Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2014 3:52 PM

Subject: Thoughts - XXX [BHO, Midterms, Ebola, Islamism, Voter-ID]

https://www.scribd.com/doc/244509356/Thoughts-XXX-BHO-Midterms-Ebola-Islamism-Voter-ID
Its therapeutic to channel angst over all-things-Obama via conveying these gleanings from the net,
and the info accrued during the past 24-hours reinforces the existence of angst regarding what BHO may
do to salvage the desperate Dems; as optimistic as one might be when reviewing polls and quotes, sadly,
the only constant thats baked-into-the-cake is the potential for voter-fraud to supervene, for some
claim ILLEGAL NON-CITIZEN VOTES COULD SWAY U.S. ELECTIONS [inasmuch as NON-CITIZENS CAST
DECIDING VOTES FOR AL FRANKENAND THUS OBAMACAREin the past], for Black disappointment
with Obama threatens Dems [despite Ferguson Race-Baiting for which neither BHO/AG-Holder has
been held responsible]. As a result, The New York Times [correctly] observed that the focus is on GOTVefforts betting on feet and good apps.
This segues into the observation that, Just in Time for Early Voting, there has been
Whiplash Over Voter ID Laws, noting that Republicans are Set to Gain From Laws
Requiring Voter IDs [a landscape that Bloomberg surveyed in a graphic depicting States
That Make Voting Super Simpleor Stupidly Hard].
Noting how tight many Congressional races continue to be [Liz Warren Brings Faux Populism To Granite
State To Bail Out Struggling Jeanne Shaheen and Immigration could Swing New Hampshire to the GOP,
plus REPUBLICAN DJOU TIED WITH TAKAI IN HAWAII HOUSE RACE], it is not surprising, sadly, therefore,
that DEMS MOVED TO REGULATE CONSERVATIVE WEBSITES by mandating no video can be uploaded
anonymously [essentially]. [This occurred a day after premature dismissal of the IRS-suits filed inter alia
by TEA Party Movement entities, despite the fact that there are LOTS OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ON
OBAMA'S INVOLVEMENT IN IRS SCANDAL.] Another reflection of overwhelming emotion regarding what
is to occur in only nine days, a PRIEBUS vs. WASSERMAN-SCHULTZ DEBATE DEVOLVED INTO OUT-OFCONTROL SHOUTING MATCH.
Perhaps the most succinct way to convey the degree to which Dems fear a tsunami is to
note that the Republican poll advantage soared to a mind-blowing 11 points according
to the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, with voters saying they want a
Republican-led Congress by a margin of 52-41.
The generic lead for the GOP was only 5 points in the same poll last
week. The Tea Party wave elections in 2010 rolled in with only a 7-point
lead. It's relatively rare for the Republicans to have a lead on this
question at all, even in years when they do fairly well.
And that's a sampling of "likely voters," generally considered the most reliable response
screen. The GOP lead is only 4 points with the much looser "registered voter" screen,
which is something to keep in mind when looking at individual House and Senate race
polls that use a registered-voter screen. Those have usually been abandoned by the last
few weeks of an election, but they pop up every now and then.

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The state-by-state summary has been simplified: With Montana, West

Virginia and South Dakota in the GOP column, Republicans need to pick
up just three seats in the following states: Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado,
Iowa, Louisiana and North Carolina. Republicans have a cushion. Five of
those states currently lean toward the GOP, poll averages show, while
North Carolina is still a toss-up. They also are closing the gap in New
Hampshire. But the party may need to pick up additional seats if it loses
Georgia, Kansas (if the independent conferences with Democrats) or
Kentucky.
This structure hasnt changed much during the past month but, simplified further, it
would seem that it is the GOPs race to lose!
Another indication of Dem-Panic is the endorsement by the Inqy of Boyle over Adcock for the rationale
for this decision is purely, admittedly ideological [reflecting a phenomenon that was also manifest in
Iowa]; they like his platform, no matter how illogical. Granted, I worked with BB over the Mandatory
Holocaust Education bill [and am happily plugged-in with the professional who is primarily involved with
its implementation, for she shared my double-bias favoring efforts to generalize the initiative and to
ensure it maintains topicality]; nevertheless, BB must be perceived as a BHO-enabler, absent any
affirmative statement [or even an agnostic disclaimer] recognizing the degree to which he has been a
disaster for Americaand the world. Read, and lament the depths to which data wont sway ideologues
from adhering to disproven belief-systems:
State Rep. Brendan Boyle has made the growing gap between the rich and the rest a
fitting centerpiece of his campaign to represent the 13th Congressional District, a mostly
middle-class area with pockets of poverty spanning parts of Northeast Philadelphia and
Montgomery County. The 37-year-old Philadelphia Democrat advocates raising the
minimum wage to help the working poor and increasing taxation of passive income such
as stocks and bonds, noting that wage earners pay higher effective rates than investors.
Boyle's Republican opponent in the race to replace retiring Rep. Allyson Schwartz, 63year-old Abington businessman Carson "Dee" Adcock, says he doesn't think the
minimum wage is very important and would vote against raising it. {Note that there is
no mention of the union-based support for such measures, nor is there any effort to
refute the claim that the net-effect of such legislation is enhanced unemployment.}
He would prefer to improve the economy by allowing construction of the Keystone XL
pipeline. Stretching from the tar sands of Alberta, Canada, to the Gulf of Mexico, the oil
pipeline is expected to provide about 2,000 jobs during construction and 100 afterward;
few, if any, would be in or near the 13th District. {Note the absence of any citation of the
economic boom that would supervene, let alone the longstanding desire to achieve
energy independence that Adcock has consistently endorsed.}
Boyle opposes the pipeline on environmental grounds. {Note the absence of any
explanation for the basis for the opposition, recognizing that all arguments along these
lines have been thoroughly refuted.}
He also advocates allowing the government to purchase prescription drugs in bulk to
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of contributions to improve transparency. {These are typical Dem-postures; the former

is not a major player regarding ObamaDontCare, and the latter would not appreciably
affect campaigning, for the players are usually widely-recognized throughout.}
During his six years in Harrisburg, Boyle has pushed legislation to support city schools,
protect domestic-violence victims, and increase penalties for crimes based on perceived
sexual orientation. {Motherhood/Apple-Pie.In Washington, he hopes to replicate the bipartisan spirit that enabled Pennsylvania's
transportation funding compromise. BRENDAN BOYLE has the experience, focus, and
positions to represent the district well. {I know of no bipartisan initiative, save the
aforementioned Act 70, the Mandatory Holocaust Education Bill.}
It is also increasingly clear that the October Surprise *thus far+ has been Ebola; the fact that SNL
RIPPED OBAMA ON EBOLA suggests a partial-explanation for the above-detailed flip to the GOP, for BHO
has again demonstrated administrative incompetence plus tolerance of disinformation, as he constantly
politicizes every issue he confronts *explaining why he appointed as Ebola Czar the bureaucrat, Ron
Klain, who was his point-man on the disaster known as Solyndra. Due to the leadership-vacuum he has
created and maintained, NY and NJ FORCED EBOLA QUARANTINES [and Illinois is Next], actions that
others have advocated [REP. TIM MURPHY URGES 21-DAY QUARANTINE FOR RETURNING EBOLA
DOCTORS] and that supersede concerns alleging personal experiences of a QUARANTINE HELL.
Sharyl Attkisson, the Ex-CBS reporter, experienced first-hand how the liberal media
protects Obama; she will be @ a book-signing on 11/13 @ 7 p.m. in Newtown c/o the
only local talk-radio outlet, 1210-a.m. WCAU WPHT. Join Chris Stigall as he hosts Emmy
award winning investigative journalist and author, Sharyl Attkisson, to the Newtown
Theatre [120 N State St., Newtown, PA 18940] for a discussion of Sharyls last
book Stonewalled, My Flight for Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation,
and Harassment in Obamas Washington. Tickets are $33.60 *including a fee+ and
include a copy of Stonewalled.
BHOs disastrous misconduct *and warped verbiage+ threatens both America [OBAMA 'DOESN'T HAVE
THE GUTS' TO CALL ATTACKS TERRORISM] and world, for the successes of the Islamic State [and not
whether there is any appreciable American presence in the Middle East, as Dems alleged during the Iraqi
War] explains why the Number of Islamic Extremists Growing in Germany [as recruitment explodes,
based upon The Enduring Historical Appeal of a Caliphate to Muslims]. Obamas strategy in Iraq and
Syria has, indeed, been predicated on his catch-phrase Hope and Change, although, in the Middle
East, there is growing hope that the results of his mass-confusion/contradiction can be changed
before becoming irreversible [assuming the ability persists to reverse the juggernaut of Islamo-Fascism].
Illustrative of the problems being encountered by BHO remains silent, Egypt is in a state of emergency
after terrorist attack in Sinai.
Recalling still another dimension to BHOs neo-isolationism, Bloomberg-libs have even
concluded Putin Already Won in Ukraine, quoting George Soros, the Hungarian-born
billionaire investor, saying Putin has outmaneuvered Western governments in the
conflict, taking advantage of their desire to avoid military confrontation with Russia.
Putins Russia has proved to be in some ways superior to the European Unionmore
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the New York Review of Books. The U.S., Soros says, has offered Ukraine a faade of
support with little substance behind it, as the country skids toward economic collapse.
Yet, all isnt well within the GOP, for assuredly its civil-war could again emerge rapidly after 11/4/2014,
inasmuch as GOP Leaders are Clamoring for More 'High-Tech Immigration' if Party Wins Senate [despite
the burgeoning number of Americans who have given-up trying to find work; indeed, a Silicon Valley
Company was Caught Paying Foreign Workers $1.21/Hr After $200M Quarter. Using a wide-angle lens
to recognize mega-forces that are at-play, a GOP REP claimed the ICE DIRECTOR LIED UNDER OATH
when he told Congress that illegal immigrants released by BHO did not have serious criminal records;
this has prompted CORNYN TO CALL FOR HEARING FOLLOWING RELEASE OF CRIMINAL IMMIGRANTS.
{For a measure of levity, listen for a parody of a Beach Boys tune that targets illegal-immigration.}
In follow-up of the Washington Post Called for CNN's Carol Costello to Apologize to Palin
Family On-Air, recapitulating the environment in which the insult transpired.
I recycle the following, emphasizing my view that its desirable to allow people to express themselves;
this allows for them to be revealed as anti-Semitic terrorists, for future reference:

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Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 9:56 PM

Subject: Thoughts - XXXI
[Christianity, Ebola, Midterms, BHO, Illegals, Wastebook, POTUS-'16 in the GOP]

https://www.scribd.com/doc/244684020/Thoughts-XXXI-Christianity-Ebola-Midterms-BHO-IllegalsWastebook-POTUS-16-in-the-GOP
These Blast e-mails often deal initially with international/national concerns, noting the culture-wars
within the context thereof; in this instance, however, the starting-point is upon these more controversial
issues, introductory towards recognizing thatin BHOs worldeverything is political and thus,
individual topics must be parsed conscious of what may have emerged regarding his machinations.
Here is the latest summary of Rush and the latest essay by Jim Geraghty.
First, illustrative of how Big Government [in England] can attempt to achieve Orwellian thought-control
is the fact that All Medical Students are to Face Interviews for Commitment to 'Equality'; perhaps in
reaction to such events, a Poll revealed that a Third of Brits Would Consider Supporting UKIP [the
correlate of the TEA Party Movement]. Second, Guzzardi and I wrote a lengthy essay years ago
[published in the defunct Philadelphia Evening Bulletin reincarnation+ regarding the judicial decision
precluding instruction of Intelligent Design by Judge Jones; I contributed our concluding line *God
Created Evolution+, which may have been mirrored by the Pope, who said evolution is 'not inconsistent'
with creation because there could be No Big Bang without God. Regarding gun-laws, note that Four are
Dead and 32 were Shot in Chicago Weekend Violence; regarding Common Core, a Retired Army Chaplain
claimed the Revised AP US History Framework Should Be Rejected.
Ann Coulters version of Christianity *aka political Christianity] was scavenged in a
fashion reminiscent of my having experienced a comparable evolution from adoring her
writings *Godless is hysterical+ to questioning her motives; the latter emerged after
she asserted Judaism is an incomplete religion on Danny Deutchs radio-show. This,
perhaps, presaged her self-contradictory admiration for [seriatim] Christie/Romney but,
regardless, it is this type of mindless Christian Conservative musing that undermines
GOP efforts to assuage those who fear imposition of [unnamed] intrusions on privacy.
Movie Alert! After having enjoyed both Judge and Kill the Messenger *for plot/acting+, it is now
desirable to note whether 'Interstellar' will Push the Fraud that Is Global Warming; the plot has
Matthew McConaughey embarking on a deep space voyage to save humanity from a planet Earth that is
rapidly becoming inhospitable, so the key-question is whether this will be ascribed to Global Warming.
{Illustrative of the folly of such fanaticism is the fact that the EU Climate Compromise apparently boiled
down to I Will, If You Will; this means that no one will until/unless everyone does.}
In statewide news, a Rally called for Paterno's 409 wins to be reinstated, just as Penn
State trustees faced one big agenda item Tuesday: The Freeh Report. Also, Critics are
claiming that, emulating AG-Holder, AG-Kane incessantly puts politics first. Nate Silvers
ESPN webpage highlighted the view that The Sixers Are Going Nowhere Fast; were not
talking about last nights event in Phoenix, except to suggest the outcome would have
differed had I remembered to wear my Jason [#71] Peters jersey while watching it.
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Justice Seamus McCaffery Resigned from the PA Supreme Court, acting in wake of the state e-mail
investigation; investigations have been dropped following his RETIREMENT. This is of particular import
because this corroborated my prior blogging-points, made in opposition to another blogger, to wit:
First, whenever Colin Hanna speaks, yall should listen *recalling the ad from years ago
promoting "Dreyfus"+. Second, DDs judgment has again been disproven, c/w the
conclusion drawn on a prior page ["Your self-marginalization-process is now complete,
and your credibility is in ruins."] after he was unable to corroborate his wild claims [on
that page and preceding ones that were carefully provided their own hyperlinks]; he had
been forced into wagging a white-flag ["I only respond for entertainment purposes and
amusement"+ after he both totally-ignored and partially-addressed distilled
challenges. McCaffery probably wont be heard-from, anymore; one would hope that
DD would demonstrate a comparable level of self-recognition and act similarlyor post
more responsibly.

