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Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Overnight News...........................
Michelle Bachmann, Jihadi Foods, and the US Navy
CDR Salamander: Bing, hard questions - and what Congress must do
Heh. Here I am quoting Maureen Dowd...
Caption Contest (Ruskie in Review Edition)
Obama: I found out Friday that the IRS was targeting conservatives
Army Says Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves
Benghazi: Was the CIA Trying to Set Up the State Department?
The Bloody Hands of Barack Obama
Saudi arrested with pressure cooker at Detroit airport
Michelle Bachmann, Jihadi Foods, and the US Navy
Immigration Bill Creates Giant Database On All Americans
Benghazi: The Video Vanishes
'A perfect storm threatening Obama's credibility'
Detroit emergency manager: We're flat broke and can't borrow any more
Justice Department secretly obtained AP phone records
Harry Reid "troubled" by IRS scandal, Rubio and McConnell want resignations
1 vote -- the only vote -- decides Lytle school board race
Note to President Obama: IRS Scandal Is Why We Distrust Government
Kurdistan Region-Iraq News in brief
Ben Rhodes: Obama's Fixer behind the Benghazi Cover-Up
Assad: Reports of My Death Are Greatly Exaggerated...............................from Dan Friedman
[Many notables have predicted that Assad would be gone by now, but one of those seers sticks out in my mind. That honor belongs to Israel’s Ehud Barak, the most overrated idiot the country has produced since Shimon Peres. Read Barak: Assad will be toppled within weeks, and then read the story below from the Washington Post. df]
WaPo, 5/11/13
BEIRUT — Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are beginning to turn the tide of the country’s war, bolstered by a new strategy, the support of Iran and Russia and the assistance of fighters with Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement.
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Monday, 13 May 2013
NRA LIFE OF DUTY - NATIONAL POLICE WEEK
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designated May 15th as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week. This week, we are honoring that tradition and are paying special tribute to those who defend our nation here at home, for these brave men and women truly exemplify what it means to live a life of duty each and every day. Thank you for your service.
We hope you enjoy today's National Police Week Tribute on Officer Bill Murphy and the SureFire Institute, watch more Law Enforcement videos HERE.
NRA LIFE OF DUTY - NATIONAL MILITARY APPRECIATION WEEK
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We stand in line with them, sit by them and even depend on them; yet we may never know their names. Every day, these uncommon heroes among us rise before the sun and retire long after it sets, to avail themselves as America's first line of defense; willingly sacrificing themselves for things that others take for granted. To our proud Veterans, selfless active-duty service men and women, unwavering family members and to those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice, thank you.
Click here to watch the NRA Life of Duty collection of Military Patriot Profiles sponsored by Smith & Wesson Corp.
*Active-duty Military, be sure to sign up for your free one-year NRA Life of Duty Membership at Join.NRALifeofDuty.tv
A Family Affair: Benghazigate Deepens........................from Dan Friedman
If you are at all interested in the well-being of our republic you must watch this one-minute video.
Steven Hawking and Israel: Liberal, academic, elitist, hypocrite!...from TPC
An article that looks at the selective hypocrisy of liberal elites from academia as Steven Hawking has decided not to attend a conference in Israel in order to stand behind a Palestinian boycott of that country.
However, for Mr. Hawking visiting the Soviet Union in 1973 with all of that country's actual abuses of its own people was somehow okay!
News.................
Tiniest Tokyo Apartment Ever?
