Monday, October 06, 2014

CHANGE: ISIS Mortars Land in Green Zone

Jimmy Carter and the rise of Iran's genocidal clerics. Bill Clinton and the ascent of Al Qaeda. Now, Barack Obama has snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in Iraq.

After weeks of sustained air strikes in Iraq, Islamic State fighters have reportedly hit Baghdad’s international zone with mortars on Monday.

The so-called “Green Zone” is in the heart of the city and lies along the Tigris River. The U.S. Embassy is located there, along with several Iraqi government buildings.

CNN’s Ben Wedemen, reporting from Baghdad, said several mortar rounds landed in the Green Zone late Monday. Officials with U.S. Central Command did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Defense One. Several news outlets said the Islamic State is now operating in Abu Ghraib, a city just west of Baghdad and only a few miles from the Baghdad International Airport, where U.S. troops are positioned. It’s possible the mortar attacks were launched from Abu Ghraib, based on the proximity of its location. Pro-Shiite militias are also operating in the area.

The GOP may be the Stupid Party, but Democrats represent the Party of Weakness. And weakness gets Americans killed.


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Larwyn's Linx: Ebola Yes, Bagpipes No

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Nation

Ebola Yes, Bagpipes No: Mark Steyn
Unlike CDC Discoverer of Ebola Backs Quarantine, Curfew: GotNews
An Easy Way To Stop United Airlines' Ebola Flights: GotNews

Is Another Obama Administration Scandal About to Explode?: John Hinderaker
When the Fulcrum Collapses: James Longstreet
Ebola In America: Is The Government Doing Enough?: Derek Hunter

Gallup: Opposition to Obama now worse than Bush, Clinton: Paul Bedard
The Logical Consequence of Treating Your Base Like Garbage: Erick Erickson
St. Louis Republican Endorsed by Democrats: Joe Harris, Courthouse News

The 3 greatest internal Islamic threats to U.S. National Security: Raymond Hanna
Muslim Terrorist Leader Threatens To Behead 3 Members of Congress: Clash
CAIR in Houston holds rally against ISIS; about 6 Muslims showed up: BNI

When Narcissism Becomes Deadly: Camp o' the Saints
Ingraham/Ebola Comments Highlight GOP Establishment Uselessness: VDARE
Loathsome Troll Al Franken in Trouble?: Power Line

Economy

The Empire of Progressive Poverty: Daniel Greenfield
“Million-Dollar Parking Spots” – Peak Stupidity has Arrived in Manhattan: Michael Krieger
Obama’s Bureau of Land Management: $800K for ‘Gift Cards’: LibertyNews

Scandal Central

Lawmakers’ lawyers suggest fines, jail time for Eric Holder for contempt: Times
Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D-VA) reportedly bribed state senator, bribe caught on tape: John Lott
California Gun Owners And Liberty Lovers Won’t Like This Edict: Clash

Is Sharyl Attkisson the Only Real Journalist?: DiploMad 2.0
Obama Sends Aide To Beheader’s Mosque To Deliver Personal Message of Appreciation: Treehouse
“It Was A Crank Call.” Walmart Shooting Victim’s Family Wants Charges Filed Against SWATter: Bob Owens

Media

Don’t Do It, Ben Affleck!: R.S. McCain
More Idiocy from Poitico: Republicans Spreading Fear of Ebola: LI
Liam “Gun Control” Neeson’s Trailer For Taken 3: Everyday

CNN: New books from former White House officials will damage Obama and Dems in midterms: Scoop
CBS Highlights Muslim Immigrants Fueling Anti-Semitism In Germany: MRC
Debunking “Don’t talk to police”: LI

Scoring Congress at RedState: Erick Erickson
Swastikas in Georgia: AEPi House at Emory Vandalized: TR
Commie Van Jones: Dems Should Use Ebola As Campaign Talking Point Against GOP: MRC

World

All We Ever Needed To Know About President Obama and ISIS We Are Learning In Kobane: Treehouse
Obama will pay a price for blaming intelligence services for ISIS failures: Thomas Lifson
9/11 terrorists caught testing airport security months before attacks: secret docs: Paul Sperry

