“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.”
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Afghanistan mired in war as US combat command ends
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — American andNATO troops closed their operational command in Afghanistan on Monday, lowering flags in a ceremony to mark the formal end of their combat mission in a country still mired in war 13 years after the U.S.-led invasion toppled the Talibanregime for harboring those responsible for 9/11.
The closing of the command, which oversaw the day-to-day operations of coalition combat forces, is one of the final steps in a transition to a support and training role that begins Jan. 1. But with President Barack Obama's recent move authorizing U.S. forces in Afghanistan to carry out military operations against Taliban and al-Qaida targets, America's longest war will in fact continue for at least another two years.
Obama's decision to give American forces a more active role than previously envisioned suggests the U.S. is still concerned about the Afghan government's ability to fight. And agreements signed by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to allow U.S. and NATO troops to remain in the country are seen as a red line by the Taliban, further narrowing any hope of peace talks.
Not only are the Taliban a resilient insurgency, a new generation of extremists inspired by Osama bin Laden threatens the entire region. American forces are now also involved in a burgeoning military campaign against Islamic State group militants in Syria and Iraq, where Obama had hoped to end combat operations three years ago.
As NATO's International Security Assistance Force's Joint Command lowered its flag in the capital, the Taliban carried out yet another bloody attack, this time killing a police officer and four civilians at a police station in southern Afghanistan.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told The Associated Press that the group would continue to fight "until all foreign troops have left Afghanistan."
Police in Small Wisconsin City Want Residents to Volunteer to Have Their Homes Searched for Guns
"Police in Beloit, Wisconsin, want residents to volunteer to let officers search their homes for firearms as part of a new initiative that officials believe will help reduce gun violence.
Beloit Police Chief Norm Jacobs told Wisconsin Public Radio that officers will mostly be looking for guns in homes that residents might not even be aware of."
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Hagel Stumped By Soldier Asking if Afghanistan Will Fall Apart Like Iraq
http://www.nationalreview.com/
afghanistan-will-fall-apart-
Of course it will. That's the plan, that why we are withdrawing as abruptly as we are. Our President and his minions don't believe we should have been in Afghanistan in the first place. Of course, they do recognize that right after 9-11 the American people wanted their government to strike back at the terrorists, so our President will state for public consumption that Afghanistan was a "'war of necessity", even though he and his fellow
travelers really believe that striking back against a Middle Eastern country because of 9-11 was unjust. After all they believe that terrorism is merely a "police matter" and that America brought the terrorist attacks on itself
by its unjust meddling in Middle Eastern affairs. In the mind of President Obama and his minions pulling out abruptly will make amends for our past transgressions and show the Islamic fanatics of every stripe that the "new" America means them no harm. We must "empathize" with our enemies after all. But read SECDEF Hagel's verbal tap dance as he endeavors to answer the NCO's question without spilling the beans:
afghanistan-will-fall-apart-
Of course it will. That's the plan, that why we are withdrawing as abruptly as we are. Our President and his minions don't believe we should have been in Afghanistan in the first place. Of course, they do recognize that right after 9-11 the American people wanted their government to strike back at the terrorists, so our President will state for public consumption that Afghanistan was a "'war of necessity", even though he and his fellow
travelers really believe that striking back against a Middle Eastern country because of 9-11 was unjust. After all they believe that terrorism is merely a "police matter" and that America brought the terrorist attacks on itself
by its unjust meddling in Middle Eastern affairs. In the mind of President Obama and his minions pulling out abruptly will make amends for our past transgressions and show the Islamic fanatics of every stripe that the "new" America means them no harm. We must "empathize" with our enemies after all. But read SECDEF Hagel's verbal tap dance as he endeavors to answer the NCO's question without spilling the beans:
Defense secretary Chuck Hagel was stumped by an Army staff sergeant whoasked him for an assurance that the security situation in Afghanistanwouldn't deteriorate after the withdrawal of American forces the way broadareas of Iraq succumbed to the Islamic State.
"In the end each country must take the responsibility for their own futuresand for their own fate and for governing themselves," Hagel replied.
The outgoing Pentagon chief insisted that Iraq and Afghanistan are "moredifferent" than they are alike, although he noted some troublingsimilarities
Monday, December 8, 2014
At least 13 killed in failed U.S. bid to rescue hostages in Yemen
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/
9750.html
Well at least the Administration tried something this time, even if it was a cock-up.
