By Charlie Daniels
The Charlie Daniels Band
October 10, 2014
The world is moving so fast and so many devastating things are happening on a daily basis that even serious issues are constantly back burnered to make way for a more serious or more currant piece of bad news.
ISIS, Ebola, drought, famine, drug cartels, unabated illegal crossings at our Southern border, a house of cards economy, kidnappings, a gridlocked Congress more concerned with inflicting damage on the opposing party than serving the people, unaddressed massive government scandals, potential terrorist attacks on the homeland.
And on it goes, a seemingly never ending procession of crisis du jour, problem overlapping problem without time to address one before having to move prematurely on to the next one leaving behind a ragged trail of half solved puzzles all folding together to construct a planet wide conundrum threatening to explode in an apparently ill informed, ill equipped and very stubborn American president's face.
And all the time, at least speaking for myself, we have to wonder if we're even being told the truth, Obama's seemingly nonchalant changing of horses in the middle of the stream or just out and out lying has fostered the kind of distrust that undermines unity and makes us easy pickings for our enemies.
Nobody wants American troops on the ground in Syria or Iraq but it has become apparent that no victory will be won by air strikes alone, yet the president who promised us that ISIS would be destroyed refuses to even consider it for purely political reasons. He would have to admit that pulling all the forces out of Iraq was a mistake.
The coalition he has put together is not going to commit ground troops. Even though ISIS is currently on Turkey's border, and even though Turkey is a member of Obama's coalition, they have not entered the fray and I believe the reason is that they simply don't trust America's commitment, and who can blame them.
Obama's commitment is more to symbolism than to substance, seemingly feeling that putting together a coalition, no matter how weak, and dropping bombs, no matter how ineffective, is all he should be required to do, much in the same way he seemed to believe that killing Bin Laden ended the terrorist threat, and acting accordingly precipitated the Benghazi debacle and weakened America's defenses.
We have reached the point of critical mass in America and come to the place where one mistake, perhaps allowing travelers from Ebola affected countries to keep flying to America during what could be an undetectable and unwitting incubation period could well cause the infection to inundate our health services, deplete our already slim supply of drugs and cause panic on an unprecedented level.
Or making the wrong decision on the war with ISIS, allowing them to become strong enough and resourceful enough to effect attacks on America and her allies.
We need to be told the unvarnished truth, no matter how harrowing or politically damaging. The survival of no president or party is worth keeping the truth from the public and allowing a national journey down the primrose path to devastation.
Saturday, October 11, 2014
NOW THAT EXPLAINS IT
The Unconventional Gazette
October 10, 2014
Paddy’s mother-in-law arrives home from shopping to find her son-in-law in a steaming rage and hurriedly packing his suitcase.
"What happened Paddy ?" she asks anxiously.
"What happened!! I'll tell you what happened. I sent an email to my wife, your daughter, telling her I was coming home today from my golfing trip. I get home... and guess what I found ? Yes, your daughter, my wife Jean, naked with Joe Murphy in our marital bed! This is unforgivable, the end of our marriage. I'm done. I'm leaving forever!"
"Ah now, calm down, calm down Paddy!" says his mother-in-law. "There is something very odd going on here. Jean would never do such a thing! There must be a simple explanation. I'll go speak to her immediately and find out what happened."
Moments later, the mother-in-law comes back with a big smile.
"Paddy, I told you there must be a simple explanation .....she never got your E-mail!"
October 10, 2014
Paddy’s mother-in-law arrives home from shopping to find her son-in-law in a steaming rage and hurriedly packing his suitcase.
"What happened Paddy ?" she asks anxiously.
"What happened!! I'll tell you what happened. I sent an email to my wife, your daughter, telling her I was coming home today from my golfing trip. I get home... and guess what I found ? Yes, your daughter, my wife Jean, naked with Joe Murphy in our marital bed! This is unforgivable, the end of our marriage. I'm done. I'm leaving forever!"
"Ah now, calm down, calm down Paddy!" says his mother-in-law. "There is something very odd going on here. Jean would never do such a thing! There must be a simple explanation. I'll go speak to her immediately and find out what happened."
Moments later, the mother-in-law comes back with a big smile.
"Paddy, I told you there must be a simple explanation .....she never got your E-mail!"
Friday, October 10, 2014
SECRET SERVICE AGENTS FIRED FOR CAVORTING WITH COLUMBIAN HOOKERS, BUT OBAMA AIDE WHO DID LIKEWISE PROMOTED TO STATE DEPARTMENT ADVISOR ON WOMEN’S ISSUES
Homeland Security investigators were directed to withhold evidence until after the 2012 election that Obama aide Jonathan Dach, like the fired Secret Service agents, had spent the night with a prostitute at a hotel in Cartagena, Colombia
It has now come to light that investigators with the Inspector General’s office of the Department of Homeland Security were directed to withhold evidence embarrassing to the White House from a Senate committee looking into the 2012 Secret Service prostitution scandal in Cartagena, Columbia. That evidence would have shown that Obama aide Jonathan Dach had also spent the night with a hooker at the same time and the same hotel as the Secret Service agents who were fired for cavorting with prostitutes. Top White House officials did not want Obama to be embarrassed ahead of the 2012 presidential election.
At a press briefing on April 23, 2012, then White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, responding to a question about whether or not any White House staff members were involved in the prostitution scandal, said "there's no indication that any member of the White House advance team engaged in any improper conduct or behavior"[in Cartagena, Colombia].
As one of the topmost White House officials, Carney had to know about Dach’s hooker escapade and the pressure being put on the DHS Inspector General to withhold that information from the Senate investigating committee. He was clearly part of this White House cover up.
Instead of getting fired, Dach was given a position as advisor to the Secretary of State’s Office of Global Women’s Issues. Dach, 28, is the son of a longtime Obama donor and former Walmart lobbyist who is now the head of a Health and Human Services division in charge of implementing Obamacare.
Obama says he was not aware that anyone had pressured investigators to withhold information about Dach’s night out with a hooker. That is just one more example of why President Obama has been referred to as our Liar in Chief.
It has now come to light that investigators with the Inspector General’s office of the Department of Homeland Security were directed to withhold evidence embarrassing to the White House from a Senate committee looking into the 2012 Secret Service prostitution scandal in Cartagena, Columbia. That evidence would have shown that Obama aide Jonathan Dach had also spent the night with a hooker at the same time and the same hotel as the Secret Service agents who were fired for cavorting with prostitutes. Top White House officials did not want Obama to be embarrassed ahead of the 2012 presidential election.
At a press briefing on April 23, 2012, then White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, responding to a question about whether or not any White House staff members were involved in the prostitution scandal, said "there's no indication that any member of the White House advance team engaged in any improper conduct or behavior"[in Cartagena, Colombia].
As one of the topmost White House officials, Carney had to know about Dach’s hooker escapade and the pressure being put on the DHS Inspector General to withhold that information from the Senate investigating committee. He was clearly part of this White House cover up.
Instead of getting fired, Dach was given a position as advisor to the Secretary of State’s Office of Global Women’s Issues. Dach, 28, is the son of a longtime Obama donor and former Walmart lobbyist who is now the head of a Health and Human Services division in charge of implementing Obamacare.
Obama says he was not aware that anyone had pressured investigators to withhold information about Dach’s night out with a hooker. That is just one more example of why President Obama has been referred to as our Liar in Chief.
LEGLESS LIZARDS STAND IN WAY OF NEW PRISON UNIT
Endangered lizard impedes construction of maximum security building at Australian prison
Some of you may be able to recall the 1973 saga of the endangered snail darter, a tiny fish, that delayed the completion of the Tellico Dam on the Little Tennessee River. Environmentalists obtained an injunction to stop construction of the dam under the Endangered Species act. The case eventually reached the Supreme Court which upheld the injunction. It took a Congressional Act to overturn the SCOTUS decision and allow the dam to be completed in 1979.
At this time Australia is embroiled in its own ‘snail darter’ controversy. Correctional authorities in Victoria want to construct a new maximum security building at Barwon Prison to house Victoria’s most dangerous prison inmates. Environmentalists are trying to stop the construction because the site is the habitat of an endangered species of legless lizards.
Here is the heads up from Dorina Lisson:
A maximum security unit planned to be built at Barwon Prison has been dealt a blow to the Department of Corrections Victoria. The building cannot go ahead due to concerns there could be rare 'legless lizards' in the area.
The proposed maximum security building was to house the state's most dangerous criminals. Although the Department of Corrections expects to proceed with the building, Melbourne Zoo animal experts, including animal and human rights activists, are strongly opposed to the building, due to the possible risk of extinction of the legless lizards.
Now, if you think Dorina is joking, you are wrong. Australia’s station 3AW reports there are two species of legless lizards in Australia and the ones around Barwon Prison are thought to be in danger of extinction.