Tom Democrat Steny Hoyer: ‘I Don’t Think We Have a Crisis at the Border’: PJM
Border Patrol on alert after 71 people from hard-hit Ebola countries illegally enter U.S. this year: Andrew O'Reilly
Man dies of Marburg fever in Uganda: News24

British Gov’t Decides Against Strongly Worded Statements After Latest Beheading: RWN
Islamic State – ISIS Now Looking at an Alliance with Russia: Daniel Greenfield
Reports Ebola Patient Thomas Duncan has Died: AmPower

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Ebola’s catastrophic effect on the body: WaPo
HHS Prepares for Flu Pandemic: 'Could Cause Over 60 Million Deaths Worldwide': WS
Commence Face-Melting: 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 0–60 and 1/4-Mile Times Announced!: Car and Driver

Cornucopia

America in a nutshell: IMAO
Obama’s #WarOnWomen: Another Victim Bites It: MOTUS
LostLettermen.com’s ESPN ‘College GameDay’ Drinking Game: LostLettermen

Image: Dallas Ebola patient fighting for life, another headed to Nebraska
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QOTD: "US border security devotes more time and resources to Campbell Webster of Concord bringing in a bagpipe than to Thomas Duncan of Monrovia bringing in Ebola...

...But, of course, giving additional attention to West African visitors would be racist. Not like terrorizing Scotsmen over their bagpipes.

Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security expands its curious priorities from raiding Boston strip clubs for selling knock-off Red Sox T-shirts to raiding private homes to seize vintage cars that don't meet EPA standards. And yet more emission creep:

Homeland Security Is Now Helping To Protect Communities From The Effects Of Climate Change

Big Government is, inevitably, stupid government. The bigger it gets the more it will focus on trivia, and the less it will even be able to discern the few things it should be doing. But something more pathological is going on here: "Homeland Security" is more interested in controlling law-abiding Americans than protecting them." --Mark Steyn

Sunday, October 05, 2014

As Terrorism, War and Disease Ravage the Globe, Leftist World Leaders Focus on... the Global Warming Scam

By Steve Goreham

On September 23, representatives from 190 nations will gather at the Climate Summit 2014 at United Nations headquarters in New York City, including 125 heads of state. President Obama and other world leaders will attend to discuss the urgent problem of climate change, seeking common ground in preparation for a “meaningful global agreement in 2015.” At the same time, Europe is threatened by conflict in Eastern Ukraine and ISIS beheads US citizens in the Middle East.

With regard to ISIS, President Obama recently addressed the nation, but many have said that the President’s strategy is still unclear. However, the President does have a strategy for a global climate change agreement. It was reported last month that the Obama administration is pursuing a global accord to compel nations to cut their greenhouse gas emissions.

On February 16, Secretary of State John Kerry stated, “In a sense, climate change can now be considered another weapon of mass destruction, perhaps even the world’s most fearsome weapon of mass destruction.” Only two days later, demonstrators set fire to Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, protesting ties between then President Viktor Yanukovych and Russia. Yanukovych was forced to step down four days later. Events in Ukraine have continued to deteriorate, with the Russian seizure of Crimea in March and today’s growing insurrection by Russian-backed separatists in Eastern Ukraine.

European leaders and President Obama appear to have no effective plan to stabilize the situation in Ukraine. But the Europeans do have a strategy to halt global warming. The European Union has proposed a 40 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels and a 30 percent energy efficiency target by the year 2030 for member states.

Fear and Loathing in Manhattan

By Jim Quinn

I live only a two hour drive from New York City, but it is a world apart from my daily existence. I’ve visited the Big Apple probably a dozen times in my life, but never for longer than two or three days. I have a soft spot in my heart for NYC because it is where I proposed to my wife on a bitterly cold December evening in a horse drawn carriage ride in Central Park, twenty five years ago. But, I can honestly say that I never feel comfortable in the city.

Last week we had an opportunity to get away for a long weekend. My wife had gotten tickets to the Jimmy Fallon Show for Thursday afternoon and we decided to get a hotel room for one night and then drive directly down to Wildwood for the remainder of the weekend. My mother-in-law agreed to watch the kids, so we had ourselves a mini-vacation. I anticipated a more laid back trip than our visit to Occupy Wall Street a few years ago, that led to one of my most read articles.

