Yet Another Presidential Security Breach | TheBlaze.com

Yet Another Presidential Security Breach | TheBlaze.com:

"The source did not know how close the imposter got to the president and first lady, but the incident comes to light the week that Julia Pierson resigned as director of the Secret Service following security lapses.
Word of the congressional impostor is the latest in a series of revelations about security breaches to emerge in the last month. A fence-jumper was able to enter the White House in September, though the first family was not home at the time. Perhaps more alarming was that a convicted felon carrying a weapon was permitted on an elevator with the president in Atlanta."

Fox News Hosts Slam Obama For Disparaging Remark

Fox News Hosts Slam Obama For Disparaging Remark:

"During a recent speech, Barack Obama once again tried to resuscitate support for his healthcare law by insisting the only opposition to ObamaCare emanates from Fox News."

HUD Official Pleads Guilty To Stealing $843,000 In Taxpayer Funds | The Daily Caller

HUD Official Pleads Guilty To Stealing $843,000 In Taxpayer Funds | The Daily Caller:

"Former Housing and Urban Development loan specialist Brian Thompson pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing $843,000 of taxpayer money in a wire fraud scheme.
Thompson was responsible for selling properties acquired by the government after borrowers defaulted on their HUD-guaranteed mortgages"

After Being Fined for Refusing to Host Gay Weddings and Making a Stunning Business Decision, Christian Farm Owners Are Fighting Back | TheBlaze.com

After Being Fined for Refusing to Host Gay Weddings and Making a Stunning Business Decision, Christian Farm Owners Are Fighting Back | TheBlaze.com:

“While the Giffords have asserted their constitutional religious protections as a defense to the discrimination allegations from the beginning, neither the Division, the Administrative Law Judge (the ‘ALJ’) or the Commissioner herself even mentioned those fundamental rights before compelling the family to either host and ‘celebrate’ same-sex wedding ceremonies in their own home, or go out of the wedding ceremony business altogether,” reads the appeal filed in court.
Attorneys for the Giffords argue that the family should be free to live according to their religious beliefs and that operating in the marketplace does not give the government the right to force an individual to give up his or her First Amendment rights."

In 2010, Obama administration scrapped CDC quarantine regulations

In 2010, Obama administration scrapped CDC quarantine regulations | Fox News:
"In October 2014, the first patient on American soil infected with the Ebola virus sits in isolation in a Texas hospital, prompting calls for travel restrictions between the United States and Ebola-stricken countries.
Meanwhile, four years ago, the administration of President Barack Obama moved with virtually no fanfare to abandon a comprehensive set of regulations which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had called essential to preventing international travelers from spreading deadly diseases inside the United States.
The CDC had proposed the regulations in 2005 under the administration of George W. Bush, reported USA Today in 2010.
The original impetus for the regulations was fear that avian flu would spread unchecked.
The regulations proposed under the Bush administration would have granted the federal government a power of “provisional quarantine” to confine airline passengers involuntarily for up to three days if they exhibit symptoms of certain infectious diseases.
Federal officials would also have been able to quarantine passengers exposed to people with those symptoms.

PBS Parrots Obama’s Claim Country Has Improved ‘By Every Economic Measure'; Lou Dobbs Proves Otherwise

PBS Parrots Obama’s Claim Country Has Improved ‘By Every Economic Measure'; Lou Dobbs Proves Otherwise | MRCTV:
"Following President Obama’s speech on the economy on Thursday, the PBS NewsHour offered a 48-second news brief on the subject, in which co-anchor Gwen Ifill offered no opposing viewpoint to the President’s claim in his speech that “by every measure, the country is better off than when he took office.”
The show then played a soundbite of the President, in which he lamented that “millions of Americans don't yet feel enough of the benefits of a growing economy where it matters most, and that’s in their own lives and these truths aren't incompatible.

In contrast to that, Lou Dobbs aired some of what the President said as well during his Fox Business Network (FBN) program on Thursday night, but he also provided plenty of facts that take the President’s claims that the economy is better thanks to him to task. 

First, Dobbs pointed to the country’s national debt, which stood at $10.6 trillion when Obama took office, now stands at $17.8 trillion and “is crushing in size and its impact on our government and taxpayers alike.”

Next, despite the President’s proclamation that the economy is growing and thriving, Dobbs mentioned that the same can’t be said about incomes, as median incomes have fallen from $57,000 since the President was inaugurated in 2009 to $54,000 now. As an addendum to that, an article on the website FiveThirtyEight reported that median incomes have fallen 8 percent since 2007.

