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News/Politics 9-25-13

What’s of interest in today’s news?

Sen. Ted Cruz began filibustering over ObamaCare funding yesterday. In fact, as of 6:15 AM this morning, he still was. Sen. Harry Reid is not happy, and would like to remind you it’s not a real one, it just looks and sounds like one. And “Green Eggs and Ham” was the perfect reading selection for an ObamaCare related filibuster. Like the man said, “We do not like it Sam I am”.

From WeaselZippers  “Cruz Begins “Talking Filibuster,” Vows To Speak “Until I Am No Longer Able To Stand” – Update: Harry Reid Whines: Your Filibuster Isn’t Real – Update: Enters Third Hour – Update: Dingy Complains, This Is “Fake” – Update: Reads “Green Ham And Eggs” On Senate Floor – Update: Passes 7 Hour Mark – Update: 8 Hours And Counting…Update: Approaching 16 Hours, Still Going! 

And it’s not just Dems and ObamaCare he’s being critical of.

From TheWashingtonTimes  “In his remarks, he repeatedly took aim at fellow Republicans, urging  them to  join him in voting against limiting debate on a stopgap spending  bill that also  defunds Obamacare. Many Republicans said they will vote  along with Democrats to  proceed with the stopgap bill because as of now  it contains the defunding  provisions.

Mr. Cruz, though, said it is certain Democrats will be able to strip  the  defunding provision with a majority vote later in the process, so  the only  chance to exert influence is early on, when it will take a  60-vote threshold to  even proceed with action.”

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The House GOP is offering another solution.

From Politico  “The House Republican leadership is seriously considering attaching a one-year  delay of Obamacare’s individual mandate to the Senate bill to avert a government  shutdown, according to senior GOP aides.

If House Republicans decide to go this route, it would all but provoke a  government shutdown, since Senate Democrats might not even schedule a vote on a  bill that includes that provision, Senate leadership staffers say. Even if the  Senate schedules a vote, there might not be time to move the legislation through  the slow-moving chamber.”

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Here’s an interesting read on the US terrorists involved in the mall massacre.

From YahooNews  “A heated debate has erupted among Somali refugees in the U.S. over the slaughter of civilians in the Kenyan shopping mall, highlighting what U.S. intelligence officials fear is fertile recruiting ground for Islamic jihadists.”

“When the conversation turned to Kenya, the room erupted in debate in a smattering of broken English and Arabic dialects between the men playing cards and sipping tea on ramshackle furniture.”

“”Al-Shabaab is not just recruiting young Somalis in the U.S. Also around the world,” Abtieon said in an interview outside the din of his arguing countrymen in the market’s back room.”

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Bob Beckel has had a stunning moment of clarity. Perhaps some on the left are starting to wise up.

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The same can’t be said for major US print news sources. Not surprisingly, they won’t point out the obvious, or the relevant facts. That wouldn’t be politically correct.

From NewsBusters  “Dare a top newspaper journalist to play connect-the-dots and chances are  he’ll fail miserably – at least with drawing the line between Islam and  terrorism. In Nairobi, Kenya last weekend, Islamist militants took over a  high-end shopping mall and began executing non-Muslims. In Pakistan, Islamist  suicide bombers detonated at a Christian Church on Sunday. 

Yet on Monday, September 23, 90 percent of the top ten (via  circulation numbers) daily newspapers’ headlines in the United States  censored the words “Islam” and Muslim” from Nairobi and Pakistan reports. One –  the New York Daily News – didn’t even have a headline for the latest Islamic  terrorist attacks. That’s journalism at its finest.”

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Looks like Obama and Kerry have a backdoor route to their gun control utopia in mind.

From TheHill  “Secretary  of State John Kerry is expected to sign an arms trade treaty opposed by the  Senate and the gun lobby as early as Wednesday, and Republicans aren’t happy  about it.

Kerry’s plan to sign the treaty on the margins of the U.N. General Assembly  in New York this week has sparked immediate criticism from GOP  opponents. 

“This treaty is already dead in the water in the Senate, and they know it,” said  Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services.  “The Administration is wasting precious time trying to sign away our laws to the  global community and unelected U.N. bureaucrats.”

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This one I only have one comment on. It’s about time.

From TheWashingtonTimes  “House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has no  Catholic right to be  granted Communion, said the leading cardinal of the  highest court at the  Vatican.”

“That’s canon law, not opinion, he said. Canon 915 states that  Catholics who are stubbornly contrary “in manifest grave sin  are not to  be admitted to Holy Communion.”

And Cardinal Burke said Mrs. Pelosi fits   the definition.

“Certainly this is a case when Canon 915 must be  applied,” he said,  the Western  Center for Journalism reported. “This is a person who  obstinately, after  repeated admonitions, persists in a grave  sin — cooperating with the crime of  procured abortion — and still  professes to be a devout Catholic.”

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News/Politics 9-24-13

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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News/Politics 9-23-13

What’s interesting in the news today?

Open thread, as always.

Here’s a few from me.

From NBCNews  “The FBI is investigating whether as many as five Americans were among the small team of terrorists who took over a Kenyan mall and launched a bloodbath that has left at least 68 dead and 175 injured over two days of carnage.

The investigation is in its early stages and until a conclusion of the siege in Kenya —  which spilled into a second bloody day on Sunday — authorities may not know for sure whether any U.S. residents were involved.

The FBI is investigating terrorist group al-Shabab’s claim that five Americans helped them attack a Kenyan mall. NBC’s Pete Williams reports.

The notion that Americans were involved came directly from the terrorists themselves — or at least a Twitter feed purporting to represent the Somali al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabab, which has claimed responsibility for the mall attack.”

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More here from CNN  “There are believed to be between 10-15 gunmen involved in the attack, officials said.

Sources within Al-Shabaab told CNN that nine names listed on a Twitter site — now suspended — were people who were among the alleged hostage-takers.

Three of the alleged attackers are from the United States, two are from Somalia and there is one each from Canada, Finland, Kenya and the United Kingdom, according to the list.”

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The President spoke at a memorial for the victims of the DC Navy Yard shooting. In my opinion he once again played politics with a tragedy.

From USAToday  “President Obama called Sunday for a “transformation” of the nation’s gun laws, saying last week’s deadly shooting at the Washington Navy Yard echoes too many other killings across the United States.

“Our tears are not enough,” Obama said during a memorial service for the victims and their families.  “Our words and our prayers are not enough. … We are going to have to change.”

Gun violence in America “ought to obsess us,” Obama said.”

“Obama, who has proposed changes to the nation’s gun and mental illness laws, noted that shootings in other countries such as Australia and the United Kingdom led to changes in their gun laws. “What’s different in America,” he said, “is it’s easy to get your hands on a gun — and a lot of us know this.”

Transformation? Oh goody. Look how well his other attempts to “transform” things have gone. Should be tons of fun. 🙄

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