Shocking gap in defenses: Nation risking catastrophe

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Offshore platform

WASHINGTON – The prospect that countries such as China and Iran soon will have submarines trolling in waters in the Gulf of Mexico and up and down the East and West coasts of the United States is resurrecting concern over the security of oil and natural gas pipeline platforms in those areas, according to a report from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.

Also, drug cartels have begun to use submarines to carry their cargo into the United States. Given the cartels’ flourishing relationships with terrorists with various goals, the subs could be used to destroy important platforms, according to Andrew Krepinevich, president of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.

New Hampshire board decides Obama eligibility

New Hampshire board decides Obama eligibility

WND.Com ^ | 11/18/2011 | Bob Unruh

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 8:59:48 PM by Elderberry

A state board in New Hampshire has decided that Barack Obama’s name is good to go on the state’s 2012 presidential ballot because the application was filled out properly and the $1,000 fee was paid, according to an attorney who challenged his candidacy because of suspicions of fraud.

The determination came today from the state’s Ballot Law Commission, which heard arguments from attorney Orly Taitz, who had filed a complaint about Obama’s candidacy that was joined by several state lawmakers.

Obama Admits to Being Born in Asia?

Obama Admits to Being Born in Asia?

Yahoo news ^ | 11/16/11 | john hull

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 9:10:15 PM by djwright

During a news conference for the 19th annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation leader’s summit on Sunday, the president gave birthers the answer they have been waiting for, that Obama was not born in America. The media seemingly focused on the “magic beans” statement Obama made during the speech but completely glossed over the part where the president said of his birth state of Hawaii, “Here in Asia.” If Hawaii is in Asia, then the president was not born in the U.S. You win, birthers.

Cosmic Origins – Trailer

Cosmic Origins – Trailer

Magis Institute for Reason and Faith ^ | Spring 2012 release | Magis Institute for Reason and Faith

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 9:23:25 PM by firerosemom

There is extensive evidence from physics for a beginning and fine-tuning of the universe. When the complementary nature of these insights is seen, it provides compelling evidence for a transcendent, intelligent Creator.

Cosmic Origins features eight world-class physicists talking about modern physics and God. They include Nobel Laureate Arno Penzias (who discovered the background radiation from the Big Bang); Templeton Prize winners John Polkinghorne (Cambridge) and Michael Heller (Vatican Observatory); Owen Gingerich (Harvard); Lisa Randall (Harvard); Jennifer Wiseman (NASA); and narrated by Stephen Barr (University of Delaware).

Yeti ‘Nests’ Found in Russia?

Yeti ‘Nests’ Found in Russia?

Live Science ^ | November 18, 2011 | Benjamin Radford

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 9:30:49 PM by decimon

Bigfoot researcher and biologist John Bindernagel claims his research group has found evidence that the Yeti (a Russian “cousin” of the American Bigfoot) not only exists, but builds nests and shelters by twisting tree branches together.

“We didn’t feel like the trees we saw in Siberia had been done by a man or another mammal…. Twisted trees like this have also been observed in North America and they could fit with the theory that Bigfoot makes nests. The nests we have looked at are built around trees twisted together into an arch shape,” Bindernagel told the British tabloid The Sun.

Bindernagel was part of a small group of scientists who visited western Siberia to examine evidence of the Yeti in October. That group made headlines around the world for issuing a statement that they had “indisputable proof” of the Yeti and were 95 percent sure it existed based on the evidence – a few strands of hair – they found.

Tree twisting, also called splintering, has been claimed as Bigfoot evidence for decades throughout the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere. In some cases tool markings have been found on trees said to have been twisted by Bigfoot. This suggests that the creatures are even possibly more intelligent than previously suspected and may be able to somehow locate and use pliers, monkey wrenches, and other common hardware tools. [10 Mythical Beasts That Might Exist]

Unless the marks were made by human hoaxers.

Perry ‘Absolutely’ Believes Obama Is a Socialist (on O’Reilly -VIDEO)

Perry ‘Absolutely’ Believes Obama Is a Socialist (on O’Reilly -VIDEO)

FoxNews ^ | Nov. 18, 2011 | Rick Perry and Bill O’Reilly

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 9:37:45 PM by UniqueViews

GOP presidential candidate slams president’s ‘lazy’ comment, economic policies

Muslims Up In Arms In Foley Square (Rally against NYPD, FBI, CIA)

Muslims Up In Arms In Foley Square (Rally against NYPD, FBI, CIA)

American Rattlesnake ^ | November 18, 2011 | Gerard Perry

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 9:51:03 PM by OddLane

Earlier today I took it upon myself to journey to Foley Square in Manhattan, where an anti-NYPD, anti-intelligence agency gathering sponsored by CAIR, Al-Awda, and Desis Rising Up & Moving, among other Islamic activist organizations, was taking place. For a full recap of what occurred I suggest you check out my Twitter account, which I used to live-tweet the event as it was occurring. However, for now I’ll just lay out my impression of the gathering and thoughts about its message, then let the photographs speak for themselves.

The Donofrio Challenge: Proving Obama’s Ineligibility Based On Supreme Court Records

The Donofrio Challenge: Proving Obama’s Ineligibility Based On Supreme Court Records

Jefferson’s Rebels ^ | 11/18/11 | Erica

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 7:49:13 PM by EricaD

After Barack Obama announced his candidacy for the presidency, the vetting of the candidate began in earnest, at least on the conservative and libertarian side of the aisle. In contrast, the left-wing, democrat-controlled media was in the tank for Obama from the get-go. His supporters put on their rose-colored glasses, gave up any semblance of journalistic curiosity, and elevated the man to God-like status. In their minds, criticizing or questioning anything about Obama was, and still is, the equivalent of criticizing or questioning Mohammad. At least for now, Obama’s supporters aren’t yet calling for the execution of his opponents.

Ron Paul Warns GOP Not To “Capitulate” On Taxes, Won’t Rule Out Indy Bid (Hannity radio interview)

Ron Paul Warns GOP Not To “Capitulate” On Taxes, Won’t Rule Out Indy Bid (Hannity radio interview)

realclearpolitics.com ^ | Nov.18, 2011

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 7:43:24 PM by Free ThinkerNY

Ron Paul with Sean Hannity discussing the economy and the election. Paul talks about the lack of attention he receives, if he is not ignored altogether. Paul says he and his staff were “annoyed” by the fact that he only received 89 seconds to speak at the last Republican debate.

Paul warned his Republican colleagues in the Congress that they better keep their pledge to not raise taxes. He says if they do “capitulate” on taxes then people will make them pay.

“I have no intention of doing that,” Paul says of a third-party run if he doesn’t get the Republican nomination. However, when asked several times by Hannity to rule out an independent bid, he would not.

Poll: Gingrich Holds 13 Point Lead In Iowa [32% say will go third-party if Romney wins]

Poll: Gingrich Holds 13 Point Lead In Iowa [32% say will go third-party if Romney wins]

Talkradionews.com ^ | Nov. 18, 2011

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 7:37:50 PM by Colofornian

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich leads the GOP field in Iowa according to a new poll, holding a double digit lead over former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.

