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The true meaning of Memorial Day
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General News and Comment
ABCs of being Marine. By Andy Weddington
Excerpt: For this Memorial Day weekend, that for many begins tomorrow, the ABCs of being Marine. Impossible is explaining being Marine. Marines know - it's not abstract.
Leaked Emails Confirm Hillary Had Highly Sensitive Info On Private Emails. By Alex Griswold
Excerpt: Emails leaked to The New York Times confirms what many critics have suspected: former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s insecure private email server contained highly sensitive information. “Mrs. Clinton’s emails show that she had a special type of government information known as ‘sensitive but unclassified,’ or ‘SBU,’ in her account,” the Times reports. “That information included the whereabouts and travel plans of American officials in Libya as security there deteriorated during the uprising against the leadership of Col. Muammar el Qaddafi in 2011.”
http://freedomforce.com/3764/liberal-hillary-clinton-destroyed-libya/
Excerpt: Wow. Chris Hayes at MSNBC is on a roll recently. Just last week he admitted that America is indeed a Christian nation and that Christianity has been under attack in recent days. Now, he’s turned his attention to Hillary Clinton and wonders why no one is talking about the fact that Hillary Clinton played a major role in DESTROYING LIBYA!?!
Worth Reading
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/418771/vote-hillary-vote-how-it-ought-be-jim-geraghty?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=GFile&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/418771/vote-hillary-vote-how-it-ought-be-jim-geraghty?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=GFile&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign
Excerpt: Michael Gerson points out that Hillary Clinton is indeed running on a big issue: A declaration that the ethical standards for openness, honesty, and financial self-interest for our elected leaders are way too high, and it is time she and the people around her be enabled to pursue what they want, when they want, however they want, with no disclosure whatsoever. ...
First, the dead cat of lies. By Jonah Goldberg, The Goldberg File
If Hillary Clinton wanted these e-mails out ASAP, she would not have printed them out and delivered hard copies — some double-sided, some not, for extra inconvenience — to the State Department. She would have handed over an easily searchable hard drive. Heck, she still has electronic versions of the e-mails. She could hand them over today if she wanted to expedite the process. But that’s not the plan.
Excerpt: Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton received information on her private email server about the deadly attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi that has now been classified. The email in question, forwarded to Clinton by her deputy chief of staff, Jake Sullivan, relates to reports of arrests in Libya of possible suspects in the attack. Because the information was not classified at the time the email was sent, no laws were violated. But Friday's redaction shows that Clinton received information considered sensitive on her unsecured personal server, which came to light just as she was beginning her presidential campaign. (Her account HAD to have been hacked. ~Bob)
In just five weeks, Hillary has had a lifetime quota of scandals. By Michael Greson
Excerpt: This attribute of backbone in a dubious cause — in a very different moral context — has been on full display in Hillary Clinton’s presidential launch. Everybody knows that there are no secrets in the age of Snowden and that transparency is now a requirement for the political class. But Clinton conducts public business on a private server, destroys 30,000 e-mails of her choosing and provides the rest in boxes of unsearchable paper records. Everyone knows that social media and the 24-hour news cycle create an insatiable demand for content, which presidential campaigns must strive to fill. Clinton grants media access in frothy little dollops even as large controversies unfold.
Worth Reading
By Ron Fournier
Excerpt: I don't believe her because I've covered the Clintons since the 1980s and know how dedicated they are to what former Clinton spokesman Mike McCurry called "telling the truth slowly." The fact is that she would rather delay the document dump until early 2016—and then have the email released on a single day to overwhelm the media and allow her to declare herself exonerated. That was her strategic choice, Clinton advisers confirmed for me, until a federal judge ordered the State Department on Tuesday to release the email in stages.
Liberal MSNBC Host: Hillary’s Emails Were ‘Designed To Defy The Law’ [VIDEO]
Emails reportedly show confidant told Clinton Benghazi attack planned by fighters tied to Al Qaeda
Excerpt: A longtime Clinton confidant reportedly advised then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton two days after the 2012 Benghazi terror attack that an Al Qaeda-tied group had planned the deadly assault and used a protest as cover -- but despite this warning, Clinton's U.N. ambassador went on to publicly claim the attack was "spontaneous." The guidance from ex-Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal was contained in a memo sent Sept. 13, according to The New York Times. It is the latest documentation effectively contradicting the administration's early narrative that the attack was driven by protests over an anti-Islam Internet video -- and raising questions over why officials stuck to that story for days.
