Update
About 50 degrees today, snow gone. Slammed with email as you
can see from this post. ~Bob
General News and Comment
Interesting: One pilot locked out of cockpit as plane
descended!
Excerpt: As officials struggled Wednesday to
explain why a jet with 150 people on board crashed in relatively clear skies, an
investigator said evidence from a cockpit voice recorder indicated one pilot
left the cockpit before the plane’s descent and was unable to get back in. A
senior military official involved in the investigation described “very smooth,
very cool” conversation between the pilots during the early part of the flight
from Barcelona
to Düsseldorf. Then the audio indicated that one of the pilots left the cockpit
and could not re-enter. “The guy outside is knocking lightly on the door and
there is no answer,” the investigator said. “And then he hits the door stronger
and no answer. There is never an answer.” He said, “You can hear he is trying
to smash the door down.” (If the names of the pilots are ever disclosed, we may
have a clue. --Don Hank)
No Pressure? Bergdahl to be charged with desertion,
official says
Excerpt: Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was taken captive by
the Taliban after abandoning his post in Afghanistan
and later freed in exchange for five Guantanamo
detainees, will be charged with desertion, a senior U.S. official told Fox News.
The development comes nearly one
year after his May 2014 release -- which initially was a joyous occasion, with
his family joining President Obama in celebrating the news in the Rose Garden.
But that gave way to controversy in Washington
as Bergdahl was accused of putting his fellow soldiers in danger by abandoning
his post five years earlier. The trade of five hardened Taliban fighters for
his freedom raised deep concerns on Capitol Hill that the administration struck
an unbalanced deal. (Some Army leaders have guts--Obama gets even. I'll bet the
pressure is on from the White House to make this go away. Released top
terrorists for a deserter. The Obots will be saying this is "old
news," unlike the Crusades, of course. ~Bob. At
long, long last the Army's wheels have finally ground out a decision on this
situation. From my point of view, it seemed pretty predictable, as long as
Powers From Above (you know who I mean) didn't decide to interfere. Now the
only question is how long his lawyers can drag out the move from the hearing,
which should go forward quickly, to the court martial. And then how long they
can drag that out. It took the Army over four years to get through a trial for
Nidal Hasan, in a crime so manifestly obvious as to be ridiculous, with a
perpetrator who proudly claimed he did it nonstop. How long can they take to
try Bergdahl, when the crime is nowhere near as obvious from a legalistic point
of view? I shudder to think. And here's a best guess for the final result- guilty of at
least something, suspended sentence, a BCD, and forfeiture of all pay. Kick the
guy out and close the case, let him go try to salvage some kind of life for
himself. Given how flaky he's been, he could end up homeless on the street
someplace. --Del. Or go Jihad. ~Bob)
Surprise! Official: At least 3 members of 'Taliban 5'
tried to reconnect with terror networks
Excerpt: At least three of the five Taliban leaders traded
last year for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl have tried to plug back into their old terror
networks, a government official familiar with the intelligence told Fox News,
describing it as an attempt to "re-engage." The new allegations come
as Bergdahl now faces desertion charges, and as the one-year deal governing the
former Guantanamo detainees' supervised release in the Gulf nation of Qatar is
set to expire -- at the end of May.
Important: Homeland Security watchdog faults visa
official for helping (Democrat) insiders
Excerpt: The No. 2 official at the Homeland Security
Department intervened several times in projects with connections to insiders,
including Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe
and a brother of Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to a report issued by
the department's watchdog Tuesday. Alejandro Mayorkas, while head of the U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services, created an "appearance of
favoritism" in a program that offers visas to wealthy foreigners willing
to invest in American companies, the report says, though it stops short of
saying Mayorkas was guilty of wrongdoing. ... The projects included McAuliffe's
electric car company, GreenTech Automotive; a series of films by Sony Pictures;
and a luxury hotel and casino in Las
Vegas . (Back
in July 2013, I wrote, “wonder if the investigation will be resolved before
November of this year.” Hey, it only took 20 months, a year and a half into
McAuliffe’s term as governor. -- Jim Geraghty, Morning Jolt)
Friendly Reminder: There Was No Inspector General At State
When Hillary Was There. By Matt Vespa
Excerpt: For five years, including all of Clinton ’s time as secretary, the State
Department’s Office of Inspector General never had a confirmed inspector.
Instead, it was lead by acting inspector Harold W. Geisel, a former ambassador
who was accused of being too cozy to agency leadership by transparency groups
like the Project on Government Oversight. Throughout the first half of
President Obama’s first term, the absence of a State Department Inspector
General while internal scandals and Benghazi
rocked the department drew bipartisan criticism.