A couple years ago I was shocked to receive an email from David Stockman, complimenting me on a particular article I had written. When a former Reagan budget director, founding partner of the Blackstone Group, and world renowned financial mind takes notice of something you’ve written it really boosts your morale. We have had a periodic email dialogue ever since. When he created his own website earlier this year, he asked me to be a contributor. He also told me that if I ever make it to NYC, let him know and we would meet for a drink.

I was reluctant to bother such a busy man, but during a recent email exchange I mentioned I’d be in New York. He suggested we meet after the Jimmy Fallon Show for a drink. I told him to pick a place convenient for him. He emailed back, the morning we were leaving, to meet him and his wife at the Carlyle Hotel bar at 5:00 pm. I immediately googled the hotel and realized I should pack some nicer clothes. This was no Shamrock bar in Wildwood. It was on Seventy Sixth & Park Avenue. My uneasiness had begun.

Photographic Proof That President Obama is Finally Taking the Ebola Threat Seriously

Never let it be said that the president doesn't adapt to a changing situation on the ground.



In all seriousness, what possible reason could the president have for refusing to ban travel from Ebola-ravaged countries?

TRUE HOLLYWOOD STUPID: The Many Faces of a Bentard

Summer intern @BiffSpackle illustrates the hilarious dips***tery of yet another left wing Hollywood crackpot.


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Larwyn's Linx: Amnesty Is Coming

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Nation

Amnesty Is Coming: L.D. Jackson
Newark Ebola scare: Man vomiting came from Liberia: FAM
Immigrants from Ebola outbreak nations caught along the border: Nadia Galindo

Fifth Child Dies To Support President Obama’s Illegal Immigration Goals: Treehouse
Leon Panetta: How the White House Misplayed Iraqi Troop Talks: Treehouse
A little irony: Cold Fury

Why Elect Republicans Who Can’t Fight for Their Own Liberty?: Jen Kuznicki
Romney can't lead a more populist GOP: Exam
What If Republicans Retake the Senate?: James Joyner

Republicans Need to Think Bigger and Smarter: Rick Jensen
Trey Gowdy: a force to be reckoned with: RS
70% Of Obama’s Illegals Are No-Shows For ICE Appointments: Hideout

Economy

Obama stimulus from 2009 behind hospital error involving Ebola patient: FAM
At Least We’re Not Detroit. Or Liberia. Yet.: MOTUS
Uneasy in NYC: Burning Platform

Scandal Central

GAO: DHS Flew Drones for 1,726 Hours Over Interior of U.S.: CNS
Mark Levin: 'Horrific Third-World Diseases are Being Imported' Due to Obama's Immigration Policy: CNS
Gun Haters Approve of Making False Police Calls to Attack Innocent Gun Owners: LibertyNews

Media

Toomey Blasts College for Inviting Mumia Abu-Jamal to Speak: Humberto Sanchez
And Now We Know How Obama Got Re-Elected: GayPatriot
Student Editor Receives Death Threats After Publishing Letter Calling for ‘White Student Union’: CI

David Limbaugh defends Christ: James Simpson
Schooling of Ben Affleck’s enraging terrorist appeasing snit fit kicks ass : Twitchy
Hospital in Dallas backtracks, now admits it knew Ebola patient’s travel history before releasing him: Twitchy

A Beheading in Oklahoma: Firewall
These Comments By Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Are Sure To Set Off A Firestorm: IJR
Alan Grayson causes ripple of shock after supporting something ‘sane’: Twitchy

World

They Want to Kill Us All: R.S. McCain
USA Advertises in Mexican Media That Self-Deported Illegals Are Welcome to Return: RWN
Meanwhile, in Sanityville: “Fearing Ebola, Israel will not send medical teams to Africa”: VDARE

Islamic State Grants ‘Non-Infidel’ Certificates: Raymond Ibrahim
David Bolam freed in Libya: Lionheart
Benjamin Netanyahu ‘BAFFLED’ by Obama’s criticism of new Israeli settlements: Scoop

Something Afoot In North Korea?: Doug Mataconis
The Baltics Confront Moscow’s Ambitions: Janusz Bugajski
north korea and south korea .... a north korean general (not just any general) smiled ....: Winter Soldier

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Broadcastify: WRSA
‘Hero’ Ebola Doctor Testimony Confirms Ebola Can Spread By Touch: GotNews
New Jersey preschooler dies of Enterovirus; over 500 children in U.S. diagnosed with illness: Daily Mail