Some of you may be able to recall the 1973 saga of the endangered snail darter, a tiny fish, that delayed the completion of the Tellico Dam on the Little Tennessee River. Environmentalists obtained an injunction to stop construction of the dam under the Endangered Species act. The case eventually reached the Supreme Court which upheld the injunction. It took a Congressional Act to overturn the SCOTUS decision and allow the dam to be completed in 1979.
At this time Australia is embroiled in its own ‘snail darter’ controversy. Correctional authorities in Victoria want to construct a new maximum security building at Barwon Prison to house Victoria’s most dangerous prison inmates. Environmentalists are trying to stop the construction because the site is the habitat of an endangered species of legless lizards.
Here is the heads up from Dorina Lisson:
A maximum security unit planned to be built at Barwon Prison has been dealt a blow to the Department of Corrections Victoria. The building cannot go ahead due to concerns there could be rare 'legless lizards' in the area.
The proposed maximum security building was to house the state's most dangerous criminals. Although the Department of Corrections expects to proceed with the building, Melbourne Zoo animal experts, including animal and human rights activists, are strongly opposed to the building, due to the possible risk of extinction of the legless lizards.
Now, if you think Dorina is joking, you are wrong. Australia’s station 3AW reports there are two species of legless lizards in Australia and the ones around Barwon Prison are thought to be in danger of extinction.
10-FOOT TALL ROADSIDE TOMBSTONE IN MEMORY OF TERRIFIED CHICKENS KILLED IN TRUCK CRASH
PETA has asked the Texas Department of Transportation for permission to erect a 10’foot tall roadside tombstone in Bryan "to commemorate the lives lost in this deadly crash"
Recently I had some kind things to say for much maligned PETA, but now the nut-jobs have shown why that animal rights organization is so maligned.
PETA ASKS FOR ROADSIDE TOMBSTONE TO HONOR DEAD CHICKENS
By Michael Barajas
Houston Press Hair Balls
October 9, 2014
Passing a roadside memorial down a barren stretch of road can be a brief, somber reminder of how fragile life is. How in an instant, a distracted or drunk driver can take away someone's mother, father, or daughter forever.
Naturally, the folks at PETA want you remember the dead chickens.
Among other sounds-like-an-Onion-story news from yesterday (like a Houston-based fracking company making pink drill bits to remind people about cancer), we learned that PETA has asked the Texas Department of Transportation for approval to erect a roadside tombstone honoring chickens that died when an 18-wheeler overturned in Bryan last month.
In an email to TxDOT Tuesday, Karla Waples, described by the organization as a "Texas resident and PETA staffer," asked for clearance to build a 10-foot tombstone in the right-of-way on U.S. 21 at FM 2818 in Bryan "to commemorate the lives lost in this deadly crash." PETA wants to leave the tombstone up for a month.
Here's the rest of Waples' email to TxDOT:
"This tribute will let commuters in Texas, where menus are overrun by fried and barbecued meats, know that the best way to prevent tragedies such as this one is to go vegan, because chickens, cows, turkeys, and pigs shouldn't have to make terrifying trips to slaughterhouses at all. After spending their entire short lives mired in waste on factory farms, chickens are crammed into trucks and hauled in all weather extremes without food, water, or veterinary care, just so that they can be eaten. Erecting PETA's memorial would also be a surefire way to make the roads safer for everyone by reminding tractor-trailer drivers of their responsibility to the thousands of animals they haul every year as well as to the motorists whose lives are endangered when a tractor-trailer crashes.
I hope to hear from you soon about how we can work together to erect the memorial in accordance with state guidelines. Thank you for your consideration."
We're not sure PETA's not-so-subtle jab at Texans' diet will go over so well with the folks at TxDOT. The Chron reports that this isn't the first time PETA has asked for roadside memorials for dead animals, either. So far, it's succeeded in installing only one such memorial -- in Madison, Wisconsin, where permission wasn't needed.
Recently I had some kind things to say for much maligned PETA, but now the nut-jobs have shown why that animal rights organization is so maligned.
PETA ASKS FOR ROADSIDE TOMBSTONE TO HONOR DEAD CHICKENS
By Michael Barajas
Houston Press Hair Balls
October 9, 2014
Passing a roadside memorial down a barren stretch of road can be a brief, somber reminder of how fragile life is. How in an instant, a distracted or drunk driver can take away someone's mother, father, or daughter forever.
Naturally, the folks at PETA want you remember the dead chickens.
Among other sounds-like-an-Onion-story news from yesterday (like a Houston-based fracking company making pink drill bits to remind people about cancer), we learned that PETA has asked the Texas Department of Transportation for approval to erect a roadside tombstone honoring chickens that died when an 18-wheeler overturned in Bryan last month.
In an email to TxDOT Tuesday, Karla Waples, described by the organization as a "Texas resident and PETA staffer," asked for clearance to build a 10-foot tombstone in the right-of-way on U.S. 21 at FM 2818 in Bryan "to commemorate the lives lost in this deadly crash." PETA wants to leave the tombstone up for a month.
Here's the rest of Waples' email to TxDOT:
"This tribute will let commuters in Texas, where menus are overrun by fried and barbecued meats, know that the best way to prevent tragedies such as this one is to go vegan, because chickens, cows, turkeys, and pigs shouldn't have to make terrifying trips to slaughterhouses at all. After spending their entire short lives mired in waste on factory farms, chickens are crammed into trucks and hauled in all weather extremes without food, water, or veterinary care, just so that they can be eaten. Erecting PETA's memorial would also be a surefire way to make the roads safer for everyone by reminding tractor-trailer drivers of their responsibility to the thousands of animals they haul every year as well as to the motorists whose lives are endangered when a tractor-trailer crashes.
I hope to hear from you soon about how we can work together to erect the memorial in accordance with state guidelines. Thank you for your consideration."
We're not sure PETA's not-so-subtle jab at Texans' diet will go over so well with the folks at TxDOT. The Chron reports that this isn't the first time PETA has asked for roadside memorials for dead animals, either. So far, it's succeeded in installing only one such memorial -- in Madison, Wisconsin, where permission wasn't needed.
Thursday, October 09, 2014
WHY CAN’T COPS CONTROL THEIR TEMPERS?
A recent NYPD case, in which one officer punched a 16-year-old black youth in the face and another cop slugged him in the mouth with his gun, would never have happened had the officers controlled their tempers
On October 2, NY Police Commissioner Bill Bratton told a meeting of NYPD brass that the department must fire the brutal, racist, corrupt and incompetent cops that are “poisoning the well” for the rest of NY’s finest. The talk given to 800 of NYPD’s top cops was well publicized.
DNAinfo New York reports that on August 29, cops chased 16-year-old Kahreem Tribble down a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. After a brief time, he stops running and turns around to face the cops. Surveillance footage shows Tyrane Isaac, the first cop to reach the youth, threw a punch at the face that missed as the youth was able to duck under it. Tribble then raised his hands in surrender, but David Afanador, the next cop to reach him, slugged him in the mouth with his gun. Afanador then leaves Isaac alone to handcuff Tribble as he retraces his steps to retrieve a canvas bag the youth had discarded. But before Isaac handcuffed Tribble, he punched the youth and threw him down on his stomach. Afanador then returns and is shown on the video smacking Tribble with the bag.
Isaac and Afanador explain that at 2:30 a.m., while they and officer Christopher Mastoros were on patrol as anti-crime cops, the trio spotted Tribble peering into the window of a parked mini-van. When they stopped and got out of their patrol car, the youth took off running, tossing away a small black canvas bag along the way. Afanador drew his gun during the chase because he was worried that Tribble could be armed.
The canvas bag contained 17 small packets of pot. Tribble, who suffered a broken tooth and a chipped tooth, as well as bruises, was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and disorderly conduct. During his arraignment he pled guilty and was released.
Afanador has been suspended without pay. Isaac was placed on modified duty, stripped of his badge and gun. Both are now facing criminal charges. Mastoros is facing departmental charges for not stopping the assault on Tribble. All three cops are nine year veterans.
Patrick Lynch, the police union president, came to the defense of the three cops, claiming that the video does not tell the entire tale. He said, “As usual, the video fails to capture the offense that resulted in police action or the lengthy foot pursuit that culminated in the arrest. Situations like this one happen in real time under great stress. It’s very easy to be judgmental in the comfort of an office while sitting in front of a video screen."
Amy Rameau, Tribble’s lawyer, says "My client was minding his own business and they decided to chase him for no reason. Their account is concocted to justify what they did, to cover their asses, to legitimize their criminal conduct." She intends to file a federal civil rights lawsuit against the NYPD and the three officers.
Union president Lynch’s standard response to incidents like this simply will not fly. This is clearly a case in which the cops got pissed off because Tribble had the audacity to run from them, forcing them to give chase. There can be no other explanation.
In 1829 the father of modern policing, Sir Robert Peel, put forth the principle that “No quality is more indispensable to a policeman than a perfect command of temper.”