In a new Rasmussen Reports poll, Gingrich holds 32 percent among likely caucus goers. Mitt Romney comes in with 19 percent and businessman Herman Cain holds 13 percent. Ron Paul received 10 percent support but no other candidate broke double digits.

Dear Average American: It’s All Your Fault – The President thinks national lack of ambition is…

Dear Average American: It’s All Your Fault – The President thinks national lack of ambition is…

National Review Online ^ | November 18, 2011 | Jonah Goldberg

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 7:06:48 PM by neverdem

Dear Average American: It’s All Your Fault

The President thinks national lack of ambition is causing our economic doldrums.

Congratulations, average American! It’s your turn to be blamed for President Obama’s — and America’s — problems.

This is the biggest honor you’ve won since Time magazine named “you” the Person of the Year.

Being the root cause of our dire national predicament puts you in some very august company indeed. You are joining the ranks of George W. Bush, the Japanese tsunami, the Arab Spring, Wall Street fat cats, and other luminaries, both living and merely anthropomorphized.

Sarah Palin Gets Subversive

Sarah Palin Gets Subversive

Forbes ^ | November 18, 2011 | John McQuaid,

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 6:45:18 PM by 2ndDivisionVet

None of us can pretend to know what motivates Sarah Palin to do what she does. Sure, there’s money. And attention. And more money and attention. But today’s Palin op-ed goes in a different direction. Palin moves away from the pure cultural populism that has defined her since her run for the vice presidency and back toward the reformist populism that characterized her time as governor of Alaska. She turns her resentment away from cultural elites and focuses it on political elites of both parties, arguing – sensibly! – that being elected to Congress admits one to a veritable merry-go-round of special interest wealth and influence-peddling. She proposes reforms and even gives a shout-out to both the tea party and Occupy Wall Street movements:

“No more sweetheart land deals with campaign contributors. No gifts of IPO shares. No trading of stocks related to committee assignments. No earmarks where the congressman receives a direct benefit. No accepting campaign contributions while Congress is in session. No lobbyists as family members, and no transitioning into a lobbying career after leaving office. No more revolving door, ever.

Kos: Protecting Cain is a waste of money

Kos: Protecting Cain is a waste of money

Charleston (WV) Daily Mail ^ | November 18, 2011 | Don Surber

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 6:36:48 PM by Mustang Driver

Daily Kos does not think Herman Cain is worth protecting. In one of the most ignorant posts I have seen in quite a while, Daily Kos reported: “Herman Cain gets Secret Service detail to protect him from media. Apparently editorial board editors from Wisconsin to New Hampshire are getting a bit too unruly for Herman Cain… This doesn’t seem like the wisest use of taxpayer dollars. Then again, after that disastrous Libya interview he did in Wisconsin the other day, you can appreciate why Herman Cain wants protection from the media.”

I would be outraged but I expect such hateful drivel from Daily Kos.

NEW JAYNA DAVIS VIDEO: JOHN DOE #2 CONFIRMED BY TERRY NICHOLS WITH OSAMA CONNECTION TO OKC!!

NEW JAYNA DAVIS VIDEO: JOHN DOE #2 CONFIRMED BY TERRY NICHOLS WITH OSAMA CONNECTION TO OKC!!

Jayna Davis: THE THIRD TERRORIST ^ | Nov 18, 2011 | Jayna Davis

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 6:39:05 PM by RaceBannon

Watch the book trailer and discover why Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols confessed the theory in the New York Times best-seller, The Third Terrorist, “could be correct.” Learn how evidence of Middle Eastern complicity in the Oklahoma City bombing condemned America to 9-11.

Next up: `Occupy Congress’

Next up: `Occupy Congress’

Washington Post ^ | 11/18/2011 | Greg (Obama Shill) Sargent

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 6:51:46 PM by Qbert

One of the enduring questions about Occupy Wall Street has been this: Can the energy unleashed by the movement be leveraged behind a concrete political agenda and push for change that will constitute a meaningful challenge to the inequality and excessive Wall Street influence highlighted by the protests?

A coalition of labor and progressive groups is about to unveil its answer to that question. Get ready for “Occupy Congress.”

The coalition — which includes unions like SEIU and CWA and groups like the Center for Community Change — is currently working on a plan to bus thousands of protesters from across the country to Washington, where they will congregate around the Capitol from December 5-9, SEIU president Mary Kay Henry tells me in an interview.

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Obama Campaign Sends Mass Email Asking for People to… Sign Joe Biden’s Birthday Card

Obama Campaign Sends Mass Email Asking for People to… Sign Joe Biden‘s Birthday Card

Pundit Press ^ | 11/18/11 | Aurelius

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 6:42:16 PM by therightliveswithus

If the Barack Obama campaign has somehow gotten their hands on your email address, then you should expect to be mercilessly spammed by email after email. Normally, the campaign’s messages are desperate-sounding money grabs or denouncements of Republicans. Today, however, they sent out a new spam email like no other before. It was entitled, “Sign Joe’s Card.”

Yes, like a parent who goes around school with a card for an unpopular kid, the Obama campaign is asking random people to sign an online birthday card in order to make ol’ Joe feel like a special little guy. The email is supposedly from Jill Biden, Mr. Biden’s wife, and begins:

I know I don’t usually send you emails, but Joe has a birthday coming up this Sunday, and I’m trying something new.

The First Family and I are putting together a special card for him, and we’d like as many supporters of this campaign as possible to add their names and messages for Joe.

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Pearls of Wisdom

Pearls of Wisdom

Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | November 18, 2011 | Rush Limbaugh.com

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 6:14:43 PM by Kaslin

“We are three years into Barack Obama’s war on prosperity and I think Americans are coming to grips with the upside, if not the necessity, of limited government.”

“What is so arduous about traveling once a week? Major League Baseball teams are traveling constantly. NBA teams are traveling constantly. They are leaving after night games at two o’clock in the morning. They are arriving where they’re going at five in the morning and playing sometimes an afternoon game that day, certainly a night game that night.”

“Market capitalism is the answer. Robust liberty and freedom for the American people is the answer, and then a government willing, after unleashing that, to get out of its way is the answer.”

Occupy Wall St. honors Communist terrorist group with new protest

Occupy Wall St. honors Communist terrorist group with new protest

GBTV ^ | 11/17/11 | Glenn Beck

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 6:03:48 PM by jobim

Hmmmmmm….November 17th??? Why November 17th???

Of all days, why would a leftist organization pick November 17th to stage a mass protest??

The CFR reminds us of the significance of that date:

What is November 17?

A radical, leftist Greek terrorist group, also known as 17 N or N 17, with a tiny membership and a loathing for America, the West, and capitalism…

What sort of attacks has November 17 launched?

The organization’s first known attack came in December 1975, when the CIA’s Athens station chief was shot with a .45-caliber pistol, November 17’s favorite weapon. Since then, the group has claimed responsibility for twenty-one murders, including the killings of a U.S. Navy captain, a U.S. defense attaché, a Turkish diplomat, and a British defense attaché. November 17’s initial attacks were directed at senior U.S. officials and Greek public figures, but during the 1980s the group expanded its operations to include bombings of ordinary citizens and property.

