What’s interesting in the news today?
First up, a story of heroism during the terrorist attack in Kenya.
From TheDailyMail “An off-duty member of the SAS emerged as a hero of the Nairobi siege yesterday, after he was credited with saving up to 100 lives.
The soldier was having coffee at the Westgate mall when it was attacked by Islamists on Saturday.”
“He is said to have returned to the building on a dozen occasions, despite intense gunfire.”
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Next up, once again things are missed, and the results are deadly for the victims. And again the Obama admin should be called to task for the influence these groups have on American policy, and within their own ranks.
From TheDailyCaller “The Council on American Islamic Relations repeatedly tried to stop a Minnesota community leader from warning about the dangers al-Qaida-linked group posed to the Somali-American community prior to the Kenyan mall massacre.
“I tried to warn America,” Abdirizak Bihi, a Minnesota-based Somali community leader, explained to The Daily Caller.
Minnesota residents were reportedly among the attackers in the grisly assault by al-Shabaab terrorists on the Westgate mall in Nairobi, Kenya. The Twin Cities are home to the largest Somali community in the United States.”
“But he told The Daily Caller the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has blocked his efforts for years, telling law enforcement agencies by telling them that he doesn’t know the Somali community and calling him “an Islamophobe” in a recent report.”
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The Obama admin would like you to know that his foreign policy in Africa is working. Wait… What? 😯
From TheHill “The president said the United States stands with Kenya against the “terrible outrage” that saw al Shabaab’s Islamist militants kill at least 69 people in a high-end shopping mall in Nairobi. He later joined in a moment of silence at the United Nations.
“We are confident that Kenya, which has been a pillar of stability in eastern Africa, will rebuild,” Obama said. “But this, I think, underscores the degree to which all of us, as an international community, have to stand against the kind of senseless violence that these kinds of groups represent. And the United States will continue to work with the entire continent of Africa and around the world to make sure that we are dismantling these networks of destruction.”
The attack has raised new concerns about al Shabaab’s tenacity despite administration claims that Somalia is now a success story.”
““The fact of the matter is we’ve actually had a very aggressive effort to go after al Shabaab in Somalia, both through direct U.S. counterterrorism efforts, but also through support for AMISOM, the international force, including Kenya, that has pushed al Shabaab out of a number of its strongholds in Somalia,” Rhodes told reporters traveling with the president. “And, frankly, I think it was that pressure on al Shabaab that, in terms of their own professed motivation, led them to pursue an attack against Kenya.”
So relocating terrorists is a considered a successful anti-terrorism policy? All they did was just make them someone else’s problem. Here and abroad, their anti-terrorism methods are failing. Maybe it’s the company they keep?
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Which brings us to this, the company they keep….. The DC has another story out that is my recommended reading for today. This story exposes CAIR for the terrorism supporting outfit they are, and how they go about it. Sadly our Attorney General turns a blind eye to their criminal behavior. It’s an indictment of CAIR, but also our DoJ and White House. After all, they allow and even encourage it, while allowing the criminals to call the shots. They are breaking numerous federal laws, allow foreign govts to fund their efforts, and file false tax documents. And make no mistake, those efforts are successful and have borne fruit for the radicals. That’s why the MB and CAIR hold such prominence in this administration.
From TheDailyCaller “Since its founding in 1994, CAIR has presented itself to American Muslims and the media as a single organization centered on American concerns. But it shows a different face to the IRS, with multiple corporate entities that conceal the large financial donations that come to CAIR from Middle East sources.
As a registered lobbying group, CAIR is required to report to the IRS contributions over $5,000. Its shifting 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) branches, however, make it possible to collect millions of dollars from oil-rich Muslim nations without disclosure. Documents show CAIR has received millions of dollars in overseas contributions and tens of millions in pledges from overseas.”
““In addition to violating its 501(c)(3) regulations, CAIR’s undisclosed and hidden foreign donations amount to violation of the Foreign Agent Registration Act as well,” Reaboi continued.”
““According to both the letter and spirit of the law, this is illegal as CAIR is avoiding disclosure of foreign sources of funding to a 501(c)3 (CAIR-F),” Reaboi explained to TheDC.”
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Next up, Lois Lerner is getting her taxpayer funded retirement. Her payback from her handlers.
From FoxNews “The Internal Revenue Service says an official at the center of the agency’s tea party scandal is retiring.
