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News/Politics 9-16-13

What’s interesting in the news today?

First up, well what did they think would happen? Of course it would benefit Assad and Russia. Funny though, the Obama admin considers this a victory. ‘Course they have to say that, otherwise they might have to admit they totally failed here.

From TheNYPost  “Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gets to stay in power — and keep his chemical weapons for a year — under a Russian-sponsored deal that critics slammed as undermining American leverage in the Mideast.

Under the pact reached Saturday by Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Assad must submit an inventory of his chemical arsenal this week but has until mid-2014 to dispose of it.

Kerry said the first inspection of Syrian weapons will be in November and destruction will begin sometime next year.”

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More on Syria.

From TheTelegraph/UK  “Syria: nearly half rebel fighters are jihadists or hardline Islamists, says IHS Jane’s report

Nearly half the rebel fighters in Syria are now aligned to jihadist or hardline Islamist groups according to a new analysis of factions in the country’s civil war.

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The Obama admin sure does love the MB huh?

From BizPacReview  “A controversial Homeland Security advisor who was recently promoted to senior fellow is a self-declared Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and Mohamed Morsi supporter.

Mohamed Elibiary, who was appointed to the Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council by then-Secretary Janet Napolitano in 2010, tweeted Thursday that his appointment was renewed and his position elevated:”

“Elibiary’s tenure on the advisory council created controversy almost from the start. About a year after his appointment, PJ Media reported that he used his new federal security clearance to download information on the Texas Department of Public Safety and sell it to left-leaning media outlets as proof of Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s “Islamophobia.””

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Common Core sounds great, unless the left gets to be the ones deciding on that “Core” curriculum. Think 50 Shades of Common Core. Yeah, like that. 😦

CONTENT WARNING!!!

From TheDailyCaller  “The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a project that attempts to  standardize various K-12 curricula around the country. By design, American  students subject to the Common Core will experience a reading  regime that focuses heavily on nonfiction.”

“There will be a slice of fiction here and there, though. One such slice for  sophomores at Buena High School in Sierra  Vista, Ariz. is an utterly minor 1992 novel called “Dreaming in Cuban” by  Cristina Garcia, reports Eagnews.org.

An unidentified parent claimed in  an email to Eagnews that “Dreaming in Cuban” was assigned to everyone in one of  her son’s 10th-grade classes. In addition, students read the book out loud  during class.”

It then gives a few excerpts from the book. It’s Porn in class.

More here from EAGNews.

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I doubt this will do much good, but it’s worth a shot I suppose.

From Breitbart  “On Sept. 12, religious-liberty leaders met with Pentagon officials to discuss the rapidly-escalating incidents of religious-liberty violations in the military under the Obama administration.  

On Apr. 28, Breitbart News broke the story of Pentagon brass meeting with anti-Christian activist Mikey Weinstein to discuss religious-liberty policies. Quoting Weinstein in his own printed words, this activist has a record of calling observant Christians “fundamentalist monsters” who seek impose “theocratic terror” on America, and that evangelizing (sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ) in the military is an act of “sedition and treason” against this country, making those who do it “enemies of the Constitution.” He says those who do so should be court-martialed (criminally prosecuted).”

“Now leaders from Restore Military Religious Freedom—a coalition to protect service members of faith—met with Pentagon officials. Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin (ret.) of the Family Research Council, Col. Ron Crews (ret.) of the Chaplains Alliance for Religious Liberty, Kellie Fiedorek of the Alliance Defending Freedom, and nationally-known Christian talk radio host Sandy Rios took with them two petitions calling on Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to protect religious liberty. One was a general petition with 170,000 signatures, and the other—with 50,000 signatures—was sparked by the last incident mentioned above, where Air Force Senior Master Sergeant Phillip Monk was relieved of duty by Maj. Elisa Valenzuela, allegedly because of Monk’s Christian beliefs on marriage. Monk now faces possible court martial.”

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I know seceding from the Union is frowned upon, but what about counties from individual states? I guess it would depend on the state constitution. It seems to be an idea that’s spreading. As someone who lives in an area where Philly presents the same problem, I like the idea.

Five words. Arlen Specter, Bob Casey Jr.

See. Of course I’m all for it.

From FoxNews  “A group of Maryland residents frustrated with its state’s liberal government  is joining a recent movement across the country of regions trying to secede.

 Western Maryland is made up of five counties whose residents largely vote  Republican and feel under-represented at the state capitol, run by Democratic  Gov. Martin O’Malley and a Democrat-controlled legislature.”

“Strzelczyk said the biggest concerns are increasing taxes, and the  Democrat-controlled legislature gerrymander voting district so that the state’s  big metropolitan areas have the most representation and tighter gun laws enacted  this year, which he calls “the last straw.”  

The movement is just one of several across the country that includes the  Upper Peninsula in Michigan, Northern California and several conservative  northern Colorado counties.”

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And this last one I submit with no comment. Take it for what you will.

