Blog Smith is inspired by the myth of Hephaestus in the creation of blacksmith-like, forged materials: ideas. This blog analyzes topics that interest me: IT, politics, technology, history, education, music, and the history of religions.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Exiled from Vanderbilt: How Colleges are Driving Religious Groups off Campus
Religious and political groups in the United States have traditionally been free to choose their leaders and members without interference from authorities. That's no longer true at Vanderbilt University, where the school banned belief-based groups from making belief-based decisions about their members and leaders and drove 13 religious student groups off of campus. In this video, FIRE talks to Vanderbilt students and faculty about how this decision is affecting them. Country music legend Larry Gatlin and author and scholar Jonathan Rauch also explain why Vanderbilt has done both its students and the idea of pluralism itself a profound disservice.
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Directed by Ted Balaker. Camera by Hawk Jensen, Kyle Laffey, Benjamin Gaskell, and Dustin Oakly. Music by Larry Gatlin ("Don't Tread on Me"), and Myles Cochran ("Something Pretty," "Getting Stronger," "Another Dream in Blue," and "Gold and Rose"). Cochran recordings courtesy of Magnatune.
OBAMA'S DEBT BOMB STRIP SHOW
Ya baby, run up the debt as you strip it all off. Economics stripped bare ...
Written & performed by ... Dominic Frisby ( http://dominicfrisby.com/ )
Edited & directed by ... Peter Maxwell ( http://www.petermaxwellphotography.co.uk/ )
Dancers .... Peggy De Lune and Scarlett Belle (http://www.peggydelune.com/)
Singer ... Ian Virgo
Choreography ... Peggy De Lune (http://www.peggydelune.com/)
Audio mixed by ... Adrian Sear at Soundtracks ( http://soundtracks.co.uk/ )
From the original ... 'Sex Bomb', by Guendogdu, Mustafa, Rennalls, Errol, sung by Tom Jones, published by Universal. (Thank you)
LYRICS here - http://dominicfrisby.com/films/debt-bomb-2
Socialized Internet to be Taxed
Consumers already pay a fee on their landline and cellular phone bills to support the FCC's Universal Service Fund. The fund was created to ensure that everyone in the country has access to telephone service, even if they live in remote areas.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Mott The Hoople, Ian Hunter, Mick Ronson, French TV
Here's the I.N.A. site :
http://www.ina.fr/media/television/doss ... 31.fr.html
Footage from two different tV shows can be easily found. One from the mid 70's called "pop 2" and one from the late 70's early 80's called "chorus".
On topic on this forume are :
Mott the hoople live at "la taverne de l'olympia 1971" and "Hunter Ronson at "le pavillon de Baltard" 1980.
here :
http://www.ina.fr/art-et-culture/arts-d ... 71.fr.html
here :
http://www.ina.fr/recherche/recherche?s ... &vue=Video
http://www.ina.fr/media/television/doss ... 31.fr.html
Footage from two different tV shows can be easily found. One from the mid 70's called "pop 2" and one from the late 70's early 80's called "chorus".
On topic on this forume are :
Mott the hoople live at "la taverne de l'olympia 1971" and "Hunter Ronson at "le pavillon de Baltard" 1980.
here :
http://www.ina.fr/art-et-culture/arts-d ... 71.fr.html
here :
http://www.ina.fr/recherche/recherche?s ... &vue=Video
Neil Armstrong, RIP
Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.
Armstrong said immediately after the 1969 landing that he had been misquoted. He said he actually said, "That's one small step for `a' man."
In 2006, a computer analysis found evidence that Armstrong said what he said he said.
Peter Shann Ford, an Australian computer programmer, ran a software analysis looking at sound waves and found a wave that would have been the missing "a." It lasted 35 milliseconds, much too quick to be heard. The Smithsonian's space curator, Roger Launius, looked at the evidence and found it convincing.
Armstrong said immediately after the 1969 landing that he had been misquoted. He said he actually said, "That's one small step for `a' man."
In 2006, a computer analysis found evidence that Armstrong said what he said he said.
Peter Shann Ford, an Australian computer programmer, ran a software analysis looking at sound waves and found a wave that would have been the missing "a." It lasted 35 milliseconds, much too quick to be heard. The Smithsonian's space curator, Roger Launius, looked at the evidence and found it convincing.