Insiders: Benghazi
Excerpt: Three out of four Democratic insiders in the early states believe testifying before Congress about the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi , Libya
Will Hillary’s Accomplishment Deficit Be Her Undoing? By Jonah Goldberg
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/418746/will-hillarys-accomplishment-deficit-be-her-undoing-jonah-goldberg?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=GFile&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/418746/will-hillarys-accomplishment-deficit-be-her-undoing-jonah-goldberg?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=GFile&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign
Excerpt: The awkward part came when Bloomberg’s Mark Halperin asked the room, “What did she accomplish that you consider significant as secretary of state?” The answers — or rather, the replies, since no one had an answer — were awkward to say the least. “I really can’t name anything off the top of my head,” one squirming Democrat admitted. “Give me a minute. Give me two minutes. Go to someplace else,” another Iowa Democrat pleaded. A third let the uncomfortable silence play out for as long as she could before confessing, “No.” One young man offered the most grudging endorsement he could. “She’s been at a high level in numerous offices for about 25 years now. It’s either going to be that or it’s going to be Scott Walker . . . destroying America ’s unions.
Bill Clinton-era tax break bill back to haunt Hillary
Bill Clinton-era tax break bill back to haunt Hillary
Excerpt: In a January 2000 memo to Hillary Clinton from senior aides, plans for a "philanthropy tax initiative roll-out" showed her scrawled approval, "HRC" and "OK." (...) But in directly pushing the legislation while the Clinton Library was aggressively seeking donations, Hillary and Bill Clinton's altruistic support for philanthropy overlapped with their interests promoting their White House years and knitting ties with philanthropic leaders. Hundreds of pages of documents contain no evidence that anyone in the Clinton administration raised warnings about potential ethics concerns or sought to minimize the White House's active role in the legislation. (First, notice this is from the Associated Press by way of liberal-leaning AOL/Huffington Post. Second, when reading the article note the clear tone of disapproval. Although the article mentions some Republican presidents, THEY ARE NOT USED TO EXCUSE the Clintons ’ "lack of sensitivity to appearances." I can’t believe this story would’ve been published six months ago. Is the media finally figuring out they’ve been had again and again by these people? Are they finally tired enough of it to do some real reporting? I think Hillary might be in trouble. Ron P.)
The
Excerpt: On January 6, 2014, Hillary Clinton gave a speech on behalf of GE at an event in Boca Raton , Fla. Clintons ' household income was already four times the median for 2014. As is now well known, that was not the last speech a Clinton gave last year. The Post has tracked those appearances and the fees they generated. We took that data and plotted it by calendar day.
Excerpt: The Clinton Foundation reported Thursday that it has received as much as $26.4 million in previously undisclosed payments from major corporations, universities, foreign sources and other groups. The disclosure came as the foundation faced questions over whether it fully complied with a 2008 ethics agreement to reveal its donors and whether any of its funding sources present conflicts of interest for Hillary Rodham Clinton as she begins her presidential campaign. The money was paid as fees for speeches by Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton. (Did I use this already? There are so many scandal revelations about Hillary coming so fast, I can't remember which I've seen before. ~Bob)
Looks like Jim Webb is in
The fight against child sex trafficking in Cambodia
Excerpt: “You can go Cambodia , Phnom Penh . The place is called Svay Pak. There are many there you can try. Age around 6 to 16. Depending on what u want to do. I find 12 to 14 year olds the best as they are freshest and is becoming a grown up girl soon. Innocent too. :) and very curious about sex.” This is a milder excerpt from e-mails sent to an undercover police officer. They came from a Singaporean pedophile named Chan Chun Hong who was planning to visit Svay Pak , Cambodia
How a former Virginia
Excerpt: Let’s dissect this, shall we? To the right stands former Virginia delegate Joe Morrissey, 57, a Democrat running for a Virginia state Senate seat as an Independent after Democratic Party officials rejected his attempt to seek office. Joining Morrissey are his 19-year-old receptionist, Myrna Pride, and their 9-week-old son Chase, a child Morrissey publicly acknowledged as his son for the first time Wednesday.
Democrats: The Party Of Fraud. By Michael Bargo Jr.
