The late, great
middle class. By Victor Davis Hanson
Excerpt: Obama promised to restore the middle class. In
truth, he has enacted the very policies that have done it the most damage in
years. That paradox may explain why his base of support remains the very rich
and the very poor.
Good Article: Translating Hillaryspeak. By Andy
Weddington
Excerpt: More so than usual I've spent some time tuning into
sundry news outlets.
Lessons from the
Australian Carbon Tax
Excerpt: Poor policy processes tend to lead to poor policy
outcomes. Australia's carbon
tax experience provides a number of important lessons in how not to go about
implementing sensible climate change policy, says Alex Robson, a senior lecture
at Griffith University
in Australia.
What the United States needs
to learn from Australia:
Should Washington Pay Parents
to Raise Future Taxpayers?
Excerpt: A claim often repeated by politicians from both
sides of the aisle is that they are "pro-family," but few have put
forward any legislation devoted to addressing the problems faced by American
families. One of these problems is the "marriage divide," which has
recently seen efforts aimed at resolving this issue by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT),
says W. Bradford Wilcox, a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise
Institute. Education and affluence are directly correlated to marriage
continuance. Non-marital childbearing has remained rare for college-educated
women. For women without college degrees, the rate has increased over the last
decade. Less than 10 percent of births to college-educated women are outside of
wedlock, compared to nearly 50 percent for women lacking college degrees.
Eight Things That Could Go Wrong With Obamacare. By Peter
Suderman
Excerpt: In less than two weeks, Obamacare’s health
insurance exchanges will be open for enrollment. Three months after that, the
law’s major coverage provisions officially go into effect. It’s the biggest
expansion of the entitlement state in decades, and a massive bureaucratic
undertaking.
State Department has
ignored security recommendations after Benghazi,
report finds
http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/25/state-department-has-ignored-security-recommendations-after-benghazi/#ixzz2g0PfPypH
http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/25/state-department-has-ignored-security-recommendations-after-benghazi/#ixzz2g0PfPypH
Color me shocked. ~Bob
Excerpt: Is Barack Hussein Obama trying to destroy America
by divide and conquer? It certainly seems so. To win elections he has had no
qualms at all about setting the poor against the rich, gay against straight,
Hispanic and Blacks against White and the phony Republicans "war on
women". But of all Obama's skulduggery, I believe Obamacare will be the
final blow that destroys any hope for societal unity. The unfairness of
Obamacare is without precedent. Here you have a Socialist President that has
chosen to grant Obamacare exemptions for he and his staff, the Congress and all
of their staff, corporations who donated generously to his campaign and favored
union members.
Copper mine bill sparks debate over Native American sacred
lands
http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/25/copper-mine-bill-sparks-debate-over-native-american-sacred-lands/#ixzz2fyrQhS95
http://dailycaller.com/2013/09/25/copper-mine-bill-sparks-debate-over-native-american-sacred-lands/#ixzz2fyrQhS95
Excerpt: “This public land at Oak Flat is a place of worship
for the Apache, Yavapai, and other tribes in the region,” Mapetsi’s Jesse
Renteria wrote in a September 19 email to a staffer for South Dakota Republican
Rep. …“Former Rep. Ron Paul voted against this same bill in the 112th Congress
because he viewed it as an earmarked giveaway of American assets to foreign owned
mining companies where one of the companies, Rio Tinto, is partly owned by
China and has ties with Iran in a uranium mine in Namibia,” Debbie Ho,
Mapesti’s founder, told The Daily Caller News Foundation in an email.
3 charged in NYC with
fighting for al-Shabab terrorist group
Excerpt: Prosecutors in Brooklyn
describe the defendants — Ali Yasin Ahmed, Madhi Hashi and Mohamed Yusuf — as
"dangerous and influential" members of al-Shabab who were part of an
elite unit of suicide bombers. They were captured in Africa last year while
traveling to Yemen
to team up with the Al Qaeda offshoot there.
