Saturday 8 November 2014
The Van Doos, 100 Years with the Royal 22e Régiment...............
This documentary marks the 100th anniversary of the Royal 22e Régiment, the only French-speaking Canadian battalion to fight in the First World War. Widely known by its colloquial name, “The Van Doos”, the battalion served with distinction on several fronts, including both world wars, the Korean War, and in numerous U.N. peacekeeping operations. This film offers a moving tribute to both the living veterans and the lost soldiers of the Van Doos. Their personal stories and narratives bring a little-known page of our history books to life. This vibrant elegy features a moving score by Claude Naubert performed live by the regimental formation La Musique du Royal 22e Régiment.
The Van Doos, 100 Years with the Royal 22e Régiment by Claude Guilmain, National Film Board of Canada
H/T JMH
News.............
You wanna learn about where nutball liberalism gets you .... rhode island
A Message Sent to a Grudging President
Will Rita Jeptoo's Failed Drug Test Unravel Kenyan Running?
Loretta Lynch is Obama choice for AG
World chess championship: Magician Carlsen vs Phoenix Vishwanathan
Video: Showdown Between Prez & GOP On Immigration: Things Are About to Get ‘Sucky’ For Obama
Has Russia Invaded Ukraine Again?
Supreme Court to Hear Deadly Challenge to Obamacare
China Could Still Build 'String of Pearls'
In a land without clean water, corruption is bleeding Zimbabwe dry
Kim Jong-un even more dangerous than father, former bodyguard warns
Why Israelis are buying up Palestinian homes in riot-torn East Jerusalem
China takes a quantum leap in cyber war with US
The Red Canal: Uncertainties Surround Nicaragua's New Waterway Project
The Chaos Republics: Stagnation and Infighting Take Hold in Eastern Ukraine
The Lost Children: France Takes Stock of Growing Jihadist Problem
Britain and France to blame for Adolf Hitler’s march into Europe, Putin tells young historians
Turkey's Rules for Safety
Democrats won’t quit – Zombie party rises up
Obama is playing with matches
Money Isn't Always The Answer
As we make the transition from
the mid-term election to the 2016 Presidential race, the political analysts are
searching through the data, polls, and tea leaves to figure out what worked,
what hurt, and what it will take to pull off the next big win. Although I do
spend a great deal of time doing amateur political analysis I am by no means
one of the experts anyone will listen to, but I have made one observation that
I know to be true yet not a single one of the ‘experts’ will acknowledge –
money isn’t always the answer. (continue reading)
Speaking of elections................from Rico
Not in 2016, not ever.
The "Beast of Benghazi" aka "Stalin in a skirt" should never hold any elected public office....
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Overnight News...............
Terror Decentral by Caroline Glick
King-Protecting 'Witchmarks' Uncovered in Home
Jihadists' New Method of Travel: Cruise Ships
A Time To Clash: Why Obama Will Be Driven From Office
January in November: Arctic blast to hit USA
Obama authorizes sending additional troops to Iraq
Supreme Court will hear new case challenging Obamacare
Dad in Sandy, Utah, Stops Attempted Abduction of 5-Year-Old Daughter
Judge approves Detroit's exit from bankruptcy
Teacher Denied Interview Because She's Irish
Sports reporter so hot players couldn't answer her questions
Israeli Holiday...
Barack Huessin Obama, not feeling well and concerned about his health and mortality, goes to consult a psychic about the date of his death.
Closing her eyes and looking into the future she says "You will die on an Israeli Holiday."
"Which one?", Obama asks nervously.
"It doesn't matter," replied the psychic. "Whenever you die, it'll be an Israeli holiday."
H/T Shelly
Victoria's Secret 'Fantasy Bra' (VIDEO)
Busty Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio in this year's "Fantasy Bras," and smokin'!
Here: "Sizzling Victoria's Secret Fantasy Bras for 2014."
Friday 7 November 2014
It Sucks To Be You (Barack Obama)...........................
A parody about all the "help" Obama gave to the candidates he stumped for.
16 Idiots Eating Lunch!...from TPC
What do you get when you have a lunch with attendees who for the most part hate each other and who also have conflicting visions for the future of the country?