Excerpt: The managers of the Cancer Fund of America used the proceeds to take vacations, give themselves high salaries, new cars and directed very little to the actual treatment of cancer.
This comes just two weeks after it was revealed that the Clinton Foundation has been doing exactly the same thing, but an FTC case has yet to be opened. This sounds very much like the way Bill and Hillary Clinton use the money from their Clinton Foundation. Only ten percent of the $252 million raised from 2011 to 2013 went to charitable grants. Instead they give their employees elaborate salaries, pay for their travel on private jets, expensive hotel rooms and so on. ... Illinois now has 8,000 retired government workers who earn more than $100,000 a year in their pension, and this number will increase to 20,000 retirees by 2020. Someone needs to pay for it. Including those who earn minimum wage. So the minimum wage earners who believed that Pat Quinn wanted to help them not only were hustled out of their vote but are being hustled, with every paycheck, out of 1.8% of their minimum wage pay and are being forced to contribute to the pensions of those getting $100,000 a year. Democrats talk of redistributing income but in reality all they do is redistribute debt.
GOP Populism. By Jim Geraghty, Morning Jolt
I was chatting with a couple of bright minds last night, veterans of the conservative-media world and political campaigns, who observed that the mood of the Republican party has rarely been more populist. We concluded that the GOP has some good reason to feel populist! One of the biggest problems facing the country, one worsening in the past two decades or so, is an increasingly inter-connected network of political, economic, and cultural elites that is increasingly brazen in pursuit of its own self-interest. Progressive don’t really care if they live up to their own “rules” on paying taxes, paying minimum wage, making sexist comments or mistreating women, forsaking gun ownership, carbon emissions, use of public schools, or watering their lawns during California’s drought. They are quite comfortable with the concept, with special rights and privileges that the general public doesn’t get to enjoy.
Manchin on Congress: ‘We Never Acknowledge We’ve Made a Mistake.’ By Nicholas Ballasy
Excerpt: Manchin told the audience the federal government should be re-checking individuals receiving disability checks each month. “We’ve got more people signing up for total disability than ever before,” he said. “Why aren’t we re-checking them? Why not make them come back to reevaluate if they are still totally disabled? You’re getting a lifetime reward, a lifetime check – that’s the jackpot. You’ve done hit the lottery, and those types of things we need to look at.”
Too Funny: Solitary Prison cell size Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Here is the person Obama put in charge of the Federal Prison System! What you are about to see and hear is the Obama-appointed "Director of Federal Prisons" of the United States appearing before the Senate about Federal Prisons. He is questioned by Sen. Al Franken, a friend and strong supporter of President Obama. This short video will, if nothing else, demonstrate why this administration is near chaos. Are all Obama appointees this stupid? Video is approximately 2 minutes. --Anon.
Excerpt: Elizabeth Warren is trying to kill President Barack Obama’s trade agenda by raising the specter that foreign companies could use an investor-friendly arbitration system to circumvent the U.S. court system. But she hasn’t discussed her own role 15 years ago in the arbitration system she opposes — as a paid expert witness earning as much as $90,000 from the U.S. government.
Rising Dragon News
Navy Unveils Video of Manmade Islands in South China Sea
Excerpt: Defying Chinese orders to get lost, a Navy P-8 patrol plane flew over the reefs Beijing is turning into full-fledged footholds.
