Pic Dump.................

Another Islamic Group That Has Nothing to do With Islam..............from Dan Friedman

[This time it's the Houthi (“Partisans of God”) of Yemen who have nothing to do with Islam. They're making headlines today because they're moving closer to overthrowing the Obama-backed government in Sanaa. df]  

AP

 

Houthi Rebels Seize Yemen State Media, Battle Soldiers

 

Yemen Clashes Between Military, Houthi Rebels Occur Near Presidential Palace In Sanaa

Do you hate this insurance ad?...from TPC

Are ads that say insurance companies shouldn't hike premiums when claims are made engaging in good marketing or simply being somewhat misleading because in reality there isn't any free lunch.

You decide at HAS here.

NewsBusted 01/20/15..................

Cartoon Round Up....

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

No More Guns for You, Liam

A Judenrein (Jew-cleansed) Europe

Air Force UFO files hit the Web

Women Given Key Role In Isil Propaganda War As Men Leave Over Lack Of iPod Chargers

Davos arrives as world on verge of nervous breakdown

'American Sniper': Same Leftists Defaming Chris Kyle as 'Killer' Wanted Every Iraqi Dead

Coup feared in Yemen as rebels fire on PM's convoy, seize media

French Police: Gun Control Isn't Working for Us

Report says richest 1% will control most wealth by 2016

Canada's amazing new stamp

Pope: Catholics need not breed 'like rabbits'

New police radars can 'see' inside homes

Iran Promises ‘Crushing Response’ to Israeli Strike

Russian Defense Minister in Iran for Arms Pact Talks

European 'No-Go' Zones: Fact or Fiction?

And David slew Goliath

Suppose Islam Had a Holocaust and No One Noticed

Obama’s tax hike looks dead on arrival ahead of State of the Union speech

Glass of wine a day could protect the heart

Yemen crisis: Who are the Houthi rebels?

Overstretched Hezbollah ponders how to respond to death of prominent fighter in Israeli airstrike

Israel braces for early payback for deaths of Hizballah officers, Iranian general on Golan

Islam, and the Tail of a Scorpion

Obama Prepares to Polarize

Steven Crowder: Martin Luther King Addresses Ferguson!

H/T Paul B

Tuesday Totty.........

Will Britain Ever Be the Same? Topless 'Page 3' Girls Cancelled at Sun News

Everything's so politically correct nowadays.

What a disaster.

Here: "Britain's Sun News Cancels 'Page 3' Topless Girls."

"The Guardian reports that completely unclothed women are out. But the tabloid says it reserves the right to bring back full frontal nudity."

Maybe there'll be a reader backlash. Word is the cancellation's not going over well.

'Holly Hobby Lobby', Christian Mom and Hot Conservative Babe, Admits Cheating on Army Husband

The sexy young mom was the rage of Twitter and conservative media last year after posting provocative photos of herself with conservative regalia.

She appeared to present herself as the faithful Christian wife of an American military veteran, and hence the hypocrisy when the story broke yesterday.

Here: "Holly Fisher, Army Wife and Conservative Hottie, Busted for Infidelity."

Ms. Fisher posted her confession on Facebook. Now she and her husband are in the marriage-saving mode. Thankfully, he's forgiven her.

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

SOTU – It’s About To Get Deep

For cattle ranchers and dairy farmers, a good pair of water-proof high-top boots can be indispensable due to the abundance of bovine scat (henceforth referred to as b.s.) that accumulates over the course of the day. Voters often find themselves in need of similar protective gear when dealing with politicians.    (continue reading)

Teatime Totty...............

27 statistics that ask if you are a member of the US middle class?...from TPC

Do you consider yourself to be a member of the middle class or has it become increasingly difficult to know that answer for sure?

Take a look at the 27 statistics about income and wealth in America under Barack Obama!

At HAS here.

Al Sharpton Seeing Red Over All-White Oscars

By Alan Caruba

I do not care who was nominated for the 2015 Oscars and I care even less about what the Rev. Al Sharpton has to say about the fact that this year no blacks were nominated in any category.

The Oscars are about films, not race, but you wouldn’t know that from all the nonsense about the “all white” nominees this year. Back in 1998 the same thing occurred and maybe it had something to do with the films that year?

Sharpton has shown a talent for getting involved in various events over the years claiming racial connotations; beginning with the lies he told about Tawana Brawley in the 1980s, alleging she was a victim of rape that led to a defamation suit he lost in 1998. Flash forward and you have a man whom The New York Times reports has “more than $4.5 million in current state and federal tax liens against him and his for-profit businesses.”

This is the same man who has been rubbing elbows lately with the President of the United States (!) and hailed as a civil rights icon at a recent fund-raising event by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. Obama hailed him for his “dedication to the righteous cause of perfecting our union”, whatever that means. As The Times reported, “Major corporations sponsored the lavish affair.”

