ROBERT HALL 07/12/2013 CONSERVATIVE

Exclusive: U.S. still plans to send F-16s to Egypt in coming weeks

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/11/us-egypt-protests-usa-jets-idUSBRE96A00O20130711

Excerpt: The United States still plans to go through with the delivery of four F-16 fighter jets to Egypt in the coming weeks, U.S. defense officials told Reuters on Wednesday, even after the Egyptian military's ouster of President Mohamed Mursi. The disclosure came as Washington treads a careful line, neither welcoming Mursi's removal nor denouncing it as a "coup," saying it needs time to weigh the situation.

Egypt’s Government Broadens Its Accusations Against Islamists

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/11/world/middleeast/egypt-prosecutors-order-arrests-of-islamist-leaders.html?_r=1&

Excerpt:  The new military-led government accused Mohamed Morsi and his allies in the Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday of a campaign to incite violence against their foes before and after his ouster as president, offering a new explanation for the week-old takeover and hinting that the group might be banned once again.

CONSERVATIVE ACTION ALERTS 07/11/2013

Reid Going Nuclear Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid may use the “nuclear option” to change the Senate’s rules and block filibusters on executive nominations, though he and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell agreed not to use the option in January. Sources say Sen. Reid wants to set up the nuclear option next week. Read More

Paul introduces Coup Act to block Egyptian Aid Recognizing the illegality of continuing federal assistance to any nation occupied by a military coup d’état, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul today introduced the “Egyptian Military Coup Act” on July 11, 2013. Read More

Illegal Aid Defending aid, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Monday, “We have had a long relationship with Egypt and the Egyptian people and it would not be wise to abruptly change our assistance program.” Carney claims the Administration needs more time to “review” the situation before making cuts. Read More

JIHAD WATCH 07/12/2013

Robert Spencer converts to Islam!

Jul 11, 2013 11:40 pm | Robert

This short film has apparently been out for a year, but I only came across it just now. It tells the story of Robert Spencer, a young "Islamophobe" who converts to Islam after being shown kindness by his Muslim neighbors. The guy cast as Robert Spencer is perfect for...

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Egypt: Copts find new government's constitutional declaration "shocking"

Jul 11, 2013 05:50 pm | Robert

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss More Sharia. "We did not take to the streets to give legitimacy to religious-based political parties that were about to erase Egypt's identity." "Egypt's Maspero Youth Union says constitutional declaration 'shocking,'" from Ahram Online, July 10 (thanks to all who...

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RedState Briefing 07/12/2013

Morning Briefing

For July 12, 2013

1.  The Real Scandal: No Jobs

While the unemployment numbers for June contained some positive news, the coverage to date has obscured the continuing negative trends and ObamaCare’s increasing impact. It’s time to take a realistic look at how the fragility of our economy and the specter of big government are restricting both growth and job creation. The actual state of our labor market is a good place to start.

The “official” unemployment rate held steady at 7.6%. The economy created 195,000 jobs in June. The BLS revised payrolls for the last three months upwards and the labor participation rate (the percentage of the total population over the age of 16 in the labor force) improved slightly moving from 63.4% to 63.5%.

RENEW AMERICA 07/11/2013

July 11, 2013

Still time to stop Al Jazeera America

CLIFF KINCAID — Al Jazeera is under scrutiny for subversion in Egypt, and facing a mutiny from its own reporters over supporting the Muslim Brotherhood there. But The Washington Post assures us in a story that the channel's official launch in the United States is on August 20, and its coverage will be different.... (more)

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July 11, 2013

Natural law versus social justice: The permanent conflict of modern democracy

FRED HUTCHISON, RA ANALYST — The central philosophical problem of modern democracy is the clash between natural law theory and social justice theory. Beginning with the era of the French and Scottish Enlightenment, natural law theory was the natural starting place for conservative ideas in a democracy. Social justice theory was the starting point for liberal ideas in a democracy... (more)

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July 11, 2013

Study reveals why some are leaving the Republican Party

SYLVIA THOMPSON — A recent study by a conservative marketing research group, Frontier Lab (www.thefrontierlab.org), found that Republicans who leave the party are tired of being forced to accept the lesser of two evils in elections, among other dissatisfactions.... (more)

ROBERT HALL 07/11/2013 CONSERVATIVE NEWS

Coloring a President Colorless. By Andy Weddington

http://acoloneloftruth.blogspot.com/2013/07/coloring-president-colorless.html

Excerpt: Color. Shapes. Words. Each individually influential. When combined powerful. And different for everyone. 

