Sunday, December 13, 2015
School District Tried to ‘Censor’ Christmas — and Here’s How This Law Firm Is Responding | TheBlaze.com
School District Tried to ‘Censor’ Christmas — and Here’s How This Law Firm Is Responding | TheBlaze.com:
"A conservative legal firm fired off a letter to a New Hampshire public school district after the superintendent decided that the term “Christmas tree” needed to be changed to “holiday tree” on fliers advertising a local tree lighting ceremony.
The Alliance Defending Freedom’s letter to New Hampshire School Administrative Unit 29 in Keene, New Hampshire, explained that the use of “Christmas” — from the firm’s perspective — is not illegal and that a ban on it is patently unconstitutional."
"A conservative legal firm fired off a letter to a New Hampshire public school district after the superintendent decided that the term “Christmas tree” needed to be changed to “holiday tree” on fliers advertising a local tree lighting ceremony.The Alliance Defending Freedom’s letter to New Hampshire School Administrative Unit 29 in Keene, New Hampshire, explained that the use of “Christmas” — from the firm’s perspective — is not illegal and that a ban on it is patently unconstitutional."
Must Read of the day!! Islam and the Cultural Jihad in America
Islam and the Cultural Jihad in America | Politically Short:
"The belief that Islam is a peaceful religion and that Islamic terrorists have twisted that faith to unrecognizable extremes is a false interpretation that surrounds today’s narrative regarding Islam”, writes Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch.
The greater overall threat this misconception poses is neglected because of fear and outright denial to acknowledge what or who our enemy truly is.
The more we lie to ourselves and allow our politicians, media and government officials to lie to us, the more we enable terrorists to become embolden.
Spencer further notes, “we cannot possibly defeat an enemy whom we refuse to understand, refuse to study, refuse to listen to because he explains why he is our enemy in terms that we can’t bear to hear”.
The public discourse in our country that regards Islam as no different from Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism and others is a lie perpetrated against an American public whom is unaware of who their enemy is and what their goals truly are.
The enemy is a terrorist organization that goes by the name of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Their goal is to eliminate and destroy Western civilization from within.
The document that reveals how to achieve this goal is labeled An Explanatory Memorandum on the General Strategic Goal for the Group in North America.
...The 18-page document was entered into evidence in the 2008 Holy Land Foundation terror funding trial. Federal investigators found the document in the home of Ismael Elbarasse, a founder of the Dar Al-Hijrah mosque in Falls Church, Virginia, during a 2004 search.
The document was written in 1991 by Muslim Brotherhood operative Mohamed Akram.
The document lays out the plans by the Brotherhood in America as a “civilizational alternative” for infiltrating non-Islamic forms of society and governance for the “global Islamic state”. (The memorandum can be viewed in full at link)."
....If we are to learn from the recent terrorist attacks that took place in France this week and cost the lives of 20 people, we must first look at how the government in France has surrendered authority to Muslim communities in the form of no-go zones.
There are an estimated 750 no-go zones across France that are compromised of up to 40 percent of France’s five million Muslims in which insular neighborhoods have become off-limits to non-Muslims.
These areas function as micro-states that are governed by Islamic Shariah law.
The no-go zones have become so dangerous that authorities no longer provide basic public aid such as police, fire and ambulances services.
...What is happening in France is also happening in other European countries such as Germany and Britain that have effectively relinquished legal control in portions of its territory.
In Britain, where Islamic law has been enforceable nationwide since 2008, there are dozens of no-go zones, including all-Muslim enclaves in the London boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest and Bradford where “Shariah Zone” stickers went up on utility poles and lamp posts in July 2011.
...In Germany, Chief Police Commissioner Bernhard Witthaut, in an August interview with the newspaper Der Westen, revealed that Muslim immigrants are imposing no-go zones in cities across Germany at an alarming rate..."
"The belief that Islam is a peaceful religion and that Islamic terrorists have twisted that faith to unrecognizable extremes is a false interpretation that surrounds today’s narrative regarding Islam”, writes Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch.