Remembering Neil Armstrong… When an American Man Walked on the Moon
Friday, August 24, 2012
MSNBC’S BASHIR SHOUTS DOWN CONSERVATIVE GUEST IN HEATED ARGUMENT OVER MILITARY GENERAL
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On his MSNBC show, Bashir hosted GOP strategist Trey Hardin as part of a trio of guests. At one point, the conversation turned to Joint Chiefs Chairman General Martin Dempsey seemingly calling out those former service members who have criticized Obama for security leaks.
Romney Goes Birther
"I love being home in this place where Ann and I were raised, where both of us were born,” Mitt Romney said at a campaign rally in Michigan today. “Ann was born in Henry Ford hospital, I was born at Harper Hospital. No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place we were born and raised." - Mitt Romney - 8/24/2012
Thursday, August 23, 2012
‘YOU DIDN’T BUILD THAT’: MEET THE TEXAS FAMILY THAT BUILT A CHICKEN EMPIRE & TEACHES THEIR EMPLOYEES ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION
‘YOU DIDN’T BUILD THAT’: MEET THE TEXAS FAMILY THAT BUILT A CHICKEN EMPIRE & TEACHES THEIR EMPLOYEES ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION
Babe’s Chicken Dinner House has the same success story as many American start-ups. Humble beginnings, hard work and a great product leads to success. After starting with just one small country cooking restaurant in 1981, Paul and Mary Beth Vinyard have opened 11 more and now employ more than 1,300 people in the state of Texas.
The Obama Years: Beyond the Halo
SUMMARY: “THE OBAMA YEARS: BEYOND THE HALO”
- Barack Obama is still the darling of the mainstream media, but not everyone is on board
- His list of so-called achievements during his presidency is overshadowed by one of the poorest economic records of any U.S. president, particularly of an incumbent seeking re-election.
- The Obama administration’s agenda has been anything but race-neutral, and has actually been race-driven.
- Author Edward Klein’s bestselling book, The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House, illustrates the significant role that ideology, incompetence and radicalism play in the Obama administration.
- Cliff Kincaid analyzes the Obama administration’s ploy to use mortgage policy to help ensure his re-election prospects this November.
- Roger Aronoff’s analysis of Fast and Furious breaks down the scandal and describes how the media ignored it as long as they could.
- The Solyndra scandal is the tip of the iceberg, where the Obama administration’s push for green jobs has resulted in few if any jobs for Americans.
- The highlights of Chairman Donald Irvine’s analyses range from Chris Matthews’s faux pas to the White House referring to Fox News as “not really news.”
- James Davis’s piece, “The Cause of the 2008 Financial Crisis,” details the problems of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and how their housing policies caused the housing bubble to collapse.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
NEW DISCOVERY AT STONEHENGE COULD HELP UNLOCK LONGTIME MYSTERY
Heelstones, Cursus and Prehistoric Astronomy - a visualisation of the University of Birmingham's latest findings at StoneHenge (courtesy of the University's VISTA centre)
Obama Re-election will lead to Civil War: Texas Judge
Lubbock County Judge Tom Head told KJTV-TV on Monday that a 1.7 cent tax increase for the next fiscal year is necessary to prepare for the “worst case scenario: civil unrest, civil disobedience, civil war maybe.”
CNBC ROUNDTABLE REFUSES TO ADMIT FAILURE OF TARP
Neil Barofsky, the former U.S. Treasury Inspector General who oversaw TARP, appeared on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Wednesday to discuss his new book, “Bailout: An Inside Account of How Washington Abandoned Main Street While Rescuing Wall Street.”
The lamestream media and the Obama regime work hand in hand against the American people.
GROWING UNION POWER UNDER OBAMA THREATENS NATIONAL SECURITY, NEW BOOK CLAIMS
“Shadowbosses” by Mallory Factor, a professor of International Politics and American Government at The Citadel is interviewed.
Private Investigator: Obama's Fraudulent Social Security Number & Selective Service Registration
Private Investigator: Obama's Fraudulent Social Security Number & Selective Service Registration by ObamaRelease YourRecords
Private Investigator: Obama's Fraudulent Social Security Number & Selective Service Registration
http://www.scribd.com/doc/57169354/Private-Investigator-Obama-s-Fraudulent-Social-Security-Number-Selective-Service-Registration
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Ian Hunter, Mick Ronson on French TV
Excerpt
This comes from a French TV show from the early 80's called "chorus". French public TV. Each week, 35 minutes of live music. The French TV archives are owned by one organization called "I.N.A. " (as in "national institute of audio-visual arts") and it is 100% legal and official.