The problem with police work is that there is no amount of training about what constitutes proper and improper police behavior that can prevent the loss of temper. In this case the pissed-off cops could not stop andcount to ten because by that time the kid would have been long gone.
What with the widespread use of surveillance cameras and the proliferation of cellphone cameras, it is imperative for officers to take extra care in controlling their tempers, because if they don’t, they are likely to end up behind bars.
On October 2, NY Police Commissioner Bill Bratton told a meeting of NYPD brass that the department must fire the brutal, racist, corrupt and incompetent cops that are “poisoning the well” for the rest of NY’s finest. The talk given to 800 of NYPD’s top cops was well publicized.
DNAinfo New York reports that on August 29, cops chased 16-year-old Kahreem Tribble down a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. After a brief time, he stops running and turns around to face the cops. Surveillance footage shows Tyrane Isaac, the first cop to reach the youth, threw a punch at the face that missed as the youth was able to duck under it. Tribble then raised his hands in surrender, but David Afanador, the next cop to reach him, slugged him in the mouth with his gun. Afanador then leaves Isaac alone to handcuff Tribble as he retraces his steps to retrieve a canvas bag the youth had discarded. But before Isaac handcuffed Tribble, he punched the youth and threw him down on his stomach. Afanador then returns and is shown on the video smacking Tribble with the bag.
Isaac and Afanador explain that at 2:30 a.m., while they and officer Christopher Mastoros were on patrol as anti-crime cops, the trio spotted Tribble peering into the window of a parked mini-van. When they stopped and got out of their patrol car, the youth took off running, tossing away a small black canvas bag along the way. Afanador drew his gun during the chase because he was worried that Tribble could be armed.
The canvas bag contained 17 small packets of pot. Tribble, who suffered a broken tooth and a chipped tooth, as well as bruises, was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and disorderly conduct. During his arraignment he pled guilty and was released.
Afanador has been suspended without pay. Isaac was placed on modified duty, stripped of his badge and gun. Both are now facing criminal charges. Mastoros is facing departmental charges for not stopping the assault on Tribble. All three cops are nine year veterans.
Patrick Lynch, the police union president, came to the defense of the three cops, claiming that the video does not tell the entire tale. He said, “As usual, the video fails to capture the offense that resulted in police action or the lengthy foot pursuit that culminated in the arrest. Situations like this one happen in real time under great stress. It’s very easy to be judgmental in the comfort of an office while sitting in front of a video screen."
Amy Rameau, Tribble’s lawyer, says "My client was minding his own business and they decided to chase him for no reason. Their account is concocted to justify what they did, to cover their asses, to legitimize their criminal conduct." She intends to file a federal civil rights lawsuit against the NYPD and the three officers.
Union president Lynch’s standard response to incidents like this simply will not fly. This is clearly a case in which the cops got pissed off because Tribble had the audacity to run from them, forcing them to give chase. There can be no other explanation.
In 1829 the father of modern policing, Sir Robert Peel, put forth the principle that “No quality is more indispensable to a policeman than a perfect command of temper.”
The problem with police work is that there is no amount of training about what constitutes proper and improper police behavior that can prevent the loss of temper. In this case the pissed-off cops could not stop andcount to ten because by that time the kid would have been long gone.
What with the widespread use of surveillance cameras and the proliferation of cellphone cameras, it is imperative for officers to take extra care in controlling their tempers, because if they don’t, they are likely to end up behind bars.
NAMES OF ACCUSED RAPISTS SHOULD BE PROTECTED UNTIL THAT ACCUSATION HAS BEEN PROVED
While the names of rape victims are protected from disclosure, that is not the case with those accused of rape. Even when the rape accusation has been proved to be absolutely false, the accused’s reputation has been ruined.
THE TAWANA TRUTH
By Marilyn Penn
politicalmavens.com
October 8, 2014
A black woman accuses a prominent white lawyer of rape. The anonymity of the woman is protected as is that of the law enforcement official who speaks with reporters. Although no charges have yet been filed, the lawyer’s name and picture are splashed across the pages of the Daily News, the New York Post and the NY Times. The headline screams rape claim, and even though this man may turn out to be the innocent one in this incident, it is the woman whose reputation is protected. The assault is said to have taken place following a birthday party for Al Sharpton at which both individuals were guests. Mr Sharpton, who came to national prominence (and disgrace) with the Tawana Brawley case, had the insouciance to state “My heart is with both of them that the truth come out.” (NY Times 10/6)
In the Brawley case, the truth did eventually come out but that never deterred Al Sharpton from continuing to defend Ms. Brawley, insisting that in fact, the truth didn’t matter. The besmirching of Stephen Pagones who went from being an exemplary Asst. D.A. to a racist white rapist required a grand jury to peruse 6,000 pages of testimony before they concluded that all of Ms. Brawley’s accusations against Pagones and 5 other white men were a hoax concocted by a young black woman to avoid her feared stepfather’s violence. This non-rape occured in 1987 and here we are in 2014, still allowing people’s reputations to be irrevocably damaged before they are found guilty of anything. Al Sharpton has become the confidant of the most illustrious politicians in the democratic party. Hailed as the kingmaker in the election of De Blasio, he not only has the mayor’s attention and support but has wangled his former employee into a specially created job of assistant to the mayor’s wife to the tune of a $170,000 annual taxpayer-funded salary. Despite Rachel Noerdlinger’s failure to disclose that her live-in boyfriend was a convicted killer among other criminal misdeeds, she was neither fired nor censured for lying on the background check forms she was required to fill out. Sharpton has spoken out in her support, claiming that what her boyfriend did and says should have no bearing on Ms. Noerdlinger’s ability to do her job. But what about her willful decision to omit telling the “truth?”
The truth is that names of accused rapists should be protected until that designation has been proved. Just as criminals are not allowed to profit from accounts of their crimes, the media should not be allowed to profit from destroying someone’s name and standing in the community under the guise of reporting the news. Selective shielding of self-reported victims while trashing those whom they may falsely accuse is blatantly unfair and discriminatory. Perhaps the Reverend Sharpton who professes love of truth will consider urging the politicians in his pocket to campaign for laws that will truly and equally protect the innocent.
THE TAWANA TRUTH
By Marilyn Penn
politicalmavens.com
October 8, 2014
A black woman accuses a prominent white lawyer of rape. The anonymity of the woman is protected as is that of the law enforcement official who speaks with reporters. Although no charges have yet been filed, the lawyer’s name and picture are splashed across the pages of the Daily News, the New York Post and the NY Times. The headline screams rape claim, and even though this man may turn out to be the innocent one in this incident, it is the woman whose reputation is protected. The assault is said to have taken place following a birthday party for Al Sharpton at which both individuals were guests. Mr Sharpton, who came to national prominence (and disgrace) with the Tawana Brawley case, had the insouciance to state “My heart is with both of them that the truth come out.” (NY Times 10/6)
In the Brawley case, the truth did eventually come out but that never deterred Al Sharpton from continuing to defend Ms. Brawley, insisting that in fact, the truth didn’t matter. The besmirching of Stephen Pagones who went from being an exemplary Asst. D.A. to a racist white rapist required a grand jury to peruse 6,000 pages of testimony before they concluded that all of Ms. Brawley’s accusations against Pagones and 5 other white men were a hoax concocted by a young black woman to avoid her feared stepfather’s violence. This non-rape occured in 1987 and here we are in 2014, still allowing people’s reputations to be irrevocably damaged before they are found guilty of anything. Al Sharpton has become the confidant of the most illustrious politicians in the democratic party. Hailed as the kingmaker in the election of De Blasio, he not only has the mayor’s attention and support but has wangled his former employee into a specially created job of assistant to the mayor’s wife to the tune of a $170,000 annual taxpayer-funded salary. Despite Rachel Noerdlinger’s failure to disclose that her live-in boyfriend was a convicted killer among other criminal misdeeds, she was neither fired nor censured for lying on the background check forms she was required to fill out. Sharpton has spoken out in her support, claiming that what her boyfriend did and says should have no bearing on Ms. Noerdlinger’s ability to do her job. But what about her willful decision to omit telling the “truth?”
The truth is that names of accused rapists should be protected until that designation has been proved. Just as criminals are not allowed to profit from accounts of their crimes, the media should not be allowed to profit from destroying someone’s name and standing in the community under the guise of reporting the news. Selective shielding of self-reported victims while trashing those whom they may falsely accuse is blatantly unfair and discriminatory. Perhaps the Reverend Sharpton who professes love of truth will consider urging the politicians in his pocket to campaign for laws that will truly and equally protect the innocent.
AUSSIE PM FED UP WITH IMMIGRANT TROUBLEMAKERS
Tony Abbott wants to “red-card” people who want to come to Australia from overseas to peddle their extremist ideology, to divide Australian from Australian, and to give implicit, if not explicit support for terrorism
Apparently Australia has been experiencing some internal problems with immigrants, particularly with Muslim immigrants, and he wants to bar troublemakers from entering the country. Dorina Lisson sent me the following report.