The greater overall threat this misconception poses is neglected because of fear and outright denial to acknowledge what or who our enemy truly is.
The more we lie to ourselves and allow our politicians, media and government officials to lie to us, the more we enable terrorists to become embolden.
Spencer further notes, “we cannot possibly defeat an enemy whom we refuse to understand, refuse to study, refuse to listen to because he explains why he is our enemy in terms that we can’t bear to hear”.
The public discourse in our country that regards Islam as no different from Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism and others is a lie perpetrated against an American public whom is unaware of who their enemy is and what their goals truly are.
The enemy is a terrorist organization that goes by the name of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Their goal is to eliminate and destroy Western civilization from within.
The document that reveals how to achieve this goal is labeled An Explanatory Memorandum on the General Strategic Goal for the Group in North America....The 18-page document was entered into evidence in the 2008 Holy Land Foundation terror funding trial. Federal investigators found the document in the home of Ismael Elbarasse, a founder of the Dar Al-Hijrah mosque in Falls Church, Virginia, during a 2004 search.
The document was written in 1991 by Muslim Brotherhood operative Mohamed Akram.
The document lays out the plans by the Brotherhood in America as a “civilizational alternative” for infiltrating non-Islamic forms of society and governance for the “global Islamic state”. (The memorandum can be viewed in full at link)."
....If we are to learn from the recent terrorist attacks that took place in France this week and cost the lives of 20 people, we must first look at how the government in France has surrendered authority to Muslim communities in the form of no-go zones.
There are an estimated 750 no-go zones across France that are compromised of up to 40 percent of France’s five million Muslims in which insular neighborhoods have become off-limits to non-Muslims.
These areas function as micro-states that are governed by Islamic Shariah law.
The no-go zones have become so dangerous that authorities no longer provide basic public aid such as police, fire and ambulances services.
...What is happening in France is also happening in other European countries such as Germany and Britain that have effectively relinquished legal control in portions of its territory.
In Britain, where Islamic law has been enforceable nationwide since 2008, there are dozens of no-go zones, including all-Muslim enclaves in the London boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest and Bradford where “Shariah Zone” stickers went up on utility poles and lamp posts in July 2011.
...In Germany, Chief Police Commissioner Bernhard Witthaut, in an August interview with the newspaper Der Westen, revealed that Muslim immigrants are imposing no-go zones in cities across Germany at an alarming rate..."
Ya think this is the "Final" step?-----Paris Junk Science Pact Calls for US to Redistribute Wealth to Banana Republics and 3rd World Hell Holes
Paris Junk Science Pact Calls for US to Redistribute Wealth to Banana Republics and 3rd World Hell Holes - The Gateway Pundit:
Paris Junk Science Pact Calls for US to Redistribute Wealth to Banana Republics and 3rd World Hell Holes
Paris Junk Science Pact Calls for US to Redistribute Wealth to Banana Republics and 3rd World Hell Holes
It’s a liberal’s wet dream…
Global elites released details of their global warming junk science pact Saturday. The international agreement calls for developed nations to transfer hundreds of billions of aid to third world hell holes.
The money will then be quickly deposited into Swiss bank accounts under an anonymous name until the dictator is thrown from office and replaced by the next tinpot dictator.
The draft of the international agreement to deal with climate change, which is being considered today in Paris by representatives from 195 countries, calls for the developed nations of the world (which include the United States) to transfer wealth to developing nations, including through “public funds.”“Developed country Parties shall provide financial resources to assist developing country Parties with respect to both mitigation and adaptation in continuation of their existing obligations under the Convention,” says Article 9 of the draft agreement.“As part of a global effort, developed country Parties should continue to take the lead in mobilizing climate finance from a wide variety of sources, instruments and channels, noting the significant role of public funds,” says the draft.The draft agreement sets a goal for developed countries to dole out at least $100 billion per year by 2020.The agreement at one point says: “Resolves to enhance the provision of urgent and adequate finance, technology and capacity-building support by developed country Parties in order to enhance the level of ambition of pre-2020 action by Parties, and in this regard strongly urges developed country Parties to scale up their level of financial support, with a concrete roadmap to achieve the goal of jointly providing USD 100 billion annually by 2020 for mitigation and adaptation while significantly increasing adaptation finance from current levels and to further provide appropriate technology and capacity-building support.”
