[Front Page] Chicago is one of the best places to live in America if you’re one of the millions of illegal aliens present in the country -- and free-spending, lawbreaking Mayor Rahm Emanuel is trying his best to keep it that way.
Emanuel (D), who used to be a congressman and then President Obama’s chief of staff, dropped by Trump Tower in New York on Wednesday to urge President-elect Donald Trump to abandon his campaign promise to crack down on sanctuary cities.
"I also spoke out strongly about what it means to be a sanctuary city who will support and secure the people who are here, like my grandfather who came to the city of Chicago as a 13-year old 100 years ago," said Emanuel who actually has no real bargaining power in the equation because he’s on the wrong side of the law.
"Chicago was a sanctuary city for my grandfather. His grandson today is the mayor of this city, which is a testament to the strength of the values and ideals of America."
Emanuel, of course, is leaving out the values that make Americans inclined to support the rule of law and therefore oppose illegal entry and visa-overstaying by foreigners.
Emanuel is a strident, in-your-face supporter of the sanctuary city movement that gave illegal aliens permission to rob, rape, and murder Americans. Cheered on by the Left, sanctuary cities hinder immigration enforcement and shield illegal aliens from federal officials as a matter of policy. They ignore immigration detainer forms which ask them to retain illegals in their custody after they would otherwise release them so Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can take custody of them.
These sanctuary cities really ought to be called traitor cities because they are in open rebellion against the United States. Cities are creatures of the states in which they reside and under the Guarantee Clause of the Constitution the U.S. government is required to make sure that states maintain a "Republican Form of Government." (The same clause also requires the U.S. to "protect each of them [i.e. the states] against Invasion[.]" Perhaps Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions could have his staff look into invoking the "Invasion" portion of the clause.)
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These sanctuary cities really ought to be called traitor cities because they are in open rebellion against the United States.
Now there's an idea. Prosecute Rahm Emanuel for treason. Make an example of him. When he's sitting in a federal prison we'll see how officials in other cities feel about this issue.
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like my grandfather who came to the city of Chicago as a 13-year old 100 years ago," said Emanuel
Apparently going south to Chicago from Canada was a regular path for illegal immigrants at the time. A few weeks ago an older friend of mine, in justifying keeping open America's southern border, told me how her grandfather had snuck illegally into Chicago at around the same time and got a job to earn enough to bring in his wife and children. While he was here illegally, she said, he even voted in the elections as if he were already a citizen. No big deal. When he was ready, he snuck back north, fetched the family, and came south legally. Whether he voted thereafter until he became a citizen she did not say.
There is no way to explain to a 75 year old retired college dean's wife -- who is otherwise a dear, lovely person -- how many things are wrong with that history. But it does clarify some things about Chicago.
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If you're gonna bring up the subject of illegal immigration from Canada to Chicago you should not forget how Al Capone and others of his ilk smuggled bootleg liquor across the Canadian border to supply the thirsty residents of Chicago and the surrounding region. These days the smugglers bring illegal immigrants, heroin, cocaine, marijuana and meth from Mexico but I guess it's all part of the same Chicago tradition that Hizonor Rahm Emanuel is attempting to uphold.
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And what better way to mark the passage of a document used like so much toilet paper by collectivists locally and worldwide than to note that a former director of the National Security Agency, Michael Hayden admitted that anti-terrorism laws have effectively gutted the 4th Amendment to the American Constitution, and that they are coming after the 2nd Amendment.
As if to underscore Hayden's efforts, Hollywood recently released a film, Miss Sloane, about a sweet, innocent female lawyer who, against all odds, takes on the Evil Gun Lobby.
And this is a fight, to be sure. The election of Donald Trump as president, in my opinion, has made gun rights more rather than less precarious. So, leftists in the US are talking about arming up. At the link, the crowd is scolded for severely criticizing a leftist man who wants to get into firearms as a means of protecting himself and his allies. This is a valid criticism, but as I said three weeks ago, it appears the intent is to do harm to political enemies, not self defense.
Finally, there's this video about a man training to fire a 1911 on the move, who nearly shoots his hand off in the effort. The trainer (I didn't listen to the video) tells the trainee to keep going despite the accident. In the comments is a question about whether the 1911 should even be used as a concealed carry weapon because, as a single action gun, it is required to be cocked and locked as it is drawn, whereas a modern double action only has to have a round chambered with the safety off.
I agree with the commenter who said the 1911 should be kept in Condition 3 unless you suspect a problem is about to occur. But unless you are a sneaky bastard your gun will no longer be concealed, eliminating the element of surprise when you are forced to draw and fire.
A recent Facebook video from a security camera in Brazil showed a man escorting a woman to an upper floor domicile when they are confronted with two thugs, both armed with handguns likely cocked and locked. The putative male victim draws and fires on the nearer thug in front of him, dropping him, while the other thug beats feet as the shooter switches targets. The label on the video was: "You will spend the rest of your life drawing, and sliding the bolt into place."
Loads.
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Love them or hate then, most striker fired pistols, like a Glock, Walther, Springfield Armory XD-S, or Sig P320C solves all of those 1911 problems for concealed carry.
1911 is overrated as a concealed carry for the average person.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Saudi judiciary announced its preliminary verdict to punish and execute 15 people and jail others who are linked to an Iranian spy cell. The infamous cell had gathered banking and medical information and had submitted dangerous information to the Iranian intelligence. The information it provided is very dangerous to the extent that it facilitates the enemy to target vital institutions and security facilities.
The Saudi intelligence succeeded in exposing the cell and the case was transferred to the interior ministry. The trial was carried out as per all the necessary procedures and the preliminary verdict was issued after more than 160 hearings.
