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PJTV: Stop Drinking the Haterade: There's No Separating Faith And Politics

AlfonZo Rachel is tired of liberals telling him to stop talking about faith and politics. Why don't liberals just stop watching his videos? Listen to Zo tell you why liberals are the ones drinking the Haterade on this Zo Nation.

Hall of Shame! 15 Obama/Hillary Benghazi posters!...from TPC

15 political posters that highlight the ineptitude, dishonesty and total disregard for the security of the United States exhibited by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton before, during and after the attack on the US embassy in Benghazi that took the lives of four Americans!

At The Political Commentator here.

News..............

How 8Ib of Double Gloucester cheese can be really bad for your health

Hybrid technologies and stealth .... for those occasions when you really don't want to bring a lot of attention to yourself ....

CNN promoting coup in Venezuela

Woman accused of trying to poison 5 with cheese

Israel Should Be Poor; Palestine, Rich: Then We'll Have Peace?

The Fear of Causing Offense

European Union lifts arms embargo on Syrian opposition

Made in Germany: Berlin Under Fire for Tank Deal with Cairo

The China-EU Trade Spat

North Korea’s Next Monument: A Ski Resort?

Hezbollah gambles on siding with al-Assad

Dithering EU fails to meet the Syrian challenge: The tide of war is swinging back Assad’s way as Iran and Russia send in arms and men

What IRS demanded from me

Tuesday Totty..............

'It was not the Declaration of Independence that gave us freedom but the Continental Army...'

Hope you're having a great day --- and a hearty thanks to all the veterans ready this blog.

See, "Memorial Day: A Roundup."

Also, "The Tomb of the Unknowns Will Always Be Guarded":

21 steps. Hurricanes. Snowstorms. Or the brutal summer heat in Virginia.

This tomb will always have a guard.

More blogging and hotties throughout the night.

(The quote at top is from "A Tradition of Sacrifice, From Yorktown to Ramadi.")

The #FreeKate Campaign of Deliberate Lies and the Left's Defense of Pedophilia

In case you're just getting to this story, see Robert Stacy McCain, "#FreeKate Lies Unravel; Roman Polanski Could Not Be Reached for Comment."

And more here, "The Left's Push to Normalize Pedophilia Finds Its Poster Girl."

Also, "CNN Paints Kaitlyn Hunt, 18-Year-Old Lesbian Pedophile, as Sympathetic Victim Who Just 'Made a Mistake...'"

And, "Homosexual Activists and Their Lefty Supporters Have Been Going All Out to Defend Pedophilia."

Bedtime Totty..............

Late News..............

To defeat Islamic terror, we must first acknowledge what it is by Melanie Phillips

The thirteen year blood libel also by Melanie

Yet another gun manufactur​er looking at leaving Connecticu​t

After decades of searching, could a handful of debris provide the answer?

Battle brewing over Detroit museum collection

Why millionair​e investors are holding cash

40 Statistics About The Fall Of The U.S. Economy That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe

Memorial Day Forever

The Price of Freedom

Hizballah fires rocket toward Israeli Metula, calls up reserves, enters Damascus

Syrian TV reporter killed by rebel sniper near Qusair

Late Pic Dump..............

Memorial to Those We Honor........................

H/T Shelly

NRA LIFE OF DUTY MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE

“Although no sculptured marble should rise to their memory, nor engraved stone bear record of their deeds, yet will their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored.” - Daniel Webster

Today, we honor the countless heroes who have paid the ultimate sacrifice to answer our country's call to arms.

Please take a moment to watch our Memorial Day Tribute featuring Norman St. Germain - Seaman First Class, USS Gambier Bay who spent 47 hours in the shark-infested waters of Leyte Gulf after his ship was sunk during WWII.

*If you know someone who is currently serving our country, please encourage them to sign up for their free one-year NRA Life of Duty Membership at join.nralifeofduty.tv.

H/T Jeff

Bonus Totty.............

H/T DJ Elliott

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"Don't drone me, Bro" Intellectual Froglegs #30

Memorial Day 2013................

Image from Hope n' Change

News.................

A Scumbag’s Mother

Obama’s Corruption Must Be Answered

Afghan intelligence thwarts major attack against Kandahar City

Disruptions: At Odds Over Privacy Challenges of Wearable Computing

"Correlation versus causation in a single graph”

Supermarke​ts could face harassment complaints over lads' mags, say lawyers

NRA fights ruling on guns in public housing

Can 'Female Viagra' Save Monogamy?

