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"A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them."

The new U.S. military handbook for troops deployed to the Middle East orders soldiers not to make derogatory comments about the Taliban or criticize pedophilia, among other Islamic things.

Mass beheadings, gendercide, gassing of girls' schools, mass slaughter of non-believers and less than devout Muslims, attacks on US soldiers, acid attacks on women, brutal burka enforcement ..... must not be criticzed. So speaketh the caliph in the White House. He is stalking these anti-humans for peace, after all.

Bloody hell, bring our boys home. Now.

Photo: Taliban shoot woman dead five times as she was allegedly accused of adultery. Obama say, "respect it!"

How can any America hold our heads high under this monster?

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New Army Manual Orders Soldiers Not To Criticize Taliban

Here is a strong indicator that the Obama Administration's crusade to appease Islam has gone too far; a new U.S. military handbook for troops deployed to the Middle East orders soldiers not to make derogatory comments about the Taliban or criticize pedophilia, among other outrageous things.

 

It gets better; the new manual, which is around 75 pages, suggests that Western ignorance of Afghan culture- not Taliban infiltration-is responsible for the increase in deadly attacks by Afghan soldiers against the coalition forces.

The soon-to-be-released Army handbook is still being drafted, but a mainstream newspaper got a sneak preview and published an article that should infuriate the American taxpayers funding the never-ending war on terror. The manual is being created because someone with authority bought the theory that cultural insensitivity is driving insider attacks on U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Vatican Calls for World Government and a New World Order

Medical companies brace for 'devastating' ObamaCare tax, prepare for layoffs
FoxNews.com | By Judson Berger | Published December 13, 2012  

Medical companies across the US prepare for 'devastating' ObamaCare tax starting Jan. 1, with many expecting they will have to lay off workers.

Andre DiMino has been running medical device company ADM Tronics since his father, who founded the decades-old firm, died in 2001. He's never laid off anybody.
 
"These people are like family with us," he said.
 
The boss might not be able to hold out much longer. Come Jan. 1, an ObamaCare-tied tax specific to his industry is expected to go into effect. Though the Obama administration has downplayed the impact, DiMino calls it "devastating."
 
"I think after all of these decades of not laying people off, I think we may have to face that," DiMino told FoxNews.com. He predicted he might have to immediately lay off three people in his manufacturing division and possibly more after that.  

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Marine Double Amputee 'Humiliated' to Point of Tears on Delta Flight Gets Helping Hand From Fellow Vets
The Blaze | by Tiffany Gabbay | Posted on December 13, 2012 at 10:42pm  

"I have been flying with Delta for a gazillion years and this crew treated Chris worse than you'd treat any thing, not even any body." That was the opening line of retired Army Lt. Col. Keith Gafford, during a phone interview about the egregious treatment on Delta Airlines of fellow veteran, Marine Lance Cpl. Christian Brown, who is now a double amputee following severe injuries acquired while serving in Afghanistan.

"I did 27 years in the military. I have seen a lot of things and have seen a lot of guys die, but I have never seen a Marine cry," added Gafford. "What the kid said was, 'I have given everything that I can give and this is the way I am being treated? This is how I will be treated for the rest of my life?'"

'You're Going to Do This to Her?': Wheelchair-Bound Child Sobs as TSA Detains Her for Nearly 1 Hour - Then Released With No Explanation
The Blaze | by Jonathon M. Seidl | Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:01am  

"It was frightening. I kinda got mad."

That's how 12-year-old Shelbi Walser explains her experience going through a TSA checkpoint at the Dallas DFW airport on Sunday. Shelbi, who is wheelchair-bound, was held for nearly an hour after an agent said she tested positive for bomb residue. The young girl was on her way to Florida for a rare medical treatment because she lives with a genetic bone disorder.

"I said, 'What do you mean? What did you test her for?' 'Oh she tested positive for explosive residue.' Okay... at that point you would think they would test her wheelchair, but they did nothing. Everything just seemed to spiral out," Shelbie's mom, Tammy, told KDFW-TV.