It will look something like this…
The 10 best books of 2015 - Washington Post
The 10 best books of 2015 - Washington Post:
"In our annual roundup of best books, you’ll find 10 that we think are exceptionally rewarding and 100 more you shouldn’t miss.
In addition to our usual recommendations for lovers of mysteries, graphic novels and audiobooks, we’ve added lists drawn from our new monthly columns in romance, poetry and science fiction and fantasy."
"In our annual roundup of best books, you’ll find 10 that we think are exceptionally rewarding and 100 more you shouldn’t miss.In addition to our usual recommendations for lovers of mysteries, graphic novels and audiobooks, we’ve added lists drawn from our new monthly columns in romance, poetry and science fiction and fantasy."
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Cartoonist Has Stinging Message for Obama White House: ‘The One Word They Seem to be Unaware Of…’ | Video | TheBlaze.com
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Cartoonist Has Stinging Message for Obama White House: ‘The One Word They Seem to be Unaware Of…’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:"Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Michael Ramirez had strong words for the Obama White House in an interview with the TheBlaze this week, calling it a “disaster” and raising the the specter of impeachment.
“If I had a message the the White House, the one word they seem to be unaware of. … "
Unbelievable!!!-----Disgraceful White House Hanukkah celebration
Blog: Disgraceful White House Hanukkah celebration
Leave to Barack Obama to turn what should be a celebration of the Jewish people’s survival in the face of adversity into a politicized rant celebrating the cause of the Palestinians, who want to “drive them into the sea,” as has been promised since the birth of the modern State of Israel.
Daniel Greenfield reports on what should have been the highlight of this year’s White House ceremony at Front Page Magazine:
… the White House chose Susan Talve to light the Menorah. Talve is a member of the anti-Israel group T'ruah which is currently promoting assorted "soft BDS" programs. She's also a Ferguson activist. Her behavior was deeply insulting to the religious Jewish community and made it clear that the White House was determined to hijack even a Chanukah party to promote an anti-Jewish agenda.
So the general conviviality of the Chanukah party was disrupted by a crazed rant from Susan Talve in which she seemed determined to jam as many leftist talking points as possible in her limited time. Instead of talking about Chanukah, Talve blathered on about getting, "guns off our streets" and to "clean up the fires of toxic nuclear waste".
Talve screeched, "I stand here with my fierce family of clergy and black lives matter activists who took to the streets of Ferguson".
Having celebrated the race riots which destroyed a community, she pivoted to Syrian Muslim migrants. Chanukah is a celebration of the Maccabees defeating a Syrian occupation, but Talve may not even know that. Radical clergy tend to be light on the religion and heavy on the social justice.
Instead she rambled on about how the "gates of this nation would stay open for all immigrants and all refugees".
Then, not satisfied with having made a disgrace of the Chanukah ceremony, Susan Talve declared, "I stand here to light these lights to say no the darkness of Islamophobia and Homophobia and Transphobia."
Talve babbled about insuring "justice for Palestinians" and began gleefully chanting, "Ins'Allah, Ins'Allah". Or "Allah Willing".
I don't recall Susan Talve mentioning G-d or a word of Jewish scripture. Indeed she spent more time talking about Muslims than about anything in Judaism. And yet that's typical for Social justice clergy who have no organic ties to Judaism.