Hume: Obama Creates “Howling Conflict of Interest”

Claim: IRS May Still Be Targeting Conservatives

The Warrior’s Tale

Memoralizing the Loss of a Great Democracy: Did Our Brave Heroes Die in Vain?

Rocket fired from Lebanon toward Israeli Metula. Hizballah calls up reserves

Nuclear Arsenal Subject to Pentagon Cuts, But New Subs May Escape Axe

A long-ago war, a missing plane and an enduring mystery

Corrupt Chinese officials turn to 'black' PR

Last US dispatch of military helicopter​s received by Iraq

Video: Is the age of the flying car about to arrive?

Research Shows Idiots Are On The Rise, Intelligence On The Decline

Video: Bridges tend to collapse when trains run into them

Same-Sex Marriage: French Don't Go Quietly.....................from Dan Friedman

Huge anti-gay marriage protest march in Paris  (BBC)

 

 

[Significantly more protest than Americans have been able to muster. df]

Monday Mopsies...............

Memorial Day Weekend Hotties!

Man, these are some holiday hooters!

See: "Emma Green Rule 5."

Plus, follow the links for some additional bazongas!

Here: "Rule 5 Memorial Day Weekend."

Love those memorial breasts!

Riots Burn Down Idea of Swedish Utopian Society

Well, as if it's any surprise.

See: "Sweden's Dream of Statist Utopia Goes in Smoke With Immigrant Riots."

Hey Baby! Paris Hilton is Still Looking Hot!

I don't know.

Maybe I have little something for bad girls.

See: "Paris Hilton Rocks Two Not-So-Typical Bikinis for Sexy 'Private' Photo Shoot."

That lady's body is to die for --- and she looks like she's ready to rock!

Bedtime Totty............

Late News..............

Obama’s Cynical War Speech

Cessna lays off salaried workers; numbers unclear

How to Cope With Being Sleep Deprived - Ideally? Take a nap

Noonan: A Battering Ram Becomes a Stonewall

Captain Charged With Manslaught​er After Leaving Lieutenant Unattended In Parked Car

Black Christian nominee making GOP squirm

Median CEO pay rises to $9.7 million in 2012

Now We Know How Long Neandertha​ls Breastfed

Obama Ends Week with Round of Golf

Iran begins 'massive' deployment of long-range missile launchers

Khamenei heads for dynastic rule – his repression and Syrian role unopposed by the West

War memorials left to rot as fixup funds dry up

Saudi drivers in 'sidewalk skiing' craze

Pilot on world's shortest scheduled flight retires

L'Chaim!.......................from Dan Friedman

[Here’s a beautiful profile of a Jewish wedding in Jerusalem which ran in (of all places) the British tabloid The Daily Mail. You really should see the whole story, the embedded videos and the rest of the great photos. df]

The Eagle Squadron and Red Arrows Flypast Duxford 2013

"The Path of Woes" - Wild Bill

Jewish Poison......................from Dan Friedman

[Frankly, it is very difficult for Jews to make any progress while we still create “Jews” who are bent on destroying us from within. To have come as far as we have is in itself a miracle from Hashem. df]

 

 

Sivan 17, 5773, 26/05/13

 

Peres to Claim ‘Overwhelming Majority’ Favor 1949 Border

 

President Peres reportedly plans to tell Arab leaders that most Israelis favor a return to 1949-1967 borders.

 

 

LFL | USA | Season 4 | Game 7 | Minnesota Valkyrie Vs. Green Bay Chill

INTO THE HEART OF DARKNESS

This came across the email machine from Alex Quade - just in time for Memorial Day weekend; Alex's way of saying thanks to all who've served our nation. This story about a 10th Special Forces Group Operational Detachment "Alpha" in combat required years of blood-sweat-and-tears . . . and fighting to get it finally told - S.L.