The orderal lasted about 45 minutes, and Tammie eventually got out her phone to record what was going on. That's when she captured Shelbie crying.

"I want to go to Florida," Shelbie can be heard saying. Tammie was kept away from close contact with her daughter, and the young girl was screened in plain view. One official can be heard speaking gently and trying to calm her.

Tell Leadership You OPPOSE Expansion of the U Visa Program!

During this lame duck session, the open-borders lobby is pushing harder than ever for Congress to expand the U visa program. The U visa program was originally intended to help victims of domestic violence cooperate in the prosecution of crimes, but in reality the program goes much further by giving green cards to both legal and illegal aliens!

Unfortunately, the open-borders lobby successfully hijacked the otherwise uncontroversial Violence Against Women Act (VAWA, S. 1925) by getting Senators to include language that expands the U visa program by tens of thousands of green cards. And now, the same amnesty advocates are insisting that Congress pass the Senate bill before the end of the year. Fortunately, the House refused to let VAWA become the vehicle for bad immigration policy, rejecting the U visa provisions. We must now make sure that Congress adopts the House version instead of the Senate.

And there is no time to waste! According to recent news reports, negotiations are underway right now to hammer out differences between the House and Senate bill. These negotiations will determine which version of the bill receives a final vote.

It is up to you to tell CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS why they SHOULD NOT CAVE and expand the U visa Program!!! Here is why the U visa represents bad immigration policy:

• The U visa program is unnecessary: USCIS already has authority to grant temporary legal status through humanitarian parole or deferred action to alien victims who help prosecute their assailants.
• The U.S. should not be stapling green cards to police reports! Although Congress created the U visa to help victims of domestic violence, the program is actually a path to citizenship for virtually anyone who applies.
• Illegal aliens are eligible for U visas, and once obtained, they may remain in the country for four years at a time, receive work authorization, and become eligible for a green card after three years!
• Proponents of the program argue it is for victims of violent crime; however, the program neither requires a crime to actually be committed, nor that the crime be violent.
• There is no limit to the number of derivative visas that may be issued to qualifying family members of a U visa holder.
• Even family members in deportation proceedings or with final orders of removal are eligible for legal status under the program.
• Although proponents of the program say more visas are needed because the annual ceiling of 10,000 has been met these last few years, no one who applies for the visa after the ceiling is reached is ever denied. Rather, applicants and their family members are placed on a wait list and receive authorization to work in the U.S. - even before their application is ever approved!

The open-borders lobby has been working hard issuing TV ads and calling Republican Leaders to tell them to support expanding the U visa program to protect illegal aliens. Make sure their voices are not the only ones heard on Capitol Hill! Call Congressional Leaders today and tell them to remain strong on this issue!

Thanks folks,
-Pam, Jim, Tim

Yes, it's true: You can support ACT! for America-at no cost to you!     An important message from
Guy Rodgers, Executive Director  

The next time you make an online purchase of almost anything, you could be helping ACT! for America-at no cost to you.

Sound too good to be true? It isn't.

All you have to do is sign up for "iGive"-a program that's been around since 1997.

The concept is as powerful as it is simple.

  And with the holidays just around the corner, you could be helping ACT! for America with every gift you buy!

The concept isn't new. In the mid-1990s many supporters of non-profit organizations signed up with long distance telephone programs where a percentage of their bill was donated to their charity of choice.

But our investigation of iGive has convinced us that this program has an ease of use and sophistication that we find remarkable.

  In other words, every time you make a purchase of merchandise you would buy anyway, you would be financially supporting ACT! for America!

All you have to do is log on below and follow the directions to create your account and download the iGive "button." (Note: downloading the "button" is key).

Get Started Here!

When I was first informed of iGive, I was skeptical. I've seen these ideas come and go. Often, they're too good to be true. Or there are all kinds of glitches and problems.

So I spent hours researching.

I looked at online customer reviews (which were very good). I read all of iGive's fine print, such as Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. I signed up and even emailed two tech support questions to see how good their tech support was.