9750.html
Well at least the Administration tried something this time, even if it was a cock-up.
SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) - A woman, a 10-year-old boy and a local al Qaedaleader were among at least 11 people killed alongside two Western hostageswhen U.S.-led forces fought Islamist militants in a failed rescue mission inYemen, residents said on Sunday.
U.S. special forces raided the village of Dafaar in Shabwa province, amilitant stronghold in southern Yemen, shortly after midnight on Saturday,killing several members of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
American journalist Luke Somers, 33, and South African teacher PierreKorkie, 56, were shot and killed by their captors during the raid intendedto free them, U.S. officials said.
AQAP, formed in 2006 by the merger of the Yemeni and Saudi branches of thenetwork, has for years been seen by Washington as one of the movement's mostdangerous branches.
Western governments fear advances by Shi'ite Muslim Houthi fighters withlinks to Iran have bolstered support among Yemeni Sunnis for AQAP, which hasestablished itself in parts of south and east Yemen, including Shabwa wherethe raid took place.
However, since Islamic State in Syria and Iraq began distributing films ofits militants beheading Western hostages, the focus on AQAP, which hastraditionally used hostage-taking as a way to raise funds, had diminisheduntil now.
AMERICA'S MILITARY: A force adrift
http://www.militarytimes.com/
a-force-adrift/18596571/?
Well it's not like we're ever going to fight in war again...oh wait...we are in a war! A war with ISIS and Al Qaeda et al. How did that happen?!
a-force-adrift/18596571/?
Well it's not like we're ever going to fight in war again...oh wait...we are in a war! A war with ISIS and Al Qaeda et al. How did that happen?!
A worsening morale crisis
"After 13 years of war, troops feel burned out and without a sense of mission. More doubt their leaders and their job security."
Saturday, December 6, 2014
Who Suffers? Race Riots, Then And Now
http://dailycaller.com/2014/
So much for our "militarized" police force. They still can't protect us from mob violence.
So much for our "militarized" police force. They still can't protect us from mob violence.
"Although police were often, rightly or wrongly, blamed for precipitatingconflict with black youth, their role was even more important for what theydid not do: protect the business owners and the vast majority of blacks whodisapproved of the rioting. In the 1960s, civil leaders ordered police tostep aside because they lacked discipline, often shot indiscriminately, andhad no understanding of riot control. The pages of business magazines werefilled with stories of mom-and-pop business owners having an entire lifetimeof work destroyed. Their employees (almost always black) were casualties aswell when they lost their jobs. And so the same scene plays out in Fergusondespite years of improvements in crowd control."
19 Signs That You Live In A Country That Has Gone Completely Insane
http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/19-signs-that-you-live-in-a-countr y-that-has-gone-completely-insane
This one really caught my eye, since it highlighted how bad the economy
really is and how tapped out so many Americans are these days.
#17 When the number of payday lenders is greater than the number of
Starbucks locations, you live in a country that has gone completely insane.
http://themostimportantnews.com/archives/payday-lenders-united-states-mcdonalds
There are more payday lenders in the U.S. than McDonald's or Starbucks,
reflecting economic conditions in which fast money is even more important
than fast food.
Payday lending, in which users pay a fee for what amounts to an advance on
their paychecks, has blossomed over the past 20 years. There are now more
than 20,000 across the country, according to the St. Louis Federal Reserve,
while McDonald's boasts 14,267 locations.
They're used most often by people who lack access to ordinary credit-often
those at or near the bottom of the economic spectrum, with nearly a quarter
living on public assistance or retirement income.
While the loans can fill a need for fast cash, they also can become a way of
life for users who end up paying effective annual percentage rates, or APRs,
well in excess of 300 percent.
This one really caught my eye, since it highlighted how bad the economy
really is and how tapped out so many Americans are these days.
#17 When the number of payday lenders is greater than the number of
Starbucks locations, you live in a country that has gone completely insane.
http://themostimportantnews.com/archives/payday-lenders-united-states-mcdonalds
There are more payday lenders in the U.S. than McDonald's or Starbucks,
reflecting economic conditions in which fast money is even more important
than fast food.