‘Did we survive?’ NY
Times leaks info on unreleased Hillary Benghazi emails
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2015/03/23/did-we-survive-ny-times-leaks-info-on-unreleased-hillary-benghazi-emails-189387?awesm=fbshare.me_bUY9&utm_medium=fbshare.me-facebook-post&utm_content=fbshare-js-large&utm_campaign=&utm_source=facebook.com
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2015/03/23/did-we-survive-ny-times-leaks-info-on-unreleased-hillary-benghazi-emails-189387?awesm=fbshare.me_bUY9&utm_medium=fbshare.me-facebook-post&utm_content=fbshare-js-large&utm_campaign=&utm_source=facebook.com
Excerpt: If the emails being investigated by the House are
any indication Hillary Clinton’s emails show a woman whose main
concern is herself. In a group of approximately 300 emails handed over to the
House committee investigating the September 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi its
apparent Clinton ’s
image was clearly her top priority. In one email she sent to an advisor the
same day House Republicans vigorously question a top State Department official
she asked “Did we survive the day,” according to the New York Times.
Forget About It:
Hillary Clinton’s Email Problem Will Fade Quickly
http://observer.com/2015/03/control-alt-delete-hillary-clintons-emails-will-soon-be-forgotten/
http://observer.com/2015/03/control-alt-delete-hillary-clintons-emails-will-soon-be-forgotten/
Excerpt: Longtime Clinton
loyalist Paul Begala, in a Politico piece by Gabriel Debenedetti, recently
described the likely fallout from the Hillary Clinton email scandal as “Voters
do not give a shit. They do not even give a fart…Find me one persuadable voter
who agrees with HRC on the issues but will vote against her because she has a
non-archival-compliant email system and I’ll kiss your ass in Macy’s window and
say it smells like roses.” Mr. Begala’s conclusion, his somewhat disturbing
scatological imagery notwithstanding, is probably accurate, but not precisely
for the reasons he asserts... (And in the WH, we can expect more of the same.
Give the "headcount" bread and circuses and they don't care who is in
power. ~Bob)
Hillary Jokes While
Failing To Answer The Simplest Of Questions: If There's Nothing To Hide, Why
Hide?
Excerpt: How is the relationship between the American people
and presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton? Although Hillary could
clear her name by providing her private email server to a third party for
forensic examination, she has decided that it will “remain private.” Why? This
simple question will pull upon the minds of the American people (the ones who
aren’t shills or idiots anyway). If there’s nothing to hide, why hide? (The old
Clinton/Obama strategy. Hunker down and wait for your media water carriers to
distract the public's attention from the scandal. ~Bob)
Why? Federal workers owe more than $3.5 billion in unpaid taxes
Excerpt: Federal workers and retirees owed more than $3.5
billion in unpaid taxes last year, a $200 million increase over the previous
year, the IRS said Tuesday. Almost 305,000 federal workers and retirees owed
back taxes as of Sept. 30. That's down from 318,000 the year before. (Why don't
they go after them, garnish their wage/retirement checks, or fire them? Maybe
because they belong to government employee unions that vote Democrat. After
all, Al Sharpton owes millions and is a White House advisor, but going after
him alienates the radical black vote.
In 1990, the IRS placed liens on Willie Nelson's property
totaling $16.7 million. He lost most of his assets. Why not on Al or Government
workers? ~Bob)
Reset! Obama Calls Afghan President Wrong Name During
Joint Press Conference [VIDEO]
Excerpt: During a joint press conference at the White House
with the President of Afghanistan that was intended to demonstrate the close
cooperation between the two nations, President Barack Obama accidentally called
his counterpart by the wrong name. Obama met with Afghan President Ashraf
Ghani earlier in the day to discuss U.S. troop withdrawals in the
war-torn country. But at the press conference, Obama referred to him as
“Karzai,” the name of his predecessor Hamid Karzai
Lee Kuan Yew
(1923-2015). By Thomas Sowell
Excerpt: Born in Singapore
in 1923, when it was a British colony, Lee Kuan Yew studied at Cambridge University
after World War II, and was much impressed by the orderly, law-abiding England of that
day. It was a great contrast with the poverty-stricken and crime-ridden Singapore of
that era. Today Singapore
has a per capita Gross Domestic Product more than 50 percent higher than that
of the United Kingdom and a
crime rate a small fraction of that in England . A 2010 study showed more
patents and patent applications from the small city-state of Singapore than from Russia . Few places in the world can
match Singapore
for cleanliness and orderliness.
Q&A: Rutgers Law Prof Who Says Pedophilia Is Not a Crime
http://www.phillymag.com/news/2014/10/06/pedophilia-not-a-crime-rutgers-margo-kaplan/#LeuzKGipB042HFgy.01
http://www.phillymag.com/news/2014/10/06/pedophilia-not-a-crime-rutgers-margo-kaplan/#LeuzKGipB042HFgy.01
Excerpt: Margo Kaplan is not very popular today.
