Report: Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to Be Charged for Desertion — Here Are the Details | Video | TheBlaze.com

Report: Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to Be Charged for Desertion — Here Are the Details | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was reportedly held captive by Taliban militants for five years, will be charged for desertion, according to sources of retired Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer. Bergdahl was only released after President Barack Obama negotiated with the terrorists, agreeing to release five prisoners from Guantanamo Bay.

Shaffer, senior fellow at the London Center for Policy Research, told Bill O’Reilly on Monday night that his sources have confirmed the Army has concluded its investigation and Bergdahl’s lawyer has been given a “charge sheet” informing him of the desertion charge."

Judicial Watch obtains ‘smoking gun’ Benghazi documents

Judicial Watch obtains ‘smoking gun’ Benghazi documents:

"Among the documents obtained by the Washington-based government watchdog Judicial Watch was a memo sent the day after the Sept. 11, 2012, attack to the U.S. Embassy in Tunis, Tunisia, by the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Command Center titled “Emergency Message to U.S. Citizens: Demonstrations.”

The Diplomatic Security Command Center, or DSCC, was well aware that the attack was carried out by highly organized and armed Islamic militia, because the DSCC was the unit that monitored the attack in real time via video transmissions from a drone.

The message is identical to the emergency message issued by the U.S. Embassy in Tunis and archived on the embassy’s website."

The Small Thing the Radical, New, Far-Left Greek PM Did After Being Sworn in That Glenn Beck Noticed and Is Calling a ‘Dangerous Symbol’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

The Small Thing the Radical, New, Far-Left Greek PM Did After Being Sworn in That Glenn Beck Noticed and Is Calling a ‘Dangerous Symbol’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Over the weekend, the far-left in Greeze pulled out a victory over the country’s governing conservatives. While there certainly is plenty to be concerned about, it was the small thing the newly-sworn-in prime minister did as his first official act that had Glenn Beck worried.

After being sworn in, Greece’s Alexis Tsipras laid flowers at the memorial erected to commemorate the Greeks killed by the Nazis. That may seem benign, but as Beck said, it was a “shot across the bow.”

Pentagon bureaucracy grows as troops are cut | WashingtonExaminer.com

Pentagon bureaucracy grows as troops are cut | WashingtonExaminer.com:

"In the last several years, the Pentagon has brought more than 165,000 soldiers home from combat. It has shaved the end strength of each service, and it has put needed maintenance and modernization of its warships and aircraft on hold to scrape up the savings to meet sequester cuts.

So why does its back office keep growing?"

The Costs and Benefits of Wind Energy: Competing Groups Hold Forums [Michigan Capitol Confidential]

The Costs and Benefits of Wind Energy: Competing Groups Hold Forums [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:

"After initially allowing Michigan Capitol Confidential to sit in and listen to its Michigan Wind Energy Forum in Lansing on Tuesday, the American Wind Energy Association changed its mind.

Within five minutes, an association official grabbed Michigan Capitol Confidential’s camera and asked its reporter, Anne Schieber, to leave. Schieber was stationed in the back of the room, observing and recording for a potential news story."

Cowardly America------Horrid result when teacher confiscates cell phone

We teach timidity.
We will pay the awful price.
Horrid result when teacher confiscates cell phone:
"The scuffle originally took place about 1 p.m. Tuesday during a physics class.

According to the Paterson Press, “The 23-second video shows the 16-year-old with his arms wrapped around the teacher, knocking him into an empty desk.
The student then wrestles the teacher across the front of the classroom before slamming him to the floor.
The teen then reaches down and wrests something from the teacher before breaking away when someone in the classroom yelled: ‘Security.’”
...“I’m disappointed I didn’t see any other kids in the classroom help [the teacher] out,” Peter Tirri, president of the local teachers union, told the Press. “Maybe they were afraid. I don’t know.”"