Hillary's Benghazi Investigator Confirms Egypt Link
http://www.wnd.com/2013/09/hillarys-benghazi-investigator-confirms-egypt-link/#jxl9w7GKCgsWTjc6.99Read
more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/09/hillarys-benghazi-investigator-confirms-egypt-link/#jxl9w7GKCgsWTjc6.99
Excerpt: In a development unreported by news media, the
State Department’s lead Benghazi investigator,
Thomas Pickering, apparently leaked important classified information at a House
hearing last week on the Sept. 11, 2012, Benghazi
attack. Pickering revealed
there is evidence that an Egyptian organization was behind the attack on
theU.S. mission that killed U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. He
further refused to deny there was a plan to kidnap Stevens. (Oops. He better
watch the sky after Tuesday…Barb)
Filmmaker Blamed
For Benghazi Out
Of Jail And Talking
Excerpt: Nakoula Basseley Nakoula’s online video was blamed
by President Obama for an international terror episode inBenghazi that
killed four Americans, and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised he
would be arrested and prosecuted, and he, in fact, was the only person to end
up in jail after the attack by Islamists that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens…. “We don’t need Nidal
Hasan again.” He said there are other travesties against human rights, too,
involving the massacre of Christians
in Egypt,
and Americans need to fight back against such attacks.
They Denied That We
Were In A Depression In 1933 And They Are Doing It Again In 2013
Excerpt: The more things change, the more things stay the
same. The Great Depression actually started in 1929, but as you will see below,
as late as 1933 the Associated Press was still pumping out lots of news stories
with optimistic economic headlines and many Americans still did not believe
that we were actually in a depression. And of course we are experiencing a very
similar thing today.
Lost: $67 Million. If
Found, Please Return To IRS
Excerpt: Hoo boy…this isn’t going to go over well. The IRS
has seen its summer from hell extended into autumn, as a report issued today by the Treasury Inspector
General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) revealed that the Service cannot account
for $67 million that was set aside in a slush fund to help pay for
Obamacare….That’s $67 million of taxpayer dollars that were spent on,
well…nobody is quite sure what it was spent on, other than it appears to
have used for employee workspaces and technology. (In charge of your tax
returns, your personally identifiable financial and medical data. What’s it
matter? –Barb)
ACORN’s ‘Fraternal
Twin’ An Obamacare Navigator
Excerpt: United Labor Union
Council, Local 100, often described as ACORN's "fraternal
twin," has been awarded an
ObamaCare "Navigator" grant to enroll people in health care
exchanges. Local 100, based in New Orleans,
will be conducting mass enrollments in Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas. As a result, it will have
confidential, personal information on thousands of people seeking health
insurance.
Revealed: Qatar's
World Cup 'slaves'
Excerpt: Dozens of Nepalese migrant labourers have died
in Qatar in recent weeks and
thousands more are enduring appalling labour abuses, a Guardian investigation
has found, raising serious questions about Qatar's preparations to host the
2022 World Cup. (well, Mohammad—the perfect example of conduct for Muslims—held
slaves and the Qur’an allows sex with slave girls, so this is to be expected.
~Bob.)
Is The US Going To War With Syria Over A Natural Gas Pipeline?
Excerpt: As we asked (rhetorically, of course)
and answered over 3 months ago, why has the little nation of Qatar spent 3
billion dollars to support the rebels in Syria? The answer
revolves, as usually is the case in the Middle East, around a pipeline. Here
are some additional perspectives. Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog, Could
it be because Qatar is
the largest exporter of liquid natural gas in the world and Assad won't let
them build a natural gas pipeline through Syria? (Meanwhile US drilling in
the Gulf restricted in violation of court decrees by Regime, Canadian pipeline
slowed, and now Regime trying to put restrictions on natural gas, one of our
most plentiful resources…. Oh, and it goes through Lebanon…can’t
leave Jordan out,
either, most likely….Barb)
History
Is The Enemy As ‘Brilliant’ Psy-Ops Become The News
Excerpt: How much longer must we subject ourselves to such
an “invisible government”? … “False reality” requires historical amnesia, lying
by omission and the transfer of significance to the insignificant. In this way,
political systems promising security and social justice have been replaced by
piracy, “austerity” and “perpetual war”: an extremism dedicated to the
overthrow of democracy.
