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Friday, June 24, 2016
Thursday, June 23, 2016
UK Declares Independence from EU
The United Kingdom declared independence from the regulations and encroachment upon British sovereignty by the EU. This is a resounding victory for the ordinary person in rebelling against me elites of both United States and England. Immigration was touch point and the vote reflects the frustration of the ordinary person against their government.
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
“The Ideological and Political Power of the Islamic State,” by Army Colonel David M. Kobs in the February, 2016, issue of Army War College Review (pp. 40-44).
I would take issue with an otherwise excellent article about one aspect of the study:
"Importantly, non-Muslim states, including the U.S. must avoid any overt appearance or actual entry into the ideological debate."
An American ideology of Common Sense, The Federalist Papers, the U.S. Constitution, the Gettysburg Address, Letter from Birmingham Jail, and related documents is unbeatable.
It is not that America does not have a superior ideology to the Islamic State the difficulty is that our leaders do not appreciate our ideological advantage; and, perhaps more importantly, they can not communicate it effectively using the technological tools that Islamists exploit to their advantage.
"Importantly, non-Muslim states, including the U.S. must avoid any overt appearance or actual entry into the ideological debate."
An American ideology of Common Sense, The Federalist Papers, the U.S. Constitution, the Gettysburg Address, Letter from Birmingham Jail, and related documents is unbeatable.
It is not that America does not have a superior ideology to the Islamic State the difficulty is that our leaders do not appreciate our ideological advantage; and, perhaps more importantly, they can not communicate it effectively using the technological tools that Islamists exploit to their advantage.
Monday, June 20, 2016
Sunday, June 19, 2016
Ian Hunter & The Rant Band at Sellersville. PA. USA - 06/19/2016 - Live Concert
https://youtu.be/XYC63LhM5nY
1.) Cleveland Rocks 0.00
2.) Irene Wilde 4:57
3.) Just Another Night 9:09
Flowers, All of the Good Ones Are Taken
Cleveland Rocks, Irene Wilde, Just Another Night, Dead Man Walking, All The Way From Memphis (snippet)
https://youtu.be/W0Lmk_sPOL0
ATWFM/Silver Needles/Shrunken Heads, Sweet Jane
All The Young Dudes/Goodnight Irene
Tonight "Mad Dog," now roadie and former band member with Mick Ronson, guitar, told me he got the nickname from Ian. On Saturday night "Mad Dog" gave me a partial set list from the City Winery gig. I asked him how he got the nickname and he said because he's got lots of ideas and I asked about what and he said about everything.
Tonight "Mad Dog," now roadie and former band member with Mick Ronson, guitar, told me he got the nickname from Ian. On Saturday night "Mad Dog" gave me a partial set list from the City Winery gig. I asked him how he got the nickname and he said because he's got lots of ideas and I asked about what and he said about everything.
Ian signed the Licorice Pizza, Bellflower, California hand bill. I told him he and Ronson were on a record store appearance for the Schizophrenic tour. Ian said he vaguely remembers the day. I told him I came for him to sign the first Mott The Hoople LP. On the inside gatefold it has the band members heads on all on the same leather jacket of Mick Ralphs, guitar. Ian repeated the story that he has told in various forms over the years. Ian said that the body is Mick's who was "young and thin and the rest of us were old and fat." I told him that's the same story that he told me that day so he must remember the event.
Before he got into his car I told him I was glad to see that he was not retiring after releasing "Salvation" since the story had been going around that he would retire after the song came out. Ian said it's on the box set coming out in September but he has no plans to retire.
The harmonica is used for only one song: "23A Swan Hill."
Ian Hunter, Sellersville Theater
All The Young Dudes/Goodnight Irene
Tonight "Mad Dog," now roadie and former band member with Mick Ronson, guitar, told me he got the nickname from Ian. On Saturday night "Mad Dog" gave me a partial set list from the City Winery gig. I asked him how he got the nickname and he said because he's got lots of ideas and I asked about what and he said about everything.