Early video of Obama surfaces from Harvard Law School era (Black History Minutes)

Early video of Obama surfaces from Harvard Law School era (Black History Minutes)

The Daily Caller ^ | 11/18/2011 | Meg Gasvoda

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 5:53:53 PM by Just4Him

A 20-year-old video clip of Barack Obama hit YouTube on Thursday. The future president appeared on a televised “Black History Minutes” segment in 1991, the same year he graduated from Harvard law school.

The early video, originally broadcast by TBS as a public service announcement, may have been Obama’s first-ever appearance on national television. http://dailycaller.com/2011/11/17/early-video-of-obama-surfaces-from-harvard-law-school-era/

Here’s the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2QzjQEjp5Q&feature=player_embedded

Who Killed Congressman Lawrence Patton McDonald? « ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984+ ~ (BLOG & EMAIL)

Who Killed Congressman Lawrence Patton McDonald?

August 8, 2007 Gunny G Edit Leave a comment Go to comments

http://tinyurl.com/29wxsv

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Who Killed Congressman

Lawrence Patton McDonald?

The State Department Cover-Up Of KAL Flight 007

By Todd Brendan Fahey

8-29-03

http://tinyurl.com/29wxsv

It is a story that no one wants to talk about anymore.

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Neither by ideological colleagues Congressman Bob Stump (R-AZ) and former Senator Steve Symms (R-ID), nor from any quarter of the State Department: the assassination on September 1, 1983, of a United States Congressman aboard a passenger airliner at the hands of Soviet fighter jets. A southern Democrat lawmaker, who was also jointly Chairman of the John Birch Society and President of Western Goals Foundation, both famously anti-Globalist/anti-communist organizations, and who had announced to his advisors in the weeks prior to his death that he would be seeking the Presidency of the United States–as a conservative Democrat–in 1988. A cousin of WWII hero General George S. Patton, and who had inherited Patton’s mountain of anti-Soviet Intelligence records; who had organized a private Intelligence network which threatened to rival that of the CIA–at once commanding, polished on-the-stump and movie-star handsome: …the kind of man who could seriously derail the Presidential aspirations of George Herbert Walker Bush, the elder.

VFW Presses Senator McCain on Support

VFW Presses Senator McCain on Support

VFW Washington Weekly ^ | 11/18/2011 | Teresa Morris

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 5:29:23 PM by katiedidit1

VFW Presses Senator McCain on Support: VFW National Commander Richard DeNoyer expressed the organization’s strongest opposition today to ongoing efforts by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) to further balance the budget on the backs of military service members, their families, and retirees. In a letter, the Chief wrote that McCain’s acceptance of proposals to examine the current retirement system along with military pay, allowances and their tax implications, plus to suggest excluding military retirees from TRICARE Prime, implies that his unwavering support of the military exists only as long as you are wearing the uniform. “Troops are of one voice against cutting their pay and benefits,” wrote DeNoyer. “That is why we are so adamantly against any proposal that would have those who sacrifice the most to sacrifice even more.”

Whoever Fights and Says Obama is the Problem, Will Win the GOP Nomination

Whoever Fights and Says Obama is the Problem, Will Win the GOP Nomination

Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | November 18, 2011 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 5:31:22 PM by Kaslin

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RUSH: Newt Gingrich, top of the heap now. The Republican Party is still vetting their candidates, and despite what anybody tells you, we do not know who the nominee will be. But we do know what he or she should be saying.

We do know, I know, so do you, what that nominee should be saying in order to secure the nomination. And that is, Barack Obama is the problem, not fellow Republicans. The problem is Barack Obama. The problem is the Democrat Party. The problem is the American left. America’s greatness is not behind us. America’s greatness is here. It’s on the horizon. Our nominee must say we will be great again and the first step in the process is getting rid of Barack Obama and the Democrat Party and moving them out of the way.

LaRouche: To Stop World War III, Obama Must be Removed from Office Now ~ “In addition to these impeachable crimes, President Obama is clinically insane, and should be immediately removed…” « ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984+ ~ (BLOG & EMAIL)

LaRouche: To Stop World War III, Obama Must be Removed from Office Now ~ “In addition to these impeachable crimes, President Obama is clinically insane, and should be immediately removed…”

November 17, 2011 Gunny G Edit Leave a comment Go to comments

In addition to these impeachable crimes, President Obama is clinically insane, and should be immediately removed from office under Section IV of the 25th Amendment, which provides for the orderly removal of a President who is physically or mentally unfit to continue to serve.

If a few people in positions of authority step up to the plate and demand action along these lines, this will already weaken Obama and greatly reduce the immediate danger of world war. This is the true measure of patriotism today.

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(Excerpt) The Revolt of the Generals Against Iran War

“To be clear: everyone can agree that Iran is a serious problem. The development of Iranian missile technology is credible enough that NATO is (smartly) working with Russia to develop a defensive missile shield. And the most recent report from the International Atomic Energy Agency on Iran’s nuclear program should rally the international community to apply even more pressure.”

The General concluded with a warning to the Presidential candidates: “America ought not consider another war in the Middle East without a very serious discussion of the consequences. Political candidates should curb their jingoistic, chauvinistic emotions and temper their world view with a little reflective, rational thought.”

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The Revolt of the Generals Against Iran War

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In addition to the exclusive EIR interview with former CENTCOM commander, Gen. Joseph P. Hoar (USMC-ret.), other military voices are being raised against the danger of general war, posed by the threat of an Israeli or U.S. attack on Iran.

On Nov. 14, General John H. Johns, a retired Army officer who is a signator on the Human Rights First letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid warning against the police-state measures in the new defense bill, wrote an op-ed published in the New York Times, titled “Before We Bomb Iran, Let’s Have a Serious Conversation.” In the article, General Johns cites former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, retired Marine General Anthony Zinni, another former CENTCOM commander, and former Congressman, Admiral Joe Sestak, all warning about the “unintended consequences” of any attack on Iran.

Internet Censorship Bill Authored by Bob Goodlatte…

News Link  •  Free Speech

11-18-2011  •  Daily Paul 

Bob Goodlatte is the super regulator that authored the SOPA bill. It authorizes the Attorney General to remove rogue websites from search engines and prevent ISPs from delivering them. All it takes is a third party to say that such-and-such website is stealing my content. They don’t even have to warn you.

Here’s Kwiatkowski’s article about it on her website:

http://karenkforcongress.com/posts/congress-lies

THAT GIANT SUCKING SOUND YOU HEAR MIGHT BE E-PARASITE

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and “Enforcing and Protecting American Rights Against Sites Intent on Theft and Exploitation” Act or “E-Parasite” were introduced this week in the House Judiciary Committee. E-Parasite begins with this mission statement: “To promote prosperity, creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation by combating the theft of U.S. property, and for other purposes.”

Unfortunately, nothing in this bill, and the associated SOPA, promotes prosperity, creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Representative Zoe Lofgren‘s (CA-16) reaction to the bill was, “this would mean the end of the Internet as we know it.”

Can Herman Cain win by avoiding the media?

Can Herman Cain win by avoiding the media?

11-18-2011 • Christian Science Monitor

Herman Cain may be skirting the media spotlight for now, but to some fans that’s just another badge of honor for the kind of candidate they are looking for: an unpolished nonpolitician.

At a rally at a hotel in Nashua, N.H., Thursday – his first visit to the first-in-the-nation primary state since sexual harassment claims surfaced – a healthy dose of people showed up to give him a closer look as they size up the GOP candidates.