 

There is the reek of corruption surrounding Rev. Sharpton that speaks poorly of the high ranked politicians who lend him credibility and the corporations that help underwrite his blatant exploitation of racial events such as those in Ferguson, Missouri. It does not speak well of MSNBC that has provided him with a television show as a platform devoted to stirring up resentment among blacks.

“The lack of diversity in today’s Oscar nominations is appalling,” Rev. Sharpton said “and while it is good that Selma was nominated for ‘Best Picture’, it’s ironic that they nominated a story about the racial shutout around voting while there is a racial shutout around the Oscar nominations.” 

The Oscars are not about “diversity.” They are the result of the voting by some 6,000 members of the Motion Picture Academy. The Hollywood Reporter noted that 94% are white, 77% are male, and 86% are age 50 or older. The Academy, however, has demonstrated its support for black films and performers dating back to 1939 when Hattie McDaniel won a Supporting Actress Award for her role in ‘Gone with the Wind.’

The list of black actors and actresses who have either been nominated or won Oscars is rather impressive and includes Sidney Pointier, Louis Gosset Jr, Denzel Washington, Whoopi Goldberg, Halle Berry, and Morgan Freeman among the 44 black actors nominated. Others include Ethel Waters in 1948, Dorothy Dandridge in 1954, James Earl Jones in 1970, to name just a few.

The attention the Oscars get is based on the films Hollywood produces, many of which are quite forgettable. The award show is one of the most tedious shows on television bar none. Am I upset because one of my favorite actors and directors, Clint Eastwood, was left out of the director category? No. Am I miffed because Jennifer Aniston, another favorite of mine, did not receive an acting nomination? No. I am a fan, but whether they win a prize or not is of little importance to me.

I am at the point where every new film seems a re-run of every earlier one I ever saw. Others are merely cartoonish violence. I am sure some good films are being made, but I no longer have much interest in films these days. 

As for “Selma”, I remember the actual event and that was dramatic enough. On top of that, I later personally met Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and had a short chat with him. He was an extraordinary man.  The film received a best picture nomination, but I am under the impression that it has not drawn much of an audience.

 

I have reached an age where the analysis of every event in American life seems to come down to race, gender or some other factor often unrelated to what is occurring. We are too often a nation of unrelenting complainers unwilling to see what a great nation it is.

I can only speak for myself when I say I am deeply offended by the antics of Rev. Sharpton because he’s unhappy this year’s Oscar nominees are “white.” Last time I checked, not paying your taxes was a crime.

Oh, by the way, I will not be watching the Oscar awards. Other than the State of the Union speech, it is one of the most boring annual shows on television.

© Alan Caruba, 2015

Adam Carolla's 1968 Lamborghini Islero - Jay Leno's Garage

Adam takes Jay under the hood of his freshly painted and extremely rare Islero - one of only 125 ever made!

Cartoon Round Up....

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

Islamic State threat slams brakes on anti-Muslim rally

ECB likely to announce stimulus this week

Workers 'squeezed' by health insurance costs

Prosecutor in Argentina Jewish center bombing found shot dead

Were the recent terror attacks in France a watershed?

Thousands join anti-Charlie rally in Russia’s Chechnya

Islamic State fighters mass on Lebanon border

Barack Obama goes after the one per cent with proposed $320 billion tax hike

Jihad in France: It's Just Beginning

Europe Unable and Unwilling to Confront Islamic Extremism

Israeli helicopters targeted 6 Hizballah and Iranian officers as warning that Golan is out of bounds

Muslims also at risk by Obama dodging the I-word

Domestic terrorism: There are none so blind, as Americans who will not see!...from TPC

Is the problem of Islamic extremism or the unwillingness of the Obama administration to address it, or even to call it by name, any different today than it was in 2009? 

Read at The Political Commentator here.

Statue of Limitations

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

Miss Lebanon Claims She Was 'Photobombed' After Being Caught in Instagram Selfie with Miss Israel

She's lying.

It's pretty pathetic that Lebanese social media attacked this young woman, Miss Lebanon Saly Greige, after she graciously took a photo with Miss Israel.

But then she had to go a deny that she posed with Miss Israel. Lame.

Here: "Miss Lebanon Saly Greige Denies Taking Selfie with Miss Israel Doron Matalon."

Heh, that Miss Matalon's a looker too!

More at the link.

John Kerry plan to destroy ISIS (Cartoon)...from TPC

On the heels of James Taylor singing in Paris, this cartoon depicts a new Obama administration plan to defeat ISIS using another musical act!

At The Political Commentator here.