In the Monday edition of the New York Times, the Rutgers-Camden law professor, an NYU
and Harvard graduate, takes to the op-ed pages to argue that we’ve got it all
wrong when it comes to pedophilia. She writes that pedophiles don’t necessarily
turn out to be child molesters and that pedophilia is not a choice, i.e. a
pedophile might be born that way. We reached her in her office in Camden to discuss. (You
could say the same thing about other forms of rape. But that wouldn't be
politically correct. ~Bob)
Interesting: Slavery - and those who worked to end
it
Excerpt: There has never been an abolitionist movement to
completely end slavery in the Islamic world, as Mohammed himself owned
slaves. The U.S. State Department in 1993 estimated 90,000Southern Sudanese
were captured and taken into slavery by North African Arabs. UNICEF
estimated 200,000 children a year are sold from West and Central
Africa to be domestic, agricultural, and sex slaves in neighboring
countries.
At the top of their game. As Always. Susan Rice
Tweets — Deletes — Condolences To Nigerian Writer Who Died TWO YEARS Ago
Excerpt: National Security Advisor Susan Rice offered
condolences on Twitter Monday upon news of the death of Nigerian literary icon
Chinua Achebe. Except Achebe’s passing wasn’t news at all. The author of
“Things Fall Apart” died in Boston
on March 22, 2013, at the age of 82.
Bipartisanship: Senate clobbers Obama’s $4 trillion
budget plan in 1-98 vote — Here’s the one guy who voted ‘yes.’ By Pete Kasperowicz
Excerpt: The Senate on Tuesday destroyed any lingering hope
President Barack Obama might have had for passing his budget plan through
Congress this year, by voting down Obama’s plan 1-98. The only senator to vote
for the plan was Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.). (Who says Obama can't create
bipartisanship? ~Bob)
Ted Cruz Resume is
quite impressive
Excerpt: Cruz’s Resume is indeed “damn impressive” a far cry
from that of the Community Organizer that the mainstream media rammed down the
throat of the clueless masses and the whites with guilt. By what I’ve seen so
far, the mainstream media will take the opposite approach in covering this
minority candidate, because he happens to be conservative and believes in
America’s exceptional – what a damn shame!
Swedish military
identified and followed four Russian fighter plane near Gotland and Bornholm,
off the country's east coast on Tuesday morning.
The planes were spotted in international airspace but
heading towards Sweden
at around 5.30am. None of the aircraft - two TU-22M planes and two SU-27
fighter jets - were using transponders, the telecommunications devices that
emit and gather signals from planes. "It is the first time in years that
we have seen precisely this type of aircraft over the Baltic
Sea ," Anders Grenstad, Deputy Director of Operations for
the Swedish Armed Forces told the TT news agency. (Remember yesterday’s Jolt, featuring a chilling, unnervingly
plausible scenario of Russia
occupying Sweden ’s
Gotland Island
and annexing the Baltic states ? --
Jim Geraghty, Morning Jolt)
Photo shows kids
climbing all over war memorial
Typical kids, bad parents, raising kids with no respect who
will be trouble. Alas, that too is typical of our age. ~Bob
CBS Attempts To Trap
Ted Cruz With Obamacare Question, His Response Is Perfect
Excerpt: With Ted Cruz announcing his candidacy for the President
of the United States ,
the liberal media attack dogs have been unleashed and channeling their inner
Cujo. Every media outlet has been attempting to discredit, embarrass, call out,
and try to trip Cruz up. The problem is Cruz is too smart for the liberal
media. Every pitch they throw, he knocks it out of the park.
Scary: Russian Video
shows Stealthy Shipping Containerization of Missiles, UAV's, Command Modules
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3271671/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3271671/posts
Excerpt: Some five years ago Russia marketed a disturbing new
missile product; the modularized "klub" missile in 3 variants;
anti-ship, anti-sub and land attack. Fair enough, but the scary part was the
innovative packaging --they were presented in the form of ready-to-fire units
fully integrated into common shipping containers, complete with vertical launch
system, booster unit with thrust vectoring, etc. Conceivably a totally
innocuous-looking transport ship could be packing Armageddon, or close, and
make its hostile intentions detectable only at the last possible moment as it
approached an unwitting target --the dream scenario of any bad actor. (Check
out how the Russians have made some very scary advances in packaging weapons. Think
about how ubiquitous containers are all over the world, and in every major city
of the West for sure. Watch the video. --Del. Obama lets Iran get the bomb so he can claim a
deal. Iran
gives one or more to terrorist groups. This is how the bomb gets to New York City to carry out the one promise from Iran we can believe: "Death to America ."