The World Burns, America Fiddles

The World Burns, America Fiddles | Power Line:
"It would be hard to overstate how poorly things are going for the United States around the world. 
Iran moves steadily toward acquiring nuclear weapons, with the apparent approval of the Obama administration. Iraq, once hailed as one of the Obama administration’s greatest successes by Joe Biden, is now largely occupied by ISIS.
The carnage in Syria continues.
The government of Yemen, a key ally in the war against Islamic terror, has fallen.
In Nigeria, Boko Haram slaughters thousands and now controls much of Africa’s richest country.

And Russia continues to chip away at Ukraine.
Let’s pause on this one for a moment.
Having absorbed Crimea, Russia is now concentrating its fire on the eastern half of Ukraine, perhaps with a plan to secure Crimea via a land bridge to Russia.
There is no longer any pretense about the fact that Russian soldiers have invaded Ukraine and are fighting alongside separatist rebels.
The New York Times reports that the war in Ukraine is “exploding.”
The Kiev Post profiles Ukrainian soldiers struggling to hold onto the strategically important city of Debaltseve.
Stratfor issues a “red alert” and speculates about Russia’s strategic intentions.

If any of this is of concern to the Obama administration, it is not evident. 
Obama, apparently intent on building socialism in one country–haven’t we heard that somewhere before?–views everything that happens elsewhere with seeming indifference, when he is not actively working to undermine American interests, as in Iran.
While he almost never submits to questions from actual journalists (even friendly ones, which they pretty much all are), he did take time to give interviews to four YouTube celebrities. 
This montage depicts the result; you could never make this up":

This One Graph Shows Why Obama Owes Texas and Rick Perry a Huge ‘Thank You’

This One Graph Shows Why Obama Owes Texas and Rick Perry a Huge ‘Thank You’:

"Even as there are more Americans dependent on government (other taxpayers) because of Obama’s lousy economic record, and 92 million Americans are out of the workforce, the lowest number since the days of Democrat President Jimmy Carter, Obama, a Marxist economic illiterate, continues to say how well the economy is doing."

Obama intimidating Benghazi witness into silence?

Obama intimidating Benghazi witness into silence?:

"During remarks on the House floor earlier this month, Gohmert implied the administration was using the case to silence Petraeus on Benghazi.

“This administration knows that General Petraeus has information that would virtually destroy any credibility that the administration might still have nationally and internationally,” Gohmert said. “So what else would this administration do but leave over his head for over a year and a half the threat, ‘We’re going to prosecute you, so you’d better keep your mouth shut’?”

Mother of Slain SEAL Sniper Issues Challenge to Michael Moore. The Odds of Him Accepting Are Likely Close to Zero. | TheBlaze.com

Mother of Slain SEAL Sniper Issues Challenge to Michael Moore. The Odds of Him Accepting Are Likely Close to Zero. | TheBlaze.com:

"Debbie Lee, the mother of slain Navy SEAL sniper Marc Alan Lee, issued a tough challenge to outspoken filmmaker Michael Moore at the 2015 SHOT Show in Las Vegas on Friday. It would be a shock if Moore actually accepts the challenge."

Biden to Doctors: Obamacare Settled It, Health Care is a 'Right' - Breitbart

Biden to Doctors: Obamacare Settled It, Health Care is a 'Right' - Breitbart:

"There is no provision in the Constitution or in the text of the Obamacare bill that refers to health care as a “right.” Nor are any other necessities–such as food, water, shelter and clothing–“rights” under any federal law or constitutional provision."

Health care is not a right, neither is a job, home, car, phone, internet and the list goes on...

You do however, have the right to be ignorant. 

Radical Left Winning Big in Greece, Neo-Nazis Not Far Behind (UPDATE: Greek Gov’t Out)

Radical Left Winning Big in Greece, Neo-Nazis Not Far Behind (UPDATE: Greek Gov’t Out) | TheBlaze.com:
"Greece’s governing conservatives have conceded defeat to the radical left."
It's usually a radical that will claim they have the answers.