PM WANTS TO CHANGE LAWS TO BAN RADICAL GROUPS SUCH AS HIZB UT-TAHRIR
Tony Abbott has pledged to “red-card” hate preachers from entering Australia, but has admitted his government can’t yet ban the radical group Hizb ut-Tahrir
news.com.au
October 8, 2014
The Prime Minister this morning said the government is unable, under existing law, to proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation.
“We’ve looked at banning them, but we were advised under exisiting law we can’t do it,” he told 2GB Radio.
But Mr Abbott said a change to the law, that he hopes comes into force by the end of the year, will make it an offence to also promote terrorism, “not just to engage in terrorism”.
“Then I suppose we have to have another look at Hizb ut-Tahrir to see whether they fall under the definition of promoting terrorism.
“But there is no doubt they are an organisation that campaigns against Australian values, that campaigns against Australian interests and they are a thoroughly objectionable organisation.”
Mr Abbott later conceded there are already powers to ban people from entering Australia, but he said the “important thing is to use them”.
“Over the years there have been all sorts of people come in to this country to cause trouble, to make a nuisance of themselves, to stir up Australian against Australian and as far as I am concerned, this will stop,” he told reporters in Sydney.
“I say to people who want to come to this country from overseas to peddle their extremist ideology, to divide Australian from Australian, to give implicit, if not explicit support for terrorism, don’t bother applying.
“Don’t try to come.”
The Prime Minister said there needs to be “better coordination” between agencies so the Immigration Department can refuse visas.
Mr Abbott said the action he wants to take “swiftly” in the meantime is “put in place a system whereby these preachers of hate ... are not allowed into Australia.”
“By all means let Australians who want to say stupid things say stupid things, but there’s no point importing trouble-makers from overseas to stir people up and that’s what I want to see in place very, very swiftly.
“What they are promoting is the ideology which spawns terrorism and frankly it is absolutley and utterly unacceptable.”
The headline speaker at a public lecture organised by the group in Lakemba in south-western Sydney on Friday night was an example of such a preacher, Mr Abbott said, while admitting to being “frustrated and angry”.
“America has initiated yet another war, rounding up its puppets and allies to attack the Syrian revolution, while using intervention in Iraq as a convenient excuse,” it says with an invitation on the group’s website.
“Why, after three years of waiting, has America chosen this action now?
“What is the politics and reality behind this renewed war and what does it aim to achieve?
“How should Muslims respond as America attacks the most potent uprising in the Muslim world in the last century: the revolution of Syria?”
Apparently Australia has been experiencing some internal problems with immigrants, particularly with Muslim immigrants, and he wants to bar troublemakers from entering the country. Dorina Lisson sent me the following report.
PM WANTS TO CHANGE LAWS TO BAN RADICAL GROUPS SUCH AS HIZB UT-TAHRIR
Tony Abbott has pledged to “red-card” hate preachers from entering Australia, but has admitted his government can’t yet ban the radical group Hizb ut-Tahrir
news.com.au
October 8, 2014
The Prime Minister this morning said the government is unable, under existing law, to proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation.
“We’ve looked at banning them, but we were advised under exisiting law we can’t do it,” he told 2GB Radio.
But Mr Abbott said a change to the law, that he hopes comes into force by the end of the year, will make it an offence to also promote terrorism, “not just to engage in terrorism”.
“Then I suppose we have to have another look at Hizb ut-Tahrir to see whether they fall under the definition of promoting terrorism.
“But there is no doubt they are an organisation that campaigns against Australian values, that campaigns against Australian interests and they are a thoroughly objectionable organisation.”
Mr Abbott later conceded there are already powers to ban people from entering Australia, but he said the “important thing is to use them”.
“Over the years there have been all sorts of people come in to this country to cause trouble, to make a nuisance of themselves, to stir up Australian against Australian and as far as I am concerned, this will stop,” he told reporters in Sydney.
“I say to people who want to come to this country from overseas to peddle their extremist ideology, to divide Australian from Australian, to give implicit, if not explicit support for terrorism, don’t bother applying.
“Don’t try to come.”
The Prime Minister said there needs to be “better coordination” between agencies so the Immigration Department can refuse visas.
Mr Abbott said the action he wants to take “swiftly” in the meantime is “put in place a system whereby these preachers of hate ... are not allowed into Australia.”
“By all means let Australians who want to say stupid things say stupid things, but there’s no point importing trouble-makers from overseas to stir people up and that’s what I want to see in place very, very swiftly.
“What they are promoting is the ideology which spawns terrorism and frankly it is absolutley and utterly unacceptable.”
The headline speaker at a public lecture organised by the group in Lakemba in south-western Sydney on Friday night was an example of such a preacher, Mr Abbott said, while admitting to being “frustrated and angry”.
“America has initiated yet another war, rounding up its puppets and allies to attack the Syrian revolution, while using intervention in Iraq as a convenient excuse,” it says with an invitation on the group’s website.
“Why, after three years of waiting, has America chosen this action now?
“What is the politics and reality behind this renewed war and what does it aim to achieve?
“How should Muslims respond as America attacks the most potent uprising in the Muslim world in the last century: the revolution of Syria?”
PAYBACK FOR THAT TRAFFIC CITATION
The Unconventional Gazette
October 8, 2014
A police officer was rushed to the hospital with an inflamed appendix. The doctors operated and advised him that all was well. However, he kept feeling something pulling at his crotch hairs.
Worried that he might have had a second surgery that the doctors hadn't told him about, he finally got enough courage to pull his hospital gown up so he could see what was making him so uncomfortable.
Taped firmly across his pubic hair and genitals were three very wide strips of heavy duty Gorilla Tape, the duct tape that doesn't come off easily... if at all.
Written on the Gorilla Tape in bold black letters was the sentence:
"Get well soon, from the nurse in the red Ford Mustang you pulled over and cited last week."
October 8, 2014
A police officer was rushed to the hospital with an inflamed appendix. The doctors operated and advised him that all was well. However, he kept feeling something pulling at his crotch hairs.
Worried that he might have had a second surgery that the doctors hadn't told him about, he finally got enough courage to pull his hospital gown up so he could see what was making him so uncomfortable.
Taped firmly across his pubic hair and genitals were three very wide strips of heavy duty Gorilla Tape, the duct tape that doesn't come off easily... if at all.
Written on the Gorilla Tape in bold black letters was the sentence:
"Get well soon, from the nurse in the red Ford Mustang you pulled over and cited last week."
WOMAN STOPS GRIZZLY BEAR ATTACK WITH .25 CALIBER PISTOL
The Unconventional Gazette
October 8, 2014
This is a story of self-control and marksmanship. A woman survived a grizzly bear attack with one well-placed shot from her itsy bitsy .25 caliber Beretta Jetfire pistol.
These are her own words.:
While out hiking in Alberta Canada with my husband, we were surprised when a huge grizzly bear came charging at us out of nowhere. She must have been protecting her cubs because she was extremely aggressive.
If I had not had my little Beretta Jetfire I would not be here today! I yanked it out of my purse and fired one shot. It hit my husband in his kneecap and the bear caught him easily. While the grizzly mauled the poor cripple, I was able to escape by just walking away at a brisk pace.
I love that pistol. I'll find another husband.
October 8, 2014
This is a story of self-control and marksmanship. A woman survived a grizzly bear attack with one well-placed shot from her itsy bitsy .25 caliber Beretta Jetfire pistol.
These are her own words.:
While out hiking in Alberta Canada with my husband, we were surprised when a huge grizzly bear came charging at us out of nowhere. She must have been protecting her cubs because she was extremely aggressive.
If I had not had my little Beretta Jetfire I would not be here today! I yanked it out of my purse and fired one shot. It hit my husband in his kneecap and the bear caught him easily. While the grizzly mauled the poor cripple, I was able to escape by just walking away at a brisk pace.
I love that pistol. I'll find another husband.
Wednesday, October 08, 2014
COLORADO GOVERNOR REGRETS LEGALIZATION OF POT
John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, says Colorado voters were reckless in legalizing pot
During a debate on Monday with his Republican challenger, Colorado’s Democratic governor John Hickenlooper said voters were reckless in voting to legalize marijuana before knowing what the consequences would be.
Hickenlooper also said that other states should think long and hard before legalizing pot because legalization increases youth access to the drug.
Hickenlooper opposed the legalization of recreational pot at the time the measure was proposed.
Oregon and Alaska, are you listening?
During a debate on Monday with his Republican challenger, Colorado’s Democratic governor John Hickenlooper said voters were reckless in voting to legalize marijuana before knowing what the consequences would be.
Hickenlooper also said that other states should think long and hard before legalizing pot because legalization increases youth access to the drug.
Hickenlooper opposed the legalization of recreational pot at the time the measure was proposed.
Oregon and Alaska, are you listening?