They found themselves elbow to elbow with some passionate fans – many of them women eager to stand up for a down-to-earth candidate whom they believe can get the country back on the right track.

Blast from the past: Perry at Hannity’s ’03 Freedom Concert

Blast from the past: Perry at Hannity’s ’03 Freedom Concert

YouTube ^ | 2003 | Hannity

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 3:34:24 PM by Chasaway

Rick Perry at Sean Hannity’s Freedom Concert in 2003.

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Herman Cain’s U.S.Secret Service detail has nothing to do with unruly reporters

Herman Cain’s U.S.Secret Service detail has nothing to do with unruly reporters

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS ^ | November 18 2011 | Joseph Straw

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 2:18:27 PM by mdittmar

Feds tight-lipped on why Cain needs more muscle at his back

WASHINGTON — The media horde that has hounded Herman Cain was not the reason the U.S. Secret Service gave him a security detail, a federal official said Friday.

“Media coverage or the number of media covering is not a factor in the decision of whether or not a candidate needs USSS protection,” a Department of Homeland Security official told the Daily News.

The GOP presidential hopeful — who has been a walking headline in recent weeks due largely to claims he sexually harassed at least four women — has reportedly faced racially-fueled threats, The Associated Press reported.

But a second federal official as well as a U.S. Secret Service spokesman declined to comment when asked by The News if security threats led to the decision.

Alaska’s gas market is Asia, not North America

Alaska’s gas market is Asia, not North America

Anchorage Daily News ^ | November 17th, 2011 | BILL WALKER

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 2:25:10 PM by thackney

Governor Parnell recently acknowledged that due to shale gas developments Alaska must change course and export its gas to the premium Asian markets. Owners of Lower 48 and West Coast Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminals are likewise accepting market realities and converting their LNG receiving facilities into export terminals.

Consequently, Parnell now agrees that it is time for Alaska to build a gasline to tidewater to export LNG to Asia.

Charles Krauthammer: The Pipeline Sellout – Obama puts politics over nation, again.

Charles Krauthammer: The Pipeline Sellout – Obama puts politics over nation, again.

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE ^ | November 18, 2011 | Charles Krauthammer

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 3:08:31 PM by neverdem

The Pipeline Sellout

Obama puts politics over nation, again.

In 2008, the slogan was “Yes We Can.” For 2011–12, it’s “We Can’t Wait.” What happened in between? Candidate Obama, the vessel into which myriad dreams were poured, met the reality of governance.

His near–$1 trillion stimulus begat a stagnant economy with 9 percent unemployment. His attempt at Wall Street reform left in place a still too-big-to-fail financial system as vulnerable today as when he came into office. His green-energy fantasies yielded Solyndra cronyism and a cap-and-trade regime not even a Democratic Congress would pass.

And now his signature achievement, Obamacare, is headed to the Supreme Court, where it could very well be struck down, just a week after its central element was overwhelmingly repudiated (2–1) by the good burghers of Ohio.

So what do you do when you say you can, but, it turns out, you can’t? Blame the other guy. Charge the Republicans with making governing impossible. Never mind that you had control of the Congress for two-thirds of your current tenure. It’s all the fault of Republican rejectionism.

Perry: Obama policies have made border less safe

Perry: Obama policies have made border less safe

Boston Globe ^ | November 18, 2011 | Beth Fouhy

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 3:12:51 PM by Cincinatus’ Wife

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NEW YORK—Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry says President Barack Obama and his administration are responsible for policies that have endangered agents patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Texas governor made his remarks while picking up an award from the Federal Law Enforcement Foundation.

Perry said lack of funding and “bureaucratic bungling” in Washington have made the border less safe.

He singled out one program in particular, Operation Fast and Furious. The arms-trafficking probe run by the Justice Department allowed AK-47s and other weapons to leak into the black market.

Four New Hampshire Legislators Call Obama’s Documents “Forged”| The Post & Email

Four New Hampshire Legislators Call Obama’s Documents “Forged”

HEARING SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT PRESS-TIME

by Sharon Rondeau

Image released on April 27, 2011 purported to be Barack Obama’s long-form birth certificate

(Nov. 18, 2011) — The Concord Monitor is reporting that four New Hampshire legislators have stated that in their opinion, Obama’s short- and long-form birth certificates are forgeries.

In Oprah Pitch,Alleged White House Shooter Said, ‘I am the Modern Day Jesus’ [Oprah!! Not Coulter]

In Oprah Pitch,Alleged White House Shooter Said, ‘I am the Modern Day Jesus’ [Oprah!! Not Coulter]

latino.foxnews.com ^ | Nov 18 2011 | Fox News

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 2:18:18 PM by NoLibZone

Accused White House shooter Oscar Ortega Hernández recorded a TV pitch to Oprah Winfrey two months ago in which he declared himself to be “the modern day Jesus Christ.”

Who is Oscar Ortega Hernández?

The 21-year-old asked an Idaho State University student to tape the segment. His girlfriend handed the tape over to the Secret Service on Tuesday.

“You see Oprah, there is still so much more that God needs me to express to the world. It’s not just a coincidence that I look like Jesus. I am the modern day Jesus Christ that you all have been waiting for,” he said.

Seven Dead at Occupy Protests So Far [corrupt national MSM engaging in conspiracy of silence]

Seven Dead at Occupy Protests So Far [corrupt national MSM engaging in conspiracy of silence]

American Power Blog ^ | Nov. 11, 2011 | Posted by Donald Douglas

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 1:16:56 PM by Colofornian

The dead include (1) a young man who passed away at the Occupy Oklahoma encampment; (2) a woman at Occupy Vancouver overdosed; (3) a protester in Bloomington, Indiana, was found dead; (4) a man was found dead in his tent at Occupy New Orleans; (5) a man shot himself in an encampment at Occupy Burlington in Vermont; (6) a protester was shot dead at Occupy Oakland; and now this death at Salt Lake City brings the grim toll to 7 deaths.

To Say Obama is Malcolm’s Son is Off the Wall | ATLAH Media Network

Hon. James David Manning, PhD says Malcolm X is not Barack Hussein (The Long Legged Mack Daddy) Obama’s father. Recorded on 17 November 2011.

via To Say Obama is Malcolm’s Son is Off the Wall | ATLAH Media Network.

Herman Cain’s Secret Service Request Prompted by Journalist Skirmishes

Herman Cain‘s Secret Service Request Prompted by Journalist Skirmishes

The Atlantic ^ | 11/18/11 | Erik Hayden

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 12:47:24 PM by mdittmar

Herman Cain, who’s security team manhandled multiple reporters recently, became the first GOP candidate to receive Secret Service protection in this election cycle–and Cain’s spokesman, J.D. Gordon said skirmishes with journalists prompted the decision, The Washington Post reported. “Cain spokesman J.D. Gordon said Thursday night that the campaign asked for the protection after The Washington Post posted an article online that morning detailing a series of physical skirmishes involving journalists at Cain rallies.”

SEIU Endorses Obama Re-Election

As I read the memorandum in front of me, I am amazed how blind Americans are, how naïve, ignorant, credulous, and unable to discern fact from fiction, reality from fantasy. How much more proof do they need before they realize our country is on the path of purposeful destruction?