If it will help human beings, the eco-nutz will oppose it-------Large Upper Peninsula mining plan slated for public debate; DNR wary

Large Upper Peninsula mining plan slated for public debate; DNR wary | MLive.com
"He favors the mining operation.
"I think it's overwhelming in support and that those in opposition are only a few but, as we know, those few can draw upon a large contingent of national and international groups," said Batchelder, 66, who was raised near Higgins Lake.
"We need jobs, we need commerce, we need to feed our businesses and we need kids in our schools. We need families who are participating in our communities."
The Sierra Club is among national organizations opposing the mining.
"Michigan's public lands like these are too valuable to sell off -- and to do so for a few million dollars in short-term benefits would be tantamount to theft," chapter director Anne Woidwode said in a statement."

Education and class: America’s new aristocracy

Education and class: America’s new aristocracy | The Economist:
"WHEN the candidates for the Republican presidential nomination line up on stage for their first debate in August, there may be three contenders whose fathers also ran for president. 
Whoever wins may face the wife of a former president next year. 
It is odd that a country founded on the principle of hostility to inherited status should be so tolerant of dynasties.
Because America never had kings or lords, it sometimes seems less inclined to worry about signs that its elite is calcifying.
Thomas Jefferson drew a distinction between a natural aristocracy of the virtuous and talented, which was a blessing to a nation, and an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, which would slowly strangle it.
Jefferson himself was a hybrid of these two types—a brilliant lawyer who inherited 11,000 acres and 135 slaves from his father-in-law—but the distinction proved durable.
When the robber barons accumulated fortunes that made European princes envious, the combination of their own philanthropy, their children’s extravagance and federal trust-busting meant that Americans never discovered what it would be like to live in a country where the elite could reliably reproduce themselves.
Now they are beginning to find out, (see article), because today’s rich increasingly pass on to their children an asset that cannot be frittered away in a few nights at a casino. 
It is far more useful than wealth, and invulnerable to inheritance tax. 
It is brains.

Notes on Another Clinton Scandal: Was Vince Foster Killed?

Special Report: Notes on Another Clinton Scandal: Was Vince Foster Killed? | Truthstream Media
:But the Clinton’s have many skeletons in the proverbial closet, and many other scandals that could crop up during her second bid for the highest office in the land, and larger quest for power.

We encountered one of those while on a road trip through Arkansas – and stopping off in Hope. It is not only the famed birthplace of former president Bill Clinton, as well as former governor Mike Huckabee, it is also the hometown and burial ground of Vince Foster, a man who was childhood neighbors with Bill, partner at the Rose Law Firm with Hillary, and as deputy legal council for the White House, one of the closest keepers of the Clinton Administration’s most personal secrets.

Early into the first term, when the Clinton’s found themselves already embroiled in scandals including those surrounding the Travel Staff and Whitewater financial investigations, Vince Foster was found dead in Fort Darcy Park, officially ruled to be a suicide – but suggesting much more.

Foster’s death prompted a wave of controversial as conflicting facts in the investigation of his death suggested murder and a cover-up at the highest levels. It became fuel for whatHillary Clinton termed a “vast right-wing conspiracy” that increasingly nested on the growing Internet, and has remained one of the most conspicuous and shady events under the still looming reign of the Clinton’s.

In the end, with Vince Foster such as close associate and friend of the family, his is the closest body to their front door on what has been considered a very long “trail of dead bodies” entangled in mystery, intrigue, conspiracy

Jeb Bush: We Need to Control Border By Politely Asking Illegals to Leave - Breitbart

Jeb Bush: We Need to Control Border By Politely Asking Illegals to Leave - Breitbart:

"This weekend  in San Francisco while speaking to the National Automobile Dealers Association, former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL) said, “First and foremost we need to control our border.”