Regarding Ebola, it may be recalled that an essay I wrote on 11/13/2005 [published in the Allentown
Morning Call] comes to mind [Incentives are needed to ramp up production of anti-viral medications.
The fact that mass-confusion exists with regard to BHOs policies is undeniable, even as his actions
evolve *OBAMA PRESSURES STATES TO REVERESE QUARANTINE ORDERS; OBAMA ADMIN ASKS STATES
TO BACK OFF EBOLA QUARANTINE ORDERS; Nurse Union Chief: 84% of Nurses Say Hospitals Not Holding
Essential Ebola Training; 'EBOLA' NURSE RELEASED; Chris Christie 'More Than Happy' to Send Nurse to
Maine After Ebola Scare; CDC REBUKES CHRISTIE; CDC Recommends Voluntary Isolation for Those at
High Risk for Ebola; CONFUSION: White House stance still unclear; US Troops Isolated in Italy After
Returning from Africa Ebola Tour; White House Distances From Decision to Isolate Soldiers Due To
Ebola; and Pentagon Admits: Only 1 Plane to Evacuate Up to 4 Ebola-Infected Soldiers Per Week, 1 at a
Time]
As a result of BHOs administrative failings *including Ebola+, the RNC Released a New Ad
Hammering Obamas Foreign Policy; this is illustrated by events in Europe. The US
Embassy in Moscow Faces Cold War-Era Harassment...Mysterious break-ins, tire
slashing, while Eastern European countries are recoiling [Poland to move 1,000s of
troops east in historic shift; Czechs see 'extremely high' number of Russian spies; 2 PROEUROPE PARTIES LEADING UKRAINE VOTE and Blow to Putin as pro-West Parties Win
Mandate in Ukraine]. Illustrative, also, of troubles within the EU, Cameron Opened Door
For Partial Payment Of 1.7bn EU Bill.

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Regarding the Midterms, overall claims are c/w concerns previously probed [Senate Update: The
Republican Advantage Is Consistent But Not Decisive], with Dems flailing [Schumer: Better Ground
Game Will Put Democrats 'Over the Top' in November; Democrats Saying Racism Makes 2014 a
'Ferguson Election'; WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: GOP SCARIER THAN EBOLA and ISIS; and NEW YORK TIMES:
'DEMOCRATS SHOW OBAMA THEIR TAIL LIGHTS'] and GOP EXPANDING BATTLE FOR STATEHOUSES.
These phenomena are manifest within individual states: Iowa [Talking Chickens Ad Puts Bruce Braley on
the Defensive in Pivotal Iowa Senate Race], New Hampshire [CHANNELING HER INNER MARTHA
COAKLEY: LIBERALS BOO JEANNE SHAHEEN FOR INTERRUPTING SCOTT BROWN AGAIN and Scott Brown
At NH Beer Festival: 'Shut The Border Once And For All'], North Carolina [Elbert Guillory Calls on Black
Voters to 'Send Kay Hagan Home' and New Poll: Hagan and Tillis Tied in NC], and South Carolina [Poll:
Mike Rounds Leads By 9 In South Dakota]. Regarding voter-fraud, More than 1400 Non-Citizens are on
NC Voting Rolls, noting that the state of voter ID laws ahead of midterms has been summarized by FNC.
I would aver the trends favor the GOP due to BHOs failures, even highlighted by Sir
Charles Barkley *One Reason Black People Wont Be Successful Is Because of Other
Black People]; recalling the concern with foreign policy [vide supra], libs @ Politico are
raising concern that he has assembled a "Team of Bumblers, wondering whether Susan
Rice and Chuck Hagel are equal to today's new national-security challenges:
When President Obama, after months of equivocation over how to
respond to the takeover of parts of Iraq and Syria by radical militants,
announced in September that the United States would 'lead a broad
coalition to roll back this terrorist threat,' the White House swung
quickly into action, sending proposed legislation to train and equip
Syrian rebels to Capitol Hill that same day. Unfortunately, the White
House failed to consult with the Pentagon-which would be doing most
of the rolling back-on the timing or details of the announcement. ...
First, the Pentagon was surprised by the president's timing, according to
a senior defense official. ...
"Second, the White House neglected to give Pentagon lawyers a chance
to revise and approve the proposed legislative language before it went
to the Hill, which is considered standard practice. Staffers working for
Rep. Buck McKeon, the Republican chairman of the Armed Services
Committee, said they were appalled by what they saw: language so
sloppy that it ... effectively left the Defense Department liable for
funding the mission against ... (ISIL)-even though the president was
telling members of Congress he didn't need money for this new mission,
since the Saudis were putting it up. ... But that was hardly the first
instance in recent months when the White House failed to consult with
the Pentagon."
That BHO is toxic is illustrated by the fact that a Maryland Dem Dropped 9 Points After
Obama Visit, easily ascribed to the fact that 70% OF AMERICANS 'ANGRY' AT COUNTRY'S
DIRECTION. Ominous is the fact that Sharyl Attkisson now claims an Obama
Government-Related Entity Planted Classified Docs On My Computer [and purged
others].

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Regarding Illegals, the problem is global [DEFENCE SEC: BRITAIN 'SWAMPED' BY IMMIGRANTS and
Merkel Will Block Cameron's Plan to Limit EU Migrants] and not just limited to America [SHERIFF JOE:
36% OF CRIMINALS TURNED OVER TO ICE 'KEEP COMING BACK' and MSNBC: AZ-Mexico Border Lawless
and TERRORISTS ROAM USA AND CROSS INTO CANADA]. Because the Sacramento-Area Cop Shooting
Suspect Had Already Been Deported -- Twice, it has been alleged that Obama & Brown Guilty of
Shielding Alleged Illegal Alien Cop Killer; this concern is compounded *also noting OReillys just-aired
Talking Points memo+, a Civilian who was Allegedly Shot in Head by Illegal After Resisting Carjacking
was Upgraded to 'Fair.'
Majority Leader McCarthy's vision is a departure from the last four years under Eric
Cantor; vows change to save GOP. McCarthy left open the possibility of passing an
overhaul of immigration laws, but said if Obama tried to do it by executive order, thats
the worst way, and it would stop everything. *This is reminiscent of the retreat by
Rubio after having supported Schumers Immigration Reform gambit.+ When Politico
reported McCarthy Plans Unified Agenda--and Immigration Reform, this issue was
discussed during the phone call held a few hours ago by the Heritage Foundation, but
the focus was on trying to preserve key-innovations [such as earmark-bans]. {Also, know
that the GOP lawsuit against BHOs imperialism *focused on ObamaDontCare+ will
become activated after the election.}
Regarding POTUS-16 in the GOP-world, maneuvering has started; Scott Walkers reaction to Chris
Christie (Thanks for nothing) prompted a comment by a Former Republican observing Christie is
trying to clear some of his 2016 competition. Perhaps after having noted Romneys latest disclaimer
regarding candidacy, the Jeb-Bush trial-balloon has again been raised [George P. Bush Says Dad Jeb
'Moving Forward' on 2016; Jeb 'moving forward' on 2016 and Extended Bush clan rallying behind
prospect]; for many reasons [including my sons view that this last-name is toxic], this is unlikely [noting,
for example, his views in favor of Common Core and Immigration Reform]. Of greater import, a speech
on Foreign Policy by RAND PAUL [IT'S AMERICA'S FAULT] predictably Won Breathless Praise from Liberal
Media. Of far greater import from my perspective, Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee Are on a Collision
Course as Evangelicals Audition 2016 Contenders.
The libs @ Politico just published a puff-piece on Susana Martinez, claiming she is an upand-comer who has thrived in a heavily diverse, liberal-leaning state; each of her
policies is antithetical to the conservatism that would differentiate the GOP from Dems:
Martinez declined to fight a court ruling making gay marriage legal in New Mexico; she
argues education policy and economic development were more important to the
state. A personal friend of Jeb Bush, she says that under no circumstances will she join
other Republican governors who have dropped support for Common Core education
standards. The governor calls Obamacare a fact of life, at least for now. Martinez says
its essential that the next president pass a large-scale immigration overhaul.
Tom Coburns Wastebook is replete with evidence of excess; it was just highlighted on OReilly.
Perhaps in reaction to the data within it, the National Science Foundation (NSF) project designed to
track misinformation on Twitter has removed portions of its website that monitored political users,
including conservatives who used the tcot hashtag; Truthy Removed Part of Website That Monitored
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A lib attempted to rationalize these data thusly: Given NSFs involvement, this is likely
a peer-reviewed study. If so, unless an RFP was issued by NSF for this precise topic, a
recommendation to support the study would have been determined by a committee of
the researchers scientific peers not the administration. Blame academia if you like;
but, I find it hard to see how a shadow can be cast specifically on Obama unless you find
an RFP issued by the Administration. This is not about supporting Obama; this is about
respecting the peer-review system that led to the studys funding. This does not appear
to be a project conducted by NSF itself, at least not as described here.
Ignored is the fact that, regardless of what may result from external review, the politicized world in D.C.
includes bureaucrats who signed-off on these projects, such as the following:
$100,000
$10,000
$3 million
$387,000
vacations for bureaucrats gone wild $20 million
$856,000
$50,000
-- $1 billion
ks secrets of free will $171,000
$10 million
$331,000
$90 million

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Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 11:36 PM

Subject: Thoughts - XXXII [Kurdistan, Islamism, Israel, Iran, Temple Mount, US Double-Standard]

