Update
C.Y.A.
Protecting Yourself in the Modern Jungle
Now on Kindle for $2.99!
First published in 2010, this book has been reissued through
CreateSpace/Amazon at a lower price, with all royalties going to the Pulmonary
Fibrosis Foundation. A humor/self-help book, this is advice with an attitude.
Can we guess your
level of education?
Said PhD for me. Wrong. Only an MEd. Well read folks clearly score
higher. ~Bob
General News and Comment
Worth Reading
Excerpt: The usual criteria for
political success — plenty of New York and Washington IOUs, youthful vigor,
good looks, glibness, access to lots of money — aren’t sufficient any longer to
galvanize the Republican party or get out the conservative vote. Instead, the
next Republican nominee should meet four criteria that are rarely mentioned.
Excerpt: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has surged to the
front of the pack of Republican presidential hopefuls in recent weeks, and he
now gives likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton a run for her money. Forty-six
percent (46%) of Likely U.S. Voters say they would vote for Clinton
in a matchup with Walker
if the 2016 presidential contest were held today. But a new Rasmussen Reports
national telephone survey finds that nearly as many (41%) would choose Walker instead.
Rules are for Republicans: NYT Shock Report: Hillary
Clinton Sent Every Official Email as Secretary of State from a Private Account
Excerpt: Hillary Rodham Clinton exclusively used a personal
email account to conduct government business as secretary of state, State
Department officials said, and may have violated federal requirements that
officials’ correspondence be retained as part of the agency’s record.
Media Fail: Hillary's
Secret Email Discovered By Benghazi
Excerpt: Sure, the New York Times first
published Monday night’s bombshell report about the secret email
account used by Hillary Clinton during her time as Secretary of State. Hurrah,
the media published a scandal about a Democrat. The Times, though, did not
uproot this scandal. Like four
other major White House scandals, if Americans were foolish enough to
depend solely on the American media to investigate this Obama White House, we
would know nothing about these emails. Although Hillary Clinton was Secretary
of State for four years and is almost certain to run for president next year;
although reports indicate she used this secret account for years generating
tens of thousands of pages of emails; although the media has the bandwidth to
burn Ferguson
with lies, hunt a White
Hispanic with lies, investigate Republican Governor Scott Walker’s college
years and legal jewelry purchases made by Jeb Bush’s wife two
decades ago — it was not the media that found Hillary’s secret email
account.
Hacked e-mails indicate that Hillary Clinton used a domain
registered the day of her Senate hearings. By Philip Bump
Excerpt: Examining the registry information for
"clintonemail.com" reveals that the domain was first created on Jan.
13, 2009 -- one week before President Obama was sworn into office, and
the same
day that Clinton 's
confirmation hearings began before the Senate.
Hillary Flashback:
I'm 'Most Transparent Person In Public Life'
And Barack is the smartest...~Bob
Excerpt: There may be some poetic justice in the recent
revelation that Hillary Clinton, who has made big noises about a “pay gap”
between women and men, paid the women on her Senate staff just 72 percent of
what she paid the men. The Obama White House staff likewise has a pay gap
between women and men, as of course does the economy as a whole. Does this mean
that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both discriminate against women, that
they are themselves part of the nefarious “war on women” that so many on the
left loudly denounce? The poetic justice in the recent “pay gap” revelations is
that the fundamental fraud in the statistics that are thrown around comes back
to bite those who are promoting that fraud for political purposes. What makes
such statistics fraudulent is that they are comparing apples and oranges.
Net Neutrality: 12-Year Old has Facebook Account
Blocked after Criticizing Obama
Excerpt: Last week we brought you the wonderful story of young Mr. CJ Pearson, a brilliant
young Georgia
boy who gave an eloquent defense of Mayor Rudy Giuliani on YouTube. It was in
the wake of Mayor Giuliani’s comments about whether or not President Obama
loved our nation, and young Mr. Pearson added his voice to the conversation.
The video, which he shared on his Facebook page, went viral in a matter of
hours as Americans all over the country enjoyed his perspective on Mayor
Giuliani’s thoughts.