Tonight "Mad Dog," now roadie and former band member with Mick Ronson, guitar, told me he got the nickname from Ian. On Saturday night "Mad Dog" gave me a partial set list from the City Winery gig. I asked him how he got the nickname and he said because he's got lots of ideas and I asked about what and he said about everything.
Ian signed the Licorice Pizza, Bellflower, California hand bill. I told him he and Ronson were on a record store appearance for the Schizophrenic tour. Ian said he vaguely remembers the day. I told him I came for him to sign the first Mott The Hoople LP. On the inside gatefold it has the band members heads on all on the same leather jacket of Mick Ralphs, guitar. Ian repeated the story that he has told in various forms over the years. Ian said that the body is Mick's who was "young and thin and the rest of us were old and fat." I told him that's the same story that he told me that day so he must remember the event.
Before he got into his car I told him I was glad to see that he was not retiring after releasing "Salvation" since the story had been going around that he would retire after the song came out. Ian said it's on the box set coming out in September but he has no plans to retire.
The harmonica is used for only one song: "23A Swan Hill."
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Ian Hunter, City Winery, NYC
I ran into Paul at the Starbucks diagonal from the club. He said the new CD has several mid-tempo rockers and a couple of ballads.
This was a substantially different set than the two shows last weekend. They started out with the work song rhythm track that they have not used recently to begin the show but the first song was "Rest In Peace." Then, he also played "Michael Picasso" and "All The Way From Memphis," among others, that have not been in the set. The two "Moondogs" from the Ronno era were also there. One Moondog does the technical set up; and, the other played keyboards on "All The Young Dudes" while Dennis moved to Ian's keyboard. Ian's son, Jesse, also sang backup on the tune.
Tommy Mandel - keyboards, vocals; Tommy Morrongiello - guitar, vocals;
This was a substantially different set than the two shows last weekend. They started out with the work song rhythm track that they have not used recently to begin the show but the first song was "Rest In Peace." Then, he also played "Michael Picasso" and "All The Way From Memphis," among others, that have not been in the set. The two "Moondogs" from the Ronno era were also there. One Moondog does the technical set up; and, the other played keyboards on "All The Young Dudes" while Dennis moved to Ian's keyboard. Ian's son, Jesse, also sang backup on the tune.
Tommy Mandel - keyboards, vocals; Tommy Morrongiello - guitar, vocals;
Friday, June 17, 2016
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Moderates Are Islamists
Moderates are Islamists
Fahad Qureshi stated that the desire to see homosexuals killed was a belief held by so-called “moderate” Muslims.
“I always try to tell them that….these are general views that every Muslim actually has….every Muslim believes in these things,” says Qureshi.
Qureshi then asks the audience of Muslim attendees – black, white and Arab – to raise their hands if they agree with gender segregation and stoning women for adultery, as taught by the Koran.
Virtually every single ‘moderate’ Muslim in the room raises their hand to agree with these positions. Qureshi then asks the audience if they go to “normal Sunni mosques in Norway.” Virtually everyone raises their hand in agreement once again.
“What are the politicians going to say now? What is the media going to say now? That we are all extremists? That we are all radicals? That we need to deport all of us from this country?” states Qureshi.
The chillingly ironic thing is of course that in trying to argue that most Muslims are not ‘radical extremists’, Qureshi only proves the point that so-called “moderate” Muslims do in fact hold radical, violent and extreme views about the treatment of women and homosexuals.
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Gays and Muslims
Gays, Muslims, Roman Catholics
TRANSCRIPT
All the victims at the gay nightclub who were murdered over the weekend need our prayers. Fifty people, 50-plus souls were on the scene, and the very next moment, they were standing before the judgment seat of Almighty God — as we all will be one day. Life can seem so certain one moment and over the next, in a twinkling of an eye. We must always be prepared to die.
The murders bring about a very interesting point of a larger discussion. The liberal alliance has brought various factions together, with one common goal: to end Catholic morality's influence on Western civilization.
There are indeed some strange pairings in this liberal alliance: homosexualists, the Democratic Party, the mainstream media and Islam. Whatever differences Islam and liberals have, they have been willing to overlook them to join forces against the common enemy of Christianity, specifically Catholicism.