There used to be two halves in this show, hosted ny Antoine De Caunes who i believe is well known in the UK, with some sort of a talk show in between where they'd talk about the new records and stuff.
The only "flaw" with this site comes from the fact that once you bought the show (here 2.99 € for the two halves) instead of "downloading" the file you have to right-click on it as in "record the target".
Watching this video you'll hear that Ronson is "guitarist ex-Bowie and ex-Dylan" and Hunter was the leader of "Moot The Hopple" but you may already know de Caunes' terrible French accent almost as heavy as mine. LOL.
Set list : Angeline, Laugh at me, Just anothet night, All the way from Memphis, I wish I was your mother and Bastard.
Recorded May the 10th 1980.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Rocket-deployed chemical trails
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 111, A09302, 11 PP., 2006
doi:10.1029/2005JA011002
The HEX experiment: Determination of the neutral wind field from 120 to 185 km altitude near a stable premidnight auroral arc by triangulating the drift of rocket-deployed chemical trails
E. M. Wescott
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
H. Stenbaek-Nielsen
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
M. Conde
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Miguel Larsen
Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
Dirk Lummerzheim
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
On 25 March 2003, Horizontal E-Region Experiment (HEX) released trimethyl aluminum trails from two rockets launched northward from Poker Flat Research Range near Fairbanks to map the vertical wind field near a stable premidnight auroral arc system. They deployed three trails of trimethyl aluminum chemical “puffs,” whose subsequent motion traced the prevailing wind field. This motion was determined using triangulation from four ground observation sites. Position and speed accuracies were estimated to be ∼1 km and a few meters per second, respectively. The first rocket followed a novel flat trajectory; it released a nearly horizontal trail of length 200 km, at an average altitude of ∼145 km. The second rocket was launched 19 min later and released two trails between 125 and 175 km altitude along a conventional steep trajectory. All puffs between 130 and 175 km altitude drifted geomagnetic westward, almost exactly parallel to the aurora. From prior observations and modeling, we had expected to observe convective upwelling near the arcs. We did not; vertical winds were essentially downward throughout the horizontal trail, with speeds between 0 and 20 m s−1. Although an abatement of downward flow was observed ∼40 km equatorward of the arcs, these data alone do not establish a causal relationship between the abatement and the arcs. Vertical speeds of ≤20 m s−1 are relatively modest. However, because the observed wind field would entrain air parcels in flow parallel to the arc system, even vertical speeds around 15 m s−1 could displace individual air parcels by several scale heights if they occurred all along the arcs.
Received 3 January 2005; accepted 12 May 2006; published 8 September 2006.
Citation: Wescott, E. M., H. Stenbaek-Nielsen, M. Conde, M. Larsen, and D. Lummerzheim (2006), The HEX experiment: Determination of the neutral wind field from 120 to 185 km altitude near a stable premidnight auroral arc by triangulating the drift of rocket-deployed chemical trails, J. Geophys. Res., 111, A09302, doi:10.1029/2005JA011002.
doi:10.1029/2005JA011002
The HEX experiment: Determination of the neutral wind field from 120 to 185 km altitude near a stable premidnight auroral arc by triangulating the drift of rocket-deployed chemical trails
E. M. Wescott
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
H. Stenbaek-Nielsen
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
M. Conde
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Miguel Larsen
Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
Dirk Lummerzheim
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
On 25 March 2003, Horizontal E-Region Experiment (HEX) released trimethyl aluminum trails from two rockets launched northward from Poker Flat Research Range near Fairbanks to map the vertical wind field near a stable premidnight auroral arc system. They deployed three trails of trimethyl aluminum chemical “puffs,” whose subsequent motion traced the prevailing wind field. This motion was determined using triangulation from four ground observation sites. Position and speed accuracies were estimated to be ∼1 km and a few meters per second, respectively. The first rocket followed a novel flat trajectory; it released a nearly horizontal trail of length 200 km, at an average altitude of ∼145 km. The second rocket was launched 19 min later and released two trails between 125 and 175 km altitude along a conventional steep trajectory. All puffs between 130 and 175 km altitude drifted geomagnetic westward, almost exactly parallel to the aurora. From prior observations and modeling, we had expected to observe convective upwelling near the arcs. We did not; vertical winds were essentially downward throughout the horizontal trail, with speeds between 0 and 20 m s−1. Although an abatement of downward flow was observed ∼40 km equatorward of the arcs, these data alone do not establish a causal relationship between the abatement and the arcs. Vertical speeds of ≤20 m s−1 are relatively modest. However, because the observed wind field would entrain air parcels in flow parallel to the arc system, even vertical speeds around 15 m s−1 could displace individual air parcels by several scale heights if they occurred all along the arcs.
