"Despite great hopes that President Obama would herald in a post-racial era in America as the first black president, instead it is apparent to many that he has sown the seeds of racial discord at every opportunity. Obama once again provided strong evidence for that criticism in an interview on National Public Radio when he stated that Republican candidate Donald Trump was exploiting the fears of blue-collar men for political gain, and once again, the president played the race card."Saturday, December 26, 2015
Obama Stoops To New Low...Attacks Trump In The Most Disgusting Way Possible
Obama Stoops To New Low...Attacks Trump In The Most Disgusting Way Possible:
"Despite great hopes that President Obama would herald in a post-racial era in America as the first black president, instead it is apparent to many that he has sown the seeds of racial discord at every opportunity. Obama once again provided strong evidence for that criticism in an interview on National Public Radio when he stated that Republican candidate Donald Trump was exploiting the fears of blue-collar men for political gain, and once again, the president played the race card."
"Despite great hopes that President Obama would herald in a post-racial era in America as the first black president, instead it is apparent to many that he has sown the seeds of racial discord at every opportunity. Obama once again provided strong evidence for that criticism in an interview on National Public Radio when he stated that Republican candidate Donald Trump was exploiting the fears of blue-collar men for political gain, and once again, the president played the race card."
The Battle of North Cape, and the utter destruction of the battleship Scharnhorst.---Today in history
The Battle of North Cape, and the utter destruction of the battleship Scharnhorst.
"...In the darkness, the British ships moved in to attempt a rescue, but in all, less than forty of the Scharnhorst’s crew of 1968 were saved that night from the cold, black waters of the North Sea."
"...In the darkness, the British ships moved in to attempt a rescue, but in all, less than forty of the Scharnhorst’s crew of 1968 were saved that night from the cold, black waters of the North Sea."
Muslim Enraged And 'Insulted' By Bacon Sign - What Happened Next Is Disgusting ⋆ US Herald
Muslim Enraged And 'Insulted' By Bacon Sign - What Happened Next Is Disgusting ⋆ US Herald:
"However here is where it gets really bizarre to “bacon lovers”, the restaurant actually removed the sign.
The silly owner actually doubled down to those criticizing his stupid and cowardly move by suggesting “they serve breakfast and not politics.”
Should one then assume by that moronic analogy bacon is no longer considered a “food item” and perhaps no longer served at this establishment?"
YUMMY!!
"However here is where it gets really bizarre to “bacon lovers”, the restaurant actually removed the sign.The silly owner actually doubled down to those criticizing his stupid and cowardly move by suggesting “they serve breakfast and not politics.”
Should one then assume by that moronic analogy bacon is no longer considered a “food item” and perhaps no longer served at this establishment?"
YUMMY!!
Merry Christmas From Obama! Guess What His Vacation Is Costing YOU PER DAY
Merry Christmas From Obama! Guess What His Vacation Is Costing YOU PER DAY
"The number is $387,895 each and every day.
Well, that’s a very modest estimate, but I’ll take you through how we got there.
Obama has spent roughly $73.7 million in vacations since starting (this year’s Christmas travel alone was $3.7 million).
He has racked up an impressive 190 vacation days in his time is office.
Simply divide 73.7 million by 190 and you get $387,895 each day they are on vacation.
That is $16,162 an hour or $269.37 every minute..."
"The number is $387,895 each and every day.Well, that’s a very modest estimate, but I’ll take you through how we got there.
Obama has spent roughly $73.7 million in vacations since starting (this year’s Christmas travel alone was $3.7 million).
He has racked up an impressive 190 vacation days in his time is office.
Simply divide 73.7 million by 190 and you get $387,895 each day they are on vacation.
That is $16,162 an hour or $269.37 every minute..."
NYU Spends $1.1 Million To Renovate President's Penthouse While Students Drown in Debt
TaxProf Blog:
"New York University is known for bestowing lavish perks on its leaders.
Its new president, Andrew Hamilton, will be no exception.
Anticipating his January arrival from the University of Oxford, where he has been vice chancellor, N.Y.U. has been completely renovating a 4,200-square-foot penthouse duplex with four bedrooms, four and a half bathrooms and an expansive rooftop terrace.
The apartment is in a landmark building at 37 Washington Square West in Greenwich Village, and it will be Dr. Hamilton’s residence, a university spokesman said.
Described by the university as “swanky” in its prior incarnation as a ceremonial presidential home, the apartment will be more opulent after the transformation, which includes moving a staircase and some existing walls and installing a new kitchen.
The cost?
At least $1.1 million, possibly double — raising questions as N.Y.U. and other universities are under pressure to control costs and high tuition. ...
[L]iberal spending has become increasingly controversial as college tuition and student debt increases, particularly at institutions like N.Y.U. that are not known for generous aid packages. Loans for N.Y.U. faculty vacation homes created an outcry in 2013.
And this September, a group of students, faculty members and neighborhood residents staged a protest opposing an expansion plan, calling it fiscally irresponsible in light of the university’s tuition and its students’ debt, both ranked among the highest in the country. ...
The New York Times disclosed in 2013 that top N.Y.U. administrators and faculty members had been extended loans at extremely favorable terms — in some cases forgiving them over time — for vacation homes in the Hamptons and on Fire Island, where John Sexton, the departing president, had a $1 million university loan for a beach house..."
"New York University is known for bestowing lavish perks on its leaders.
Its new president, Andrew Hamilton, will be no exception.
