percent prefer a more establishment figure “with executive
experience who understands business and how to execute ideas.” Walker is in the golden
spot.
In Detroit , Jeb Bush
Prescribes Principles for American Prosperity, ‘Whole Lot
of New Conservatives.’ By Ken McIntyre
Excerpt: Jeb Bush, in a speech in economically distressed Detroit aimed at linking
conservatism to the realization of Americans’ aspirations, called today for
reforms that he said would reverse “the failures of liberal government.” “Let’s
embrace reform everywhere, especially in our government,” the former Florida governor said
in a
luncheon speech to the Club designed to begin to lay out themes
of a campaign for next year’s Republican nomination for president. “Let’s start
with the simple principle of who holds the power,” Bush said, according to
excerpts of remarks as prepared for delivery. “I say give Washington less and give states and local
governments more.”
20 Percent of Children Are on Food Stamps. Here’s How to
Change That. By Alexandra
Gourdikian
Excerpt: According to a Census
Bureau report released last week, 20 percent of American children
received food stamps last year. More than half these children, approximately 8.6
million, reside in a single-parent household. This report is a stunning
reminder of the vital role marriage plays in combating child poverty and the
expansion of welfare rolls. Children in single-parent homes are about six
times as likely to be poor than their peers in married-parent
households.
Excerpt: In his recent trip to India ,
President Obama repeated a long-standing pattern of his -- denigrating the United States
to foreign audiences. He said that he had been discriminated against because of
his skin color in America ,
a country in which there is, even now, "terrible poverty." Make no
mistake about it, there is no society of human beings in which there are no
rotten people. But for a President of the United
States to be smearing America in a foreign country, whose
track record is far worse, is both irresponsible and immature. ... Far from
benefitting ghetto blacks, the vision presented by the Obama administration,
and the policies growing out of that vision, have a track record of
counterproductive results on both sides of the Atlantic -- that is, among
low-income whites in England as well as low-income blacks in the United States.
NBC reporter lied? I'm shocked! Brian Williams and
his misremembered helicopter crash. By Jonn Lilyea
Excerpt: I guess Brian Williams has been telling a story for
years about the time his helicopter was shot down in Iraq . According to Stars
& Stripes, he told that little tale one too many times last Friday...
WaPo Fact Checker: The
missing context behind the widely cited statistic that there are 22 veteran
suicides a day. By Michelle Ye Hee
Lee
Excerpt: They cautioned against the use of the
22-deaths figure more than once in the study: “It is recommended that the
estimated number of veterans be interpreted with caution due to the use of data
from a sample of states and existing evidence of uncertainty in veteran
identifiers on U.S.
death certificates.” To account for uncertainties, researchers gave a range of
18 to 22 veteran suicides a day, which is consistent with previous VA estimates using CDC data. The
report does not include some states with the largest veteran population
(including California , Texas ,
Georgia , Arizona
and North Carolina ),
so it is unclear how this would affect the rate. (There has been a bogus claim
around for years that three times as many Vietnam vets have died from suicide
as in the war. Used to prove how evil America drove the vets crazy. ~Bob)
Excerpt: Finally, Gallup has
pointed out that this is highly misleading. Reports will show the
unemployment rate is at 5.6 percent, but it’s hardly worth celebrating about
once it’s all broken down: If you, a family member or anyone is unemployed and
has subsequently given up on finding a job -- if you are so hopelessly out of
work that you've stopped looking over the past four weeks -- the Department of
Labor doesn't count you as unemployed. That's right. While you are as
unemployed as one can possibly be, and tragically may never find work again,
you are not counted in the figure we see relentlessly in the news -- currently
5.6%. (Gallop better be careful. If they start spreading the truth, the media
will stop covering them. ~Bob)
The Vanderbilt Rape
Case. Dr. Carol Swain
Snellville barber
offers 'old man' haircuts for misbehaving kids
Excerpt: Have a kid who is acting out and out of control?
Three days a week, a Snellville barbershop offers a free haircut called the
"Benjamin Button Special," that'll make your misbehaving child
resemble a senior citizen. A picture of the cut was posted to Instagram by
Russell Fredrick, who owns A-1 Kutz in Snellville and goes by the name Master
Barber Rusty Fred on the social site.