Received 3 January 2005; accepted 12 May 2006; published 8 September 2006.
Citation: Wescott, E. M., H. Stenbaek-Nielsen, M. Conde, M. Larsen, and D. Lummerzheim (2006), The HEX experiment: Determination of the neutral wind field from 120 to 185 km altitude near a stable premidnight auroral arc by triangulating the drift of rocket-deployed chemical trails, J. Geophys. Res., 111, A09302, doi:10.1029/2005JA011002.
Union Boss for Communism
Former D.C. Union boss, Mike Golash, stated in a video, representing Chapter 689 of the Amalgamated Transit Union, organizing workers on the D.C. metro, had some points to state on-camera.
‘MARK OF THE BEAST PLAN: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MULLING PLAN TO SCAN KIDS’ PALMS IN THE LUNCH LINE
Parents of students at a Lake Charles, La. elementary school are upset over new technology that officials hope to use in the lunch room, believing it would expedite payment in the cafeteria line giving students more time to eat.
KPLC TV reported last week that Moss Bluff Elementary School officials sent a letter home to parents explaining a new system that would scan students’ palms, which in turn would identify the student and the subsequent individual payment plan (thus speeding up the line).
Democrats Voted Against Obama's Budget
Video exchange
EJ Dionne defended Obama's budget on Meet The Press yesterday, describing Obama’s budget plan – a budget plan which Dionne’s co-panelist, Tea Party advocate Ted Cruz, pointed out was unable to get even a single Democratic vote.
Patriotic Marine Detained Against His Will for Free Speech
FORMER MARINE DETAINED FOR ‘OMINOUS’ FACEBOOK POSTS SPEAKS OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME: ‘IT MADE ME SCARED FOR MY COUNTRY’
"The Truth" post
Arrest video
Earlier today, 26-year-old former U.S. Marine Brandon Raub was released from a psychiatric facility via a judge’s order, who ruled that the government had no legal grounds to hold him.
Tonight on Glenn Beck’s show on GBTV, soon-to-become TheBlazeTV, John Whitehead, Raub’s lead attorney and president of the Rutherford Institute, gave his first interview following his client’s release to discuss the case.
“No warrant for his arrest and no search warrant,” Whitehead replied. “They haven’t [charged him with a crime] and they’re not going to.”
The original story may be supplemented with what may be a trend against American citizens, Christians, and gun owners.
Psychiatry is a new tool used by the American government to silence against the regime.
‘REAL NEWS FROM THE BLAZE:’ MARINE DETAINMENT STIRS FIRST AMENDMENT DEBATE
Adam Kokesh speaks with Brandon Raub, the former marine who has been kidnapped and held in a mental asylum for expressing opinions on 9/11 that run contrary to the official government version of events.
Marine's mom answers a few questions for the MSM.
Rutherford Institute statement
The Marine was held in Hopewell's John Randolph Medical Center since Thursday.
"I'm currently in John Randolph in the psychiatric ward being held against my will," Raub said in a telephone interview.
Former Marine arrested for exercising free speech.
Last night (Saturday) at approximately 7:30 pm, Brandon J. Raub, founder of the Richmond Liberty Movement, was arrested. When friends came home they witnessed Brandon being detained by the police, FBI, and the Secret Service. A video shows led away. Friends and family asked what had happened, they were told they were tipped off that Brandon had “posts” on his FB that led them to believe he was a danger to others and/or himself. Brandon believes 9/11 was an inside job and questions the actions of the government.
Facebook posts led to the arrest.