Anticipating his January arrival from the University of Oxford, where he has been vice chancellor, N.Y.U. has been completely renovating a 4,200-square-foot penthouse duplex with four bedrooms, four and a half bathrooms and an expansive rooftop terrace.
The apartment is in a landmark building at 37 Washington Square West in Greenwich Village, and it will be Dr. Hamilton’s residence, a university spokesman said.
Described by the university as “swanky” in its prior incarnation as a ceremonial presidential home, the apartment will be more opulent after the transformation, which includes moving a staircase and some existing walls and installing a new kitchen.
The cost?At least $1.1 million, possibly double — raising questions as N.Y.U. and other universities are under pressure to control costs and high tuition. ...
[L]iberal spending has become increasingly controversial as college tuition and student debt increases, particularly at institutions like N.Y.U. that are not known for generous aid packages. Loans for N.Y.U. faculty vacation homes created an outcry in 2013.
And this September, a group of students, faculty members and neighborhood residents staged a protest opposing an expansion plan, calling it fiscally irresponsible in light of the university’s tuition and its students’ debt, both ranked among the highest in the country. ...
The New York Times disclosed in 2013 that top N.Y.U. administrators and faculty members had been extended loans at extremely favorable terms — in some cases forgiving them over time — for vacation homes in the Hamptons and on Fire Island, where John Sexton, the departing president, had a $1 million university loan for a beach house..."
FLASHBACK: Obama Promises No Vacations For Himself As President [VIDEO] | The Daily Caller
FLASHBACK: Obama Promises No Vacations For Himself As President [VIDEO] | The Daily Caller:"Obama went on to say that “the American people should have no patience for what’s going on in your head because you’ve got a job to do” and that people should only run for president if they’re willing to make that sacrifice.
When asked by the host if he could imagine himself making that kind of commitment, he said, “Sure.”
White men are biggest terrorist threat to U.S., not Muslims, says (democrat) Senator Sherrod Brown
White men are biggest terrorist threat to U.S., not Muslims, says Senator Sherrod Brown
Brown’s words recall a widely-heralded study that was published last summer, claiming that “right-wing extremism” was a bigger threat to the U.S. than jihad, based on the number of Americans killed by each since 9/11.
Not only does this study skew the results by leaving out 9/11, but it also ignored the many, many foiled jihad plots in the U.S. since 9/11.
Also, right-wing extremists like Dylann Roof, the murderer in Charleston, South Carolina, killed because of their paranoid fantasies, but were not part of any movement with an articulated agenda or goal, while Islamic jihadists are members of or ideologically aligned with groups that have declared their intention to destroy the U.S. and the free world.
Islamic jihad groups are determined to kill as many Americans as possible and conquer free societies, and swallowing Brown’s nonsense here will result in the deaths of many Americans.
“White Men Are The Biggest Terrorist Threat To The U.S., Not Muslims — A Reminder From Sen. Sherrod Brown,” by Val Powell, Inquisitr, November 23, 2015:
Muslims and other Middle Eastern people have been falsely branded as terrorists by many, but on Thursday, Sen. Sherrod Brown reminded millions of Americans that most acts of terrorism in the country were carried out by white men and not by Arabs or Muslims.
Brown said that “generally white males” are to blame for many terrorist attacks since September 11, 2001. He cited several incidents of mass shootings in public places in broad daylight and called them “terrorist attacks,” but the only difference is that they were carried out by “different kinds of terrorists.”
“I think most of us recognize, we’re concerned but we also know that we trust the FBI and our security forces to do this right. I mean, since the beginning of the Bush administration when we were attacked, September 11th, we’ve not had any major terrorist attacks in this country,” Brown said, adding that the country has been relatively safe from foreign terrorists...."
Brown’s words recall a widely-heralded study that was published last summer, claiming that “right-wing extremism” was a bigger threat to the U.S. than jihad, based on the number of Americans killed by each since 9/11.
Not only does this study skew the results by leaving out 9/11, but it also ignored the many, many foiled jihad plots in the U.S. since 9/11.
Islamic jihad groups are determined to kill as many Americans as possible and conquer free societies, and swallowing Brown’s nonsense here will result in the deaths of many Americans.
“White Men Are The Biggest Terrorist Threat To The U.S., Not Muslims — A Reminder From Sen. Sherrod Brown,” by Val Powell, Inquisitr, November 23, 2015:
Muslims and other Middle Eastern people have been falsely branded as terrorists by many, but on Thursday, Sen. Sherrod Brown reminded millions of Americans that most acts of terrorism in the country were carried out by white men and not by Arabs or Muslims.
Brown said that “generally white males” are to blame for many terrorist attacks since September 11, 2001. He cited several incidents of mass shootings in public places in broad daylight and called them “terrorist attacks,” but the only difference is that they were carried out by “different kinds of terrorists.”
“I think most of us recognize, we’re concerned but we also know that we trust the FBI and our security forces to do this right. I mean, since the beginning of the Bush administration when we were attacked, September 11th, we’ve not had any major terrorist attacks in this country,” Brown said, adding that the country has been relatively safe from foreign terrorists...."
Is Green Energy Making Britons Sick?
Is Green Energy Making Britons Sick? | Power Line:
IS GREEN ENERGY MAKING BRITONS SICK?
That’s the thesis of Eric Worrall at Watts Up With That?:
"Falling living standards are contributing to a shocking surge in malnutrition, and diseases which were prevalent in the 1800s. My question – how much of this hardship is due to the skyrocketing cost of Britain’s green energy disaster?"