Service Employees International Union (SEIU), with its 2.1 million dues paying members had announced on November 16, 2011, “with great pride and a sense of purpose,” that they were endorsing President Barack Obama for re-election.

“President Obama is the only candidate for president who shares our vision of America as a land of opportunity for everyone. We need a leader willing to fight for the needs of the 99 percent, and stand with hard working families to say that the world’s wealthiest corporations must pay their fair share.”

Is this the vision of socialist America where almost 50 percent of citizens already pay no federal income tax and receive welfare from the producers? Is this the vision where pot-smoking youth occupy our parks demanding handouts while preaching Marxism?

Boat captain alleges actor Robert Wagner responsible for Natalie Wood’s death

Boat captain alleges actor Robert Wagner responsible for Natalie Wood‘s death

MSNBC ^ | 11/18/2011 | Scott Stump

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 12:42:50 PM by SeekAndFind

The former captain of the boat from which actress Natalie Wood drowned in 1981 alleged on TODAY Friday that her husband, actor Robert Wagner, was responsible for her death.

Dennis Davern said he is now urging homicide investigators to look into Wood’s death. She had been boating with Wagner and his “Brainstorm” co-star Christopher Walken near Santa Catalina Island off the coast of California when she drowned.

“I made some terrible decisions and mistakes,” Davern told NBC News‘ David Gregory. “I did lie on a report several years ago.”

He added, “I made mistakes by not telling the honest truth in a police report.”

Prison Planet.com » NY Cops Drag Woman By Hair Across Street

CNN

November 18, 2011

A woman is dragged by her hair and backpack across the street as OWS protesters chant “shame” at New York cops.

Prison Planet.com » UN, Bill Gates Foundation Push Deadly HPV Shots on Poor Nations Under ‘GAVI Alliance’

A new campaign has been launched by an organization known as the GAVI Alliance to vaccinate up to 2 million women and girls with either GlaxoSmithKline’s Cervarix or Merck’s Gardasil by the year 2015. Of course these two HPV shots have been shown to be very dangerous, with Gardasil linked to death, countless adverse reactions, and Cervarix recently outed as similarly threatening.

“Americans will be forced to receive spurious terror alerts” ~ Sprint Launches Soon To Be Mandatory Emergency Alert Messages

Americans will be forced to receive spurious terror alerts

Paul Joseph Watson

Prison Planet.com

Friday, November 18, 2011

Telecommunications giant Sprint has announced the launch of its Wireless Emergency Alerts program that will deliver messages from the federal government directly to millions of Americans as part of a system set to become mandatory on all new cellphones.

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“Wireless Emergency Alerts allow the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to accept and deliver warning messages to wireless networks from the president of the United States, the National Weather Service and state and local emergency operations centers. Sprint customers will be able to effectively and accurately receive warnings and safety information via text alerts to mobile phones that are equipped with the enabling software and based on their geographic location,” states the press release.

Although existing mobile handsets can only receive the messages if their users have opted-in to the scheme, all new models will be designed so as to force Americans to receive the messages whether they want to or not.

Prison Planet.com » Supreme Court Blocks Government Plan To Claim Ownership Of DNA

Collecting and storing every newborn’s blood violates Genetic Privacy Act

Steve Watson

Prisonplanet.com

November 18, 2011

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In a long running case, a Supreme Court has ruled to limit the use of blood samples collected from newborns by the government.

The case has exposed the fact that there is an ongoing semi-covert movement by state and federal governments to claim ownership of every newborn baby’s DNA for the purpose of genetic research without the consent of individual citizens.

The Minnesota Court ruled Wednesday that the Minnesota Department of Health is violating the law in storing, using and disseminating newborn screening test results and newborn DNA.

Overruling a lower court’s decision, the state Supreme Court found that the samples are “Genetic Information” under the State Genetic Privacy Act, and held that “unless otherwise provided, the Department must have written informed consent to collect, use, store, or disseminate [the blood samples].”

“Going Galt’: Hedge Broker Shuts Down Firm With Chilling Letter About the Market”

“Going Galt’: Hedge Broker Shuts Down Firm With Chilling Letter About the Market”

TheBlaze ^ | 11182011 | Jonathon M. Seidl

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 11:32:37 AM by TheDailyChange

“Jon Corzine STOLE the customer cash at MF Global. Knowing Jon Corzine, and knowing the abject lawlessness and contempt for humanity of the Marxist Obama regime and its cronies, this is not really a surprise.”

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When Manly Virtue Died

When Manly Virtue Died

Townhall.com ^ | November 18, 2011 | Suzanne Fields

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 11:33:27 AM by Kaslin

These are difficult and perilous times for boys. A distorted culture has robbed them of virtue to measure themselves against. The good once associated with masculinity in a patriarchal society has been tossed out with the bad. This, alas, is the era of feminist ascendency.

Manhood is more easily mocked, satirized and derided, or exposed for its villainy, exploitation and criminality, than held up as an ideal for boys to aspire to. We’ve always had rogues, rascals and villains, but until now we’ve also had a baseline, a common denominator, of what it means to be a man. Male-female cultural distinctions, once blurred, now are disappearing.

A Birther Recants

The Constitutional requirement for President is “No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be ELIGIBLE to the Office of President;…”

Note the Constitutional distinction of “natural born Citizen” and “Citizen.” The paramount question is “why would the founders make this distinction if it was not meaningfully important”?

Prepare Yourself for Obama’s Second Term (Maybe we should fear a repeat of 1996…)

Prepare Yourself for Obama’s Second Term (Maybe we should fear a repeat of 1996…)

American Thinker ^ | 11/18/2011 | Michael Filozof

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 11:07:56 AM by SeekAndFind

For some time now, many conservatives have thought that President Obama is the Second Coming of Jimmy Carter. They think that chronic 9% unemployment, creeping inflation, and a foreign policy of self-abasement and weakness will doom Obama to a single term, and that he’ll slink off with his tail between his legs in disgrace, just like Carter did after 1980.

Maybe they should be thinking about the election of 1996 instead.

Mark Twain famously wrote, “There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.” ~ Sarah Palin: How Congress Occupied Wall Street – WSJ.com

Sarah Palin: How Congress Occupied Wall Street – WSJ.com

Wall Street Journal ^ | November 18, 2011 | Sarah Palin

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 10:50:31 AM by LJM

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Mark Twain famously wrote, “There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.” Peter Schweizer‘s new book, “Throw Them All Out,” reveals this permanent political class in all its arrogant glory. (Full disclosure: Mr. Schweizer is employed by my political action committee as a foreign-policy adviser.)

Is the media afraid of Obama?

Is the media afraid of Obama?

Boortz ^ | 17 NOVEMBER 2011 | Neil Boortz

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 10:38:19 AM by rdb3

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By Neal Boortz

Alan West says that the media needs to stop being afraid of standing up to Obama. I’m thinking that Col. West has this wrong.

There are two dynamics going on here. One is that elements of the DC and NYC press corps (pronounced corpse) are in love with Obama, not afraid of him. Don’t forget that Evan Thomas of Newsweek referred to Herr Ruler as “sort of a God.” Remember also Terry Moran of ABC news who told us that Obama is so hugely wonderful and amazing that he actually had to “step down” to the White House.