Nothing good I can tell you that!
ZoNation - Even With the Majorities, the GOP Still Needs a Definition........................
We just won both houses of Congress...but is it clear what Republicans stand for? We only bring about real change with clarity and cultural representation
Late News.................
Swiss president responds to N. Korean defectors’ appeal: won’t freeze regime bank accounts unless U.N. requests
US Military Cuts Off Support For ‘Fallujah: The Musical’
Sharyl Attkisson on Hacking and Intentional Bias at CBS News
The DSCC Decides the Louisiana Runoff Isn't Worth $1.8 Million
Naval Special Warfare Leadership Responds to 'The Shooter' & Mark Owen
Not the Beginning of the End, but Maybe the End of the Beginning
The Conservative Plan To Stop Obama's Executive Amnesty
Outrageous 'John Doe' prosecution of Scott Walker supporters in Wisconsin ends
Because of Low Turnout, Sanders Filing Bill to Make Election Day a National Holiday
Spin, Merrily Spin: Democrats Struggle to Explain What Happened In The 2014 Election
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Cops or Thugs? - Wild Bill
Racist thugs are attacking American law enforcement. Which side are you on?
Watching Your Money!...from TPC
Assuming that the majority of Americans would like to keep an eye on their money, the US Economic Calendar for the week of November 10, 2014 is a great guide for anyone to have at their disposal!
Read at LI here.
Please pass this sign along to Obama's speechwriters!...from TPC
The sign in this article needs to be passed along to whoever it is that writes Obama's speeches because it has been missing from the President's agenda for the six years that he has been in office!
News...................
The Biggest Loser: It was Hillary Clinton
Sarah Palin: Bring on the investigations
Heisse Kartoffel -2014
Voices: Time for news outlets to kick polling habit
After Republican sweep, uncertainty over ACA
President Barack Obama threatens vetoes and executive orders after GOP sweep
WH Press LOLs at Earnest’s Refusal to Admit Dems ‘Lost' - Or That Losing Is 'Bad'
The Military Wants New Technologies To Fight Drones
President Obama’s Press Conference, Translated
Video Double Feature: Andrew Klavan on how to speak to a leftist!...from TPC
Andrew Klavan's two videos, 'How to speak leftist, Parts i and 2', will hopefully make intelligible communication with this group easier to accomplish.
That's if anyone who’s not a leftist actually wants to bother to try!
Watch at The Political Commentator here.
Is This The End of the Demographic Party?
As Barack Obama once noted,
elections have consequences and the consequences of this year’s election are
going to be huge. Aside from the huge shift in power, not only in Washington
but in the states as well, there will necessarily be some critical changes made
to political strategies for 2016. Perhaps one change that has been long overdue
will be the end of the Demographic Party.
That’s right, the Demographic
Party; you know, the party that relies on demographic politics to win every
election, often mistakenly referred to as the Democrat Party. (continue reading)
Andrew Klavan: How To Speak Leftist, Part II................
In which our scholarly host takes another look into the Orwellian world that is the Leftese Dictionary
J Street, Phony Polls From a Bogus Organization................from Dan Friedman
[From the get-go J-Street was a vanity production funded by Jewish mutant George Soros. And it’s still the same today. In my view J-Street is a Potemkin “organization” that, if only we ignored it, would go away. But Jews being the truth-lovers we are, some of our patriots will always be tempted to tilt against it and try to set the record straight. df]
frontpagemag.com, November 6, 2014
Posted By Daniel Greenfield
Free markets don't act this way......................from Rico
Free markets with actual price discovery don't act this way, but "rigged" markets sure do.
Central bankers desperate to get out of crushing debt via inflation [for example, Japan's debt-to-GDP is +200%; Europe and the US aren't all that much better off] DO act this way.
The bullion banks (JP Morgan, HSBC, Scotia Moccatta, Barclay's, UBS, and Deutsche Bank) working in concert with, and acting as agents for the Federal Reserve have been stepping on bullion prices (both Gold and Silver) to protect the US Dollar from exploding dollar-denominated debt.