War reporter Alex Quade covering 10th Special Forces Group. (Photo courtesy Alex Quade)

A disclaimer: Freelance War Reporter Alex Quade embedded long-term with Operational Detachment Alpha Teams of the 10th Special Forces Group in Diyala province, Iraq in 2007 and 2008. One of those “A- Teams” was ODA-072. Quade covered their pre-mission training at Fort Carson, Colorado and followed up with them and their families through the years. Per Special Operations Command embed guidelines: no last names of operators were used; military public affairs officers in Iraq, as well as at Fort Carson reviewed every frame of Quade’s video to ensure no techniques, tactics & procedures are revealed. Also, 10th Special Forces Group Operational Detachment number designations changed after 2007. Most Team members retired or moved on. They shared their personal photos. Alex Quade returned to Diyala Province repeatedly to cover U.S. troop movements and progress. 6-years later, she is allowed to share more information and locations, since U.S. forces and bases are no longer there, after the U.S. military departure

‘The House That Rob Built’: Special Forces Combat Outpost Pirelli, Part 1

“We refer to the area as ‘the heart of darkness’. It’s truly the heart of al-Qaeda controlled territory right now,” Jones stated. “There’s heavily-mined roads, large amounts of al-Qaeda reinforcements within kilometers of each other.”

The Iranians were there, too.



Read the rest of Part 1 HERE . . . Part 2 will air online on Monday/Memorial Day - mucho sunshine - Alex.


Thank YOU Alex for all your hard work and sacrifice, to honor these brave men.

- STORMBRINGER

Obama Runs Away from the War on Terrorism

By Alan Caruba

“You may not be interested in war, but war may be interested in you.” -- Leon Trotsky

If you think about the presidents who we remember and honor the most, it is those who faced war and rallied the nation to victory. Our first president, George Washington, sustained the Revolutionary War for eight long years against daunting odds, including a Continental Congress that often provided little support for the men under his command that were fighting to create a new, free nation.

Washington’s reputation in war and peace is the reason that the Constitution designates the President as Commander-in-Chief. He was so highly regarded for his conduct of the Revolution that the Founders concluded that future presidents had to be free to wage war, but only after Congress declared that a state of war existed.

America, however, has not formally passed a declaration of war since WWII and then because it had been declared against us first. Since then wars have often been fought under the sanction given by the United Nations as was the case in the Korean conflict and the two Gulf wars, an erosion of our national sovereignty.

Lincoln is revered for having preserved the Union during the bloodiest conflict this nation ever fought. Franklin D. Roosevelt earned his place in our history for mobilizing the nation prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, assisting Great Britain prior to entering the World War II, and then pursuing an aggressive policy to defeat the Axis nations.

Quite a few of our presidents gained fame in various conflicts, from Washington to Grant to Eisenhower. Other presidents presided over wars both long and short.

In a speech on May 23, given ironically at the National Defense University, President Obama did his best to run away from war. His opposition to the war in Iraq, his decision to withdraw from Afghanistan, and his efforts to close Guantanamo will likely be seen in the same way as the Clinton policies of the 1990s when Osama bin Laden declared war on the United States on behalf of al Qaeda and subsequently attacked the World Trade Towers twice, in 1993 and on September 11, 2001. Weakness always encourages aggression.

In an application of magical thinking, at the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan the entire U.S. military was instructed not to use the term “global war on terrorism”, replacing it instead with “overseas contingency.” The Obama administration has refused to identify the May 22nd murder of a British soldier on the streets of London by an Islamist as terrorism.

Obama spent his first term and now his second insisting that al Qaeda has been defeated despite ample evidence that it has not. He has never ceased to downplay any event that suggests we and the rest of the world are not engaged in a war with radical Islam.

The Benghazi scandal arose out of an effort to claim and cover-up that the attack was “spontaneous” and the result of an anti-Islam video despite the fact that it occurred on September 11, 2012. Earlier, an attack on soldiers based at Fort Hood was declared “workplace violence.” The bombing in Boston was glossed over as a criminal act, not a terrorist act of war.

The absurdity and the danger of not describing the many instances of the Islamic jihad is a failure of major proportions and not being willing to take preemptive action against its perpetrators suggests it will grow, not diminish, and not cease to threaten the homeland and the world.

In a scathing May 24 analysis of his speech, “President Obama is Tired of Fighting Terrorism”, the Heritage Foundation said that “even as new fronts in the war on terrorism sprang up, the Administration continued to argue that it was winning” despite the Benghazi attack, despite the Boston bombing, despite the attacks in Afghanistan. Time and again Obama has said that the assassination of Osama bin Laden marked the end of al Qaeda and that the isolated drone attacks have reduced its ability to wage jihad. It has not, but Obama proposed scaling back the use of drones.