Payday lending, in which users pay a fee for what amounts to an advance on
their paychecks, has blossomed over the past 20 years. There are now more
than 20,000 across the country, according to the St. Louis Federal Reserve,
while McDonald's boasts 14,267 locations.
They're used most often by people who lack access to ordinary credit-often
those at or near the bottom of the economic spectrum, with nearly a quarter
living on public assistance or retirement income.
While the loans can fill a need for fast cash, they also can become a way of
life for users who end up paying effective annual percentage rates, or APRs,
well in excess of 300 percent.
Friday, December 5, 2014
MO:People Block Street, Jump on Vehicle, Man pulls Gun
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/
tml
Safari Park Rules: If you should find yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time, don't get out your car and don't stop, no matter what. The driver in this case appeared to handle things about as well as one can under
the circumstances.
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Safari Park Rules: If you should find yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time, don't get out your car and don't stop, no matter what. The driver in this case appeared to handle things about as well as one can under
the circumstances.
NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Says He Wants Change to Prevent the Next Eric Garner. He's Not Being Honest.
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/
change-to-prevent-the-next-
"Big government tends to become deadly government, and De Blasio has no
interest in shrinking it."
At the time of his death, three misdemeanor cases were pending against
Garner, and he was out on bail. Those three cases were among the 31 times he
had been arrested prior to the confrontation that resulted in his death. The
father of six should have had an express lane with the NYPD and the prison
system.
The fact that he was out on bail has been mostly lost in today's discussions
about the case, but it's highly relevant. Out on bail, on the day of his
death he was breaking a law that he had had been caught breaking over and
over again. He was a recidivist, if petty, street criminal. But the crime he
committed was, frankly, a stupid crime that is the result of New York's
onerous, even oppressive, policies regulating daily life. Personally, that
city has too much government for me and I never want to live there or any
place like it. To each his own...
...Garner was out on bail for previous violations, which may explain why he
resisted arrest (nonviolently and unarmed) the day he died. He faced felony
charges at some point and perhaps more prison time if convicted. For some
reason, Al Sharpton never mentions any of that.
...The loosies law is really about preserving New York's ability to control
business and collect taxes, with the armed police force empowered to that
end. Collecting taxes is the one thing that the state will not cease and
will never rest from doing. That big government that New Yorkers keep voting
for is very expensive. It has a rapacious appetite for more and more money -
especially in the hands of progressives and socialists, such as New York's
current leadership.
change-to-prevent-the-next-
"Big government tends to become deadly government, and De Blasio has no
interest in shrinking it."
At the time of his death, three misdemeanor cases were pending against
Garner, and he was out on bail. Those three cases were among the 31 times he
had been arrested prior to the confrontation that resulted in his death. The
father of six should have had an express lane with the NYPD and the prison
system.
The fact that he was out on bail has been mostly lost in today's discussions
about the case, but it's highly relevant. Out on bail, on the day of his
death he was breaking a law that he had had been caught breaking over and
over again. He was a recidivist, if petty, street criminal. But the crime he
committed was, frankly, a stupid crime that is the result of New York's
onerous, even oppressive, policies regulating daily life. Personally, that
city has too much government for me and I never want to live there or any
place like it. To each his own...
...Garner was out on bail for previous violations, which may explain why he
resisted arrest (nonviolently and unarmed) the day he died. He faced felony
charges at some point and perhaps more prison time if convicted. For some
reason, Al Sharpton never mentions any of that.
...The loosies law is really about preserving New York's ability to control
business and collect taxes, with the armed police force empowered to that
end. Collecting taxes is the one thing that the state will not cease and
will never rest from doing. That big government that New Yorkers keep voting
for is very expensive. It has a rapacious appetite for more and more money -
especially in the hands of progressives and socialists, such as New York's
current leadership.
The Lighter Side of Ferguson
http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-
"The left's madness and transparency deserve ridicule."
"The left's madness and transparency deserve ridicule."
Wisconsin, a Microcosm of the United States
“Scott Walker offers an intriguing glimpse into how conservative principles could succeed on a national scale.”
Chinese government gaining a foothold on US campuses, scholars say
http://www.foxnews.com/
ld-on-us-campuses-scholars-
China's authoritarian government is gaining a foothold on American campuses
by funding dozens of institutes that project a rose-tinted view of the Asian
nation that compromises the academic integrity of U.S. universities, a
congressional hearing was told Thursday.
