Well we already knew that the FBI and Obama admin missed some red flags and missed the opportunity to do something about the Orlando shooter before he carried out his attack. Now we find they had a more recent warning, that they also ignored.
“A gun store owner reported Orlando shooter Omar Mateen to authorities weeks before he committed the worst mass shooting in US history.
Robbie Abell, co-owner of Lotus Gunworks, told the Wall Street Journal Mateen came into the store in South Florida in May and asked for heavy-duty body armor like the kind used by law enforcement.
Staff at the store, which does not sell body armor, felt it was a strange demand.
After his request was denied, Mateen asked to buy bulk ammunition.
Though Lotus does sell ammunition, staff shut down his request and refused to sell him anything else.
They subsequently reported the incident to the FBI, Abell said.
Mateen had already been investigated by the FBI years before.
But even after Abell’s report, the 29-year-old self-radicalized gunman obtained an AR-15 and a semiautomatic pistol from another store in the area, bought stacks of ammunition, then opened fire on Pulse nightclub, where he killed 49 people and wounded 53.”
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They dropped the ball, and these people died as a result. We don’t need gun control, we need Obama and the feds to do their jobs.
Now why didn’t they do anything about it? Because Obama and his admin have made terrorists a protected class. Law enforcement can’t do their job when restrained by PC nonsense like this.
“While testifying in an open session of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, CIA director John Brennan admitted Thursday:
Despite all our progress against ISIL on the battlefield and in the financial realm, our efforts have not reduced the group’s terrorism capability and global reach.
He added that a significant element of that global reach is because the Islamic State:
… has a large cadre of Western fighters who could potentially serve as operatives for attacks in the West … [ISIS is] probably exploring a variety of means for infiltrating operatives into the West, including refugee flows, smuggling routes, and legitimate methods of travel.
What Brennan did not say — and what no one in the committee or media challenged him about — was that he himself is largely responsible for this state of affairs.
As I reported earlier this week, John Brennan is the person who — after U.S. Muslim groups demanded he do so – “purged” all mention of Islam and jihad from law enforcement counter-terror training materials in 2011.
A chief reason that the Islamic State’s “global reach” has not been reduced is because the U.S. has failed to identify, confront, and oppose the ideology that has enabled it to amass “a large cadre of Western fighters.” That ideology has spread unchecked in the U.S. in large part because Brennan didn’t think it was worth teaching law enforcement about it.”
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Like I said yesterday, we know who they are, and where they are, and who is radicalizing them. But our president refuses to do anything about it, and restrains those who might try.
Last night I spoke with someone who was up in D.C. for the Road to Majority conference where Trump addressed an evangelical crowd. She said some were disappointed that he used a teleprompter and was rather subdued as he stuck to his lines for the most part. She said you can tell he sincerely loves his wife and family. Also, she said he and his wife like to hear Dr. David Jeremiah preach and attend his events when he is in NY. My friend was a Cruz supporter, but felt like Trump might be going in the right direction if he gets on board with Jeremiah’s teaching/preaching. She also said that a meeting of some top evangelicals did not come up with anyone in particular that they would want to see as a running mate. She did mention Santorum as one name tossed around as well as Earnst (sp?) but thinks because she is a woman and new in politics that she’d probably not be selected although she has the military background. Interesting to hear from someone who got to be at that DC gathering.
In the wake of the San Bernardino shooting, the actor Samuel L. Jackson said that he hoped it would turn out that the killer was a white man. David Sirota wrote the same thing after the Boston marathon bombing, in an article headlined “Let’s hope the Boston marathon bomber is a white American.” Jackson and Sirota were disappointed: Both atrocities were carried out by Muslims of Middle Eastern origin as expressions of solidarity with the worldwide Islamist enterprise. The massacre in Orlando was perpetrated by a Muslim, the son of an Afghan immigrant, a man of the sort we have been taught to call a “person of color,” I suppose. (Do Afghans count? This is never made clear.) He may or may not have been suffering from some sort of crisis of sexuality: It isn’t clear whether his earlier presence in the Florida gay club was cruising or casing.