ODOT Qualifies
Vendors To Help Build, Manage Oregon’s Road Usage Charge Program
Excerpt: “Our vision
is to create a reliable, easy-to-use, low cost, enforceable, and publicly
acceptable ‘open’ system,” said Jim Whitty, Manager of ODOT’s Office of
Innovative Partnerships and Alternative Funding. “A charge based on measured
road use preserves fairness and accountability in supporting the state’s system
of roads and highways.” (Can you say, "Track your location"? --JB)
Interesting: John Judis: About That Inevitable,
Permanent Majority for the Democrats
Excerpt: A few days ago, John Judis, the co-author of the
book on every liberal's bookshelf, The
Emerging Democratic Majority, took to the pages of National Journal to
write an article called The
Emerging Republican Advantage. ... According to a Democracy Corps study,
white working-class voters overwhelmingly agree—by 12 percentage points more
than the average voter—with the statement: "When something is run by the
government, it is usually inefficient and wasteful." For their part,
middle-class voters have long been mistrustful of government. In a 2010 study
based on the extensive General Social Survey conducted semiannually by the
National Opinion Research Center, political sociologists Leslie McCall and Jeff
Manza found that those with college but not postgrad degrees exhibited more
marked opposition than any other educational grouping to government spending,
and to policies that promised to redistribute income from the rich to the poor.
So, who does Judis think can win consistently for Republicans. No surprise:
RINOs.
Gun News
Quote from The Patriot Post
"No free government was ever founded or ever preserved
its liberty, without uniting the characters of the citizen and soldier in those
destined for the defense of the state.... Such are a well regulated militia,
composed of the freeholders, citizen and husbandman, who take up arms to
preserve their property, as individuals, and their rights as freemen."
--Josiah Quincy Jr., Thoughts on Standing Armies, 1774
http://patriotoutdoornews.com/12930/wyoming-moves-ban-criminal-empowerment-areas-aka-gun-free-zones
Excerpt: Common sense is poised for another big win as in Wyoming , a sensible
thinking state rep by the name of Allen Jaggi introduced House Bill 114. A bill
which passed the Wyoming House of Representatives without any watering down
amendments by an overwhelming vote of 42-17. What does HB 114 do? It outlaws
the state of Wyoming
from enforcing the fatal fallacy of Gun Free Zones. From the bill itself:
Columbine Survivor Pushes for Guns in Schools. By Michael Schaus
http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/michaelschaus/2015/02/04/columbine-shooting-survivor-pushes-for-concealed-carry-on-school-property-n1952537?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=
http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/michaelschaus/2015/02/04/columbine-shooting-survivor-pushes-for-concealed-carry-on-school-property-n1952537?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=
Excerpt: A survivor from the 1999 Columbine school
shooting is now pushing for relaxed carry restrictions on public school
property. Colorado State Representative Patrick Neville, who saw the carnage of
the Columbine massacre first hand, is introducing legislation that would eliminate
the “gun free zone” among the state’s schools.
Obamacare/Government Healthcare News
9 Times The White House Declined To Endorse A Vaccination
Mandate. By Conn Carroll
Excerpt: The White House press corps repeatedly tried to get
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest to endorse a vaccination mandate
Tuesday, but Earnest rejected such invitations every time. We counted nine
different denials. (Christie: "I also understand that parents need to have some measure of choice in things as
well." Media beats him up. Obama spokes person Josh : Earnest "...the
president believed 'that these kinds of
decisions are decisions that should be made by parents...”' Media loves him.
~Bob)
Why Obama’s Budget
Cuts $50 Million From National Vaccine Program
Excerpt: President Obama has proposed a $50-million cut to a
federal immunization program, citing diminished need for government-funded
vaccinations thanks to the Affordable Care Act. The funding reduction, included in
Obama's 2016 budget
blueprint released Monday, comes amid a measles outbreak
nationwide and growing debate over vaccinations.
Excerpt: We can run down the long list of powerful
politicians and influential celebrities who have uttered dumb thoughts about
vaccines in America .
Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John McCain have flirted with autism-vaccine wackiness,
so this isn’t an inherently partisan issue. And when you consider Hollywood ’s roster of
vocal anti-vaxxers, a few names quickly jump
to mind: Jenny McCarthy, Jim Carrey, Charlie Sheen, Bill Maher, Billy
Corgan, Mayim Bialik, Alicia Silverstone. McCarthy and Carrey have been hated on
plenty for their part in this, and deservedly so. So why should Oprah Winfrey
get a pass?