ABC: Petraeus called final Benghazi talking points "useless" the day before Rice's full Ginsburg; Update: Transcript added
Trash talk: What’s more troubling than Al Gore’s hucksterism is how he was received during his visit to Canada
Presidential Mother’s Day Tribute
Tea party targeted: Senior IRS bosses knew conservative groups under scrutiny as early as 2011
Benghazi Victim's Mom to Hillary: 'She's Got Her Child, I Don't Have Mine Because of Her'
Liberal Rednecks: A Salute
Russia staffs Mediterranean fleet. Turkey weighs payback for Syrian bombings
No olive branches in Korea: North fires hawkish general, US sends warships
Intervention Debate: Experts Warn Against Syrian Adventure
Lost in Paradise: The Chained-Up Mentally Ill of Bali
Taiwan, Philippines row escalates
Elephant 'tramples to death suspected poacher'
World's biggest anti-mine naval exercise after Iranian threats to close Gulf
Blistering Video: SEAL Team 6 Parents Demand Obama Answer For Funeral Desecration
Open Secrets - Pentagon plans to share missile secrets with Russia opposed by Republicans
Beheadings & Mass Murder. Guess Who?............................from Dan Friedman
VOA, May 12, 2013
Pope Francis has proclaimed his first Roman Catholic saints, including hundreds of Italians who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam in the 15th century.
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Sunday, 12 May 2013
Whoa! Paulina Porizkova's Still Hot, Shows Off Supermodel Body in Iceland Bikini
Always one of my favorites.
Great to see she's still rockin' the bikinis!
See: "Paulina Porizkova's Still Got It! '80s Supermodel Rocks Skimpy String Bikini at Iceland Spa."
More Mother's Day blogging throughout the night. Maybe even some topless moms if I can find any, lol!
Retirement in the USA............................from Rico
In a mere thirty years, the definition of "retirement" in America has changed.
While people are bombarded with "new historic highs" in the equities markets by the FTV and MSM infomercial machines, few stop to notice that most have NO investments in stocks, and 1 in 3 has no savings.
Take a look at the decline of the Dollar in the past thirty years. This defines the difference between 'nominal' and 'real'..same number of Dollars equals much LESS purchasing power. Then consider:
- Only about 10% have pensons today.
- About 65% have the 'option' of a 401K, but few really use that option.
- Social Security will be the MAIN source of retirement income for many...this is why 'boomers' are NOT retiring in droves as we're told they are. They are staying in the workforce.
Retirement won't be the ideal of sipping margarita's on the beach for most, but it will instead be working to the end of their days...and it will be a very 'tight' time along the way (if they have, or can keep, a job).
Have I mentioned yet what a 'good' idea it is to raise taxes right now?
- Just pulling your leg......
O's Brown Shirts Wear Pocket Protectors....................from Dan Friedman
[Just whose government does Obama think it is? Here’s another example of authoritarian abuse that BHO and his running dogs in the media will try to make go away. Benghazi and now this. Hey folks, are we getting nervous yet? df]
The Jewish Press, May 12th, 2013
After repeatedly denying it was targeting conservative groups for unfair treatment, the IRS admitted it was treating politically conservative groups in inappropriate ways. A pro-Israel group sued the IRS in 2010 for the same (and worse) conduct.
By: Lori Lowenthal Marcus
The Sunday Best................
Middle-Eastern Immigrants Make Good
In Wake of Sex Scandals, Air Force Dismantles Fleet Of ‘Pussy Wagon’ Recruiting Vehicles
Iranian border guards kill 10 Afghan migrants
Even the most dullard "honey, i am bored, will you lick my lollipop" liberal has figured out that even the republicans cannot muff the job on proving obama lied about benghazi ... that he has obstructed congress ... and, other impeachable acts ...
DAMNING: The Complete Benghazi Timeline Spreadsheet - Updated With the Latest Testimony and Leaks
"jj's brit" is birthed as an ar-15 .... progress notes, towards reliable and precise function ....
Egyptian interior minister: Al Qaeda cell plotted suicide attack against Western embassy
The Working Families Flexibility Act. Win?
Powerful Video: Mother Of Benghazi Victim: Mother’s Day Message To Hillary Clinton
Navy Investigators: No Suspects In Alleged Shipboard Bear Attacks
Hillary’s Real Crime
and finally.............
Happy Mom's Day, Moms
Money IN the Bank? Loser!......................from Rico
We have all been conned. hoodwinked, bamboozled into thinking that "money in the Bank" is a good thing.
It is not. - Remember Cyprus?
Money IN the Bank potentially makes YOU a loser.