https://www.scribd.com/doc/244692743/Thoughts-XXXII-Kurdistan-Islamism-Israel-Iran-Temple-MountUS-Double-Standard
The issues caused by rampant Islamism are so unnerving that they have been distributed separately.
Addressing the issue as to whether Islam is Violent were Atheist Sam Harris and Islamism Apologist Cenk
Uygur; I concur with an Expert Panel that concluded the Islamic State is Attempting to Return to 'the
Purest Islam' of Mohammed Era. Thats why Cruz said its Time to Drop the Illusion That Latest Terror
Attacks in Jerusalem and Canada Are Random Acts of senseless violence unrelated to our national
security.
The Domestic component is captured in multiple venues: Rogers: Can't rule out boots
on the ground in Syria, a Massachusetts Father is Mad Because Public School Teaches
There Is No God But Allah and CAIR Hosted San Diego Candidates at Islamic Center
Debate and Spinning a Terrorist Into a Victim, Part 1: Who is Rasmieh Odeh? This is
ignored by MSNBC which, on Mondays Morning Briefing, aired the conclusion that
the perpetrators of such terror are crazies and are, specifically, not manifesting their
perception of Islam.
Regarding Kurdistan, SYRIA ACTIVISTS SAID Koban DEATH TOLL PASSED 800, although Kurds Thwarted a
New Islamic State Bid to Cut off Syria's Koban before Iraqi Kurdish reinforcements can deploy; sadly,
the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) Captured and Beheaded a famous Kurdish Female Fighter 'Rehana' in Koban
[aligned with The Women Protection Units (YPG)]. Turmoil continued throughout Syria [Syrian Rebels
Clash with Government Troops, 19 Die] and Iraq [Suicide Attack Kills 24 People South of Baghdad and
Germany's BND federal Intelligence found that the Islamic State in northern Iraq Has Anti-Aircraft
Weapons (shoulder-mounted rocket launchersMANPADSof Russian design captured from Syrian
army stocks that could take down passenger jets)], while Turkey was not a safe refuge [Syrian Refugee
Women Forced into Marriages and Prostitution in Turkey]. More profoundly, involvement of The Kurds
in Turkey in the Fight for Koban has undermined a historical process, the reconciliation of the Turkish
State with the Kurds living in Turkey; Turkish guns point in every direction but that of Koban, and the
Turkish air force continues bombing the Kurdish PKK, not the Islamic State. Many Kurds believe that the
Turkish state considers it acceptable for the "Islamic State" to murder Kurds, and would rather bomb the
Kurds than help them against the Islamic State.
Pro- and Anti-Islamists are beginning to become delineated. Nigeria is OK [Nigerian
President Goodluck Jonathan, while in Jerusalem on a Private Christian Pilgrimage, Met
Netanyahu, noting that Nigeria is rocked by the Islamic terrorism of Boko Haram and is a
member of the UN Security Council; Boko Haram Victims Tell of Rape, Torture and
Abuse; and Nigerian Women Describe Boko Haram Abductions]. India is OK [India
Picked Israel's Spike Anti-Tank Missile over U.S. Javelin and Israel to Deliver 49 Drones to
India to Keep an Eye on China and Pakistan]. Pakistan is problematic [Israeli Cultural
Display was Removed in Islamabad and Islamic University Dean and Student Adviser
were Suspended over Model UN Fiasco.
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ISIS Hostages, for months, endured routine Torture [starved, beaten, subjected to water-boarding and
threatened with execution] before Beheadings
Secular Party Looks to Win Tunisia Elections
Tunisian Islamists Concede Election Defeat to Secular Party
Sunni vs. Shia Sectarian Clashes Grow in Northern Lebanon
Turkish PM Condemned Terrorist Attack on Turkish Soldiers
Turkish Opposition MHP Asked for Normalization in Relations with Israel
Last U.S. Marines, British Combat Forces End Afghan Operations
Islamism is also ravaging Europe:
Canada Gunman Prepared Video of Himself, Authorities Decline to Release Recording
Front National Councilor Suspended For Recruiting Colleagues to Islam
Teacher Admits Syria-Linked Terror Charges
Riot Police Clash with 4,000 Strong Anti-Islam Protest
JIHADIS 'INFILTRATING UK PARLIAMENT TOURS'
[SEGREGATED BUS LINE FOR GYPSIES IN TORINO CAUSES UPROAR]
Egypts struggle against Islamists was dramatized after 31 Egyptian Soldiers were Killed in Sinai by
Palestinian Militants; thats why Egypt is to Set Up a 1.5 and 3 km. Buffer Zone with Gaza and Egypt
Requested Support in War against Jihadi Groups [such as Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis] and Banned Hamas;
Egypt also Postponed Talks indirect talks between Israel and Hamas on Gaza in Wake of Sinai Attack,
yielding a continued delay in the flow of construction materials into Gaza. The following explains why:
Gaza Functions as Logistic Hub for Sinai Jihadis - Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis is at the forefront
of Jihadi groups determined to throw Egypt into chaos. The army is making an all-out
effort to eliminate all Islamist terrorist movements, but the terrorists are securely
entrenched among the population in northern Sinai and they can depend on the
extensive networks of Bedouin in the area. Furthermore, they are being reinforced by a
steady stream of men and material coming through all of Egypt's borders. To a certain
extent, Egypt is under siege, with Gaza functioning as the logistic hub. Gaza has the
capacity to develop and produce weapons, to package explosives, and to train terrorists
before infiltrating them into Sinai. At the same time, an ever-growing number of fighters
and ammunition are coming in through the borders with Libya and Sudan. During the
Mubarak era, extensive smuggling networks were left to grow in Egypt and the Sinai
Peninsula, in the mistaken belief that it was a problem for Israel alone. It was a costly
mistake, for which Egypt is paying dearly.
A guest-recipient of these Blast e-mails remains the Chair of the MontCo Dems Party, attorney
Marcel Groen; we live in the same voting-precinct and, semi-annually, he has been confronted with my
claim that BHO is an anti-Semite. Specifically noting what is occurring with Iran, I have told him flat-out
that any nuking will place Jewish Blood onto HIS hands, for his reticence to speak-out against BHOs
appeasement is c/w his sense of party-loyalty. This behavior was manifest when the Dems Killed a Key
Pro-Israel bill to Appease White House on Iran; Sen. Menendez Pulled a pro-Israel bill over Iran oversight
language, even as the Beating of an American Pastor in Iran was Linked to Nuke Talks.
Years ago, I hosted a quiet meeting between an Israeli-Intelligence expert and Josh
Shapiro, during which he was 1-on-1 told of what was portending, and he said he had
an internal-contact @ the White-House whom hed call; nothing emerged since *even

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after I wrote a letter detailing what had occurred, which was published in the Times
Chronicle, and even after I referred to this event during public-comment @ a MontCo
meeting of the Commissioners (after he gently advised all statements should refer to
government-business)],while the issue has risen to beyond-crisis levelsand JewishDems are muteand the world is silent.
It has become tiresome to have to keep pointing-out the obvious [that has been repeatedly proven,
particularly when rejectionist-Arafat failed to propose a counter-idea during Camp David II], but it is
important to note that Recognizing a Palestinian State Now Will Thwart Hopes for Peace; the Friends of
Israel Initiative has always claimed that peace can only be reached through negotiations. Recognizing
Palestine as a state will reward Palestinian unwillingness to negotiate a true peace with Israel and will
encourage unilateral moves and a break with the Oslo Accords. Recognizing now an entity that is far
from democratic, free, peaceful and prosperous will only thwart any possibility that any such state will
exist in the future. {Also, note that BB is again facing Showdown with Critics in His Own Party.}
Similarly, it has been repeatedly shown that Israeli Territorial Concessions dont Bring
Peace, as is again illustrated by an interview of Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon:
Q: Secretary Kerry recently said the lack of resolution of the IsraeliPalestinian issue is leading to street anger and recruitment for the
Islamic State.
Ya'alon: Unfortunately, we find the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is
dominated by too many misconceptions. We don't find any linkage
between the uprising in Tunisia, the revolution in Egypt, the sectarian
conflict in Iraq and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Mainly, these come
from the Sunni-Shia conflict, without any connection to the IsraeliPalestinian conflict. The core of the conflict is their reluctance to
recognize our right to exist as a nation state of the Jewish people whether it is Abu Mazen [Abbas] or his predecessor Arafat. There are
many who believe that just having some territorial concessions will
conclude it. But I don't think this is right.
Q: Will territorial concessions bring peace?
Ya'alon: No, they would be another stage of the Palestinian conflict, as
we experienced in the Gaza Strip. We disengaged from the Gaza Strip to
address their territorial grievances. They went on attacking us. The
conflict is about the existence of the Jewish state and not about the
creation of the Palestinian one. Any territory that was delivered to them
after Oslo became a safe haven for terrorists. Bearing that in mind, to
conclude that after the [recent] military operation in Gaza this is a time
for another withdrawal from Judea and Samaria [the West Bank] is
irrational.
Illustrating the crisis in Israeli-US relations, U.S. Officials Refused Some Requests by
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon for Meetings with several top national security
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Kerry's Mideast peace efforts and nuclear negotiations with Iran. While Defense
Minister did see Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and U.S. Ambassador to the UN
Samantha Power, the officials said the White House and State Department rejected
Israeli proposals for meetings with Vice President Joe Biden, national security adviser
Susan Rice and Kerry.
Of great strategic import is whats occurring on the Temple Mount, noting that there was a Second
Fatality from the nearby Jerusalem light-rail Terror Attack:
The Role of Hamas and Fatah in the Jerusalem Disturbances - The deterioration of the
security situation in Jerusalem is connected to the struggle between the moderate Sunni
regimes and the Muslim Brotherhood, which seeks to make the Jerusalem issue a
rallying cry. The Brotherhood's strategy hopes to unite all of the region's Islamic
movements around the idea of the Muslim Caliphate with the Al-Aqsa Mosque in
Jerusalem as its hub. The head of Hamas' Political Bureau, Khaled Mashal, published a
special announcement calling "on our people to hasten immediately to defend
Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa, and on the Muslim nation to send a painful message of rage to
the world." In Hamas' view, it is the Jerusalem issue that can place the Palestinians at
the forefront of the revolution unfolding in the Arab world.
How Islamists Support Conflict on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem Funds from Qatar
and Islamic foundations are transferred to the Northern Branch of the Islamic
Movement in Israel, which pays thousands of shekels per month to hundreds of men
and women, allegedly members of an innocent study group dedicated to learning
Islamic scripture on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Any Jew who has visited the mount
has encountered them. They are bands of agitators who bombard Jewish groups that
ascend the mount with chants of "Allahu Akhbar" (God is great), yelling and cursing
them. Al-Aqsa Mosque has become a haven for rioters and a warehouse for rocks,
wooden beams, firebombs, metal rods, and fireworks - purchased with subsidies
provided by Hamas and Fatah. Muslims shoot fireworks directly at policemen and
Jewish visitors. The fireworks are smuggled into the Temple Mount compound by
Muslim women, who conceal them under their clothes and are not inspected.
The IDF Killed a Palestinian Throwing a Firebomb at Israeli Motorists in West Bank, prompting the
U.S. to Express Condolences to his Family; the Palestinian-Arab teenager was a U.S. citizen. This
reflected The State Dept.'s (Im)moral Equivalence Between Innocent Jew and Violent Arab when,
contrasting with this weeks statement, last week, the U.S. State Department offered its "deepest
condolences" to the family of 3-month-old Chaya Zissel Braun [killed by a Palestinian terrorist in
Jerusalem], who was also a U.S. citizen.

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Subject: Thoughts-XXXIII [NSA, Leftie-Media, Midterms]

https://www.scribd.com/doc/244823647/Thoughts-XXXIII-NSA-Leftie-Media-Midterms
{The following was prepared from 5-8 a.m. but, due to intervening events, it wasnt disseminated;
meanwhile, fresh data emerged. Therefore, it is distributed intact prior to preparation of another
update that encompasses different topics.}