“The 40 percent of the people that have come here illegally came with a legal visa and overstayed their bounds,” he added. “We ought to be able to figure out where they are and politely ask them to leave.”

Is he serious?  We just politely ask them to leave?

After Taking a Stroll With John Kerry, Iran Foreign Minister Under Fire for His ‘Diplomatic Mistake’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

After Taking a Stroll With John Kerry, Iran Foreign Minister Under Fire for His ‘Diplomatic Mistake’ | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has been summoned before parliament to explain his recent public stroll with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, according to a Sunday report by the country’s official IRNA news agency."

Greek radical left wins election, threatening market turmoil

My Way News - Greek radical left wins election, threatening market turmoil:
"ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A radical left-wing party vowing to end Greece's painful austerity program won a historic victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections, setting up a showdown with the country's international creditors that could shake the eurozone.
Alexis Tsipras, leader of the communist-rooted Syriza party, immediately promised to end the "five years of humiliation and pain" that Greece has endured since an international bailout saved it from bankruptcy in 2010.
"The verdict of the Greek people ends, beyond any doubt, the vicious circle of austerity in our country," Tsipras told a crowd of rapturous flag-waving supporters.
Syriza appeared just shy of the majority that would allow it to govern alone.
With 97.6 percent of polling stations counted, Syriza had 36.4 percent — and 149 of parliament's 300 seats — versus 27.8 percent for Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' conservatives."

Expedia Buys Travelocity, Merging Two of the Web's Biggest Travel Sites

Expedia Buys Travelocity, Merging Two of the Web's Biggest Travel Sites | WIRED
"Consolidation" rarely good for customers.

History for January 26

History for January 26 - On-This-Day.com
Douglas MacArthur 1880, Paul Newman 1925, Scott Glenn 1942 



Eddie Van Halen 1957 - Guitar player (Van Halen), Ellen DeGeneres 1958 - Actress-comedian. Television series: Ellen, Wayne Gretzky 1961 - Hockey hall-of-famer. He is known as "The Great One". He won four Stanley Cups. 


1784 - In a letter to his daughter, Benjamin Franklin expressed unhappiness over the eagle as the symbol of America. He wanted the symbol to be the turkey. 


1788 - The first European settlers in Australia, led by Captain Arthur Phillip, landed in what became known as Sydney. The group had first settled at Botany Bay eight days before. This day is celebrated as Australia Day. 


1837 - Michigan became the 26th state to join the United States. 



1875 - George F. Green patented the electric dental drill for sawing, filing, dressing and polishing teeth. 


1911 - Inventor Glenn H. Curtiss flew the first successful seaplane. 


1965 - Hindi was made the official language of India. 



1972 - In Hermsdorf, Czechoslovakia, a JAT Yugoslav Airlines flight crashed after the detonation of a bomb in the forward cargo hold killing 27 people. The bomb was believed to have been placed on the plane by a Croatian extremist group. Vesna Vulovic, a stewardess, survived after falling 33,000 feet in the tail section. She broke both legs and became paralyzed from the waist down. 



1998 - U.S. President Clinton denied having an affair with a former White House intern, saying "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky." 


2009 - The Icelandic government and banking system collapsed. Prime Minister Geir Haarde resigned. 

Scott Walker's Big and Bold Iowa Address

Scott Walker's Big and Bold Iowa Address:

"The governor called for leaders in Washington who understand it’s not important to build the economy of Washington, but to build it in states and towns across the country. He also briefly addressed foreign policy by saying, “We need leaders that understand when freedom-loving people anywhere are under attack, we need to stand with them.” Walker used the phrase “radical Islamic terrorists,” a move likely meant to draw a contrast between him and Obama, who recently said he doesn’t like the term “radical Islam.”

Near the end of his address, before saying he’d be back to Iowa many times, Walker said, “The measure of success for government should not be how many people depend upon it, but how many are no are longer dependent on it."