~Bob)
TWO PEOPLE Have Filed
OVER 1,700 Sex Discrimination Complaints With Dept. Of Education. By Eric Owen
Excerpt: Exactly two people are responsible for filing over
1,700 sex discrimination complaints with the federal Department of Education’s
Office for Civil Rights in the last few years.
Catherine E. Lhamon, the Education Department’s secretary
for civil rights, won’t identify these two highly litigious individuals.
IG Audit: ATF Spent
$600K on Drones Deemed 'Unsuitable' for Use
Excerpt: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives spent "approximately $600,000" to purchase six drones,
three different models, between September 2011 and September 2012 "but
never flew them operationally" because they were "unreliable or
unsuitable," says a March conducted by the Justice Department inspector-general.
Video: A tribute to
the U.S.
How a $300 Million Bet on Australian Satellite Company Went
Wrong for Export-Import Bank. By Melissa Quinn
Excerpt: As lawmakers grapple with whether to reauthorize
the Export-Import Bank, an Australian satellite company with a “significantly
uncertain” future that received more than $300 million in loans from the bank
is in jeopardy of defaulting on its loans.
Google employees
average one White House meeting per week under Obama
Excerpt: Google’s access to high-ranking Obama
administration officials during a critical phase of the antitrust probe is one
sign of the Internet giant’s reach in Washington . Since Obama took office,
employees of the Mountain View, Calif., company have visited the White House
for meetings with senior officials about 230 times, or an average of roughly once
a week, according to the visitor logs reviewed by the Journal. One top lobbyist
at Google, Johanna Shelton, has had more than 60 meetings at the White House.
Obama reportedly
snubs NATO chief as Russia
Excerpt: President Barack Obama reportedly will not meet
with NATO's new secretary general when he is in Washington this week, despite requests
from the alliance chief's staff for a discussion. Bloomberg View reported Tuesday that Jens
Stoltenberg's office requested a meeting with Obama in advance of his scheduled
visit, but did not get any response from the White House. Instead, Bloomberg
View reported that Stoltenberg had to settle for a last-minute meeting with
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter. (Report also indicates tensions heating
between Russia and UK over
Falklands/Argentina. --Barb. I doubt the UK
now has the force to defend the Falklands .
~Bob)
Gun News
FDIC chairman comes
under fire during 'Operation Choke Point' hearings
Excerpt: FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg came under
fire Tuesday at a House subcommittee hearing over allegations that
Operation Choke Point, a controversial federal law enforcement program, abused
its authority by cutting off funding for targeted businesses. During one
exchange, Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wisc., suggested Gruenberg step down as head of
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation after Gruenberg was unable to answer
questions about employees involved with Choke Point as well as specific
allegations the agency overstepped its authority. Duffy said the hearing was
called to get answers directly from Gruenberg on what he knew, when he knew it
and who has been held accountable.
Wisconsin
Lawmakers Propose Bill to Allow Off-Duty and Retired LEOs to Carry On Public
School Grounds. By Jenn Jacques
Excerpt: Wisconsin Representative Joel Kleefisch has revived
his proposal which would
allow off-duty, retired, and out-of-state law enforcement officers to carry
guns on public school grounds. A similar proposal which would have allowed all
legal WI CCP holders to carry on school grounds was shot down last session.
PD: Neighbor shoots
man seen stabbing mother
Excerpt: Police say a man is dead after a neighbor shot him
in an effort to save a woman's life in a neighborhood near 51st Avenue and Cactus.
Is Gun-Free Really
Danger Free? OC Premiers “Safe Haven: Gun-Free Zone in America
Excerpt: Outdoor
Channel is debuting its inaugural documentary film, “Safe Haven: Gun-Free
Zones in America” (“Safe Haven”), on Wednesday, April 1. The hour-long
original documentary, which is hosted by Katie Pavlich – Townhall
news editor, FOX News contributor and New York Times best-selling author,
brings audiences to the center of the controversy regarding gun-free zones in America . “Safe
Haven” takes a critical look at the history of gun-free zones in the United States
and their effect on crime prevention through a series of interviews with law
enforcement, industry experts and survivors, among others. The documentary
explores how effective, or perhaps ineffective, these gun-free measures have
been and offers possible solutions that would better protects schools,
businesses and the public at large. (Gun Free Zones are safe--for criminals and
murderers, who know that good people there cannot defend themselves. ~Bob)
Two shot during
weekend home invasion in Lincoln County
Excerpt: Lincoln
County Mill Road Saturday
night and told the homeowner to put his hands in the air. The homeowner pulled
a handgun and was shot in the right arm, but he also returned fire, authorities
said.
Man Shot And Killed
After He Broke Into Versailles Home, Witnesses Say
Excerpt: According to witnesses at the scene, Salmons was armed
with a knife and he had made forced entry into the residence located at 12945 Dorsey Lane ,
threatening the occupants inside. Salmons was then reportedly shot with a small caliber weapon, and retreated
outside the residence where he collapsed.