The FBN host then went on fire off three more troubling statistical comparisons between when Obama became President and now: 

The labor participation rate back then was nearly 66 percent. It’s now 63 percent. The home ownership rate back then: 67 and a half percent. Today under 65 percent. The number of Americans on food stamps, then: 32 million. Now: 46 million and the President wants to talk economy? Because he doesn't have a clear strategy to destroy the Islamic State and thinned off the pesky Republicans at the polls? 

‘Please Don’t Hurt the Girls’: Police Say Those Were the Last Words Thug Heard After He and Two Accomplices Threatened Texas Family

‘Please Don’t Hurt the Girls’: Police Say Those Were the Last Words Thug Heard After He and Two Accomplices Threatened Texas Family | Video | TheBlaze.com
Police say a trio of thugs broke into a family’s home in Harris County, Texas, early Friday morning — but only two escaped alive.

Eight people, seven family members and one employee of the family’s construction business, were inside the house when the mother’s adult son reportedly heard the unmistakable noises of someone breaking into the home.
He retrieved his firearm and confronted the suspects, according to police.
“Please don’t hurt the girls,” he reportedly told the three intruders.
Moments later, he opened fire. 
The son shot and killed one of the suspects, and the remaining two ran out of the home.
Screengrab via KHOU-TV
Sgt. Felipe Rivera, of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, said “they were basically at a standoff, and he discharged first.” Rivera also revealed that one of the burglary suspects fired a gun inside the home.

None of the family members were harmed during the scary incident.
KHOU-TV reports that police did not provide a detailed description of the two at-large suspects, only stating that they were heard speaking Spanish.

Why America's Not Ready For An Ebola Outbreak

Why America's Not Ready For An Ebola Outbreak (In 1 Photo) | Zero Hedge:
"Because nothing says "safety precautions" like rolled-up sleeves on a HazMat suit..."

The New Jobs Report Is Pure Fraud | TheBlaze.com

The New Jobs Report Is Pure Fraud | TheBlaze.com:

"Here we go again. The latest jobs report is out — and it’s pure fraud. Fantasy. Bogus. Lies and propaganda passed off as “good news.” The reality is it’s a disaster for America and our middle class.
The “facts” released by our “honest and transparent government” report 248,000 new jobs created, beating expectations by a mile. The “facts” report unemployment dropping to 5.9%, the lowest since 2008."

Feel-good video of the month!

History for October 4

History for October 4 - On-This-Day.com
Rutherford B. Hayes (U.S.) 1822, Frederic S. Remington 1861, Buster Keaton 1895


Charlton Heston 1924, Alvin Toffler 1928, Anne Rice 1941


1535 - The first complete English translation of the Bible was printed in Zurich, Switzerland. 


1648 - The first volunteer fire department was established in New York by Peter Stuyvesant. 


1881 - Edward Leveaux received a patent for the player piano. 


1895 - The first U.S. Open golf tournament took place in Newport, RI. Horace Rawlins, 19 years old, won the tournament. 


1927 - The first actual work of carving began on Mount Rushmore. 


1933 - "Esquire" magazine was published for the first time. 


1940 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met in the Alps at Brenner Pass. Hitler was seeking help from Italy to fight the British. 


1953 - "I Led Three Lives" was first seen in syndication. The TV show was never on network. 


1957 - "Leave it to Beaver" debuted on CBS-TV. 


1957 - The Soviet Union launched Sputnik I into orbit around the Earth. Sputnik was the first manmade satellite to enter space. Sputnik I fell out of orbit on January 4, 1958. 


1958 - British Overseas Airways Corporation became the first jetliner to offer trans-Atlantic service to passengers with flights between London, England and New York. 


1976 - Barbara Walters joined Harry Reasoner at the anchor desk of the "ABC Evening News" for the first time. 


1993 - Dozens of Somalis dragged an American soldier through the streets of Mogadishu. A videotape showed Michael Durant being taken prisoner by Somali militants. 


1997 - Hundreds of thousands of men attended a Promise Keepers rally on the Mall in Washington, DC. 


2004 - SpaceShipOne reached an altitude of 368,000 feet. It was the first privately built, manned rocket ship to fly in space twice within a two week window. The ship won the Ansari X Prize of $10 million dollars for their success.

Mark Levin Rants Against Obama's Handling Of ISIS

Mark Levin Rants Against Obama's Handling Of ISIS:

"When Hannity asked Levin, an accomplished lawyer who served in the Reagan administration and is president of Landmark Legal, about President Obama’s 60 Minutes interview on CBS earlier this week, he accused the President of being complicit in a “cover up”:
“It is my contention that the President of the United States right now is in a full-blown cover up.  That’s why he went to his favorite ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent, Steve Kroft.  That’s why he blamed his intelligence agencies for this.

“This has nothing to do with the intelligence agencies.  It has to do with the intelligence between his ears."