History for December 13
History for December 13 - On-This-Day.com
Dick Van Dyke 1925 - Actor, comedian, John Davidson 1941 - Singer, actor, game show host ("That's Incredible," "Hollywood Squares"), Ted Nugent 1948 - Musician
Steve Buscemi 1957 - Actor, Jamie Foxx 1967 - Actor, comedian, Taylor Swift 1989 - Singer, songwriter
1636 - The United States National Guard was created when militia regiments were organized by the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1809 - The first abdominal surgical procedure was performed in Danville, KY, on Jane Todd Crawford. The operation was performed without an anesthetic.
1862 - In America, an estimated 11,000 Northern soldiers were killed or wounded when Union forces were defeated by Confederates under General Robert E. Lee, at the Battle of Fredericksburg.
1913 - In the U.S., the Federal Reserve System was established.
1937 - Japanese forces took the Chinese city of Nanking (Nanjing). An estimated 200,000 Chinese were killed over the next six weeks. The event became known as the "Rape of Nanking."
1964 - In El Paso, TX, President Johnson and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion that diverted the Rio Grande River, reshaping the U.S.-Mexican border. This ended a century-old border dispute.
1978 - The Philadelphia Mint began stamping the Susan B. Anthony U.S. dollar. The coin began circulation the following July.
2000 - U.S. Vice President Al Gore conceded the 2000 Presidential election to Texas Gov. George W. Bush. The Florida electoral votes were won by only 537 votes, which decided the election. The election had been contested up to theU.S. Supreme Court, which said that the Florida recount (supported by the Florida Supreme Court) was unconstitutional.
Saturday, December 12, 2015
What France Has Found In Mosque Raids Deeply Disturbing - Proof that Trump Is 100% Right ⋆ US Herald
What France Has Found In Mosque Raids Deeply Disturbing - Proof that Trump Is 100% Right ⋆ US Herald:"Once again Donald Trump has created a firestorm and media frenzy as news outlets across the country played almost nonstop, Trumps speech calling for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the country, and within seconds of completing his speech a firestorm of condemnation erupted almost immediately, and from virtually all quarters.
And while Trump was being vilified and attacked as a racist and a bigot for even suggesting a ban on this peaceful religion, back in Paris the authorities were raiding Islamic mosques to see what was hidden."
Military Activist Who’s Trying to Stop Air Force Football Players’ On-Field Prayers Doubles Down: ‘Propaganda Bonanza for the Islamic State’ | TheBlaze.com
Military Activist Who’s Trying to Stop Air Force Football Players’ On-Field Prayers Doubles Down: ‘Propaganda Bonanza for the Islamic State’ | TheBlaze.com:"Activist Mikey Weinstein believes that the team prayers that are regularly uttered before Air Force Academy football games are blatantly unconstitutional and “putrid,” charging that they provide a “propaganda bonanza for [the Islamic State].”
The debate over the Air Force Falcons players’ pre-game prayers on the field has gone viral in recent days, with strong opinions emerging on both sides of the divide."
‘Intelligence Community Is Concerned’: Here’s How Islamic State Members ‘May Have Traveled to U.S.’ | TheBlaze.com
‘Intelligence Community Is Concerned’: Here’s How Islamic State Members ‘May Have Traveled to U.S.’ | TheBlaze.com:"A Department of Homeland Security report issued to law enforcement last week indicated Islamic State members may have snuck into the U.S. using fake passports the terror group printed using its own machine."
New Focus on San Bernardino Attackers’ Friend Who Spoke of ‘Sleeper Cells’ | TheBlaze.com
New Focus on San Bernardino Attackers’ Friend Who Spoke of ‘Sleeper Cells’ | TheBlaze.com:"Enrique Marquez — who authorities said bought firearms for childhood friend Syed Rizwan Farook used in the deadly San Bernardino shooting massacre — didn’t strike those acquainted with him as very credible when he brought up the topic of terrorism."
Liberals have chosen The Donald as their 'Destructor'
Glenn Reynolds: Liberals have chosen The Donald as their 'Destructor':
"...Everyone is aghast at Trump’s latest plan, to suspend all immigration by Muslims.