Homeowner shoots
knife-wielding intruder
Excerpt: After the shooting, a woman called 911 to report
that her husband shot someone who was trying to break in. When police arrived
at the home, they found a body lying next to a 6-inch knife.
Race Card News
Black Teen Allegedly
Guns Down Unarmed White Man Begging ‘Don’t Shoot’…Liberal Outrage?
http://www.westernjournalism.com/black-teen-allegedly-guns-unarmed-white-man-begging-dont-shoot-liberal-outrage/
http://www.westernjournalism.com/black-teen-allegedly-guns-unarmed-white-man-begging-dont-shoot-liberal-outrage/
Excerpt: Given the passion with which Sharpton, Jackson, and
others condemned what they saw as the racial component in Michael Brown’s death
on a residential street in Ferguson , one
can reasonably ask where the liberal outrage is over the senseless
murder that just happened in Philadelphia .
According to the NBC station in the City of Brotherly Love , it was an apparent
black-on-white crime. The suspects are three African-American teens. The victim
was a 51-year-old husband and father who was walking his dog along a quiet
street. And before he was gunned down in an apparent robbery, police say this
man did, in fact, beg for his life, crying, “Please don’t shoot me, please
don’t shoot me.”
Murderer To Victims'
Families: 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot.' Apologizes instead to families of Michael Brown
and Eric Garner
Excerpt: Fredrick Young had just been handed a life sentence
for the 2012 murder of two white teenage boys who came to Detroit looking for drugs. According to
various news reports, Young and an accomplice robbed, tortured, and then
murdered the two teens and left their lifeless bodies in a vacant field. During
the sentencing, the victims' families addressed their sons' murderer, whose
back was turned to them. They poured out their feelings through intense and
emotional statements. When it came time for Young to speak, he continued to
ignore the grieving families:
Obamacare/Government Healthcare News
Obama: Let's Face It, Obamacare is Blowing Away
Expectations. By Guy Benson
Excerpt: Also, the
majority of those "newly insured" through the exchanges
previously had coverage. On the other
side of the ledger, Obamacare has failed to substantially reduce all
Americans' premiums (they've gone up for the vast majority of people, with
the worst yet to come), it has substantially increased health costs for
tens of millions (out of pocket costs are astronomical for many), it has
stripped people of their preferred plans and doctors, it has exacerbated primary
care doctor shortages, it has inflicted "access shock" upon
consumers, it has increased the government's healthcare tab, it has
impeded economic growth, it has hurt employment, and polls show that it has
actively harmed many more people than it's helped. Those
are facts (click through for tons of citations), and
they constitute major failures -- far beyond the infamous
and costly roll-out debacle, the repercussions of which are still
being felt to this day. And yet, President Obama has smirkingly pronounced his
signature law a success beyond his wildest dreams, ludicrously claiming that
every prediction critics made has been proven wrong:
Voters Still Strongly
Oppose IRS’ Obamacare Duties
Excerpt: The head of the Internal Revenue Service
acknowledged recently that his agency has fielded less than half of taxpayer telephone
calls this year because of its new responsibilities policing Obamacare. But
voters still strongly believe the IRS should concentrate on tax collection
instead. Just 20% of Likely U.S. Voters think policing public compliance with
the new national health care law is a good use of IRS resources. A new
Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 68% disagree and believe
the IRS should remain focused on collecting taxes.
Undocumented Democrat News
Appeals court
sets April 17 date for hearing on Obama immigration action
Excerpt: The Justice Department had asked Hanen to lift the
injunction while the case was appealed to the 5th Circuit. But Hanen put that
request on hold until he heard from federal prosecutors about allegations that
the U.S. government
had misled him about the implementation of part of the immigration plan. During
a court hearing last week, a Justice Department attorney apologized to Hanen
for any confusion about how more than 108,000 people received three-year
reprieves from deportation before the judge made a decision on the injunction.
Released FOIA
Documents: 165,900 Convicted Criminal Illegals Released Into US by Obama
Homeland Security
Excerpt: "This would be considered the worst prison
break in American history, except it was sanctioned by the President and
perpetrated by our own immigration officials," he said.
"These criminal immigrants should have been deported to ensure that they
could never commit crimes on U.S.
soil. But instead, ICE officials chose not to detain them and instead released
them back onto American streets. The Administration's actions are
outrageous. They willfully and knowingly put the interests of criminal
immigrants before the safety and security of the American people."
"You're Greener than Gore" News
White House Claims About Wind Power Are Implausible and
Dangerous. By Julian Morris
Excerpt: "The report shows that with continuing
technological advancements, cost reductions, and siting and transmission
development, the nation can deploy wind power to economically provide 35% of
our nation's electricity and supply renewable power in all 50 states by
2050."