  As you know from our Patriot Partner program, we're all about encouraging a lot of people to each do a little-to do something. When everyone does a little, together we accomplish a lot.

So consider what could happen.

  What's more, that 1.5% figure might be low. Many of the merchants offer percentage donations that are much higher. One printer inkjet company I looked at offered 13%!

Every merchant website you visit tells you right at the top what percentage of your purchase price will be donated to ACT! for America.

Just think what we could accomplish with an extra $15,000, $50,000 or $75,000 in our fight against radical Islam!

Get Started Here!

  I know there are many people out there who would love to support ACT! for America, or give more than they're giving, but in these tough economic times they simply can't.

Well, here's a way that everyone who believes in our mission can easily support what we're doing-at no cost to them.

It doesn't get any better than that.

Guy Rodgers  

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The failed Republican establishment has an uncanny ability to shoot itself in the foot and punish members who deserve praise. In an effort to crack down on lawmakers who actually attempt to balance the budget, Speaker Boehner and the Republican Steering Committee decided to clean house.

Authentic fiscal conservatives Justin Amash, Tim Huelskamp, and David Schweikert were purged from the Budget and Finance Committees as punishment for trying to restore fiscal sanity to Congress. Imagine that.

Get on the phone with Rep. Bill Shuster, your regional representative on the Republican Study Committee. Tell him you're tired of seeing Republicans capitulate to the Left's big-government agenda. Tell him that punishing the statesmen who take their jobs seriously will not be tolerated.  

Thankfully, we can correct this injustice. With substantial constituent pressure, the Republican Steering Committee will be forced to reinstate these friends of liberty to their posts on critical House committees.

But it will take grassroots pressure, in the form of phone calls. Endless phone calls. That's why we're turning to you.  

Click here to make a call to Bill Shuster!

If the most important committees are not manned with our most solid conservatives, we will be forfeiting any advantage of being the majority party in the House. America's ballooning national debt is the result of squishy moderates running Washington - those who care more about their "team" and their re-election than the future of our great nation. We have worked too hard supporting genuine fiscal conservatives in Congress to let them get railroaded.

Let the Republican "good old boy" network know that this aggression will not stand. With your support, we can force the Steering Committee to do what is right.

In Liberty,

Matt Kibbe
President and CEO, FreedomWorks

RedState Morning Briefing

For December 14, 2012

1.  The Evangelists' Failure

Somewhere in America this week, Protestant Christ followers will donate money to fund missionaries. The offering for the Lottie Moon fund will be collected. Mission to the World will get a check. The Foreign Mission Board will be funded and prayed for. The Salvation Army bell will be rung.

Around the nation, Evangelical America will, throughout the year, hear tales of their missions, missionaries, and their money at work drawing people in foreign lands and occasional parts of the United States to Christ. They will hear of using their money to rebuild churches and homes after disaster, to care for the homeless, and to fund retirements of past preachers of the Truth. They will get lists of where their missionaries are, some with the word "Sensitive" in place of the name of China or Syria or Cuba. They will pray.

On Monday morning, many in Evangelical America will get up and take their kids off to a church affiliated school, having chosen to remove their children from declining, failing, and secular government schools. Others will wake and teach their children themselves, sometimes combining with other parents to homeschool.

On Sunday morning, many curious new comers will probably go into a church not called a church lest it deter them, where they will experience a Christ who may or may not be as they seek the Christ who is and was when they were young and more open to receiving him The conversion of the flock is not as difficult when done at an early age when the mind is still open to the miraculous. "Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it."

What Evangelical America will most likely not do this week or this Sunday or any week or any Sunday is write a check to send a stranger's child in a government school to a Christian school. This is one of the greatest failure of the evangelical church in the United States of America. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →

2. Why You Can't Trade Taxes For Spending

Should Republicans trade tax hikes for spending cuts? Much of the debate over the current fiscal cliff standoff centers around discussions of "ratios": Republicans will agree to X dollars of tax hikes, Democrats will agree to Y dollars of spending cuts, and so forth.