Excerpt: In an issue that gets little attention these days, we sat down with Dr. Michael Pillsbury, author of The Hundred Year Marathon: China’s Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower, to discuss his new book and if China has really surpassed the US as the world’s superpower. Dr. Pillsbury is an expert on US-China relations and was previously the Assistant Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Planning in the Reagan administration responsible for implementation of the program of covert aid known as the “Reagan Doctrine.” (I recently read The Hundred Year Marathon and rate it a "must read." ~Bob)
Excerpt: While admitting that reaching agreement between the two countries will be difficult to achieve, George Soros - speaking at The World Bank's Bretton Woods conference this week - warned that unless the U.S. makes 'major concessions' and allows China's currency to join the IMF's basket of currencies, "there is a real danger China will align itself with Russia politically and militarily, and then the threat of world war becomes real." (Excuse me, George. There is no "danger that China will align itself with Russia politically and militarily." Unless you were fast asleep during the recent joint exercises in the Mediterranean and the obvious show of military solidarity in Red Square , with thousands of Chinese and Russian soldiers marching in full view of the world, then you ought to know that these two countries have already firmly aligned with each other! Yes, George, of course the RMB must join the basket of currencies, but even if it does not, the RMB has already been accepted with open arms by all of our "allies," who, unlike the US , have established RMB clearing centers in their capitals. I pointed that out here http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/hank/141219 back in December of last year. Like the US government, George is leading from behind. When almost all US allies were weighing joining the Chinese bank AIIB, Obama warned them not to be so hasty. But they ignored this empty warning. So what did Obama do? He led from behind and joined the AIIB. He had no choice. The rest of the world is making all of our major choices for the US government and toadies like Soros. Soros' statements on this were useless. Any analyst worth his salt knew that. He is pretending to make predictions but in reality he is reciting recent history. What a phony! --Don Hank. When Soros wants something, there is ALWAYS a cash payoff for him in it. ~Bob)
Gun News
Man shot, hospitalized during alleged home break-in near Troup
Excerpt: One man is facing several charges after he allegedly broke into a family's home in the Troup area and was shot by one of the homeowners during a fight Tuesday. ... The suspect followed the man back inside his home, and the fighting continued. The homeowner's wife ordered the suspect to stop and leave, but when the suspect continued the attack, she shot him once, according to the sheriff's office.
Police: Burglar shot while trying to break into truck
http://www.news4sanantonio.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/Police-Burglar-shot-while-trying-to-break-into-truck-133744.shtml
http://www.news4sanantonio.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/Police-Burglar-shot-while-trying-to-break-into-truck-133744.shtml
Excerpt: Police say a man who caught an alleged burglar breaking into his truck pulled out a gun and shot him.
WorthReading
Worth
Excerpt: When I get asked about how to change the perspective of an anti-gunner, particularly on the left, I always tell people to extend an invitation to the shooting range. Why? If the invitation is accepted, the person you take will more than likely have a fantastic time and will want to go again. This can eventually lead to their first gun purchase and the rest become history. But most importantly, taking them to the range allows them to find out that the media has been lying to them about guns for years.
Video: Suspect’s Attempt to Carjack Gun Owner Goes Very Wrong — but Watch Until the End to See Cops’ Reaction. By Jason Howerton
Excerpt: “You know what this is,” the man reportedly said, seemingly letting his “victim” know it was a carjacking. Before he could say another word, Fannin pulled his firearm and pointed it at the suspect, identified as 61-year-old Edgar Horn. He proceeded to hold his would-be alleged carjacker at gunpoint until police arrived — and a bystander caught it all on video.
Armed Robbery Suspect Shot
Excerpt: It's the third time Sam's Mini Mart has been robbed. But this time, one of the robbers didn't get off so easily. Sam Alamari, who owns the store, says his brother showed up after the two men forced their way inside and shot at the robbers, hitting one of the men multiple times, in the leg and lower back. Sam says that man should feel lucky he wasn't the one shooting. "It's me, I'm not going to shoot him in the legs, I'm going to shoot him in the head," he says. "There's nobody coming to me because you know me, I'm going to shoot him, I'm going to kill him."
Race Card News
Racist Georgia
Excerpt: Where might you expect to find Dr. Ben Carson’s stronghold of support? Look no further than the deep south, where in my home state of Georgia , the GOP Presidential candidate scored a stunning victory in the 2015 Georgia State Convention Straw Poll. Dr. Carson won just over 76% of the convention vote easily dominating Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and Governor Scott Walker (R-WI) who came in 2ndand 3rd with 7% and 6% of the vote respectively. Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) rounded out the top 5 in support.
Officers indicted in death of Freddie Gray
Excerpt: The state's attorney in Baltimore says all six officers charged in the police-custody death of Freddie Gray have been indicted by a grand jury.
New York Times Stumbles onto the Truth About Baltimore
Excerpt: Near the famous burned-out CVS–the city had begged the company to “invest” in a dodgy neighborhood–the Times reporter found someone it identified as “Robert Wilson, a college student who went to high school in Baltimore .” The article concludes with Mr. Wilson’s explanation of why blacks rioted. He said nothing about Freddie Gray or police brutality. Instead, he said this: We’re just angry at the surroundings–like this is all that is given to us?–and we’re tired of this, like nobody wants to wake up and see broken-down buildings. They take away the community centers, they take away our fathers, and now we have traffic lights that don’t work, we have houses that are crumbling, falling down. This quote almost perfectly captures the black mentality that leads to rioting. Blacks live in neighborhoods that they, themselves, have wrecked, and then ask, “This is all that is given to us?”
