Are We Ready For The Fall Of Baghdad?

Are We Ready For The Fall Of Baghdad? | Zero Hedge:
"This is simple payback for Washington's threats, banking fines and penalties against institutions and nations de jure that fail to march to the US tune of dictating trade and financial arrangements.
The world is now ganging up on the United States because Washington has terrorized smaller nations around the world for decades as the big bully on the block.
 We've had the misfortune of watching ISIS – originally funded and equipped by the US, Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf allies, as was Bin Laden – turn on their benefactors out to destroy Assad in Syria because of a pipeline deal and take over much of Iraq.
My point is just as the pro-US South Vietnamese government could not survive without major US forces, neither will the present government in Baghdad.
So what could happen to the massive, fortified Baghdad US Embassy in the Green Zone that rivals the Vatican in size?
What are the possible military objectives of the Islamic State fighters (ISIS) in regard to the Iraqi capitol?"

History for October 28

History for October 28 - On-This-Day.com:
Jonas Salk 1914, Suzy Parker 1933, Charlie Daniels 1936 


Dennis Franz 1944, Bill H. Gates 1955, Brad Paisley 1972 


1636 - Harvard College was founded in Massachusetts. The original name was Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony. It was the first school of higher education in America. 


1776 - The Battle of White Plains took place during the American Revolutionary War. 


1793 - Eli Whitney applied for a patent for his cotton gin. 


1886 - The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York Harbor by U.S. President Cleveland. The statue weighs 225 tons and is 152 feet tall. It was originally known as "Liberty Enlightening the World." 


1904 - The St. Louis Police Department became the first to use fingerprinting. 


1919 - The U.S. Congress enacted the Volstead Act, also known as the National Prohibition Act. Prohibition was repealed in 1933 with the passing of the 21st Amendment to theU.S. Constitution. 


1922 - Benito Mussolini took control of the Italian government and introduced fascism to Italy. 


1958 - Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was elected Pope. He took the name John XXIII. 


1965 - The Gateway Arch along the waterfront in St. Louis, MO, was completed. 


1982 - Soviet premier Leonid Brezhnev condemned the U.S. for arms buildup. 


1986 - The centennial of the Statue of Liberty was celebrated in New York. 

Comedian Jon Lovitz Unravels Hillary Clinton’s Buffoonish Economics Using Only Nine Words

Comedian Jon Lovitz Unravels Hillary Clinton’s Buffoonish Economics Using Only Nine Words:

"But you don’t even need fancy charts to prove both Hillary Clinton and fellow Marxist Barack Obama’s economic illiteracy, whose own version of “trickle down” is that all things trickle down from the good angels in government, from power-hungry and sociopathic politicians and bureaucrats.

As Twitchy reported, comedian Jon Lovitz used some good old-fashioned common sense to school Hillary on American economics, and it only took him nine words, including the word, “Huh?”

Moron democrat super-gaffs and MSM ignores----Sen. Mark Udull Strikes Again

Sen. Mark Udull Strikes Again | Power Line

Here’s the transcript (hat tip: RealClearPolitics):

“I’m so proud of our country,” Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO) said as he introduced First Lady Michelle Obama at a campaign event on Thursday. “We showed that Dr. Martin Luther King [Jr.] had it right. Which is that in America, at our best, we judge people by the content of their color.”

Udall quickly corrected himself.

“The content of their character, not the character of their skin,” he said.

“I got it right. I got it both ways!” 

“We judge people by the content of their character, not the color of their skin.”

Unintended consequences-Drone nearly collided with British passenger plane on purpose

Report: Drone nearly collided with British passenger plane on purpose | Ars Technica

On Sunday, a British regulatory agency revealed that the country faced its first near-collision between a passenger aircraft and a drone in May. 

The UK Airprox Board's report, uncovered by the Daily Mail, determined that a quadcopter flew "within 80 feet" of an 74-seat ATR 72 aircraft and did so "deliberately."