ObamaCare Is the Problem, Health Savings Accounts Are the Solution

http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ib124

Excerpt: The HSA Revolution. Traditional health insurance involves a low deductible, leaving the insured to pay only the first few hundred dollars of expenses each year, with the rest of the bills covered by the insurance. Sometimes the insured makes a modest copay above the deductible. That structure creates the “third party payment” problem. With the insurance company paying virtually all the bills, neither the patient nor the doctor have any incentive to control costs. They decide between themselves what and how much health care to consume, and bill the insurer. Naturally, this process makes health insurance very expensive.

Wounded Purple Heart Marine flagged by TSA for 'too much metal' at California airport
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/07/08/wounded-purple-heart-marine-forced-to-undergo-extra-inspection-at-california/?test=latestnews#ixzz2YguPVkQC

Excerpt: A retired U.S. Marine severely injured in Iraq was subjected to extra scrutiny at a California airport and at the state capitol building for wearing "too much metal" -- an inspection that shocked his travel companion as well as bystanders, the MilitaryTimes.com reported.

(3 articles) DEMAND MORALITY - RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOR OUR MILITARY - LEGISLATING MORALITY

A Cry for HELP from Senate GOP

How many of you would feel comfortable dropping off your kids in a school that encouraged faculty cross-dressing? At least three Senate Republicans would. Today, those leaders -- Sens. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Ak.) -- threw their support behind a bill that would force sexual confusion on almost every classroom, day care, and summer camp in America. Insisting the legislation is just a harmless little "anti-prejudice" bill, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted 15-7 to make employees' bedroom habits a preeminent consideration in hiring, firing, and promotion decisions.

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (or ENDA) has been debated in Congress for years, but it's never had this kind of backing from liberals, who -- just two years ago -- had so many reservations about the policy that it never made it to the Senate floor. Once Democrats realized that schools and other employers could be forced as part of the bill to hire transgenders, they removed their support altogether. Now, under the guise of ending "workplace discrimination," ENDA has new life, thanks in large part to a handful of Republicans who seem eager to sacrifice religious freedom and common sense on the altar of political correctness.

JIHAD WATCH 07/11/2013

Saudi Arabia threatens to expel non-Muslims from the country if they eat, drink or smoke in public during Ramadan

Jul 10, 2013 05:35 pm | Robert

Remember: when in Muslim countries, non-Muslims should conform their behavior to Muslim sensibilities. And in non-Muslim countries, non-Muslims should conform their behavior to Muslim sensibilities. "Saudi to expel foreigners disrespecting Ramadan," from AFP, July 9 (thanks to Lookmann): RIYADH — Saudi Arabia threatened on Tuesday to expel non-Muslim expatriates who...

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American al-Qaeda member Adam Gadahn calls for Syrian jihad in new video

Jul 10, 2013 05:26 pm | Robert

"He urges the Syrian opposition 'to make their movement an Islamic jihad whose goal is to defend the weak and oppressed, set up the genuine Muslim state, and build the just and righteous society in which both Muslim and non-Muslim enjoys the justice of Islam.'" And in making this call...

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RedState Briefing 07/11/2013

Morning Briefing

For July 11, 2013

Friends, today is one of those days I'm putting in the entirety of my morning post because I think we all need it and know a portion of you will not otherwise click through to get it all.  So I apologize in advance for the length this morning.  But, as you all know, this is a rare thing and I only do it when I feel it is quite necessary.  We need a reality check.

Erick

1.  Reality Check

Two nights ago I posted my thoughts on being on radio. I followed it up on radio yesterday afternoon. In both, I made this observation:

No one likes people who talk politics all the time. I’ve spent an entire segment once on the fine art of browning onions in butter. And you know what? It’s been a widely requested segment of my show for repeat airings. People care about more than politics and, on radio, they want to know the guy they’re listening to on the way home does too.

CONSERVATIVE ACTION ALERTS 07/10/2013

State Department spent $630G to boost Facebook ‘likes,’ report says The State Department spent more than $630,000 on advertising campaigns to boost the number of Facebook “likes” for the agency’s pages on the website, according to a report released by the agency’s inspector general. Read More

IRS Head considers canceling $76 Million in Union Bonuses Citing budget cuts, the Internal Revenue Service is canceling this year’s employee bonuses for managers and is working to cancel bonuses for union workers, the agency announced Tuesday. Acting IRS head Danny Werfel told workers in an email that he is canceling the bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year. The agency was scheduled to spend nearly $98 million on employee bonuses this year – $76 million for union workers; $19.3 million for nonunion workers, including managers; and $2.5 million for executives. Read More

LIFE NEWS 07/09/2013

Texas House Tentatively Passes Bill to Ban Late-Term Abortions After 20 Weeks
After a full day of debate and pro-life votes to defeat almost two dozen pro-abortion amendments to weaken the bill, Texas legislators successfully approved on second reading a bill that will ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