Excerpt: While the precise quantum where an economy passes
“the point of no return” is somewhat dependent upon economic assumptions; a
very crude standard is the 100%-level. Once an economy accumulates a mountain
of debt equal to its entire, national, economic output; that economy no longer
has sufficient financial/economic mass to (responsibly) “service” this mountain
of debt. In other words, once past that point-of-no-return, as a simple
function of arithmetic it is inevitable that total debt (and thus total
interest payments) must just continue to go higher and higher and higher,
until…? Outright bankruptcy. The economic Holy Grail of a “balanced budget” is
no longer even mathematically possible; maintaining the same fiscal course
is nothing less than economic suicide. (Note that China
and Russia
are not in this "Bankruptcy Club." They both have surpluses! Yet
the Satanists in Washington , DC ,
want them to obey the US
elites who can't even manage their own finances! Hey, if you owe me $5000 and
make no effort to repay me for years, do you have the right to lord it
over me and condemn me? That is exactly what Washington
does (don't call it America .
America
is We the People and we have nothing to do with this Ponzi scheme. We need a
divorce from Washington
as recommended here http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/2291/Needed-The-Third-Continental-Congress.aspx).
The word Satanist is not an exaggeration if you consider what I say here about
American Keynesianism http://www.americandailyherald.com/pundits/donald-hank/item/the-reprobate-keynesian-mind
--Don)
The Case for the
Warthog: It can do what other aircraft can’t. By Mike Fredenburg
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/414635/case-warthog-mike-fredenburg
Excerpt: While in Iraq the U.S. Air Force is sending A-10 Warthogs on successful sortie after successful sortie against the Islamic State, back here at home, Air Force brass are renewing their efforts to scrap the legendary plane. In fact, the Air Force, thwarted in last year’s efforts to scrap the A-10, is deliberately underutilizing it in the campaign against the Islamic State. The military waited until three months into the bombing campaign inIraq and Syria to deploy the A-10 and has
deployed only a small percentage of the available planes. (The AF Brass need to
wake up and smell the cordite. This aircraft, as "ancient" as it may
be, still has a great role to play on the battlefield, and what's important is
that we don't have anything to take its place. It's already here, comparatively
cheap to run, and undeniably effective in so many ways. It keeps the guys on
the ground alive and well, and there is no mission any more important than that.
--Del )
Excerpt: While in Iraq the U.S. Air Force is sending A-10 Warthogs on successful sortie after successful sortie against the Islamic State, back here at home, Air Force brass are renewing their efforts to scrap the legendary plane. In fact, the Air Force, thwarted in last year’s efforts to scrap the A-10, is deliberately underutilizing it in the campaign against the Islamic State. The military waited until three months into the bombing campaign in
Scary: The Terrifying Vulnerability of the U.S.
Excerpt: Whenever a military crisis breaks out, American
hawks talk about sending in the troops, and doves sputter about imperialism.
But the key role of the U.S.
military is usually far away from these hot spots, and instead in Eastern
Europe, the Taiwan
straits, the Korean peninsula, and the world's shipping lanes. Like it or not,
in a world where the U.S. spends more on its military than every other country
put together, and where the only plausible contenders with the U.S. for global
predominance are unsavory regimes like Putin's Russia and authoritarian China,
the U.S. military is the unseen guarantor of most of the peace and prosperity
on the planet. But all of that depends on the U.S. military being, you know,
good.
Obamacare/Government Healthcare News
King v. Burwell Is Much Bigger Than Obamacare: The Supreme
Court is about to decide whether we are a nation of laws or men. By David Catron
Excerpt: If the Court permits this usurpation of such
crucial congressional prerogatives, the result would be a quantum leap forward
in presidential power. This is precisely what the separation of powers was
devised to prevent. Yet, as perilous as it would be to permit the executive
branch to accumulate more power than it has already acquired since 2009, that
is what SCOTUS is being pressured to do. (“Mr. Franklin, what sort of
government have you given us? “A republic, madam, if you can keep it.” --TH)
Obamacare’s Vending Machine Power Grab. By Diana
Furchtgott-Roth
Excerpt: It’s bad enough that the Affordable Care Act is
raising premiums and deductibles—and perhaps lowering your tax refund. In
addition, the ACA has given the Food and Drug Administration the power to go
after your favorite vending machine. By the end of next year, according
to a new FDA rule, most snack machines must have calorie
counts prominently displayed, or risk removal. Any sort of vending machines,
from mixed nut machines to gumball machines, are subject to this new rule, if
the operator owns twenty or more machines. The calorie declarations must be
clear, conspicuous, and placed prominently on a sign in, on, or adjacent to the
vending machine.