Worrall quotes the Independent:
Cases of malnutrition and other “Victorian” diseases are soaring in England, in what campaigners said was a result of cuts to social services and rising food poverty.
NHS statistics show that 7,366 people were admitted to hospital with a primary or secondary diagnosis of malnutrition between August 2014 and July this year, compared with 4,883 cases in the same period from 2010 to 2011 – a rise of more than 50 per cent in just four years.
Cases of other diseases rife in the Victorian era including scurvy, scarlet fever, cholera and whooping cough have also increased since 2010, although cases of TB, measles, typhoid and rickets have fallen.
Chris Mould, chairman of the Trussell Trust, which runs a nationwide network of foodbanks, said they saw “tens of thousands of people who have been going hungry, missing meals and cutting back on the quality of the food they buy”.
Of course, there haven’t been any net “cuts to social services.”
The rising cost of energy no doubt has contributed to the impoverishment of lower-income Britons:
...Still, any way you look at it, needlessly driving up the cost of energy, which in turn increases the cost of everything else, is a crime against the poor."
IS GREEN ENERGY MAKING BRITONS SICK?
That’s the thesis of Eric Worrall at Watts Up With That?:
"Falling living standards are contributing to a shocking surge in malnutrition, and diseases which were prevalent in the 1800s. My question – how much of this hardship is due to the skyrocketing cost of Britain’s green energy disaster?"
Worrall quotes the Independent:
Cases of malnutrition and other “Victorian” diseases are soaring in England, in what campaigners said was a result of cuts to social services and rising food poverty.
NHS statistics show that 7,366 people were admitted to hospital with a primary or secondary diagnosis of malnutrition between August 2014 and July this year, compared with 4,883 cases in the same period from 2010 to 2011 – a rise of more than 50 per cent in just four years.
Chris Mould, chairman of the Trussell Trust, which runs a nationwide network of foodbanks, said they saw “tens of thousands of people who have been going hungry, missing meals and cutting back on the quality of the food they buy”.
Of course, there haven’t been any net “cuts to social services.”
The rising cost of energy no doubt has contributed to the impoverishment of lower-income Britons:
...Still, any way you look at it, needlessly driving up the cost of energy, which in turn increases the cost of everything else, is a crime against the poor."
Lunch video-----World War II: Loss of Life Visualized
An animated data-driven documentary about war and peace, The Fallen of World War II looks at the human cost of the second World War and sizes up the numbers to other wars in history, including trends in recent conflicts.
Visit http://fallen.io for the interactive version and more information
Visit http://fallen.io for the interactive version and more information
Ted Cruz vows to trash climate treaty if elected president | National Observer
Ted Cruz vows to trash climate treaty if elected president | National Observer:
"Cruz said that the Paris treaty was simply an excuse for “ideologues,” to gain more government power, just day after 200 nations inked the deal to limit global warming to 1.5°C.
“Barack Obama seems to think the SUV parked in your driveway is a bigger threat to national security than radical Islamic terrorists who want to kill us. That’s just nutty,” said Cruz, who currently serves as a Republican senator."
"Cruz said that the Paris treaty was simply an excuse for “ideologues,” to gain more government power, just day after 200 nations inked the deal to limit global warming to 1.5°C.“Barack Obama seems to think the SUV parked in your driveway is a bigger threat to national security than radical Islamic terrorists who want to kill us. That’s just nutty,” said Cruz, who currently serves as a Republican senator."
Hillary Clinton’s Vulgarity Makes Trump Look Like Shakespeare!
Hillary Clinton’s Vulgarity Makes Trump Look Like Shakespeare!
The Shaming of the Shrew
A woman who is seeking the office of “Commander-in-Chief” should really show a little more intestinal fortitude.
The Shaming of the Shrew
I was astonished that Hillary Clinton wept as she decried bullying, after Donald Trump’s used of the word “schlong”.
A woman who is seeking the office of “Commander-in-Chief” should really show a little more intestinal fortitude.
The act is laughable, because her own use of profanity is so notorious that there are whole books on the subject!
A California friend, Bill Monroe, offers this example.
Hillary’s vulgar and nasty language is well documented. To directly quote her: ‘F**k off! It’s enough that I have to see you ****-kickers every day, I’m not going to talk to you too!! Just do your G*damn job and keep your mouth shut.’(From the book American Evita by Christopher Anderson, p. 90 – Hillary to her State Trooper bodyguards after one of them greeted her with “Good Morning.”)
That is not the only tome that documents Clinton’s legendary temper. Another book,Unlikeable: The Problem with Hillary Clinton, recounts an episode with Obama as the target ofone of her grand tirades.
Clinton requested a meeting with Obama, against the advice of hubby Bill Clinton, believing “she was being persecuted for minor, meaningless violations,” author Edward Klein writes.Clinton initially took a friendly approach during the meeting and Obama reacted as if he didn’t know what she was talking about, the book claims.“He was almost being deliberately dense,” a Clinton source said. “It really angered her.”Clinton lost her temper and called the president by his first name in an emotionally driven break with White House decorum, according to the book.“What I want for you to do is call off your f–king dogs, Barack!” Clinton allegedly barked at Obama, according to Klein’s account, which cited sources close to Clinton and Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett.
Obama got off lightly compared to her husband, according to an episode described in a third book, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House.
[Author Kate Andersen] Brower gave an interview with CNN in which she is laughing and smiling while telling the story of Hillary Clinton’s violent, bloody attack on her husband the President of the United States.Apparently, spousal abuse is funny if committed by a feminist icon running for president.An example of how the political press is playing this comes from Politico, which published a lengthy book excerpt that left out Hillary’s alleged bloody attack on Bill.Politico did lead with the ‘lamp throwing’ incident which as the Clinton defenders might say, is ‘old news’. But Politico left out the damning alleged criminal attack.