Iran's New President: Yes, Holocaust Was A
Crime. By Josh Levs and Mick Krever, CNN
Excerpt: Iran's
new president has acknowledged the Holocaust, furthering the stark contrast
between himself and his predecessor. "Any crime that happens in
history against humanity, including the crime the Nazis committed towards the
Jews as well as non-Jews, was reprehensible and condemnable," President
Hassan Rouhani said in an interview with CNN's Christiane
Amanpour.
Exclusive: CNN
Fabricates Iranian President's Remarks about Holocaust
Excerpt: American news channel CNN
fabricated the remarks made by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in response to
the network's question about the Holocaust. (Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency)
Excerpt: She added that “communications by Brazilian
diplomatic representation offices, including the permanent mission of Brazil with the United Nations and even the
very presidency of Republic of Brazil were subject to intersection
of communications.” “Meddling in such a manner in the lives and affairs of
other countries is a breach of international law,” Rousseff said. “…“The right
to security of a country’s citizens can never be ensured by violating the
fundamental human and civil rights of another country’s citizens.
Excerpt: Not bothering to mention the human rights of
Iranians, the president’s muddled message continued: “We are not seeking regime
change, and we respect the right of the Iranian people to access peaceful
nuclear energy.” He even declared that al-Qaeda had still been damaged even
after rattling off recent terror attacks, and boldly proclaimed “the world is
more stable than it was five years ago” — just before acknowledging that “a
glance at today’s headlines indicates that dangers remain.” Like he did just
hours after last week’s Navy Yard shooting, Obama touted economic recovery
“five years after the global economy collapsed.”
Bill Clinton gets
back at Bono with his own impression.
Excerpt: Earlier this week, U2 singer Bono treated the world
to a spot-on impression of Bill Clinton on the stage of a CGI event. And now,
the president turned super-philanthropist has retaliated. Poorly.
Everything is Fake
Now. By Daniel Greenfield
Excerpt: Reality hasn't gone away, but we have gone away
from it. Enough of us have gone down into the dream, grasped a thread of the
story and allowed it to sweep us away. Given a choice between the red pill and
the blue pill, they have unconsciously chosen the blue pill without ever being
aware that they had a choice.
LYONS: Reaching out with dishonor
Excerpt: It has been a long-standing U.S.
policy not to negotiate with terrorists and certainly not to arm them.
Nonetheless, on Sept. 16, President Obama made a presidential determination
that waived Sections 40 and 40(a) of the Arms Export Control Act that he claims
allows him to fund organizations — almost surely that will include terrorists —
for the sake of "national security." What prompted such an incredible
finding? (The Iranians are ever ready to sucker us, and Mr. Obama is
so open to being taken for a ride by these guys that it makes one want to
despair. The admiral makes solid points about the sad reality of this
situation. --Del)
Wednesday Afternoon
Round-Up - Motives and Means. By Daniel Greenfield
Excerpt: This isn’t abstract politics. It’s not about
economics, the environment or foreign policy. It’s about a worldview in which a
five-year-old who can’t recite the Islamic confession of faith deserves to be
killed.
Tweet from Secular African @SecularAfrican
What exactly is the difference between Shabaab and Prophet
Muhammad (PBUH)? Didn't Muhammad massacre innocent Jews and enslave their
women?
Time’s Stengel latest
in long line of reporters who jumped to jobs in Obama administration
The payoff for Obama’s media fluffers. ~Bob
Fitzpatrick:
Obamacare hurting Sesame Place
employees
Excerpt: Last year, Big Bird's job security was thrust into
the political spotlight. This year, it's his health insurance. In a letter sent
last week to President Obama, U.S. Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick contended that the
Affordable Care Act had caused Sesame
Place, one of Bucks County's
biggest tourist attractions, to terminate health benefits for its part-time
employees.
Senate majority
leader Harry Reid called the Obamacare medical device tax "stupid" at
a briefing today on Capitol Hill:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/harry-reid-calls-obamacare-medical-device-tax-stupid_757185.html
Excerpt: Some of the biggest supporters for doing away with
the stupid tax--I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that--doing away with that tax
have told me they won't support that on CR."
