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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

"Update From International Banking Source"

Unverified, but plausible.

May 15, 2012

Steve,

The warning shots have begun. I will tell you that this week has been heavy in the financial world, as I predicted that it would be from my last update... The reverberations of the JP Morgan $2 Billion dollar derivative trade loss is playing out and the fissures have finally began to manifest on the foundations of the world market. What you will see in the next few weeks is continued talks and hearings about financial regulations and other such stall tactics. This is all a cover and a ruse. The $2 billion dollar loss is just a smoke screen to further hide the truth of the $2 billion loss from MF Global. Which I will tell you from my sources [is that] Jamie Dimon and JP Morgan Chase were the sole beneficiaries of that "loss" . In truth, JP Morgan has taken delivery and full liquidation of MF Global assets, thus the $2 billion derivative loss is no big deal for the following reasons:

1. Americans and most MSM talking heads do not understand derivatives, thus it is easy to throw out cliches, axioms and jargon with cries for more regulations. Thus Dimon and his cronies at JPM know that they will skate free from all litigation. After all, he was once again voted in as CEO by the JPM board. Why? Because he covered the loss of JPM trades with MF Global's "missing" $2 billion. JPM knew about the derivative loss for months.

2. The $2 billion loss will cause the needed outcry from America's Banker (Dimon) to call for more power that will favor the Too Big To Fails (TBTF) Banks. This will allow them to further prop up the crumbling economy just long enough that it will allow them to further liquidate and conglomerate America's wealth into fewer and fewer hands. All this before the coming Euro collapse which will occur this winter. This $2 billion JPM trade loss is the perfect catalyst needed by the MSM to keep the ruse and distraction going.

Greece has gone past the point of no return and RBS, UBS, Satander and SG are all implementing the final contingency plans for a Euro withdrawal and Drachma resurgence. This will occur very quickly creating hyper-velocity and massive Euro bond dumps the likes of which we have never seen. The actions of Greece will inspire austerity-strapped Italy, Spain and Portugal to do the same. France will tailspin as the French have the greatest exposure to this coming crisis[, more] than any other nation in the Eurozone. Look for Hollande to move for a Euro exit as well due to overwhelming pressure from his far left socialist party. Hollande has to comply, [and] if he does not it would be political suicide.


Same goes for Germany, Merkel's party lost BIG in Germany's largest state North Rhine Westphalia (NRW), which way NRW goes, so goes the rest of Germany. Anti-Euro sentiment is strong and it can not be stopped no matter what the bankers are doing.

The Euro is on it's last legs [and] I do not see this currency continuing past 2013. There will be a quick dash to the dollar as a security blanket but that too will fail once the American derivative exposure can no longer be hidden. The final straw that will bring down this house of cards will be the $200-$300 trillion of American derivative exposure. The derivative bubble will pop.

What Dimon and JPM has signaled to the world elites and bankers in code is simply this... "It's time to get out of Dodge."

Best Regards,

V.

Via: Steve and Rolls Report.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Bill Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn and Van Jones: Suck on This Picture

"East Germany - Before and After":


Obama's Communist pals -- Bill Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn, and Van Jones among them -- can suck it.


Hat tip: Small Dead Animals.

Wednesday, May 09, 2012

EU Tax Hike Model Should -- But Won't -- Teach Democrats Econ 101

Pity that history, logic and reason are anathema to Democrats. Consider Europe, where the tax hike policies that the likes of Obama, Pelosi and Reid adore are imploding as we speak.

James Pethokoukis explains the resulting -- and utterly predicable -- failure:

The anti-austerity crowd on the left just can’t seem to accept “yes” for an answer. Yes, austerity isn’t working in Europe. But for some reason, austerity critics decline to acknowledge that such a high-tax region probably shouldn’t have started cranking up taxes. Here’ s just a taste of the EU’s tax-hike mania:


Greece. In 2010 and 2011, Greece passed a bunch of tax hikes — including a 10 point, 77% increase in its value-added tax — meant to raise revenue equal to 3.4% of GDP. How did that work out? Not so good... tax receipts actually fell.

Spain. Heading into 2012, Spain had already increased its value-added tax, excise duties, and top income tax rates. Then last December, its new government, Reuters reported, “announced a slew of surprise tax hikes”... Thanks to those tax hikes, Spaniards will now be paying one of the highest personal income tax rates in Europe...