Busty Championship Bazongas Rule 5

Some of the hottest football bazongas this weekend.

Some seriously big tits, here: "Championship Sunday Rule 5."

Definitely some winning hooters!

And don't miss all the busting breast action throughout the night!

'American Sniper'

You gotta see this movie.

It's raking it in at the box office, "'American Sniper' Busts Out to Record-Breaking Opening Weekend."

And my review, "'American Sniper': A War on Terror Masterpiece":

For me it was more like a documentary, and hence not my favorite war film. Indeed, it's not quite as harrowing as "Lone Survivor," although I wouldn't pick one over the other. It's just that with Chris Kyle in "American Survivor," you're getting an up-close-and-personal look at the onset and duration of PTSD. That Kyle was able to ride it out in all-American grunt style, and then help alleviate his pain by giving back to the disabled veterans' community, only suggests that the ultimate reckoning with his status as "Legend" of Iraq was inevitably delayed. We'll never know, for of course he was killed by a disturbed vet who he was trying to help by taking him out to the shooting range. The film handles that portion of his life with an extremely admirable minimalism. Indeed, I'd have to check, but there's a lot of authentic footage at the conclusion of the movie for Kyle's memorial procession, where the streets were lined with thankful citizens waving U.S. flags in commemoration.

The acting's superb. Bradley Cooper should probably win best actor, although he won't because feel-good patriotic movies don't go over with the correctness set in Hollywood. Or at least I don't expect it to. And Clint Eastwood's directing is indeed phenomenal. The battle scenes put you on the ground at the center of the action. While extremely realistic, there isn't a Stephen Spielberg-level of gory detail. It's more precision, neat bloodshed and death. Come to think of it, "Black Hawk Down" dwelt more on the visceral carnage of war more than this film did. But I like that about "American Sniper." In fact, the biggest letdown of the film is that we don't have more development of what's happening in country, in Iraq. I understand it's an autobiography, but the the chronological approach to Kyle's tours had me wondering how much longer the movie was going to play. I hate that. It's a signal to me that the pace is lagging.

Be that as it may, those who've served, or those who've worked with veterans and in doing PTSD charitable work, will be extremely pleased with this production...

Keep reading.

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

Heat Rises Between Hezbollah & Israel.................from Dan Friedman

Israeli Strike in Syria Hits Convoy Killing Hezbollah Commander

TheTower.org Staff  

Jihad Mughniyeh a Hezbollah commander and son of notorious terrorist, Imad Mughniyeh, was killed along with at least nine others today in Israeli airstrikes against a convoy in the Syrian section of the Golan Heights.

 

[Omri Ceren of The Israel Project (TIP) has been all over this story like a blanket, sending out updates all day long. Something tells me it will make the top of news over the next few days, or even longer. df]

Dan Friedman
NYC

 

THE LOSS OF HM SUBMARINE THETIS IN 1939.................

Teatime Totty................

Sunday Funnies: From the absurd to the more absurd...from TPC

The five cartoons in this article examine the failure that is the Obama administration including the POTUS himself to Hillary Clinton, John Kerry parading out James Taylor in Paris and more!

At The Political Commentator here.

Cartoon Round Up....

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

Europe: "Je Suis Charlie"? Maybe. "Je Suis Juif"? Not Really.

Selma and the Sanctimony of Liberals

Stray Cat Saves Abandoned Infant From Freezing to Death

Discreet burial for 'Charlie Hebdo' terrorist in France

Two planets may lurk beyond Pluto

Terror groups ramp up online marketing to find recruits

States with the most people on food stamps

New 'Hebdo' cover continues to roil Muslim world

Violent Charlie Hebdo Protests Erupt In France's Former Colonies

Here's How The World's Most Advanced Missile Defense System Works

No Room for Parody

Convicted terror leader with link to Paris whom UK cannot deport

ISIS Looks for Foothold in Central Asia

Is Corruption Within the PLA Diminishing China’s Military Preparedness?

Islamic State releases 200 captive Yazidis in Iraq

Chinese smog blamed on smoking bacon

Decommissioned USS Constellation arrives in Texas for scrap

and finally........

The Death of the Artist

Obama and the Muslims get into a song war!

Obama vs. Churchill...............from Dan Friedman

[Could Churchill write this today? The short answer is “no.” Shows the extent to which the West has submitted to Islam and its sensibilities since Churchill passed away in 1965, a mere fifty years ago. So from here I’ll leave it to you to figure it out; at the rate we’re going, what will we look like a mere fifty years from now? df]

 

 

Sir Winston Churchill (The River War, first edition, Vol. II, pages 248-50 (London: Longmans, Green | 1899

"How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism[72 virgins, I'm assuming] deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity.

The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men. Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities - but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome."

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