So, for example, from ISIS and the Islamic world you hear threats against Rome — loud threats, so loud that Italian army soldiers now stand at the ready fully armed with machine guns in very plain sight around the boundaries of Vatican City. And you hear from various gay groups that the Catholic Church hates gays — that we are homophobic, that we are a threat, that we need to have our non-profit status revoked, that we need to be monitored and so forth.
One point needs to become very clear to all those who wish to paint the Church as an enemy of gays: We want you saved. Islam wants you dead. And let's be very clear: The Catholic Church wants to save gays from Hell. Islam wants to send gays to Hell.
Just last month in the Middle East, these horrific images of a man being thrown off a building to his death were released. His "crime": being gay in a Muslim country. Again, Catholics don't hate gays. But Islamicists do. It wasn't Catholics throwing that man to his death. And it wasn't a Catholic in the gay nightclub murdering dozens of same-sex-attracted men and women.
But this whole situation does pose a very difficult conundrum for the whole liberal alliance. Gays hate the Church because the Church teaches about the immorality of homosexual acts. And Islam hates the Church because it was born from a hate of the Church and has always had as its object the overthrow of Christianity.
Up until now, the liberal mainstream media has been happy to be complicit in giving Islamic terrorism a pass because it had common cause with undermining Catholicism in the culture. The liberal alliance was happy to make common cause with Islam because they had a common enemy: the Catholic Church. So whenever an Islamic terrorist murdered a group somewhere, it could be whitewashed and follow-up stories done on how Islam doesn't really have a widely accepted notion of jihad and violence, and how the various terror acts were "isolated," or the individual was disturbed and so forth. But Islam could never be approached as a problem in itself. That would be shooting an ally in the back.
Well, this past weekend radical Islam shot one of its own allies in the back; more than 50 souls were dispatched into eternity as a result. So now the conundrum: Random victims were not targeted but homosexual men and women. Islam hates gays and wants them dead, and this is a fact that the liberal alliance of homosexualists, Democrats and the media have simply not said out loud.
Well, now they have to.
The liberal alliance may finally have to come out and say for the whole world to hear what should be blindingly obvious to the whole world: Islam hates gays and wants them dead.
But that admission will cost the liberal alliance. For all their common cause with wanting to undermine or even eradicate Catholicism, the Church does share some core principles with Islam regarding morality. Pope John Paul II was able to use those shared beliefs about sexual morality in the U.N. Cairo Conference back in the 1990s to fend off an attempt by Western nations to embrace abortion and contraception as human rights. By working with various Islamic nations, the Church was able to beat back the initiative.
This move by the Vatican angered many Western powers who want to push sexual immorality, and the Church came into sharp focus as a threat to their new world order. So the liberal alliance of gays, news media, politicians, Hollywood, all banded together and began their relentless pounding of the Church. To the extent that Islam could be conscripted, even indirectly, all the better.
Up until Orlando, the strange alliance between gays and gay-hating Islam was able to hold. Now, it's over — or, at least, it should be. What remains to be seen is how this will be handled or massaged in the media. Will the Muslim killer be painted as a lone extremist who does not represent "peaceful" Islam? Will media reports devolve into story after story about the need for gun control? Will the murderous action be whitewashed as an act against "Americans" and "our way of life" instead of the full-on truth that Islam hates gays and wants them dead?
Now that Islam has broken ranks with the liberal alliance by attacking a key component of it in the homosexual ideology, what remains to be seen is which enemy will the liberal alliance choose to attack more: Islam or the Catholic Church? Since Satan is behind the liberal alliance, the homosexual ideology and Islam, it's pretty certain the Church will be the one continuing being attacked once this has all receded from the headlines.