IF POT IS NOT ADDICTIVE THEN NEITHER IS HEROIN
A 20 year study destroys the claim that pot, as President Obama exclaimed, is less harmful than alcohol
A 20 year study by a team led by Professor Wayne Hall, a drug adviser to the World Health Organization, found cannabis is highly addictive, causes mental health problems and opens the door to hard drugs.
According to Mail Online, the study built a “compelling case against those who deny the devastation cannabis wreaks on the brain.”
The study found:
One in six teenagers who regularly smoke the drug become dependent on it.
Cannabis doubles the risk of developing psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia.
Cannabis users do worse at school. Heavy use in adolescence appears to impair intellectual development.
One in ten adults who regularly smoke the drug become dependent on it and those who use it are more likely to go on to use harder drugs.
Driving after smoking cannabis doubles the risk of a car crash, a risk which increases substantially if the driver has also had a drink.
Smoking it while pregnant reduces the baby's birth weight.
Hall, a professor of addiction policy at King's College in London, said “If cannabis is not addictive then neither is heroin.”
I know that the proponents of pot are going to debunk Professor Hall’s findings, but the undisputable fact is that there are a number of other credible studies that have come up with similar results. And the DEA has in hand a fistful of studies that found medical marijuana to be a worthless therapeutic drug.
Obama has told Americans that marijuana is less dangerous than alcohol. Professor Hall’s study has exposed President Obama for what he is ... another Columbia and Harvard educated idiot.
A 20 year study by a team led by Professor Wayne Hall, a drug adviser to the World Health Organization, found cannabis is highly addictive, causes mental health problems and opens the door to hard drugs.
According to Mail Online, the study built a “compelling case against those who deny the devastation cannabis wreaks on the brain.”
The study found:
One in six teenagers who regularly smoke the drug become dependent on it.
Cannabis doubles the risk of developing psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia.
Cannabis users do worse at school. Heavy use in adolescence appears to impair intellectual development.
One in ten adults who regularly smoke the drug become dependent on it and those who use it are more likely to go on to use harder drugs.
Driving after smoking cannabis doubles the risk of a car crash, a risk which increases substantially if the driver has also had a drink.
Smoking it while pregnant reduces the baby's birth weight.
Hall, a professor of addiction policy at King's College in London, said “If cannabis is not addictive then neither is heroin.”
I know that the proponents of pot are going to debunk Professor Hall’s findings, but the undisputable fact is that there are a number of other credible studies that have come up with similar results. And the DEA has in hand a fistful of studies that found medical marijuana to be a worthless therapeutic drug.
Obama has told Americans that marijuana is less dangerous than alcohol. Professor Hall’s study has exposed President Obama for what he is ... another Columbia and Harvard educated idiot.
ISRAEL IS THE ONLY PLACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST WHERE CHRISTIANS ARE SAFE
Father Gabriel Naddaf, a Christian Pries, tells the U.N. Human Rights Committee to “end your witch hunt of the only free country in the region”
In addressing the U.N. Human Rights Committee, a perpetual critic of Israel, Father Gabriel Naddaf was speaking to deaf ears.
CHRISTIAN PRIEST TO U.N.: STOP THE WITCH HUNT AGAINST ISRAEL
By Ryan Jones
Israel Today
October 7, 2014
While Middle East Muslim leaders were gathered at UN Headquarters in New York late last month to lambast Israel, a local Christian cleric was addressing a different UN forum - the Human Rights Committee in Geneva - to set the record straight on freedom for minorities in the Jewish state.
“Every five minutes, a Christian is killed in the Middle East because of his faith,” noted Father Gabriel Naddaf before a largely unsympathetic audience.
The UN Human Rights Committee has made a habit out of focusing disproportionate attention on any and all claims of misbehavior by Israel, all in service to its favorite pet project, the Palestinian nationalist cause.
But Father Naddaf, who had been invited to speak by “The Face of Israel” organization, was not deterred, declaring boldly that “Israel is the only place in the Middle East where Christians are safe.”
The cleric from Nazareth continued by insisting that “leaders of people, seekers of peace, end your witch hunt of the only free country in the region.”
Father Naddaf pointed out the hypocrisy of those who claim to champion the weak and dispossessed, and then turn around and defame Israel.
“It is time the world woke up to the fact that those who want to destroy the Jewish state are signing the death warrant on the last free Christians in the Holy Land,” he said, reminding those gathered that Christians and other minorities across the Middle East are today living under Muslim persecution unprecedented in modern times.
Father Naddaf is the spiritual leader of a growing movement in Israel that encourages young Christians to voluntarily join the Israeli army as a first step toward fully integrating into Israeli society.
The Israeli Christian Recruitment Forum sees national service as a duty for all who would claim the rights of citizens, and increasingly recognizes the strong historical and spiritual ties between the region’s indigenous Christian population and the Jewish people.
In addressing the U.N. Human Rights Committee, a perpetual critic of Israel, Father Gabriel Naddaf was speaking to deaf ears.
CHRISTIAN PRIEST TO U.N.: STOP THE WITCH HUNT AGAINST ISRAEL
By Ryan Jones
Israel Today
October 7, 2014
While Middle East Muslim leaders were gathered at UN Headquarters in New York late last month to lambast Israel, a local Christian cleric was addressing a different UN forum - the Human Rights Committee in Geneva - to set the record straight on freedom for minorities in the Jewish state.
“Every five minutes, a Christian is killed in the Middle East because of his faith,” noted Father Gabriel Naddaf before a largely unsympathetic audience.
The UN Human Rights Committee has made a habit out of focusing disproportionate attention on any and all claims of misbehavior by Israel, all in service to its favorite pet project, the Palestinian nationalist cause.
But Father Naddaf, who had been invited to speak by “The Face of Israel” organization, was not deterred, declaring boldly that “Israel is the only place in the Middle East where Christians are safe.”
The cleric from Nazareth continued by insisting that “leaders of people, seekers of peace, end your witch hunt of the only free country in the region.”
Father Naddaf pointed out the hypocrisy of those who claim to champion the weak and dispossessed, and then turn around and defame Israel.
“It is time the world woke up to the fact that those who want to destroy the Jewish state are signing the death warrant on the last free Christians in the Holy Land,” he said, reminding those gathered that Christians and other minorities across the Middle East are today living under Muslim persecution unprecedented in modern times.
Father Naddaf is the spiritual leader of a growing movement in Israel that encourages young Christians to voluntarily join the Israeli army as a first step toward fully integrating into Israeli society.
The Israeli Christian Recruitment Forum sees national service as a duty for all who would claim the rights of citizens, and increasingly recognizes the strong historical and spiritual ties between the region’s indigenous Christian population and the Jewish people.
SPANISH DOG SENTENCED TO DEATH BECAUSE MASTER CONTRACTED EBOLA
Husband of nurse who is hospitalized with Ebola, and animal welfare groups, fight to keep Excalibur alive
It seems to me that Spanish health officials were afflicted with a knee-jerk panic attack when they ordered that Excalibur be put down. Thousands of people have come to the defense of the condemned animal.
DON’T SACRIFICE OUR DOG! HUSBAND OF SPANISH NURSE INFECTED WITH EBOLA ATTACKS HEALTH CHIEFS FOR GETTING COURT ORDER TO PUT THEIR DOG DOWN
Mail Online
October 7, 2014
Last night the pet dog at the centre of a growing Ebola row in Spain took a new twist as it emerged its owner had ceded possession to an animal welfare group which is now trying to save it.
Health chiefs in Madrid obtained a court order to sacrifice Excalibur and sent police to the home of nurse Teresa Romero Ramos, who has been diagnosed with the deadly disease, and her husband Javier Limon Romero.
They were understood to be planning to gain entry to the property in the Madrid suburb of Alcorcon last night so they could take it away and put it down.
But a lawyer working for Madrid-based animal welfare group Mascoteros Solidarios rushed to the couple's flat to try to prevent the animal sacrifice.
The move came after Javier, who has been quarantined in a Madrid hospital with his wife, handed his pet dog over to the organisation's president Carlos Rodriguez, a vet and well-known radio presenter in Spain.
The association confirmed in a press release tonight: 'Teresa Romero's husband Javier, has ceded the custody of his dog to Carlos Rodriguez through a WhatsApp message while he is in Carlos III Hospital in Madrid.
'The dog, Excalibur, is currently inside the family home in Alcorcon. Several animal welfare groups and private individuals have mobilised following Javier's message over social networking sites about the plans to sacrifice the animal.'
Thousands of people had last night signed an online petition to save the dog.
Mascoteros Solidarios spokesman Beatriz Ramos said: 'We're not suggesting doing anything that endangers public health.
'All we want is for the authorities to consider the option of treating this animal like a human being and putting it into quarantine.
'This dog has been interacting with other animals over the past few days who in turn will have have been interacting with their owners.
'It's something that needs to be studied and we don't believe that just putting the animal down is the answer.'