For the last five years, when Asian physical delivery markets are open bullion has been positive, and when the London-US paper delivery markets are open bullion has been negative. This is the hallmark of bullion suppression and financial repression.
- For "progressives" read: there are no "free markets" any longer. But be very careful what you wish for, when this scam craters there will be maximum pain.
- For the rest of us read: there is no financial freedom any longer. The beatings will continue until morale improves, or until there is no more physical available in the West.
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Overnight News...............
The Unbearable Lightness of Feminism
Man buys Fla. house, finds corpse on bedroom floor
Dead man elected: How to fill his seat in the Legislature
Losers by VDH
The Democrats’ Waterloo
Pity Barack Obama. A pariah in his own time
Nancy Pelosi Still Wants to Be Top House Democrat After Massive Loss
Issa: Document dump shows Holder 'at the heart' of Fast and Furious debate
Man says he'll be eaten alive by anaconda
Kansas woman awakens to find intruder eating frozen cookie dough; man accused of burglary
It's Great Pregnant Women Walked In Lingerie Fashion Show
Scott on 'F' Grade from NAACP: 'It's Because I Believe That Progress Has to be Made'
Obama wrote secret letter to Iran on Islamic State
'Dangerous' Sunspot Puzzles NASA Scientists
A tale of two oceans: Pacific out-hurricanes Atlantic
Latest Ebola fear: Safety of lab equipment
Democrats cancel ad buys for Mary Landrieu in Louisiana
Ted Kennedy Jr. ready to serve his district
Gay marriage bans in four states upheld on appeal
Not-So-Large Colliders Could Revolutionize Physics
Bombmaker killed as U.S. targets Khorasan
Low-profile NYC prosecutor emerges as contender to be first black woman US attorney general
Muttering to Himself: BHO's Siege Mentality.................from Dan Friedman
[Self-delusion, denial, the last refuges of a washed-up leftist and wannabe tyrant. Pathetic. df]
GIVE BACK THE SENATE! - Bill Whittle
Well, the Republicans have retaken the Senate from the Democrats, and now that they have, it's time to give it back to its rightful owners...
Join Bill Whittle in his latest Firewall, where he shows how destructive the Progressive Amendments have been -- especially the Seventeenth Amendment. Find out why it matters!
Very Funny Video: Key and Peele Obama Mid-term Reenactment...from TPC
Video of comedy team Key and Peele with a reenactment of Barack Obama's response to the devastating Democrat mid-term election loss!
Watch at The Political Commentator here.
Thursday 6 November 2014
Israel Has Found New Allies
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| Israeli security fence on Egyptian border |
By Alan
Caruba
Let’s just say it up front and avoid
tip-toeing around with politically correct language. President Obama and his
administration are the most anti-Israel to have held office and likely the most
anti-Semitic. Forget about his public declarations of friendship and support for
Israel. For six years Obama has demonstrated his antipathy toward the only
democratic nation in the Middle East, the Jewish
state.
That’s why an anonymous administration
official felt free to call Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, a
“chickenshit” and “a coward” while being interviewed by Jeffrey Goldberg for an
article in The Atlantic.
He or she had to know the comment
would go public. Netanyahu was accused of only being interested in his political
survival and afraid to launch an attack on Iran to slow or end its nuclear
armament program. In an effort to comply with U.S. demands, Netanyahu actually
had put himself at political risk at home. None of Obama’s demands were rewarded
or acknowledged and, for now, those days are over.
It is, of course, the Obama
administration that has led the most servile negotiations to date with Iran,
granting all manner of concessions in order to get an agreement that would put
that terror-sponsoring nation within three or four months of having a nuclear
warhead for its missiles or bomb for its aircraft.
Speaking to the Israeli Knesset,
Netanyahu responded to the insulting name-calling saying, “I am under attack
simply because I am defending the State of Israel. If I didn’t stand firm on our
national interests, I would not be under attack.” And then, typical of the
diplomatic dance, he said, “I respect and cherish the deep connection with the
United States.”