New Video Purports to Show Islamic State Beheading British Hostage | TheBlaze.com

New Video Purports to Show Islamic State Beheading British Hostage | TheBlaze.com:

"CAIRO (AP) — An Internet video released Friday purports to show an Islamic State group fighter beheading British hostage Alan Henning and threatening yet another American captive, the fourth such killing carried out by the extremist group now targeted in U.S.-led airstrikes."

Left-Leaning Former CNN Host Pens Surprisingly Scathing Op-Ed on How ‘Obama Committed Professional Suicide’ This Week | TheBlaze.com

Left-Leaning Former CNN Host Pens Surprisingly Scathing Op-Ed on How ‘Obama Committed Professional Suicide’ This Week | TheBlaze.com:

"The ex-CNN host also speculated that Islamic State terrorists must have felt “emboldened” to see the president of the United States giving a statement on the beheading of American journalist James Foley — and then out smiling on the golf course just seven minutes later."

Michigan "republican" control--Not good----Michigan : State Data and Comparisons

Michigan : State Data and Comparisons : State Data Lab

Publishing Entity:  Michigan State Budget Office

• Michigan has only $23 billion assets available to pay the state's bills totaling $81 billion
• To fill its $58 billion financial hole, each Michigan taxpayer would have to send $19,300 to the state
• This $19,300 Taxpayer Burden is 49% of an average citizen's personal income of $39,215
• Michigan is among 41 "Sinkhole States," without enough assets to cover their debt
• Michigan "Outbound Moves," were 54% of total, making them the 16th worst of all the states

Favorite Program of Obama, Biden Faulted for How It Has Spent More Than $4 Billion | TheBlaze.com

Favorite Program of Obama, Biden Faulted for How It Has Spent More Than $4 Billion | TheBlaze.com:
"The GAO report called for better reporting from the Department of Transportation on the TIGER grants, the acronym for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery program. While it’s a competitive grant program, the audit points out that some of the lowest scoring project get funded before some of the higher scoring projects, and the department has not adequately explained why, the audit says."

‘Jihadis Next Door’: Four Important Things You Should Know From a New Article Circulating on the Web | TheBlaze.com

‘Jihadis Next Door’: Four Important Things You Should Know From a New Article Circulating on the Web | TheBlaze.com:
"They’re average, everyday, social media-savvy Americans — who happen to support the brutal jihadist regime slaughtering its way across the Middle East.
Vocativ on Wednesday took an in-depth look at American supporters of the Islamic State, and found a number of disturbing facts about “jihadis next door.”

Here’s some of what we learned."

Another City Dodges the Olympic Bullet

Another City Dodges the Olympic Bullet - Hit & Run : Reason.com

Some politicians do understand budgets and respect their constituents wishes.
Yesterday the Norwegian government voted against guaranteeing finances for the 2022 Winter Olympics, thereby ensuring the capital of Oslo would have to back out of the bidding process. 
Five other cities already jumped ship, leaving Beijing, China and Almaty, Kazakhstan the only two in the running.

Deadspin notes that "in a non-binding referendum in February, 55.9 percent of Norwegians said they didn't want the Games." The site also highlights some of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) ridiculous, costly demands, like a cocktail party on the king's dime:

• Cars and drivers for IOC members, with special dedicated highway lanes
• Street lights synchronized to prioritize IOC traffic
• Separate airport entrance for IOC members
• Hotel mini-bars must have only Coca-Cola products
• Samsung phones for all IOC members
• All meeting rooms must be kept at exactly 68 degrees.
• All furniture must have "Olympic appearance."
• "IOC members will be received with a smile on arrival at hotel"

"The overall price tag was put at $51 billion, scaring off politicians and taxpayers and leaving the International Olympic Committee with a major image crisis," reports the Associated Press. Who could blame those Norwegians? The IOC, apparently. The committee shot back with this zinger: "Senior politicians in Norway appear not to have been properly briefed on the process and were left to take their decisions on the basis of half-truths and factual inaccuracies."

College hid $95M in administrator booze, shooting clubs

Golden Hammer: College hid $95M in administrator booze, shooting clubs - Washington Times
Warning: Parents being crushed by the ever-rising tuition bills might want to stop reading right now.