A few items arising overnight are covered, after which more extensive discussion of the midterms is
provided, from myriad perspectives not routinely captured by handicappers; the result is greater insight
into the authors of what is disseminated than into the truths they attempt to convey. First, it is
desirable to point-out an update of ongoing blogging which has led to a noisy guy having selfimmolated [a process that, admittedly, I facilitated simply by doggedly calling him on his accusations].
Second, it seems BHOs appointees *Fauci/Frieden+ have again engaged in deceit, for Ebola can survive
on [dry] surfaces for 50 days; also, recalling my published advocacy, years ago, for enhanced
enticements that they be developed by the NIH/CDC], it has been noted that Ebola Vaccines in Testing
Now were developed due to efforts of Dick Cheney. Third, the REPUBLICAN VOW TO STOP OBAMA'S
'UN-AMERICAN' AMNESTY IF THE SENATE FLIPS does not, alas, allay worriment that American-style
Amnesty will be promoted. Fourth, The reasons why EMINEM is TO CONVERT TO JUDAISM and LIVE IN
TEL AVIV are hysterical. Fifth, circumstances around an event when STONE-THROWING MUSLIMS
BLOODIED CHRISTIANS IN Michigan are under review in appeals court. Sixth, USATODAY Journalist
claimed the Obama administration is the most 'dangerous' to media in history may be explained by the
horror within this piece:
Feds identified suspected 'second leaker' for Snowden reporters; the FBI recently
searched a government contractor's home, but some officials worry the Justice
Department has lost its 'appetite' for leak cases.
The FBI has identified an employee of a federal contracting firm suspected of being the
so-called "second leaker" who turned over sensitive documents about the U.S.
government's terrorist watch list to a journalist closely associated with ex-NSA
contractor Edward Snowden, according to law enforcement and intelligence sources
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The FBI recently executed a search of the suspect's home, and federal prosecutors in
Northern Virginia have opened up a criminal investigation into the matter, the sources
said.
But the case has also generated concerns among some within the U.S. intelligence
community that top Justice Department officials stung by criticism that they have
been overzealous in pursuing leak cases may now be more reluctant to bring criminal
charges involving unauthorized disclosures to the news media, the sources said. One
source, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter, said
there was concern "there is no longer an appetite at Justice for these cases."
Marc Raimondi, a spokesman for the Justice Department, declined to comment on the
investigation into the watch-list leak, citing department rules involving pending cases.
As for the department's overall commitment to pursue leak cases, he added: "We're
certainly going to follow the evidence wherever it leads us and take appropriate action."
Another source familiar with the case said: "Investigators are continuing to pursue it,
but are not ready to charge yet."
The case in question involves an Aug. 5 story published by The Intercept, an
investigative website co-founded by Glenn Greenwald, the reporter who first published
sensitive NSA documents obtained from Snowden.
Headlined "Barack Obama's Secret Terrorist-Tracking System, by the Numbers," the
story cited a classified government document showing that nearly half the people on
the U.S. government's master terrorist screening database had "no recognized terrorist
affiliation."
The story, co-authored by Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Devereaux, was accompanied by a
document "obtained from a source in the intelligence community" providing details
about the watch-listing system that were dated as late as August 2013, months after
Snowden fled to Hong Kong and revealed himself as the leaker of thousands of top
secret documents from the NSA.
This prompted immediate speculation that there was a "second leaker" inside the U.S.
intelligence community providing material to Greenwald and his associates.
That point is highlighted in the last scene of the new documentary about Snowden
released this weekend, called "Citizenfour," directed by filmmaker Laura Poitras, a cofounder with Greenwald and Scahill of The Intercept.
Greenwald tells a visibly excited Snowden about a new source inside the U.S.
intelligence community who is leaking documents. Greenwald then scribbles notes to
Snowden about some of the details, including one briefly seen about the U.S. drone
program and another containing a reference to the number of Americans on the watch
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"The person is incredibly bold," Snowden says. Replies Greenwald: "It was motivated by
what you did."
In an interview on the radio show "Democracy Now," Scahill, who also briefly appears in
"Citizenfour," says the new source described in the film provided him with a document
that "outlines the rulebook for placing people on a variety of watch lists." The source is
"an extremely principled and brave whistleblower" who made his disclosures "at great
personal risk," Scahill says in the interview.
Contacted Monday, Scahill declined any comment about his source, but said neither he
nor The Intercept had been notified by federal officials about the investigation. He
added, however, that he is not surprised to learn of the probe: "The Obama
administration in my view is conducting a war against whistleblowers and ultimately
against independent journalism."
John Cook, editor of The Intercept, said the website's stories had revealed "crucial
information" about the excesses of the U.S. watch-listing system. "Any attempt to
criminalize the public release of those stories benefits only those who exercise virtually
limitless power in secret with no accountability," he told Yahoo News.
Sources familiar with the investigation say the disclosures prompted the National
Counterterrorism Center to file a "crimes report" with the Justice Department an
official notification that classified material has been compromised and a violation of
federal law may have taken place.
The documents in question disclose multiple details about how federal intelligence
agencies provide entries and track suspects on the Terrorist Identities Datamart
Environment, or TIDE a master database with over 1 million names that provides the
basis for watch-listing individuals and placing them on "no fly" lists when there are
sufficient links to terrorism.
One document is stamped as "Secret" and "NOFORN," meaning it cannot be shared with
foreign governments. These, however, are far less sensitive than some of the NSA
materials leaked by Snowden.
During Obama's first five years as president, the Justice Department and the U.S.
military brought seven criminal prosecutions for national security leaks more than
twice as many as all previous presidents put together.
But the Obama administration's aggressive anti-leak efforts triggered a firestorm of
criticism last year after disclosures that, in pursuing these cases, prosecutors had
secretly subpoenaed phone records from the Associated Press and filed a search
warrant identifying a Fox News reporter as a potential "co-conspirator" under the
Espionage Act for his efforts to coax information from a confidential source.
Since September of last year, when a former FBI agent pleaded guilty to disclosing
details about an al-Qaida bomb plot to the AP, the Justice Department has brought no
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stung by the criticism has also unveiled new "guidelines" that restrict how the Justice
Department would seek information from the news media in leak cases.
Holder, who recently announced his plans to step down, also appeared to signal that he
was eager to avoid further confrontations with the press when he was asked whether
he would seek to incarcerate New York Times reporter James Risen if he refused to
testify in an upcoming trial of a former CIA officer accused of leaking him information
about a covert effort to disrupt Iran's nuclear program. Risen has vowed he will never
testify about a confidential source.
"As long as I am attorney general, no reporter who is doing his job will go to jail," Holder
said at a meeting with news media representatives when asked about the Risen case.
But Steve Aftergood, who closely tracks government secrecy efforts, said, "It's an open
question at this point whether the administration will indict any other leakers or pursue
other prosecutions."
He noted that, despite Holder's comments, Justice Department prosecutors had yet to
formally inform a federal judge whether they will call Risen at the trial of the former CIA
officer a move that could result in a direct confrontation with the reporter if he is
asked to identify his source.
"These leaks are taken extremely seriously," he said. If prosecutors have sufficient
evidence against the suspected new leaker, "I don't think they will let it slide."
In any case, when handicapping the midterms, it is instructive to read the lib-sites, for they not only
provide balance that, itself can be dutifully assessed [e.g., when politicususa claimed mcconnell was
reeling after the-2-biggest-newspapers in kentucky-endorsed-alison-lundergan despite consistent
polling placing him comfortably in the lead], but they also contain other articles that can be assessed
simply by whether they constitute cheer-leading vs. convey useful data *as is achieved routinely
among Conservatives by the plethora of info on Drudge/Breitbart]. Consider the current [as of 6 a.m.]
pieces that are being highlighted on its front-page [deferring citation of obviously-biased editorials]:
Elizabeth Warren and Hillary Clinton To Storm Into Kentucky To Finish Off Mitch
McConnell No, they wont, noting the latest from RCP that not only shows every poll
favoring the incumbent, but that the most recent one revealed a 6% margin.
Chris Christies Fear Mongering Ebola Quarantine Of Nurse Blows Up In His Face No, it
didnt, because the initial impact of arguably reasonable gubernatorial action *filling the
vacuum created by BHO] yielded a consistent outcome, namely, deferring further
isolation constraints to her home-state after she tested negative and remained
asymptomatic; it should also be noted that the nurse is an employee for the Centers for
Disease Control and a registered Democrat with a history of left-wing advocacy and her
lawyer was a recent White House state dinner guest.
A Week Before Midterms, GOP Devastated By The Fact That The Affordable Care Acts
Working No, it isnt, and proof-positive thereof are BHOs ongoing efforts to shroud
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Bad News for Republicans As Americans Have Confidence in Government To Deal with
Ebola No, they dont, for Americans' Confidence in Government to Handle Ebola
Dropped.
Scott Walker Is Already Making Excuses For His Potential Defeat In Wisconsin No, he
isnt; rather, hes decrying insufficient support from the Christie-led RGA.
One wonders when RCP will begin to flip more toss-ups into lean-Republican [as just occurred regarding
LA: Landrieu (D), for the GOP leads in the most-recent polling in 7 of the remaining 9 [AK: Begich (D), AR:
Pryor (D), CO: Udall (D), GA: Open (R), IA: Open (D), , KY: McConnell (R), NH: Shaheen (D), and], is tied in
1 [NC: Hagan (D)] and is behind in 1 by 1% [KS: Roberts (R)]. Perhaps trends will become more
pronounced as people recoil from Dem-glitches [e.g., NH-Dem Gets Booed For Whining About The Koch
Brothers] and mature candidates promote fully-fleshed-out alternative-policies [Gillespie in Virginia is
pushing a fully formed replacement for ObamaDontCare+.
Fascinating is a probe by Nate Silver into The Swing States That Never Swung and Charlie
Cooks claim that the prospects remain very tough for Democrats to hold onto their
majority in the Senate, but there is a new scenario emergingalbeit still unlikelythat
is turning the majority math a bit on its head, because Kansas and Georgia may Change
the Equation on Senate-Majority Math. The latest from the NY-Times would yield a 5248 GOP-triumph and the WaPo still forecasts a 93% chance of a GOP-Majority; the LATimes observed Republicans hold an edge as the battle for Senate control moves into
the final week and New polls show Democrats slipping in several key Senate races
although many remain too close to call.
Consider the Gestalt that emerges when noting all of todays selected articles (related to the Senate) c/o
RCP, noting that one [#8] contains an ominous observation [Progressives and the Justice Department are
doing all they can to stop improvements in election integrity] documented in prior Blast e-mails:
Midterm Momentum Belongs to GOP - Balz & Craighill, Washington Post
What Will the Republican Senate Be Like? - Molly Ball, The Atlantic
In Gardner, a Look at the GOP's Happy Future - Byron York, Examiner
What Franken's Race Can Teach Other Dems - Ana Marie Cox, Daily Beast
A Common-Sense Stand Against Ebola, Obama - Ed Rogers, Wash Post
Governors Are Playing Politics on Ebola - Errol Louis, CNN
CDC, States Alter Ebola Quarantine Policies - Alexis Simendinger, RCP
Here Comes the 2014 Voter Fraud - Hans von Spakovsky, Wall Street Journal
A Catastrophe of Disenfranchisement - Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker
Desperate Democrats Turn to Racial Attacks - Ellen Carmichael, NRO
How Pro-Choicers Can Take Back High Ground - Katha Pollitt, The Nation
Shiny, Empty Uteruses - Mollie Hemingway, National Review
Minimum Wage Working as Issue for Dems - Timothy Noah, Politico
Avoiding the Global Slowdown Blues - Michael Boskin, Wall Street Journal
Fracking Has Changed the Energy Policy Debate - Adam O'Neal, RCP
GOP Giddiness Over Hillary's "Gaffe" Will Backfire - Brian Beutler, TNR
Higher Education and Inequality - Piereson & Riley, Washington Post

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Apparently, PELOSI'S FINAL PLEA will emerge today, but she will need to dig-deep [along with DWS]
when attempting to defend the latest from S.D.:
DEM ACCUSES OWN PARTY OF SABOTAGING CAMPAIGN!
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Rick Weiland accused his own political party of trying
to undermine his campaign in a striking news conference Monday.
Weiland said the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee's ads attacking
Republican incumbent Mike Rounds have backfired and hurt him.
"You put negative on a candidate and you put your disclosure at the bottom that says
'Paid for by the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee,' the Democratic candidate's
going to get blamed for that," Weiland said.
But Weiland went a step further and said this wasn't just an inadvertent side effect of
the negative ads. He said it was deliberate an attempt to sabotage him and boost
independent Larry Pressler.
"My national party that I'm a member of (was) trying to drive votes to Larry
Pressler and trying to drive up my negatives," Weiland said.
A spokesman for the DSCC declined to comment on Weiland's charges.
The DSCC announced earlier this month that they would spend $1 million in the South
Dakota Senate race but that the money would be spent primarily on attacking
Rounds. Experts speculated that the party would be content with either Weiland or
Pressler winning, as Pressler, though an independent, could be persuaded to caucus
with the Democrats.
National political analyst Larry Sabato was skeptical of Weiland's claims.
"Unless (Weiland) has evidence he didn't present, it's quite a stretch, if not a wild
charge," said Sabato, president of the University of Virginia's Center For Politics.
While it's true that the DSCC "would welcome a victory by either Pressler or Weiland,"
Sabato said, "I don't think that was the DSCC's intention to have the ads backfire on
(Weiland)."
At the time the DSCC entered the race, Pressler and Weiland were both within a few
points of Rounds. More recent polling, including from the Argus Leader and KELO-TV,
has shown Pressler's support plunging while Weiland remains on the fringe of
competitiveness.
Weiland and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid have a fraught relationship. Reid
wanted Stephanie Herseth Sandlin to run for Senate from South Dakota, and called
Weiland "not my candidate" after he got in the race anyway. DSCC insiders were quoted
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Senate race to be competitive comment Weiland said Monday were "intended to dry
up my fundraising."
Weiland has returned fire. In last week's debate, he announced he wouldn't vote for
Reid for majority leader if elected.
The DSCC refused to spend money on South Dakota for months despite Weiland's pleas.
He said he was initially excited when the committee announced it would spend money
on the race in early October, but later grew suspicious.
In a television interview last week, DSCC executive director Guy Cecil said the group
wasn't trying to help Pressler.
"We want Weiland to win," Cecil said. When asked if he'd be happy with Pressler, too,
Cecil doubled down: "We prefer Weiland."
Pressler, in contrast, served with Reid during his previous time in the Senate.
"I know that Sen. Pressler has a personal relationship with Sen. Reid," Weiland said.
Weiland called on the DSCC to "go positive or go home" with their advertising campaign.
Sabato was also skeptical of Weiland's broader claim: that his standing was hurt by a
voter backlash against negative ads from Pressler.
"This is done in all 50 states," he said. "People are so used to these sorts of negative ads
sponsored by the party that there usually isn't that much political effect. People will
absorb the political information, even as they say they hate negatives."
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Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 8:06 AM

Subject: Thoughts - XXXIV
[Tobacco, Blogging, Voter-ID, Cruz, Hillary, Pennsylvania, BHO, Midterms, Middle East, Islamism, Ebola]