But as a son of immigrants and a member of at least one minority group, Omar Mateen makes a poor poster-boy for the Left, which prefers that its enemies be white, male, Christian, and, if possible, middle-aged, middle-American, and overweight. Remember how, during the Tea Party rallies, so much attention was paid to the fact that some participants were obese and using mobility scooters? That wasn’t an accident. It’s loathing substituting for analysis. …
Ricky, something makes me think he is too busy to look back, and that he is only in the moment as far as wife and family are concerned. I always think it’s almost comical to see him and his wife with their mouths looking like twin scowls. I have never seen another couple quite like that, except maybe the Obama (must be a new requirement in our nation to be considered for office of the President. Hillary and Bill need to work on their scowls, LOL).
“The brother-in-law of Orlando terrorist Omar Mateen has refused to deny that he knew about the shooter’s plans to commit a massacre at Pulse nightclub.
When asked directly by DailyMail.com whether he knew of Mateen’s intentions Mustafa Abasin, 43, refused to comment, saying he could not talk.
Standing at the front door of the Port St Lucie home, which he shares with wife Sabrina, 31, Abasin similarly refused to respond to questions regarding the land deal between himself and Mateen, 29, that saw the terrorist transfer the deeds to his Fort Pierce for just $100.
The property is worth an estimated $165,000.
The bizarre real estate transaction took place one month before Mateen’s June 12 attack that left 49 dead and 53 wounded.”
Its interesting to read some of the links, news, and opinions here over the last few days in comparison to my usual leftist news on my Facebook newsfeed.
The left have concluded one or two things; he was a repressed homosexual acting out his homophobic rage which included beating his wife and/or he was triggered by the intelligence community either deliberately or incidentally. Whereas the right has maintained the terrorist narrative. I think the left is forgetting something — he may have been a repressed homosexual/homophobe but he was also a repressed Muslim homosexual. His reactions to his homosexuality were based on his Muslim/Afghan tradition and culture — if he were a repressed Christian homosexual I think his reaction would be different. In this way, I’m agreeing with Bill Mahar — we can’t accept false equivalencies.
AJ, gun control is anti-terrorism. Its a tool to use to combat terrorism. Denying known or suspected terrorists etc a gun limits their acts of terrorism. For example, there is no reason why a person on the no-fly list should be allowed to purchase a gun.
AJ, ISIS is losing in the conventional war(s) it is fighting in the middle east. The Iraqi army is finally showing a modicum of backbone, the Kurds continue to keep ISIS at bay, Russia is helping Assad and the West continues with a somewhat effective air campaign (the success is largely when they coordinate with the Kurds). The Turks are slowly coming to the realization they need to curb ISIS if only to curb the refugee flow and the instability. Thus ISIS is looking to the unconventional side. And is largely dependent on lone wolf converts it reaches through its social media. There’s no real coordination here and thus difficult for the intelligence community to limit its effectiveness. Teaching law enforcement about ideology or calling it radical Islam isn’t going to stop it. Slow grinding old fashion leg work would be more effective and gun control or at least licensing would help. Those are common sense tools that can prevent attacks not some workshops on ideology and “radical Islam”
Given Maten’s spousal abuse, would the deed transfer not be an attempt to ensure his wife would not divorce and try to take the matrimonial home?
I find it interesting that some evangelicals are still contemplating voting for Trump. To vote for Trump would be to negate any influence the religious right has in the Republican party and to vote for other reasons other than Christian principles — in this case it would be voting against something, be it Clinton, immigrants, liberalism, etc. The rise of Trump looks to signify the decline of the political evangelical influence and yet many evangelical voters are responsible for this. Not sure what options evangelicals have but to vote for Trump would be to lose influence and to lose any claim to principle.
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Well we already knew that the FBI and Obama admin missed some red flags and missed the opportunity to do something about the Orlando shooter before he carried out his attack. Now we find they had a more recent warning, that they also ignored.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3645092/Orlando-shooter-Omar-Mateen-turned-away-gun-store-weeks-attack-asking-buy-heavy-duty-armor-bulk-ammo-muttering-phone-Arabic-rejected.html
“A gun store owner reported Orlando shooter Omar Mateen to authorities weeks before he committed the worst mass shooting in US history.
Robbie Abell, co-owner of Lotus Gunworks, told the Wall Street Journal Mateen came into the store in South Florida in May and asked for heavy-duty body armor like the kind used by law enforcement.