The "continuing technological advancements" and
"cost reductions" mean the White House's estimate is based on hope -
hope that some as-yet unimagined future technology will change the economics of
wind power, making it more cost effective than fossil fuel-based generation.
That's not impossible - but it is very unlikely. And hope without change can be
both costly and unpleasant.
Global Warming Is
Killing Everyone
Excerpt: Take newly elected Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), who wooed
voters by pledging to address man-made global warming with initiatives like cap
and trade. On Feb. 4, Beyer wrote on
his website, “In all, extreme weather events triggered over $110 billion in
losses and almost 7,000 fatalities” in 2014. He reiterated that
claim a month later in the Falls Church News-Press, in which he repeated, “More
than 7,000 Americans lost their lives to climate change-fueled events last
year.” That’s pretty startling. And egregiously wrong. After Beyer’s assertion
received backlash, spokesman Thomas Scanlon attempted to clear the air. “That
number should be globally, not just in the United States ,” he told PolitiFact.
“We made an error in editing this column.” Even still, the claim is deceptive.
The statistic (which was actually 7,700) was derived from Germany-based insurer
Munich RE, which tallies “global natural loss event.” According to researcher
Peter Hoeppe, “We do not have the ability to identify the direct impact of
global warming on fatalities caused by natural catastrophes, other than to say
any fatality caused by the earthquake peril are not due to global warming.”
Religion of Peace News
BREAKING NEWS: Saudi
Arabia launches airstrikes in Yemen
Excerpt: The Saudi ambassador to the US says his
country has begun airstrikes against Houthi rebels, who drove out
American-backed Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi.
Obama's Arm's race: US Declassifies Document
Revealing Israel Israel
Excerpt: In a development that has largely been missed by
mainstream media, the Pentagon early last month quietly declassified a
Department of Defense top-secret document detailing Israel's nuclear program, a
highly covert topic that Israel has never formally announced to avoid a
regional nuclear arms race, and which the US until now has respected by
remaining silent.
But by publishing the declassified document from
1987, the US reportedly
breached the silent agreement to keep quiet on Israel 's nuclear powers for the
first time ever, detailing the nuclear program in great depth. (That is, the
whacks against Israel
by this Administration. No reason in the world to declassify this report now,
other than to fan the hatred and paranoia of the Arab countries against Israel .
After the comments by a White House staffer about the "occupation
force" of Israel ,
a perfect repetition of Hamas comments, this is one more not so subtle kick at
the Israelis. Clearly, when you tick off this President, he and his people will
come after you in a variety of ways. While, of course, repeating what a great
supporter of Israel
we are. Sure. --De. The Saudis will surely be next. ~Bob)
Excerpt: One might hope that a President of the United States would at least get a written
agreement from the leader of a country that chants "Death to America "
on any nuclear deal. But President Obama is not just any President of the United States .
And his quest for a second term legacy accomplishment may just force America into a handshake agreement on Iran 's nuclear
weapons program. (Obama says the "Death to America "
chant in Iran
is "for domestic political consumption." Suppose a candidate for
President called for "Death to Iran " or "Death to
Muslims" for "domestic political consumption." Think it would
make the news? I say "Death to anyone who calls for Death to America ."
Does that make me Islamophobic? ~Bob)
More likely now: What would happen if an 800-kiloton
nuclear warhead detonated above midtown Manhattan
Excerpt: Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles are
believed to carry a total of approximately 1,000 strategic nuclear warheads
that can hit the US
less than 30 minutes after being launched. Of this total, about 700 warheads
are rated at 800 kilotons; that is, each has the explosive power of 800,000
tons of TNT. What follows is a description of the consequences of the
detonation of a single such warhead over midtown Manhattan ,
in the heart of New York City .
(But I think it will be an Iran-supplied terrorist bomb in a shipping container
in the harbor. Probably only 50 kilotons. ~Bob)
Worth Reading : Nuclear
Musings: A glimpse inside the diary of Iran Lawrence
Excerpt: Ah, the Americans. When it comes to our nuclear
weapons program, they leave us with only good choices! On the one hand, I can
drag out the talks beyond this month’s latest deadline because the desperate
Americans certainly will agree to keep talking. That’s how we went from the
six-month interim deal in November 2013, through a deadline in July 2014, and
then through another deadline in November 2014. And why not? At every stage,
the meek Barack Obama and the spineless John Kerry throw more concessions our
way.