Worth Reading
Excerpt: Albert Dwoskin and his wife, Claire, have been
heavy hitters in Democratic politics for decades, boasting fundraisers with
access to top Democratic leaders—even the Clintons. Bill Clinton has
spoken at their mansion in McLean ,
Virginia Clinton ’s campaign in
waiting—in 2013. That’s on top of the thousands of dollars both Clintons have received from the pair since the 1990s.
But it’s Albert and Claire Dwoskin’s other hobby that is under scrutiny now.
The Dwoskins fund a multimillion-dollar family foundation that has
publicly tied the use of vaccines to a rise in autism, and is
dedicated to addressing “gaps in the knowledge about the biological and genetic
risk factors for vaccine induced brain and immune dysfunction.”
The Doctor Will See
You in 18.2 Weeks. By Kenneth Artz
Excerpt: A report by a Canadian think tank documents long
waits for necessary medical care in Canada 's government-run,
single-payer health care system. Canada ’s
single-payer health care system is frequently touted as a model for the United States
to follow. According to the report by Bacchus Barua and Frazier Fathers of the
Fraser Institute, Canadians wait for necessary medical treatments an average of
18.2 weeks between referral from a general practitioner and the time the
patient receives treatment from a specialist. The authors found the average
wait time is 96 percent longer than in 1993, when it was just 9.3 weeks.
(Coming soon, to an Affordable Care Act plan near you. ~Bob)
Religion of Peace News
Important: Jordanian king vows 'relentless' war on
Islamic State's own ground. By Suleiman Al-Khalidi
Excerpt: Jordan
hanged two Iraqi jihadists, one a woman, on Wednesday and vowed to intensify
military action against Islamic State. ... Government spokesman Mohammad
al-Momani said on Wednesday: "We are talking about a collaborative effort
between coalition members to intensify efforts to stop extremism and terrorism
to undermine, degrade and eventually finish Daesh." Daesh is used as a
derogatory Arabic term for Islamic State. (No doubt the liberal media and
pundits will be deep in hand wringing over this. The fact is that if you are
fighting for your life against thugs and savages (ISIS
does not rise to the level of barbarians), and you fight according to Marquis of
Queensbury Rules, they will eat your liver for lunch. ~Bob. I'm going to go out
on a limb here and bet that nowhere in the Quran or anywhere else is it
recommended that you burn to death a prisoner of war. Not that anyone in this
gang of truly savage barbarians has the least concern with details like that,
they are all the way into the blackest kind of evil, and reveling in it. Maybe
they will somehow manage to finally get through to everyone in civilized
societies as to what they really are, and why it's absolutely necessary to
loose total Hell on them. I think the Jordanians will be very serious about
this now, and perhaps some other Muslim nations and preachers will take the
lesson and declare these monsters to be targets for annihilation. Maybe some of
those Western intellectuals who have been holding back from being too
"judgmental" will decide they've reached a limit on their tolerance.
Who knows, it might even get Mr. Obama, Mr. Kerry, and Mrs. Clinton to forget
about trying to empathize with them. --Del )
Panel: Unlike Obama, Jordan
Excerpt: The execution of two Iraqi jihadists by Jordan as
punishment and revenge for the Islamic State (ISIS) burning alive a 26-year-old
Jordanian pilot captured by the terror group shows how seriously King Abdullah
takes the threat, a far cry from the lackluster response shown by President
Barack Obama, according to Texas Rep. Kevin Brady and retired military
commanders Paul Vallely and Derek Harvey. (Maybe an example Obama can learn
from? OK, just kidding, I only wish Mr. Obama could look at the actions of
others who stand up straight and learn from them, but that is not something
that has ever or will ever happen. He knows he's the cool guy, the one who has
it all under control, and that all those supporters who look at him as a
near-messiah are smart people, so why would he ever consider looking at anyone
else for lessons in leadership? The good news is that this latest level of
barbarism, forbidden expressly in the holy books of Islam, makes it very
difficult for any Muslims to look at the ISIS
guys as the true followers of the Prophet. This does mean fewer supporters
rushing to join them, more imams condemning them, less money being sent to
them, and maybe even some Arabs really getting serious about helping with their
extermination. --Del )
After ISIS execution,
angry King Abdullah quotes Clint Eastwood to U.S.