But it’s no coincidence that Trump’s announcement came less than a day after a limp, toneless speech by President Barack Obama on terrorism, one that left Americans feeling much less safe.
After the September 11, 2001 attacks, then-president George W. Bush made clear that Muslims weren’t our enemy: Radical Islamists were.
Because Bush took steps against those radical Islamists that made people feel safer, there was no significant anti-Muslim backlash, though all the bien-pensant types thought it certain that those rubes in flyover country would get violent...
Enter Donald Trump.
People who are unhappy with the things Trump is saying need to understand that he’s only getting so much traction because he’s filling a void.
If the responsible people would talk about these issues, and take action, Trump wouldn’t take up so much space.
And there’s a lesson for our ruling class there:
Calling Trump a fascist is a bit much (fascism, as Tom Wolfe once reported, is forever descending upon the United States, but somehow it always lands on Europe), but movements like fascism and communism get their start because the mechanisms of liberal democracy seem weak and ineffectual and dishonest.
If you don’t want Trump — or, perhaps, some post-Trump figure who really is a fascist — to dominate things, you need to stop being weak and ineffectual and dishonest.
Right now, after years of Obama hope-and-change, a majority of Americans (56%) think Islam is incompatible with American values.
That’s true even for 43% of Democrats.
In that sort of environment, where people feel unsafe and where the powers-that-be seem to be, well, weak and ineffectual and dishonest, the appeal of someone who doesn’t seem weak and ineffectual grows stronger..."
"...Everyone is aghast at Trump’s latest plan, to suspend all immigration by Muslims.
But it’s no coincidence that Trump’s announcement came less than a day after a limp, toneless speech by President Barack Obama on terrorism, one that left Americans feeling much less safe.
After the September 11, 2001 attacks, then-president George W. Bush made clear that Muslims weren’t our enemy: Radical Islamists were.
Because Bush took steps against those radical Islamists that made people feel safer, there was no significant anti-Muslim backlash, though all the bien-pensant types thought it certain that those rubes in flyover country would get violent...
Enter Donald Trump.
People who are unhappy with the things Trump is saying need to understand that he’s only getting so much traction because he’s filling a void.If the responsible people would talk about these issues, and take action, Trump wouldn’t take up so much space.
And there’s a lesson for our ruling class there:
Calling Trump a fascist is a bit much (fascism, as Tom Wolfe once reported, is forever descending upon the United States, but somehow it always lands on Europe), but movements like fascism and communism get their start because the mechanisms of liberal democracy seem weak and ineffectual and dishonest.
If you don’t want Trump — or, perhaps, some post-Trump figure who really is a fascist — to dominate things, you need to stop being weak and ineffectual and dishonest.
Right now, after years of Obama hope-and-change, a majority of Americans (56%) think Islam is incompatible with American values.
That’s true even for 43% of Democrats.
In that sort of environment, where people feel unsafe and where the powers-that-be seem to be, well, weak and ineffectual and dishonest, the appeal of someone who doesn’t seem weak and ineffectual grows stronger..."
Fetal Remains Found in Ohio Landfills Amid Planned Parenthood Investigation, Attorney General Says (UPDATED) | TheBlaze.com
Fetal Remains Found in Ohio Landfills Amid Planned Parenthood Investigation, Attorney General Says (UPDATED) | TheBlaze.com:
“The vast majority of the documents showed they were going to landfills,” Dan Tierney, a spokesman for Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office, told TheBlaze. “Planned Parenthood cooperated with the investigation, and that is what the findings revealed.”
Tierney said the investigation began after the release of the videos by the Center for Medical Progress and that DeWine “felt it necessary” to investigate the state’s Planned Parenthood facilities."
“The vast majority of the documents showed they were going to landfills,” Dan Tierney, a spokesman for Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office, told TheBlaze. “Planned Parenthood cooperated with the investigation, and that is what the findings revealed.”Tierney said the investigation began after the release of the videos by the Center for Medical Progress and that DeWine “felt it necessary” to investigate the state’s Planned Parenthood facilities."