Much of this discussion is based on numbers that are misleading or worse, because Washington doesn't calculate taxes and spending the same way. A tax hike will raise real, immediate costs on real taxpayers, whether or not it actually raises any more revenue. The targets of a tax hike are citizens, who do not have a choice whether to obey. By contrast, a "spending cut" may simply involve altering future projections of the rate of increase of spending, and thus agreements to cut spending rarely actually result in less spending. And the targets of such spending cuts are future Congresses, who can disregard them at will; they're not binding.

The only real equivalents to tax hikes are (1) complete elimination of federal spending programs or (2) changes in the eligibility criteria or benefits formulas for entitlement programs. There are fair arguments about the best GOP strategy in managing the tax debate, but if a negotiated agreement is to be reached that will require Republican votes to pass, Republicans should not even consider agreeing to trade tax hikes in exchange for anything less.  . . . please click here for the rest of the post →

3.  BTW: The GOP just took control of Washington's state Senate.

One wonders how, given that the existing plan has been signed off on by the entire incoming GOP state Senate Caucus. The way the deal goes: Tom and Sheldon get to be in charge. The Republicans get to control crucial committees like Ways and Means, Commerce and Labor, Health Care* - and, here's the fun one: they get to pick the majority floor leader. That's the person who decides which bill goes to which committee, which is another way of saying "the person who can kill or save bills." The Democrats get... to play with the parks and beaches, of which I understand Washington state has some very nice examples.  . . . please click here for the rest of the post →

4.  Dog Bites Man. Man Bites Back: The UAW's King made Michigan's Right-To-Work bed.

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Goodbye, Liberal Arts?

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Only 15 States Opt to Run Obamacare Exchanges

CNBC

Debate Grows in GOP Over Tax Stance

The Wall Street Journal

Michigan Governor Snyder's evolution on contentious labor law

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December 13, 2012

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Ending Progressive Public Education
Daren Jonescu
Why do parents willingly send their own children -- their own future -- to socialist reeducation camps? "From my cold, dead hands," they proudly say of their guns. Are not their children worthy of at least so strong a grip? More

How Socialism Has Doomed France
William Sullivan
France is now presented with a choice, and frankly, it is not so dissimilar to our own. The problem is that both options lead to disaster. More

It's the Budget, Stupid
Ross C. Reeves
In the process of continuing resolutions, someone came to the realization that, if the government can live on temporarily without a budget, it can live on forever without one. That's Obama's big enabler. More

Educating Ignorance
Janice Shaw Crouse
The best-kept secret in America today is the precipitous drop in the quality of college since the Left seized power in higher education. More

The GOP Opportunity in Electoral College Reform
Paul Murphy
A fairer election, disenfranchising fewer people. More

Sell a Kidney - Save an Illegal's Life
Jeannie DeAngelis
When we talk of people pushing their way to the front of the line, we're not usually referring to the donor line. More

Inaugural Speech by the New Speaker of the House
J.T. Hatter
We have a new beginning today and I want the American people to know that everything is on the table. And I do mean everything. We have an ambitious term planned.... More

American Thinker Blog

The Unraveling of the Palestinian Propaganda
December 14, 2012
The audacious bid for statehood has tipped the Palestinians' hand. Useful idiots in the U.N. and around the world will pretend not to notice. More

Zombie brand apocalypse
December 14, 2012
The Twinkie's maker may be disappearing, but it will be back. And so will horde of brands that will not stay dead. More

Susan Rice withdraws for Secretary of State
December 13, 2012
As AT predicted four days ago. More

Egyptian Human Rights Organizations Decry Blasphemy Verdict
December 13, 2012
Though they fail to acknowledge that the "religious dictatorship taking shape in Egypt" is merely an expression of Islam's totalitarian Sharia. More