If there is a description that Donald Trump used that should really trouble Hillary, it involved her lack of stamina.
“One thing with Hillary, she doesn’t have the strength or the stamina to be president. She doesn’t have it,” Trump said at a Wednesday-night campaign rally in Manassas, Virginia.“You ever see Hillary? And I said, ‘She doesn’t have the strength, she doesn’t have the stamina,'” Trump later said.
Between the weak economy, chronic civic unrest, and deteriorating international situation, the future POTUS will need to be on the go “from day one” and be able to make critical decisions at3 am in the morning. A candidate’s endurance will be serious consideration when making an informed vote in 2016.
Recapping some current news stories that underscore why the concerns about Clinton’s stamina are valid:
- The extended bathroom break from the recent Democratic debates.
- The blood clot Clinton had in her head, and the blood thinners that she takes required to prevent future clots from developing. Anticoagulants have an array of side effects, including abdominal pain and diarrhea.
- Clinton’s doctor recently reported the Democratic presidential hopeful suffers from hypothyroidism, which can lead to slowed metabolism, fatigue, weight gain, and other issues.
Perhaps the press drama over the word “schlong” is a diversion from the real term we need to focus on, “stamina”?
Clinton is likely to find that Americans are more inclined to vote for a warrior instead of a weeper in the next election.
Satellites show no ‘global warming’ for 18 1/2 years – No N. Pole warming for nearly 14 years – No S. Pole warming for 37 years!
Satellites show no ‘global warming’ for 18 1/2 years – No N. Pole warming for nearly 14 years – No S. Pole warming for 37 years! | Climate Depot:
U.S. has had no warming for 18 years
South Pole sees no warming for 37 years. 'For the whole of the satellite record, the South Polar region has had a negative trend. So much for a fingerprint of warming due to the enhanced greenhouse effect being greater warming at the Poles!'
The Pause: November 2015 Update
UAH v6.0 (University of Alabama Huntsville satellite) data for November were released a couple of days ago. Here are updated graphs for various regions showing the furthest back one can go to show a zero or negative trend (less than +0.01C/ 100 years) in lower tropospheric temperatures. For the second month of the climb towards the El Nino peak, there is still NO pause in the Northern Hemisphere trend. However, in some regions the pause has lengthened. Note: The satellite record commences in December 1978. The entire satellite record is now 37 years long- 444 months.
Globe:
There has been zero trend for exactly half the record, (and for an increase in CO2 concentration of 37 ppm).
"Christmas" everyday of the year for democrats-----Puerto Rico Misplaced $10 Million Of Federal Grant Money
Puerto Rico Misplaced $10 Million Of Federal Grant Money | The Daily Caller:
Seven years after a Puerto Rico government got $10 million in federal money to build a cemetery and bus station, neither one has been built, and local authorities claim to have no documentation about the projects.
The local government said it has no information about its own decisions, because the only copies of the paperwork are possessed by contractors who are holding it for “ransom.”
The contractors say they’re not cooperating because Puerto Rico stiffed them on payment.
In 2007, the Department of Housing and Urban Development gave the Municipality of Toa Alta, Puerto Rico $2 million to create a mausoleum.
The money was required to be spent by 2010.
This year, construction had not started, because of “problems accessing the project site,” which was on land that had long been owned by the local government itself.
Another $6 million-plus was for construction of a four-story building containing parking and a bus terminal, also distributed in 2007 and to be spent by 2010, and with no changes permitted.
By 2015, the abandoned frame of a five-story building sat on the site, with Puerto Rico demanding more federal money to complete the expanded project.
The federal money was supposed to be a loan, but HUD secured no collateral before disbursing the funds, leaving the department with little leverage to prevent an entity from walking away with the money, according to a report this month from the department’s inspector general.
“The records maintained did not properly account for program income, accounts receivable, and capital assets,” the IG audit found.
“The municipality did not maintain a general ledger for the Section 108 program.
The accounting record maintained was a check register that contained incorrect balances and transactions that were not recorded.”
These examples provide some insight as to why Puerto Rico is $70 billion in debt and seeking to declare bankruptcy to avoid paying its creditors..."
Seven years after a Puerto Rico government got $10 million in federal money to build a cemetery and bus station, neither one has been built, and local authorities claim to have no documentation about the projects.
The local government said it has no information about its own decisions, because the only copies of the paperwork are possessed by contractors who are holding it for “ransom.”
The contractors say they’re not cooperating because Puerto Rico stiffed them on payment.
In 2007, the Department of Housing and Urban Development gave the Municipality of Toa Alta, Puerto Rico $2 million to create a mausoleum.The money was required to be spent by 2010.
This year, construction had not started, because of “problems accessing the project site,” which was on land that had long been owned by the local government itself.
Another $6 million-plus was for construction of a four-story building containing parking and a bus terminal, also distributed in 2007 and to be spent by 2010, and with no changes permitted.
By 2015, the abandoned frame of a five-story building sat on the site, with Puerto Rico demanding more federal money to complete the expanded project.
The federal money was supposed to be a loan, but HUD secured no collateral before disbursing the funds, leaving the department with little leverage to prevent an entity from walking away with the money, according to a report this month from the department’s inspector general.
“The records maintained did not properly account for program income, accounts receivable, and capital assets,” the IG audit found.