When you don't back the police...Baltimore
Excerpt: Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake called the city's recent spike in violence “disheartening” Thursday as police work to address a dramatic increase in homicides and nonfatal shootings. “It’s extremely frustrating,” the mayor told reporters at a news conference. “It is disheartening, but I am still resolved to continue to reduce violent crime in our city.” (...they back off on crime. ~Bob)
Batts: Police having trouble policing West Baltimore
Excerpt: Police are struggling to stop violence in West Baltimore , where officers have been routinely surrounded by dozens of people, video cameras and hostility while doing basic police work since the death of Freddie Gray, Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts said Wednesday. The Western District, the site of Gray's arrest and the epicenter of the protests and rioting that followed his death, has seen the majority of the city's recent shootings and homicides, which are coming faster than they have in eight years. (Gee, what a surprise. The thugs know that they act with impunity if they harass police; cops know they will be gigged on and claimed racism. What did they expect? ~Bob)
Worth Reading : The Collapse of Baltimore City
Excerpt: Fact: The last Republican city council member in Baltimore City
That is 73 years of solid Democrat city councils. Fact: The last Republican mayor of Baltimore City Maryland legislature since 1918–or nearly a century of Democrat control. Fact: 7 out of 8 members of the Maryland delegation in the U.S. House are Democrats. Fact: Last Republican U.S. Senator from Maryland was elected in 1980.
Pay Close Attention to What Handcuffed Baltimore
Excerpt: “My back! My back!” the suspect started screaming. The man’s condition was unclear, but viewers immediately accused the suspect of attempting to fake the injury. WMAR-TV’s anchor also noticed that the man went to the ground after seemingly seeing their camera on the scene.
#CutTheCheck: Hired Ferguson
Excerpt: “Black Lives Matter” protesters who were apparently hired to cause a ruckus in Ferguson , Missouri Missouri branch of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)—after the group allegedly stopped paying them.
Court Affidavit: Suspect in DC quadruple murder did not act alone
Excerpt: Authorities revealed Friday that more than one person must have been responsible for the slayings of four people inside a Washington family's mansion last week. A fugitive task force arrested Daron Dylon Wint Thursday night, and took five people who were with him into custody. Wint, is the only person currently charged with the murder of Savvas Savopoulos; his wife Amy; their 10-year-old son, Philip; and their housekeeper, Veralicia Figueroa. ... Wint was convicted of assaulting one girlfriend in Maryland in 2009, and he pleaded guilty the next year to malicious destruction of property after he allegedly threatened to kill a woman and her infant daughter, breaking into her apartment, stealing a television and vandalizing her car. (Why was he on the street? Black Privilege? ~Bob)
Son of Popular Democrat Politician Commits Violent Crime while on Probation - Gets More Probation. By Onan Coca
Excerpt: Son to D.C.’s infamous ‘Mayor for Life’ Marion Barry pleaded guilty Wednesday to assault charges stemming from a January outburst in which he threw a trash can at a teller in a downtown bank. Despite already being on probation, Marion Christopher Barry was sentenced to 12 months of supervised probation and mandatory attendance of anger management classes, NBC4 Washington reported. Barry was on probation for DUI and drug possession charges dating back to last year, which forced him in to another hearing Wednesday to face contempt of court charges. (Black Privilege? ~Bob)
Obamacare/Government Healthcare News
Surprise: Insurers Anticipate Significant 2016 Obamacare Premium Hikes. By Guy Benson
Excerpt: In recent weeks, large insurers selling coverage through Obamacare have proposed massive rate increases for 2016 – even exceeding 40 percent – because they haven't been able to sign up enough young and healthy customers. This is an ominous sign for the future of Obamacare, because two federal programs that were supposed to act as training wheels for insurers in the early years of Obamacare by absorbing excess risk are set to expire after 2016.
Obamacare expansion cash could fill huge highway funding gap. By Jason Hart
Excerpt: Are Republicans willing to increase taxes or cut infrastructure spending to keep federal taxpayers on the hook for Obamacare expansion? Congressman Bruce Westerman hopes not, and the Republican freshman from Arkansas is offering another option. Westerman will introduce a bill Thursday to patch a hole in the Highway Trust Fund with money saved by reducing Obamacare expansion’s federal match rate to traditional Medicaid levels.