Monday, June 13, 2016
Sunday, June 12, 2016
Ian Hunter, Hoboken Arts and Music Festival
Ian Hunter and the Rant Band will be playing at the 2016 Hoboken Arts and Music Festival on June 12. The are scheduled for 4:30 PM on the Observer Highway Stage.
http://www.hobokennj.org/departments/human-services/cultural-affairs/arts-music-festival/
http://www.hobokennj.org/departments/human-services/cultural-affairs/arts-music-festival/
Ian Hunter, Hoboken Arts and Music Festival, 12 June 2016
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An hour and eleven minute set: did not play "Silver Needles" or "Flowers." A beautiful day for a festival and a receptive crowd. Ian in good voice and the band tight as ever. They had fun on stage.
An hour and eleven minute set: did not play "Silver Needles" or "Flowers." A beautiful day for a festival and a receptive crowd. Ian in good voice and the band tight as ever. They had fun on stage.
Islamist Kills Gays in Orlando
Allahu Akbar
Islamist Kills in Orlando
Victim
Islamist
Responding
Orlando Mosque Talk: Gays Should Die
Former Cop Complained But Islamist Played the Muslim Card
worked-security-company-which-tranports-illegal-immigrants
In an interview with CNN’s Drew Griffin, the imam at the Fort Pierce Islamic Center, Dr. Syed Shafeeq Rahman, says Mateen would come two or three times a week.
- See more at: http://pamelageller.com/2016/06/orlando-jihad-911-osama.html/#sthash.pwHDzhfm.dpuf
David Wood
jihad-mass-murderer-tied-to-radical-imam
Islamist Kills in Orlando
Victim
Islamist
Responding
Orlando Mosque Talk: Gays Should Die
Former Cop Complained But Islamist Played the Muslim Card
worked-security-company-which-tranports-illegal-immigrants
In an interview with CNN’s Drew Griffin, the imam at the Fort Pierce Islamic Center, Dr. Syed Shafeeq Rahman, says Mateen would come two or three times a week.
- See more at: http://pamelageller.com/2016/06/orlando-jihad-911-osama.html/#sthash.pwHDzhfm.dpuf
David Wood
jihad-mass-murderer-tied-to-radical-imam
Saturday, June 11, 2016
Ian Hunter, City Winery, NYC, Summer Residency
Sat 11 June 2016 - City Winery, New York NY http://www.citywinery.com/newyork/tickets/ian-hunter-summer-residency-6-11.html
Sat 18 June 2016 - City Winery, New York NY http://www.citywinery.com/newyork/tickets/ian-hunter-summer-residency-6-18.html
Sat 25 June 2016 - City Winery, New York NY http://www.citywinery.com/newyork/tickets/ian-hunter-summer-residency-6-25.html
Ian Hunter, City Winery, NYC
No "AAAB" or "ATWFM." Played "Silver Needles" and songs from all parts of solo and Mott eras. The new album has been recorded and "fingers crossed" will be out in September. Opened again with "OBTS." My guess is that tonight was the warm-up for Hoboken tomorrow and the most recognizable songs for a general festival audience.
Friday, June 10, 2016
Ramadan Attacks in Jerusalem
Ramadan Attacks in Jerusalem
Ramadan
Diners Flee
Islamists Celebrate
Bad Ass Cop Applies Justice for Islamist
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Monday, June 6, 2016
Trump Did Not Just Say Mexican Judge
Trump did not just refer to the judge as just Mexican.
He just appeared at a rally where the protesters held Mexican flags and told him he was in Mexico.
If one is racist then the other should be considered so as well.
He just appeared at a rally where the protesters held Mexican flags and told him he was in Mexico.
If one is racist then the other should be considered so as well.
When Sotomayor was appointed to the Supreme Court she said ethnicity and gender matters.
Sunday, June 5, 2016
Saturday, June 4, 2016
Friday, June 3, 2016
Thursday, June 2, 2016
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Devastating Hillary Testimony
From the transcript, released by Judicial Watch:
http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-mills-deposition-01363/Attorney: Okay. Did they have access to the Secretary’s e-mail account so they could search her e-mails in response to the FOIA request?Mills: To my knowledge, they did not have access to her e-mail account. To my knowledge, the information where her e-mail was — if there was a topic that would have been related, would have been in the communications that she would have either had on paper, communications that she would have had in other materials that she received, or in exchanges that she had with e-mail with individuals on their State account.
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