‘Amazingly Dumb’: Senior State Dept. Official Slammed Over Tweet About Islamic State’s Purported Execution of Japanese Prisoner | TheBlaze.com

‘Amazingly Dumb’: Senior State Dept. Official Slammed Over Tweet About Islamic State’s Purported Execution of Japanese Prisoner | TheBlaze.com:

"Rick Stengel, an under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, posted a curious reaction on Twitter Saturday to reports that the Islamic State had executed Japanese hostage Haruna Yukawa."

Muslim Protesters Tried To Destroy This City Meeting, But This Jewish Councilman Fought Back

Muslim Protesters Tried To Destroy This City Meeting, But This Jewish Councilman Fought Back:

"New York City Councilman David Greenfield denounced a group of pro-Palestinian activists who disrupted Thursday’s Council meeting during a discussion on a resolution commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp. Activists had gathered in the balcony of the chamber and shouted “Palestinian lives matter” and displayed a Palestinian flag. Greenfield, the grandchild of Holocaust survivors, delivered an impassioned speech that exposed the protesters as plain anti-Semites.

While we were discussing a resolution regarding the murder of 1.1 million human beings, I will point out that 90 percent of whom were Jewish, but the other 10 percent were political dissidents; "

Saudi religious leader OKs rape of children

Saudi religious leader OKs rape of children:

“The ulema have agreed that it is permissible for fathers to marry off their small daughters, even if they are in the cradle,” the edict declared. “But it is not permissible for their husbands to have sex with them unless they are capable of being placed beneath and bearing the weight of the men. And their capability in this regard varies based on their nature and capacity. Aisha was six when she married the prophet, but he had sex with her when she was nine, that is, when she was deemed capable.”

Fawzan said there is nothing in Islamic, or Shariah law, that sets a minimum age limit on marrying girls, citing Quran 65:4."


Where is the outrage?  Where is the executive? The liberal left is silent. This is all about control.  

Oh, those unintended consequences of liberalism.........Neighbors: Marijuana grow house smelling up Commerce City neighborhood

Neighbors: Marijuana grow house smelling up Commerce City neighborhood - 7NEWS Denver TheDenverChannel.com:
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. - People in a Commerce City neighborhood say the smell of marijuana coming from a grow house is so strong, at times, they can't go outside.
On Saturday, Trudy Moser went before her Homeowners Association in the Fronterra Village to ask whether it can issue fines for the nuisance smell coming from one house, five doors down the road.
"Last summer, as it started to warm up, it's like, "'Gosh, what is that smell?'" said Moser.
"We couldn't sit out on our patio, because it just kind of ruins your drink or your dinner."
Other neighbors are also turning up their noses to the stink.
"You can close every window turn everything off, and you can still smell it inside," said Melissa, who did not want to use her last name.
Neighbors complained to police, and a police report states that eventually drug task force officers were allowed inside the home, finding 76 marijuana plants in a basement that had been converted into a full-fledged grow house.
The report states that the Vietnamese family that owns the house admitted to running grow operations in two homes in the neighborhood, claiming it was all legal and showing a permit to grow as medical marijuana users and caregivers.
The report states that the District Attorney closed the case citing "insufficient evidence."

Ted Cruz Throws Down the Gauntlet to GOP Establishment Presidential Hopefuls: ‘Show Me Where You Fought’

Ted Cruz Throws Down the Gauntlet to GOP Establishment Presidential Hopefuls: ‘Show Me Where You Fought’:

"Seeming to speak directly to the other potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates, especially the establishment types, Cruz threw down a gauntlet of powerful “show me where you stood up and fought” challenges: 
“And one of the most important roles for the men and women in this room is to look each candidate in the eye and say, ‘Don’t talk; show me.’

If you say you support liberty, show me where you stood up and fought it.
If you say you support religious liberty, show me where you stood up and fought for it.
If you say you oppose Obamacare, show me where you stood up and fought against it."