Madrid health chiefs said the animal was a health risk and could transmit the Ebola virus to humans.
They said in a statement: 'The only way of eliminating the existing risk of the transmission of the illness is by putting the animal which has been in contact with the virus to sleep.'
Earloier today Javier, who lives in the Madrid suburb of Alcorcon, raged: 'Before leaving hospital I left several buckets of water out for it as well as filling the bath with water, along with a 15 kilo sack of food.
'I also left the door to the terrace open so it could do it necessities.'
He added: 'It seems unfair to me that because of a mistake they've made, they want to solve this the easy way.
'A dog doesn't have to infect a person and vice versa.
'If this problem worries them so much I think they should look for another type of alternative solution, such as putting the dog in quarantine and observation like they've done with me. Or perhaps they feel they should sacrifice me just in case. Of course a dog is easier, it doesn't matter as much.'
It seems to me that Spanish health officials were afflicted with a knee-jerk panic attack when they ordered that Excalibur be put down. Thousands of people have come to the defense of the condemned animal.
DON’T SACRIFICE OUR DOG! HUSBAND OF SPANISH NURSE INFECTED WITH EBOLA ATTACKS HEALTH CHIEFS FOR GETTING COURT ORDER TO PUT THEIR DOG DOWN
Mail Online
October 7, 2014
Last night the pet dog at the centre of a growing Ebola row in Spain took a new twist as it emerged its owner had ceded possession to an animal welfare group which is now trying to save it.
Health chiefs in Madrid obtained a court order to sacrifice Excalibur and sent police to the home of nurse Teresa Romero Ramos, who has been diagnosed with the deadly disease, and her husband Javier Limon Romero.
They were understood to be planning to gain entry to the property in the Madrid suburb of Alcorcon last night so they could take it away and put it down.
But a lawyer working for Madrid-based animal welfare group Mascoteros Solidarios rushed to the couple's flat to try to prevent the animal sacrifice.
The move came after Javier, who has been quarantined in a Madrid hospital with his wife, handed his pet dog over to the organisation's president Carlos Rodriguez, a vet and well-known radio presenter in Spain.
The association confirmed in a press release tonight: 'Teresa Romero's husband Javier, has ceded the custody of his dog to Carlos Rodriguez through a WhatsApp message while he is in Carlos III Hospital in Madrid.
'The dog, Excalibur, is currently inside the family home in Alcorcon. Several animal welfare groups and private individuals have mobilised following Javier's message over social networking sites about the plans to sacrifice the animal.'
Thousands of people had last night signed an online petition to save the dog.
Mascoteros Solidarios spokesman Beatriz Ramos said: 'We're not suggesting doing anything that endangers public health.
'All we want is for the authorities to consider the option of treating this animal like a human being and putting it into quarantine.
'This dog has been interacting with other animals over the past few days who in turn will have have been interacting with their owners.
'It's something that needs to be studied and we don't believe that just putting the animal down is the answer.'
Madrid health chiefs said the animal was a health risk and could transmit the Ebola virus to humans.
They said in a statement: 'The only way of eliminating the existing risk of the transmission of the illness is by putting the animal which has been in contact with the virus to sleep.'
Earloier today Javier, who lives in the Madrid suburb of Alcorcon, raged: 'Before leaving hospital I left several buckets of water out for it as well as filling the bath with water, along with a 15 kilo sack of food.
'I also left the door to the terrace open so it could do it necessities.'
He added: 'It seems unfair to me that because of a mistake they've made, they want to solve this the easy way.
'A dog doesn't have to infect a person and vice versa.
'If this problem worries them so much I think they should look for another type of alternative solution, such as putting the dog in quarantine and observation like they've done with me. Or perhaps they feel they should sacrifice me just in case. Of course a dog is easier, it doesn't matter as much.'
MEXICAN CARTEL THREATENS TO NAME CORRUPT POLITICIANS
Guerreros Unidos threatens to reveal the names of politicians who supported their criminal activities if the federal and state authorities don’t release 22 municipal cops imprisoned for the massacre of 17 anti-cartel vigilantes
It appears as though the criminal cartels regard crooked cops as way more valuable than crooked politicians.
GUERREROS UNIDOS: NARCO BANNERS APPEAR DEMANDING RELEASE OF 22 MUNICIPAL POLICE
Borderland Beat
October 6, 2014
Members of Guerreros Unidos placed banners in the town of Iguala demanding that the state government release 22 municipal police prisoners, held for the slaughter of normalistas from Ayotzinapa.
The members of the criminal group warned that if the government does not release the police, they will reveal the names of the politicians who support their criminal activities.
Official reports state that this morning several banners were placed with the following message:
"Federal and state government and all those who supported us - we demand the release of the 22 policemen arrested. We give you 24 hours to release them. If not released, you'll face the consequences. We'll start giving the names of people in government who supported us - the war has started... sincerely: GU "(sic).
The banners were removed by soldiers from 27th Infantry Battalion.
This comes a day after theAttorney General for Guerrero, Iñaky Blanco Cabrera, said municipal police and hitmen for the Guerreros Unidos cartel detained and executed 17 normalistas Ayotzinapa.
It appears as though the criminal cartels regard crooked cops as way more valuable than crooked politicians.
GUERREROS UNIDOS: NARCO BANNERS APPEAR DEMANDING RELEASE OF 22 MUNICIPAL POLICE
Borderland Beat
October 6, 2014
Members of Guerreros Unidos placed banners in the town of Iguala demanding that the state government release 22 municipal police prisoners, held for the slaughter of normalistas from Ayotzinapa.
The members of the criminal group warned that if the government does not release the police, they will reveal the names of the politicians who support their criminal activities.
Official reports state that this morning several banners were placed with the following message:
"Federal and state government and all those who supported us - we demand the release of the 22 policemen arrested. We give you 24 hours to release them. If not released, you'll face the consequences. We'll start giving the names of people in government who supported us - the war has started... sincerely: GU "(sic).
The banners were removed by soldiers from 27th Infantry Battalion.
This comes a day after theAttorney General for Guerrero, Iñaky Blanco Cabrera, said municipal police and hitmen for the Guerreros Unidos cartel detained and executed 17 normalistas Ayotzinapa.
DOUG BEQUEATHED EVERYTHING TO HIS WIFE AND KIDS
The Unconventional Gazette
October 7, 2014
Doug Smith is on his deathbed and knows the end is near.
His nurse, his wife, his daughter and 2 sons, are with him.
He asks for 2 witnesses to be present and a camcorder be in place to record his last wishes, and when all is ready he begins to speak:
My son, "Bernie, I want you to take the Mayfair houses."
My daughter "Sybil, you take the apartments over in the east end."
My son, "Jamie, I want you to take the offices over in the City Centre."
"Sarah, my dear wife, please take all the residential buildings on the banks of the river."
The nurse and witnesses are blown away as they did not realize his extensive holdings, and as Doug slips away, the nurse says, "Mrs. Smith, your husband must have been such a hard-working man to have accumulated all this property".
Sarah replies, "Property ? .... the asshole had a paper route.
October 7, 2014
Doug Smith is on his deathbed and knows the end is near.
His nurse, his wife, his daughter and 2 sons, are with him.
He asks for 2 witnesses to be present and a camcorder be in place to record his last wishes, and when all is ready he begins to speak:
My son, "Bernie, I want you to take the Mayfair houses."
My daughter "Sybil, you take the apartments over in the east end."
My son, "Jamie, I want you to take the offices over in the City Centre."
"Sarah, my dear wife, please take all the residential buildings on the banks of the river."
The nurse and witnesses are blown away as they did not realize his extensive holdings, and as Doug slips away, the nurse says, "Mrs. Smith, your husband must have been such a hard-working man to have accumulated all this property".
Sarah replies, "Property ? .... the asshole had a paper route.
Tuesday, October 07, 2014
CIA WARNS OF DIABOLICAL ISIS EBOLA PLOT
President Obama announces that the CIA has uncovered an ISIS plot to spread Ebola throughout the U.S. and Britain
By Ura Schlemiel, White House correspondent
The Unconventional Gazette
October 6, 2014
Newsflash: At a hastily called press conference, President Obama, flanked by the heads of the CIA, Homeland Security, the FBI and ICE, announced that the CIA has uncovered a plot by ISIS to spread Ebola throughout this country and Britain. The president said the purpose of this press conference is to warn all Americans of this potential threat and to assure them that their government is doing everything possible to thwart this plot. He said that because they only learned of this plot a few minutes ago, no questions would be allowed.
Obama said, “I am putting this country into a crisis mode and ordering Homeland Security, the FBI and ICE to immediately put in place procedures that will keep ISIS from carrying out this diabolical plot. CIA Director John Brennan will explain.”