The rest of the story on Lansing union thugs
December 13, 2012
You've probably seen the video of the union thugs knocking down the tent in front of Michigan's capital the other day. You know about the folks trapped inside. Here is what you may not have seen. More

Obama: We need to make more widgets
December 13, 2012
If Obama was taxing the 2% like he wants, the deficit for the last two months would be "only" $279 billion instead of $292 billion. More

News the media manipulators don't want you to see
December 13, 2012
Messing with our minds. More

NASA releases 'told ya so' video on Mayan Apocalypse
December 13, 2012
Trying to calm the hysteria. More

Obama administration unleashes a flood of new regulations - after the election
December 13, 2012
The power of incumbency. More

Printing Weapons
December 13, 2012
For those who don't understand, this technology really exists. It is getting more and more common. More

Civility be damned in Michigan
December 13, 2012
A red line for unions. More

Should the GOP care that they are losing the PR battle?
December 13, 2012
What will the voter's mood be like in 2014? No one knows. More

AT Video - Click to Watch Belafonte: Obama Needs To 'Work Like a 3rd World Dictator' and Jail Republicans!

AT Video - Click to Watch Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: 'Entitlements Are Not Handouts, They Are Earned!'

AT Video - Click to Watch Barbara Walters Tries to Convince Hillary Clinton to Run in 2016

Obama Invites Syrian Rebel Leader Who Praised Saddam for "Terrifying the Jews" to Washington DC

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Thursday, December 13, 2012

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer


Handbook For Cultural Surrender

President Obama not only wants to gut the Defense budget, which will make it harder to win the war against Islamofascism, he also wants to gut America's moral example around the world. The Wall Street Journal broke a truly shocking story this week about the latest draft Army handbook on how our troops should conduct themselves in Afghanistan.

According to Obama's Army bureaucrats, the recent attacks by our Afghan "allies" against U.S.-led coalition troops, that have left 63 of our troops dead, are our fault! Consider this excerpt:

"Many of the confrontations occur because of [coalition] ignorance of, or lack of empathy for, Muslim and/or Afghan cultural norms, resulting in a violent reaction from the [Afghan security force] member."

The handbook goes on to advise our troops to avoid the following when speaking with Afghan security forces: "making derogatory comments about the Taliban," "advocating women's rights," "any criticism of pedophilia," "mentioning homosexuality and homosexual conduct" or "anything related to Islam."

In Afghan society, buggering little boys is widespread and women are treated like cattle. But, according to the Obama leftists running our government and military, the REAL problem is that U.S. soldiers, being good men and women, despise injustice and are inclined to be critical of such disgusting "traditions" like molesting little boys and treating women like slaves.

The commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Marine Gen. John Allen, is refusing to endorse the handbook. I admire his courage, but he should be careful. In Obama's military, the general may find that his next assignment is in Benghazi.


A Shift In The Blame Game?

For weeks, the media have been obsessing over polls showing that the public would overwhelmingly blame Republicans if the country goes over the fiscal cliff and taxes go up dramatically next year. A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll out today questions the media's prevailing narrative.

If no deal is reached and the automatic tax hikes go into effect, 19% of the public would blame Obama and the Democrats more, while 24% would blame Republicans more. But 56% of the public would blame both parties equally.

Boehner and Republicans got some good news if they will only recognize it. Suddenly no one has the advantage in the blame game. More importantly, it may reflect a shift in public opinion.

As the days pass and we get closer to the fiscal cliff, the public is paying more attention to this debate. While it's true that taxing the "rich" polls well, the American people strongly support spending cuts too. For example:

• 67% of respondents in the NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll supported spending cuts.
• 61% of voters in a Fox News poll released yesterday said that major spending cuts were necessary.
• In a recent Politico poll, 76% favored across-the-board spending cuts.

By the way, the Politico poll also found that 69% of Americans opposed raising taxes on small businesses that earn more than $250,000 a year. It was one of the few polls that asked about raising taxes on small businesses. This is a critical point because many small business owners pay their taxes as individuals, not as corporations. Obama's tax hikes would be a hard hit to these struggling job creators.

