One Detail Was Noticeably Missing From State Department Statement on Pakistan Taliban Attack | TheBlaze.com

One Detail Was Noticeably Missing From State Department Statement on Pakistan Taliban Attack | TheBlaze.com:

"When the U.S. Department of State released a statement condemning the Pakistani Taliban faction’s Easter bombing in a Lahore park, it noticeably omitted the fact that Easter-celebrating Christians were specifically targeted."

23 Percent Of Americans In Their Prime Working Years Are Unemployed

23 Percent Of Americans In Their Prime Working Years Are Unemployed:
"Did you know that when you take the number of working age Americans that are officially unemployed (8.2 million) and add that number to the number of working age Americans that are considered to be “not in the labor force” (94.3 million), that gives us a grand total of 102.5 million working age Americans that do not have a job right now?
I have written about this before, but today I want to focus just on Americans that are in their prime working years.
When you look at only Americans that are from age 25 to age 54, 23.2 percent of them are unemployed right now.
The following analysis and chart come from the Weekly Standard…

Here’s a chart showing those in that age group currently employed (95.6 million) and those who aren’t (28.9 million):

“There are 124.5 million Americans in their prime working years (ages 25–54). 
Nearly one-quarter of this group—28.9 million people, or 23.2 percent of the total—is not currently employed. 
They either became so discouraged that they left the labor force entirely, or they are in the labor force but unemployed.
This group of non-employed individuals is more than 3.5 million larger than before the recession began in 2007,” writes the Republican side of the Senate Budget Committee.
...What are we to make of all this?
For both men and women in their prime working years, the inactivity rate is even higher than it was during the last recession and is hovering near the all-time record.
All of these people neither have a job nor are they looking for one.
So what in the world is going on here?
Are they independently wealthy?
Have these people found rich spouses to marry so they don’t have to work?
No, the truth is that the middle class in America is steadily eroding and poverty is absolutely exploding. 
 Credit card debt has soared to a new record high, and 48 percent of all U.S. adults under the age of 30 believe that “the American Dream is dead”.
The issue isn’t that people don’t want to work.
The issue is that people cannot find enough work..."

We're # 30!-----The Best And Worst States For Taxes

The Best And Worst States For Taxes - Forbes:

Lunch video-----WAC (Women's Army Corps): "It's Your War Too" 1944 US Army World War II ...

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Armed Services Chair Exposes Obama's TREASON... We Are ALL In Danger

Armed Services Chair Exposes Obama's TREASON... We Are ALL In Danger:

"It’s wholly inconceivable that, after being given massive amount of time to submit a congressionally required report on how they plan to defeat the Islamic State group, they delivered a seven-page document five weeks late.

That’s 1.4 pages for every week late. At only seven pages, I’ve written longer papers in one night for my 6th grade social studies class. Not only that, I bet they were better.

The inattention to the Islamic State group — and to the congressional committees practicing oversight on on it — that the Obama administration is engaging in is tantamount to treason. Just this week, two Americans died in the attack on Brussels carried out by terrorists connected to the Islamic State group."

Use "weapons of love" to fight evil of terrorism, pope says on Easter

Use "weapons of love" to fight evil of terrorism, pope says on Easter:
"VATICAN CITY, March 27 (Reuters) - Pope Francis urged the world in his Easter message on Sunday to use the "weapons of love" to combat the evil of "blind and brutal violence", following the attacks in Brussels.

...he spoke of violence, injustice and threats to peace in many parts of the world.
..He mentioned recent attacks in Belgium, where at least 31 people were killed by Islamist militants, as well as those in Turkey, Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, and Iraq..."

Vehicles set ablaze for 2nd night amid riots in Stockholm suburb

Vehicles set ablaze for 2nd night amid riots in Stockholm suburb (VIDEO) — RT News:
"Violent riots continued for a second night in the southern Stockholm suburb of Alby, known for its significant immigrant population, RT’s Ruptly agency reports. 

Protesters set fire to cars and pelted police and emergency services with rocks and pyrotechnics.
On Thursday night, police were patrolling the suburb, which is home to large Syrian and Armenian diasporas, as well as more recent Iraqi refugees, when a rock flew through the back window of their parked car.
As officers searched for the culprits, the rioters set fire to tires on a public bridge, and poured gasoline over several cars, before lighting them up. 

When fire crews arrived they were also showered with projectiles.
On Friday night, police encountered yet more clashes with residents, although there has been no official confirmation of a link between the scuffles.

One man was arrested Thursday, but has since been released..."

A Se'nnight of Steyn,

A Se'nnight of Steyn, March 21-27 :: SteynOnline
~The big story this last week was the latest mass murder by Islamic supremacists in the heart of a major European city. 
This time round, a Belgian cabinet minister managed to do the it's-all-our-fault routine the day before it happened. 
Meanwhile, amid all the candlelight vigils and renditions of "Imagine", Mark took up the suggestion of one reader and ran with it.

As to the impact on airport security of the Brussels attack, a mordant observation by Steyn from seven years ago has now come to pass.