Scholars of China testified that these state-funded Confucius Institutes
teach nonpolitical subjects like Chinese language and culture but suppress
discussion on sensitive topics like Tibet and the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown
on democracy protesters.
The hearing was chaired by House Republican Rep. Chris Smith, an arch critic
of Beijing, who questioned whether American education was "for sale."
Students from China now make up 31 percent of all international students in
the United States. Last year, Chinese students in U.S. colleges and
universities contributed $8 billion to the U.S. economy, according to the
Commerce Department.
U.S. colleges such as New York University are also opening campuses in
China, hoping to tap into the country's enormous, growing pool of students.
The Chinese Embassy did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
ld-on-us-campuses-scholars-
China's authoritarian government is gaining a foothold on American campuses
by funding dozens of institutes that project a rose-tinted view of the Asian
nation that compromises the academic integrity of U.S. universities, a
congressional hearing was told Thursday.
Scholars of China testified that these state-funded Confucius Institutes
teach nonpolitical subjects like Chinese language and culture but suppress
discussion on sensitive topics like Tibet and the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown
on democracy protesters.
The hearing was chaired by House Republican Rep. Chris Smith, an arch critic
of Beijing, who questioned whether American education was "for sale."
Students from China now make up 31 percent of all international students in
the United States. Last year, Chinese students in U.S. colleges and
universities contributed $8 billion to the U.S. economy, according to the
Commerce Department.
U.S. colleges such as New York University are also opening campuses in
China, hoping to tap into the country's enormous, growing pool of students.
The Chinese Embassy did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Actual Facts of The Eric Garner Case
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/12/03/actual-facts-Eric-Garner
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2014/12/04/new_york_cigarette_taxes_killed _eric_garner
He was selling bootleg cigarettes. Tobacco Kills! How can a person who peddles death by cancer, heart disease and emphysema expect leniency from the forces of justice? Furthermore, Thou shalt not cheat the government out of its tax revenue! The government is greedy for taxes and taxes arecollected at gunpoint, by force, as we see each and every day. As both Rush and Ben Shapiro pointed out, the police were under orders from the Mayor to crack down on cigarette smuggling, in no uncertain terms. Therefore the cops were not going to leave Eric Garner alone just because he said so. No way. It was delusional of Garner to imagine that they would . Besides Eric Garner had been arrested for selling "loosies"' (individual bootleg cigarettes) anywhere from 8 to 31 times before, so he knew the drill. He was a habitual offender after all.
The final lesson learned is that if you are in such poor health that you cannot "walk a block without pausing to rest", it would be a real bad idea to resist arrest by the police. You might die in the struggle, even if the police didn't intend to harm you. Really if New York City wants to prevent this sort of thing from happening again, it should stop taxing cigarettes so severely. Then there would be no incentive for people, especially sickly and disabled poor people like Eric Garner, to sell bootleg cigarettes and the police would be able to avoid getting into violent confrontations with people pursuant to the enforcement of such a clearly unpopular law.
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2014/12/04/new_york_cigarette_taxes_killed _eric_garner
He was selling bootleg cigarettes. Tobacco Kills! How can a person who peddles death by cancer, heart disease and emphysema expect leniency from the forces of justice? Furthermore, Thou shalt not cheat the government out of its tax revenue! The government is greedy for taxes and taxes arecollected at gunpoint, by force, as we see each and every day. As both Rush and Ben Shapiro pointed out, the police were under orders from the Mayor to crack down on cigarette smuggling, in no uncertain terms. Therefore the cops were not going to leave Eric Garner alone just because he said so. No way. It was delusional of Garner to imagine that they would . Besides Eric Garner had been arrested for selling "loosies"' (individual bootleg cigarettes) anywhere from 8 to 31 times before, so he knew the drill. He was a habitual offender after all.
The final lesson learned is that if you are in such poor health that you cannot "walk a block without pausing to rest", it would be a real bad idea to resist arrest by the police. You might die in the struggle, even if the police didn't intend to harm you. Really if New York City wants to prevent this sort of thing from happening again, it should stop taxing cigarettes so severely. Then there would be no incentive for people, especially sickly and disabled poor people like Eric Garner, to sell bootleg cigarettes and the police would be able to avoid getting into violent confrontations with people pursuant to the enforcement of such a clearly unpopular law.
