Update
Facebook Stupidity
A friend and blog reader who is a retired USMC Mater Gunnery
Sergeant reports he has been told by Facebook that his screen name
"MasterGuns" (as such personnel are known for short) is unacceptable.
Apparently some liberal, too stupid to know it was a rank, complained, and
Facebook chose to denigrate his service.
Short Post Today
Sunday we went to church, then to the Madison St. Pat's
parade (no protests to my surprise), then an early dinner with the family. Have
Rehab in the AM, will be up at 6. So I was slammed for time, had to blast
through my email deluge. Sorry if I missed or passed on something you sent. ~Bob
General News and Comment
Nearly At ‘Full
Employment’? 10 Reasons Why The Unemployment Numbers Are A Massive Lie
Excerpt: It is my contention that the official “unemployment
rate” has become so politicized and so manipulated that it is essentially
meaningless at this point. The following are 10 reasons why…#1 Since
February 2008, the size of the U.S. population has grown by
16.8 million people, but the number of full-time jobs has
actually decreased by 140,000.
Why Hillary should
never, ever be President
Excerpt: If she is this contemptuous of the United States of America while
not even a candidate, one can only take a deep breath and imagine the
devastation she’d wreak as President. She has utter contempt for you, for the
press and for the intelligence of the country. She should not ever be trusted
with the Presidency.
How grievance culture undercuts the fight against rape
culture. By Meghan Daum
Excerpt: But at the risk (the guarantee) of being branded a
rape apologist or worse, I'm going to say what many reasonable people have been
thinking for a while: Violent rape is not the same as psychologically coercive
sex, which in turn is not the same as regrettable sex, which is not the same as
fielding an unwanted touch or kiss at a party. None of these things are good;
many of them are quite bad. But insofar as they do fall along a spectrum
ranging from truly horrific to merely annoying, some demand legal or punitive
action, and some simply do not. Some are crimes and some are the inevitable
fallout of social obtuseness. Some desperately require more attention, and some
— I'll just say it — are getting too much attention.
Excerpt: Valerie Jarrett is the most powerful figure in the
White House, rivaling President Obama in the scope of her influence over the
fate of the Republic. Her personal Secret Service detail attests to the
importance of her role in our government – in a position that is unelected and
unconfirmed by the Senate. She has served as the godmother of Barack Obama’s
political and personal life, from introducing him to his future wife Michelle
Robinson to integrating him into Chicago ’s
political machine and power structure. Professor Paul Kengor provides
fascinating details about her background, and that of other key members of
Obama’s Chicago
circle, in an interview with Jamie Glazov of Front Page Magazine. The entire
interview should be read, but here are some key excerpts of information that
ought to receive far wider public scrutiny.
Gridiron Dinner:
Obama Jokes About Walker Evolution Punt , Kenya
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2015/03/14/gridiron-dinner-obama-jokes-about-walker-evolution-punt-kenya-biden-groping/#ixzz3URS6BLlZ
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2015/03/14/gridiron-dinner-obama-jokes-about-walker-evolution-punt-kenya-biden-groping/#ixzz3URS6BLlZ
President Obama fired off a series of jokes to the 130th
annual Gridiron dinner Saturday night about Scott Walker, Joe Biden
and pot — and some not-so-joking digs at Senate Republicans. It was Obama’s
third appearance as president at the A-list D.C. event; President Grover
Cleveland was the first to address the Gridiron Club after its founding in
1885, and every commander in chief since has attended the dinner. Guests dined
on an extensive menu at the Renaissance hotel including roasted duck salad,
beef tenderloin and jumbo shrimp, and rubbed elbows with the capital’s power brokers
including 11 members of Obama’s cabinet, eight ambassadors, lawmakers and
military elite. (See his "jokes." --Barb)
NY Post: Valerie
Jarrett Leaked Hillary's Private Email Use To Press
Excerpt: Vengeful Obama
confidante Valeria Jarrett went through back channels to leak Hillary Clinton’s
use of a private email server to the press, an explosive new report
reveals. The New York Post‘s
Edward Klein reports that a source familiar with Bill Clinton said that the
former president told him: “The Obamas are out to get us any way they
can.” Jarrett blamed the Democratic party’s 2014 midterm losses on the Clintons
Two VA Officials
Exposed For Incompetence Win PERFORMANCE Awards
Excerpt: Two top managers repeatedly cited for incompetence
will receive performance awards at the scandal plagued Memphis VA Medical
Center, The Daily Caller has learned. Diane Knight and Rebecca England will be
two of thirteen individuals receiving
performance awards at a ceremony held by the Memphis VA Medical Center
on Monday, March 16. Both will receive the awards despite numerous media
and Inspector General reports questioning their competence, including two
exposes by The Daily Caller.