Staff at the store, which does not sell body armor, felt it was a strange demand.
After his request was denied, Mateen asked to buy bulk ammunition.
Though Lotus does sell ammunition, staff shut down his request and refused to sell him anything else.
They subsequently reported the incident to the FBI, Abell said.
Mateen had already been investigated by the FBI years before.
But even after Abell’s report, the 29-year-old self-radicalized gunman obtained an AR-15 and a semiautomatic pistol from another store in the area, bought stacks of ammunition, then opened fire on Pulse nightclub, where he killed 49 people and wounded 53.”
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They dropped the ball, and these people died as a result. We don’t need gun control, we need Obama and the feds to do their jobs.
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Now why didn’t they do anything about it? Because Obama and his admin have made terrorists a protected class. Law enforcement can’t do their job when restrained by PC nonsense like this.
https://pjmedia.com/homeland-security/2016/06/16/it-was-john-brennan-himself-who-halted-leo-training-on-islam-jihad/?singlepage=true
“While testifying in an open session of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, CIA director John Brennan admitted Thursday:
Despite all our progress against ISIL on the battlefield and in the financial realm, our efforts have not reduced the group’s terrorism capability and global reach.
He added that a significant element of that global reach is because the Islamic State:
… has a large cadre of Western fighters who could potentially serve as operatives for attacks in the West … [ISIS is] probably exploring a variety of means for infiltrating operatives into the West, including refugee flows, smuggling routes, and legitimate methods of travel.
What Brennan did not say — and what no one in the committee or media challenged him about — was that he himself is largely responsible for this state of affairs.
As I reported earlier this week, John Brennan is the person who — after U.S. Muslim groups demanded he do so – “purged” all mention of Islam and jihad from law enforcement counter-terror training materials in 2011.
A chief reason that the Islamic State’s “global reach” has not been reduced is because the U.S. has failed to identify, confront, and oppose the ideology that has enabled it to amass “a large cadre of Western fighters.” That ideology has spread unchecked in the U.S. in large part because Brennan didn’t think it was worth teaching law enforcement about it.”
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Like I said yesterday, we know who they are, and where they are, and who is radicalizing them. But our president refuses to do anything about it, and restrains those who might try.
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They say Trump may start a TV network after he loses in November. For your viewing pleasure:
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/436729/trump-television-network-programming-schedule-parody
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An option for those who don’t just want to laugh or cry:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/cut-the-thread/article/2002878
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Last night I spoke with someone who was up in D.C. for the Road to Majority conference where Trump addressed an evangelical crowd. She said some were disappointed that he used a teleprompter and was rather subdued as he stuck to his lines for the most part. She said you can tell he sincerely loves his wife and family. Also, she said he and his wife like to hear Dr. David Jeremiah preach and attend his events when he is in NY. My friend was a Cruz supporter, but felt like Trump might be going in the right direction if he gets on board with Jeremiah’s teaching/preaching. She also said that a meeting of some top evangelicals did not come up with anyone in particular that they would want to see as a running mate. She did mention Santorum as one name tossed around as well as Earnst (sp?) but thinks because she is a woman and new in politics that she’d probably not be selected although she has the military background. Interesting to hear from someone who got to be at that DC gathering.
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I wonder if you could tell that he loved his first wife and family and his second wife and family and the assorted mistresses?
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Now Ricky, Ricky. 🙂 What are we going to do with you?
Meanwhile, on the messaging of the left and gun control:
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/436739/orlando-shooting-gun-control-left-wing-identity-politics
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In the wake of the San Bernardino shooting, the actor Samuel L. Jackson said that he hoped it would turn out that the killer was a white man. David Sirota wrote the same thing after the Boston marathon bombing, in an article headlined “Let’s hope the Boston marathon bomber is a white American.” Jackson and Sirota were disappointed: Both atrocities were carried out by Muslims of Middle Eastern origin as expressions of solidarity with the worldwide Islamist enterprise. The massacre in Orlando was perpetrated by a Muslim, the son of an Afghan immigrant, a man of the sort we have been taught to call a “person of color,” I suppose. (Do Afghans count? This is never made clear.) He may or may not have been suffering from some sort of crisis of sexuality: It isn’t clear whether his earlier presence in the Florida gay club was cruising or casing.