Congress docks pensions for senior Pentagon brass
http://www.armytimes.com/
mirals/19848545/
WASHINGTON - Pensions for generals and admirals will be trimmed to ensure
that they make no more in retirement than they earned while in uniform under
an agreement on Pentagon spending for 2015 reached by Senate and House
negotiators.
The agreement on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) reverses a
decision made in 2007 to modify pensions for three- and four-star generals
and admirals in an effort to retain them as the wars raged in Iraq and
Afghanistan. It boosted the pensions of some senior officers by 63%. USA
TODAY first reported on the modification in 2012 when the Pentagon's highest
pension payment of $272,892 per year went to a retired four-star officer
with 43 years' experience.
A January 2014 report by USA TODAY showed the Pentagon had no plans to
reduce senior officers' pensions although a December 2013 budget agreement
called for lower pension rates for other military retirees.
mirals/19848545/
WASHINGTON - Pensions for generals and admirals will be trimmed to ensure
that they make no more in retirement than they earned while in uniform under
an agreement on Pentagon spending for 2015 reached by Senate and House
negotiators.
The agreement on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) reverses a
decision made in 2007 to modify pensions for three- and four-star generals
and admirals in an effort to retain them as the wars raged in Iraq and
Afghanistan. It boosted the pensions of some senior officers by 63%. USA
TODAY first reported on the modification in 2012 when the Pentagon's highest
pension payment of $272,892 per year went to a retired four-star officer
with 43 years' experience.
A January 2014 report by USA TODAY showed the Pentagon had no plans to
reduce senior officers' pensions although a December 2013 budget agreement
called for lower pension rates for other military retirees.
Satanists Win the Right to Place 'Grossly Offensive' Holiday Display Next to the Nativity Inside Florida's Capitol
http://www.theblaze.com/
grossly-offensive-holiday-
ol/
So instead of wishing these Satanists a "Merry Christmas", would it be appropriate to tell them to "go to Hell"? "May the devil take you and your's this holiday season!"
"Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short."
Revelation 12:12
grossly-offensive-holiday-
ol/
So instead of wishing these Satanists a "Merry Christmas", would it be appropriate to tell them to "go to Hell"? "May the devil take you and your's this holiday season!"
"Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short."
Revelation 12:12
Top Navy Brass Mum About Suspected Filming of Naked Women on Submarines
http://www.theblaze.com/
d-filming-of-naked-women-on-
Boy! Once again the Navy gets the gravy and the Army just gets the beans. How come we don't get naked women?
d-filming-of-naked-women-on-
Boy! Once again the Navy gets the gravy and the Army just gets the beans. How come we don't get naked women?
Shocking Public Suicide In West Dallas
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/
Another person who felt compelled to share...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Police are investigating after a body was found in the
street Wednesday afternoon at Singleton Boulevard and Vilbig Road.
Witnesses tell CBSDFW they saw a man scribble something in Spanish on his
van. He then tied one end of a rope around his neck and the other end
around a fire hydrant. The man then drove off, decapitating himself.
The van came to a stop without hurting anyone.
It's not clear exactly what the man wrote on the van
Another person who felt compelled to share...
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Police are investigating after a body was found in the
street Wednesday afternoon at Singleton Boulevard and Vilbig Road.
Witnesses tell CBSDFW they saw a man scribble something in Spanish on his
van. He then tied one end of a rope around his neck and the other end
around a fire hydrant. The man then drove off, decapitating himself.
The van came to a stop without hurting anyone.
It's not clear exactly what the man wrote on the van
Thursday, December 4, 2014
It's official: America is now No. 2 - MarketWatch
http://www.marketwatch.com/
The USA has been the biggest economy in the world since U.S. Grant was President. Not anymore.
The USA has been the biggest economy in the world since U.S. Grant was President. Not anymore.
Congress could soon allow pension plans to cut benefits for current retirees
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/
"Several unions and pension advocates opposing the move, which would be unprecedented, say that permitting financially strapped plans to cut retiree benefits would violate the central promise of traditional pensions: that they would provide a defined benefit for life.
“This proposal would devastate retirees and their surviving spouses,” said Karen Friedman, executive vice president of the Pension Rights Center, a nonprofit group. “The proposal would also torpedo basic protections of the federal private pension law . . . that states that once benefits are earned they can’t be cut back.”
