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Government
Champ's True Enemy
[Kanuk Free Press] Republicans, and conservatives that file into Tea Party meetings and rallies, Constitution Classes, and Libertarian gatherings, say time and time again that they are so tired of having to battle the failures of President Barack Obama. His failed policies are nearly more than they can digest.

He fails to understand economics, his failed Obamacare program is destroying health care in America, he fails to understand the underlying reasons behind why the government shutdowns occurred, he has failed in the Middle Class and he has failed to bring anybody out of poverty. Failure after failure after failure after failure. He even fails to stand against an enemy determined to destroy us, fails to connect jihadism to Islam, and has failed to properly apply America's might against an enemy he is unwilling to admit.

I am here to tell you that President Barack Obama has failed at nothing. From his point of view, he is a total success. He is, however, as accused, failing to name the enemy, as so many folks on the right-of-center accuse him of when it comes to the worldwide battle we see emerging around the globe. However, who we see to be the enemy, and who he views to be the enemy, are two different things.

The GOP is upset because Obama refuses to connect terrorism to Islam, shielding the Muslim community from the wrath of those that are angry about the murderous exploits of ISIS, al-Qaeda, Iran, and so forth. The Obama administration refuses to admit that it is Islam's hatred of Christianity behind the constant slaughter of Christians around the world, avoiding even using the term "terrorism" in connection with Islam, and as in the recent case of the murdered Coptic Christians in Egypt, calling them "Egyptians," rather than members of the Christian faith that follows Jesus Christ.

"How can Obama be so blind?" I constantly hear conservatives cry out.
Conservative or not. You really shouldn't be hanging about with people that naive.
Obama's true enemy is anyone who dares to oppose him
Today we are all Boris Nemtsov.
Obama is not blind. He knows exactly what is going on. He is waging an all-out war against the enemy. Obama is not being forgiving against the enemy that he wishes to destroy. He is not being reluctant to recognize the enemy. President Obama is all too aware of who his enemy is, but in his mind, that enemy is not Islam, not terrorism, not Russia, not North Korea, not Iran, and not China.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/28/2015 02:54 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Champ's True Enemy - Fixed

Posted by: Unirt Ebbick6972 || 02/28/2015 7:54 Comments || Top||

#2  U.S. true enemy too.
Posted by: JohnQC || 02/28/2015 8:40 Comments || Top||

#3  Remember the old line - If you really love me, you'd love me for who I am.

Sort of touches that issue about 'patriotic' a couple of days ago (and why the Permanent Party Propaganda Machine went ballistic).
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/28/2015 9:08 Comments || Top||

#4  A group of people believe their mission in life is to rule over other people. Its like being a god, it gets their pulse up just to think about.

When some of those people get into a position of power, it is their desire to tear down the "we serve the people" concept and replace the system with a system of "rule over the people".

That is their mission in life. Obama is full court press on this now in his "final" two years.
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 02/28/2015 13:04 Comments || Top||

#5  Unrequited narcissism can be problematic.
Posted by: Hupineger Glomomp52169 || 02/28/2015 13:37 Comments || Top||


Terror Networks
Fahrenheit 451
[DAWN] THAT'S the temperature at which paper auto-ignites, and is also the title of Ray Bradbury's dystopian novel about a future America where books are burned by the state.

However,
we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by...
I doubt if the story inspired this generation of jihadis to go on their book-burning spree as nobody has accused these semi-literate barbarians of being fans of modern fiction. Quite the contrary: to show their devotion to culture, the warriors of the Islamic State
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: Fred || 02/28/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  a future America where books are burned by the state. no longer read, and MSM leads thoughtless brain dead sheeple around on a whim.

Posted by: Unirt Ebbick6972 || 02/28/2015 8:01 Comments || Top||

#2  Should not be a surprise. Similar (the Taliban) 7th century Troglodytes (followers of Mo) dynamited the Buddhas Statues of Bamiyan in Afghanistan in 2001 prior to 911.