Kicking the Can: White House announces pause in US troop drawdown from Afghanistan
Excerpt: President Obama announced Tuesday that the U.S. will keep nearly 10,000 troops in Afghanistan
through the end of the year, hitting pause on the scheduled drawdown after
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani voiced security concerns. The president, saying Afghanistan
remains a "dangerous place," announced the move in a joint press
conference with Ghani. The two met earlier in the Oval Office, during Ghani's
first White House visit since being elected president of the war-torn
country. (Doesn't want it to become the next Iraq until 2017. ~Bob)
Excerpt: American warplanes began airstrikes against Islamic
State positions in Tikrit late Wednesday, entering a struggling Iraqi
offensive to retake the city for the first time after more than three weeks of
remaining on the sidelines. A coalition of Shiite militias and Iraqi security
forces aided by Iranian military advisers have been trying to root out Islamic
State fighters from Tikrit, an important city north of Baghdad in Iraq’s Sunni
heartland. From the start, the offensive went without American air assistance —
government and militia officials had boasted that airstrikes were neither
needed nor wanted, and American officials privately expressed discomfort with
the idea of directly aiding an operation led by militias and Iranian officials.
( Going in on the ground against the ISIS
fanatics means nasty, dirty, intense house-to-house fighting, that's really
costly, and the Iraqis of this assortment of groups aren't really up to it. They
made headway initially, with overwhelming force, but once the ISIS
guys tightened up into a hard core in the city buildings, the attackers slowed
down, then stopped. And they want airpower to come in and blast the buildings
the bad guys are in to bits, after which they can go in and mop up. And the
Iranian general who was in charge backed away, because it was very bad politics
for this Administration to send US forces to back up an Iranian-led force. Smart
on the part of the Iranians, maybe smart for us. If ISIS is finally driven out
of Tikrit, even if it leaves the city a smoking ruin, it's a very public loss
for ISIS , which means that Allah has not made
them invincible. And that messes up their psychology, and what is in people's
heads is a big, important thing in all of this. So I hope we do a great job and
pulverize the ISIS forces and then the Iraqi coalition goes in and wipes out
every single remaining ISIS fighter, no
prisoners, none. And there are tons of videos of dead ISIS
guys and their flags being walked on by their killers, which is the psychology
thing again. Then comes Mosul ,
and that is the real super-critical battle. Once ISIS is driven out of Mosul , their goose is
cooked in some ways, it would be the beginning of their decline back to a bunch
of nutcases with AK rifles, not a new "caliphate" to pull in idiots
from all over the world. That would be the best thing for everyone, all the
nations there, and the world in general. --Del )
The decision to stay
in Afghanistan
Excerpt: While the Afghan government was roiled by months of
controversy over last year’s presidential election, the Taliban was growing
stronger. According to the United Nations, more than 10,000 civilians died in last year’s fighting, a
record, while U.S.
officials described Afghan military losses as unsustainable. The departure of
all U.S.
troops in 2017 would invite another Taliban surge; Mr. Obama’s legacy
could be not another war ended but another failed state.
Excerpt: More civilians died in Afghanistan in 2014 than in any
year since the year the United Nations began keeping records in 2009, signaling
a new level of violence and ground engagements between Taliban insurgents and
the embattled Kabul-based government.
Counterterrorism
Success Story. Not Anymore. As U.S.
special operations forces pull out of an increasingly anarchic Yemen
Excerpt: The sudden departure of U.S. special operations
forces from Yemen marks a devastating blow to a counterterrorism campaign that
Barack Obama’s administration had heralded as a success story,
officials and experts say, as Washington suffers another intelligence reverse
in the fight against the al Qaeda group that poses the greatest threat to
Americans. (Was it only 2012 that BO reported that "Al Qaeda is on the
run...on its heels"? Good times. ~Bob)
From Selma
to Tunis
Excerpt: Fifty years ago there were a host of legal
impediments to equality between black and white Americans — just as there were
in countries such as South Africa
and Rhodesia .
Today, a different group is the victim of comparable legal discrimination that
imposes segregation on them and denies them equal civil and political rights.
What is more, their number is vastly larger than the number that was affected
50 years ago by segregation and apartheid. And that number is growing, because,
unlike in the 1960s Alabama ,
the prevalence of discriminatory legislation outside the liberal West is
actually increasing. The system of law I am talking about is sharia law, the
body of legislation derived from the Qur’an, the Hadith, and the rest of
Islamic jurisprudence. And the discriminated group I have in mind is women,
though I could also reference Jews, Christians and gays.
Bad Headline: Female Texas Mayor: Tells Islam &
Sharia Law to Kiss Texas
Excerpt: This Irving ,
Texas
Afghan woman beaten
to death in the streets was murdered because she dared to speak out against
superstitious mullah and NOT because she burned the Koran
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3008987/Afghan-woman-beaten-death-streets-murdered-dared-speak-against-superstitious-mullah-NOT-burned-Koran.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3008987/Afghan-woman-beaten-death-streets-murdered-dared-speak-against-superstitious-mullah-NOT-burned-Koran.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline
Excerpt: It was initially claimed that the crowd had beaten
the religious scholar to death because she had burned a copy of the Koran - an
accusation even senior police officials admitted they believed to be false
after detaining 18 people over the murder and suspending 13 police officers.