The public sides with the GOP's approach to resolving the fiscal cliff. The Fox poll also asked voters, "Which do you think is the BEST way to deal with the country's budget problems?" Fifty-seven percent of registered voters said "mostly with cuts in government spending." Just 20% said "mostly with tax increases."

Buoyed by this polling data, Speaker John Boehner held a press conference today. He firmly stood his ground against higher tax rates on small businesses and aggressively made the case that spending is the real problem.


State Still Stonewalling On Benghazi

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to testify before Congress on the Benghazi attack later this month. But members of Congress are still being stonewalled by the State Department as they try to investigate the attack.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) has tried to meet with survivors of the attack, but the State Department has denied his requests. According to Chaffetz, he cannot get any information regarding their names, how many survivors there are, or even what state they are from.

Meanwhile, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) is demanding that the State Department cut off funds to the government of Tunisia. In October, Turkish officials arrested Ali Harzi, the only known suspect in the Benghazi attacks to be held in custody. He was then deported to his native Tunisia.

But Tunisian officials have refused to let the FBI interview him. Wolf is demanding that the State Department cut off $300 million in aid that we have provided to Tunisia unless the country cooperates more fully. Kudos to Rep. Wolf!


On The Hill

I went to Capitol Hill yesterday and sat down with Senator Jim DeMint. I did not need reminding, but it was apparent in our time together why we really need 60 senators like him. I congratulated Senator DeMint for all he has accomplished for the conservative cause. It is sad to see him leave the Senate, but I know he will be in a position to advance our values at the Heritage Foundation.

By the way, I've always known that Senator DeMint was a man of faith. But in the time I spent with his staff, it was clear that virtually everyone on his team is a strong Christian. While Jim DeMint has been primarily identified with economic issues, he and his staff are solid Ronald Reagan conservatives on all the issues we cherish.
 

*** LEGISLATIVE ACTION ALERT!!! ***

Recently, Representative Frank Wolf (VA) introduced H. Res. 824, legislation that creates a special Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives to conduct a thorough investigation into the terrorist attack in Benghazi. As you will recall, this heinous act against our nation resulted in the deaths of four Americans, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.

Representative Wolf believes-and we wholeheartedly agree-that the families of the victims, as well as the American people, deserve to know what transpired last September 11th in Libya. It has been over 80 days since the attack and the American people still have not been provided answers to serious questions. This is unacceptable.

It is critical that this special Committee be convened when the 113^th Congress commences in January and that will only happen if the American people register their support NOW.

REMEMBER, YOUR VOICE COUNTS!
IF EACH OF US DOES JUST A LITTLE, TOGETHER WE CAN
ACCOMPLISH A LOT!

CAIR-Michigan Goes After the U.S. Constitution

The 'controversy' is over a bill up for vote in Michigan that states that no foreign law may take precedence over American law or Michigan state law in a Michigan court room. CAIR-Michigan is trying to shoot the bill down.

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Canada-Iran Crisis: Canada Accuses Iran Of Subversive Activity On Its Soil

Salaf-Jihadis In Gaza: Cease Fire or Continued Jihad Against Israel?

Porter Stansberry: Gold and Real Estate Are My Hedges for the Fiscal Cliff

Atheist Attacks on Christmas

Satirist of Drones Arrested by NYPD

Radio Daze, with Steve and John 

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 03:27 PM PST

(Steven Hayward)

Small Business Owners Pessimistic After Election 

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 02:48 PM PST

(John Hinderaker)

Small business owners are more pessimistic than at almost any time in modern history following last month's election, according to the National Federation of Independent Business:

The most significant factor impacting the decline in optimism is the expectation that future business conditions will be worse than current ones. The net percent of owners expecting better business conditions in six months fell 37 points to a net negative 35 percent. In October, the percent of owners who said they were uncertain as to whether business conditions would be better or worse in six months hit a record low of 23 percent. Many of those who were uncertain about the economy in October became decidedly negative in November; 49 percent of the owners now expect business conditions to be worse in six months, while 11 percent still express uncertainty about the future.