They figure they have to destroy your culture before they can replace it with their destructive, Islamic supremacist notions. They have gotten frisky in the last few centuries--more so as of late.
Posted by: JohnQC || 02/28/2015 9:22 Comments || Top||

#3  So they're doing like the Donks on the Constitution. "We don't need no stinking history or documents to obstruct our goals".
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/28/2015 10:18 Comments || Top||

#4  These acts, destroying artifacts and burning books is a testament for the Islamic states to conform of else. They could care less how we feel about it. Their intent is to drive civilization back to the 7th century, and there is no place in that century for books or art.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 02/28/2015 15:06 Comments || Top||

#5  @#3: "As for the Constitution that demands Obama faithfully execute the laws instead of governing as a dictator, Durbin opines:

'[I]f we view this document with honesty, we know that it was fatally flawed from the start.'"
Posted by: Hupineger Glomomp52169 || 02/28/2015 16:14 Comments || Top||


Government
Don’t Despair About ‘Net Neutrality’ Yet
[PJMedia]
AT&T raised the prospect of court challenges that would block the FCC from enforcing the rules. “We once again face the uncertainty of litigation, and the very real potential of having to start over — again — in the future,” said Jim Cicconi, AT&T’s senior executive vice president external and legislative affairs, in a statement.The FCC’s previous net neutrality rules were thrown out by a federal court last year.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/28/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Home Front: Politix
New Vocabulary Item: Harf
[Moonbattery.com] ...heh...


Posted by: Hupineger Glomomp52169 || 02/28/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Perhaps while texting one could use her initials: meh.
Posted by: Unirt Ebbick6972 || 02/28/2015 7:52 Comments || Top||

#2  To harf, harfing, and to get harfed.
Posted by: JohnQC || 02/28/2015 12:55 Comments || Top||

#3  G-dam-it !

How dare you harf all over the audience.
They are not going to trust you anymore, you have harfed your last harf.
You need to see a doctor, this is the third time in a week you have harfed, do you think this is normal?
You are going have to control yourself, harfing can lead to blindness.
I'm not going to clean up after you harf.
Your Harfing could be a sign of a digestive problem. I'm not getting into an elevator with you.
Posted by: Snakes Spearr1483 || 02/28/2015 13:33 Comments || Top||

#4  Hey man, stop harfing on me.
Posted by: texhooey || 02/28/2015 16:38 Comments || Top||

#5  I told you she gave me a nose bleed so I was right.
Posted by: Bill Clinton || 02/28/2015 18:38 Comments || Top||

#6  That's Harf with a 'B'.
Posted by: Mugsy Glink || 02/28/2015 19:25 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Stephen Hayes: Obama's Failure
[The Weekly Standard] Barack Obama wants us all to simmer down about Iran. He wants Senator Bob Menendez, a fellow Democrat, and the donors he represents to butt out of the sanctions debate. He wants Republicans to quit crying wolf about Iran's nuclear weapons program. He wants the media to stop hyping terror threats. He wants the American people in the dark about the secret correspondence he's had for years with Iran's supreme leader. He wants John Boehner to be mindful of protocol. And most of all, he wants Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop questioning his accommodationist approach to Tehran.

With the breezy confidence that is his trademark, the president has repeatedly delivered a reassuring message on Iran to the country and the world: Trust me.

With respect, Mr. President: No.

From the earliest moments of his first term, Obama sought to convince the country that threats from our erstwhile enemies were overblown. He forged an approach to jihadist attacks and rogue regimes meant to be a stark contrast from that of his predecessor. He ended the war on terror, quietly sought rapprochement with radical Islamist movements like the Muslim Brotherhood and the Taliban, and ostentatiously undertook a more conciliatory approach to terror-sponsoring regimes like Syria and Iran.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/28/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Seems like Obama and JFnK are "green lighting" Iran's nuke program. It will be interesting to see what Netanyahu has to say before Congress on March 3rd. Maybe he will scorch "O" a new one--but probably not as Israel needs the U.S. He will play the politics necessary for the survival of Israel. They will try to hang on until "O" is out of office and hope for a POTUS favorable to them.
Posted by: JohnQC || 02/28/2015 10:34 Comments || Top||

#2  "Harfing" encompasses so much and so little at the same time.
Posted by: JohnQC || 02/28/2015 10:37 Comments || Top||

#3  If I have assessed Bibi correctly, he will tear John Kerry, the POTUS, and most of the Department of State, Commerce, Defense, University of California, and anyone else that thinks the POTUS has a clue about the Middle East a new asshole.