Cornucopia

Meanwhile, In Scotland...: Feral Irishman
Coast Guard gives WWII vet a Viking funeral at sea: NavyTimes
Oklahoma Football: Katy Perry Tells Trevor Knight to ‘Call Me’ on ‘GameDay’: LostLettermen

Image: Opposing John Boehner for Speaker Could Come With Repercussions
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QOTD: "“We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.” — Barack Obama, October 30, 2008

“We are going to have to change our conversation; we’re going to have to change our traditions, our history; we’re going to have to move into a different place as a nation.” — Michelle Obama, May 14, 2008" --via Victor Davis Hanson

Saturday, October 04, 2014

INTRIGUING: North Korean General Photographed While Smiling

Good catch by John Jay at Winter Soldier:

i don't care what anyone writes about all of this. it is all nonsense, unless you recognize one singular fact... the north korean general who is in charge of the north korean military, sat as a table with south korean political and no doubt intelligence people across from him, and smiled.

he smiled.


i am 66 years old. in my entire life, i have never seen a north korean military officer and/or official smile.

you can read a lot of things about all of this. none of it will talk about anything as significant as that smile. that smile sent chills up and down the spines of rooskie and chinese officials, everywhere: they know what it means.

As Jay notes, during the entire Korean confict, DPRK officials always sat motionless and never, ever, ever smiled.

So a public smile might indeed confirm rumors that the fat, inbred war criminal running North Korea may be incapacitated or -- better yet -- dead.


NEW COMIC TALE: The Plot Against the Middle Class

Another exclusive from our summer intern @BiffSpackle:



Hat tips: Kyle Smith and BadBlue News.

SERIOUS QUESTION: What Possible Reason Could Obama Have for Refusing to Ban Travel From Ebola-Ravaged Countries?

The most politically correct, "progressive" countries on Earth have banned travel from Liberia and other Ebola-plagued countries for the simple reasons of sanity and safety. It's a called a quarantine, a state of isolation used by humankind to secure safety from communicable diseases since the beginning of recorded history.

But history, logic, facts and reason find no home in this administration. State Departmet spokesman Jen Psaki insists that "screenings in West African airports and observation of passengers in the United States, will be sufficient to prevent the 'wide spread' of the virus."

But if, as the White House insists, that Ebola isn't a national security threat, why has it ordered 4,000 U.S. troops to deploy to West Africa?

In fact, the State Department has insisted not only that we allow travel from countries ravaged by the deadly disease, but that we also fly medical personnel to the U.S. from Africa, including many who have treated Ebola patients. Apparently using GoToMeeting is too practical for this administration to consider as an alternative to travel.

Is it just me or does it seem that though Obama wants disease to decimate the American citizenry?

This is a man who wants to change the character of the United States by remaking the voter base, primarily through deeply unpopular actions on illegal immigration. This is a man who sides with illegal aliens -- on a consistent basis -- over taxpayers, recently stating that "no force on earth can stop us" (with the word "us" referring to an audience of illegal aliens).


This is a man who has repeatedly threatened to use "a pen and a phone" to unlawfully rewrite federal immigration statutes to legalize millions of illegal aliens.

This is a man who has repeatedly stated -- and acted upon -- his intent to "fundamentally transform America."

One can only hope that, as the San Antonio Express-News reported earlier this week, that this insane remaking of America has dire consequences for the Democrat Party in 2014.


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Interactive College Football Fandom Map

Neat graphic based upon Facebook 'likes':

The New York Times has mapped out college football fandom in the U.S. based on Facebook likes, and the result is outstanding.

This map seems to be more scientific in its procedure than Reddit’s “hate maps,” and also gives us a seemingly accurate, legitimate glimpse into college football fandom across the country. You can also search fandom by zip code.