Lois Lerner headed the IRS division that handles applications for tax-exempt status when she was placed on paid leave in May. While she was in charge, the agency acknowledged that agents improperly targeted tea party groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status from 2010 to 2012.”
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Like I said yesterday, never mind the torpedoes……. 🙂
From TheWallStJournal “The Senate plunged into debate over legislation to fund the government while cutting of money for the new health-care law, with both sides accusing the other of threatening to bring about a government shutdown.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) opened debate by denouncing the bill passed by the House Friday that embodies conservatives’ campaign to “defund Obamacare,” as the health law is known.”
“Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) the leading proponent of the bill, set a confrontational tone by quickly proposing two motions he knew would be rejected — one to pass the House bill by voice vote, and another to block any amendments that do not command a super-majority of 60 votes.”
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There was some news stories last week that joyfully told everyone the Pope had softened his and the church’s stand against gay marriage. This should help clear up any misconceptions that have arisen as a result of his taken out of context remarks.
From TheTelegraph/UK “Pope Francis excommunicates pro-gay marriage priest. He’s not the liberal the media wants.”
“From all of last week’s headlines saying that the Pope wants to forget this nonsense about abortion and gays, you’d imagine that Germaine Greer had been elected to run the Catholic Church. Actually what the Pope was saying was that he wants the Church to talk more about what it’s for than what it’s against. But that doesn’t mean it won’t still be against those things that contradict its teachings and traditions.
Just ask Greg Reynolds of Melbourne – a priest who appears to have been both defrocked and excommunicated because of his radical views on women clergy and gay marriage.”
Oh No! In a totally unforeseeable turn of events, the Pope has turned out to be Catholic. 🙄
So the left will be resuming it’s regularly scheduled hate fest pretty soon.
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Wandering Views 
Obama wants all of Kenya to know that in the future, we’ll have another moment of silence if anything happens.
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Chas, if we had a “like” button, I would like your comment.
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Lol, Chas.
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Chas 🙂
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me too…LIKE
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I tried to copy some statements from the link below. But it wouldn’t take.
It tells about the Samolis in Minnesota who have become a recruiting ground for terrorists.
The reason for my statement above is that our administration is doing absolutely nothing about the situation WRT terrorism.
They refuse to acknowledge it. They could have warned the Narobi police that jihadists were in Kenya.
We could have heeded the Russian warning about the Boston bombers.
http://onenewsnow.com//culture/2013/09/24/minn-ministry-leader-us-susceptible-to-kenya-style-mall-terror-attack#.UkHjpIasiSo
The article also tells how they have brought their tribal animosities to the US with them.
A preacher once gave an illustration about baptizing and welcoming into the church people who haven’t had a real spiritual experience.
“You can take a pig, wash him, put perfume on him and move him into your living room. Soon your living room will become a pig sty.”
You can take tribal natives out of Somalia and move them into heated homes with TV sets and cell phones. They are still going to have tribal wars.
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However, al shabaab is one of the few Somalian groups which isn’t tribal based. If I remember Jeremy Scahill’s book Dirty Wars correctly al shabaab was a splinter group of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU). In 2006, mistaking ICU as an al-queda front, the US pressured Ethiopia to enter Somalia and reestablish the transitional Somalia government. As a result, the ICU split up into different factions with al shabaab emerging as the most militant and the one who actually did ally itself with al-queada in a shaky off and on again alliance.
As Bush and then Obama supported groups along with Ethiopia and the African Union pressured Islamic groups, the whack a mole syndrome which plagued Iraq is now emerging in Somalia. Hit them in once place, and they emerge somewhere else.
The US’s Somalian policy has been a mess since at least 2006 …. you can’t blame just Obama for this one.
CAIR — I wonder how much foreign money is floating around Washington and not just among CAIR. More transparency for all political groups is needed.
IRS — I doubt retirement was a reward for her last two or three years of service.
Cruz and repeal Obamacare — ever wonder how much money is spent trying to repeal Obamacare 43 times. I’ve read it cost about at least a million per attempt. With that type of money they could properly fund the food stamp program.
The pope — I noticed that already in his earlier pronouncements but after Benedict I think people just wanted a positive note.
In regards to our conversation about inequality; even the Economist agrees with this leftist
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21586578-americas-income-inequality-growing-again-time-cut-subsidies-rich-and-invest
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