Gun News
Woman shoots man
trying to break into her home
Excerpt: The preliminary police investigation revealed a
25-year-old man had broken a window and entered the home. A woman and her
2-year-old daughter were home at the time of the incident, and at
some point, the female shot the suspect. The suspect was taken to an area
hospital with possible life-threatening injuries. The woman and her
daughter were not injured. The woman said she didn’t hesitate to pull the
trigger, thanks to trips to the gun range with her husband. He is a James City
County
Man suspected of home
invasion shot by homeowner
Excerpt: A 27-year-old man suspected of a home invasion
Friday evening is in the hospital after the homeowner shot him. At 5:13 p.m.,
the Fayetteville Police Department was called to the 500 block of Mayview Street .
Officers said the homeowner armed himself and shot the intruder as he entered
the house, a news release from the Fayetteville Police Department said.
Suspect shot in home
invasion
Excerpt: The homeowner told deputies he found a strange man
inside his home. He also told deputies that the suspect's small caliber gun
went off, hitting the suspect in the abdomen, while they were wrestling. That
suspect, 18-year-old Sergio Corona, is now in the hospital. Sheriff Cass says
they plan to arrest Corona
for aggravated robbery upon release.
Bidding farewell to
Officer Robert Wilson III, hero - and father
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150315_Police_Medal_of_Valor_named_for_slain_officer_Robert_Wilson_III__declared_a_hero.html#9PHrTJvD8xxwoi7M.03
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150315_Police_Medal_of_Valor_named_for_slain_officer_Robert_Wilson_III__declared_a_hero.html#9PHrTJvD8xxwoi7M.03
This officer was buying a present for his son’s upcoming
birthday at a Game Stop, when two armed robbers came in who were so clueless
they did not see his police car parked outside. They opened fire on him and he
returned fire; they were shooting at him from two sides. He was hit multiple
times before succumbing to a shot to his head, but had managed to draw their
fire away from customers and store clerks. His partner outside also returned
fire and chased down one of the robbers who tried to run away. The other one
hid among the people hiding behind the counter. They turned him in to the
back-up officers, of course. They rushed the injured officer to surgery, but he
did not make it. So sad. Love, Bon
Race Card News
Police arrest
Missouri man, 20, in shooting of two officers in Ferguson
Excerpt: A 20-year-old Missouri
man has been arrested in the shooting of two St. Louis County
Jeffrey Williams was arrested Saturday night and is charged
with two counts of assault in the first degree, three counts of armed criminal
action and firing a weapon from a vehicle, St. Louis County Prosecuting
Attorney Robert McCulloch said during the afternoon press conference.
Protesters, Media Try
To Distance Ferguson
Excerpt: The arrest of Jeffery Williams, 20, for the
shooting of two police officers in Ferguson ,
Missouri
White Police Officer
Shoots Unarmed NAKED Black Man Who Charged Him
Excerpt: A Georgia
police officer was faced with a difficult situation Monday: What do you do when
an unarmed naked man charges you? A white,
seven-year veteran of DeKalb County Police fired two fatal shots at a naked,
unarmed black man. The man, identified as Anthony Hill, allegedly charged the
officer and ignored orders to stop,WSBTV-2 reports.
http://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/2015/03/14/ferguson-payback-if-there-was-justice-theyd-be-supressing-white-people/#ixzz3URR3LjjX
Excerpt: Noxubee County
"You're Greener than Gore" News
Will Obama
force U.S.