“The municipality did not maintain a general ledger for the Section 108 program.
The accounting record maintained was a check register that contained incorrect balances and transactions that were not recorded.”
These examples provide some insight as to why Puerto Rico is $70 billion in debt and seeking to declare bankruptcy to avoid paying its creditors..."
GOP Candidate Makes Huge Move To Kill Obama's Gun Control Plan... This Needs EVERYONE's Support
GOP Candidate Makes Huge Move To Kill Obama's Gun Control Plan... This Needs EVERYONE's Support:"There is no question that President Barack Obama abhors the Second Amendment and will do whatever he can, whether within his scope of power or not, to infringe upon the natural gun rights enjoyed by all American citizens.
In fact, it is expected that Obama will issue some sort of executive order in the near future, ostensibly to tighten restrictions on firearms."
Must watch video!!!-----FLASHBACK: Obama Promises No Vacations For Himself As President
FLASHBACK: Obama Promises No Vacations For Himself As President [VIDEO] | The Daily Caller: "
Weasel Zippers has revived an old video of Barack Obama promising not to take vacations if he were elected president.
The video features then-Sen. Obama discussing his book “The Audacity Of Hope” with New York Times columnist Bob Herbert in 2008.
The future president was talking about how those running for president need to be prepared to “give their life to it.”
“The bargain that any president strikes with is, you give me this office and in turn my, fears, doubts, insecurities, foibles, need for sleep, family life, vacations, leisure is gone,” Obama said.
“I am giving myself to you.”"
Weasel Zippers has revived an old video of Barack Obama promising not to take vacations if he were elected president.
The video features then-Sen. Obama discussing his book “The Audacity Of Hope” with New York Times columnist Bob Herbert in 2008.
The future president was talking about how those running for president need to be prepared to “give their life to it.”
“The bargain that any president strikes with is, you give me this office and in turn my, fears, doubts, insecurities, foibles, need for sleep, family life, vacations, leisure is gone,” Obama said.
“I am giving myself to you.”"
History for December 26
History for December 26 - On-This-Day.com
Charles Babbage 1792- Mathematician and inventor, he is regarded as the pioneer of modern computers. Goerge Dewey 1837, Henry Miller (Valentine) 1891 Writer (Tropic of Cancer (1934), Black Spring (1936), Tropic of Capricorn (1939), His Sexus (1949))
Mao Zedong (Tse-tung) 1893- Chinese statesman, Richard Widmark 1914 - Actor, Steve Allen 1921 - Comedian, actor, composer. First host of "The Tonight Show." Films: The Benny Goodman Story (1955), The Comic (1969), Casino (1995). Scores: A Man Called Dagger (1968) and the CBS musical Alice in Wonderland (1985).
1865 - The coffee percolator was patented by James H. Mason.
1943 - The German battlecruiser Scharnhorst was sunk in the North Sea, during the Battle of North Cape.
1974 - Comedian Jack Benny died at age 80.
1982 - The Man of the Year in "TIME" magazine was a computer. It was the first time a non-human received the honors.
1990 - Garry Kasparov beat Anatoly Karpov to retain the chess championship.
1991 - The Soviet Union's parliament formally voted the country out of existence.
1996 - Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, CO.
2004 - Under the Indian Ocean, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake sent 500-mph waves across the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal. The tsunami killed at least 283,000 people in a dozen countries, including Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Sumatra, Thailand and India.
Friday, December 25, 2015
McDonalds, Pizza Hut And KFC Refuse Muslim Demands To Serve Halal Meat - Muslims ENRAGED ⋆ US Herald
McDonalds, Pizza Hut And KFC Refuse Muslim Demands To Serve Halal Meat - Muslims ENRAGED ⋆ US Herald:"Hold the pickle, hold the lettuce special orders don't upset us,” unless of course if you happen to be Hong Kong’s chief imam, Mufti Muhammad Arshad who recently contacted McDonald’s, KFC and Pizza Hut who are the three biggest food chains with an offer they've just turned down, the offer, Islamic-certified Halal meat.
Arshad reportedly contacted the big three to request that they begin serving halal meat in many of their outlets. Halal means ‘permissible’ in Arabic."
Nice to see some backbone!
Something Happened on Christmas in 1955 That Liberals Don't Want you to Know About...
Something Happened on Christmas in 1955 That Liberals Don't Want you to Know About...:
"Earlier today we told you about how Bill Nye and his liberal friends are trying to convince you that “climate change” is responsible for the warm Christmas temperatures we are seeing across the country.
Turns out that facts can be really irritating for climate change alarmists.
From Real Science:
"Christmas Eve 1955 was much warmer.
Three fourths of the country was over 60 degrees, and Ashland Kansas, Geary Oklahoma and Encinal Texas were all over 90 degrees. Fort Lauderdale was 85 degrees.
All of the stations below were over 60 degrees on Christmas Eve, 1955.
Last winter, the East Coast had record cold.
That was ignored because it was “less than 1% of the Earth.”
But this week, the Eastern US defines the global climate.
In Irving Berlin’s 1954 musical “White Christmas” – the story line was 70 degrees in Vermont on Christmas eve and no snow.
That was why they were “Dreaming of a White Christmas”...
"Earlier today we told you about how Bill Nye and his liberal friends are trying to convince you that “climate change” is responsible for the warm Christmas temperatures we are seeing across the country.
Turns out that facts can be really irritating for climate change alarmists.
From Real Science:"Christmas Eve 1955 was much warmer.