The 'guidance' of the BIS, BoE, and FED re: the Cyprus situation was purposely vague, misleading, and overly 'technical' because to plainly cite the legal situation would send everyone running to their Bank with their hair on fire to immediately withdraw 'their' funds. [Read: Bank Runs]
In summary, this is exactly how "money IN the Bank" works:
- When you deposit YOUR money in the Bank, you transfer ownrship of that money To the Bank. It becomes THE BANK'S MONEY and as a 'depositor' you instantly become an unsecured creditor.
- You have a 'claim' on an equal sum of money and can ask for it back.
- If the Bank won't return an equal sum to you, it can be sued under tort law, so long as the Bank is solvent...providing you 'ask' for your money back.
- If the Bank is 'broke' then as an 'unsecured creditor' you wind up with pennies on the dollar or even zero since 'secured creditors' of the Bank get paid first.
This is the LAW. For reference, it was established under UK law in 1848 by 'Foley vs. Hill'...once a desposit has been made into a Bank, the Bank becomes a debtor and the depositor a creditor.
- The Bank has NO trusteeship or fiduciary duty to depositors, and cannot be prosecuted under criminal law (bet you're surprised that (a) Eric Holder was RIGHT on this point, and (b) not surprised that he did not cite the exact legal reason in his statement - Banks cannot be held liable to depositors for gambling [think 'OTC derivatives' and 'swaps'] or misusing [think risky loans, bad investments, sovereign bonds like Greece, or huge bonuses to themselves] with THEIR OWN MONEY).
Almost universally, depositors 'think' that money in the Bank is THEIRS. It is NOT. Almost no depositor thinks of themselves as a 'creditor'...much less an 'unsecured creditor.'
This is the 'scam' in plain sight. It's almost as funny as the saying 'sound as a dollar.'
In closing, with a respectful hat tip to Mr. Jim Sinclair, it's time to start getting out of the system.
- As Bank depositors learned in Cyprus, that 'money IN the Bank' isn't really there for them when things 'go South.' How many of them do you think now wish they had their assets outside the system before it blew itself up?
Obama Breeds Rebellion Among the States
By Alan Caruba
The resistance to Obamacare is writing a new chapter in U.S. history. It may well become the most unpopular law since Prohibition became an Amendment to the Constitution in 1919. By 1933, another Amendment repealed it.
Obamacare passed by a straight Democratic party vote on Christmas Eve in 2009. No Republican voted for it and, as one poll recently revealed, a third of Americans are still unaware it is the law of the land. A divided Supreme Court gave it a pass, calling it a tax, but it is a profoundly unconstitutional law insofar as the federal government may not pass a law that requires Americans to purchase something and to fine them if they do not. It is also playing havoc with the economy, delaying recovery as it deters hiring and encourages firing.
Nonetheless, a number of states have gone on record seeking to nullify its enforcement and some are doing the same as regards gun control. Arizona became famous when it passed its own immigration law in response to the federal government’s failure to protect its border with Mexico. The proposed “Gang of Eight” immigration law is facing stiff opposition for its various provisions, most of which do not address the central issue of security on the southern border.
How out of touch is the President? He went to Mexico and blamed the violence arising from its drug cartels on America, saying “Most of the guns used here to commit violence came from America.” He made no mention of the scandalous “Fast and Furious” scheme in which the ATF actually ran guns into Mexico, claiming they would track them. It took an executive order to throw a blanket of silence over it and a compliant media to ignore that scandal.
It is, however, Obamacare that poses the greatest threat to the nation, intruding on the patient-doctor relationship, robbing billions from Medicare to pay for it, requiring states to fund more Medicaid when many are strapped to meet other needs, and putting 16% of the nation’s economy under federal control.
A total of twenty-seven states have filed suit against Obamacare. Two federal judges have upheld its individual mandate to purchase health insurance and two others have ruled that it is unconstitutional.