“The war of ideas,” said Heritage, “was completely banned from the Obama lexicon. Islamist terrorism became ‘violent extremism.’ Terrorism became ‘senseless violence.’ In 2011, however, Obama shifted course dramatically."

"More than dumping the war of words, the White House signed off on a new counterterrorism strategy that amounted to running away from Iraq and Afghanistan as quickly as possible and limiting the offensive campaign to whacking top-level al Qaeda with drone strikes”, noting that “The new strategy was bound to fail, fighting the last war while al Qaeda evolved into a global insurgency that has spread from Pakistan to Nigeria.”

The Heritage analysis concluded that Obama “is sick of fighting. Unfortunately, America’s enemies are not.”

The buildup of the paramilitary strength of the Department of Homeland Security and its identification of patriots, veterans, and others critical of the Administration has led many Americans to believe it now exists less to protect Americans than to institute plans to impose a dictatorship.

Obama’s fear of attacks at home and conflicts abroad was reflected in his speech. “Unless we discipline our thinking, our definitions, our actions, we may be drawn into more wars we don’t need to fight, or continue to grant presidents unbound powers more suited for traditional armed conflicts between nation states.” 

His Administration has already “defined” Islamic attacks to the point of not calling them Islamic attacks. His concern and reluctance to use the powers of the presidency to protect the nation ignores the new nature of war with a stateless entity called al Qaeda. Indeed, he wanted his war powers scaled back!

In his speech, Obama said “This war, like all wars, must end. That’s what history advises. That’s what our democracy demands.”

The Islamic jihad began in the seventh century and has not ended since then. Our democracy and the future of Western civilization depends on conducting a war to end the current aspects of it until today’s Muslims conclude that jihad as a religious duty is too painful to pursue. That’s how this war will end.

© Alan Caruba, 2013

Bonus Totty...............

Narcissist-in-Chief Barack Obama has a megahit television series!...from TPC

For a megalomaniac and narcissist like President Obama, what could be better than a hit television series that runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? 

Most likely anything besides White House of Cards!

At The Political Commentator here.

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The Sunday Best...............

Exorcising Your Exercise Demons

In Case of Emergency...

Democrats Grow Increasingly Desperate During Scandalpalooza

Ramirez on executive leadership in the White House

Beverly Cancels Memorial Day Parade Due To Lack Of Veterans

Joan Walsh’s ‘Skeezy Huckster’– Racist?

Christian school criticized over dinosaur test

Revealed: Holder personally vetted Rosen warrant, DOJ fought for prolonged secret monitoring of accounts

GOP widening Sebelius shakedown probe

Fire Rainbows: A Rare Cloud Phenomenon

Obama staff has lost sense of balance over leaks obsession

The decomposition of American democracy

By 22 Points, Voters Want to Nix Obamacare

Nasrallah pledges tens of thousands of volunteers to fight for Assad

Residents: Two rockets hit Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut

Suicide by Sequester: US Feels Pinch of Erratic Spending Cuts

Outrage After Sharia Court Allows Rapist to Marry His 13-year-old Victim

Even for liberals, Obama has crossed a line

Female suicide bomber attacks police in Dagestan

New offensive launched against militants in Philippines

Suspected Maoist rebels kill 23 in India

and finally..........

Women... in the news!

Gary Sinise Honors Veterans at National Memorial Day Concert

Col. Allen West catches up with actor Gary Sinise during rehearsals the day before the National Memorial Day Concert in D.C. takes place. Sinise will co-host the event along with actor Joe Mantegna, and the line-up will feature performances by The National Symphony Orchestra, U.S. Army Chorus, the U.S. Navy Band Sea Changers, as well as appearances by Gen. Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.), Candice Glover, Ed Harris, Alfie Boe, and many others.

The Islamic Butcher's Speech......................from Dan Friedman

If you poke around the Web to find the diatribe delivered by the bloody-handed man shortly after he hacked a British soldier to death, you’ll find the media got there well before you. Most clips have been “cleansed” to eliminate the man’s clear Islamic justification for the attack and/or a narration has been added to obscure the killer’s voice. But this video of the event, posted by American patriot Tom Trento, is uncut from start to finish. If you want to know what actually motivated the two murderers, you owe it to yourself to view it.