Largest Syrian rebel
groups form Islamic alliance, in possible blow to U.S. influence
Excerpt: American hopes of winning more influence over Syria’s
fractious rebel movement faded Wednesday after 11 of the biggest
armed factions repudiated the Western-backed opposition coalition and announced
the formation of a new alliance dedicated to creating an Islamic state. The
al-Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra, designated a terrorist organization by the
United States, is the lead signatory of the new group, which will further
complicate fledgling U.S. efforts to provide lethal aid to “moderate” rebels
fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (OK, so now it's really
over for us in Syria, the biggest force there are the damn Islamist radicals,
who hate us at least as much as they hate Assad, maybe more. We need to stay
the hell out of there, but Mr. Obama seems still bent on getting us stuck in
this awful mess somehow. The bit with the Russians is not going anywhere very
fast, as was predicted on day one. I just hope somebody gets to Mr. Obama and
convinces him that the smartest thing he can do is just wash his hands of this
whole thing and tell the Russians it's up to them to get the chemical weapons,
but they can work through the UN on that. Meanwhile, these guys will just roll
along now, mistreating and murdering all the non-Muslims in the country. Those
poor guys must all be praying for Assad's forces to come out ahead. --Del)
Photos: Muslims
Attack Packed All Saints Church, Scores Of Christians
Slaughtered
Excerpt: Strong
images ... be forewarned.
Obama's Campaign
Artist: Drones Killed All 'Hope'
Excerpt: President Obama's use of war drones is a
buzzkill for the guy who created the 'Hope' campaign. Shepard Fairey --
the artist behind Obama's 'Hope' poster -- was clearly disappointed in the Prez
while bouncing from the Chateau Marmont last night.
Archbishop of Canterbury says,
"Islamists Martyr Christians"
By Joel Himelfarb
Excerpt: Islamist attacks against Christians
in Muslim countries are creating an atmosphere of fear and creating martyrs of
the faithful in exceedingly growing numbers, the Archbishop of Canterbury said
in an interview with BBC Radio. In the interview, reported in The Telegraph, the Most Rev. Justin Welby said
that there had been more than 80 Christian
“martyrs” in the last few days alone. He was speaking about the suicide
bombing of All Saints Anglican Church in Peshawar,
Pakistan.
British 'White Widow' Samanthah Lewthwaite arrest warrant issued by Interpol: A global hunt for Samantha Lewthwaite has been launched when Interpol issued an international 'red notice' for her arrest because of the danger she poses 'worldwide'.
British 'White Widow' Samanthah Lewthwaite arrest warrant issued by Interpol: A global hunt for Samantha Lewthwaite has been launched when Interpol issued an international 'red notice' for her arrest because of the danger she poses 'worldwide'.
Excerpt: The alert came amid
intense speculation that Lewthwaite, the widow of 7/7 bomber Germaine Lindsay,
was linked to the Islamist attack on Nairobi’s Westgate shopping centre that
left 67 victims - including five Britons - dead. The move, requested by
the Kenyan authorities,
calls on Interpol’s 190 member countries to watch for the 29-year-old soldier’s
daughter from Aylesbury and arrest her if she is found.
How much will
Obamacare increase premiumsin your state?
Map.
Study: Yes, Obamacare Will Raise Premiums Significantly. By Guy
Benson
Excerpt: Also, overall national health spending will
increase by hundreds
of billions morethan it would have without the "Affordable" Care
Act. And yet, HHS released new data on premium costs with great fanfare earlier
today, pretending that most people will be paying less. Health policy analysts
at the Manhattan Institute have crunched the numbers, and debunked the
administration's happy-talk spin.
The Romneys Adopt
Black Baby; Progressive Haters And Racists Go Wild
Excerpt: There is nothing that drives Progressives into a
greater racial (and racist) frenzy than the moment when they discover that a
conservative isn’t actually racist.
Excerpt: Was the court wrong? Were the claims of these
witnesses true? Were these individual Georgians prevented from casting their
ballots? Official state voting records show that the court was right. Many of
these witnesses — again, who signed affidavits — went on to vote in the 2008,
2010, and 2012 elections. (I get a kick out of things like this, where someone
has gone to the trouble of really following up on assorted loud claims of being
treated badly somehow. Amazing how the truth then comes out in contrast to what
all the screaming was about. --Del)
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