Italy. ...for the most part, the new austerity package is based on tax increases. It would reinstate a property tax on first homes... It would also impose a 1.5 percent tax on revenues brought into Italy... add taxes on cigarettes and gas, which is close to 1.70 euros per liter, or more than $8 a gallon... the measures would increase Italy’s tax burden to 45 percent, a level that businesses say is unsustainable.

...the fiscal reforms Europe needs are clear: Smaller welfare states, less intrusive regulation, and pro-growth tax cuts. Of course, just raising taxes is a lot simpler. Sure is a lot quicker. But it’s not working. I hope the Obama White House notices the tax-hike fiasco going in Europe since it is pretty much the exact path he wants the U.S. to follow.

Oh, that James! What a card. He works for the American Enterprise Institute, so he has to exhibit a modicum of tact. Let me put it this way: the odds of Obama noticing what's going on in Europe and course-correcting are roughly the same odds that Michael Moore will win a Mr. Olympia contest.


Picture Story: Party of Weakness

This is one of Iran's medium-range missiles, which it is placing on Venezuelan soil according to a November 25, 2010 report in Die Welt.

The same report asserts that Venezuela will permit Iran to open a military facility staffed with Iranian missile officers and soldiers of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Medium-range missiles launched from this base could reach cities in the United States; a likely first-strike scenario involves the detonation of EMP (Electro-Magnetic Pulse) weapons over the continental U.S.

Where did Iran get such sensitive missile guidance and avionics technologies? Western intelligence services pin the blame on China, which reportedly sold the Mullahs the Nasr-1, -2 and other missile technologies.

These missiles are now mass-produced by Iran, but were "originally developed and built in China, and have been advertised as being in service with the Chinese armed forces."

Missile technologies are only part of the problem. This is an Iranian defector, the former diplomat Mohammad Reza Heydari. He and others report that North Korea has collaborated with Iran on the design of nuclear weapons, including warhead design techniques.

This is a Pyongyang military parade that took place in October. The military dictatorship has become increasingly belligerent since it detonated a small fission weapon and demonstrated increasing expertise with missile guidance systems.

And where did North Korea get its nuclear- and missile-guidance technologies? Experts point to China, with scientists stating that, "[t]here is no possibility of North Korea achieving what nuclear capability it has without Chinese help."

It is worth asking: how did Red China move so quickly to acquire sophisticated missile guidance and other avionic technologies?

In 1998, in an unprecedented repudiation of the wishes of numerous defense and intelligence officials, President William J. Clinton signed a waiver allowing a sophisticated Loral satellite to be launched into orbit by a Chinese rocket.

Why would Clinton sign such a waiver when it risked allowing sophisticated weapons guidance technology to fall into Chinese hands? In fact, Loral would later plead "no contest to a long list of U.S. national security violations, including the unauthorized transfer of missile guidance technology to the Chinese army."

This is Clinton with the chairman of Loral, Bernard L. Schwartz, who coincidentally was the largest single donor to the entire Democrat Party in 1997.

Clinton repeatedly met with and entertained other Democrat contributors -- several of whom turned out to be operatives of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Exactly what they got for their money remains unknown to the general public.

That is because full investigative report of the Clinton administration's actions is embodied in The Cox Report, the complete version of which is still classified "Top Secret". Its summary, however, is enough to send chills down the reader's spine: The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has stolen design information on the United States’ most advanced thermonuclear weapons.

In short, Clinton and the Democrats allowed sensitive technologies to escape to China. Later they rippled from China to rogue terror states like Iran and North Korea.

Thus, thanks in large part to the wanton greed and criminality of the Democrat National Committee and Bill Clinton, subsequent generations of Americans will be needlessly exposed to the risk of rogue regimes gaining access to America's most sensitive nuclear and missile guidance secrets.

"The missile technology passed by Loral and Hughes to the Chinese army has matured into a nuclear-tipped monster called the DF-31, which can waste whole American cities in a blinding flash of nuclear hell... ...the results of years of abuse during the 1990s remain with us well into the 21st century." -- (source)

Evil is on the march--evil aided and abetted by the Clinton administration, just one in a series of disastrous Democrat presidencies.


Related: Operation Starfish.