~Following the news from Belgium, Michelle Malkin re-posted a prescient interview with Mark from ten years ago. 

Click below for Part One:

For Parts Two, Three and Four of Mark and Michelle's fascinating conversation on Europe, Islam, jihad and demography, see here.

Michelle Malkin has long been a fan of Steyn's timelier-than-ever bestseller America Alone, but Mark was surprised to discover this month that Jaws star Richard Dreyfuss calls it "a book I urge you to read" ...while having reservations about Mark's prose style.

Belgian Nuclear Plant Security Guard Found Murdered, Entry Badges Stolen | TheBlaze.com

Belgian Nuclear Plant Security Guard Found Murdered, Entry Badges Stolen | TheBlaze.com:

"The Belgium newspaper Derniere Heure reported Saturday that a guard at nuclear plant found dead and being shot several times and having his security credentials stolen. The paper called the murder an event “completely ignored” by the media.

According to the report, the guard was found shot dead in bathroom of his home Thursday. The man’s stolen security credentials were deactivated soon after the discovery."

Gotta bum out the hysterics-----California's largest reservoir filling too fast thanks to El Nino, must release more water

California's largest reservoir filling too fast thanks to El Nino, must release more water - LA Times:
The El Niño-fueled storms that have swept through Northern California in recent weeks have swelled some of the state’s largest reservoirs to encouraging levels even as the state's drought persists.
One of the biggest beneficiaries has been Lake Shasta, a keystone reservoir of the Central Valley project, which serves California growers.
To make room in Shasta for water from last weekend’s storms, the Federal Bureau of Reclamation ramped up releases from 5,000 cubic feet per second to 20,000 cubic feet per second on March 18. 

It was the first time since 2011 that the bureau released water into the upper Sacramento River at such a rapid rate, said spokesman Shane Hunt.
Officials began slowing the releases again on Wednesday, Hunt said. 

The rate is expected to return to around 5,000 cubic feet per second by Monday.
“We never got to the point where the increased releases drew the lake down at all,” Hunt said. 

“We just slowed how fast we were gaining.”
Lake Shasta, he added, is “still gaining storage and will continue to do so.”
On Thursday, Shasta was holding about 3.9 million acre feet of water, or 87% of its capacity and 110% of average for the day.
Lake Shasta is California's biggest reservoir and a key source of water for the state.

AM Fruitcake

History for March 28

History for March 28 - On-This-Day.com:
August Busch 1899, Dirk Bogarde 1921, Dianne Wiest 1948 - Actress ("Law and Order")


Reba McEntire 1955 - Actress, country singer, Vince Vaughn 1969 - Actor, Lady Gaga (Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) 1986 - Musician


1774 - Britain passed the Coercive Act against Massachusetts.


1797 - Nathaniel Briggs patented a washing machine.


1854 - The Crimean War began with Britain and France declaring war on Russia.


1917 - During World War I the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was founded.


1933 - In Germany, the Nazis ordered a ban on all Jews in businesses, professions and schools.


1979 - A major accident occurred at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. A nuclear power reactor overheated and suffered a partial meltdown.


1986 - More than 6,000 radio stations of all format varieties played "We are the World" simultaneously at 10:15 a.m. EST.






1990 - Jesse Owens received the Congressional Gold Medal from U.S. President George H.W. Bush.

BREAKING: Ex-Obama Intel Head Defects, Reveals Sick Obama Plan for America

BREAKING: Ex-Obama Intel Head Defects, Reveals Sick Obama Plan for America:

"A former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency struck back this Wednesday against what he believed to be an inordinately misguided plan by President Barack Obama to force America to bask in “multicultural appeasement.”

The retired director, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, made the case that Obama’s purposeful appeasement of Muslims was placing America at great risk, though he also noted that this appeasement was a problem in Europe as well."

D'aww! Kids tell you the story of Easter

D'aww! Kids tell you the story of Easter:
"...Enjoy this precious video of kids explaining what they think the story of Easter is. You’re welcome.
Compliments of Radius Church out of Los Angeles…

Public university to hire more counselors to help students cope with microaggressions

Public university to hire more counselors to help students cope with microaggressions - The College Fix:
"The University of Wisconsin-Madison has pledged to hire more counselors in the wake of students claiming the state’s flagship university is fraught with microaggressions and racial bias.
“I’m accelerating the hiring of additional student support counseling services … for student mental health issues related to diversity and climate,” Chancellor Rebecca Blank recently announced to the campus community.
Incoming freshmen will also receive some sort of “cultural competency” training under new diversity initiatives detailed by Blank on March 15.
The efforts were prompted by the Twitter hashtag #TheRealUW, which took off in mid-March as students detailed a variety of campus microaggressions, racial bias incidents and discrimination anecdotes.
“[O]vernight there were scores of stories told: from African-American students being assumed to be athletes, to female students of color being told they were ‘cute for a black girl,’ to the picture of lynched figure with the n-word scrawled on the door of a bathroom stall at Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery,” reports The Capital Times.
...“In support of this student-led plan, I’m going to commit resources out of the Chancellor’s Office to provide short-term funding for two dedicated positions for student mental health issues related to diversity and climate,” Blank stated..."