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Larwyn's Linx: Obama Stubbornly Refuses Ebola Travel Ban

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Nation

Obama Stubbornly Refuses Ebola Travel Ban: Jon Gabriel
Ebola: Clusterf–k – Stage One: Camp o' the Saints
2014 Dem Nightmare Come True: Obama puts his policies “on the ballot”: LI

Can We End the Crazy Diversity Visa Lottery Yet?: Michelle Malkin
CDC have not contacted second family in Ebola 'quarantine' for 24 hours: Daily Mail
Obama Boasts That He Rode to Event With Illegals in His Car: RWN

Obama to Illegal Invaders–No Force on Earth Can Stop “Us”: VDARE
DHS Search of Mobile Home Park Linked to Missing Liberian Muslims?: GotNews
Feds say mistakes on Dallas Ebola case shouldn’t cause worry: Dallas

A Loss of Confidence in American Institutions: Irwin M. Steltzer
Democratic Congresswoman Sent Letter Praising Holocaust Denier: Patrick Howley
New debate over health care subsidies: Lyle Denniston

Economy

315,000 drop out of the workforce, now 92.6 million!: FAM
Lower Unemployment, No Thanks to Democrats: Phil Kerpen
YEA! 315,000 drop out of workforce, reducing unemployment to only 5.9%!: Burning Platform

Scandal Central

Obama Puts Criminal Aliens on Street (Again): JW
Experts: All It Takes to Get Past the Airport's Temperature-Screening is a Lie and Some Ibuprofin: Ace
Head of CDC Insanely Gibbers That Containing Ebola in West Africa Will Increase Our Own Risk: MB

In 2010 Obama Nixed CDC Quarantine Regulations Aimed At Preventing An Ebola Outbreak: Surge
Before last two elections, unemployment dropped "unexpectedly": PunditPress
Rebranded ACORN entities said to engage in ObamaCare fraud: Fox

Climate & Energy

Climate Science Is Not Settled: Steven E. Koonin (former Obama administration undersecretary of Science)
With global conflict at the door, world leaders pursue futile climate efforts: Steve Goreham
Latest global warming lunacy: Fewer boys may be born due to climate change: Marathon

Media

Biden Beclowns Himself Again Right Before Libs Go Back to Talking About Sarah Palin's Stupidity: Doug Powers
MSNBC Points Finger at NRA For 'Making the Ebola Crisis Worse': Matthew Balan
American Sniper Trailer Has Chris Kyle Fans Giddy: Bob Owens

Watch: Mark Levin Just Completely Dismantled Obama Piece By Piece In A Matter Of Minutes: WJ
The Case for Panic: Matthew Continetti
Code Pink to exploit Ferguson “Weekend of Resistance” to bash Israel: LI

World

Obama Hitting ISIS Everywhere But Where it Matters: Michael Rubin
Jeh Johnson dodges question from Bret Baier about Khorasan Group being ‘core Al-Qaeda’: Scoop
Why Obama Refuses to support anti-Islamist, Secular Moslems: Manda Zand Ervin

ISIS Murders British Hostage Allan Henning: Jawa Report
Escape from North Korea: 'How I escaped horrors of life under Kim Jong-il': Telegraph
Dereliction of duty: Obama skipped nearly 60 percent of intelligence briefings: Allen West

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Why America's Not Ready For An Ebola Outbreak (In 1 Photo): ZH
JPMorgan Chase breach affected 83 million customers: CIO
Important Ebola Note: Ann Barnhardt

Cornucopia

Psaking Our Way to Health, Safety and Security. We are so Psaked: MOTUS
The NBA Has Discussed Eliminating Free Throws: Athlon
Kobe Bryant doesn't do LA traffic, takes flight home from practice instead: FoxSports

Image: Americans panic over Ebola
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QOTD: "...despite the heat of the battle around Kobane the United States and its Gulf allies did nothing to strike at Islamic State forces besieging the Kurds. It would be as if Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared that the United States would enter the war against Japan, and then proceeded to bomb Argentina. Given that President Obama has insisted that he approve every strike inside Syria, the only logical conclusion is that Obama does not want to protect Kobane, perhaps out of deference to Turkey, which is suspicious of any Kurdish entity.

This is shortsighted: Syrian Kurds may not be perfect, but they are largely secular, moderate, and tolerant. And despite their links to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) which once waged an insurgency inside Turkey, those days are over: The Turks and PKK have been in peace talks and have abided by a ceasefire for over 18 months.

