What’s news today?

Well let’s take a look.

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First, the family of Retired Navy SEAL Chris Kyle has issued a statement.

From TheBlaze

““My name is Jeff Kyle. I’m here representing my family, the Kyle family, and also the Littlefield family. I am reading a prepared statement prepared by the Kyle family and Littlefield family,” Kyle began.

“Chris Kyle and his trusted friend, Chad Littlefield, were tragically killed on Saturday, February 2, 2013, by a troubled veteran whom they were trying to help,” Kyle said. “Chris lived by a professional motto: ‘It is our duty to serve those who serve us.’ And he and Chad died honoring this creed.”

He went on: “Above all else, Chris was a unique individual, an amazing loving father, husband, son, brother, friend and devout Christian who had a profound effect on the lives of those that he touched. Chris was publicly known for being the president of Craft International and the author of the best-selling book ‘American Sniper.’ Chris, a former Navy SEAL, served four combat tours in operation Iraqi Freedom and elsewhere.””

Another update here, from CBSNews

“The Iraq War veteran charged with gunning down a former Navy SEAL sniper and his friend at a gun range has refused to meet with his family or court-appointed attorney, a Texas sheriff said Tuesday.”

“Routh is charged with one count of capital murder and two counts of murder in the deaths of ex-SEAL Chris Kyle, author of the best-selling book “American Sniper,” and his friend Chad Littlefield at a shooting range Saturday. He’s being held on $3 million bail and is on suicide watch.”

“Kyle and Littlefield apparently had been helping Routh work through post traumatic stress disorder, said Travis Cox, director of FITCO Cares, the nonprofit that Kyle set up to give in-home fitness equipment to physically and emotionally wounded veterans.”

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This next one isn’t surprising. While world leaders and govts decried the Bush admin’s rendition programs, it seems behind the scenes they were all too willing to play along.

From NBCNews

“As many as 54 nations aided the United States in rendition and detention operations that swept up more than 130 people as part of the Central Intelligence Agency’s global counterterrorism efforts, according to a report released Tuesday by the Open Society Justice Initiative, a human rights advocacy group.

The report, titled “Globalizing Torture: CIA Secret Detention and Extraordinary Rendition,” is the most complete account yet of the covert and extra-legal detention of suspects at undisclosed locations, or “black sites,” in the post-9/11 era. Relying on information provided by human rights groups, public records and court cases, the report details the harsh treatment some suspects faced.”

“Countries assisting the United States included Afghanistan, Germany, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and the United Kingdom. Some of the countries hosted facilities used by the CIA on their soil, according to the report, while others provided intelligence or aided in the capture, transport, or detention of individuals.”

Just a tad hypocritical, no?

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That one goes nicely with this one. More hypocrites. Remember the good ol’ days when liberals were outraged and protesting in the streets over far less? Yeah, good times, good times……

From NBCNews

“A confidential Justice Department memo concludes that the U.S. government can order the killing of American citizens if they are believed to be “senior operational leaders” of al-Qaida or “an associated force” — even if there is no intelligence indicating they are engaged in an active plot to attack the U.S.

The 16-page memo, a copy of which was obtained by NBC News, provides new details about the legal reasoning behind one of the Obama administration’s most secretive and controversial polices: its dramatically increased use of drone strikes against al-Qaida suspects abroad, including those aimed at American citizens, such as the  September 2011 strike in Yemen that killed alleged al-Qaida operatives Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan. Both were U.S. citizens who had never been indicted by the U.S. government nor charged with any crimes. ”

“But the confidential Justice Department “white paper” introduces a more expansive definition of self-defense or imminent attack than described  by Brennan or Holder in their public speeches.  It refers, for example, to what it calls a “broader concept of imminence” than actual intelligence about any ongoing plot against the U.S. homeland. ”

So how long until they pick out some of those “right-wing terrorists” to practice on? You know, the ones Homeland Security keeps fretting over, instead of the actual ones brought on board by the Obama admin by way of their Brotherhood connections.

And also, this issue has lead to a first time occurrence. I actually agree with Ed Schultz.  😯

From TheWFB

“ED SCHULTZ: I have to say, as an American citizen, we are all entitled to due process under the law. And this document gives the president the ability to act as judge, jury and executioner. I’m troubled by it. It doesn’t meet the moral or the constitutional standard that we expect of any administration, and I have to say that liberals have come certainly a long way to crying about the FISA court and the Patriot Act and listening in on conversations to literally taking out innocent people around the world. We’re losing the moral high ground by doing this, and even more troubling, there are people in Washington who are ominously silent and not questioning this process and willing to stand behind the legal opinion of the justice department. This is President Obama’s legacy right now. It is dangerous.”

I know, shocking.

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Charlottesville, Virginia has become the first city to ban drones.

From USNews

“Charlottesville, Va., has become the first city in the United States to formally pass an anti-drone resolution.

The resolution, passed Monday, “calls on the United States Congress and the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia to adopt legislation prohibiting information obtained from the domestic use of drones from being introduced into a Federal or State court,” and “pledges to abstain from similar uses with city-owned, leased, or borrowed drones.””

“Councilmember Dede Smith, who voted in favor of the bill, says that drones are “pretty clearly a threat to our constitutional right to privacy.””

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Meanwhile, Obama’s busy kissing up to the death merchants, and promising to continue to assist them. With taxpayer money of course. And that so-called compromise is a joke.

From Politico

“Days after proposing a compromise on his contraceptive coverage policy,  President Barack Obama sent a strong video message of support for women’s right  to make their own reproductive choices at a NARAL Pro-Choice America annual  dinner Tuesday night.

“Tonight we celebrate the historic Roe v. Wade decision handed down  40 years ago, but we also gather to recommit ourselves to the decision’s guiding  principle: that women should be able to make their own choices about their  bodies and their health care,” the president said in a video at an anniversary  celebration that also welcomed NARAL’s new president, Ilyse Hogue.”

“Obama thanked outgoing NARAL President Nancy Keenan, whom he called “a friend  and counselor to me and my administration,” and welcomed the group’s incoming  President Hogue, saying he looked forward to continuing to work with the group.”

Gotta keep the contributors happy. The right to life is never discussed, just the “right” to end it.

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This next one, well I only have one comment.

HOME SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!

From EAGNews.org

“OAKLAND – Is your three-year-old preschooler chanting ‘union power’ these days? She might, if author Innosanto Nagara has his way.

Nagara wrote “A is for Activist,” a book supposedly geared for the  children of the “99 percent.” In other words, a new vehicle has been developed for leftists to begin indoctrinating children.”

But union power and student activism aren’t the only goals. Consider these other letters and how they are applied in the book:

• B is for banner, as in a protest banner hanging off a construction crane
• L is for LGBTQ, as in Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgendered and Queer
• T is for Trans, as in transgendered
• Z is for Zapatistas, as in Mexican revolutionary leftists”

These people are creepy.  😦

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And I’ll leave you with a video. Watch this, and be sure to remember this during the coming discussion of immigration and the issue of border security. DHS gets to decide when the border is “secure”. They’re the ones not doing their job on it now.