But as a son of immigrants and a member of at least one minority group, Omar Mateen makes a poor poster-boy for the Left, which prefers that its enemies be white, male, Christian, and, if possible, middle-aged, middle-American, and overweight. Remember how, during the Tea Party rallies, so much attention was paid to the fact that some participants were obese and using mobility scooters? That wasn’t an accident. It’s loathing substituting for analysis. …
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Ricky, something makes me think he is too busy to look back, and that he is only in the moment as far as wife and family are concerned. I always think it’s almost comical to see him and his wife with their mouths looking like twin scowls. I have never seen another couple quite like that, except maybe the Obama (must be a new requirement in our nation to be considered for office of the President. Hillary and Bill need to work on their scowls, LOL).
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Charge him, just like the wife.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3647150/Omar-Mateen-s-brother-law-REFUSES-say-knew-terror-plot-revealed-gunman-sold-deed-165k-home-just-two-months-club-massacre-100.html
“The brother-in-law of Orlando terrorist Omar Mateen has refused to deny that he knew about the shooter’s plans to commit a massacre at Pulse nightclub.
When asked directly by DailyMail.com whether he knew of Mateen’s intentions Mustafa Abasin, 43, refused to comment, saying he could not talk.
Standing at the front door of the Port St Lucie home, which he shares with wife Sabrina, 31, Abasin similarly refused to respond to questions regarding the land deal between himself and Mateen, 29, that saw the terrorist transfer the deeds to his Fort Pierce for just $100.
The property is worth an estimated $165,000.
The bizarre real estate transaction took place one month before Mateen’s June 12 attack that left 49 dead and 53 wounded.”
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Its interesting to read some of the links, news, and opinions here over the last few days in comparison to my usual leftist news on my Facebook newsfeed.
The left have concluded one or two things; he was a repressed homosexual acting out his homophobic rage which included beating his wife and/or he was triggered by the intelligence community either deliberately or incidentally. Whereas the right has maintained the terrorist narrative. I think the left is forgetting something — he may have been a repressed homosexual/homophobe but he was also a repressed Muslim homosexual. His reactions to his homosexuality were based on his Muslim/Afghan tradition and culture — if he were a repressed Christian homosexual I think his reaction would be different. In this way, I’m agreeing with Bill Mahar — we can’t accept false equivalencies.
AJ, gun control is anti-terrorism. Its a tool to use to combat terrorism. Denying known or suspected terrorists etc a gun limits their acts of terrorism. For example, there is no reason why a person on the no-fly list should be allowed to purchase a gun.
AJ, ISIS is losing in the conventional war(s) it is fighting in the middle east. The Iraqi army is finally showing a modicum of backbone, the Kurds continue to keep ISIS at bay, Russia is helping Assad and the West continues with a somewhat effective air campaign (the success is largely when they coordinate with the Kurds). The Turks are slowly coming to the realization they need to curb ISIS if only to curb the refugee flow and the instability. Thus ISIS is looking to the unconventional side. And is largely dependent on lone wolf converts it reaches through its social media. There’s no real coordination here and thus difficult for the intelligence community to limit its effectiveness. Teaching law enforcement about ideology or calling it radical Islam isn’t going to stop it. Slow grinding old fashion leg work would be more effective and gun control or at least licensing would help. Those are common sense tools that can prevent attacks not some workshops on ideology and “radical Islam”
Given Maten’s spousal abuse, would the deed transfer not be an attempt to ensure his wife would not divorce and try to take the matrimonial home?
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I find it interesting that some evangelicals are still contemplating voting for Trump. To vote for Trump would be to negate any influence the religious right has in the Republican party and to vote for other reasons other than Christian principles — in this case it would be voting against something, be it Clinton, immigrants, liberalism, etc. The rise of Trump looks to signify the decline of the political evangelical influence and yet many evangelical voters are responsible for this. Not sure what options evangelicals have but to vote for Trump would be to lose influence and to lose any claim to principle.
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I also like comparing news sources, they often focus on totally different things
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HRW, This article is old, but it is the best I have seen concerning Trump’s popularity with people who call themselves “evangelicals”.
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/if-we-lived-in-a-truly-christian-nation-donald-trump-would-not-be-winning/
The most disturbing thing about Trump’s popularity is what it tells us about ourselves.
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