"You're Greener than Gore" News
Climate Blockbuster: New Nasa Data Shows Polar Ice Has Not Receded Since 1979. Global warming alarmists claimed Arctic ice cap would be gone by now, but sea ice is 5% above 35 year average
Excerpt: NASA has updated its data from satellite readings, revealing that the planet’s polar ice caps have not retreated significantly since 1979, when measurements began.
Indeed, the polar ice has, for almost three years now, remained above the 35 year average.
Former UN Lead Author: Global Warming Caused By ‘Natural Variations’ In Climate. By Michael Bastasch
Excerpt: Global temperature change observed over the last hundred years or so is well within the natural variability of the last 8,000 years, according to a new paper by a former Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change (IPCC) lead author. Dr. Philip Lloyd, a South Africa-based physicist and climate researcher, examined ice core-based temperature data going back 8,000 years to gain perspective on the magnitude of global temperature changes over the 20th Century.
Polar Ice Caps Put a Freeze on Alarmist Narrative. By Jordan Candler
Excerpt: What should be more alarming is how quickly polar ice has increased over the last few years. According to Taylor , “In late 2012 … polar ice dramatically rebounded and quickly surpassed the post-1979 average. Ever since, the polar ice caps have been at a greater average extent than the post-1979 mean. Now, in May 2015, the updated NASA data show polar sea ice is approximately 5 percent above the post-1979 average.”
Climate change update: ‘Vanishing’ Great Lakes ice causes Coast Guard to need stronger ice-breakers, or something. By Doug Powers
Excerpt:
If there are two things that sum up the fluid and deceptive nature of climate change/global warming/climate disruption “science” game, here they are… In 2012 Al Gore (and others) warned that a warming planet due to AGW would mean ice-free Great Lakes : This year, after adjusting for reality:
Religion of Peace News
Hillary Clinton Attacks Israel, Says They’re Conquerors Who “Deny Dignity”
Excerpt: When it comes to foreign policy, it seems that neither Barack Obama nor Hillary Clinton have a clue what they’re talking about. The former Secretary of State has been in the hot seat for her involvement in the Benghazi scandal for almost a year now, and one would think with that situation coming to a head, wisdom would guide her to think carefully before she speaks, as idiotic statements could damage her chances at the presidency in 2016. It seems that Clinton has ignored that common sense bit of wisdom, by slamming the nation of Israel in her latest memoir, Hard Choices where she calls the Jewish nation an “occupying force in Palestine .
Excerpt: As Israeli hospitals continue their life-saving treatment for escalating numbers of wounded Syrians fleeing to the Golan from the Assad regime’s barbaric attacks, the U.N. reached new heights of absurdity today by accusing Israel of violating the health rights of Syrians in the Golan. By a vote of 104 to 4, with 6 abstentions and 65 absent, the Jewish state was singled out as the world’s top violator of health rights by the annual assembly of the U.N.’s World Health Organization. (This inclines me to say F*** the Arabs, Muslims, European cowardly governments (notably excepting the honorable Czechs) and liberal Jews who ignore or abet this ostracism by failing to tout the good about Israel. OK. I feel better now. Cordially, Larry Greenberg. Nepal should send home all those Israeli health workers and just use Muslim ones. ~Bob)
Excerpt: According to a top Iranian advisor, Tehran has “tens of thousands” of missiles pointed at Israel , and will not hesitate to use them.
Islamic State approaches Israel
Excerpt: Prediction: if the Islamic State gets into a position to threaten Israel in any serious way, we will start seeing the mainstream media grow markedly sympathetic to it, with a spate of articles hailing the new “maturity” and “moderation” of the Islamic State.
Excerpt: The US Department of Defense continues its bizarre stream of statements concerning the collapse of Iraqi security forces in Ramadi in the face of the Islamic State offensive. Last week, as Ramadi was under assault and the government center was overrun, General Thomas D. Weidley, the chief of staff for Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve, talked about how the strategy to defeat the Islamic State was working and Ramadi was “contested.” Two days later, Ramadi collapsed, and today, Palmyra in Syria also fell to the jihadist group. Today, General Martin Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top military leader in the country, said that Iraqi forces weren’t driven out of Ramadi, they drove out on their own.
After Fall of Ramadi, U.S.