As the Islamic State advanced on the Iraqi Kurdish capital of Erbil, Obama scrambled to utilize airpower to stop the terrorist advance. That he will not do so in an analogous case inside Syria shows the complete lack of strategic coherence to U.S. actions. If military action is going to be effective, it should occur where the fighting is: not dozens of miles away." --Michael Rubin

Friday, October 03, 2014

GUN-RUNNING: Andrew Tahmooressi vs. Eric Holder

By Investor's Business Daily

Veteran Neglect: A Navy and Marine Corps veteran asks a House panel why an administration that says it leaves no one behind has let a soldier with post-traumatic stress disorder sit in a Mexican jail for six months.

From the famous "latte salute" to the Marine holding the presidential umbrella, President Obama's respect for our men in uniform has been open to question. Unless, of course, they desert their post in Afghanistan to try to join the Taliban, like Bowe Bergdahl. Then you have the parents to the White House and trade the Taliban general staff to obtain their release. After all, we leave no one behind.

Except, maybe, for Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi.

Jill Tahmooressi, Andrew's mother, has never been invited to stand by the president on the White House lawn. Nor has she ever received a phone call from President Obama, as she testified Wednesday before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee. Presidential calls of support are reserved for basketball players like Jason Collins, whom Obama called to say "he was impressed by his courage," according to a White House spokesperson, for announcing that he was gay.

For our part, we are impressed by the courage of Sgt. Tahmooressi, who served two tours of duty fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, and his mother. Her son fought the enemy instead of trying to join them. And for making a wrong turn into Mexico while carrying legal American firearms in his trunk as he journeyed to San Diego for treatment of his PTSD, he now sits in a Mexican jail ignored by the country he risked his life for.

FINALLY: Harvard Introduces "All Gender" Restroom

Society has been bound for far too long by traditional gender roles, if you rely on the "progressive thinkers" at Harvard.


The end is nigh.


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MARYLAND: Brave Female County Commissioner Runs a Write-In Campaign Against Corrupt Unions

By James Simpson

Robin Bartlett Frazier's story personifies the threats we face nationwide by the corrupting influence of public employee unions. For the last four years Robin has been District 1 Commissioner in Carroll County, MD. You may have seen her on the Megyn Kelly show when she was interviewed after saying in a public meeting that she would be arrested if necessary but would not stop praying before meetings and invoking the name of Jesus Christ. The video is posted here.

She and fellow Commissioner Richard Rothschild were pretty much the only voices on the five member board for spending restraint, cutting taxes, reducing government, protecting property rights and protecting freedom. The power of their arguments often won the day despite the fact that two of the other three commissioners were hardcore RINOs and the third went whichever way the wind was blowing.

She and Commissioner Rothschild spearheaded the effort that turned Carroll County into the first “Second Amendment Sanctuary County” following the state legislature passing Governor O’Malley’s unconstitutional gun control bill last year. There is a stunning video on her website where a full house cheers wildly when she talks about it. Really inspiring talk. The three hapless RINOs on the Board saw the writing on the wall and fell in behind, so it was a unanimous decision in favor of the 2nd Amendment. Her leadership has also prevented the County planning board from adopting many regulations that threaten private property.

DON'T WANT THOUSANDS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS SHIPPED IN SECRET TO YOUR TOWN? Tough.

By Kathryn Watson

One small Virginia town is the target of a racial discrimination complaint from a fair housing group and a shuttered college, the potential beneficiary of a plan to house minors who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.

Word broke this summer the federal government — at the original suggestion of Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources Bill Hazel and Secretary of Education Anne Holton — was pursuing a contract with the closed St. Paul’s College in Lawrenceville to house what could be hundreds of immigrants.

Locals made it clear they had serious concerns, and about 1,000 people showed up at a June 19 town hall meeting in the Southern Virginia town of 1,300 to protest.

The federal government consequently backed down and looked elsewhere to house the teens and younger children.

Now, the private St. Paul’s College — which would have received a much-needed $160,000 a month to house the youth — and the fair-housing group Home Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia, are filing a housing discrimination complaint with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development against the town of Lawrenceville, surrounding Brunswick County and Brunswick County’s elected Sheriff Brian Roberts.

HOME and St. Paul’s College allege the county, town and sheriff “orchestrated and implemented a plan to block the deal,” the complaint obtained by Watchdog.org reads. “Purported concerns by these individuals are grounded in false stereotypes about Latinos and reflect discrimination based on race, color, and/or national origin.”