Facebook page
"The Truth" post
Arrest video
Sources:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/brandon-j-raub/the-truth/2587924188052
https://www.facebook.com/brandon.raub?sk=wall
http://jeenyuscorner.com/2012/08/17/fascist-america-fbisecret-service-arrest-marine-brandon-j-raub/
http://cotocrew.wordpress.com/tag/richmond-liberty-movement/
http://jeenyuscorner.com/
http://dont-tread-on.me/?p=21787
http://dont-tread-on.me/?p=21770
http://pumabydesign001.com/2012/03/25/tyranny-alert-treason-obamas-declaration-of-peacetime-martial-law-implementation-executive-order-explained-the-intel-hub/
http://web.gbtv.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=20564199&source=GBTV
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/should-al-sharpton-be-fired-from-msnbc-for-making-racist-comments/
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/chilling-video-openly-rooting-for-revolution-the-left-calls-for-american-civil-unrest-riots-francis-fox-piven-lib-talkers-journalists-van-jones-rev-wright-english-protest-leader-etc/
http://pumabydesign001.com/2011/10/06/gbtv-cheering-economic-terrorism-seiu-steven-lerner-creating-a-crisis/
http://pumabydesign001.com/2011/01/09/trumka-goons-gunned-down-eddie-york/
Hell Keeps Diploma from Valedictorian
Kaitlin Nootbaar graduated from Prague High School and was named valedictorian but in her speech she stated:
‘How the h*** do I know?' As a result, the school has retained her diploma. She earned her diploma, completed all the state curriculum, got straight A’s and starts college in a few days on a full scholarship, making the administrators’ decision even more appalling to her family.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
San Francisco Minimum Wage to Top $10
SAN FRANCISCO PLANS TO ‘PUT MORE MONEY INTO CONSUMERS POCKETS’ BY RAISING MINIMUM WAGE ABOVE $10
Hijacked Revolt: Muslim Brothers win, NATO intervention?
Hijacked Revolt: Muslim Brothers win, NATO intervention?
RT's Anissa Naouai reports from Tahrir square.
Egypt's plethora of political parties
Saturday, August 18, 2012
American History From 1877 “Rise of Big Business, Second Industrial Revolution"
American History From 1877 “Rise of Big Business, Second Industrial Revolution
Friday, August 17, 2012
Ian Hunter, Waterlow: "SUONI," Augusto Daolio Nomadi
"SUONI," Augusto Daolio Nomadi
I guess the Italian singer did not know English but they do a good job on the tune itself.
670 million Muslims expect Mahdi in their lifetime
The survey by Pew Research notes that in the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia, "half or more Muslims believe they will live to see the return of the Mahdi. This expectation is most widespread in Afghanistan (83 percent), Iraq (72 percent), Tunisia (67 percent) and Malaysia (62 percent).
The survey said that belief drops to about four-in-10 across Central Asia, except for Turkey, where 68 percent expect to witness his return. It drops slightly further across southern and eastern Europe.
"In some countries with sizable Sunni and Shi'a populations, views on the Mahdi's return differ by sect. In Iraq, for example, Shi'as are more likely than Sunnis to expect the Mahdi to return in their lifetime, by an 88 percent to 55 percent margin. In Azerbaijan, the difference between the two groups is also large (25 percentage points)," the report said. "Differences between Shi'as and Sunnis on this issue may reflect the more central role that the Mahdi's return plays in Shi'a Islam."
Update: Social Security Administration, Another Federal Police
Intended to re-assure nervous citizens, the SSA intoned: “These investigators have full law enforcement authority, including executing search warrants and making arrests. Our investigators are similar to your State or local police officers." Except, of course, they are not. The SSA is building up a new Federal police force in addition to the FBI, DHS, ICE, ATF, and sundry other agencies. What are the checks upon this coercive force? How are the liberties of the people protected?
Thursday, August 16, 2012
DELI OWNER WHO WORE ‘GOVERNMENT DIDN’T BUILD MY BUSINESS, I DID’ SHIRT WHILE CATERING FOR OBAMA
Ross Murty, a small business owner of the Village Corner Deli in Davenport, Iowa
Former Obama Supporters for Romney
Democrat Artur Davis, the former four-term Alabama congressman who officially seconded Barack Obama’s nomination for president at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
Davis elaborates:
Americans for Prosperity has a new ad out this week featuring former Obama supporters who say the president hasn’t earned their vote this time around.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Biden on Romney: Advocates Slavery
Biden on Romney: ‘They’re going to put y’all back in chains’
Vice President Joe Biden told supporters that Republicans would “put y’all back in chains,” during a campaign speech Tuesday in Danville, Va.