Excerpt: The first kick in the gut came in January of 2014 — when the “JV team” took Fallujah. Since then, they’ve been falling like dominoes — one Iraqi city after another. Remember that almost 4,500 U.S. troops paid the ultimate sacrifice during the eight-year war.
Now that ISIS has planted its black and white flag in the center of Ramadi, veterans of the bloody battles that were fought to stabilize the city are expressing anger and frustration at the way the current administration has allowed the country to unravel. (Of course it really is small stuff now, because if it were important, then Obama would need to either take serious action about it, or admit that he took our military out of Iraq too soon, or admit that radical Islam is a real problem. Since he can't abide any of these, it just can't be important. Of course, telling that to the guys who bought that real estate with blood doesn't play really well, they are a sensitive lot. --Del. Vietnam
SP-MAGTF Commander Details ISIL Strikes; Notes 1st Marines ‘Could Clear’ Iraq. By Richard Whittle (Means 1st MarDiv, not 1st Marines, a rgt.)
Excerpt: “Could we put the 1st Marine Division on line and clear through Iraq ? Yes, we could. Our administration has made the decision that it was not going to do that. We were going to enable and facilitate the Iraqis to do it for themselves — with a lot of support from us.”
Obama’s Policies to Empower ISIS Exposed. By Raymond Ibrahim
Excerpt: In an article published over seven months ago, I anticipated the main developments to have taken place since U.S. President Obama declared war (i.e., “airstrikes”) on the Islamic State in September, 2014. Titled “Does Obama Need ‘Time to Defeat or Forget ISIS?” I made the following predictions, all of which have come true, and in the same sequence: Obama’s “it will take time” [to defeat IS] assertion prompts the following prediction: U.S. U.S.
Krauthammer: Obama Sounds Like Baghdad
Excerpt: Political analyst Charles Krauthammer had this to say about Barack Obama’s assertion, “I don’t think we’re losing” the fight against the Islamic State: “The administration is sounding like Baghdad Bob during the invasion of Iraq . They’re losing. Everybody understands that. ISIS — it wasn’t only that they took over in Iraq, but it took over the town of — the city of Palmyra in Syria, which gives it control of half of Syria, and later in the day today, they took over a crucial crossing point between Syria and Iraq, essential erasing the frontier and making it easier to resupply Ramadi. These are huge strategic gains.
Excerpt: The Islamic State continued its eastward push from Ramadi in an effort to break Iraqi military forces and Iranian-backed Shiite militias who are gathering at Habbaniyah for a counteroffensive. Iraqi forces established. And today, according to Iraqi police and tribal officials, that defensive line has been breached. (It's not clear to me that we have enough troops or could muster and plan the effort to put "Boots on the Ground" in time to save Iraq and Syria from becoming the Caliphate under ISIS and the leading terror exporter over Iran. ~Bob)
White House Denies ISIS Has Established A Caliphate
Excerpt: Thursday at the White House press briefing, when asked if he believes ISIS has a caliphate, press secretary Josh Earnest said, “No, I don’t believe that at all.” ... What we actually see is they do control some territory, but less than they used too (sic).... They are not moving particularly freely these days.
Excerpt: This strategic triumph for Islamic State came at the expense of the Iraqi Army, and showed the limitations of the U.S. bombing campaign, such as it was. The battle for Ramadi had been waged for many months, so the Iraqi government and American strategists had plenty of time to plan their moves. The outcome suggests two grim conclusions: First, the Iraqi armed forces aren’t up to the mission, and second, that the U.S. was unable to crush the IS advance. Early reports from Baghdad and Washington indicate that the Iraqis and Americans are going to mount an assault on Ramadi, lest IS use it as a base from which to stage attacks against the Iraqi capital. However, this inevitably brings yet another country—Iran —onto the battlefield.
When You've Lost Piers Morgan...
Excerpt: Former CNN talkinghead Piers Morgan, best known for his leftist anti-gun screeds every time there’s a shooting, instead took aim at Barack Obama’s failed policy to confront the Islamic State. ... In short, the President has to show that the golf clubs are back in the bag now, and he’s serious. ISIS is winning. They must be stopped. Or we’ll all lose.”
Beheads witch in celebration? ~Bob
Obama Warns Clinton
Excerpt: President Barack Obama told Saudi Arabia that if it chooses to covertly work to build up a nuclear program, it would “greatly strain the relationship they’ve got with the United States .”