Lawmakers voted 98-49 for the bill on second reading and a third reading vote is forthcoming, likely tomorrow, but the same margin is expected. The vote today for conditional approval is four more votes for the measure than the last time the House approved the bill before Wendy Davis’ infamous filibuster. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/09/texas-house-passes-bill-to-ban-late-term-abortions-after-20-weeks/

Abortion Activist Tweets Death Threat to Pro-Life Texas Lt. Governor
After threatening legislators and their children with rape last week, this week abortion activists in Texas are continuing to make threats against pro-life elected officials.
Katie Pavlich of TownHall noticed the threatening tweet and noted how Lt Governor David Dewhurst has been at the forefront of the push to stop late-term abortions.

http://www.lifenews.com/2013/07/09/abortion-activist-tweets-death-threat-to-pro-life-texas-lt-governor/

COWBOYBYTE 07/10/2013

Dems pitch national park on the moon Two House Democrats have proposed legislation that would establish a national historical park on the surface of the moon to mark where the Apollo missions landed between 1969 and 1972. The bill from Reps. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) and Eddie Bernice … Continue reading →

Top Cowboy Headlines

IRS chief moves to cancel $70M in bonuses Anti-Gun Fanatics Ingenious New Way To Promote Their Cause: Dress Kids In Cow Suits Surprise: White House Has Known Obamacare Implementation Would Collapse For Months House kills Dem proposals on environment, renewable energy Floods in Calgary drown Canada’s beef supplies

RedState Briefing 07/10/2013

Morning Briefing

For July 10, 2013

1.  Hell No

Dick Durbin thinks the GOP needs to step up and help “change and improve” Obamacare.

Hell no.

In fact, I am disappointed with John Boehner and the House GOP wanting to delay implementation of the individual mandate. I think Obamacare needs to go forward as designed by the Democrats. I think someone should sue the Obama Administration over delaying the employer mandate. It should happen on schedule.

Obamacare is a train wreck of epic proportions. It will ruin the economy, drive individuals into full time part time status as employees, harm small businesses, and make Americans more and more dependent on the federal government as slaves to the entitlement state while ballooning our national debt.

PATRIOT ACTION ALERTS 07/09/2013

House must STOP Big Brother With the Senate having made their decision – passing S. 744 with 68 yays and 32 nays – the future of immigration legislation lies with the House of Representatives. This said, it’s time for the House to lead. U.S. Representatives must avoid duplicating the Senate’s mistakes and restart immigration reform legislation from the ground up, tackling issues individually through short, straightforward bills. Read More

Privacy group files Supreme Court petition challenging NSA spying A public-interest research organization based in Washington, D.C., on Monday became one of the first major groups to take legal action with regard to a National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance operation that was discovered when a contracted NSA systems analyst, Edward Snowden, illegally released classified information. Read More

JIHAD WATCH 07/09/2013

Egypt closes Muslim Brotherhood party's Cairo HQ over weapons find

Jul 08, 2013 08:57 am | Robert

More evidence of looming civil war. "Egypt closes Freedom and Justice Party HQ over weapons find," from Middle East Online, July 8 (thanks to Axomiya): CAIRO - Egypt's prosecution ordered the closure of the Cairo headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party after police found weapons inside it...

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Egypt's Islamic supremacists call for "intifada"

Jul 08, 2013 07:57 am | Robert

Civil war looming. "Egypt’s Islamists call for ‘intifada,’" from Ya Libnan, July 8 (thanks to Murad): Pro- and anti-Morsi factions staged competing rallies in Cairo, with those who supported last week’s military intervention attacking US President Barack Obama for his alleged support of the Muslim Brotherhood. Mr Morsi’s supporters marched...

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CONSERVATIVE ARTICLES 07/09/2013

Submitted by: BobJen

To: The National MiddleClass Network...These columns are not necessarily our views; more in fairness to both sides.

Btw, we have IP issues. So, to be removed, just ask. So far, those so requesting is virtually zero. Thanks.

"You can not let any of your people avoid the brutal facts. If they start living in a dream world. it's going to be bad."...SO..."Fight with a happy heart and strong spirit".- General James Mattis, USMC,

From: John..."Put these NewsBriefers in a folder and use them against the enemy or training, as needed".

PLEASE Click "FORWARD", scroll down and SCAN the columns first to verify a complete edition (about 20 top selecteds).