I hope he pitches a holy walleyed fit of a speech and in doing so speaks the truth about our asinine and delusional policies about the ME.

He will do such a good job of it, NBC and CNN will pull the plug and go to a rebroadcast of HSN selling Obama tee shirts.
Posted by: Bill Clinton || 02/28/2015 18:43 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Why do Tsarnaev’s lawyers want more black jurors?
Was it to lessen the chances of a death penalty verdict?
Posted by: ryuge || 02/28/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Jury of your peers huh?
Bailiff, go down the hall to the room where the immigrants who were just sworn in as new citizens and bring me a new jury.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/28/2015 9:10 Comments || Top||

#2  Feeling mocked by a "land of gold" meme and disappointed to have to choose between assimilation and work -vs- Gummint dependency = anger, esp when stoked by a nihilist "religion."

Defense attorneys trolling for kindred spirits.
Posted by: Hupineger Glomomp52169 || 02/28/2015 13:46 Comments || Top||

#3  The "OJ Simpson phenomenom" at work in a jury.
Posted by: JohnQC || 02/28/2015 17:35 Comments || Top||

#4  Perhaps things have changed but I've been to two new-citizen ceremonies and the folks being sworn in were super-american patriots. I don't think Tsarnaev's lawyers would want any part of them. Better off finding some of the God Damned America types.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 02/28/2015 22:28 Comments || Top||


Why was head of today’s KGB at Obama’s terror violent extremism summit?

Quality Control?
Wrong link fixed at 4:45
Posted by: ryuge || 02/28/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The FSB wanted to check up on their long-term investments and provide further instructions to the Manchurian Candidate.
Posted by: Unirt Ebbick6972 || 02/28/2015 8:03 Comments || Top||

#2  He was looking for some tips & pointers on how modern subversion's done.
Posted by: Raj || 02/28/2015 9:08 Comments || Top||

#3  Here to provide guidance and training to the regime on how to silence the opposition?
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 02/28/2015 12:14 Comments || Top||

#4  Exploring "O's" new found flexibility in Islamostan?
Posted by: JohnQC || 02/28/2015 12:54 Comments || Top||

#5  All of the above?
Posted by: charger || 02/28/2015 15:42 Comments || Top||

#6  Because the KGB was at the birth of all these groups?
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 02/28/2015 19:15 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
ISIS next target
by Michael J. Totten

[WorldAffairsJournal] ISIS has announced that Lebanon will be the next state to fall under the sway of its “caliphate.” According to Beirut's Daily Star newspaper, the only reason ISIS hasn't attacked yet in force is because they haven't decided on the mission's commander.
Posted by: frozen al || 02/28/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State



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3Govt of Pakistan
3Govt of Iraq
2al-Qaeda
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1Jemaah Islamiyah
1Lashkar e-Taiba
1Narcos
1Pirates
1Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
1Taliban
1al-Qaeda in Arabia
1Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters
1Govt of Syria
1Hezbollah
1Jamaat-e-Islami

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Sat 2015-02-28
  Boko Haram Fighters Turn to Cannibalism in Nigerian Forest
Fri 2015-02-27
  Third alleged accomplice in Copenhagen shootings arrested
Thu 2015-02-26
  Islamic State video shows destruction of ancient Iraqi artefacts
Wed 2015-02-25
  SECURITY MoD: Iraqi forces liberate most of al-Baghdadi, Anbar
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  ISIS executes three of its leaders for cowardice in Diyali
Mon 2015-02-23
  Libya: ISIS claims it bombed Iran envoy's residence
Sun 2015-02-22
  Hotel staffers arrested after deadly bombing
Sat 2015-02-21
  Dozens Dead in Shebab Attack on Mogadishu Hotel
Fri 2015-02-20
  45 dead in eastern Libya bombings, Islamic extremists claim responsibility
Thu 2015-02-19
  Rebels report death of 195 pro-Assad fighters in Aleppo
Wed 2015-02-18
  IS launches attack to regain Yazidi city of Shingal
Tue 2015-02-17
  Islamic State militants 'burn to death 45 in Iraq'
Mon 2015-02-16
  Egypt launches air strikes against IS militias in Libya
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  SECOND Copenhagen shooting at synagogue
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