Cain’s Knowledge-Deficit Disorder

Cain’s Knowledge-Deficit Disorder

National Review ^ | 11/18/2011 | Rich Lowry

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 10:26:16 AM by TBBT

He is running for president knowing little about major matters of public import.

Poor Rick Perry. His “brain freeze” is indelible, otherwise it would forever be eclipsed by Herman Cain’s more cringe-inducing meanderings on Libya.

At a meeting with the editors of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Cain was asked whether he agreed with Pres. Barack Obama’s handling of Libya. You would think he had been asked who is the president of Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan, Cain’s joshing description of a prototypical gotcha foreign-policy question. What ensued was the longest five minutes of an editorial-board meeting ever.

What Occupy Wall Street & the Tea Party have in common:Right or left,all mass movements are the same

What Occupy Wall Street & the Tea Party have in common:Right or left,all mass movements are the same

http://www.nydailynews.com ^ | November 16 2011 | S.E.Cupp

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 10:17:07 AM by Maelstorm

As partisans on the left and right try to co-opt and compare the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street movements, both sides ignore that they aren’t really that different at all. Both, in fact, hew to the same conventions as all mass movements. And as the 2012 presidential candidates — including President Obama — attempt to form their positions on each one, they’d all be wise to put them in perspective.

In Eric Hoffer’s seminal 1951 work, “The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements,” the similarity is drawn with startling clarity.

Obama’s OWS Grows More Violent…Threatens Young Children| The Post & Email

LEFTIST ATTACK ON THE FINANCIAL SECTOR TURNS TO AMERICA’S YOUTH

by Sher Zieve, ©2011

The “Occupy Wall Street” movement began on Constitution Day, September 17, 2011 in New York City and has spread to many cities worldwide

(Nov. 18, 2011) — For those of you who continue to tell me the Occupy Wall Street radicals aren’t politically connected with one party, I say balderdash. First, in September ObamaFriend Van Jones told ObamaChannel MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell that there was going to be a progressives’ “October Offensive against Capitalism.” Then, Obama mentor and persona non grata in virtually every country save ObamaLand (aka the former USA), is funding the OWS largely via his Tides Foundation.

Fake terror plots, paid informants: the tactics of FBI ‘entrapment’ questioned | EUTimes.net

“Most terrorists have links to foreign terrorist groups and have trained in terrorism training camps. Perhaps FBI resources should be spent finding those guys.”

Who is Rush Limbaugh Afraid of?

Who is Rush Limbaugh Afraid of?

YouTube ^

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 9:58:33 AM by wiseprince

Apparently during this whole Sandusky scandal Rush Limbaugh answered a caller by saying who couldn’t give the answer he wanted to give because he would no longer have a radio show or a career.

I heard this interview talking about what Rush said and I don’t know what to make of it. Does anyone have the transcript of Rush Limbaugh saying that there is someone who is afraid to speak against because they could get him fired? To me this is a big deal and we need to flush out exactly what Rush was saying (or was he just tweaking everyone)

Cain receives Secret Service protection

Cain receives Secret Service protection

Associated Press via Yahoo ^ | 18 Nov 2011 | By PHILIP ELLIOTT

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 9:15:49 AM by US Navy Vet

WASHINGTON (AP) — Herman Cain on Thursday became the first Republican presidential candidate to receive Secret Service protection.

Cain asked for the security and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and congressional leaders approved his request Thursday, Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan confirmed.

Obama’s Russia Policy: Trust, Don’t Verify

Obama’s Russia Policy: Trust, Don’t Verify

Townhall.com ^ | November 18, 2011 | Ken Blackwell

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 9:51:01 AM by Kaslin

President Reagan’s famous dictum, which he often quoted to Mikhail Gorbachev in Russian, was Trust but Verify. (In Russian, it rhymes: Doverai, no proverai.) President Obama has recognized that Reagan was a “transformational” president. He says he gave the old man credit, though he never gave him his vote.

Now, Barack Obama is determined also to be a transformational president. And he is succeeding in this. More’s the pity. His Russian policy is one of “Trust, Don’t Verify.”

First, he cancelled missile defense for our new allies— Poland , Hungary , the Czech Republic . This was done with the hope and expectation that it would make the Russians more cooperative on Iran.

Russia has responded by pulling the teeth of any sanctions resolutions at the UN that threatened to really bite the Iranian mullahs. The Washington Post tells us—in a front page story, no less, the absorbing tale of Vyascheslav Danilenko, Russian nuclear scientist, who is said to be aiding Iran in development of a nuclear weapon.

The Police State vs. Occupy Wall Street: This Is Not Going To End Well for Any of Us

It would be nice if all Occupy Wall Street protests would be 100% non-violent.

It would be nice if the police would be reasonable and would carry out their duties with gentleness and respect.

But sadly, those things are probably not going to happen.

The civil unrest we are seeing now is only the beginning.

Things are going to get a lot worse.

If things keep getting escalated to “the next level”, eventually we will see martial law imposed in some of our largest cities.

Don’t think that it can’t happen.

The United States is increasingly becoming a very unstable place.

As America comes apart at the seams, this is not going to end well for any of us.

Prison Planet.com » Andrew Couts: Internet Titans Fight SOPA

Infowars Nighytly News

November 18, 2011

Rob Dew interviews Andrew Couts of Digital Trends about the push by the Department of Justice to make it a punishable crime to lie on the internet and violate the terms of service of websites…..

Prison Planet.com » Paul: Obama health care more fascism than socialism

Paige Winfield Cunningham

Washington Times

November 18, 2011

It’s doubtful whether anyone opposes President Obama’s health care law more than Ron Paul, but the Texas congressman said Wednesday that the sweeping legislation is not socialized medicine — contrary to claims made by his fellow presidential contenders Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain.

Instead, Mr. Paul called the Affordable Care Act “corporate medicine leading toward fascism,” insisting that his definition was much worse.

“It’s not socialized medicine, but it’s characteristic and creates the same things,” he said in comments before the Congressional Health Care Caucus, which invited him to speak on Capitol Hill.

“You always have shortages on socialized medicine, but you always have shortages when you have government intervention — like we do now.

Republicans Throw Their ‘Pledge To America’ Under the OmniBus

Republicans Throw Their ‘Pledge To America’ Under the OmniBus

Red State ^ | 11/17/2011 | David Horowitz

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 8:29:32 AM by IbJensen

Update: Roll call of members who stood strong is below the fold.

This afternoon, the House passed Harry Reid’s first minibus appropriations bill (Agriculture, Commerce-Justice-Science, Transportation-HUD), which contains record levels of spending for Food Stamps, WIC, and international food aid. It also contains $2.3 billion for disaster spending, which is excluded from the budget caps. Appropriations Committee Chairman Harold Rogers promised today on the House floor that spending will not exceed the $1.043 trillion spending cap. Well, the extra $2.3 billion in disaster spending allowed him to do just that. Moreover, if they continue to adopt the higher spending levels of the Democrats, the only way to stay below the cap will be to cut defense appropriations. Worse, this bill has a provision, which was inserted into the conference report, to expand the role of Fannie Mae and Freddi Mac.