The second-largest college in Illinois has been rocked by a financial scandal caused by shady bookkeeping and a litany of questionable purchases, including a pricey shooting club membership for the school’s president, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in alcohol purchases accounted for in the books as an “instructional supply.”
The College of DuPage managed to hide more than $95 million in expenditures on more than 82,600 transactions since 2009 thanks to a peculiar type of accounting that allowed for thousands of purchases to be lumped together into one line item, according to data uncovered by American Transparency’s OpenTheBooks.com, an online portal aggregating 1.3 billion lines of federal, state and local spending.
...But the administrators knew.
Robert Breuder, the school’s president, paid $23,686 to a private shooting club where he is a member, including $13,800 in dues, with the hidden money. 
He also used the school’s money to mask fees associated with three global satellite phones he used on exotic hunting trips and costs related to an overnight senior management retreat, according to Open The Books.
....“Incredibly, the school’s president and administrators knew the details on tens of millions of dollars being spent, but the board did not,” said Adam Andrzejewski, founder of Open The Books.
Story Continues →

There are only 19 level 4 bio-containment beds in the whole of the United States...and four in the UK

There are only 19 level 4 bio-containment beds in the whole of the United States...and four in the UK | The Daily Sheeple:
"The UK is well set for an Ebola outbreak (sarcasm alert) 
We have TWO isolation units, but one is getting ‘redeveloped’ so it’s not available right now. 
Called High Security Infectious Diseases Units there are two in the country, each capable of taking two patients.
One is at The Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead North London, the other, the one getting a bit of a make-over, is at The Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, up in the north-east of England.
Four level 4 bio-containment beds between 69,000,000 people

In the US there are 4 units geared up to handle Ebola.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, has 3 beds.
Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, has 10 beds.
Emory Hospital, Atlanta has 3 beds and St Patricks Hospital, Missoula  has 3 beds (source)
19 level four biocontainment beds for 317,000,000 people"

Watch: WH Press Secretary Just Got LIT UP By This Reporter For What He Said About Obama

Watch: WH Press Secretary Just Got LIT UP By This Reporter For What He Said About Obama:

"ABC reporter Jonathon Karl, however, shot back with evidence that Obama was – or should have been – notified of numerous reports of the growing danger associated with the group before infamously calling it a “JV team” compared to Al-Qaeda.
Karl pointed to Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Bret McGurk’s testimony last year as one clear indicator that the intelligence community was aware of the Islamic State threat."

Obama's now gonna start "word burning"??? What's next on the list?------FCC Mulls Banning Redskins Name

FCC Mulls Banning Redskins Name - NationalJournal.com:
"The Federal Communications Commission is weighing whether to ban TV stations from saying the name of Washington's football team.
A law professor filed a petition with the agency earlier this month, claiming that the name "Redskins" violates federal rules barring any indecent content on broadcast television.
At a press conference Tuesday, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said he is reviewing the filing.
"We will be dealing with that issue on the merits, and we will be responding accordingly," Wheeler said.
The FCC chief said he personally finds the term offensive and urged the team to change the name.
But he didn't say whether he thinks it is illegal."

During An Ebola Pandemic All Of Your Rights Would Essentially Be Meaningless

During An Ebola Pandemic All Of Your Rights Would Essentially Be Meaningless:

If there is a major Ebola pandemic in America, all of the liberties and the freedoms that you currently enjoy would be gone.  

If government officials believe that you have the virus, federal law allows them to round you up and detain you "for such time and in such manner as may be reasonably necessary."  

In addition, the CDC already has the authority to quarantine healthy Americans if they reasonably believe that they may become sick.  During an outbreak, the government can force you to remain isolated in your own home, or the government may forcibly take you to a treatment facility, a tent city, a sports stadium, an old military base or a camp.  You would not have any choice in the matter.  And you would be forced to endure any medical procedure mandated by the government.  That includes shots, vaccines and the drawing of blood.  During such a scenario, you can scream about your "rights" all that you want, but it won't do any good.

In case you are tempted to think that I am making this up, I want you to read what federal law actually says.  The following is 42 U.S.C. 264(d).  I have added bold for emphasis...

(1) Regulations prescribed under this section may provide for the apprehension and examination of any individual reasonably believed to be infected with a communicable disease in a qualifying stage and (A) to be moving or about to move from a State to another State; or (B) to be a probable source of infection to individuals who, while infected with such disease in a qualifying stage, will be moving from a State to another State. Such regulations may provide that if upon examination any such individual is found to be infected, he may be detained for such time and in such manner as may be reasonably necessary. For purposes of this subsection, the term “State” includes, in addition to the several States, only the District of Columbia.

(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term “qualifying stage”, with respect to a communicable disease, means that such disease—

(A) is in a communicable stage; or

(B) is in a precommunicable stage, if the disease would be likely to cause a public health emergency if transmitted to other individuals. 

In addition, as I discussed above, the CDC already has the authority to isolate people that are not sick to see if they do become sick.  The following is what the CDC website says about this...

Quarantine is used to separate and restrict the movement of well persons who may have been exposed to a communicable disease to see if they become ill. These people may have been exposed to a disease and do not know it, or they may have the disease but do not show symptoms. Quarantine can also help limit the spread of communicable disease.