Why are we subsidizing single parentage?-----Reducing youth aggression isn’t as easy as “Kumbaya”
Reducing youth aggression isn’t as easy as “Kumbaya” | Intellectual Takeout
"As crime rates continue to rise in many cities, the media continues to debate how to curb violent behavior before it starts.
A Wednesday column entitled “Parenting with Pete” in a New Jersey newspaper exemplifies a typical response.
“Stopping violence needs to begin long before a teenager or adult picks up a gun and decides to shoot another human being,” writes Peter Herbst.
Herbst argues that we should “commit to reducing the violence in our own lives and promote peace and compassion instead,” and makes a number of suggestions:
“Don’t gift violent computer games”; “Learn, practice and teach conflict resolution skills”; “Express love for your children with hugs, kisses and nurturing words”; “Empathize with the suffering of other people.”
Fine suggestions, all, but research suggests that the “nurturing words” promoted by media are a band-aid for a problem that runs much deeper.
Psychologists worry about aggressive children—and with good reason.
In a recent study, researchers at Towson University in Maryland explained the urgent need for a deeper understanding of the problem:
“Aggressive children who bully peers and make trouble for teachers and neighbors are more likely than other children are to have difficulties both as a child and as an adult. They are more likely to have problems with academic work and peer relationships and display antisocial behavior, juvenile delinquency, conduct disorders, and drug abuse during adolescence. As adults, aggressive children are more likely to suffer substance abuse, alcoholism, accidents, unemployment, divorce, and physical and psychiatric illness, commit delinquent and violent behavior, and require more social and remedial services.”
To better understand the social circumstances that foster such aggression,..
Their analysis suggests that when marriage bells stop ringing in a neighborhood, the children in that neighborhood turn mean...
If Americans want to subdue the inner-city aggression that has sent far too many young people to prison and early graves, it may take more than teaching students the words of “Kumbaya.”
It may take preachers, teachers, parents, and civic leaders affirming wedlock as a cherished part of urban culture.
"As crime rates continue to rise in many cities, the media continues to debate how to curb violent behavior before it starts.
A Wednesday column entitled “Parenting with Pete” in a New Jersey newspaper exemplifies a typical response.
“Stopping violence needs to begin long before a teenager or adult picks up a gun and decides to shoot another human being,” writes Peter Herbst.
Herbst argues that we should “commit to reducing the violence in our own lives and promote peace and compassion instead,” and makes a number of suggestions:
Fine suggestions, all, but research suggests that the “nurturing words” promoted by media are a band-aid for a problem that runs much deeper.
Psychologists worry about aggressive children—and with good reason.
In a recent study, researchers at Towson University in Maryland explained the urgent need for a deeper understanding of the problem:
“Aggressive children who bully peers and make trouble for teachers and neighbors are more likely than other children are to have difficulties both as a child and as an adult. They are more likely to have problems with academic work and peer relationships and display antisocial behavior, juvenile delinquency, conduct disorders, and drug abuse during adolescence. As adults, aggressive children are more likely to suffer substance abuse, alcoholism, accidents, unemployment, divorce, and physical and psychiatric illness, commit delinquent and violent behavior, and require more social and remedial services.”
To better understand the social circumstances that foster such aggression,..
Their analysis suggests that when marriage bells stop ringing in a neighborhood, the children in that neighborhood turn mean...
If Americans want to subdue the inner-city aggression that has sent far too many young people to prison and early graves, it may take more than teaching students the words of “Kumbaya.”
It may take preachers, teachers, parents, and civic leaders affirming wedlock as a cherished part of urban culture.
Ted Cruz Vows To 'Utterly Destroy ISIS' As President - Breitbart
Ted Cruz Vows To 'Utterly Destroy ISIS' As President - Breitbart:"He then went on to say, “We will utterly destroy ISIS. We won’t degrade them. We won’t weaken them. We will utterly destroy them.”