And he continues...

We grew up thinking "Ozzie and Harriet" were the normal way families ought to act. Our current kids are taught this is the new "normal".--------Children’s Video Showing “Dancing Genitals” Criticized For Not Being Progressive Enough (Video)

Children’s Video Showing “Dancing Genitals” Criticized For Not Being Progressive Enough (Video) | The Gateway Pundit:

One of the dancing female genitalia. (Censored Image screenshot)

For years the Progressive left has made the case that the United States should be more like Europe. From the way we consume oil, to our healthcare system, the Progressives are convinced that Europe does it better.

But I wonder what the American left would say about a recent article on the National Post, which reports that some on the European left are saying that a video, targeting children, consisting of dancing genitalia, isn’t quite Progressive enough:

“STOCKHOLM — In socially liberal Sweden, an educational video for children featuring dancing genitals has become an online hit — and even drawn criticism for not being progressive enough.

“The one-minute animated video by public broadcaster SVT, promoting a television series about the human body, has been seen by more than 4 million YouTube viewers.

“Producers say many parents found it a great way to explain about private parts to children, though some called it inappropriate for a program aimed at children aged 3-6.

“Programming director Peter Bargee said Thursday the clip also drew “unexpected” criticism from some Swedes, who said portraying the penis with a moustache and the vagina with long eyelashes reinforced gender stereotypes.“

Video below (Warning dancing, cartoon genitals).

Neither Obama Nor Biden Attending 70th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation – and the White House Won’t say Why | TheBlaze.com

Neither Obama Nor Biden Attending 70th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation – and the White House Won’t say Why | TheBlaze.com:

"The White House did not return request for comment Friday evening as to why neither the president nor the vice president are attending.

The New York Times reported earlier this week that among those attending would be French President François Hollande, Austrian President Heinz Fischer, Belgium King Philippe of Belgium, King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark.

Reports of Obama missing this event come after he didn’t attend other high-profile events, such as the rally in Parisin the wake of the Charlie Hebdo terror attack. More recently, Obama has been scrutinized for declining to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he arrives in Washington in March."

What's Going on With the Volcanoes?

What's Going on With the Volcanoes? | The Daily Sheeple:
"According to the USGS, 50-60 volcanoes erupt EACH YEAR.
Today there are 41 going off at the same time.
Obviously this isn’t a problem. 
We know it’s not a problem because if it was, the mainstream media would be all over it and the government would be warning us that all the volcanic activity and the gases that pumps into the atmosphere may have a cooling effect on the planet.
They would be advising us that the huge amount of volcanic activity, coupled with the smallest sunspot cycle for a hundred years, means that demand for electricity may outpace supply next winter because both are proven to drop temperatures on a global scale.
They would be telling us to step up the preps, make sure we have enough food to last, should growing conditions deteriorate as they did in 1816 after Tambora erupted the previous year.
Tambora was a cataclysmic explosion, but 41 volcanoes spewing out their sun reflecting gases is heading us in the same direction, and that’s without considering the lack of sunspots during the current solar cycle.
Hey, you don’t think they know but aren’t telling us do you?
Do you think they could be keeping it quiet to perpetuate the myth of global warming?
I mean it does bring in big bucks via green taxes.
Nah, the government is there to help us…isn’t it?"

‘So Scott Walker Is the Breakout Star…?’: Wisconsin Gov. Blows Away Crowd in Iowa | TheBlaze.com

‘So Scott Walker Is the Breakout Star…?’: Wisconsin Gov. Blows Away Crowd in Iowa | TheBlaze.com:

"In a speech to Iowa conservatives Saturday, Walker ran through a litany of changes he’s implemented that curtailed union power, relaxed teacher tenure laws, strengthened gun rights and restricted abortions. All resonated with a Freedom Summit crowd sizing up potential 2016 GOP presidential candidates like him."