https://www.scribd.com/doc/244866653/Thoughts-XXXIV-Tobacco-Blogging-Voter-ID-Cruz-HillaryPennsylvania-BHO-Midterms-Middle-East-Islamism-Ebola
After having covered the major, chronic, global public-health issue [tobacco-smoking], the midterms and
the Middle East are again explored, as a priority; it seems that Dems FEAR DEBILITATING LOSSES and
that my postulate that nations are gradually choosing-up sides has been independently conjured *see
Alliance Tracker]. It also seems the rationale for my addiction to SodaStream [cost-effective and
efficient] is being broadly recognized [Israeli companys stock pops as PepsiCo announces 10-week trial
with SodaStream] and that incessant blogging has destroyed the credibility of a political opponent [vide
infra]. Finally, it is instructive to listen to a prescient tape aired in 1965 by Paul Harvey [If I were the
Devil+ while witnessing BHOs activities as POTUS. ,Attachments deal with Klinghoffer and elaborate on
Rush; extensive recognition is provided regarding EMETs Amicus Brief that asks the Supreme Court to
Honor U.S. Law and Require the President to Recognize Jerusalem as Part of the State of Israel.}
On the state-level, McCafferys resignation constituted an effort to save his pension and
to avoid an ethics inquiry and, although a QUICK FIX is UNLIKELY IN BID TO FILL
MCCAFFERY'S SEAT, a BIPARTISAN DEAL is IN WORKS. Also, Corbett narrowed lead by
Wolf, but Wolf is still way ahead of Corbett; LG Cawley wryly noted that Stack 'will need
to hold down at least two jobs in order to pay for [Wolf] tax increases.' Finally, Penn
State trustees rejected bid to re-open Sandusky investigation [again illustrating the
degree to which this controversy has gripped JoePa fans].
I have been an anti-Tobacco activist for more than 1/3-century; Godshall and I have routinely bucked
the health-establishment, although it seems he remained a Dem while I migrated to the Rs c/w
Churchills claim *if you arent a lib when youre young, you have no heart; if you arent a conservative
when youre older, you have no mind+. In any case, this letter-to-the-editor [approved for publication
by years end by the Mayo Clinic Proceedings] provides another dimension to our efforts [noting that
this edited version has yet to be approved by Godshall and by the editor-in-chief, having been amended
slightly at his request]. {Incidentally, the on-line program designed for interaction with the publication is
multi-layered and fascinating, considerably more elaborate than that encountered when my gun-control
letter was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine a few months ago; in both instances, a palpablypolitical component to the scientific articles was exposed, with the goal being *quoting Anderson
Cooper+ to keep em honest.
E-Cigs are Efficacious
To the Editor:
Regarding the pair of smoking-cessation pieces, neither the article1 nor the
accompanying editorial2 addressed the utility of electronic cigarettes, thereby
invalidating all conclusions thereinexcept for emphasizing the generic importance of
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Specifically, the methodology employed in the article and the analysis thereof in the
editorial eschewed any citation of vapes, which have quickly justified having earned a
solid position in the anti-tobacco armamentarium; consider one conservatively-phrased
commentary,3 E-cigarettes, with or without nicotine, were modestly effective at
helping smokers to quit, with similar achievement of abstinence as with nicotine
patches, and few adverse events. Uncertainty exists about the place of e-cigarettes in
tobacco control, and more research is urgently needed to clearly establish their overall
benefits and harms at both individual and population levels.
Indubitably, use of e-cigs reduces the risk of serious illness caused by inhalation of
tobacco smoke; indeed, the only quasi-justifiable concern is whether they could serve as
gateways for adolescents and others to become smokers. Thus, a justifiable area of
study could be whetherjust as pharmacologic and counseling initiatives can yield
multiplicatively beneficial effectsthe combination of using e-cigs with other
approaches could yield outcomes superior to all other reported interventions.
A compilation of literally hundreds of articles detailing the rationale for e-cigs
serving to reduce tobacco-induced harm has been generated for years by my coauthor,
Mr. Bill Godshall, Executive Director of Smokefree Pennsylvania.4
Another component of this challenge is reflected in the fact that only 4.8 % of patients
received the most effective therapy in the Kotz study; noting the capacity of markets
to allow consumers to choose what is most desired (in England, regardless of whether
the government sponsors specialized clinics), analysis of further interventions could
easily conclude that patients could successfully kick the habit by choosing to follow a
self-motivated pursuit of e-cigs, a novel modality thatabsent governmental
interferencecould continue to burgeon in popularity.
Regardless of what intervention is chosen, Hays properly advocated that it be conducted
under the aegis of a support system (physician, physician-extender and/or clinic); this is
how plans can be effectively reformulated. For example, improper use often leads to
ineffectiveness of nicotine gum; when smokers keep chewing after the addiction-urge
has passed, they may experience nausea and/or headaches from nicotine-overdose (as
this neurotransmitter continues to be released from the resin). Similarly, the efficacy of
nicotine patches may be dose-related.
Some may perceive the E-cig omission merely as a benign procedural oversight; yet, Ecig advocates often encounter ill-advised, real-world political implications of such
unjustified glitches. For example, despite our well-documented and unrefuted
testimonies5, Philadelphia passed two ordinances that essentially equate using vapes
with tobacco smoking.
Consider the stridency of a conclusion drawn from another smoking-cessation study:6
Unsubstantiated overt and implied claims that alternative tobacco products *such as ecigarettes+ aid smoking cessation should be prohibited. Such crass attempts to
suppress colloquy are antithetical to the tenets of the scientific discourse;
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both of these Mayo piecesthat further, intelligent, efficacious research be

aggressively pursuedwherever it may lead.
Robert B. Sklaroff, M.D.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
William T. Godshall, MPH
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
References:
1.
Kotz D, Brown J, West R. Prospective cohort study of the effectiveness of
smoking cessation treatments used in the real world. Mayo Clin Proc. 2014;89:13601367.
2.
Hays JT. Helping smokers quit in the real world. Mayo Clin Proc.
2014;898:1328-1329.
3.
Bullen C. Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation: a randomised controlled
trial. The Lancet 2013;382:1629-1637.
4.
E-Cigarette Politics website. http://www.ecigarette-politics.com/bill-godshallthr-updates.html. Accessed October 17, 2014.
5.
Sklaroff R, Godshall W. Testimony to the Philadelphia City Council Public Health
and Human Services Committee Opposing Bills No 140095 & 140096 [March 13, 2014].
http://www.scribd.com/doc/212166693/ecigs?post_id=1448468906_10203439945106486#_=_
6.
Popova L, Ling P. Alternative Tobacco Product Use and Smoking Cessation: A
National Study. Am J Public Health 2013;103:923-930.
My Thank You Note to the editor channeled the zeal Godshall and I harbor regarding the priority of
allowing E-cigs to alleviate the epidemic of tobacco-related diseases:
Appended is a tentative revision, retaining everything you suggested, while clarifying
the somewhat "climactic" sentence; it is no longer compound-complex, for it has been
morphed into two sentences [with referenced elaboration]. {This refers to the last two
graphs.I will submit it properly via the indicated portals tomorrow [unless Bill wishes an
alteration thereof].
I'm sure that, on behalf of Bill, I can convey deep appreciation for your editorial
decision, for we passionately believe in maximizing risk-reduction initiatives [despite
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Bill has "lived" this issue, consistently and uniquely achieving yeoman-level
achievements since the 1980's; I was sensitized to this major concern while serving as a
fellow @ Sloan-Kettering in the late-70s *and publicly debating spokespeople from the
Tobacco Institute such as Connie Drath and William Dwyer].
We also were leaders of the "Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Pennsylvania+ during the
'80's and '90's, occasionally feeling compelled to counterpoint institutional approaches;
we have been independently arriving at congruent opinions during the past 1/3-century.
{It was not necessary in this letter to highlight disagreements, but there were a few;
generally, I fought-off attacks on his rectitude issued by people who seemed to be busy
protecting their grant-monies, during our quarterly meetings @ the Capital.}
Bill has adopted a high-powered academic "Public Health" approach, whereas I've
shared the psychic pain of unnecessary tobacco-related deaths in clinical practice
[including two aunts].
We fervently feel that e-cigs could yield a breakthrough in reversing this worldwide
affliction and, thus, we felt obligated to compose this letter-to-the-editor.
Know that Bill has been seeking harm reduction by attempting to forestall Draconian measures related
to E-cigs for years, and that the anti-tobacco establishment has promoted a narrative consistent to
that which was disseminated by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids a few months ago *New CDC
Study Finds More Non-Smoking Kids Are Using E-Cigarettes, Shows Need for FDA to Quickly Finalize and
Strengthen Regulations+ which claimed *absent scientific justification+ that a specter hangs over E-cigs
[e-cigarettes could be a gateway to nicotine addiction and use of regular cigarettes for some kids+
notwithstanding their intuitive capacity to stop people [regardless of age] from smoking cigarettes.
Thats why we found it disgusting *and illogical+ to exclude this cessation-modality from being studied
*inexplicably+ by the Brits, for identical political forces exist on both sides of the pond; basically, Bill
rubber-stamped the letter immediately after it was presented to him, a reaction born of his ongoing
educational efforts that have been manifest through his weekly condensation of the literature. [All
Tobacco Harm Reduction Updates since 2010 have been posted in the UK from here to here, and all
2013 and 2014 THR Updates have been consolidated; Bills selflessness has known no bounds.+
I have engaged in considerable blogging on a PoliticsPA webpage [BREAKING: Justice
Seamus McCaffery Resigns from PA Supreme Court] which, necessarily, has drawn from
back-and-forth that occurred on prior pages; in the process, a Dem-blogger has been
discredited, and it is advised that the thread be followed [ascending, to reflect the
chronology, from the bottom of the Comments section]. As he recognizes he will be
stalked by reference to his prior disingenuousness, it will be curious to note the
degree to which he imposes a bit of self-discipline; another blogger discredited his
classically-Dem attacks of racism by citing a video c/o Dennis Prager.
Lest we forget, amplified by overwhelmingly-corroborative info in yesterdays Daily Alert, evidence
mounts that Islamism continues to rage in Kurdistan [The Islamic State has released its seventh John
Cantlie propaganda video, this time shot in the open air in the besieged city of Koban, where he says
the battle is now all but over, and ISIS are mopping up resistance+, Iraq [ISIS Cashes in on Antiques
from Shrines Destroyed in Iraq and Syria], England [It's Labour's Failure to Stop 1400 Children Being
Abused that Is Despicable, Not UKIP's Poster, a phenomenon eerily similar to the experience of Pamela

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Geller], Egypt [Egypt Demands Expansion of Anti-Islamic State Campaign to Fight Jihadists in North Africa
and Egypt pins blame for Sinai terror wave on Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, moves to establish buffer
zone], the Arabian Peninsula [QATAR: WE ONLY FUND 'MODERATES,' NOT the Islamic State], Israel
[Palestinians Banned From West Bank Buses over Security Fears] and America [U.S. Judge Shields
Palestinian Terrorists from Scrutiny]. Overall, one must continually be vigilant against those who
incessantly trot-out moral equivalency while ignoring persistent Arab rejectionism [n.b., Tom Friedmans
ill-fated search for common-ground and Jeffrey Goldberg's 'Chickensh*t' Article Blaming Bibi for U.S.Israel Breakdown]. {Also, know that Czech Security Reported a Sharp Increase in Number of Russian
Spies.}
RJC Warned of Dangerous Escalation in Obama Administration Hostility Toward Israel
Washington, D.C. (October 28, 2014) -- The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) responded
to a spate of troubling expressions of hostility toward Israel coming from the Obama
administration in recent days. RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks said:
"Last week, the Obama administration went out of its way to 'humiliate' a top Israeli
official in retaliation for private remarks for which that official had publicly apologized.
Yesterday, the State Department accused the Netanyahu government of lacking a
commitment to peace because it had the temerity to authorize housing construction in
the capital of Israel. And today, top aides to the president attacked Israel's Prime
Minister in coarse, insulting language from behind the veil of anonymity.
"Americans expect their commander-in-chief to keep faith with critical allies in perilous
times. This administration is dangerously off-course and its apparent determination to
provoke a crisis in US-Israel relations is the latest disastrous evidence.
"We urge pro-Israel Americans to register their reservations about President Obama's
nave and petty foreign policy next week by supporting Republican candidates and
electing a Congress that will stand up to him."