Three fourths of the country was over 60 degrees, and Ashland Kansas, Geary Oklahoma and Encinal Texas were all over 90 degrees. Fort Lauderdale was 85 degrees.
All of the stations below were over 60 degrees on Christmas Eve, 1955.
Last winter, the East Coast had record cold.
That was ignored because it was “less than 1% of the Earth.”
But this week, the Eastern US defines the global climate.
In Irving Berlin’s 1954 musical “White Christmas” – the story line was 70 degrees in Vermont on Christmas eve and no snow.
That was why they were “Dreaming of a White Christmas”...
Where do heroes come from?
Glenn Reynolds: Where do heroes come from?:
"Last week, in my hometown of Knoxville, Tenn., a 15-year-old became a hero.
Zaevion Dobson, a football player at Fulton High School, threw himself on top of three girls as gang members released a hail of bullets in an apparently random retaliation for a shooting the day before.
Zaevion traded his life for the girls’ safety; he died after being struck by a bullet.
The shooting — and Dobson’s heroism — got national attention and even garnered a tweet from President Obama. There’s a GoFundMe page to establish a scholarship fund in his name.
And Fulton High School principal Rob Speas commented: “You really don't make a decision in those moments.
You just react.
And the way Zaevion reacted was to take care of other people.
A kid made a split-second decision to take care of others."
He’s right, and Dobson’s heroism speaks well of his family and his community.
Football encourages quick-thinking physicality, but how people react in that split-second is a reflection of the values they’ve absorbed over a lifetime.
Greater love hath no man, we are told by the Bible, than that he lay down his life for his friends.
We’d like to live in a world where such heroic tendencies are common, but if they were common, then they wouldn’t be heroic, would they?
But surely we’d like to live in a world where selfless heroism is more common.
I was thinking about this as I was reading Michael S. Malone’s new book, Running Toward Danger: Real Life Action Stories of Heroism, Valor and Guts, which is about the Boy Scouts’ medal for heroism and the estimated three to five million lives saved by scouts since 1910.
In creating the Honor Medal for courage and lifesaving, the Scouts wanted to encourage this sort of behavior in boys, and at first they succeeded all too well:
Inspired by the medal, scouts attempted rescues for which they weren’t trained.
Some died, and the Boy Scouts, together with the Red Cross, embarked on an ambitious training program in swimming and first aid, a program that continues to this day.
But training wasn’t enough.
As Boy Scout founder Dan Beard wrote years later, “Without that spirit — the spirit that willingly takes the great risk in an emergency — what use would be the knowledge of the best means to make water and fire rescues, to resuscitate, and the many other things the advanced Boy Scout learns?”
The Boy Scouts are unfashionable today, and so, in many quarters, are the qualities exhibited by the Honor Medal winners, or even by Zaevion Dobson.
Courage, quick thinking, an instinct to protect others — these all seem quaint, maybe even obsolete, to many today.
Even football is falling out of favor — too much physicality.
Elementary school students are told they can’t play tag because it involves touching.
College students cry for safe spaces and demand trigger warnings.
At Oberlin, even ethnic cafeteria food is too much to bear.
These days, it seems, we are less likely to exalt heroism than victimhood.
With that sort of culture, people like Zaevion Dobson seem even more miraculous.
Yet the world, as recent events demonstrate, still calls for heroism on a regular basis.
And it seems to me a society that exalts heroism, rather than victimhood, is a society that is likely to have a more desirable ratio of heroes to victims than one that works the other way.
Perhaps we should consider making some changes.
And to Zaevion Dobson, rest in peace.
Your actions represented the best in human action.
Whatever the state of the culture in general, you, and your family, and your friends, have every reason to be proud."
"Last week, in my hometown of Knoxville, Tenn., a 15-year-old became a hero.
Zaevion Dobson, a football player at Fulton High School, threw himself on top of three girls as gang members released a hail of bullets in an apparently random retaliation for a shooting the day before.
Zaevion traded his life for the girls’ safety; he died after being struck by a bullet.
The shooting — and Dobson’s heroism — got national attention and even garnered a tweet from President Obama. There’s a GoFundMe page to establish a scholarship fund in his name.
And Fulton High School principal Rob Speas commented: “You really don't make a decision in those moments.
You just react.
A kid made a split-second decision to take care of others."
He’s right, and Dobson’s heroism speaks well of his family and his community.
Football encourages quick-thinking physicality, but how people react in that split-second is a reflection of the values they’ve absorbed over a lifetime.
Greater love hath no man, we are told by the Bible, than that he lay down his life for his friends.
We’d like to live in a world where such heroic tendencies are common, but if they were common, then they wouldn’t be heroic, would they?
But surely we’d like to live in a world where selfless heroism is more common.
I was thinking about this as I was reading Michael S. Malone’s new book, Running Toward Danger: Real Life Action Stories of Heroism, Valor and Guts, which is about the Boy Scouts’ medal for heroism and the estimated three to five million lives saved by scouts since 1910.
In creating the Honor Medal for courage and lifesaving, the Scouts wanted to encourage this sort of behavior in boys, and at first they succeeded all too well:
Inspired by the medal, scouts attempted rescues for which they weren’t trained.
Some died, and the Boy Scouts, together with the Red Cross, embarked on an ambitious training program in swimming and first aid, a program that continues to this day.
But training wasn’t enough.
As Boy Scout founder Dan Beard wrote years later, “Without that spirit — the spirit that willingly takes the great risk in an emergency — what use would be the knowledge of the best means to make water and fire rescues, to resuscitate, and the many other things the advanced Boy Scout learns?”