Several of the nation’s large multi-employer pension plans are on a course that would leave them insolvent within a decade. If that occurred, the federal insurance fund that protects the retirement benefits of more than 10 million Americans in multi-employer plans could collapse.
In a proposal made more than a year ago, a coalition of plan trustees and unions said the only way to salvage the most distressed pension plans without a government bailout is to allow them to cut retirement benefits before they run out of money. The reductions would be voted on by the trustees of individual plans, as well as retirees, under proposals now being negotiated by lawmakers. Advocates point out that the plan laid out by the coalition would leave pensioners in distressed plans with more than what they would receive from government pension insurance if their plans failed."
"Several unions and pension advocates opposing the move, which would be unprecedented, say that permitting financially strapped plans to cut retiree benefits would violate the central promise of traditional pensions: that they would provide a defined benefit for life.
“This proposal would devastate retirees and their surviving spouses,” said Karen Friedman, executive vice president of the Pension Rights Center, a nonprofit group. “The proposal would also torpedo basic protections of the federal private pension law . . . that states that once benefits are earned they can’t be cut back.”
Several of the nation’s large multi-employer pension plans are on a course that would leave them insolvent within a decade. If that occurred, the federal insurance fund that protects the retirement benefits of more than 10 million Americans in multi-employer plans could collapse.
In a proposal made more than a year ago, a coalition of plan trustees and unions said the only way to salvage the most distressed pension plans without a government bailout is to allow them to cut retirement benefits before they run out of money. The reductions would be voted on by the trustees of individual plans, as well as retirees, under proposals now being negotiated by lawmakers. Advocates point out that the plan laid out by the coalition would leave pensioners in distressed plans with more than what they would receive from government pension insurance if their plans failed."
Georgetown Student Who Says He Deserved to Get Mugged Perfect for This State Department That 'Surrendered' to Iran
We wondered how is it that the State Department after 9/11 could do a seminar on, "Why do they hate us so much?"
Well, now we know. They're populated by people like this: "Yeah, I think the muggers if they knew me would probably think I was an okay guy."
America's Recessional - President Obama's Legacy
Well America needed to be taken down a couple of notches, didn’t it?
Articles: Obama is Failing our Military
http://www.americanthinker.
y.html
Believe it or not the US military is in more countries than it ever was, at the same time it is being dismantled. President Obama said he did not believe in a reactive "whack-a-mole" strategy for fighting terrorism, yet that is exactly what he is doing. What gives?
y.html
Believe it or not the US military is in more countries than it ever was, at the same time it is being dismantled. President Obama said he did not believe in a reactive "whack-a-mole" strategy for fighting terrorism, yet that is exactly what he is doing. What gives?
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Black Crime Claims Life of Apologist for Black Crime
Well isn’t this ironic? Or maybe not…because when you play with fire you’re liable to get burned.
Safari Park Rules
http://www.americanthinker.
Safari Park Rules- Don't get out of your car! Immigrant flees violence in Bosnia only to be murdered with a hammer in Saint Louis.
"Commenting on the murder of Zemir Begic on November 30 by hammer-wielding
"youths" in St. Louis, the Conservative Treehouse has adumbrated the Safari
Park Rules: if you find yourself "in the wrong place at the wrong time,"
stay in your car with the doors locked. Otherwise, you could be an
accessory to your own murder.
Unfortunately, "the wrong place at the wrong time" can be a Chasidic
neighborhood in North Miami at 9:00 on a Saturday morning, as Rabbi Josef
Raksin discovered. The rabbi was walking to temple last August when he was
murdered by a couple of African-Americans for being a Jew in public.
The Treehouse noted the fact, buried deep in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch
story, that Begic was not the first victim of Mike Brown's avengers. An
hour earlier Seldin Dzananovich was attacked by "youths" with hammers.
Earlier in the day, Bob McCarty posted what appeared to be an authentic
video from an eyewitness, who reported the "youths" were yelling "F*** the
white people, kill the white people," before murdering Begic"
Safari Park Rules- Don't get out of your car! Immigrant flees violence in Bosnia only to be murdered with a hammer in Saint Louis.