Sources:
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.622632
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/US-says-Israeli-housing-actionincompatible-with-peace-379977
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/10/the-crisis-in-us-israel-relationsis-officially-here/382031/
Multiple articles are prophylactically bashing BHO, as the midterms approach [REJECTION ELECTION;
President fights last campaign in living rooms and hotel ballrooms; LIFE UNDER OBAMA SUCKS; 6YEAR ITCH BITCH; and Democrats Unload: 'Obama Has Stepped In It']; increasingly, the Dems themselves
have been impugned as a political party [NOW DEMS RUN FROM REID and Gallup Shows Democrats' Pet
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These megaforces are affecting individual races [Very Close to DOOM!! for Colorado
Dems; While Campaigning for Braley, Biden Admits Obama Economy Bad for Middle
Class; Pro-Lifers Turn Out in Kansas; Jeanne Shaheen Forgets Testimony That 'Gang of 8'
Bill Would Make Illegal Immigration Worse; Hagan Surrogate Calls Tillis 'Uncle Tom'; and
Mary Landrieu: 'Harry Reid Gets Beat Up More Than He Deserves'; and Fareed Zakaria
Panel Concedes GOP Winning by Fighting Amnesty rather than Courting Hispanic
Voters].
Amazingly, BHOs bases seem also to be rebelling [Poll: Hispanic Midterm Voters Favor GOP Senate
Takeover; SHOCK VIDEO: BLACKS TURN ON DEMS 'THEY ARE ABUSING US'; Chicago Activists
Unchained...'My life has been hurt by Democrats'...'It is because of you, Mr. President'...'Why should
they even go out to vote?']. The best defense the Dems can muster is to claim falsely that the GOP is
also significantly responsible for voters abhorrence of D.C. power. {Also, note that elitism has again
emerged @ The New York Times [recalling the Steinberg-classic cover-image from the New Yorker] as it
seems to Hate Being in America.}
The herd-factor also favors the GOP, noting that Voters Expect Republican Wins, in
Kansas and Elsewhere: Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas, an incumbent Republican,
appears to be in considerably stronger shape than many polls have suggested.
Although most polls show either a dead heat or a small lead for the independent
challenger, Greg Orman, vastly more Kansans (50 percent) expect a Roberts victory than
an Orman victory (25 percent), according to YouGov. The 2012 Republican primaries
offered a particularly stark example. A parade of candidates Rick Santorum, Newt
Gingrich, Herman Cain, Rick Perry led Mitt Romney at various points when pollsters
asked primary voters about their intentions. But those voters typically said that they
expected Mr. Romney to win the nomination, as he did.
For these reasons, Im not the only observer who fears Illegal Voters May Decide Fate of Senate; this is
why it was desirable to trot-out a sampling of the recent database favoring Voter-ID during a yesterdays
blogging-session with a Dem who was being denuded of credibility [vide supra] that others [such as John
Fund] have analyzed in far greater depth [850 NYC voters over 164-years-old; The number of voters
getting locked-out by ID laws is diminishingly small; Dem GOTV Group Caught on Camera Endorsing
Voter Fraud; COOKED COUNTY: REPUBLICAN VOTE MARKED DEM; NON-CITIZENS CAST DECIDING VOTES
FOR AL FRANKEN; and Philly election official details examples of voter fraud]. In fact, it was just revealed
that over 1400 registered voters on North Carolinas voting rolls are likely not citizens of the United
States, and 109 illegal immigrants who have been shielded from deportation and allowed to obtain work
permits and drivers licenses *through Obamas Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program+ are
included in the voting rolls; they are also ineligible to vote.
As a result, perhaps, an organization of which I hadnt previously heard, ACRU
(American Civil Rights Union), just issued a Report *The Truth About Voter ID+ that
found: No reform is more necessary for the integrity of the electoral process and
none has been subjected to more savage and disingenuous attacks -- than voter ID laws.
Of all these, the most outrageous charge is that voter ID is the same as Jim Crow -- the
racist system that was used to disenfranchise Southern blacks for generations after
Reconstruction. ,Also note that there is Voter Suppression Street Theater the Media
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Meanwhile, the talk among GOP leaders is the need for a spokesperson to counter the Dems *with a
consensus increasingly affording respect to Cruz, particularly among talkers [Rush, Dom Giordano and
Dick Morris, all on 1210-a.m.]; increasingly, the narrative from the Dems is shrill [Woman tells cops exboyfriend stole her 'Obama phone' during tussle], illogical [Los Angeles Health Director: Obamacare
Should Pay for Homeless Housing], discredited [Dem Rep: Fort Hood Proved Good Guys With Guns Don't
Stop Bad Guys With Guns], being supplanted by common-sense [GALLUP: REPUBLICAN PARENTS TAKE
SHARP TURN AGAINST COMMON CORE], and ultimately subject to cover-up [Police Won't Say If Alleged
Killers of 9-Year-Old Girl Are Illegal Aliens].
Perhaps engaged in one-upsmanship [after Hillary foolishly echoed her anti-business
postures in a fashion that she reportedly had to rescind despite a fawning-press],
Elizabeth Warren Blamed Republicans for Ebola. I watched Warren on The View
yesterday [while munching a sugar/starch-free lunch @ the Naz cafeteria, and noted
that even faux-Conservative Nicole Wallace fawned over her [behavior that would
assuredly not have been exhibited by Elisabeth Haselback+ as she conveyed her Power
to the People! messaging; it is indeed possible that shes more radical than BHO. ,In
other POTUS-16 news, Bob Dole Wants Mitt To Run In 2016; this wont happen, noting,
for example, Donald Trumps claim *uttered to Hannity, last night++ that he choked in 12
and doesnt deserve another shot during this crucial year.}
Regarding Ebola, while the world awakens to the need to act forthrightly [Australia Stops Processing
Visas from Ebola-Hit Countries and Australia becomes first developed nation to shut borders ], BHO
dawdles and issues confusing memes [CDC incompetence and dishonesty continue, Obama Tells
Americans Not To Be Afraid Of Ebola and Schedules Photo-Op With Returning Workers; Put Kaci Hickox
Back in a Tent; and Despite White House Views, Army General and Troops Quarantined]. Indeed, despite
the fact that a NYC Hospital is So Consumed With Ebola Care that it was Forced To Transfer ICU Patients
To another Hospital, it seems Obama plans to bring non-citizens to USA for Ebola treatment;
meanwhile, it has been estimated that 5000 health workers are needed in West Africa. All of this has
justifiably created a field-day for BHO-critics such as SARAH PALIN [OBAMA NOT PUTTING 'AMERICA
FIRST' DURING EBOLA CRISIS], who has also uttered strong words to her critics ['I'm gonna bug the crap
out them'...'Hopefully running for office in future']. Meanwhile, more waste has been divulged [Feds
Spend $42,676 to Find Out If Women Drink More During PMS]. Overall, while Rush Limbaugh claimed
Ron Klain Behind Political Attacks on Christie and Cuomo, the White House Insisted Ebola Czar Ron Klain
is 'Very Hard At Work.'

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Subject: Thoughts-XXXV [Tobacco, Kurdistan, Midterms]
https://www.scribd.com/doc/244909882/Thoughts-XXXV-Tobacco-Kurdistan-Midterms
Somewhat promptly following the Blast e-mail of earlier this-a.m. is another that spotlights Kurdistan
and political developments. Attachments relate to Iran, Islamism and Israel [including a piece that
details why BHO is dissing BB so aggressively+plus other issues related to the Middle East; the latest
summary of Rush is @ the end. FOXNEWS PLANS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH SEAL WHO KILLED BINLADEN, providing an 'Extensive, first-hand account of the mission.' Know that the FMR US AMB TO IRAQ
said OBAMA WAS 'WARNED BY EVERYBODY' about the Islamic State, but 'DID ALMOST NOTHING'; also,
there is increasing Evidence that the Government Hacked Sharyl Attkisson's Computer, noting that shes
coming to Philly, c/o 1210-a.m. radio.
,This is the revision of our Letter to the Editor claiming E-Cigs are Efficacious
{submitted to the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, following acceptance of an initial draft).}
To the Editor:
Regarding the pair of smoking-cessation pieces, neither the article1 nor the
accompanying editorial2 addressed the utility of electronic-cigarettes, thereby
invalidating all conclusions thereinexcept for emphasizing the generic importance of
translational research.
Specifically, the methodology employed in the article and the analysis thereof in the
editorial eschewed any citation of vapes, which have quickly justified having earned a
solid position in the anti-tobacco armamentarium; consider one conservatively-phrased
commentary,3 E-cigarettes, with or without nicotine, were modestly effective at
helping smokers to quit, with similar achievement of abstinence as with nicotine
patches, and few adverse events. Uncertainty exists about the place of e-cigarettes in
tobacco control, and more research is urgently needed to clearly establish their overall
benefits and harms at both individual and population levels.
Indubitably, use of E-cigs reduces the risk of serious illness caused by inhalation of
tobacco smoke, as documented in hundreds of articles compiled by William Godshall,
Executive Director of Smokefree Pennsylvania.4 Indeed, the only quasi-justifiablealbeit
unprovenconcern is whether they could become gateways for adolescents and others
to become smokers. Thus, a reasonable area of study would be whetherjust as
pharmacologic and counseling initiatives can yield multiplicatively beneficial effects
the combination of using E-cigs with other approaches could yield outcomes superior to
all other reported interventions.
Another component of this challenge is reflected in the fact that only 4.8 % of patients
received the most effective therapy in the Kotz study; noting the capacity of markets
to allow consumers to choose what is most desired (in England, regardless of whether
the government sponsors specialized clinics), analysis of further interventions could
easily conclude that patients could successfully kick the habit by choosing to follow a

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self-motivated pursuit of E-cigs, a novel modality thatabsent governmental

interferencecould continue to burgeon in popularity.
Regardless of what intervention is chosen, Hays properly advocated that it be conducted
under the aegis of a support system (physician, physician-extender and/or clinic); this is
how plans can be effectively reformulated. For example, improper use often leads to
ineffectiveness of nicotine gum; when smokers keep chewing after the addiction-urge
has passed, they may experience nausea and/or headaches from nicotine-overdose (as
this neurotransmitter continues to be released from the resin following mastication).
Similarly, the efficacy of nicotine patches may be dose-related.
Some may perceive the E-cig omission merely as a benign procedural oversight; yet, Ecig advocates often encounter ill-advised, real-world political implications of such
unjustified glitches. For example, despite our well-documented and unrefuted
testimonies5, Philadelphia passed two ordinances that essentially equated using vapes
with tobacco smoking.
Consider the stridency of a conclusion drawn from another smoking-cessation study:6
Unsubstantiated overt and implied claims that alternative tobacco products *such as ecigarettes] aid smoking cessation should be prohibited. Such crass attempts to
suppress colloquy are antithetical to the tenets of the scientific discourse;
condemnation thereof corroborates the recommendationshared with the authors of
both of these Mayo piecesthat further, intelligent, efficacious research be
aggressively pursuedwherever it may lead.
Robert B. Sklaroff, M.D.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
William T. Godshall, MPH
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
References:
1.
Kotz D, Brown J, West R. Prospective cohort study of the effectiveness of
smoking cessation treatments used in the real world. Mayo Clin Proc. 2014;89:13601367.
2.
Hays JT. Helping smokers quit in the real world. Mayo Clin Proc.
2014;898:1328-1329.
3.
Bullen C. Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation: a randomised controlled
trial. The Lancet 2013;382:1629-1637.
4.
E-Cigarette Politics website. http://www.ecigarette-politics.com/bill-godshallthr-updates.html. Accessed October 17, 2014.
5.
Sklaroff R, Godshall W. Testimony to the Philadelphia City Council Public Health
and Human Services Committee Opposing Bills No 140095 & 140096 [March 13, 2014].

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http://www.scribd.com/doc/212166693/ecigs?post_id=1448468906_10203439945106486#_=_
6.
Popova L, Ling P. Alternative Tobacco Product Use and Smoking Cessation: A
NationalStudy. Am J Public Health 2013;103:923-930.
Regarding Kurdistan, Kurds Began Weeklong Hunger Strike near White House, a week after it had been
potentially to be initiated; this delay was probably due to the need to have acquired a permit from the
National Park Service (as Id advised), rather from the local D.C. government. In any case, problems
persist (some conflicting) [Kurdish Fighters Dislodged the Islamic State from Syrias Koban; Turkey
Allowed 200 Iraqi Kurdish Fighters into Syrias Koban; Syrian Rebels Entered Kurdish Town from Turkey;
Syrian Kurd Leader fears Turkey and US Are Invading Under the Pretext of Fighting Terrorism; Iraqi
Kurds head to fight militants in Syria; and, despite arrival of reinforcements during the past 24-hours,
ISIS is Winning in the besieged Syrian town of Koban.
Turkey's Obstruction of Kobans Battle Against ISIS - Since Sept. 15, the people of the
Syrian town of Koban have been fightingoutnumbered and outgunnedagainst an
all-out assault by the army of the Islamic State. They are defending a democratic,
secular society of Kurds, Arabs, Muslims and Christians who all face an imminent
massacre. Kobans resistance has mobilized the entire society, and many of its
leaders are women; Kurds on the front lines are well aware of the Islamic State's
treatment of women. Turkey could easily have helped by allowing access for fighters
and supplies between different Syrian Kurdish areas. Turkish forces have allowed the
Islamic State's men and equipment to move back and forth across the border. But Syrian
Kurdish fighters cannot do the same.
Peshmerga and FSA Fighters Join Kurdish Forces in Koban
Iraqi Kurdish fighters have begun crossing the Turkish border to assist in the battle
against Islamic State militants in the Syrian town of Koban (Ayn al-Arab). More than 80
Peshmerga fighters have reached Koban, while the remaining 70 have traveled into
Turkey from Iraq driving in a heavy weapons convoy and are expected to reach Syria
later on Wednesday. Additionally, up to 200 fighters from the opposition Free Syrian
Army have arrived in Koban to help Kurdish forces defend the town. The U.S.-led
coalition has launched more than a hundred airstrikes targeting militants around
Koban, and the United States has provided weapons and ammunition to Kurdish
fighters. However, Kurdish officials said Islamic State militants have recovered from
losses and currently control about half of the town. Meanwhile, al-Nusra Front fighters
are expanding control in northern Syria. The al Qaeda linked group has reportedly seized
several villages in Idlib province from the moderate opposition Syria Revolutionaries'
Front. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Islamic State
fighters attacked the Shaar gas field in Homs province Tuesday killing at least 30
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Regarding the Election, worriment regarding voter-fraud is growing [AGAIN: Maryland Voting Machines
Changing Republican Votes -- To Dem!; Video: Machine Switches Votes from Republican to Democrat in
IL; 67 PERCENT OF TEXANS SUPPORT VOTER ID; and La Raza Circulated State-By-State Guide On Where
To Vote Without ID]. As a campaigner, Hillary continues to back-track [HILLARY BLAMED 'SHORTHAND'
FOR GAFFE THAT BUSINESSES DON'T CREATE JOBS; HILLARY EXPLAINED CLAIM BUSINESSES DONT
CREATE JOBS; and Media belatedly pounced on Hillarys jobs gaffe (and floated Jebs trial balloon)]. The
Dems in Texas are flagging [No One Is Buying Wendy Davis' Memoir; DAVIS CAMPAIGN RUNNING OUT
OF MONEY IN LAST WEEK OF RACE; DEMOCRAT STATE REP. MOCKS ABBOTT'S DISABILITY: HE 'JUST KIND
OF ROLLS AROUND'; and Jon Stewart Points out the Failure of Wendy Davis Campaign to Turn Texas
Blue]. The Media are becoming disloyal to BHOs agenda [Tension at White House Briefing -- Reporter
Angrily Insists: 'I Don't Like Being Discredited' and Backfire: One-Sided 'Meet the Press' Debate Makes
Case for 'Outside Money in Politics'].
Regarding the Midterms [Generally]:
Democrats path to holding their Senate majority has narrowed, with Republicans pulling ahead in
critical states and on the cusp of upsets in several others; even some within the party are starting to say
their midterm prognosis isnt good.
KRAUTHAMMER: IF GOP DOESN'T WIN SENATE, LOOK FOR ANOTHER COUNTRY
HARVARD SHOCK POLL: Millennial voters want GOP in charge, abandon Obama
COSMOPOLITAN TO SHUTTLE NC STATE STUDENTS TO POLLS ON BUS FULL OF 'SWAG AND MODELS'
Ingraham: Dems Dont Tolerate Dissent from Black Voters
SILICON VALLEY DONORS RALLY FOR DEMOCRATS
The War on Libertarians and Independents
Regarding the Midterms [Specifically]:
Laura Ingraham: GOP Establishment Abandoned NH's Scott Brown Because He's Fighting Amnesty
71% OF NH JOB GROWTH SINCE 2000 HAS GONE TO IMMIGRANTS
McCain: Jeanne Shaheen isnt a 'Serious member' of Armed Services Committee
Mark 'The Uterus' Udall Still Hasn't Learned His Lesson
Alaska incumbent Sen. Mark Begich avoids even saying 'Obama'
CHRIS MATTHEWS LIKENS MITCH MCCONNELL TO SADDAM HUSSEIN
Scott Walker Hung Out to Dry?
[SENATE ETHICS COMMITTEE 'MISPLACED' REID ETHICS COMPLAINT]
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PA Monitoring over 100 People Who Spent Time in Ebola-Stricken Countries - A Pennsylvania
Department of Health spokesperson said Tuesday that the state is monitoring over 100 people who
spent time in West African countries ravaged by Ebola
Poll: 80% Back Ebola Quarantines
Ebola nurse on defensive gets call from Obama
Maine Ebola Nurse Refusing to Self-Quarantine - Staunch Obama supporter Kaci Hickox is now refusing
to place herself under voluntary temporary quarantine to make sure she is free of the Ebola virus.
DALLAS ER NURSE: DUNCAN LIED ABOUT EBOLA EXPOSURE, EVEN AFTER BEING ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL
Regarding Illegals:
IMMIGRATION SERVICES UNION: AMNESTY WILL LURE TERRORISTS, DISEASE TO USA
Eric Holder, Jeh Johnson to Give Final Input on Executive Amnesty One Week after Midterms
Sen. John Cornyn Declares Support for DREAM Act
RYAN VOWS LAWSUIT, PURSE POWER AGAINST EXECUTIVE AMNESTY *trying misdirection+
AFL-CIO Immigration Center Bent on Recruiting Immigrants for Dems
WALL STREET JOURNAL FORGETS IMMIGRATION, SAYING 2014 IS A 'POLICY-FREE CAMPAIGN'
Regarding Education:
Maine Governor: 'I No Longer Support the Common Core' Standards
Penn course requires students 'waste time' online to earn college credit
Regarding Guns:
Former major league slugger Jose Canseco accidentally shoots his hand at his Las Vegas home