Excerpt: Members of the House Armed Services Committee met
with Jordan 's King Abdullah
Tuesday not long after news broke that ISIS
had burned to death a Jordanian pilot captured in the fight against the
terrorist group. In a private session with lawmakers, the king showed an
extraordinary measure of anger — anger which he expressed by citing American
movie icon Clint Eastwood. "He said there is going to be retribution like
ISIS hasn't seen," said Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter Jr., a Marine Corps
veteran of two tours in Iraq
and one in Afghanistan ,
who was in the meeting with the king. "He mentioned 'Unforgiven' and he
mentioned Clint Eastwood, and he actually quoted a part of the movie."
New Nasheed from
Islamic State's Ajnad Media: "Soon, soon." By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
Excerpt: Both the threatening lyrics and sound effects of
this nasheed produce a terrifying effect, perfectly in keeping with the terror
tactic employed in the latest video of the burning alive of the Jordanian pilot
(for analysis, see this great piece by my colleague and friend Shiraz
Maher): "Soon, soon, you will see the wondrous sight, A fierce
conflict. And you will see, There will be battles in the heart of your abode.
To destroy you, my sword has been sharpened. We have marched by night, to cut
and slaughter, By the knife of revenge is a road for whoever is suitable, With
the specters of night and the young men of terror, And an explosion of woe,
that he may be defeated. You have begun to fight me with the ally of shelter,
So taste my curse when it has fired up. You will remain for a while, and you
will suffer in my war. (I'm in the phone book, Ajnad. ~Bob)
Worth Reading
http://freedomforce.com/1417/obama-defends-islam-remarks-jordanian-pilot-burned-alive-islamic-state/
Excerpt: The operative speaketh. Whatever ideology they
are operating under is “bankrupt.” Whatever ideology? That’s his default
narrative in the wake of jihadi attacks. Scrubbing, whitewashing
and sanitizing Islam. As for “bankrupt,” the Islamic State is
the richest Islamic terrorist group in the world. And their daily oil revenues
are in the millions. The Islamic State was quoting
Quran chapter and verse, and that’s all Obama can come up with?
“Whatever ideology.” He
is evil. He didn’t want to talk about the pilot
being set afire. (As Voltaire said, “If we believe absurdities, we will
commit atrocities.” ~Bob)
'Whatever Ideology'?
From The Patriot Post
Barack Obama refuses to acknowledge that basic tenets of
Islam are the ideological foundation of the Islamic State and its
army of terrorists. That ideology
is metastasizing throughout the Middle East .
Obama’s premature withdrawal of our forces from Iraq prior to his 2012
re-election – so he could claim “I
ended the war” – left a vacuum filled by ISIL, which has now largely
negated all the blood and treasure we expended to establish democracy in Iraq.
Yesterday, as King Abdullah II of
Jordan ,
one or our most dependable allies in the region, met with Obama, ISIL released
a professionally edited video of caged Jordanian pilot, Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh,
being burned alive. According to Obama, “It’s just one more indication of the
viciousness and barbarity of this organization. … It also indicates the degree
to which whatever ideology they are operating off of, it’s bankrupt.” Memo
to Obama: The “organization” has a name – it’s “The Islamic State,” and the
“ideology they’re operating off of” is radical Islam. And the most prized
target in their sites would be Americans – on American soil.
Muslim outrage grows
against Islamic State but questions linger over next steps in fight
Excerpt: “This killing really strikes at home for audiences
across the region. Most of the people executed by [the Islamic State] have been
foreigners, but this time it was an Arab-Muslim man,” said Labib Kamhawi, a
political analyst based in the Jordanian capital, Amman . “That has had a bigger impact on
people.” So beheading foreigners is not so bad? Actually, the vast majority of those
killed in Allah-murders by ISIS have been
Muslims. ~Bob)
Islamic State
Justification for Burning Alive the Jordanian Pilot: Translation and Analysis.
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
Excerpt: Below I have translated the document circulated by
the Islamic State's al-Eftaa wa al-Buhuth committee on the subject of the burning
alive of the Jordanian pilot. This committee is responsible for providing
Islamic textual justifications for various decrees on the acceptability of
certain acts. This latest example is perhaps the most notorious. It is
important that these documents be brought to light because as the corpus of
Islamic texts- whether verses of Qur'an, the ahadith and acts from early
Islamic history- is so vast, the Islamic State will likely find some reference
that can justify its actions and make its supporters and members feel more sure
of themselves. My friend Hassan Hassan has already noted this problem, and it
presents a significant challenge to those who wish to counter the Islamic State
on interpretation and counter-interpretation grounds.