"Commenting on the murder of Zemir Begic on November 30 by hammer-wielding
"youths" in St. Louis, the Conservative Treehouse has adumbrated the Safari
Park Rules: if you find yourself "in the wrong place at the wrong time,"
stay in your car with the doors locked. Otherwise, you could be an
accessory to your own murder.
Unfortunately, "the wrong place at the wrong time" can be a Chasidic
neighborhood in North Miami at 9:00 on a Saturday morning, as Rabbi Josef
Raksin discovered. The rabbi was walking to temple last August when he was
murdered by a couple of African-Americans for being a Jew in public.
The Treehouse noted the fact, buried deep in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch
story, that Begic was not the first victim of Mike Brown's avengers. An
hour earlier Seldin Dzananovich was attacked by "youths" with hammers.
Earlier in the day, Bob McCarty posted what appeared to be an authentic
video from an eyewitness, who reported the "youths" were yelling "F*** the
white people, kill the white people," before murdering Begic"
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Black Friday Revealed How Poor Americans Really Are
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/
-really-are/ar-BBgfoGq
After weeks of declining gas prices, many analysts predicted the biggest
holiday season ever.
Instead, sales rose only 8%, falling short of many predictions.
So where are the customers?
Macy's CFO Karen Hoguet told analysts that consumers today have priorities
other than clothing and housewares.
"Shoppers are spending more of their disposable dollars on categories we
don't sell, like cars, healthcare, electronics and home improvement," Hoguet
said in a call with investors.
The stores that did remarkably well on Black Friday, such as Family Dollar
and Kohl's, are all deep discounters, according to a recent Deutsche Bank
report.
The success of discount retailers shows that Americans are more concerned
about spending money than ever.
Wal-Mart provided few details about results from the weekend, a possible
sign of bad news, the Deutsche Bank analysts wrote.
Many Americans are watching their spending despite lower gas prices, writes
Lindsey Piegza, chief economist at Sterne Agee.
"Consumers are increasingly familiar with energy price reprieve from summer
gas prices and no longer adjust their long-term spending habits as much, or
at all, based on short-term price fluctuations," Piegza writes.
And while gas prices are lower, the benefit is offset by higher housing and
utility costs, according to Piegza.
Health insurance premiums have increased between 39 and 56% since early
2013, meaning additional costs of $230 per month for the average family.
The lackluster job market is also contributing to poor holiday sales, Piegza
writes.
"With uncertainty lingering and patience wearing thin after 5+ years of
still lackluster wage growth, consumers are increasing saving for the
future, hedging against a continuation of 'more of the same,'" according to
Piegza. "Thus, for many, extra savings at the pump as a result of lower gas
prices are simply being stored away to help supplement spending needs in the
future, ramping up savings, not spending."
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After weeks of declining gas prices, many analysts predicted the biggest
holiday season ever.
Instead, sales rose only 8%, falling short of many predictions.
So where are the customers?
Macy's CFO Karen Hoguet told analysts that consumers today have priorities
other than clothing and housewares.
"Shoppers are spending more of their disposable dollars on categories we
don't sell, like cars, healthcare, electronics and home improvement," Hoguet
said in a call with investors.
The stores that did remarkably well on Black Friday, such as Family Dollar
and Kohl's, are all deep discounters, according to a recent Deutsche Bank
report.
The success of discount retailers shows that Americans are more concerned
about spending money than ever.
Wal-Mart provided few details about results from the weekend, a possible
sign of bad news, the Deutsche Bank analysts wrote.
Many Americans are watching their spending despite lower gas prices, writes
Lindsey Piegza, chief economist at Sterne Agee.
"Consumers are increasingly familiar with energy price reprieve from summer
gas prices and no longer adjust their long-term spending habits as much, or
at all, based on short-term price fluctuations," Piegza writes.
And while gas prices are lower, the benefit is offset by higher housing and
utility costs, according to Piegza.
Health insurance premiums have increased between 39 and 56% since early
2013, meaning additional costs of $230 per month for the average family.
The lackluster job market is also contributing to poor holiday sales, Piegza
writes.
"With uncertainty lingering and patience wearing thin after 5+ years of
still lackluster wage growth, consumers are increasing saving for the
future, hedging against a continuation of 'more of the same,'" according to
Piegza. "Thus, for many, extra savings at the pump as a result of lower gas
prices are simply being stored away to help supplement spending needs in the
future, ramping up savings, not spending."
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