Also from Breitbart  “Almost everything you think you know about the Matthew Shepard narrative is false.”

“Almost immediately Shepard became a secular saint, and his killing became a kind of gay Passion Play where he suffered and died for the cause of homosexuality against the growing homophobia and hatred of gay America.

Indeed, a Mathew Shepard industry grew rapidly with plays and foundations along with state and even national hate crimes legislation named for him. Rock stars wrote songs about him, including Elton John and Melissa Etheridge. Lady Gaga performed John Lennon’s “Imagine” and changed the lyrics to include Shepard.

Thanks to a new book by an award winning gay journalist we now know that much of this narrative turns out to be false, little more than gay hagiography.”

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16 thoughts on “News/Politics 9-16-13”

  1. From yesterday: HRW called Reagan a “corporate stooge”. Nothing could have been further from the truth. The major corporate Pacs and the corporate execs favored Bush over Reagan in the 1980 primary. Reagan’s primary initiatives (the initial 1981 individual tax cuts, the slowdown in domestic spending, the defense buildup and the 1986 Tax Reform) were Reagan’s own ideas that had little support from the big corporations (who were in bed with Jim Wright and the Democrats who gave them corporate welfare just as they gave welfare to the poor).

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  3. This business of counties seceeding from states could get out of hand. We would have 500 states if that happened. Western Md. doesn’t like the lowcountry. Most of Virginia doesn’t like the DC area. (With good cause.) Texas is the only state that I know of that is legally allowed to separate into five states.

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  5. Insider Report from Newsmax.com
    Afghan Lawmaker: Christian Converts Must Die
    A prominent lawmaker in Afghanistan is calling for the execution of Afghans who convert from Islam to Christianity.
    Mohabat News, an Iranian Christian news agency, reported that Nazir Ahmad Hanafi, head of the Afghan parliament’s Legislative Commission, said: “Afghani citizens continue to convert to Christianity in India. Numerous Afghanis have become Christians in India. This is an offense to Islamic law and according to the Koran, they need to be executed.”
    Thousands of Afghan refugees have fled to India, and a small congregation of Christian converts meets in New Delhi, according to CNS News.
    ………..
    Christians are also under fire in Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters have begun forcing the 15,000 or so Coptic Christians in the village of Dalga to pay a “jizya” tax, the Washington Times reported.
    Jizya is the tribute “that conquered non-Muslims historically have to pay their Islamic overlords,” a source explained.
    The tribute ranges from 200 Egyptian pounds a day (about $29) to 500 pounds a day.
    And in Syria, Islamist rebels invaded a Christian man’s shop “and gave him three options,” according to the Christian Science Monitor. “Become a Muslim, pay $70,000 as a jizya tax, or be killed along with his family.”

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  7. Reports are now saying at least 2 shooters. But it can’t be terrorism because we don’t have that problem anymore now that Barry is king. Must be workplace violence. 🙄

    http://weaselzippers.us/2013/09/16/breaking-active-shooter-inside-washington-navy-yard-as-many-as-7-shot/

    “BREAKING: Active Shooter Inside Washington Navy Yard, As Many As 7 Shot – Update: Suspect Black Male – Update: Officials Say 4 Dead – Update: Police Say Three Shooters – Update: Police Say 1 Gunman Down, 2 Shooters Remain In Building – Update: Navy Can’t Confirm Report Of Multiple Shooters – Update: Police Now Say 2 Shooters Behind Attack…”

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  8. Thanks for the news updates, I haven’t even checked the news this morning.

    Chas, the way folks argue with each other even in our own little community within LA, we’d have untold number of separate little city-states out here in California. 😉 Sheesh.

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  9. We had a little town nearby declare themselves as seceding from the union. They issued ‘passports’ and got a lot of great publicity. They were trying to get some help for infra-structure, I believe from the state or federal government, as I recall.

    Our county has calls to divide it in half every so often. We have one of the largest counties, but part is more sparsely populated. The county seat is very far for many citizens.

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  11. Here in Crescent City, CA we don’t just have the Del Norte County Fair we have it at the Jefferson State Fair grounds. Yes, some here in farthest Northern California do identify with the State of Jefferson. I suppose the tree huggers and crack heads don’t want to be part of Jefferson but some in Southern Oregon don’t like the state being run by Portland libs either.

    70=% of Del Norte County is either state or federal land and therefore off the tax rolls. The feds are restricting use of the federal land by closing off old logging roads. Forest fires? Let’um burn! That is nature’s way, isn’t it?

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  12. Hi Billy,

    Good to see you here. Are you new or did I just miss your start here? Every since I drove into a slough in North Dakota last June I have been less than regular here. We just got a replacement computer so I should be more regular.

    Bob Buckles

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  16. After you’ve watched half hour of the shooting incident, you know all there is to know. But they have to keep talking about it.
    I understand why they do it.
    I think.

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