Twelve states have introduced versions of the Federal Health Care Nullification Act that was drafted by the Tenth Amendment Center. They include Texas, Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, Alabama, and Maine. All declare that Obamacare is “hereby declared to be invalid, shall not be recognized, is specifically rejected, and shall be considered null and void and of no effect.”
In South Carolina, on May 1st, the state House passed a bill that declares the bill null and void and goes a step further, criminalizing its implementation. Earlier Governor Nikki Haley, in her state of the state address, said that South Carolina does not want and cannot afford Obamacare, saying of the President’s namesake, “not now, not ever.”
The following day, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback sent a letter in response to Attorney General Eric Holder’s opposition to its Second Amendment Protection Act, declaring it unconstitutional; essentially tell him to piss off. “The people of Kansas,” said the Governor, “have clearly expressed their sovereign will.” The same day, Missouri passed a comparable law protecting the Second Amendment.
Not since the years leading up to the Civil War was kicked off on December 20, 1860 when South Carolina voted for secession, has there been such open resistance to the mandates of the federal government by the states on a range of issues. Earlier, in 1832, President Andrew Jackson had threatened to send troops to South Carolina to enforce federal laws.
Nullification, however, will not succeed as a means to rid the nation of Obamacare. To Obama’s dismay, his gun control law failed in Congress when even members of his party joined in voting against it. The fate of immigration reform remains unknown but it will come to a vote soon enough.
The reason why nullification will fail is embedded in the Constitution. The Supremacy Clause states “This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the land; and the judges in every State shall be found thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary, notwithstanding.”
That has not discouraged the legislatures of many states from expressing their opposition to Obamacare, intrusions on the Second Amendment right of citizens to bear arms, and to demand the federal government enforce the laws regarding its borders.
There isn’t a constitutional scholar that does not support the Supremacy Clause. The Heritage Foundation has a policy paper on the subject of nullification that says “there is no clause or implied power in either the national or the various state constitutions that enables states to veto federal laws unilaterally.”
The states, though, can express their displeasure and their opposition to federal laws and that is what lies at the heart of the spate of nullification laws that have been passed. As sovereign republics, the states can and do express themselves and, through their elected Senators and Representatives, have the power in concert to repeal obnoxious and injurious federal laws.
That will be the fate of Obamacare.
© Alan Caruba, 2013
How do I get to be a weatherman?...from TPC
Predicting the weather might just be the best job in the world! Better even than being Barack Obama where there are never any consequences for being consistently wrong!
The usual suspects - redux.......................from Rico
If you happened to see the movie, you'll not need any additional commentary.
This speaks for itself.
'The greatest trick Maynard ever played was to convince everybody he knew what he was talking about...'
You're in Obama's Army Now.......................from Dan Friedman
[Too close for comfort, if you ask me. df]
Dimiana Abdel-Nour accused of blasphemy and proselytizing Christianity
Move follows Pentagon vow to punish evangelism
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Must see video: US Apache helicopter taking out Taliban troops!...from TPC
Video of US troops in an Apache helicopter taking out Taliban troops en masse.
You will watch how the U.S. military attempts to limit collateral damage to women and children, the exact opposite to the tactics of the terrorists.
Obama leadership vacuum anecdote for the day!...from TPC
What is wrong with Barack Obama's leadership when he sleeps through the attack on the United States in Benghazi yet rushes to call Jason Collins to praise his courage for announcing he is gay?
American Dream Girl: How Kate Upton Became the World's Hottest Supermodel
Well, those brilliant bazongas certainly didn't hurt!
See: "Kate Upton 'Hottest Supermodel on Earth'."
Ms. Upton in a wet t-shirt is certainly a make-my-day kind of experience. Great knockers.
Saturday, 11 May 2013
Poster: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and gun control!...from TPC
Great poster that examines Mayor Bloomberg of New York's position on gun control and the obvious fallacy of his argument (not this one).
See it at The Political Commentator here.
Video, Cartoon: Hey recent college graduate, congratulations? (Hilarious)...from TPC
Great cartoon that depicts the plight being faced by recent college graduates when it comes to entering the real world saddled with huge amounts of student loan debt!
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