National MiddleClass Network DAILY NewsBriefer - 7-9-13

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BJ3 Comment: Yeah, right. Just as we had said about GB2 (and the fam).  Real ties run deep...all NWO party lefties. Besides, GB1 was the first that I heard publicly say "New World Order" and getting it done. Still, let's review. If you'll recall, on BHO's "inauguration" day, GB2 gave BHO a really big congratulatory hug. That didn't escape some people. Going further back, y'all remember GB2, don't 'ya? That's right, he's the POTUS that let the approved border fence be stopped, the gazillion dollar Stimulus Package be done.. and did other "Hmmmm" things.  But's all those were let slide by republicans and conservatives because he GB2 "was"..."one of us". And now/below, GB2/ fam are dragged out of the "closet" (and publicly exposed) to back and support BHO's actions, which the majority of republicans/conservatives oppose. 

    Hmmmm, might that be the first REAL sign that BHO, boss(es), cohorts and retinue are starting to feel the heat? (and I don't mean "climate change"...which also went belly up.)

From: Sher Zieve

Fw: Bush: Obama Acted 'To Protect The Country'

I believe that former President George W. Bush  dishonored himself with this statement.  Truly distressing...

From: Patriot Update <news@patriotupdate.com>

Bush2: Obama Acted ‘To Protect The Country’

http://pu.patriotupdate.com/ga/click/2-3192873-13-843-1536-18842-2fa3139f22-3402e7efcd

RedState Briefing 07/09/2013

Morning Briefing

For July 9, 2013

1.  Drawing the Battle Lines

Washington Republicans have deluded themselves into thinking Democrats in charge of government is the problem and not government itself. The party elite more and more advocate a technocratic paternalism with business like efficiency instead of putting trust in the people.

The Republicans in charge of the party at the national level show too much love of their super rich donors, too much contempt for their base, and too little investment in changing the way Washington works since so many of their spouses, children, and friends profit from the city like Harry Reid’s family.

To paraphrase Mr. Lincoln to Gen. McClellan, if the GOP doesn’t intend to use the party, the base would like to borrow it for a time. The party elite, we should remember, often holds its base in the same high regard Gen. McClellan held President Lincoln.

CONSERVATIVE ACTION ALERTS 07/08/2013

Egyptian cop accused of leaking intelligence to the Muslim Brotherhood An Egyptian police officer in Cairo was accused on Saturday of leaking interim-government intelligence to members of the radical Muslim organization, the Muslim Brotherhood, according to an Israeli police source in Tel Aviv. Read More

The battle for economic and energy freedom During the Fourth of July celebrations, you probably thought about the freedoms we enjoy in the USA. Perhaps you even pondered how those freedoms are slipping away right before your eyes. But, did you think about economic freedom? Did you think about energy freedom? They are all connected and are all important to America. Read More

‘Hail Satan!’: The New ‘Pro-Choice’ Mantra In the war between life and death, all eyes are on Texas as the Lone Star State legislature is poised to pass a sweeping late-term abortion ban. Gov. Rick Perry has pledged to sign the bill into law. The lines have been clearly drawn surrounding this progress toward equality and civil rights for pre-born Americans. Not surprisingly, as the pro-abortion side loses legislative battle after legislative battle, its “true colors” are coming into focus. Those colors are darker than many might have imagined. Read More

RENEW AMERICA 07/08/2013

July 8, 2013

Tear down this fig leaf

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — One despairs at the sight of 14 Republicans who voted for the Senate's Import More Democrats Act (an honest name for the "gang of eight" immigration bill), but I do have better things to do with my life than to stir up the already raging civil war within the Republican Party... (more)

July 8, 2013

The Declaration's true meaning: all but forgotten

ALAN KEYES — "No good deed goes unpunished." For the kingdom of evil, it would be an appropriate and intimidating slogan. It's rather like the dead-pan advisory, "Resistance is futile," intoned by the voice of the Borg just before the onslaught intended to add your distinctiveness to their collective. It's calculated to paralyze the will of all those who refuse to "get with the program."... (more)

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July 8, 2013

'Politico' touts Russian agent as progressive hero

CLIFF KINCAID — The publication that calls itself Politico has a strange habit of ignoring the foreign backing and ownership of channels like Russia Today and Al Jazeera, preferring to treat them as legitimate news organizations... (more)

THE WHITE HOUSE WATCH 07/08/2013

China Is One Breath From Disarming The Entire U.S. Military

Jul 08, 2013 12:50 pm

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Of all the power that China wields in the world today, its monopoly over rare earth minerals could have the most frightening impact. You see, rare earth resources are essential for producing high-tech products, renewable energy technologies and advanced weapons… Continue to Post

Read More and Comment: China Is One Breath From Disarming The Entire U.S. Military
 

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Why Obamacare Threatens Immigration Reform

Jul 08, 2013 12:45 pm

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Chuck Todd, the political director of NBC News, startled much of Washington on Sunday morning when he announced on Meet the Press that White House aides he’s spoken to have lost confidence that immigration reform will pass. He reported that… Continue to Post

Read More and Comment: Why Obamacare Threatens Immigration Reform