If he was speaking in an historic
context, he is right, but the six years of Obama’s terms in office have been a
succession of insults and demands that would make Israel vulnerable to the
constant presence of its enemies, Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, two
terror organizations that are proxies for their sponsor, Iran. During the recent
military operations to end months of continued rocketing from Gaza, the U.S.
repeatedly called on Israel to stop. When it was over, countless tunnels whose
sole purpose was for Palestinian terrorists to attack Israelis were
found.
Tunnels have also been a problem for
Egypt and they are the ones that run from the Sinai area into Gaza. Following
the Camp David Accords in 1979, Egypt and Israel signed a peace treaty. Until
then no Middle East Arab nation had any intention of acknowledging Israel’s
sovereignty. The treaty has held firm since then, but the new Egyptian
leadership came to power after the people demanded that the Muslim Brotherhood
be removed from office. It was; first by military coup and then by an election.
It is the same Muslim Brotherhood some of whose members have been part of the
Obama administration.
For Egypt, the Sinai has been the
scene of dozens of attacks against its military and security forces since the
ouster of former president Hosni Mubarak in February 2011 during the so-called
“Arab spring.” As Oren Kessler, the
Foundation for Defense of Democracies Deputy Director for Research, recently
noted, “Egypt has waged a sustained military campaign against Sinai extremists
since August 2012, including air strikes and ground operations, as well as the
destruction of at least 1,600 smuggling tunnels to the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.”
“Despite the fact that at least 20
attacks have targeted Israel since Mubarak’s ouster, the Jewish state has not
engaged in military operations in Egyptian territory” but “the recent Sinai
security challenges have prompted the Israelis and Egyptians to cooperate in
others ways…”
A response to its own security needs
led the Israelis to build a fortified fence along its Egyptian border, its
longest frontier, “in a bid to control the flow of asylum seekers and economic
migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa.” You
read that correctly, migrants want to live in Israel, perhaps knowing that, only
there, are those who are Christian will not be killed for their faith and those
who are Muslim will not be harassed. The fence, of course, has the added benefit
of addressing the threat of Sinai terrorism.
So, Egypt ranks high among
Israel’s allies in very real ways. The same can be said of Saudi Arabia, the
Muslim holy land where Mecca and Medina are located. As Bret Stephens, a Wall
Street Journal columnist, noted in late October, “The real problem for the
administration is that the Israelis—along with all the other disappointed
allies—are learning how little it pays to be on Barack Obama’s good
side.”
“Since coming to office in 2009,”
noted Stephens, “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed, against
his own inclination and over the objections of his political bases, to (1)
recognize the Palestinian state, (2) enforce an unprecedented 10-month
settlement freeze, (3) release scores of Palestinian prisoners held on murder
charges, (4) embark on an ill-starred effort to reach a final peace deal with
the Palestinians, (5) refrain from taking overt military steps against Iran, and
(6) agree to every possible cease-fire during the summer’s war with
Hamas.”
That, however, has not been enough for
the Obama administration. Not only did it hold up “the delivery of munitions at
the height of the Gaza war”, but Secretary of State John Kerry blamed Israel for
the failure to achieve peace with the Palestinians when history confirms their
long resistance and refusal to any peace deal. Kerry even managed to attribute
the rise of the Islamic State to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. That is
delusional and deeply offensive.
Largely unreported because the two
nations want it that way, Saudi Arabia and Israel have long been in discussions
of what to do if the U.S. sells out both
of them by concluding a deal with Iran regarding its nuclear arms program. Such
a deal would leave both nations and all others in the Middle East and beyond
vulnerable to Iran.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab
Emirates, and other Sunni nations also have concerns about the rise of the Sunni
Islamic State. If Obama is indifferent to Israel’s security, he gives plenty of
evidence he feels the same about the Sunni nations.
If anyone, some years ago, had
predicted that two leading Muslim nations would find ample reason to ally with
Israel, they would likely have been laughed out of the room, but it is today’s
reality. It may make Obama angry, but the Israelis don’t care. Despite the usual
diplomatic charades, until Obama is out of office they and their Arab allies
will act to protect themselves as he continues to betray
them.
© Alan Caruba, 2014
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