SOS from Occupied France [Dan from NY]

Dan from NY:

Passing this on from a reader’s friend. Since I haven’t read about this in the NYT, or seen it on TV, I can’t say how credible it is. But it does seem to dovetail with reports that an unusually large number of French Jews have been considering emigrating to Israel.

# # #

Hello to my American friends,

As you know, the Socialist François Hollande won the presidential elections in France, last Sunday.

It is a catastrophe for France.

Hollande was elected by the Muslims: a survey (of 10,000 Muslims) shows that 93% of the Muslims voted for him. As 2 million Muslims participated in this election, Hollande got 1,720,000 Muslim votes more than Sarkozy did: (0.93-0.07) x 2,000,000 = 1,720,000.

But at the end, in the whole population, he got only 1,139,316 votes more than Sarkozy.

So, without the Muslims' votes, Sarkozy would have been re-elected. ... Criminality is already on the rise (1,700 cars were burnt in France for the first night). Muslims are screaming anti-French and anti-Jews watchwords in our streets. Veiled women, wearing the illegal burqa, are strolling in our streets.

And, as if this wasn't enough, Hollande wants to give to all the foreigners the right to vote in our elections! France will face a very hard situation. We are heading for civil war in a few years.

That's the last news from occupied France.

Maxime

I think Dan's comments regarding the NYT were intended to be read as biting sarcasm.

And hasn't Mark Steyn been writing about these issues for years and years?


Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Outrage: Koch Brothers Promise to Spend Millions Supporting GOP

Hold up. Did I say the Koch Brothers and the GOP?

Because I meant to say George Soros and the Democrats.

Curious how the media outrage fades if it's Democrats being funded, even when a foreign national is injecting himself into U.S. politics.

Liberal billionaire George Soros has vowed to donate $1 million apiece this year to the pro-Democrat organizations American Bridge 21st Century and America Votes...

American Bridge is a research group that will focus on Republican candidates, and America Votes is a coalition that includes unions, environmentalists and women’s groups. Both organizations are based in Washington.

“As he has in the past, George is focusing his political giving in 2012 on grassroots organizing and holding conservatives accountable for the flawed policies they promote,” Vachon wrote.

Soros contributed $23.7 million in 2004 to pro-Democratic political organizations, more than any other donor, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington-based research group.

As an aside, the Koch brothers have issued a formal response to President Obama's intimidation efforts. Unlike Nixon, President Obama wears his enemies list on his sleeve.


Saturday, May 05, 2012

The Quintessential #Not2008Anymore Photo

Ouch:

This photo of the Obama’s big campaign kickoff rally in Ohio is making the rounds on Twitter.


#not2008anymore indeed.

Aside from the fact that the president has tried to divide Americans by class, ethnicity, religion, income, gender and other arbitrary segments, the critical factor in his political meltdown is clear.

He is an epic failure, from the economy to the "Arab Spring". Jimmy Carter breathes a little easier each night, knowing that he's only the second worst president in history.


Thursday, May 03, 2012

Have I mentioned lately that Democrat Elijah Cummings is a hack?

Elijah Cummings (D-MD), if that is his real name, is the ranking member on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. For nearly a year-and-a-half, Cummings has witnessed Eric Holder's Justice Department commit perjury, stonewall and otherwise impede the committee's investigation into "Operation Fast and Furious".

The DOJ gunrunning operation, which allowed guns to flow to Mexican drug cartels unimpeded, has thus far resulted in 300 dead. Among the victims: Border Patrol agent Brian Terry and the brother of the Chihuahua state attorney general.

Seven months ago, DHS head Janet Napolitano stated that she couldn't comment on the case because Justice was awaiting the results of the Inspector General's investigation. We're still waiting. And even interim results have been unlawfully withheld from Congress.

Finally, it would appear, the House has had enough. Committee chairman Darrell Issa has drafted a contempt order against Attorney General Eric Holder.

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) circulated a draft contempt order against Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday for a “refusal to cooperate” in the investigation of the Fast and Furious gun-walking operation.

“In describing the results of the Justice Department’s refusal to cooperate — including the hardships the family of a fallen Border Patrol agent have faced in seeking the truth, and retaliation against agents who blew the whistle on gun-walking — this briefing paper provides the facts, on which decisions will be made,” the House Oversight Committee chair said in a statement... The briefing paper sharply criticizes the Justice Department’s response to the committee’s investigation of the botched gun program, alleging that the department failed to provide many of the documents the committee requested.