In the history of the monthly Index, only seven readings were lower, all but one in the last few months of 2008 and early 2009, the depths of the last recession. Prior to 1986 (when the survey was conducted on a quarterly basis), there were just two readings lower, 1975Q1 and 1980Q2.

A Modest Proposal 

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:28 AM PST

(John Hinderaker)

The old adage goes, "Don't get mad, get even." For a select few Americans, that principle could be amended to "Don't get mad at your enemies, buy them." I have sometimes thought that if I were Charles Koch, instead of trying to influence American politics honestly, I would do it the way the Democrats do: I would buy the New York Times. With a current market capitalization of $1.23 billion, the New York Times Co. would hardly put a dent in Koch's net worth.

But Glenn Reynolds has a better idea. Not only is Glenn's proposal more cost-effective, it would allow Mr. Koch to associate with a better class of people:

My suggestion: Buy some women's magazines. No, really. Or at least some women's Web sites.

One of the groups with whom Romney did worst was female "low-information voters." Those are women who don't really follow politics, and vote based on a vague sense of who's mean and who's nice, who's cool and who's uncool.

Cliff City, Part Two 

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 08:11 AM PST

(Paul Mirengoff)   

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Cliff city 

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 05:33 AM PST

(Scott Johnson)

In a column with an improvisational feel, George Will captures some of the abundant absurdity to which we have grown accustomed. Considering one small slice of Senator Richard Durbin's fatuity, Will riffs:

It is enough to make you want to hop in your Fisker and drive off a fiscal cliff.

You should know Fisker because you have helped to finance the Anaheim, Calif., company that makes - well, has made a few - electric cars. Its only model, the Karma - really; Obama administration green investments are beyond satire - costs $110,000. Your subsidy helped Justin Bieber, the fabulously rich Canadian teenager (he sings), buy one. No one ever said saving the planet one electric car at a time would be easy.

The Wall Street Journal reports that despite Fisker's $192 million in Energy Department loans, the Karma "has been hobbled by recalls and quality problems" and the company has sacked half its employees. But perhaps Fisker's biggest problem is that its source of batteries, A123 Systems, has gone bankrupt in spite of its $249 million Energy Department grant.  The administration that in the fiscal cliff drama is demanding control of much more of the nation's wealth is the author of many Solyndra-style debacles.

Will doesn't even hint at an approach to resolving the approaching fiscal cliff, but his column supplies a little anger management therapy for troubled times.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

The Darkness and the Light 

Posted by Daniel Greenfield @ the Sultan Knish blog 9 Comments 

A candle is a brief flare of light. A wick dipped in oil burns and then goes out again. The light of Chanukah appears to follow the same narrative. Briefly there is light and warmth and then darkness again.

 

Out of the exile of Babylon, the handful that returned to resettle and rebuild the land faced the might of new empires. The Jews who returned from the exile of one evil empire some twenty-six hundred years ago were forced to decide whether they would be a people with their own faith and history, or the colony of another empire, with its history and beliefs.

Jerusalem's wealthy elites threw in their lot with the empire and its ways. But out in the rural heartland where the old ways where still kept, a spark flared to life. Modi'in. Maccabee. And so war came between the handfuls of Jewish Maccabee partisans and the armies of Antiochus IV's Selecuid empire. A war that had its echoes in the past and would have it again in the future as lightly armed and untrained armies of Jewish soldiers would go on to fight in those same hills and valleys against the Romans and eventually the armies of six Arab nations.

The Syrian Greek armies were among the best of their day. The Maccabees were living in the backwaters of Israel, a nation that had not been independently ruled since the armies of Babylon had flooded across the land, destroying everything in their path.  