Brennan: “Our agents have learned from very reliable sources in Syria that ISIS will recruit Africans in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia that have been in intimate contact with Ebola victims and exposed to their body fluids. They will pay each recruit $1,000 and give them airline tickets to fly to America and Britain with the goal of having them spread the deadly disease throughout the two countries. The Africans will be provided with fake passports and visas, and take surreptitious routes to disguise their points of origin. Since the incubation period usually takes around 21 days, they will be able to fly without showing any Ebola symptoms. Now I’ll turn this over to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson.”
Johnson: “I have ordered FBI Director James Comey and acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Thomas S. Winkowski to spare no expense in stopping ISIS operatives from infiltrating the homeland. I am confident that they will be successful in keeping our country Ebola free. Here is Director Comey.”
Comey: “At this moment we are establishing a special task force of 1,000 of our best FBI agents to find, arrest and isolate any of these Ebola-exposed Africans should they slip by ICE and succeed in entering the U.S. These agents will be ordered to shoot to kill any of these individuals should they attempt to avoid arrest. We believe those shooting will not violate and constitutional guarantees because these individuals present a serious and imminent threat to the public. Now I’ll turn this over to Director Winkowski.”
Winkowski: ”All our agents have been put on special alert to catch any African who might possibly have been exposed to Ebola from entering the United States. They are specially trained to detect any fake passports and to ascertain whether or not any Africans began their journey from Guinea, Sierra Leone or Liberia. I am confident that we will succeed, but in the rare event that one of these Ebola-exposed individuals should get by us, the FBI will be our backup. Mr. President, I’ll turn this back over to you.”
Obama: “As I said, we will take no questions. This ends our conference. Thank you ladies and gentlemen.”
TUG contacted civil rights leader Al Sharpton, the President’s go-to-guy on black issues, to get his thoughts on the ISIS plot.
Sharpton: “I don’t for half-a-second believe the CIA. That’s the same group that told us Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. This is nothing more than a plot by whites to suppress and kill blacks. I am most upset with President Obama for going along with this farce. He’s supposed to consult with me on any black issues. I can’t believe he didn’t call me on this before he held that press conference. This will energize our Action Network members to stop the FBI and ICE from carrying out their racist measures.”
TUG will keep on top this breaking story for any new developments.
By Ura Schlemiel, White House correspondent
The Unconventional Gazette
October 6, 2014
Newsflash: At a hastily called press conference, President Obama, flanked by the heads of the CIA, Homeland Security, the FBI and ICE, announced that the CIA has uncovered a plot by ISIS to spread Ebola throughout this country and Britain. The president said the purpose of this press conference is to warn all Americans of this potential threat and to assure them that their government is doing everything possible to thwart this plot. He said that because they only learned of this plot a few minutes ago, no questions would be allowed.
Obama said, “I am putting this country into a crisis mode and ordering Homeland Security, the FBI and ICE to immediately put in place procedures that will keep ISIS from carrying out this diabolical plot. CIA Director John Brennan will explain.”
Brennan: “Our agents have learned from very reliable sources in Syria that ISIS will recruit Africans in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia that have been in intimate contact with Ebola victims and exposed to their body fluids. They will pay each recruit $1,000 and give them airline tickets to fly to America and Britain with the goal of having them spread the deadly disease throughout the two countries. The Africans will be provided with fake passports and visas, and take surreptitious routes to disguise their points of origin. Since the incubation period usually takes around 21 days, they will be able to fly without showing any Ebola symptoms. Now I’ll turn this over to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson.”
Johnson: “I have ordered FBI Director James Comey and acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Thomas S. Winkowski to spare no expense in stopping ISIS operatives from infiltrating the homeland. I am confident that they will be successful in keeping our country Ebola free. Here is Director Comey.”
Comey: “At this moment we are establishing a special task force of 1,000 of our best FBI agents to find, arrest and isolate any of these Ebola-exposed Africans should they slip by ICE and succeed in entering the U.S. These agents will be ordered to shoot to kill any of these individuals should they attempt to avoid arrest. We believe those shooting will not violate and constitutional guarantees because these individuals present a serious and imminent threat to the public. Now I’ll turn this over to Director Winkowski.”
Winkowski: ”All our agents have been put on special alert to catch any African who might possibly have been exposed to Ebola from entering the United States. They are specially trained to detect any fake passports and to ascertain whether or not any Africans began their journey from Guinea, Sierra Leone or Liberia. I am confident that we will succeed, but in the rare event that one of these Ebola-exposed individuals should get by us, the FBI will be our backup. Mr. President, I’ll turn this back over to you.”
Obama: “As I said, we will take no questions. This ends our conference. Thank you ladies and gentlemen.”
TUG contacted civil rights leader Al Sharpton, the President’s go-to-guy on black issues, to get his thoughts on the ISIS plot.
Sharpton: “I don’t for half-a-second believe the CIA. That’s the same group that told us Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. This is nothing more than a plot by whites to suppress and kill blacks. I am most upset with President Obama for going along with this farce. He’s supposed to consult with me on any black issues. I can’t believe he didn’t call me on this before he held that press conference. This will energize our Action Network members to stop the FBI and ICE from carrying out their racist measures.”
TUG will keep on top this breaking story for any new developments.
TSA SPREAD ASHES TO KEEP US SAFE
A mother’s ashes destined to be spread in the Caribbean Sea, were spread instead by TSA agents throughout a suitcase
Shannon Thomas filed a $750,000 federal lawsuit Thursday against the Transportation Security Administration and unnamed TSA agents at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport for dumping his mother’s cremated remains throughout his suitcase.
Nearly two years ago, Thomas booked a flight from Cleveland, Ohio to Puerto Rico in order to fulfill his mother’s wish to have her ashes spread in the Caribbean Sea. He packed his suitcase with a "very heavy and sturdy" urn which had a tightly screwed on top to keep the ashes from getting spilled. He padded the urn with his clothing in order to protect it.
When he arrived in Puerto Rico he discovered that the ashes had been spread throughout the suitcase. The bag contained a TSA inspection notice. He found that the TSA agents did not screw the urn’s top back on properly.
In his lawsuit Thomas says that no one from the TSA or the U.S. government has ever issued an apology or explanation to him and the only notification he got was the inspection notice which was left inside the suitcase.
It appears as though Homeland Security is keeping us safe by hiring a bunch of dumbass TSA agents, many of them having been caught stealing valuables out of the luggage they were supposedly inspecting.
The boners pulled by the TSA are too numerous to list. They include making grandmothers in their 80s remove their shoes. TSA agents failed to recognize former Secretary of State Henri Kissinger - 89 at the time and in a wheelchair - and subjected him to a full pat-down. Children as young as four have also been given the full pat-down treatment along with those 80-smoething grannies.
Now, don’t you all feel safer knowing that Homeland Security has our backs? Oh by the way, Israeli airport security officials do not search children and the elderly unless prior intelligence requires it. For TSA to do so is a ridiculous and worthless practice designed to make the flying public feel safer.
Shannon Thomas filed a $750,000 federal lawsuit Thursday against the Transportation Security Administration and unnamed TSA agents at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport for dumping his mother’s cremated remains throughout his suitcase.
Nearly two years ago, Thomas booked a flight from Cleveland, Ohio to Puerto Rico in order to fulfill his mother’s wish to have her ashes spread in the Caribbean Sea. He packed his suitcase with a "very heavy and sturdy" urn which had a tightly screwed on top to keep the ashes from getting spilled. He padded the urn with his clothing in order to protect it.
When he arrived in Puerto Rico he discovered that the ashes had been spread throughout the suitcase. The bag contained a TSA inspection notice. He found that the TSA agents did not screw the urn’s top back on properly.
In his lawsuit Thomas says that no one from the TSA or the U.S. government has ever issued an apology or explanation to him and the only notification he got was the inspection notice which was left inside the suitcase.
It appears as though Homeland Security is keeping us safe by hiring a bunch of dumbass TSA agents, many of them having been caught stealing valuables out of the luggage they were supposedly inspecting.
The boners pulled by the TSA are too numerous to list. They include making grandmothers in their 80s remove their shoes. TSA agents failed to recognize former Secretary of State Henri Kissinger - 89 at the time and in a wheelchair - and subjected him to a full pat-down. Children as young as four have also been given the full pat-down treatment along with those 80-smoething grannies.
Now, don’t you all feel safer knowing that Homeland Security has our backs? Oh by the way, Israeli airport security officials do not search children and the elderly unless prior intelligence requires it. For TSA to do so is a ridiculous and worthless practice designed to make the flying public feel safer.
EMERGENCY VEHICLE OPERATORS FAILING TO KEEP EYES ON ROAD
Drivers distracted by information technology equipment in cop cars, fire trucks and ambulances caused at least 180 traffic collisions in California last year
According to the Los Angeles Daily News, three Southern California residents were killed by distracted emergency vehicle operators and 140 others were injured throughout the state in the last two years. At least 180 California traffic collisions were caused by operators of cop cars, fire trucks and ambulances last year. Some of the drivers at the time were talking on cellphones, but others were paying attention to information technology equipment inside the emergency vehicles, and in both instances not keeping their eyes on the road.