Undocumented Democrat News
IRS defends paying
refunds to illegals who never filed taxes
Excerpt: The IRS is
defending its decision to let illegal immigrants claim up to three years’ refunds
on income even if they never paid income taxes, telling Congress in a
new letter last week that agency lawyers have concluded getting a Social
Security number triggers the ability to go back and ask for previous refunds.
President Obama’s new deportation amnesty could grant Social Security numbers
to as many as 4 million illegal immigrants, making many of them eligible for
tax refunds under the Earned Income Tax Credit even for years when
they cheated on their taxes, by working off the books and not filing tax
returns.
Grassley wants to block so-called ‘amnesty bonuses’ for
immigrants. By Josh Hicks
Except: A senior Republican is pushing for Congress to
ban millions of immigrants from receiving tax credits for the working poor
under President Obama’s recent immigration orders.
Liberals Outraged that University Won’t Regulate What
Students Wear Off-Campus
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/414685/liberals-outraged-university-wont-regulate-what-students-wear-campus-katherine-timpf
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/414685/liberals-outraged-university-wont-regulate-what-students-wear-campus-katherine-timpf
Excerpt: On February 7, members of
Phi Gamma Delta threw an off-campus party that fraternity president Andrew
Campbell said was supposed to be “western” themed. Some of the guests, however,
had apparently heard it was a “border patrol” themed party, and showed up in
“culturally insensitive” attire such as construction gear and sombreros,
according to an article in the Daily Texan, the school’s official student
newspaper. School administrators decided that although they would work to educate
the frat members about cultural sensitivity, they could not punish anyone
formally because the party was off-campus. After all, a university can
hardly dictate to students what to wear everywhere they go. (Dumb
students think they live in a country that allows freedom of expression. ~Bob.
"Border patrol themed" - I take it that wherever the party was then,
that the doors were wide open and absolutely anybody could waltz in and help
themselves to what others paid for. --FunkyBarfly on Facebook.)
"You're Greener than Gore" News
Keystone XL is Better
for Economy and Environment: Obama Vetoes Anyway
Excerpt: Approving the estimated $5.3 billion Keystone XL
project would create approximately 9,000 construction jobs. When combined with
the southern portion of the Keystone pipeline (the Gulf Coast Project), it is
estimated the total $7 billion pipeline could: Create 13,000 construction and
7,000 manufacturing jobs. Add $20 billion to U.S. GDP. Add $5 billion in taxes
revenue to local counties. Generate as much as $5.2 billion in property tax
revenue for Montana , South
Dakota , Kansas , Oklahoma ,
Nebraska , and Texas collectively. Over 2.6 million miles
of pipeline in the United States that deliver both liquid petroleum products
and natural gas, while the Keystone XL portion of the Keystone pipeline is less
than 1,200 miles long. The Canadian Energy Pipeline Association predicts that
pipeline projects are worth $1.298 trillion dollars to the Canadian economy and
$15.52 billion dollars in additional salaries to its citizens. The U.S. State
Department reported an increase of 42,000 jobs during the construction process,
and roughly 118,000 jobs to maintain the pipeline and the refineries. 70
percent of petroleum and crude oil is shipped by pipeline, which in recent
years has proven to be safer.
Religion of Peace News
Worth Reading
Excerpt: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of Israel , spoke
before a joint session of the United States Congress, a pride of sorts, this
morning.