Forensics profiler deconstructs Barack Obama

Dec 13, 2012 05:13 am | Coach Collins

by George Spelvin, staff writer

Cutting edge forensic profiler, Dr. Andrew G. Hodges, is using his skills to decode the psychological construct of President Barack Obama to uncover the reasons for what the doctor believes to be the poresident's "deep misguided fury ... toward America." Using a method he calls thought print decoding, Hodges explains the shadow side which Obama reveals in his speeches and especially his letters to his daughters. "These communications result from part of the subconscious called super intelligence," says Hodges. (1)

Thought print decoding enables Hodges to read between the lines of Obama's thought processes to reveal secret traumas controlling his life. The forensic psychiatrist asks in his new book THE OBAMA CONFESSION, "What does he (Obama) truthfully tell us about his birth certificate?" (1)

Secret fears and secret fury concerns are based in the President's memories of his father, Barack Obama I, a man who held deep seated anger against ... Continue Reading:Forensics profiler deconstructs Barack Obama

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Sharia the centerpiece of Egypt's new constitution. Thanks a lot, Barack

Dec 12, 2012 12:30 pm | Coach Collins

by Doug Book, staff writer

Thanks to Barack Hussein Obama's Arab Spring scheme of turning the Egypt of Hosni Mubarek into a "representative democracy," the US is now reduced to watching as a former friend and ally morphs into an America-hating, Sharia-based theocracy.

Six months after promising to build a government based on "freedom and social justice," Egypt's newly elected president Mohamed Morsi authored a decree granting himself a level of dictatorial authority which even Mubarek did not enjoy. As a result, demonstrations began throughout the nation culminating last week in Morsi fleeing the presidential palace in Cairo. (1)

Though he has since rescinded most of the contents of that decree, including an article which had elevated his own authority above that of Egypt's Supreme Judicial Council, Morsi refused to alter the date upon which Egyptian voters will decide the fate of the country's newly written constitution. Authored almost exclusively by members of Morsi's own ... Continue Reading:Sharia the centerpiece of Egypt's new constitution. Thanks a lot, Barack

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Florida nears 1 million permits for concealed weapons... The number of active concealed weapons licenses in Florida, already home to more owners of such registered weapons than any other U.S. state, is expected to reach the 1 million mark next week, a state official said on Wednesday. Applications for the permits in the state of 19.1 million people have doubled ... (more)

State Dept Hiding Benghazi Survivors

Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R- UT) told Breitbart News on Wednesday that he has been "thwarted" by the State Department from seeing any Americans who survived the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi. Many people forget that there were Americans who survived the Benghazi attack, some of whom were badly injured ... (more)   

Deadline for States to Claim Their Role in Obamacare

Tomorrow is an important day for Obamacare. It's the deadline for states to declare their intentions about setting up their own health insurance exchanges for residents to purchase insurance under the new regime.

If a state does not set up an exchange, the federal government will come in and set it up, according to the law. So far, 22 states have said they are not going to set up state exchanges. Only six states have received conditional approval from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to operate their own exchanges.

Why leave it up to the federal government? Well, to begin with, it's an extremely costly undertaking. Heritage health care experts Nina Owcharenko and Ed Haislmaier explain:

[T]here will be no steady flow of federal dollars to the states. The law specifies that starting in 2015, any state implementing a state exchange must develop its own revenue source to fund the exchange's annual operations. That puts the long-term costs squarely on the states. Moreover, the recent announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that it will levy a 3.5 percent administrative fee on coverage sold through the federally run exchanges indicates there are significant costs if a state agrees to run its own exchange.

And what would be in it for them? Certainly not increased control over how the exchanges are run. Owcharenko and Haislmaier explain that "regulations promulgated by HHS allow states no meaningful flexibility or advantage by operating their own exchanges, relative to a federal exchange. Those states would simply be acting as vendors to HHS."
   

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Thank you, Victor: Sometimes the best teachers come from the strangest places. One of the best teachers Glenn ever had, who taught him about duty and devotion, is his dog Victor. Now that he's getting older, Victor's health is deteriorating. See Glenn's emotional chat about Victor HERE. This morning on radio Glenn gave a health update on Victor -- WATCH.

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