WATCH: Ted Cruz SCHOOLS Mark Halperin on Muslim neighborhood question » The Right Scoop -

WATCH: Ted Cruz SCHOOLS Mark Halperin on Muslim neighborhood question » The Right Scoop 
"Mark Halperin actually asked Ted Cruz what he would say to a young child in a Muslim neighborhood who saw police there. But Ted Cruz didn’t take the bait and went on to school Halperin on the actual issues at stake here and why police are not the enemy:"

Send this to your kids!!-----Why socialism always fails

Why socialism always fails - AEI | Carpe Diem Blog » AEIdeas
"Slightly more than 20 years, I wrote the article “Why Socialism Failed” ...
Note that the title of the article (“failed”) implied the past tense, as if I perhaps assumed the failures of socialism were so apparent and obvious (I called it the Big Lie of the 20th century) that it would be forever considered only as a discredited system of the past, and never as a viable option going forward into the future! 
Of course, at the time many parts of the world were moving away from collectivism and central planning and towards free market capitalism – the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, and China was opening up its economy and re-established the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 1990, etc.

Given the recent resurgence of socialism, especially as it is now being embraced by young Americans, I thought it might be a good time to re-visit my 1995 essay to review why socialism: 

a) failed in the 20th century, 

b) is failing in the 21st century (e.g. Venezuela, see photo above), and 

c) will always fail. 

And that’s because it’s a flawed system based on completely faulty principles that aren’t consistent with human behavior and can’t nurture the human spirit.

Here’s are some excerpts of my 1995 essay “Why Socialism Failed”:

1. Socialism is the Big Lie of the twentieth century. While it promised prosperity, equality, and security, it delivered poverty, misery, and tyranny. Equality was achieved only in the sense that everyone was equal in his or her misery.

In the same way that a Ponzi scheme or chain letter initially succeeds but eventually collapses, socialism may show early signs of success. But any accomplishments quickly fade as the fundamental deficiencies of central planning emerge. It is the initial illusion of success that gives government intervention its pernicious, seductive appeal. In the long run, socialism has always proven to be a formula for tyranny and misery.

A pyramid scheme is ultimately unsustainable because it is based on faulty principles. Likewise, collectivism is unsustainable in the long run because it is a flawed theory. Socialism does not work because it is not consistent with fundamental principles of human behavior. The failure of socialism in countries around the world can be traced to one critical defect: it is a system that ignores incentives.

Read it all and pass it on! 

Here Are the Moderate Muslims; Where are YOU?

Here Are the Moderate Muslims; Where are YOU?:

(Photo © Voyou Desoeuvre - Flickr: "Freedom go to hell", CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24190977)

Following the Brussels attacks, I’ve been glued to mainstream media listening very attentively to political pundits, intelligence agencies, experts and analysts. Something in what they are saying sounds familiar. Oh yes – it’s the same rhetoric that we heard since 9/11. Fifteen years down the road from the first mass attack on the West, and all we seem to be able to do is parrot the same questions.

• Why do they hate us?
• Why are there so many siblings involved?
• Why is there lack of co-operation from ‘the community’?
• Where are the moderate Muslim voices?

For the fiftieth time let me take it from the top.

• They hate us because they don’t want to accept their own inadequacies and failures. They hate that we have freedoms they do not have and they hate us most because we are a successful liberal democracy while they have not invented or created anything new in the past 100 years. So they fall back on grievances – real and imagined to create a monster they call the West. Also they have declared the West as the land of war (not my words) and they feel justified to attack us. Even Achmed the dead terrorist gets it when he says “I will keel you” But you don’t.
• Why is the question of sibling involvement so hard to comprehend? Siblings and close friends are the easiest to radicalize because they are close to you and open to your ideas and suggestions. In case of the San Bernardino terrorist couple, we know the wife radicalized the spouse. This is common in close knit communities. So when groups are ghettoized and shut themselves off from the mainstream, this is bound to happen.
• The community has also been brainwashed by invoking Colonial oppression, invasion of Muslim lands, Afghanistan, Iraq and of course the lightening rod which is the Arab-Israeli conflict. None of these by the way have any bearing on why the radical Islamists are attacking the West because there are few terrorists that come from Afghanistan and Iraq. Pakistan has not been invaded, yet there is a direct link to this country in terms of radical Jihadists.
• Where are the moderate Muslim voices? Well let me tell you that reform-minded and progressive Muslims have been speaking out since 9/11 and telling you that there is a global Islamist jihadist insurgency that will invade and attack us unless we wake up and smell the coffee.

So let me ask you. 

We are speaking out but what are you doing? 

What actions have the law enforcement agencies, the governments of the Western world and its leadership taken to stem the ideology that is being exported to the West?...

Read it all!!