...“For over a year, the Department has issued false denials, given answers intended to misdirect investigators, sought to intimidate witnesses, unlawfully withheld subpoenaed documents, and waited to be confronted with indisputable evidence before acknowledging uncomfortable facts,” it reads. “’Operation Fast and Furious’ outrageous tactics, the Justice Department’s refusal to fully cooperate with the investigation, and efforts to smear and retaliate against whistleblowers have tainted the institutional integrity of the Justice Department.”

The stonewalling, intimidation and lies have been copiously documented, blatant and -- plainly -- outrageous.

If Democrats had an ounce of integrity among them, they would be likewise demanding an explanation from Justice and some measure of comfort for the 300 killed by Holder's operation.

But the modern Democrat Party has no integrity as evidenced by the words of ranking member Elijah Cummings.

“Holding someone in contempt is one of the most serious actions Congress can take, but it is being used in this case as part of a partisan election year witch-hunt,” Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said in a statement. “Unsurprising these draft contempt documents were leaked to the press and Republican House leaders before Committee Members ever saw them, and are based on an investigation characterized by repeated claims that turned out to be false.”

...Issa spokesman Frederick Hill brushed away the accusation, promptly shooting back, “It’s disappointing, but not altogether out of character, for ranking member Cummings to dismissively ignore the struggles of fallen Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s family to learn the truth about his death.”

The Justice Department has repeatedly defied House subpoenas by withholding or redacting nearly all of the requested documents. They claim -- which has no basis in fact -- that Executive Privilege (which the administrative state does not possess) allows their inspector general's investigation to complete before presenting documents to Congress.

Did I mention that Holder's I.G. used to work for him and that her investigation has now gone on longer than the Warren Commission's investigation into JFK's assassination?

So a legitimate inquiry into DOJ actions -- which has resulted in the deaths of more than 300 people -- is now positioned by hacks like Cummings as a "partisan witch-hunt".

I'm going to love it when Republicans are in power of all branches of government and follow precedent: using all of the pathetic Democrat tactics against them.


Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Graph o' the Day: The United States of France

Funny, you don't look like a European socialist welfare state:

What can Americans learn from the French presidential election? Certainly that France seems to be experiencing the politics of denial. A vote for François Hollande is a vote for fiscal denial... With debt near 90% of GDP, France needs to sharply reduce the size and scope of government. What’s more, a 2010 ECB study found that overall, the EU is about maxed out when it comes to taxes...


...Would a vote for Barack Obama also be a vote for fiscal denial? Well, consider the following:

• The president has offered no comprehensive tax reform plan.

• The president has offered no comprehensive, long-term debt reduction plan.

• The president’s budget will, at best, only stabilize debt at historically high levels. (Better pray we don’t have another recession or financial crisis in the next decade or so.)

Indeed, one might conclude — after listening to the president — that the key to a growing economy and a fiscally sustainable government were higher taxes on the superrich (the Buffett Rule) and blunt Medicare cuts to healthcare providers (IPAB). That’s the politics of denial.

As Europe enters a new and more ominous phase of its recession, one can't help but think of the Weimar Republic and the rise of totalitarianism.

And, it would seem, this is the kind of failing society that President Obama and the Democrat Party wants to emulate.


Sunday, April 22, 2012

Egypt Takes First Step to Shred Peace Treaty With Israel

Dan from New York:

The Muslim Brotherhood has just tipped its hand. And it’s looking more and more like the $1.3 billion Americans fork over yearly to bolster Egypt’s military will someday be used against Israel. It’s time to turn off the spigot, but there’s little chance of that while an Islamophile occupies the White House.

Arutz Sheva, 4/22/2012

Egypt Unilaterally Breaks Off Gas Deal


Cairo breaks agreement that is part of the peace treaty between the countries, damaging Israeli firms.

By Gil Ronen

Egypt informed Israel Sunday afternoon that it is unilaterally cancelling the agreement of supply of gas to Israel. The announcement was made to EMG, the firm that receives the gas from Egypt, and reported on Channel 2 news.