Heavy traffic was reported in Yellowstone National Park this morning!

(The bison had had just crossed a river;
their body heat caused the mist surrounding them
due to water turning to vapor in the cold air.)

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Subject: Thoughts - XXXVI [War College anti-Zionism, BHO's anti-BB, Midterms per Dems, Islamists]

https://www.scribd.com/doc/244986978/Thoughts-XXXVI-War-College-anti-Zionism-BHO-s-anti-BBMidterms-per-Dems-Islamists
This Blast e-mail encompasses both a mid-term update and a middle-east analysis; appended is a
somewhat-edited exploration of why it was Iran [and not Iraq] Who really gassed the Kurds in 1988; the
problem with this recitation is thatbeyond its use of anti-Israel rhetoricit is apparently part of the
curriculum used @ the War College in Carlisle. On the one hand, Saddam is gone and Iran remains a
major threat; on the other hand, it appears to portend the capacity of AIPAC [and other Zionist-groups]
to have an unjustifiably enhanced impact on American Foreign Policy.
The backlog of Blast e-mails composed since Memorial Day, 2013 has been compiled
in three sets: Anti-BHO e-mails [I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV]
remitted during the first half-year *focused on BHOs Scandal-Sheet and the effort to
defund ObamaDontCare (spotlighting Cruz)+, and Action-Items e-mails [I, II, III, IV, V,
VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV,
XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX and XXX] remitted since December [focused initially on Guzzardi
and morphed into focus on myriad other issues related to BHOs overall efforts
domestic and globalto destroy American Exceptionalism]. Also, the first and second
sets of Thoughts were uploaded and, as soon as the size of the currently-accumulating
file hits 2 megs, it will be uploaded, as well; anyone who is a glutton-for-punishment
may request a copy of any document [composed in Microsoft WORD]. {Graphics and
topical-levity have been invoked sparingly, with visuals that match topics covered.}
Regarding PA-Gov, Colbert Slammed Corbetts Photoshop Mishap and Addressed Pet-Eating Bill in an
absolutely hysterical presentation; polling, however, remains problematic [PA-Gov: Harper Poll: Wolf 50
Corbett 40 and PA-Gov: F&M Poll: Wolf 53 Corbett 40] although hope persists [F&M Poll: President
Obamas Approval Rating Stands at 32%] now that Corbett Ad [finally!] Calls Tom Wolf President
Obamas Biggest Fan. Meanwhile, I continued to stalk a deceitful blogger *21 thoughts on Reader
Poll: Who Will Win the Gubernatorial Race?]. {Amazingly, a GOOGLE COMPUTER IS TO PROGRAM
ITSELF.}
Ominously, Amnesty Activists Put Obama on Notice and Demanded 'Bold' Action.
BHO continues to be toxic [Democrats Walked Out on Another Obama Campaign Stump Speech,
behavior documented on Camera; MSNBC admitted Obama Dropped the Ball Again on Ebola; a
Documentary concluded Obama Warned by Everybody about Islamic State but Did Almost Nothing;
Foreign Policy Editor said Obamas Under-reacting Has Caused New Threats To Rise (this is usually a
lib-publication, but recent excerpts therefrom, used in prior summaries of the Middle East, have been
fine); and White Women Want Nothing To Do With Barack Obama]. And now we can add NASA to a long
list of incompetent, failed federal government agencies [How Bout A Little Less Muslim Outreach, And A
Little More Science, NASA?]; RUSSIA HAD TO LAUNCH A SUPPLY ROCKET AFTER ANTARES CRASHED IN
VIRGINIA after using an antiquated Russian rocket. {Also, note that the Kentucky GOP is sending a
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Barack Obama 'HOPE' poster becoming a similarly-decorated Alison Lundergan Grimes poster that says
'NOPE'; the shows images of the Obama "Hope" poster and the Grimes "Nope" poster it becomes.}
Regarding the elections, generically, the potential for voter-fraud and dirty-tricks
remains a profound concern [Voter ID Debate Is Really About 2000 Recount; Democrats
use race-baiting fliers to spur black vote; Chicago Dem Alderman Attempted to Buy
Votes; and Caught on Tape: GOP Election Signs Stolen in Delaware]. Amazingly, even
OBAMA'S LATINO SUPPORT is FADING.
Regarding the elections, specifically, Rs are doing well in Alaska *Ted Cruz To Alaska For
Dan Sullivan]; Colorado [Deranged NARAL Ad Warns Corey Gardner Will Cause Condom
Shortage In Colorado], Georgia [Poll Shows Perdue Surging in Georgia]; Iowa [Bruce
Braley Slammed on Missed VA Hearings; Iowa GOP: Bruce Braley and Hillary Clinton are
Anti-Entrepreneur], Louisiana [Landrieu Grilled Over Charter Flights and Wasting
Taxpayer Dollars], New Hampshire [Shaheen Teamed with Debate Moderator
Stephanopoulos on Bill Clinton Campaign; Jeanne Shaheen on Ties to Clinton's George
Stephanopoulos: 'No, No Comment'; and Ingraham Rips Shaheen for Open Borders
Joke]; North Carolina [Kay Hagan Wont Say She Regrets Falsely Telling People They
Could Keep Their Health Plans; Kay Hagan Cant Say Whether Obama Is Doing a Good
Job; McCain Slammed Hagan for Skipping Islamic State Hearing for Fundraiser; and
Hagan Still Cannot Say Whether Obama Has Done a Good Job.]
That a tsunami may be approaching is illustrated by the latest from Wisconsin; Scott
Walker Surged to 50-43% Lead Over Mary Burke, as Former Trek Employees said Mary
Burke was fired from family business for incompetence.
It is instructive to note what the libs are telling themselves, as gleaned from Slate; desperation rules.
They cast aspersions over what would occur after a senate-flip [GOP leaders say they
want to govern constructively, but their voters arent going to let them], even to the
point whereby basic-data [the House passes bills that Reid ignores] are ignored [House
Republicans have been incredibly unproductive; that wont change], and they claim the
ripple-effect will become uncontrollable [Octobers campaign attacks explain next years
political dysfunction].

They trot-out the customary claim of voter-suppression by conflating legitimate

concerns with Voter-Fraud [not discounted] and allegedly-racist efforts to purge the
rolls [c/o a study by Al Jazeera!] by using inflammatory lingo [The Most Brazen Attempt
at Voter Suppression Yet was manifest by Voter ID advocates, who insist that their
reasonable moves are intended to protect the integrity of the process and the sanctity
of the vote; the reality is that their policies have created confusion and chaos for
hundreds of thousands of voters].

They claim that its inappropriate to condemn premature release of criminals [The GOP
Cant Quit Willie Horton] despite the crime-wave that has been unleashed via that
policy [e.g., 4x-deported illegal killed two California cops].

They lament what is inevitable [Goodbye West Virginia - Republicans have been
chipping away at this Democratic stronghold. On Election Night, its collapse may be

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complete] while conveying what their readership should hope will occur [the
Democratic Party is placing big bets on Georgia and The Democratic Party desperately
needs Braley to pull off the comeback win].

They tout their allies [HARRY REID, OBAMA ALLIES PUMP $1.3M IN ADS TO SAVE
JEANNE SHAHEEN] and their colleagues [Landrieu's platform of seniority, Social Security,
and sandbags is about the strongest bulwark of any being erected by vulnerable
Democratic incumbents].

They admit Dem candidates are on the run *In ad after ad, debate after debate, theyre
being hammered for voting 97 percent with Barack Obama and supporting the
policies of this failed president+, and then claim to have found a boogeyman: China.

They initiate a spin designed to be developed after interim defeat, based upon denial;
they predict control of the Senate likely wont be decided on Election Day and they
claim Republican victories will prove the president is unpopular, but they wont give
Republicans a mandate to govern [without acknowledging that the Congress legislates
while the POTUS is the Executive who is supposed to govern].

Regarding POTUS-16, it is instructive to note how Containing has become the theme George Kennan of
a neo-isolationist effort to rewrite History by citing the flawed example of the late American diplomat.
After Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) received the Distinguished Service Award from the Center for the National
Interest, he articulated the basic principles of what he described as a conservative realism of strength
and action; in the process, he cited the admonition of diplomat George Kennan that the United States
must distinguish its vital interests from its peripheral ones in an effort to rationalize inaction. {This is
problematic, reinforcing the desire to support Cruz [and his muscular foreign policy].} On the Dem-side,
when the Commerce Secretary Fact-Checked Hillary, she was admonished for denying the obvious fact
that The Private Sector Creates Jobs; also, Hillary is Not That Popular In Iowa Or With Bruce Braley.
{Despite his open-borders policy, POLITICO HAS PUFFED-UP JERRY BROWN FOR 2016 RUN.}
Paul would probably ignore the fact that NATO Tracked Large-Scale Russia Air Activity in
Europe and the fact that Poland is in Defense Shift as Security Concerns Rise.
There is Much ado about 'Chickensh*t' At The White House, even as Obama is Not Interested in IDing
Which Admin Official Made Netanyahu Attacks; meanwhile, Boehner blasted diss of Netanyahu, saying
the comments threaten security concerns. Obama thinks its a foreign policy to place a narrative in the
media about Bibi being a chickensh*t. The posture represented by that form of sophomoric intrigue is
deeply irresponsible, morally vicious, and anti-Westphalian, and it has come out in Obamas policies
over and over and over again. The entire world, outside of Western academia and the editorial boards
of the left-wing media, already knows that Obama is not an honestly-intentioned Westphalian *the
concept that all nation-states have sovereignty over their territory, with no role for external agents in
domestic structures+ statesman. The implications of this event were experienced when an AP Reporter
Hammered Psaki Over U.S.-Israeli Dialogue on Iran; also know that an Anti-Israel Speaker Used a Racial
Slur to Describe Palestinians, as the Keynoter at Tufts Islamist confab dropped numerous n-bombs.
The concept of attacking the Islamic State by interrupting its funding has not yet borne
fruit [TREASURY EFFORTS TO SQUEEZE ISLAMIC STATE FUNDING WILL BE DIFFICULT],
while the reverse is occurring [Al Qaeda Targets Oil Tankers and Sea Lanes to wage