Netanyahu Slams White House Deal With Iran : “Even If Israel
Has to Stand Alone, Israel
Excerpt: During his address, Netanyahu described the failure
to stop Iran
from developing a nuclear weapon as a “countdown to a nuclear nightmare,” and
said he has a “profound obligation” to warn against the current deal the White
House is working on with the Iranian regime. “This is a bad deal, it’s a
very bad deal, we’re better off without it,” he said. “We’re told that the
alternative to this deal is war. That’s just not true. The alternative to this
bad deal is a much better deal.”
Great News! Obama’s
Drawing a New ‘Red Line’ with Iran
Excerpt: Fascinatingly, President Obama walks around
completely unaware of how little credibility he has left -- with skeptics in
both parties, with the American public, with our allies, or with our enemies.
Here’s his latest assurance on his rapidly-forming deal with the Iranian regime: "Iran must commit to a verifiable
freeze of at least 10 years on sensitive nuclear activity for a landmark atomic
deal to be reached, but the odds are still against sealing a final agreement,
U.S. President Barack Obama told Reuters on Monday." A ten-year
freeze . . . and then what? There was once a time when Obama said Iran could “never“ have a nuclear weapon. Now we’re leaving the door
opened a crack. Obama’s comment about the time frame for a freeze represents
one of the U.S.
government’s strongest signals yet of its red line for a successful deal.
Ah. It’s a “red line.” How reassuring.
Obama Administration
says 2014 was Worst Year Ever for Global Terrorism but Obama Spokesman says
World is Safer than Ever?
AIPAC Speech: Bibi Brings the House Down: Gives
Fierce Speech on Israel
Excerpt: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned
today he has a “moral obligation to speak up in the face” of Iran getting a
nuclear weapon. At a meeting of American Israeli Public Affairs Committee
(AIPAC) in Washington , D.C. ,
Netanyahu pointed to a map during his speech: It shows Iran training,
arming, dispatching terrorists on five continents. Iran envelopes the world with its
tentacles of terror. This is what Iran is doing now without nuclear
weapons. Imagine what Iran
will do with nuclear weapons. And this same Iran
vows to annihilate Israel .
Obama's pals: Muslim Brotherhood Condemns Egypt Court
Declaring Hamas A Terrorist Group, Calls for Destruction of Israel
Excerpt: The Muslim Brotherhood condemned an Egyptian court
decision to designate Hamas as a terrorist organization and called for the
destruction of the Jewish state, according to an Investigative Project on
Terrorism (IPT) translation of a Brotherhood statement released on its
Arabic website. "The Zionist entity will continue to be its historic enemy
until the complete liberation of the land. We will soon celebrate, if God
wills, the collapse of this coup and the return of Egypt to its role in protecting the
Arab national security," reads the Brotherhood statement.
The Sad Plight of Jihadi John. Shamefully, the decapitator
of hostages is being made out to be a victim. By Rich Lowry
Excerpt: According to his own self-pitying e-mails prior to
his star turn as a knife-wielding executioner, Emwazi was harried by British
intelligence beyond human endurance. Some so-called civil libertarians have
picked up on his plaint to argue that a good, promising young Muslim man was
pushed into the arms of a medieval terror group by the Brits.
Figures From U.S.-Led
Coalition Show Heavy 2014 Losses for Afghan Army
Excerpt: The Afghan Army lost more than 20,000 fighters and
others last year largely because of desertions, discharges and deaths in
combat, according to figures to be released Tuesday, casting further doubt
on Afghanistan’s ability
to maintain security without help from United States-led coalition forces.
(Someone once called Afghanistan
a "War of necessity, a war we have to win." ~Bob)
Bibi at the
barricade. By Cal Thomas
http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/thomas030315.php3
http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/thomas030315.php3
Excerpt: If the administration truly had political concerns
it would not have dispatched a team of Obama loyalists to Israel to
help defeat Netanyahu. No, many believe the real reason the administration
opposes Netanyahu's speech is because he will tell the truth about Iran 's nuclear
threat and the administration wants to cover up what could ultimately become a
very bad deal. Iran wants
nuclear weapons. And yet the U.S.
is promoting the fiction that despite past behavior and the apocalyptic
statements by its leaders, Iran will
agree to stop its nuclear program. It will not.
*****
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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