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: They’ve said it. Every Republican’s voted for it. Look at what they value and look at their budget and what they’re proposing. Romney wants to let the—he said in the first 100 days, he’s going to let the big banks once again write their own rules–unchain Wall Street. They’re going to put y’all back in chains. He’s said he’s going to do nothing about stopping the practice of outsourcing…
SHAKEUP IN EGYPTIAN MILITARY SIGNALS POWER SHIFT
Eric Trager of the Washington Institute joined “Real News” Monday to report on the latest developments in Egypt and what they mean for the hopes of domestic and foreign policy stability in the nation, that is less than one year into their first democratically elected government.
Whitehall Police Get Schooled on the Constitution: "When the President Follows the Constitution, I will" (Illegal Stop Over Open Carry)
This is an example of what happens when you arm yourself not only with a firearm but with knowledge. With knowledge you can effectively defend yourself against the police state. Whitehall police get schooled on the Constitution.
WOLF BLITZER CAN‘T GET DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ TO ACCEPT FACTS OF RYAN’S MEDICARE PLAN
Longer and more frustrating clip.
OBAMA‘S ’OUTRAGEOUS STATEMENTS‘ THAT ’SHOW THE REAL OBAMA’ & HIS ‘FRIGHTENING VISION FOR OUR COUNTRY’
1) “When you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.” – Barack Obama speaking in 2008 with Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher (also known as Joe the Plumber).
2) “The Cambridge Police acted stupidly.” – Obama speaking about the 2009 arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr., a Harvard scholar (this inevitably led to the infamous “beer summit”).
3) “Shovel-ready was not as shovel-ready as we expected.” – The president speaking in 2011 in Durham, North Carolina, at Cree Inc. about the challenges surrounding the stimulus bill.
4) “This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility.” – Obama caught on a “hot mic” while speaking to Russian President Dmitri Medvedev about the greater abilities he’ll have after a second election.
5) “The private sector’s doing fine.” - The president’s June 2012 claim that America’s private sector is progressing well, despite a continued high unemployment rate.
6) “There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who agree with me — because they want to give something back. They know they didn’t — look, if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. You didn’t get there on your own. I’m always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something — there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there.” – Obama’s now-infamous “you didn’t build that quip” from July 2012.
CNN: ‘PUT AN OBAMA BUMPER STICKER ON YOUR FOREHEAD WHEN YOU DO THIS!’: ROMNEY SURROGATE CALLS OUT CNN HOST, SOLEDAD O'BRIEN
Former New Hampshire governor and Romney campaign surrogate John Sununu debated with CNN’s Soledad O’Brien over the Romney/Ryan campaign’s approach to Medicare. “I have the Congressional Budget Office Budget report right here,” Sununu said, revealing that he brought a copy of the report to the interview. “Go read page 13 and 14.”
CNN Soledad O'Brien Repeats Liberal Blog Arguments During Debate With Romney Adviser
O'Brien was on screen looking at an article from the left-wing website Talking Points Memo to assist her in a debate with Romney campaign senior adviser Barbara Comstock.
U.S. anti-submarine warfare capabilities—facing cuts under Obama administration
Russian attack submarine sailed in Gulf of Mexico undetected for weeks, U.S. officials say.
It is only the second time since 2009 that a Russian attack submarine has patrolled so close to U.S. shores. U.S. anti-submarine warfare capabilities—forces are facing cuts under the Obama administration’s plan and they are inadequate now. The vessel was a nuclear-powered Akula-class attack submarine, one of Russia’s quietest submarines. “The Akula was built for one reason and one reason only: To kill U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarines and their crews,” said a second U.S. official. “Sending a nuclear-propelled submarine into the Gulf of Mexico-Caribbean region is another manifestation of President Putin demonstrating that Russia is still a player on the world’s political-military stage,” said naval analyst and submarine warfare specialist Norman Polmar. The latest submarine incursion in the Gulf further highlights the failure of the Obama administration’s “reset” policy of conciliatory actions designed to develop closer ties with Moscow.
Clinton's Chief of Staff on Ryan: ‘This Guy is Amazing.’
“Have any of you all met Paul Ryan? We should get him to come to the university. I’m telling you this guy is amazing. ... He is honest, he is straightforward, he is sincere. And the budget that he came forward with is just like Paul Ryan. It is a sensible, straightforward, serious budget and it cut the budget deficit just like we did, by $4 trillion. … The president as you remember, came out with a budget and I don’t think anybody took that budget very seriously. The Senate voted against it 97 to nothing."