Ted Cruz Denounces Loretta Lynch - The Rush Limbaugh Show
Ted Cruz Denounces Loretta Lynch - The Rush Limbaugh Show:"CRUZ: Loretta Lynch told a gathering the day after the San Bernardino attack that her department would move to prosecute anyone whose, quote, "anti-Muslim rhetoric," quote, "edged towards violence." The day after a terror attack, 14 innocent lives snuffed away. As has been the case all too often in the Obama administration, we may be facing once again the weaponization of one of our own government agencies, deployed not to protect Americans, but to force them to submit to the Obama administration's code of what is and is not acceptable speech.
RUSH: Heck, I'd go even farther than that."
Interesting insight-----Frank Sinatra's Drummer Tells the Story of His Final Concert
Frank Sinatra's Drummer Tells the Story of His Final Concert | Vanity Fair:
"...The musical relationship between Frank and his musicians, especially his drummer, was intense and personal.
Frank loved the powerful rhythmic propulsion at his back, often driven by a cracking “back beat” on the snare that he wanted targeted dead in the middle of his unparalleled rhythmic sense.
It was 80 percent reaction and 20 percent action.
If I let up, even for an instant, he would turn my way looking for more heat.
I never took my eyes off of him.
Yet despite our intense stage relationship, a year into my role I had never so much as lifted a glass with him, much less held a conversation.
I thought it odd—I was a fan too, after all.
But it was Bill Miller, Frank’s longtime pianist, who told me early on that “Frank needs a drummer, not another friend.” I got it.
That all changed one late night in 1992, at the Monaco Red Cross Gala, in Monte Carlo..."
"...The musical relationship between Frank and his musicians, especially his drummer, was intense and personal.
Frank loved the powerful rhythmic propulsion at his back, often driven by a cracking “back beat” on the snare that he wanted targeted dead in the middle of his unparalleled rhythmic sense.
If I let up, even for an instant, he would turn my way looking for more heat.
I never took my eyes off of him.
Yet despite our intense stage relationship, a year into my role I had never so much as lifted a glass with him, much less held a conversation.
I thought it odd—I was a fan too, after all.
But it was Bill Miller, Frank’s longtime pianist, who told me early on that “Frank needs a drummer, not another friend.” I got it.
That all changed one late night in 1992, at the Monaco Red Cross Gala, in Monte Carlo..."
"Trump IS providing leadership!"-----Don't Blame Trump For Muslim Ban Comments , He Speaks For The Masses...Who Can Blame Americans For Not Wanting To End Up Like UK?
BRITISH TV PERSONALITY: Don't Blame Trump For Muslim Ban Comments , He Speaks For The Masses...Who Can Blame Americans For Not Wanting To End Up Like UK? [VIDEO]
"...After a Muslim couple gunned down 14 residents of San Bernardino, California, Americans looked for strong leadership.
Just like after 9/11 when Bush made like a dog of war and took the fight to the terrorists.
It took the President a couple of days to even admit the attack was terror and when he did finally address a nervous nation on Sunday night his tone-deaf message was that Muslims were their ‘friends, neighbours and sports heroes.’
In contrast, Trump IS providing leadership.
He knows some of his grand-standing is hot air.
But he is articulating a sentiment held by millions and reinforcing himself as a protector of the American people.
It’s the reason Trump is the Republican front runner.
He has spent just $330,000 on broadcasting to Jeb Bush’s $42.5 million —which is indicative of how much America is enthralled by this new voice.
...Trump said: ‘We have places in London so radicalised that police are afraid for their lives.’
Within moments the Met Police, Prime Minister David Cameron, and the clownish Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, jumped to defend the reputation of the UK and distance themselves from this glaring truth.
Yet, at the time of writing, no less than five bobbies on the beat have come forward to confirm that there ARE estates where they will only patrol out of uniform.
There is fear among the police AND the public.
I work with a team of cameramen in town who text their wives and partners on the hour to confirm they are safe.
My family is not keen for me to be in the capital.
Some friends will no longer come to London.