The incident happened over the county of Essex as the plane prepared to land at London Southend Airport. According to the report, the quadcopter came close to hitting the larger plane's right-side wing at an altitude of roughly 1,500 feet. 

The report included a conversation between the ATR 72's pilot and an air control tower, in which the tower confirmed the offending red-and-black craft was probably a quadcopter, as "we've had a couple of those around here" recently.

Small Town Deploys ‘Military-Style Maneuvers’ to Collect 75-Year-Old Man’s Debt | Video | TheBlaze.com

Small Town Deploys ‘Military-Style Maneuvers’ to Collect 75-Year-Old Man’s Debt | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"What do you do when a 75-year-old man owes you $86,000?

If you’re with the sheriff’s department in Marathon County, Wisconsin, you send in a SWAT team."



Now it all makes sense.  

The Images from Ferguson the Media Doesn’t Want You to See

The Images from Ferguson the Media Doesn’t Want You to See:

"Ever since the Michael Brown shooting by Officer Darren Wilson on August 9, 2014, the media has attempted to spin the narrative of police profiling in Ferguson and have assisted in pushing the narrative that Wilson shot ‘an unarmed black teen’ with no just cause. This was stated loudly by MSNBC’s resident racial grievance industry professional Al Sharpton and echoed by Barack Obama during a speech at the UN and activist Attorney General Eric Holder."

$400,000 to move a tree?!!!----------Video: Inflatable air bladder bursts under weight of 700,000-pound tree stalling $400k move at U-M

Video: Inflatable air bladder bursts under weight of 700,000-pound tree stalling $400k move at U-M | MLive.com:
"A large, rubber air bladder holding up a 700,000-pound bur oak tree burst Sunday afternoon as construction crews from Environmental Design and Walbridge were attempting to complete the 100 yard move of the 250-year-old tree at the Ross Business School complex on the University of Michigan's campus."

'Mainstream media outlets cover up for President Obama and kill unfavorable stories': Bombshell claims made by former CBS reporter in explosive new book

'Mainstream media outlets cover up for President Obama and kill unfavorable stories': Bombshell claims made by former CBS reporter in explosive new book | Daily Mail Online

• Sharyl Attkisson left CBS in the spring, with some reporting she had split because of the network's 'liberal' bias
• Attkisson, who is now a contributor for The Daily Signal at Heritage Foundation, says the administration hounded her for her coverage of Fast and Furious and Benghazi
• She also blames CBS for being willing to kill stories that were critical of government or controversial
• A conflict of interest with CBS President David Rhodes, whose brother is part of the Obama administration, also complicated reporting 

The State is No Friend of the Worker

The State is No Friend of the Worker - Reason.com
The surest way to eliminate wage discrimination is to keep government from impeding the competitive process with such devices as occupational licensing, permits, minimum product standards, so-called intellectual property, zoning, and other land-use restrictions. 
All government barriers to self-employment — and these can take implicit forms, such as patents and raising the cost of living through inflation, or burdening entrepreneurs with protectionist regulation — make workers vulnerable to exploitation. 
Being able to tell a boss, "Take this job and shove it," because alternatives, including self-employment, are available, is an effective way to establish the true market value of one's labor in the marketplace. 
With the collapsing price of what Kevin Carson calls the "technologies of abundance" (think of information technology and digital machine tools), sophisticated small-scale enterprise — and the independence it represents — is more feasible than ever.

‘Hazing’: Obama Administration Reportedly Designed Snub of Israeli Defense Minister to Intentionally ‘Humiliate’ Him | TheBlaze.com

‘Hazing’: Obama Administration Reportedly Designed Snub of Israeli Defense Minister to Intentionally ‘Humiliate’ Him | TheBlaze.com:

"The Obama administration’s mass snubbing of Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon last week was designed to “humiliate” him, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported, adding that Obama officials would continue to “ostracize” him until Ya’alon further apologizes for off-the-record comments he made about Kerry more than nine months ago.

Barak Ravid, the diplomatic correspondent for the newspaper, compared the Obama administration move to a “hazing.”