The complaint argues that anyone in the country — not just legal residents — is protected by law.

Larwyn's Linx: Flashback April 2010: Obama Kills Bush Quarantine Rules

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Nation

Flashback April 2010: Obama Kills Bush Quarantine Rules: S&L
Ebola? ISIS? Secret Service in Disarray? Time for an Obama Fundraiser!: JWF
Obama: My 'Policies Are On the Ballot. Every Single One of Them.': Daniel Halper

Sen. Obama in 2008 sent ambassador to Iran to assure them he's an ally: GWP
Obama Attacks Fox News for Exposing Obamacare's Failures, Again: Scoop
Ebola and Enterovirus: More American Blood On Obama’s Hands: CHQ

Principles for American Renewal: Reince Priebus
Wrong ideological choice has cost Obama dearly: Jonah Goldberg
NRO: Moms Demand SWATting: Bob Owens

RINO Abuse of the 80% Rule…and other purity dilemmas: Jen Kuznicki
Jerry Moran’s Morons: Erick Erickson
It Looks Like a GOP Wave; the Question is How Far it Goes: Michael Barone

Economy

Bend Over and Smile America......The Next Big Bailout.: Diogenes
Wyoming Elementary School Bans Kids From Speaking English: WZ
Are we better off today than back in October 2008?: James Pethokoukis

Scandal Central

IRS Cover-Up: IG Report Exposes IRS Lying to American Public: Matthew Clark
Obama's Limitless Government: Daniel Henninger
State Dept's Psaki on Obama's Intel Briefings: "...He Receives Those Whenever He Can": RCP

In just two weeks, Obama proven completely wrong about Ebola: Byron York
Dallas Paramedic: Bull crap We Weren’t Contacted After Working in Ebola Exposed Ambulance: Breitbart
Obama Plan to Stop Ebola: Hand Out Flyers to People Coming From Ebola-Ravaged Countries: MB

Media

Obama 2005: The Avian Flu Is Very Dangerous and It's Coming to America: Ace
Reporter Destroys Dem Sen. Mark Udall’s Claim Obama Hates to See Him Coming: FreeLight
Midterms: PBS Devotes Six Minutes to Hyping GOP Divisions: MRC

Megyn Kelly Shreds Jen Psake over Obama abandoning Iraq: Scoop
Mark Levin Calls for Commission on ISIS Failures: Breitbart
Winchester Lands $50 Million Ammunition Contract With DHS: Herschel Smith

SEIU ‘Organizer’ Busted For Possession Of Crack Cocaine, Other Drugs: LUR
PBS Promotes Obama Claim Economy Better ‘By Every ... Measure’; Lou Dobbs Shreds: Curtis Houck
NBC Cameraman Diagnosed with Ebola: Glob

World

Deliberate? Liberia hopes first documented US case will “mobilize more global resources”: Treehouse
ISLAM: ISIS Beheads 3 Female Kurdish Fighters And Then Parade Their Heads Online: Clash
Robert Spencer interviews former member of Oklahoma beheader’s mosque: Pamela Geller

Dozens Of Americans Openly Support ISIS And Follow The Same Radical Michigan Cleric: WZ
State Dept. Blames Assad Regime for ISIS – Which Wants to Destroy It: Lauretta Brown
Islamic State seizes Hit, assaults Iraqi military headquarters in Anbar: LWJ

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Doctor dons Ebola protection suit to protest ‘asleep at the wheel’ CDC: AJC
Firechat Enables the Crowd to Become the Internet –Bypassing Central Powers: Jeremiah Owyang
Finally, the flying car may have landed: Guardian

Cornucopia

After A Kidnapping and Murder In Arkansas, Realtors Nationwide Turn To Concealed Carry: Bob Owens
Al Haymon's ultimate power move could take big-time boxing back to network TV: Scott Christ
Obama's Speeches...when the last line tells it all!: Norman Hooben

Image: Islamic State overruns Iraqi military base in Anbar
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QOTD: "BRIAN KILMEADE: About the president missing over 50% of his intelligence briefings. Why would he choose to do that in a time in the world when it is so full of terrorist activity?