Now witnesses have come forward to claim that Farkhunda
was in fact murdered because she dared to question the superstitious practices
of a local mullah who was known for selling charms to women outside a shrine in
central Kabul .
Excerpt: Civilians from the northern Nigerian town of Damasak told
Reuters that the Islamic militant group Boko Haram kidnapped between
400 and 500 women and children as they passed through the town on Tuesday.
Damasak had recently been freed by troops from Chad
and Niger .
(General Lead-From-Behind will send in Michelle's crack hashtag brigade. ~Bob)
The Jane Fonda Award: Cornell Assistant Dean: Why Yes
ISIS Is Welcome on Campus To Train Students
"Like a Coach." By Katie Pavlich
Excerpt: In the latest investigation by Project
Veritas, Assistant Dean of Student Activities Joseph Scaffido is shown
approving a "humanitarian group" on campus that wants to sent care
packages to ISIS freedom fighters in Iraq
and Syria .
Iranian Authorities
Cracking Down on Growth of Christianity in Country. By Leah Barkoukis
Excerpt: What little religious freedom Christians in Iran have is
quickly coming to an end—especially for believers who are not from a minority
ethnic group. Farsi-speaking Christians, many of whom are likely converts from
Islam, have been told they are no longer allowed to worship at one of the few
remaining churches.
Documentary Exposes
Hamas Indoctrination, Training of Child Soldiers
Excerpt: "I joined to fight the Zionist enemy," he
says, "and to liberate our forefathers' land, Palestine . We won't allow the Jews to keep
our land." This boy is one member in the "Children's Army of
Hamas," a title bestowed by the Israel-based Center for Near East Policy Research (CNEPR) in a new
documentary short. It will be shown at a United Nations forum in Geneva today in an effort
to prove that Hamas is violating international laws by training child soldiers,
Fox News reports.
Excerpt: President Obama’s hypocritical attacks on Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are starting to stretch his credibility with
the media. ... Meanwhile, the leader of Iran
says “Death to America ” in a
speech last week and encourages his supporters who also chant “Death to America ”… and
the White House says ‘it’s no biggie’. The AP’s Matt Lee noticed the
incongruity of the reaction and called out the White House for their hypocrisy.
Administration Adopts the Language of Hamas
Excerpt: Before his re-election last week, Benjamin
Netanyahu candidly said he didn’t see a two-state solution being likely while
he was Israel ’s
prime minister. That’s primarily because Palestinians want only one state –
theirs – and won’t agree to “peace” until Israel is wiped off the map. Facing
intense pressure from Barack Obama, however, Netanyahu reiterated after his win
that he does indeed desire a peaceful two-state solution.
From the Iranian-supporting left: Netanyahu’s “Us or Them” Is Nothing But Trouble By Michael Winship,
BillMoyers.com
Excerpt: For a long time now, American political consultants
have benefited from a lucrative sideline, selling their alleged expertise to
politicians in Israel .
(It was Democratic strategist James Carville who, after working on a campaign
for former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, joked that the key to victory in Israel was who
won “that all-important Jewish vote.”)
It was no different during this past week’s Israeli
election. Benjamin Netanyahu’s winning Likud Party had Republican Vincent Harris, the
26-year-old whiz kid who helped engineer Senator Ted Cruz’s victory in Texas.
Veteran Democrats Paul Begala and Stan Greenberg were working for the Zionist
Union coalition of Labor and other political parties, and the anti-Netanyahu
group V15 hired President Obama’s campaign field director Jeremy Bird.
“People who worship
anything other than Allah are infidels and it is permitted to kill them.” By
Robert Spencer, JihadWatch.org
Excerpt: Teach your children well. Rather amazing, is it
not, that statements like these are made anywhere in the world, and people take
them for granted and consider those who make them to be the victims of
“Islamophobia.”
Excerpt: According to Islamic law, Muslim men can take
“captives of the right hand” (Qur’an 4:3, 4:24, 33:50). The Qur’an says: “O
Prophet! Lo! We have made lawful unto thee thy wives unto whom thou hast paid
their dowries, and those whom thy right hand possesseth of those whom Allah
hath given thee as spoils of war” (33:50). 4:3 and 4:24 extend this privilege
to Muslim men in general, as does this passage. “Certainly will the believers
have succeeded: They who are during their prayer humbly submissive, and they
who turn away from ill speech, and they who are observant of zakah, and they
who guard their private parts except from their wives or those their right
hands possess, for indeed, they will not be blamed” (Qur’an 23:1-6).
They’re just meat to them. Slaves. The less resistant, the
less able to resist, the better.
*****
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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