Jordanian pilot's father:
'Annihilate' ISIS
Excerpts: The family of a Jordanian fighter pilot
mercilessly killed by ISIS is calling for
total revenge. Lt. Moath al-Kasasbeh, 27, was burned alive while confined
in a cage. In response, Jordan executed two prisoners -- Sajida al-Rishawi, a would-be suicide bomber whose release
ISIS had previously demanded as part of a prisoner exchange, and Ziad Karbouli,
a former top aide to the deceased leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab
al-Zarqawi. The pilot's father is demanding his country do more.
Excerpt: Tuesday’s State of the Union speech was yet
another glaring reminder of just how out of touch our president seems to be
with reality and the true threat of radical Islam on the West. Our son Aaron
was a U.S. Navy SEAL. He’d seen the enemy our president refuses to acknowledge
face-to-face. His heart had been seared by the blackness of those who exist
solely to discharge the terror of Jihad not only on America , but the entire globe.
After returning from a deployment in 2010, he uttered hauntingly clear words to
his father, “Dad, they hate us, but they fear us. Brute, lethal force
is all they respect.” In August 2011 Aaron drew his last breath
shoving the full weight of his brute, lethal force down the throats of those
terrorists. He died a hero. In return for that courage, ultimate sacrifice, and
willed determination to defeat evil at any cost, he was made a promise—that his
actions would mean something. (They have spelled it out beautifully, clearly,
concisely. I recommend you read and pass on, even to friends who may not be
conservative. Their reasoning is so solid that maybe people will find it hard
to ignore. --Del.
"Oderint, dum metuant" - Seneca. [Let them hate, so long as they
fear.] ~Bob)
http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2015/02/france_assists_chadian_forces.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LongWarJournalSiteWide+%28The+Long+War+Journal+%28Site-Wide%29%29
Excerpt: Hundreds of suspected Boko Haram fighters have been killed since January 31 as Chadian forces, backed by Nigerian and French aircraft, overran the jihadist group's strongholds in northern Nigeria. The latest outbreak of fighting occurred after members of Boko Haram ambushed Chadian forces who had been staging in nearbyCameroon .
The Chadian military has liberated the Nigerian towns of Baga, Dikwa, Malam
Fatori, Damasak, Ngala and parts of Bama in the past four days, according to a
spokesman for a Nigerian militia group and reported by Bloomberg.
Excerpt: Hundreds of suspected Boko Haram fighters have been killed since January 31 as Chadian forces, backed by Nigerian and French aircraft, overran the jihadist group's strongholds in northern Nigeria. The latest outbreak of fighting occurred after members of Boko Haram ambushed Chadian forces who had been staging in nearby
Using troops and
planes, 3 African nations battle Boko Haram
Excerpt: Three militaries, using ground troops and
warplanes, fought Boko Haram on at least two fronts Wednesday with hundreds of
the Islamic fighters reported dead as the conflict took on a growing
international perspective.
Excerpt: The director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
(DIA), Lieutenant General Vincent R. Stewart, warned during congressional testimony yesterday that
the "security challenges" the US faces are "more diverse and
complex than those we have experienced in our lifetimes." Stewart
delivered his remarks to the House Armed Services Committee during a hearing
devoted to assessing worldwide threats. While Stewart addressed diverse
national security issues, much of his written testimony was focused on what was
once called the global war on terror. (And those challenges start with the
multiculturalist fantasy living at 1600
Pennsylvania Avenue . ~Bob)
Excerpt: The US military targeted the chief of Shabaab's
external operations and intelligence branch in a drone strike that took place
in Somalia
last weekend. The US
has not confirmed the death of the jihadist leader. Shabaab is al Qaeda's
official branch in Somalia
and East Africa . The drone strike, which
targeted Yusuf Dheeq, was announced earlier today during a press briefing by Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John
Kirby.
The Real Islam: Gaza
Excerpt: Hamas and other Gaza-based terrorist organizations
are intensifying efforts to rebuild military capabilities damaged during last
summer's war with Israel ,
the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism
Information Center
The big flip: U.S.-backed fighters switch to ISIS
http://www.wnd.com/2015/02/u-s-backed-syrian-group-joins-islamist-fighters/
http://www.wnd.com/2015/02/u-s-backed-syrian-group-joins-islamist-fighters/
Excerpt: Before it even begins, the U.S. training and
equipping of Syrian opposition forces to fight the Sunni army ISIS appears to
have become more difficult with the decision by a U.S.-backed Syrian rebel
group to join an Islamist coalition closely associated with ISIS and the
al-Qaida-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra Front. The Hazzm Movement, associated with
the Free Syrian Army, is a secular Syrian insurgent group backed by the U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency. It was one of the last of the non-jihadist
opposition groups fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in northern Syria . (Dear
Mr. President. THERE ARE NO GOOD GUYS IN SYRIA ! You might want to write that
down. ~Bob)
ISIS win: United Arab
Emirates , Key U.S.