Last year, as part of their ‘Pledge To America,‘ Republicans promised to downsize Freddie/Fannie. They also promised to end the practice of minibus bills. Today, they violated both pledges. Yes, we know that mantra; it’s a minibus bill; not an omnibus. But the reality is that House Republicans never had an opportunity to vote and amend two-thirds of the bill.

George McGovern: Abolish the TSA and Homeland Security by Robert Wenzel

Former Sen. and Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern, who ran on an anti-Vietnam war platform, is calling for the Transportation Security Administration and the entire Homeland Security Department to be eliminated, reports The Hill.

In a new book, What It Means to be a Democrat he says that current airport security procedures are “ridiculous.” He writes, further:

The whole silliness of our response is exemplified by what has happened at our airports. Once sources of architectural pride, air terminals are now barricaded behind concrete. Inside we are required to remove our shoes and belts, hand over our gels and liquids and submit to body scans – with the ante being raised each time there’s a new scare.

What upsets me the most is when I see an elderly woman trying her dardedest to comply with these ridiculous rules. As if she could possibility harboring an explosive in her suitcase,” he continued. “Now that our initial distress over 9/11 has dissipated, I suggest that we stop this needless hassle, a palliative that costs $7 billion a year and rising.

With Global Unrest and Militarized Police, Where Do You Go To Escape? by Jamie Douglas

These days, living in the United States and having a questioning mind is becoming more and more hazardous, forcing many of us to consider our options as to where we might want to spend the next few years. While no country is perfect, it is the continuous erosion of rights that has made many Americans look at options available in living abroad, because the increasing militarization of the police forces has frightening fascist overtones. There are more Americans afraid of their own government today than there ever have been… and justifiably so!

Ron Paul on Politics and Freedom…(Waco)

It’s not so difficult to distinguish between libertarians and statists. Let us say that there are some things which one must believe in to be libertarian: private property, competition, the free market, the right to keep and bear arms, the right to secede, and so on.

It’s not common to meet a libertarian on the street, much less in congress. Despite this fact, Ron Paul is one of us. He was a Libertarian candidate for president in 1988, and later a Republican congressman. He has written several books, including The Case for Gold, and has served as an advisor to the Ludwig von Mises Institute. Ron Paul is more than a mere politician.

Dr. Paul, you were a US presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party during the 1988 campaign. You are currently a Republican congressman. Why did you choose to run under the banner of the GOP?

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I have always maintained the same basic view of the proper role of government, and I have patterned that view along the lines of the views of the framers of our U.S. Constitution. This to me is a much more critical thing than the political party in which one enrolls for the purpose of furthering one’s views.

Do you think the deaths of 75 persons in the burning compound in Waco, Texas, on April 19, 1993 were a direct consequence of the federal siege?

EXCERPT

via Ron Paul on Politics and Freedom.

Obama Administration Training Egyptian Islamists for Elections

Obama Administration Training Egyptian Islamists for Elections

FrontPage Magazine ^ | November 18, 2011 | Ryan Mauro

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 8:03:37 AM by SJackson

If you want proof that U.S. policy towards the Arab Spring is fatally flawed, look no further than William Taylor, the State Department’s Special Coordinator for Middle East Transitions and long associate of Muslim Brotherhood apologists. Taylor officially took charge on September 16 and oversees U.S. aid to countries affected by the Arab Spring, specifically Egypt, Tunisia and Libya.

Taylor’s office has been giving Egyptian Islamists training to prepare for the election contests that begin on November 28. He justified it by saying that the assistance is open to all parties and the U.S. wouldn’t pick sides. “Sometimes, Islamist parties show up, sometimes they don’t,” he said nonchalantly.

When asked how the U.S. would feel if the Muslim Brotherhood won Egypt’s elections, he said, “I think we will be satisfied, if it is a free and fair election. What we need to do is judge people and parties and movements on what they do, not what they’re called.” The answer seemed to infer that critics of the Brotherhood are needlessly alarmed by the name of the group.

It gets worse.

Prison Planet.com » NYPD Overwhelmed by Occupy Wall Street Protesters, Motorcycle Cops Retreat

YouTube

November 18, 2011

Protesters march on New York Stock Exchange on two-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. Outnumbered police are surrounded. Motorcycle cops retreat with nowhere else to go.

Prison Planet.com » The Occupy Movement Is Protesting the SAME THING that the Founding Fathers Protested at the Boston Tea Party

The Founding Fathers hated big corporations. See this, this and this. They were as suspicious of big corporations as they were the monarchy. So they only allowed corporate charters for a very brief duration, in order to carry out a specific, time-limited project.

As James Madison noted:

There is an evil which ought to be guarded against in the indefinite accumulation of property from the capacity of holding it in perpetuity by…corporations. The power of all corporations ought to be limited in this respect. The growing wealth acquired by them never fails to be a source of abuses.

Indeed, while the Boston Tea Party was a revolt against taxation without representation, it largely centered on the British government’s crony capitalism – and disproportionate tax breaks – towards the East India Company, the giant company which dominated the tea market and hurt small American business.

Prison Planet.com » Russian Warships Enter Syrian Waters To Prevent NATO Attack

Moscow in aggressive move to stop another “humanitarian intervention”

Paul Joseph Watson

Prison Planet.com

Friday, November 18, 2011

Russian warships have entered Syrian territorial waters in an aggressive move designed to prevent any NATO-led attack on the country under the guise of a “humanitarian intervention”.

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“Russian warships are due to arrive at Syrian territorial waters, a Syrian news agency said on Thursday, indicating that the move represented a clear message to the West that Moscow would resist any foreign intervention in the country’s civil unrest,” reports Haaretz.

Russia has stepped up efforts to defend Syria in recent days, with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov keen to frame the violence in the country as a civil war in defiance of claims by western powers that President Bashar al-Assad has overseen a bloody crackdown on innocent protesters.

Ron Paul: GOP will be punished if it capitulates on tax increases

Ron Paul: GOP will be punished if it capitulates on tax increases

The Hill, Washington, DC ^ | 2011-11-17 | Justin Sink

Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2011 10:41:18 PM by rabscuttle385

Ron Paul says that Republicans will be punished if they do not hold the line against tax increases in the super-committee negotiations and argued that his campaign was well situated to challenge Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination in a radio interview with Sean Hannity Thursday.

“If we capitulate, they will punish the Republican Party,” Paul said in response to questions about proposed tax increases. He also said that Republicans needed to be thinking more dramatically about reducing the federal deficit.

“Even if they cut a trillion dollars over the next couple of years from the baseline budget it doesn’t mean anything,” Paul said.

Tea party activists remain wary of Romney (but Romney campaign expects Tea Partiers to surrender)

Tea party activists remain wary of Romney (but Romney campaign expects Tea Partiers to surrender)

The Los Angeles Times ^ | 2011-11-17 | Paul West & Seema Mehta

Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2011 10:49:43 PM by rabscuttle385

Washington and Des Moines – Throughout the roller-coaster Republican presidential contest, one thing hasn’t changed: the stubborn refusal of many tea party supporters to warm up to Mitt Romney.

The swift rise and abrupt fall of a succession of GOP candidates has been driven in part by the restless search for a Romney alternative by that group of voters, who energized the GOP’s big turnaround in 2010.