The peace treaty with Egypt includes a financial appendix, in which Egypt agrees to supply Israel with oil. Several years ago the appendix was changed so that the oil was replaced by gas. The treaty commits Egypt to supply Israel with the amount of gas it requires for a specified period, in exchange for payment.

Egypt's unilateral abrogation of the treaty causes "tremendous financial damage" to Israel, and to the Amgas and Ampal companies, according to Channel 2. However, the primary damage is diplomatic, reporter Amnon Abramovich said.

The pipeline carrying gas from Egypt to Israel was blown up 14 times since the Mubarak regime was toppled in February 2011.

Say, how's that "New Beginning in the Middle East" that President Obama promised in 2009 working out?

For you drones: that's a rhetorical question. Hashtag: #epicfail.


Monday, April 16, 2012

Photo o' the Day: Jihad-Promoting Communist Assaults IDF Soldier With His Face, Loses

Here's a comforting word for this kook, who's protesting Israel for... allowing Arabs to vote and serve in Parliament, I guess.

Hey, tool: if you'd tried this little "protest" in Egypt, Iran, Libya, or Syria, odds are you'd have been double-tapped on the spot.

So give thanks!

An officer in the IDF had a belly full of taunts from a bunch of pro-Palestinian activists and gave one guy a taste of his rifle magazine.

Naturally the commies are crying brutality and the Israeli government is falling for the propaganda by calling the incident disturbing and starting an investigation...


One thing to note in this video. As soon as the commie gets knocked on his ass and the troops advance on the protestors the crowd quickly melts away in fear. Maybe there’s a lesson to be learned here at home when the Occupy rabble tries to bully the police.

I love how these useful idiots always protest where they can't get in any real trouble.


Thursday, April 12, 2012

Graphic: the True Size of Africa

Very cool graphic from FlowingData.


Puts things in perspective.


Crappy Career Choice o' the Day: North Korean Rocket Scientist

Two words to describe North Korea's vaunted multi-stage rocket launch, which lasted all of about 90 seconds. Epic. Fail.

North Korea's attempt Friday to launch a long-range rocket has failed, according to U.S. officials. A senior U.S. official who is receiving updates from U.S. military launch observers tells Fox News the rocket broke apart between 90 seconds and 2 minutes after launching.


In Pyongyang, there was no word about a launch, and state television was broadcasting video for popular folk tunes. North Korean officials said they would make an announcement about the launch "soon."

North Korea had earlier announced it would send a three-stage rocket mounted with a satellite as part of celebrations honoring national founder Kim Il Sung, whose 100th birthday is being celebrated Sunday.

For those DPRK scientists who survive the purge, I predict a long and painful stint in a "re-education" camp.

You know, the kind that Barack Obama and his pal Bill Ayers would like to throw regular Americans in, if they had the power.

Saturday, April 07, 2012

Hey, Justin Bieber Fans: Hope You're Ready To Pay Special 'Youth Taxes' To Cover Your Elders' Screw-ups

Via the indefatigable Gateway Pundit comes this delightful news:

Germany set to tax young


GERMANY is proposing to levy extra taxes on the young to pay for the costs of the country's growing numbers of old people, under government plans for a ''demographic reserve'' levy.

...The German Chancellor's ruling party is seeking extra sources of revenue to pay for soaring pensions and bills for social care costs as Germany's ''baby boomer'' generation ages amid a decline in the birth rate.

...The proposals, to be adopted by Dr Merkel's party cabinet after the Easter break, have not yet set a figure on the age tax but officials are considering a special levy of about 1 per cent of income.

Because of a slump in Germany's population, as more ageing Germans retire there are fewer young workers to replace them as taxpayers to fund generous welfare and pension arrangements.

Ain't socialism great, kids?

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Turns Out Bluto Really Did End Up In Congress: Keith Ellison Asserts That the Nazis Bombed Pearl Harbor

Yes, this is what passes for informed commentary among the intelligentsia of the Democrat Party. And these are the idiots who want to rule our health care, our access to energy, our automobiles, our light bulbs, our toilet paper, our factories, and every other aspect of our lives they can think of.

Bluto: Hey! What's this lying around s***?

Stork: Well, what the hell we s'posed to do, you moron?

D-Day: War's over, man. Wormer dropped the big one.

Bluto: Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!

Otter: Germans?

Boon: Forget it, he's rolling.