How do you feel about the security of the city’s shopping centres right now, after what happened in Paris?
I watch the BBC news, our national broadcaster, ramming home messages of inclusiveness.
Today they gave platform to a representative of the Muslim community telling Trump he is an Islamophobe and is not welcome here.
But that’s not my voice.
That is not the voice of a nation.
All Brits don’t think that way.
Being force-fed multi-culturalism brought us to this place.
When the only permitted message is acceptance, any views to the contrary result in a label to shame you into silence.
...History teaches us lessons were refuse to learn.
The IRA would not have enjoyed decades of success without many among the Northern Irish Catholic population acting just the same way as the imams and family and friends of extremists in Luton today.
We have gone too far and lost control of vast swathes of our country.
In part we ARE a radicalised nation and it does nobody any favours to deny the obvious.
Trump wants to call a temporary halt to Muslim immigration until America figures out what is going on.
Adversaries may be quick to jump on Trump and make him the problem.
But look around.
You are too busy gazing at the fluff in your navel to see the gangrene in your foot.
You lost sight of terrifying.
It isn’t a big, brash American untroubled by the need to be loved.
It is the march of ISIS and the so-called Islamic State.
You may want to distance yourself from Trump.
You may want to carry on navel gazing.
But for many Americans, Europe is rapidly becoming an example of everything they never want to be.
Via: UK Daily Mail
"...After a Muslim couple gunned down 14 residents of San Bernardino, California, Americans looked for strong leadership.
Just like after 9/11 when Bush made like a dog of war and took the fight to the terrorists.
It took the President a couple of days to even admit the attack was terror and when he did finally address a nervous nation on Sunday night his tone-deaf message was that Muslims were their ‘friends, neighbours and sports heroes.’
In contrast, Trump IS providing leadership.
He knows some of his grand-standing is hot air.
But he is articulating a sentiment held by millions and reinforcing himself as a protector of the American people.
It’s the reason Trump is the Republican front runner.
He has spent just $330,000 on broadcasting to Jeb Bush’s $42.5 million —which is indicative of how much America is enthralled by this new voice.
...Trump said: ‘We have places in London so radicalised that police are afraid for their lives.’
Within moments the Met Police, Prime Minister David Cameron, and the clownish Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, jumped to defend the reputation of the UK and distance themselves from this glaring truth.
Yet, at the time of writing, no less than five bobbies on the beat have come forward to confirm that there ARE estates where they will only patrol out of uniform.
There is fear among the police AND the public.
I work with a team of cameramen in town who text their wives and partners on the hour to confirm they are safe.
My family is not keen for me to be in the capital.Some friends will no longer come to London.
How do you feel about the security of the city’s shopping centres right now, after what happened in Paris?
I watch the BBC news, our national broadcaster, ramming home messages of inclusiveness.
Today they gave platform to a representative of the Muslim community telling Trump he is an Islamophobe and is not welcome here.
But that’s not my voice.
That is not the voice of a nation.
All Brits don’t think that way.
Being force-fed multi-culturalism brought us to this place.
When the only permitted message is acceptance, any views to the contrary result in a label to shame you into silence.
...History teaches us lessons were refuse to learn.
The IRA would not have enjoyed decades of success without many among the Northern Irish Catholic population acting just the same way as the imams and family and friends of extremists in Luton today.
We have gone too far and lost control of vast swathes of our country.
In part we ARE a radicalised nation and it does nobody any favours to deny the obvious.
Trump wants to call a temporary halt to Muslim immigration until America figures out what is going on.
Adversaries may be quick to jump on Trump and make him the problem.
But look around.
You are too busy gazing at the fluff in your navel to see the gangrene in your foot.
You lost sight of terrifying.
It isn’t a big, brash American untroubled by the need to be loved.
It is the march of ISIS and the so-called Islamic State.
You may want to distance yourself from Trump.
You may want to carry on navel gazing.
But for many Americans, Europe is rapidly becoming an example of everything they never want to be.
Via: UK Daily Mail
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