Hate speech law on the chopping block

Hate speech law on the chopping block

QMI Agency via Sun News Network ^ | 2011-11-17 | Kris Sims

Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2011 11:15:13 PM by Clive

OTTAWA – Canada’s human rights commissions could soon be de-fanged.

New legislation would repeal Section 13, the hate speech portion of Human Rights Act.

“Our government believes Section 13 is not an appropriate or effective means for combating hate propaganda. We believe the Criminal Code is the best vehicle to prosecute these crimes,” Justice Minister Rob Nicholson told the House of Commons during question period.

What Most Americans Don’t Get About Iran

What Most Americans Don’t Get About Iran

The New World Reporter ^ | 11/172011 | R.F. Goggin

Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2011 11:27:32 PM by rfgoggin

If you are American, chances are fairly good that you have heard of at least some measure of religious prophecy associated with the concept of the ‘end times’, or Armageddon – as it is usually referred to. Most often it has to do with a human-being inclined, but supernaturally omnipotent entity by the name of Jesus, who will lead a horde of heavenly spirits in service to a ‘God’ of all things ‘good’ into war against the forces of evil – which are about the business of inhabiting the inherently materialistic, sinful and easily corruptible people of the planet Earth.

Obama claims share of credit for huge Boeing deal

Obama claims share of credit for huge Boeing deal

AFP ^ | Nov.17, 2011 | Stephen Collinson

Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2011 11:40:33 PM by Free ThinkerNY

US President Barack Obama Friday claimed a share of the credit as Boeing sealed its largest-ever commercial aircraft order to build 230 jets worth $21.7 billion for Indonesia‘s Lion Air.

The deal, for 201 737 MAXs and 29 737-900 ERs, bolstered Obama’s strategic decision to orient the struggling US economy with booming markets in emerging Asia, which he sees as an engine of US jobs growth for years to come.

America’s Story (part 1) – The Speech that redefined us, November 19, 1863

America’s Story (part 1) – The Speech that redefined us, November 19, 1863

smithsk.blogspot.com ^ | November 12, 2011 | smithsk

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 12:17:22 AM by NEWwoman

One hundred fifty years ago, Civil War broke out in the United States. In my opinion, this war was the worst war in our 235 + year history. It divided us as a people on many issues – slavery only one of them. The casualties – including both the Union and Confederate soldiers – were the greatest of any of our wars – even the American casualties during World War II – the worst war of the 20th century.

The video scene below from Cold Mountain (2003) and extended lyrics from When Johnny Comes Marching Home give a sense of the intensity of the fighting during the Civil War:

Newt’s Contract with the Earth: Pseudo-Science, Big Government

Newt’s Contract with the Earth: Pseudo-Science, Big Government

The New American ^ | 02-15-11 | Daniel Sayani

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 12:59:46 AM by Lazlo in PA

Most Americans remember Newt Gingrich as being the former Speaker of the House who led America into the glories of conservative victory, and who guided the Republican Party to electoral success in its 1994 “Revolution,” which resulted in the economic boon of the Internet era of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Most do not associate Newt, however, with his true record, which speaks volumes about his underlying ideology and motivations. This ideology is especially evident in his 2007 book A Contract with the Earth, which he coauthored with environmentalist Terry Maple.

70% OF AMERICAN MUSLIMS SAY US SHOULD IMPOSE SHARIA: LEGALIZED POLYGAMY

70% OF AMERICAN MUSLIMS SAY US SHOULD IMPOSE SHARIA: LEGALIZED POLYGAMY

Atlas Shrugs ^ | Nov 17,2011 | Pamela Geller

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 2:39:34 AM by expat1000

“I believe the government should legalize polygamy because it is lawful in Islam. It would enable all the wives to have the same legal status.” — Muslima in an Islamic polygamous marriage

…nearly 70 percent said they believe that the U.S. should legalize polygamy…42 percent of those surveyed said they were either in, or knew others in polygamous marriages within the local Muslim community. Thirty nine percent said they would engage in a polygamous marriage if it were legal in the United States.

Perry: I wouldn’t honor “trigger” spending cuts

Perry: I wouldn’t honor “trigger” spending cuts

CBS News ^ | November 17, 2011 | Rebecca Kaplan, CBS and National Journal

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 4:07:44 AM by Cincinatus’ Wife

JACKSON, MISS. – As president, Rick Perry would not uphold spending cuts required if the congressional supercommittee fails to meet next week’s deadline for a plan to reduce federal spending by $1.2 trillion, the Republican presidential candidate said Thursday.

“Not at all,” Perry told reporters here when asked whether he would allow the draconian cuts – including $600 billion from the Pentagon — to take place if he is in the White House in January, 2013. The Texas governor insists that his plan to lower taxes and reduce regulations will make the cuts unnecessary by stimulating the economy.

The logical outcome of the OWS movement (What is AmericanThinker Thinking?)

The logical outcome of the OWS movement (What is AmericanThinker Thinking?)

AmericanThinker ^ | November 18,2011 | Claude Sandroff

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 5:35:51 AM by broken_arrow1

As OWS was the logical outcome of three years of Obama’s fascistic class warfare rhetoric, nationalizing America’s most profitable global companies is the logical outcome of the OWS movement.

As corporations are not people no one will be hurt as we nationalize. It takes medium-sized cities in Shenzhen and Chengdu for Foxconn to manufacture Apple products in China. (snip) The repatriation of Apple manufacturing infrastructure to the US could create as many as 500,000 positions–all high paying, high quality union jobs–here at home, offsetting by at least a factor twenty-five the jobs lost by the delay of the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Alberta, BC to the Gulf of Mexico.

Shooting suspect thought Obama was the ‘devil’

Shooting suspect thought Obama was the ‘devil’

msnbc ^ | 11/18/2011 | msnbc

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 6:36:10 AM by tobyhill

A man accused of firing an assault rifle at the White House believed he was Jesus and thought President Barack Obama was the Antichrist, according to court documents and those who knew him.

At one point, he even suggested to an acquaintance the president was planning to implant computer tracking chips into children.

Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, 21, was charged Thursday with attempting to assassinate the president or his staff.

Today’s Toons 11/18/11

Today’s Toons 11/18/11

The Right Reasons ^ | 11/18/11 | pookie18

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 7:10:56 AM by pookie18

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Lawmakers grill Obama over Border agent trial

Members of Congress say prosecution of Diaz ‘sets a dangerous precedent’

Posted: November 17, 2011

10:00 pm Eastern

By Bob Unruh

© 2011 WND

Jesus Diaz Jr.

U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., who apparently unsuccessfully demanded answers from Attorney General Eric Holder about the prosecution of a Border Patrol agent, today was joined by dozens of his colleagues in going over Holder’s head to address the questions to Barack Obama.

A copy of the letter, signed by Hunter and 36 other members of Congress, was obtained by Andy Ramirez, president of the Law Enforcement Officers Advocates Council, which is working on the case involving the prosecution of and two-year sentence for agent Jesus Diaz.

After twice being cleared by investigators of wrongdoing, he was prosecuted by the Obama administration and ultimately sentenced to two years for violating the constitutional rights of an illegal alien drug smuggler he caught hauling 75 pounds of marijuana into the U.S.

Click here to sign a petition sending a message to the federal government about Border Patrol Agent Jesus Diaz