Excerpt: While Washington focuses on whether President Obama
will sign on to a nuclear agreement with Iran without submitting the deal for
Senate approval, the administration is following a similar strategy on a global
climate change policy that could leave the U.S. beholden to an International
Climate Justice Tribunal. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change, or UNFCCC, recently released the negotiating language for the agreement
to the public. The official purpose of pursuing a “universal climate agreement”
is to renew the Kyoto Protocol, the 1997 deal championed by then-Vice President
Al Gore but resoundingly condemned by the U.S. Senate. President George W. Bush
eventually cut all U.S. ties
to Kyoto .
Climate change is a
farce and the Obamas just proved it
Excerpt: In order to pin the cost of his frivolity on
the US taxpayer
Obama made a cameo appearance at a VA hospital in Phoenix that has been the subject of
much attention. Together they spewed 6,773,500 pounds of CO2 into the
atmosphere for completely unserious reasons. Let’s consider the excuses offered
for this excess pollution.
Religion of Peace News
Kerry: Deal
with Iran
U.S. Secretary of State John
Kerry said on Saturday he hoped it would be possible to reach an
interim deal with Iran "in the next days" if Tehran can show that its
nuclear power program is for peaceful purposes only, according to Reuters.
Speaking ahead of fresh
talks with Iran in Lausanne ,
Switzerland
Bolton calls Iran
Former
United Nations Ambassador John Bolton said Saturday that
President Obama is negotiating “an unprecedented act of surrender” with Iran in discussions over its nuclear
weapons program. “This deal is fundamentally flawed,” Bolton said at the South
Carolina National Security Action Summit in West Columbia , S.C. “There
really is no deal I’d trust Iran with...."
As nuke talks intensify, WH celebrates
Iranian holiday
The White House this week celebrated Nowruz, the Persian New Year
most often observed by Iranians....First Lady Michelle Obama praised the
holiday in remarks at the executive mansion Wednesday. “One of the things I love about the White House is
how it truly is the people’s house." (Which "people"? Oh, the ones
with Islam that is woven into the founding of the US Iran US Iran
C.I.A. Cash Ended Up
in Coffers of Al Qaeda
Excerpt: The C.I.A.’s contribution to Qaeda’s bottom line,
though, was no well-laid trap. It was just another in a long list of examples
of how the United States ,
largely because of poor oversight and loose financial controls, has sometimes
inadvertently financed the very militants it is fighting. While refusing to pay
ransoms for Americans kidnapped by Al Qaeda, the Taliban or, more recently, the
Islamic State, the United States has
spent hundreds of billions of dollars over the last decade at war in Iraq and Afghanistan,
some of which has been siphoned off to enemy fighters. (With the Regime's
intentional overthrow of Libya ,
destabilization of multiple regimes in the Middle East (reversed in Egypt
by the Egyptian people) to build the Caliphate, Regime fondness for Muslim
Brotherhood, anyone really believe this lame excuse for "funding the
enemy" from, of all sources, the Regime parrot, The New York Times? Or why
there is "a rift" with Israel ? --Barb)
Searching for Hamas
Divers in Gaza : The Snapir Unit of the IDF Navy,
charged with the task of defending Israel
http://www.israeldefense.co.il/en/content/searching-hamas-divers-gaza
Excerpt: The Snapir Unit operates under the commander of the Navy's 916th Squadron. It was established in 2005 for the purpose of defendingIsrael 's ports in Haifa ,
Ashdod and
Eilat. For those not familiar with it, this unit is highly specialized. It is
has a mixed personnel of male and female warfighters who operate together, back
to back. The Unit's warfighters go through a year-long training program at the
conclusion of which they have the option of taking an additional training
course for Tzir'ah patrol boat commanders, despite the fact that they are not
naval officers. This is an unusual case for the Navy and a "bonus"
for the warfighters of the Snapir Unit, which has almost no officers, with the
exception of the three unit commanders at the three ports.
http://www.israeldefense.co.il/en/content/searching-hamas-divers-gaza
Excerpt: The Snapir Unit operates under the commander of the Navy's 916th Squadron. It was established in 2005 for the purpose of defending
US to keep more
troops in Afghanistan
Excerpt: The Obama administration is reversing its plans to
cut the amount of U.S.
troops in Afghanistan to
5,500 by the end of the year, appeasing military leaders who want to keep more
troops into 2016, U.S.
officials say. Officials have said the administration is poised to slow the
withdrawal of forces and probably will allow most of the 9,800 American troops
to remain in the embattled country, although no final decision on numbers has
been made yet.