Bluto: And it ain't over now. 'Cause when the goin' gets tough... [pauses to remember the rest of the phrase] ...the tough get goin'! Who's with me? Let's go! [runs out, alone; then returns]

Bluto: What the f*** happened to the Delta I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh? This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you're gonna let it be the worst! "Ooh, we're afraid to go with you Bluto, we might get in trouble." Well, just kiss my ass from now on! Not me! I'm not gonna take this! Wormer, he's a dead man! Marmalard, dead! Niedermeyer—

Otter: Dead! Bluto's right. Psychotic, but absolutely right. We gotta take these bastards. Now we could do it with conventional weapons, but that could take years and cost millions of lives. No, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part.

Bluto: And we're just the guys to do it.

D-Day: Let's do it.

So it turns out that Bluto really did end up in Congress!

Congressman Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) made some astonishingly ignorant statements during a discussion about the Iranian nuclear issue on Fox News's The O'Reilly Factor Tuesday... The pièce de résistance was him telling host Bill O'Reilly that the Nazis bombed Pearl Harbor...

CONGRESSMAN KEITH ELLISON (D-MINNESOTA): No, they [Iran] don’t have a weapon. They have not made a decision to do one. The inspections…

BILL O’REILLY, HOST: How would you know they have not made a decision to do one? How would you know that?

ELLISON: Because. I’m glad you asked. Because we have satellite technology. We have technology that can detect.

O’REILLY: They’re underground. The satellites can’t penetrate the earth. They’re underground.

ELLISON: We have inspections that have gone on.

O’REILLY: They won’t let the inspectors in as I’ve said three times.

ELLISON: Yes they have. There have been a number of inspections.

O’REILLY. No there haven’t. They went two weeks ago and they wouldn’t let them go in.

ELLISON: Well, Bill, I’m sorry, but I’m not going to back a war based on a maybe. 4,409 Americans are dead because somebody—

O’REILLY: Congressman, the reason we like you as a guest is because you’re an honest man, But I will point to history. I will point to history. The same mindset was taken when dealing with Nazi Germany. We’re not going to go in aggressive action. We don’t believe they’re going to do this. We don’t believe they’re going to do that. And they absolutely did everything. So I think you’ve got to learn from history.

ELLISON: Let me tell you in World War II, in World War II they attacked Pearl Harbor. That would be enough.

O’REILLY: No, this is the German theater not the Japanese.

I suggest that we start a Twitter meme -- hashtag #EllisonHistory -- to memorialize Bluto Ellison's brilliance.


Postscript: I haven't been over to Ace's place yet today, but I have the sinking feeling that he beat me to this precise post -- only about 75 times funnier.


Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Great news: Iran allied with Obama 'spiritual mentor' Jeremiah Wright to foment violence at radical Anti-Israel protest

Isn't it time legacy media vetted Obama -- or do they just want to wither and die, leaving real journalism up to the Army of Breitbarts? I'm wagering on the latter.

The Iranian regime is behind a global, anti-Israel protest movement that has attracted endorsements from former government officials and allies of President Barack Obama—including his longtime pastor and mentor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

Billed as a purely peaceful protest movement, the Global March to Jerusalem (GMJ) is an amalgam of anti-Israel activists from across the world. On March 30, the group plans to storm Israel’s borders, likely provoking a bloody conflict.

The Global March adheres to a radical left-wing ideology that denies Jewish historical connections to Jerusalem. Organizers have vowed to “end the Apartheid, ethnic cleansing and Judaisation policies affecting the people, land, and sanctity of Jerusalem.”

At the center of the movement lies Iran, which has provided moral and logistical support to various anti-Israel proxy groups participating in the march, according to an Israeli intelligence group and other experts.

Iran’s ultimate goal, they say, is to foment global disdain for Israel, thus diverting attention away from its disputed nuclear program.

True to form, the usual cadre of Islamofascists, useful idiots, and progressive Democrat Marxists -- like Barack Obama's longtime friend and mentor, Jeremiah Wright -- will find a way to demonstrate their open hatred of America and Israel.