JEN PSAKI, STATE DEPT: Well, I have no validation of those statistics. I have to say, I’ve worked for the president for 6 years, there’s a range of ways that you can get your intelligence briefings on the road, in the White House and I know that he receives those on a daily basis whenever he can." --RCP

Thursday, October 02, 2014

FACT BOMB: Hamas is ISIS and ISIS is Hamas

A speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations


I come here from Jerusalem to speak on behalf of my people, the people of Israel. I've come here to speak about the dangers we face and about the opportunities we see. I've come here to expose the brazen lies spoken from this very podium against my country and against the brave soldiers who defend it.

Ladies and gentlemen, the people of Israel pray for peace. But our hopes and the world's hope for peace are in danger. Because everywhere we look, militant Islam is on the march. It's not militants. It's not Islam. It's militant Islam.

Typically, its first victims are other Muslims, but it spares no one. Christians, Jews, Yazidis, Kurds -- no creed, no faith, no ethnic group is beyond its sights. And it's rapidly spreading in every part of the world.

You know the famous American saying: "All politics is local?" For the militant Islamists, "All politics is global." Because their ultimate goal is to dominate the world.

Now, that threat might seem exaggerated to some, since it starts out small, like a cancer that attacks a particular part of the body. But left unchecked, the cancer grows, metastasizing over wider and wider areas. To protect the peace and security of the world, we must remove this cancer before it's too late.

Last week, many of the countries represented here rightly applauded President Obama for leading the effort to confront ISIS. And yet weeks before, some of these same countries, the same countries that now support confronting ISIS, opposed Israel for confronting Hamas. They evidently don't understand that ISIS and Hamas are branches of the same poisonous tree.

28 words that Democrats really wish President Obama didn't say today

By Masked Avenger


Today, Obama said 28 words that 2014 Dems from coast to coast wish he didn’t say, “I am not on the ballot this fall. Michelle’s pretty happy about that. But make no mistake: these policies are on the ballot. Every single one of them." So much for all those Dems trying to convince voters they aren’t Obama’s rubberstamps.

President Obama was at Northwestern University on Thursday to deliver an economic speech that, he and his team hoped, would lay out the case for why the public is better off today than they were six years ago -- even if they didn't feel it in their everday lives. Instead, Obama just gave every Republican ad-maker in the country more fodder for negative ads linking Democratic candidates to him.

Here are the four sentences that will draw all of the attention (they come more than two thirds of the way through the speech): "I am not on the ballot this fall. Michelle’s pretty happy about that. But make no mistake: these policies are on the ballot. Every single one of them." Boil those four sentences down even further and here's what you are left with: "Make no mistake: these policies are on the ballot. Every single one of them."

You can imagine Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas or Sen. Kay Hagan in North Carolina or Alison Lundergan Grimes in Kentucky grimacing when they heard those 28 words. That trio has spent much of the campaign insisting that this election is NOT about Barack Obama, that it is instead about a choice between themselves and their opponents.

Top 5 Rejected Reality TV Shows for Conservatives

Don't know about you guys, but I'd love to see any one of these.

Survivor: Jihad Edition - Comedian Bob Saget hosts an uproarious glimpse into the life of "martyrs" as 16 budding Jihadists vie to be the sole survivor. Each week, a series of difficult physical and mental challenges weed out a "loser", who must then perform a suicide bombing mission against soft targets in Hollywood. The season finale promises to be a ratings bonanza as the two finalists, armed only with machetes, fight to the death with the winner receiving $72 cash and Eternal Consciousness.

Big Border - Watch the hilarious hijinx unfold as we fill a 4-bedroom home in El Paso, Texas with 30 randomly selected illegal aliens and then lock the doors. Which ones belong to MS-13 vs. the Mexican Mafia? Which suffer from Ebola or TB? Which are drug- or human-smugglers? And which ones are just "doing it for love"? The last man or woman standing gets a Green Card courtesy of the Obama administration.

Iron Chef: White House - Michelle Obama's lovingly maintained garden on the south lawn of the White House is the centerpiece of this special edition of Iron Chef. Michelle and her daughters compete to create edible concoctions from the various Luffa-textured vegetables growing in the renowned D.C. soil. The first person to have an entire three-course meal consumed by any of the tasting panel -- three homeless individuals plucked from one of the capital's many "Obamaville" tent cities -- wins a complete set of 1959 Cory Flavorseal® Cookware.