Islamic State claims responsibility for Shiite mosque blast in Saudi Arabia
Excerpt: The Islamic State said Friday that it was behind a blast that killed or wounded scores of worshipers at a Shiite mosque in Saudi Arabia , marking the first time the militant group has claimed an attack in the oil-rich kingdom and raising fears of an expanding sectarian conflict in the region.
Friday News Dump: State Dept. releases Clinton e-mails on Libya and Benghazi
Excerpt: The State Department on Friday released nearly 900 pages of e-mails on Libya and the Benghazi attacks from the private account Hillary Rodham Clinton used while she was secretary of state.
A New Turkish-Saudi Thaw is Helping Rebels in Syria and Worrying Washington
Excerpt: New alliances on the battlefield and in diplomatic circles between Turkey and Saudi Arabia have managed to drastically improve the fortunes of Syrian rebel fighters struggling to make significant gains against the armies of President Bashar al-Assad. Armed groups that were once at violent odds have banded together following an unexpected Turkish-Saudi alliance since the January death of Saudi Arabia ’s King Abdullah, and the groups are making significant gains against Assad’s forces, such as the recent takeover of the northern city of Idlib .
May God Protect the Bravest Woman I Know. By Tarek Fatah
Excerpt: Except in this building, she is the only resident. For security reasons, the elevator is disabled. The lights in the stairway leading up to her Spartan flat are as dim as those in a coal mine. Armed Indian security officers guard the complex around the clock. Outside her apartment door stands a towering soldier, bearing an automatic rifle. Despite the security, this woman of steel, who has braved both physical and verbal assaults over her last 20 years in exile, sounds despondent. She tells me, "The jihadi death squads of Bangladesh , who have killed three secular writers in three months, have now added my name to their list."
Tweet from Cher Verified account@cher
PRES..OBAMA...LOVE U,BUT ISIS IS KICKING OUR ASS,& IRAQI ARMY FIGHTS LIKE OLD PPL F>¥!*!$&?K!! BTW..WHERE IS NO IDEAS,NO BACKBONE CONGRESS!?
Red Cross raises alarm over scale of Boko Haram crisis
Excerpt: The Islamist uprising has left more than 15,000 people dead since 2009 and forced another 1.5 million from their homes.
Alleged diploma mill shut down by armed Pakistani investigators. By Abby Jackson
Excerpt: Federal investigators and armed officers shut down the main office of Axact in Karachi , seized computers and files, and held at least 30 people for questioning, according to the Times. The company — which describes itself as Pakistan's largest software exporter — came under fire on Sunday after the Times alleged it makes tens of millions of dollars a year by selling bogus high school, college, and doctoral degrees. (Who knew the NYT was Islamophobic. I guess this means I won't get my PhD in sexology. ~Bob)
Common Sense:
Excerpt: Australia plans to strip citizenship from Australian-born children of immigrants who become fighters for the militant group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in its crackdown on homegrown jihadis, a minister said on Thursday. The government wants to change the Citizenship Act to make fighting for ISIS a reason for losing citizenship, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said.
Excerpt: Photographs have emerged showing a Moroccan man accused of involvement in the attack on Tunisia 's Bardo Museum arriving in Sicily on a boat carrying hundreds of illegal migrants. The images were captured on 17 February and show Touil Abdelmajid, 22, smiling alongside fellow migrants on an Italian navy ship at Porto Empedocle harbour in Sicily .
Hillary got warning Benghazi attack was premeditated jihad terrorism, still blamed Muhammad video. By Robert Spencer, JihadWatch.org
Excerpt: This is proof: Hillary Clinton is an enemy of the freedom of speech. She is also an unscrupulous liar and destroyer of lives, as she said, “We’re going to have that filmmaker arrested,” and did so, even while fully knowing that his video had nothing to do with the Benghazi jihad attack. She has no business being President of the United States , and if she is elected, her presidency will be a disaster for this country. And what about Susan Rice and all the other Obama Administration officials who knowingly lied to the American people along with Hillary, and gave the impression that our freedom of speech in daring to criticize Muhammad was what was at fault? What about Obama himself, who intoned at the UN, “The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam,” even while knowing that the Benghazi jihad attack did not come from slander of the prophet of Islam? Why no impeachment proceedings?
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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:
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