Related: Six Degrees of Barack Obama

Monday, March 19, 2012

Russia Hits Reset on the Arab Spring: Sends Troops Into Syria -- ABC

Dan from NY:

This is starting to get interesting. The way Obama is playing his hand, all the bad actors – Russia, Syria, Iran, the Islamists and Turkey - stand to gain influence in the region at America’s expense. Let’s hope our people (and the Republican candidates) come to realize before the election that it’s more than just the economy, stupid, it’s our deteriorating position in the world.

ABC News, 19 March 2012

Russian Anti-Terror Troops Arrive in Syria


MOSCOW, Russia - A Russian military unit has arrived in Syria, according to Russian news reports, a development that a United Nations Security Council source told ABC News was "a bomb" certain to have serious repercussions.

Russia, one of President Bashar al-Assad's strongest allies despite international condemnation of the government's violent crackdown on the country's uprising, has repeatedly blocked the United Nations Security Council's attempts to halt the violence, accusing the U.S. and its allies of trying to start another war.

Now the Russian Black Sea fleet's Iman tanker has arrived in the Syrian port of Tartus on the Mediterranean Sea with an anti-terror squad from the Russian Marines aboard according to the Interfax news agency. The Assad government has insisted it is fighting a terrorist insurgency... The presence of Russian troops in Syria could be a "pretty obvious" show of support to the regime, according to Russian security expert Mark Galeotti.

...Moscow has long enjoyed a cozy relationship with the Assad regime, to which it sells billions of dollars of weapons. In return Russia has maintained a Navy base at Tartus, which gives it access to the Mediterranean.

...Russia's Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov denied reports that Russian special forces were operating inside Syria. He did say, however, that there are Russian military and technical advisors in the country.

U.S. State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said the U.S. government had not heard of the reports of Russian troops in Syria and declined to comment.

Everything the Obama administration touches turns to crap. From the "Stimulus", to health care, energy, the Middle East, you name it. As Mark Levin aptly puts it, "Obama is a human wrecking-ball." And I see no evidence to the contrary.


Hat tip: Dan from NY.

Europe: Brace for Impact

Q: How's that austerity thingamabob working out in Europe?

A: It was only the "worst February for new car sales in Europe since the turn of the century."

Now, it is beginning to hurt: The European new car market crashed in February. According to data released by the European manufacturers’ association ACEA, new car sales were down 9.7 percent in February. Two months into the year, car sales in the EU are down 8.3 percent from the same period a year earlier.

...The harmless looking percentages hide the fact that this February was the worst of the millennium. Only 888,878 units changed hands in the EU27 in February, the lowest level since comparing months made sense (going back further is futile, the EU was much smaller then…) Even during carmageddon, European had not seen a February as bad as this one...

Hey, I've got an idea! Let's mimic the failed European social Democrat welfare state model like Paul Krugman says! I'll bet that'll work out super!


Hat tips: Mish and BadBlue.

Friday, March 16, 2012

How Long Until Obama Bans Troops From Wearing This Awesome "Pork-Eating Crusader" Gear?

In ...three... two...

Exhausted from how they feel they're being perceived, troops have taken to wearing patches and carrying items that label themselves infidels and offer translation in local dialect.

In the Muslim world an infidel means literally "one without faith" who rejects the central teachings of Islam.

Military.com tracked down Clayton Montgomery at Mil-Spec Monkey, a large online seller of infidel gear, who says his most popular item by far is the "Pork Eating Crusader Patch."

The patch includes an image of a knight in a Crusade's tunic, eating what appears to be a large ham hock, and lest there be any confusion — a translation in Arabic.

They haven't gone unnoticed. The website Muslim Awakening, posts a picture of what appears to be a German soldier with the patch adhered to his combat uniform.

Other items are more subtle.


There is the Infidel Zippo advertised as: "This one is small enough to hold some personal meaning and not be in-your-face to everyone you meet. It’s perfect for pulling out at just the right moment to get the full effect."

Well, we wouldn't want to offend the extremists who routinely stone women, hang homosexuals, and let children burn to death because they're not wearing burkas, can we?


Hat tip: Winterspirit.

Monday, March 12, 2012

Start the Week Off With a Laugh [Dan from NY]

Dan from NY:

11 Mar 2012

Kofi Annan optimistic over Syria deal


U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan concludes he is "optimistic" after meeting with president Assad.

11 Mar 2012

Syria: Assad rebuffs Kofi Annan peace bid


Syrian government offensive against rebels leaves more than 130 dead.

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