Of course this is a nationwide problem, not just one for California. In order to prevent such collisions, most public safety agencies prohibit the drivers of their vehicles from using cellphones while driving. As for the distractions caused by information technology equipment, several police agencies have turned to software technology that shuts down in-car computers whenever the emergency vehicle exceeds a speed of 15 mph.
Let me suggest that the number of accidents caused by emergency vehicle operators far exceeds the number reported. It’s no secret that police officers investigating traffic collisions will write up reports of accidents involving other cops, and often firefighters, in such a way as to absolve them of any blame even though they were clearly at fault.
According to the Los Angeles Daily News, three Southern California residents were killed by distracted emergency vehicle operators and 140 others were injured throughout the state in the last two years. At least 180 California traffic collisions were caused by operators of cop cars, fire trucks and ambulances last year. Some of the drivers at the time were talking on cellphones, but others were paying attention to information technology equipment inside the emergency vehicles, and in both instances not keeping their eyes on the road.
Of course this is a nationwide problem, not just one for California. In order to prevent such collisions, most public safety agencies prohibit the drivers of their vehicles from using cellphones while driving. As for the distractions caused by information technology equipment, several police agencies have turned to software technology that shuts down in-car computers whenever the emergency vehicle exceeds a speed of 15 mph.
Let me suggest that the number of accidents caused by emergency vehicle operators far exceeds the number reported. It’s no secret that police officers investigating traffic collisions will write up reports of accidents involving other cops, and often firefighters, in such a way as to absolve them of any blame even though they were clearly at fault.
LEONARD PITTS: ‘EVEN BLACK MEN FEAR BLACK MEN’
Although a South Carolina trooper was way too quick to shoot at an unarmed black man reaching into his car for his driver’s license, it is understandable why, with the high number of shootings by blacks, cops like all others fear black men.
The trooper definitely deserved to be fired. However, since he did not act out of malice, I do not think he should be prosecuted for assault with a deadly weapon. A lesser charge would seem more appropriate for an act of panic.
YOU ALMOST FEEL SORRY FOR THAT S.C. TROOPER
The officer now facing 20 years for shooting an unarmed driver suffers from a common malady: fear of black men
By Leonard Pitts Jr.
The Miami Herald
October 5, 2014
Let us give Sean Groubert every benefit of the doubt.
Let us assume he is a good person. Let us assume he is kind to children, well liked by neighbors. And by all means, let’s assume he has a black friend. For good measure, let’s assume he has two.
Now, with those assumptions in force, let’s ponder why Groubert, a white South Carolina state trooper, shot an unarmed black man last month at a gas station in Columbia. The incident has received less notice than did the shooting of Michael Brown, probably because the victim, 35-year-old Levar Jones, survived. But it deserves attention because it promises to enlighten us in ways the Brown killing did not.
Groubert, who has been fired and charged with assault and battery, tells his side of the story in audio obtained this week by MSNBC. He explains how he stopped Jones for a seat belt violation, how Jones “jumped out” of his car and “stared at me.” Groubert says that “as I approached him, he jumped headfirst into his car” and that when he ordered Jones out, “he jumped out of the car. I saw something black in his hands. I ran to the other side of the car, yelling at him, and he kept coming toward me. Apparently it was his wallet.”
But that is not what happened. Groubert’s story is contradicted by an unimpeachable witness – his own dashcam video. You can see it online for yourself. Groubert pulls up as Jones is exiting his vehicle. The officer asks to see Jones’ license. Jones reaches into the car to get it. The officer, voice rising in panic, orders Jones out of the vehicle. Jones is complying with this when Groubert opens fire. He’s still shooting as Jones falls out of frame, hands raised.
“Why did you shoot me?” Jones asks.
Now Jones, shot in the hip, is walking with a cane, Groubert is facing 20 years, and that question hangs like smoke. So let us accord him the benefit of the doubt because in situations like this, people always want to make it a question of character. And the shooter’s friends always feel obliged to defend him with the same tired words: “He is not a racist.”
He probably isn’t, at least not in the way they understand the term.
But what he is, is a citizen of a country where the fear of black men is downright viral. That doesn’t mean he burns crosses on the weekend. It means he’s watched television, seen a movie, used a computer, read a newspaper or magazine. It means he is alive and aware in a nation where one is taught from birth that thug equals black, suspect equals black, danger equals black.
Thus has it been since the days of chains, since the days of lynch law, since the days newspapers routinely ran headlines like “Helpless Co-Ed Ravished by Black Brute.” It is the water we drink and the air we breathe, a perception out of all proportion to any objective reality, yet it infiltrates the collective subconscious to such an unholy degree that even black men fear black men.
The Groubert video offers an unusually stark image of that fear in action. Viewing it, it seems clear the trooper is not reacting to anything Jones does. In a very real sense, he doesn’t even see him. No, he is reacting to a primal fear of what Jones is, to outsized expectations of what Jones might do, to terrors buried so deep in his breast, he probably doesn’t even know they’re there.
You almost feel sorry for Groubert, his life in ruins for a crime he probably can’t even explain to himself. But let us also spare some empathy for Jones, for Trayvon Martin, for Oscar Grant, for Amadou Diallo, for all the other African American men who have died because of – or who struggle to live through – this nation’s unreasoning fear of them and their sons.
Consider that video and answer honestly: Just who should be frightened of whom?
The trooper definitely deserved to be fired. However, since he did not act out of malice, I do not think he should be prosecuted for assault with a deadly weapon. A lesser charge would seem more appropriate for an act of panic.
YOU ALMOST FEEL SORRY FOR THAT S.C. TROOPER
The officer now facing 20 years for shooting an unarmed driver suffers from a common malady: fear of black men
By Leonard Pitts Jr.
The Miami Herald
October 5, 2014
Let us give Sean Groubert every benefit of the doubt.
Let us assume he is a good person. Let us assume he is kind to children, well liked by neighbors. And by all means, let’s assume he has a black friend. For good measure, let’s assume he has two.
Now, with those assumptions in force, let’s ponder why Groubert, a white South Carolina state trooper, shot an unarmed black man last month at a gas station in Columbia. The incident has received less notice than did the shooting of Michael Brown, probably because the victim, 35-year-old Levar Jones, survived. But it deserves attention because it promises to enlighten us in ways the Brown killing did not.
Groubert, who has been fired and charged with assault and battery, tells his side of the story in audio obtained this week by MSNBC. He explains how he stopped Jones for a seat belt violation, how Jones “jumped out” of his car and “stared at me.” Groubert says that “as I approached him, he jumped headfirst into his car” and that when he ordered Jones out, “he jumped out of the car. I saw something black in his hands. I ran to the other side of the car, yelling at him, and he kept coming toward me. Apparently it was his wallet.”
But that is not what happened. Groubert’s story is contradicted by an unimpeachable witness – his own dashcam video. You can see it online for yourself. Groubert pulls up as Jones is exiting his vehicle. The officer asks to see Jones’ license. Jones reaches into the car to get it. The officer, voice rising in panic, orders Jones out of the vehicle. Jones is complying with this when Groubert opens fire. He’s still shooting as Jones falls out of frame, hands raised.
“Why did you shoot me?” Jones asks.
Now Jones, shot in the hip, is walking with a cane, Groubert is facing 20 years, and that question hangs like smoke. So let us accord him the benefit of the doubt because in situations like this, people always want to make it a question of character. And the shooter’s friends always feel obliged to defend him with the same tired words: “He is not a racist.”
He probably isn’t, at least not in the way they understand the term.
But what he is, is a citizen of a country where the fear of black men is downright viral. That doesn’t mean he burns crosses on the weekend. It means he’s watched television, seen a movie, used a computer, read a newspaper or magazine. It means he is alive and aware in a nation where one is taught from birth that thug equals black, suspect equals black, danger equals black.
Thus has it been since the days of chains, since the days of lynch law, since the days newspapers routinely ran headlines like “Helpless Co-Ed Ravished by Black Brute.” It is the water we drink and the air we breathe, a perception out of all proportion to any objective reality, yet it infiltrates the collective subconscious to such an unholy degree that even black men fear black men.
The Groubert video offers an unusually stark image of that fear in action. Viewing it, it seems clear the trooper is not reacting to anything Jones does. In a very real sense, he doesn’t even see him. No, he is reacting to a primal fear of what Jones is, to outsized expectations of what Jones might do, to terrors buried so deep in his breast, he probably doesn’t even know they’re there.
You almost feel sorry for Groubert, his life in ruins for a crime he probably can’t even explain to himself. But let us also spare some empathy for Jones, for Trayvon Martin, for Oscar Grant, for Amadou Diallo, for all the other African American men who have died because of – or who struggle to live through – this nation’s unreasoning fear of them and their sons.
Consider that video and answer honestly: Just who should be frightened of whom?
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