The Boy Scouts are unfashionable today, and so, in many quarters, are the qualities exhibited by the Honor Medal winners, or even by Zaevion Dobson.
Courage, quick thinking, an instinct to protect others — these all seem quaint, maybe even obsolete, to many today.
Even football is falling out of favor — too much physicality.
Elementary school students are told they can’t play tag because it involves touching.
College students cry for safe spaces and demand trigger warnings.
At Oberlin, even ethnic cafeteria food is too much to bear.
These days, it seems, we are less likely to exalt heroism than victimhood.
With that sort of culture, people like Zaevion Dobson seem even more miraculous.
Yet the world, as recent events demonstrate, still calls for heroism on a regular basis.
And it seems to me a society that exalts heroism, rather than victimhood, is a society that is likely to have a more desirable ratio of heroes to victims than one that works the other way.
Perhaps we should consider making some changes.
And to Zaevion Dobson, rest in peace.
Your actions represented the best in human action.
Whatever the state of the culture in general, you, and your family, and your friends, have every reason to be proud."
FLASHBACK: Obama Promises No Vacations For Himself As President [VIDEO] | The Daily Caller
FLASHBACK: Obama Promises No Vacations For Himself As President [VIDEO] | The Daily Caller:"Obama went on to say that “the American people should have no patience for what’s going on in your head because you’ve got a job to do” and that people should only run for president if they’re willing to make that sacrifice.
When asked by the host if he could imagine himself making that kind of commitment, he said, “Sure.”
Reverend Franklin Graham Calls for Sharia Law to be Banned in the USA! - Eagle Rising
Reverend Franklin Graham Calls for Sharia Law to be Banned in the USA! - Eagle Rising:
"Some western governments are actually considering allowing Sharia law in certain Muslim communities in their countries—can you believe it? ISIS is imposing Sharia law on hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and Syrians who want to be free. Women are oppressed, Christians and minorities are persecuted and murdered, homosexuals are tortured and killed. President Obama seems to be at a loss as to what to do. Pray that God will give him and our leaders wisdom, and pray for all those living under Islam.
The article from the BBC that he had just read was titled Inside Mosul: What’s life like under Islamic State? It’s a brilliant piece that documents various everyday aspects of life and how different life is under the ISIS terrorists. Here’s a bit of what BBC found in Mosul."
"Some western governments are actually considering allowing Sharia law in certain Muslim communities in their countries—can you believe it? ISIS is imposing Sharia law on hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and Syrians who want to be free. Women are oppressed, Christians and minorities are persecuted and murdered, homosexuals are tortured and killed. President Obama seems to be at a loss as to what to do. Pray that God will give him and our leaders wisdom, and pray for all those living under Islam.The article from the BBC that he had just read was titled Inside Mosul: What’s life like under Islamic State? It’s a brilliant piece that documents various everyday aspects of life and how different life is under the ISIS terrorists. Here’s a bit of what BBC found in Mosul."
The IRS Can Nix Your Right to Travel: "They Could Revoke Your Passport on Your Honeymoon"
The IRS Can Nix Your Right to Travel: "They Could Revoke Your Passport on Your Honeymoon"
"Never mind the fact that the IRS itself has been unconstitutionally taxing most Americans for the past century.
If you are found to be delinquent in paying your taxes,the IRS can now revoke your passport, and prevent you from traveling until you’ve been cleared by the tax behemoth.
As USA Today reports:
A new enforcement provision passed by Congress and signed into law earlier this month allows the government to revoke the passports of seriously delinquent tax scofflaws — people who owe more than $50,000 to Uncle Sam.
“You could be on your honeymoon and they could revoke your passport,” said Tom Wheelwright, a certified public accountant and chief executive officer at ProVision Wealth Strategists in Tempe, Ariz.
Some details still need to be worked out, but the new passport rule indicates the government wants to get serious about collecting unpaid tax debts.
The IRS reported 12.4 million delinquent accounts owing nearly $131 billion in assessed taxes, interest and penalties in 2014.
In addition to going after delinquent taxpayers by revoking their passports, the FAST Act highway-transportation bill signed by President Obama on Dec. 4 also gives private debt collectors a shot at forcing taxpayers to make good on their debts.
The act includes a mandate that the Internal Revenue Service turn over certain unpaid tax delinquencies to private debt collectors...."
"Never mind the fact that the IRS itself has been unconstitutionally taxing most Americans for the past century.
If you are found to be delinquent in paying your taxes,the IRS can now revoke your passport, and prevent you from traveling until you’ve been cleared by the tax behemoth.
As USA Today reports:
“You could be on your honeymoon and they could revoke your passport,” said Tom Wheelwright, a certified public accountant and chief executive officer at ProVision Wealth Strategists in Tempe, Ariz.
Some details still need to be worked out, but the new passport rule indicates the government wants to get serious about collecting unpaid tax debts.
The IRS reported 12.4 million delinquent accounts owing nearly $131 billion in assessed taxes, interest and penalties in 2014.
In addition to going after delinquent taxpayers by revoking their passports, the FAST Act highway-transportation bill signed by President Obama on Dec. 4 also gives private debt collectors a shot at forcing taxpayers to make good on their debts.
The act includes a mandate that the Internal Revenue Service turn over certain unpaid tax delinquencies to private debt collectors...."