National Weather Service Follows DHS In Huge Ammo Purchase
The NWS joins the DHW to seek "a solicitation for 46,000 rounds of hollow point bullets."
A solicitation which appears on the FedBizOpps website for the NWS asks for 16,000 rounds of .40 S&W jacketed hollow point (JHP) bullets, noted for their strength. The NWS is following its federal counterpart the DHS in securing large quantities of ammo. Back in March,Homeland Security purchased 450 million rounds of .40-caliber hollow point bullets. The DHS is also planning to purchase a further 750 million rounds of different types of ammo in a separate solicitation that also expires on August 20, including 357 mag rounds that are able to penetrate walls. The DHS recently put out an order for riot gear in preparation for the upcoming DNC, RNC and presidential inauguration. The U.S. Army is also busy buying similar equipment.
Monday, August 13, 2012
Civil Contempt of Congress Lawsuit Filed Against Stonewalling Attorney General
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee filed acivil contempt of Congress lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Holder, arguing that the Obama administration is required by law to turn over the subpoenaed documents that relate to Operation “Fast and Furious.”
Specifically, the lawsuit asks that:
The executive privilege claim by Obama be declared invalid. Holder’s objection to the House records subpoena be rejected. The attorney general produce all records related to the Justice Department’s incorrect assertion in early 2011 that gun-walking did not take place.
Obama endorses Ryan’s plan as “an entirely legitimate proposal.”
Obama himself once hailed Rep. Ryan’s plan as “an entirely legitimate proposal.”
“I think Paul [Ryan], for example, the head of the Budget Committee, has looked at the budget and has made a serious proposal. I’ve read it. I can tell you what’s in it. And there are some ideas in there that I would agree with but there are some ideas we should have a healthy debate about because I don’t agree with them,” said President Obama in 2010 at a GOP Retreat in Baltimore.
NDAA: Lawsuit Hearing This Week
This week there is a hearing on the constitutionality of the unconstitutional NDAA. Section 1021 of the NDAA, which Obama signed into law on December 31 of last year, allows the government to lock up U.S. citizens indefinitely without a trial.
The Obama regime is appealing an injunction that judge Katherine Forrest issued against it in May. The injunction was in response to the lawsuit filed by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges and others.
Tangerine Bolen is one the lead plaintiffs in the suit against the government and she penned a powerful piece for the UK’s Guardian. Here are some key quotes:
I am one of the lead plaintiffs in the civil lawsuit against the National Defense Authorization Act, which gives the president the power to hold any US citizen anywhere for as long as he wants, without charge or trial.
In a May hearing, Judge Katherine Forrest issued an injunction against it; this week, in a final hearing in New York City, US government lawyers asserted even more extreme powers – the right to disregard entirely the judge and the law. On Monday 6 August, Obama’s lawyers filed an appeal to the injunction – a profoundly important development that, as of this writing, has been scarcely reported.
Judge Forrest had ruled for a temporary injunction against an unconstitutional provision in this law, after government attorneys refused to provide assurances to the court that plaintiffs and others would not be indefinitely detained for engaging in first amendment activities. At that time, twice the government has refused to define what it means to be an “associated force”, and it claimed the right to refrain from offering any clear definition of this term, or clear boundaries of power under this law.
This past week’s hearing was even more terrifying. Government attorneys again, in this hearing, presented no evidence to support their position and brought forth no witnesses. Most incredibly, Obama’s attorneys refused to assure the court, when questioned, that the NDAA’s section 1021 – the provision that permits reporters and others who have not committed crimes to be detained without trial – has not been applied by the US government anywhere in the world after Judge Forrest’s injunction.
Jefferson's Koran, Extortion and War: Obama Promotes Islam for Ramadan Dinner
Obama enjoys promoting Islam, as he does every year, and as an example note his remarks for Iftar: "Islam -- like so many faiths -- is part of our national story. To promote Islam Obama refers to Jefferson's Koran as his example of Islam being part and parcel of America. However, every year he is wrong.
Jefferson had a Koran since he was learning the ways of Islam involved as the U.S. was in defending its interests for the first time internationally. Jefferson was involved in negotiations to pay extortion to Islamic states since they were impressing our sailors. Fortunately, saner heads prevailed and the American Marines, to counter Islamism, began fighting "to the shores of Tripoli."
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