Excerpt: The Islamic State overran the headquarters of an
Iraqi Army brigade stationed in the Thar Thar area northwest of Baghdad late last week.
Scores of Iraqi soldiers were killed, wounded, or captured, according to
reports from Iraq
and images released by the jihadist group.
The Islamic State released photos showing its attack on the
Iraqi Army’s Brigade 26 headquarters in the Thar Thar area, which is also north
of Fallujah.
Excerpt:
The Muslim Brotherhood is
perhaps the greatest threat to the sovereignty of the Egyptian people, stressed
el-Sisi. He added, “The Muslim Brotherhood is the parent organization of
extreme ideology. They are the godfather of all terrorist organizations. ..." (And
given security clearances to US by Obama's regime, welcomed to lunch at the
White House, and part of the "humanitarian concerns" of Kerry and
regime regarding Egypt
Senator Lankford: Obama
'Feels Like Terrorists Hate Us Because We Have Guantanamo
Excerpt: Lankford found that the detention facility at
Gitmo runs quite smoothly and “there were an amazing group of people
there. All five branches of the military are involved.”... Lankford made
clear that Obama has his priorities upside down, that he should be thinking
about “national security first."
Muslim college
co-founded by anti-Israel firebrand receives accreditation
Excerpt: A California school
co-founded by a firebrand who once called for an "intifada" in
the U.S. has
become the nation's first accredited Muslim college. Zaytuna College, which
operates out of two rented buildings in Berkeley, Calif., and had an enrollment
of 30 in 2013, was officially accredited earlier this week by the Western
Association of Schools and Colleges—one of the six academic organizations
responsible for authorizing public and private colleges and universities in the
United States. The certification means the school can apply for various federal
and private grants, issue visas to international students and allow students to
transfer credits to or from other accredited schools.
Cruz demands answers
from Kerry: Who approved US
Excerpt: Republican lawmakers Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas joined Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York in firing
a letter off Thursday to Secretary of State John Kerry. They demand
answers regarding reports that a State Department-funded non-profit
organization is bankrolling efforts to unseat a foreign leader.
Source: Senate panel
probing possible Obama administration ties to anti-Netanyahu effort
Excerpt: According to the source, the probe is looking into
“funding” by OneVoice Movement – a Washington-based group that has received
$350,000 in recent State Department grants, and until last November was headed
by a veteran diplomat from the Clinton administrations.
A subsidiary of OneVoice is the Israel-based Victory 15 campaign, itself guided
by top operatives of Obama’s White House runs, which seeks to “replace the
government” of Israel. “It’s confirmed that there is a bipartisan Permanent
Subcommittee inquiry into OneVoice’s funding of V15,” the source said, speaking
on condition of anonymity about the American group, which bills itself as
working for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
You Won’t Believe
What Gitmo Detainees Are Throwing At Guards Daily
Excerpt: Detainees locked away in Guantanamo Bay
2,000-year-old
artefacts looted by ISIS from ancient sites in Iraq
and Syria
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2994538/2-000-year-old-artefacts-looted-ISIS-ancient-sites-Iraq-Syria-sold-EBAY.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2994538/2-000-year-old-artefacts-looted-ISIS-ancient-sites-Iraq-Syria-sold-EBAY.html
Excerpt: 2,000-year-old artefacts looted from ancient sites
in Iraq and Syria by ISIS
are being sold on eBay as jihadis cash in on relics dating back millennia.
Jewellery, ceramics and coins plundered from museums within
ISIS territory are known to pass between criminal gangs before turning up in Gulf States and later
appearing on trading websites.
5,000 foreign Muslims flock to
Excerpt: How odd that none of these 5,000 Muslims stopped
and thought, “Wait a minute. John Kerry and David Cameron say that the Islamic
State is not Islamic. I guess I better not join it after all.”
*****
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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