Why Japan is Obsessed with Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christmas
Why Japan is Obsessed with Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christmas | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian
Thanks to the successful “Kurisumasu ni wa kentakkii!” (Kentucky for Christmas!) marketing campaign in 1974, Japan can't get enough KFC on Christmas Day
Thanks to the successful “Kurisumasu ni wa kentakkii!” (Kentucky for Christmas!) marketing campaign in 1974, Japan can't get enough KFC on Christmas Day
The Colonel is ready for his Christmas closeup. © TWPhoto/Corbis
It’s Christmas Eve in Japan. Little boys and girls pull on their coats, the twinkle of anticipation in their eyes. Keeping the tradition alive, they will trek with their families to feast at … the popular American fast food chain KFC.
Christmas isn’t a national holiday in Japan—only one percent of the Japanese population is estimated to be Christian—yet a bucket of “Christmas Chicken” (the next best thing to turkey—a meat you can’t find anywhere in Japan) is the go-to meal on the big day. And it’s all thanks to the insanely successful “Kurisumasu ni wa kentakkii!” (Kentucky for Christmas!) marketing campaign in 1974.
When a group of foreigners couldn’t find turkey on Christmas day and opted for fried chicken instead, the company saw this as a prime commercial opportunity and launched its first Christmas meal that year: Chicken and wine for 834 2,920 yen($10)—pretty pricey for the mid-seventies. Today the christmas chicken dinner (which now boasts cake and champagne) goes for about 3,336 yen ($40).
And the people come in droves. Many order their boxes of ”finger lickin’” holiday cheer months in advance to avoid the lines—some as long as two hours.
The first KFC Japan opened in Nagoya in 1970 and quickly gained popularity. (There are now over 15,000 KFC outlets in 105 countries and territories around the world.) That same year, at the World Exposition in Osaka, KFC and other American fast food chains like McDonald’s were met with great market testing results and helped jump start the westernized “fast food” movement in Japan. After the big commercial push in ’74, the catchphrase “Christmas=Kentucky” paired with plenty of commercials on TV caught on.
The “Americaness” and simplicity of the message rather than any religious associations with the holiday is what makes it appealing. The Financial Times reports:
“Japan is well known for taking foreign products and ideas and adapting them to suit domestic taste, and Christmas is no exception. A highly commercialised and non-religious affair, lots of money is spent annually on decorations, dinners and gifts. KFC is arguably the biggest contributor, thanks in part to its advertising campaign.‘One of the reasons the campaign lasted so long is that the message is always the same: at Christmas you eat chicken,’ said Yasuyuki Katagi, executive director at Ogilvy and Mather Japan, the advertising agency.”...
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Why George W. Bush Never Left D.C. Until the Day After Christmas
Why George W. Bush Never Left D.C. Until the Day After Christmas | TheBlaze.com:
"Like many Americans, U.S. presidents often take time off around the holidays.
However, according to journalist Joseph Curl, who previously covered the White House, former President George W. Bush went on Christmas vacation in a way that stands in direct contrast to President Barack Obama.
“[H]ere’s the thing: In December, we never left Washington, D.C., until the day after Christmas. Never. Mr. Bush and his wife, Laura, would always depart the White House a few days before the holiday and hunker down at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland,” Curl wrote in a 2013 column that was republished Thursday.
After a few years, curiosity finally got to the former Washington Times reporter and he asked a low-level administration official why.
“I still remember what she said,” Curl wrote.
“’So all of us can be with our families on Christmas.’”
“Who was ‘us’?
Hundreds and hundreds of people, that’s who.
Sure, the reporters who covered the president, but also dozens and dozens on his staff, 100 Secret Service agents, maybe more, and all of those city cops required whenever the president’s on the move in D.C.,” Curl added in his column.
However, things seemingly changed when Obama took office.
“[T]his president would never delay his trip to his island getaway. He’s off every year well before Christmas. Hundreds and hundreds head off with him, leaving family behind,” Curl wrote.
“No Christmas at home,” he added. “Instead, the Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort. Nice, but not exactly home.”"
"Like many Americans, U.S. presidents often take time off around the holidays.
However, according to journalist Joseph Curl, who previously covered the White House, former President George W. Bush went on Christmas vacation in a way that stands in direct contrast to President Barack Obama.
“[H]ere’s the thing: In December, we never left Washington, D.C., until the day after Christmas. Never. Mr. Bush and his wife, Laura, would always depart the White House a few days before the holiday and hunker down at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland,” Curl wrote in a 2013 column that was republished Thursday.
“I still remember what she said,” Curl wrote.
“’So all of us can be with our families on Christmas.’”
“Who was ‘us’?
Hundreds and hundreds of people, that’s who.
Sure, the reporters who covered the president, but also dozens and dozens on his staff, 100 Secret Service agents, maybe more, and all of those city cops required whenever the president’s on the move in D.C.,” Curl added in his column.
However, things seemingly changed when Obama took office.
“[T]his president would never delay his trip to his island getaway. He’s off every year well before Christmas. Hundreds and hundreds head off with him, leaving family behind,” Curl wrote.
“No Christmas at home,” he added. “Instead, the Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort. Nice, but not exactly home.”"
Obama Admin. Quietly Releases Several Sensitive Benghazi Documents, Emails on Christmas Eve | TheBlaze.com
Obama Admin. Quietly Releases Several Sensitive Benghazi Documents, Emails on Christmas Eve | TheBlaze.com:
"This morning, on one of the quietest news days of the year, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) released a stack sensitive documents regarding the terrorists attacks that took place in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012."
"This morning, on one of the quietest news days of the year, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) released a stack sensitive documents regarding the terrorists attacks that took place in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012."
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