The cell had contact with Najaf and Iran and received facilitation from consulates and embassies. All this is proven. The aim is to target Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... via terrorist and violent attacks. One of those informed about the case voiced surprise as he looked at the list of the spies' names and wondered how could the Iranian regime recruit some of them who are believed to be of value and who hold decent posts and display some sort of calmness and discipline? However, nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits... the truth has been shocking as it turned out they are tools for the Iranian intelligence.
Iran aims to harm stability in the Gulf and this can be seen through Iranian spy cells in Bahrain, the Abdali cell in Kuwait and the spy cell in Saudi Arabia.
There's no doubt that the preliminary verdict will act as a deterrent to those who've sold their countries, communicated with the enemy and given up their security for a cheap price.
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[Breibart] Former British Prime Minister David Cameron has blamed populism for his defeat in the Brexit referendum,
...that is to say, the will of the people. He called that one right...
and claimed the euro currency may soon collapse in his first major speech since standing down.
Mr Cameron added that although he did not think the European Union (EU) itself would fall apart, the currency was in serious danger, saying he "wondered how long it can last".
He told students at DePauw University, Indiana: "Some countries have seen decades of lost growth. Those countries have a single currency but they don’t have a single fiscal system, a fiscal tax system. It creates bigger differences.
"You in the United States have ways to make sure that if you have a bad year you pay less in taxes and offset federal programmes. There are no such arrangements in Europe."
Huh? Even in Europe if you earn less, you pay less. What is the man talking about?
The Mail reports Mr Cameron also told EU leaders to address voters’ concerns as the anti-establishment movement grows across the continent.
"If we don’t address the concerns of those economically left behind, we open up our politics to the parties of the extreme left," he said.
"And if we don’t address the concerns of those left culturally behind, we open up to the parties of the extreme right." So difficult to find the middle of the road and a bit of common sense ?
[NYT] Nobody knows yet what Donald Trump is going to do to immigration enforcement. Only a month has passed since the election, and the president-elect is no different from the candidate: erratic, self-contradictory, hazy on principles and policies.
But states and cities that value immigrants, including the undocumented, do not have the luxury of waiting and hoping for the best. They are girding for a confrontation, building defenses to protect families and workers from the next administration.
They fear that Mr. Trump, who ran on a pledge of mass deportation, dehumanizing immigrants and refugees, will remove humane discretion from immigration enforcement. They understand that not all unauthorized immigrants are criminals, that not all should be detained or deported and that the country cannot enforce its way out of its failure to reform unjust immigration laws.
But they know that the nativist ideologues and white nationalists around Mr. Trump are itching for him to be merciless. They know that if he does anything close to what he has repeatedly vowed to do -- set dragnets for millions of unauthorized immigrants, triple the number of enforcement officers, immediately revoke President Obama’s administrative actions shielding young people from deportation and pull federal funds from cities that defend immigrants -- their prudence will have been justified.
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I may become an Alien myself as I live in California. Hillary +4 million votes. Moscow on the Pacific. Exile is becoming more of an option. How are jobs in AZ TX?
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This is good news because the more Trump-hate out there the more folks lean towards Trump. Hopefully the Dems will start to drive the centrists in California over to the Republicans enough to destroy the Democrats lock on the state.
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Born and raised behind the Orange Curtain. Times are a changin' as the OC voted Donk for the first time since 1936. We had very high turnout though at +/- 80%.
Read VD Hanson's stuff about 2 Californias. I fear we'll be "New China" before Moscow on the Pacific. I won't be here to see it as we plan on living a Corona Beer commercial on beach in Thailand.
Mr. B - I plan on being in NoVa from mid-June to end of July to prep for my next posting. I owe you a steak dinner and I will pay up!
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They fear that Mr. Trump, who ran on a pledge of mass deportation, dehumanizing immigrants and refugees, will remove humane no discretion from immigration enforcement
Is this an editorial in our Fake News™?
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Billy, OC still saved Issa and booted Colonel Trial Lawyer Doug Applegate (D- Lawyer)
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"They understand that not all unauthorized immigrants are criminals"
Yes, they are.
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[Breibart] On Thursday night, I appeared on CNN to debate my old nemesis and friend Peter Beinart about the Trump administration and particularly Stephen K. Bannon.
Rarely have I seen such an outpouring of hate directed toward me , which undermined the premise of the haters -- namely, that they were objecting to Steve Bannon promoting hatred on the Internet.
CNN’s Don Lemon asked me if Steve Bannon is an anti-Semite. I said that Bannon has opposed the Iran nuclear deal in defense of Israel; has fought BDS (boycott, divestment, sanctions), the attempt to destroy Israel economically; and had opened a Jerusalem bureau for Israel to get its message out.
Does that sound like an anti-Semite?
I added that I was far more concerned about Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khameini and his promises to annihilate Israel.
[DAWN] WHAT’S a human life worth? To loved ones, it is obviously priceless. But to society and the state, the value of a life is clearly relative.
Soon after 9/11, I.A. Rehman, that tireless crusader for human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... , was at my flat in Bloody Karachi
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Saudi judiciary announced its preliminary verdict to punish and execute 15 people and jail others who are linked to an Iranian spy cell. The infamous cell had gathered banking and medical information and had submitted dangerous information to the Iranian intelligence. The information it provided is very dangerous to the extent that it facilitates the enemy to target vital institutions and security facilities.
[NYT] Nobody knows yet what Donald Trump is going to do to immigration enforcement. Only a month has passed since the election, and the president-elect is no different from the candidate: erratic, self-contradictory, hazy on principles and policies.