Ally in ISIS Effort, Disengaged in December
Excerpt: The United Arab
Emirates, a crucial Arab ally in the American-led coalition against the
Islamic State, suspended airstrikes against the Sunni extremist group in
December, citing fears for its pilots’ safety after a Jordanian pilot was
captured and who the extremists said had been burned to death, United States officials said
Tuesday. The United Arab Emirates
are demanding that the Pentagon improve its search-and-rescue efforts,
including the use of V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, in northern Iraq , closer to the battleground, instead of
basing the missions in Kuwait ,
administration officials said. The country’s pilots will not rejoin the fight
until the Ospreys, which take off and land like helicopters but fly like
planes, are put in place in northern Iraq .
Excerpt: Tourists inquiring as to whether the city is safe
in all areas are often told that they will remain unmolested if they stay
within the Périphérique, the 20-mile-long ring road that encircles the city.
Broadly speaking, they will be, for it is outside this barrier that almost all
of Paris ’s
darknesses lie; out there, in les banlieues, where many fear to
tread. ... In consequence, a Parisian who brings up the topic almost certainly
means to talk not about the royal grandeur at Versailles, but about the
crime-ridden, immigrant-heavy, and disproportionately Muslim purlieus of lore,
in which unemployment has reached dangerous levels, assimilation is a pipe
dream, and the government’s good-faith attempts to provide housing and welfare
services have yielded a panoply of unintended — and often deleterious —
consequences. “I am glad you are going there and not me,” a friend told me the
night before. “That area is a disaster.”
Obama plans to meet
with “American Muslim leaders” at the White House today and the Press is
barred.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/02/04/obama-to-host-american-muslims-at-the-white-house-closed-to-the-press/
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/02/04/obama-to-host-american-muslims-at-the-white-house-closed-to-the-press/
Excerpt: President Obama plans to meet with American Muslim
leaders at the White House, the day after a video of a Jordanian pilot being
burned alive was released by Islamic State terrorists. The meeting will take
place later this afternoon, according to the White House, but it will be closed
to the press according to the schedule. Photographers will also be blocked from
the event.
The Iranian dream of
a reborn Persian Empire . By Ralph Peters
Excerpt: The sight of vast graves opening and the undead
clawing out should unnerve us all. But we haven’t even noticed. As more blood
flows than any horror film offers, it’s brought the hope of eternal life to
bygone empires we all thought dead and buried — and good riddance. Blinded by
the flash of headline events, we fail to see the strategic arcs of our era: the
agonized collapse of Europe’s empires — climaxing in the Soviet
Union ’s demise — and now, amid the chaos and fanaticism, the
belief on the part of once-mighty powers that they can rebuild fallen empires.
(Just more good news from the world of today. I really wish I could tolerate
alcohol, I'd like to knock down enough rum and coke so that I would forget all
this or just stop caring about it. --Del. Might spoil your aim...~Bob)
Excerpt: Kenji Goto, a fellow journalist, died Saturday. Another
innocent man beheaded by those among my co-religionists who wish to rule the
world and to annihilate all non-Muslims. This in order to pave the way for an
end-of-times apocalypse. Many Muslim heads hung in shame as Goto's head rolled
into a barren desert ditch, while western politicians and media refused to call
the Islamic State jihad what it is - a jihad. Similarly, the now-familiar
masked man who kills for the camera and who beheaded Goto, was referred to by
most media not as a "jihadi terrorist of the Islamic State" (which is
who and what he is), but rather as "a militant with a British accent".
Major General Paul E.
Vallely, US Army (Ret) on Benghazi
Excellent short interview with General Vallely about Benghazi and the recent
developments. The shoes keep dropping, and at some point I hope this will get
to where the media can not long dismiss and ignore it, and the American public
will finally get all the information about the huge network of culpable errors
and damnable lies the Administration put out there. --Del
*****
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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