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economic jihad against U.S.]; after a Clinton-appointed U.S. Judge Shielded Palestinian
Terrorists from Scrutiny, keeping key docs on terrorist salaries under seal; Sharyl
Attkisson explained Why We Reporters Are Taking Legal Action To Obtain Secret
Documents in Terrorism Case.
Meanwhile, the Islamists are flourishing; after a Successful US Airdrop For Refugees Fleeing Islamic State
Terrorists was provided, the Pentagon admitted U.S. Strikes Have Failed to Stall Islamic State Gains;
amazingly, an Israeli Aid Agency Delivered Emergency Relief to ISIS refugee Iraqi Kurds. Such difficulty
may be explained by what has been noted on-the-ground [ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS SEEN USING
ADVANCED PORTABLE ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILES] as well as what has been noted behind-the-scenes [IPT
Exclusive: Qatar's Insidious Influence on the Brookings Institution (Part I) and IPT Exclusive: Terror
Enablers Join Global Elite at Brookings Forums (Part II)]. Germany Warned Security Situation 'Critical'
Due to Radical Islam, Afghan Forces Prepared to Fight Alone as Foreign Troops Leave, and the U.S.
Boosted Security at Government Buildings, Citing Calls by Terrorist Groups. {Also note that a Bangladesh
Islamist Party Chief was Sentenced to Death for atrocities and multiple killings during the nation's
independence war against Pakistan in 1971.}

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Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 7:51 PM

Subject: Thoughts-XXXVII [BHO, BB, Iran]

https://www.scribd.com/doc/245049805/Thoughts-XXXVII-BHO-BB-Iran
Iraqi Kurdish forces entered Syria to fight Islamic State, but an insufficient number was dispatched; FNC
just reported that the recidivism-rate of Git-Mo prisoners is 100+ and Sherkoh reported that [he was just
told by overseas-telephone that] groups of solders in the Free Syrian Army have flipped to the Islamic
State. These again illustrate why BHO is not only erring by not helping the Kurds, but he is also
mistakenly depending upon the FSA [led by a general who is anti-Kurd and anti-Israel]. Thus, it is not
surprising that significant dissention among those who are closest to BHO has erupted [particularly
noting antagonism with Susan Rice]. Evidence is overwhelming of strife [Hagel blasted White House
Syria strategy in memo to Susan Rice; Obama Could Replace Aides Bruised by a Cascade of Crises; and
Multiple Crises Test Obama Team's Ability to Cope]. [I suppose this is the late-October surprise?]
*
HIS ONE 'DO OVER': Holder regrets subpoena to Fox News reporter
CDC admits droplets from a sneeze could spread Ebola
Ad hits Orman 'House of Cards' style
*
Excerpts from the just-acquired Blast e-mail from the RJC capture one of the crises affecting BHO.

OBAMA'S HOSTILITY TOWARD ISRAEL ESCALATES

The hostility of Pres. Barack Obama and his staff toward Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu appears to be escalating dangerously. RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks said:
"Last week, the Obama administration went out of its way to 'humiliate' a top Israeli
official in retaliation for private remarks for which that official had publicly apologized.
Yesterday, the State Department accused the Netanyahu government of lacking a
commitment to peace because it had the temerity to authorize housing construction in
the capital of Israel. And today, top aides to the president attacked Israel's Prime
Minister in coarse, insulting language from behind the veil of anonymity.
[That last example is how we learned that a senior White House official called the Israeli
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"Americans expect their commander-in-chief to keep faith with critical allies in perilous
times. This administration is dangerously off-course and its apparent determination to
provoke a crisis in US-Israel relations is the latest disastrous evidence.
The response from the pro-Israel community was swift. The Republican National Committee, House
Speaker John Boehner (OH), Gov. Rick Perry (TX), Senators John McCain (AZ) and Lindsey
Graham (SC), Senator Ted Cruz (TX), Senator Mark Kirk (IL), Rep. Tom Cotton (AR) , and Rep. Doug
Lamborn (CO) condemned the White House insults to our ally Israel and its leaders. Even the National
Jewish Democratic Council felt compelled to rebuke the White House for it "profane and inappropriate"
language.
White House press secretary Josh Earnest said that the comments against Israel and Netanyahu do not
reflect the administration's views. According to reports, Earnest also said he was unaware of which
senior official made the comment and added that he did not "know of any effort" underway at the
White House to determine the source of the remarks.
Ari Fleischer, who served as White House press secretary for Pres. George W. Bush, tweeted, "As ex WH
staffer, I can safely say staff wouldn't publicly call someone 'chickensh*t' if POTUS hadn't privately said
something similar 1st."
REAL TAKE-AWAY FROM THE "WHITE HOUSE INSULTS ISRAEL" STORY CONCERNS IRAN
Michael Rubin raises an important point in the story of White House staffers insulting Prime Minister
Netanyahu. He notes that an anonymous senior official is quoted as saying of Netanyahu:
...He's also a "coward" on the issue of Iran's nuclear threat. The official said the Obama
administration no longer believes that Netanyahu would launch a preemptive strike on
Iran's nuclear facilities in order to keep the regime in Tehran from building an atomic
arsenal. "It's too late for him to do anything. Two, three years ago, this was a possibility.
But ultimately he couldn't bring himself to pull the trigger.
Rubin responds:
Here's the rub: back in 2010 and 2011, Netanyahu did not launch a pre-emptive attack
on Iran's nuclear infrastructure and weapons laboratories in large part because the
Obama administration had asked him repeatedly not to do so. So, first Obama makes a
request of Netanyahu. Netanyahu acquiesces against his better judgment because
Obama and his emissaries swear that the United States will never let Iran get nuclear
weapons. Then, Obama seeks to strike a deal that effective reneges on that promise and
has the audacity to have his senior aides ridicule Netanyahu for being a good ally and
listening to Obama in the first place.
In addition, the quote from the unnamed official implies that it's too late for a military strike to stop the
Iranian nuclear program. If that is so, it makes other news this week all the more ominous.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. and Iran are currently in a state of "detente," according to
senior U.S. and Arab officials:

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...[R]ecent months have ushered in a change as the two countries have grown into
alignment on a spectrum of causes, chief among them promoting peaceful political
transitions in Baghdad and Kabul and pursuing military operations against Islamic State
fighters in Iraq and Syria, according to these officials.
The Obama administration also has markedly softened its confrontational stance toward
Iran's most important nonstate allies, the Palestinian militant group Hamas and the
Lebanese militant and political organization, Hezbollah. American diplomats, including
Secretary of State John Kerry , negotiated with Hamas leaders through Turkish and
Qatari intermediaries during cease-fire talks in July that were aimed at ending the
Palestinian group's rocket attacks on Israel, according to senior U.S. officials.
The Intermountain Jewish News cuts to the chase on Iran in its editorial last week:
It seems clear what the outcome of the current negotiations with Iran will be: To allow
Iran to retain a threshold nuclear capacity. The US is not insisting that Iran close down
its nuclear program. The US is not even favoring a bill in Congress to stiffen sanctions
against Iran should these negotiations fail. They will fail, or will be further prolonged,
which is the same thing, since Iran has ceded not a single point in these
negotiations. Iran still insists on its right to a nuclear program sufficient to produce a
nuclear bomb, and to deliver it. Basically, the US has not rejected the Iranian
recalcitrance.
The only hope to stop Iran is the US Congress.
...As you decide who to vote for on the national level this year, we urge you to evaluate
the candidates, above all else, on the Iran question.

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Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 5:21 PM

Subject: Thoughts - XXXVIII
[Midterms, Birth Control Pills, Citizen Four, Bad Jews, Watergate, Ebola, Education, Culture-Wars,
Amnesty, Kurds, Islamism, Iran, Israel, Putin]

https://www.scribd.com/doc/245418929/Thoughts-XXXVIII-Midterms-Birth-Control-Pills-Citizen-FourBad-Jews-Watergate-Ebola-Education-Culture-Wars-Amnesty-Kurds-Islamism-Iran
The Iggles won because I wore Jason Peters *#71+ jersey; SANCHEZ HELPED EAGLES TOP TEXANS 31-21,
having Made debut after Foles hurt [fractured clavicle]. 76ers unveiled a state of the art projection
system, an intervention that Former HC Larry Brown feels wont help. {Dick Morris said he Left Clinton
When Hillary Hired Secret Police to Go After Bill's Women Victims, to smear them.} Attachments are
comprised of a typically-fascinating Jonah Goldberg essay and excerpts from Rush.
Saw Citizen Four last weekend; I dozed a bit, and my son felt it was worth perhaps 15minutes of attention, with the rest constituting Greenwalds preening. Nevertheless, it
was desirable to have seen the flick [Ritz-East - $10], for the Snowden-disclosure was
historic. Illustrative of my issues with Greenwald is his claim that US, Israel, Saudi
Arabia 'Bring Enormous Amounts of Violence to the World'; counterpointing this inanity
is the fact that Ted Cruz Blasted Obama for Hostility toward Israel. {Also, Cruz is pushing
for confrontational GOP-majority and Ted Cruz said Congress Shouldn't Have Lame-Duck
Session if Voters Throw Out Senate Dems and Ted Cruz said a GOP-Led Congress Must
Stop Executive Amnesty, Support US Workers.}
*Also saw Bad Jews last weekend, and it was notable for eschewing
stereotypes; it sparked debate among four people with disparate Jewish
experiences, and its @ The Walnut St. Theater (3rd Floor).]
After the [latter] show, I was pummeled regarding my support for public funding of
abortion [a legit medical procedure] but opposition to public-funding of the pill; after
considerable back-and-forth [inter alia, with my son], the consensus view was to
support funding the latter because there has not been implantation and, thus, its not
technically an abortion [making the uterine lining inhospitable would grease-skids and
allow natural emission to occur, but it wouldnt interrupt a pregnancy+. This view is
supported by the fact that progesterone-mediated uterine changes allow for embryo
implantation and initiation of pregnancy and, thus, that pregnancy (whether
intrauterine or ectopic) hasnt yet been initiated after fertilization. ,New York court
allowed uncle and niece to marry; comparable to gay-marriage, I dont oppose this.-

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The Endowment For Middle East Truth

Invites you to a Phone Seminar:
Turkey and its Dubious Performance as an "Ally"
Thursday, November 6th, 2014
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Eastern Time)
Call-In Number: (712) 432-0075
Participant Code: 397784*

NO RSVP Required
Featuring:

Dr. Jonathan Schanzer

Turkey is a supposed "ally" of the United States and NATO, yet many officials in
Washington are doubting the loyalty of Ankara, which failed to join the U.S.-led air
bombing campaign against the Islamic State. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
labeled the U.S. allied Kurds in Syria fighting the Islamic State as terrorists. One U.S.
official reportedly said Turkey is secretly offering support to ISIS, and that many in
Washington believe Turkey is partnering with Qatar to support Islamist groups in Libya.
Moreover, Turkey has allowed weapons to be transported into Syria through its
borders, as well as ISIS fighters to move freely between the two countries. There are
ISIS cells operating throughout Turkey, and Ankara has turned a blind eye to ISIS selling
smuggled oil. Turkey also has a track record of supporting Islamists, serving as a safe
haven for senior Hamas officials and Muslim Brotherhood members.
In light of the above, can Turkey be relied upon at all in the fight against ISIS? And is it
time for the West to end its alliance with Turkey? Please join us to hear answers to
these questions and more with expert Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, the Vice President of
Research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD).
Dr. Jonathan Schanzer joined FDD in February 2010, bringing solid scholarship and
public policy credentials to his job of overseeing FDD's research. He worked as a
terrorism finance analyst at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he played an
integral role in the designation of numerous terrorist financiers. A former research
fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Dr. Schanzer has studied Middle
East history in four countries. He earned his Ph.D. from Kings College London, where he
wrote his dissertation on the U.S. Congress and its efforts to combat terrorism in the
20th century. Dr. Schanzers books have made unique contributions to the field. He

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most recently published State of Failure: Yasser Arafat, Mahmoud Abbas, and the
Unmaking of the Palestinian State (Palgrave Macmillan), which argues the main
roadblock to Palestinian statehood is not necessarily Israel's intransigence, but the
Palestinian Authority's political dysfunction and mismanagement.
Dr. Schanzer has testified before Congress and publishes widely in the American and
international media. He has appeared on American television channels such as Fox
News and CNN, and Arabic language television channels such as al-Arabiyya and alJazeera. Dr. Schanzer has traveled widely throughout the Middle East, including Iraq,
Yemen, Egypt, Morocco, Kuwait, Qatar, Turkey, Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian
territories. He speaks Arabic and Hebrew.
Pick a card, any card. In this instance, Pick an article, any article and it will portend a flip in
tomorrows Midterms; the selections are grouped for convenience:
OBAMA'S APPROVAL RATING BELOW 40 PERCENT IN 10 STATES
BEN STEIN: 'THIS PRESIDENT IS THE MOST RACIST PRESIDENT THERE
HAS EVER BEEN IN AMERICA'
On Eve of Election, Obama Rallied Base with Jew Hatred
The Love Affair Ends with BHO
Nate Cohn Thinks the Democrats can Win by Losing
The Real Threat: The JV Team in the White House
'What Foreign Policy?:' Royce on Obama Abroad & Elections at Home
Shock Poll: 47 Percent of Democrats Say Obama Is the Problem
Number of Americans Believing Obama Understands Them Hit Record
Low
PIRRO: OBAMA KUMBAYA FOREIGN POLICY COLLAPSING
National Insecurity
War without Strategy - Forty-three percent of voters ranked the
economy as the top issue in the 2014 midterm election, versus 15% who
cited foreign policy; yet, 62% said they were very concerned about
terrorism, the largest percentage polled since 2007, before the war
turned around in Iraq.
Voters are deeply frustrated with the economy - While the
unemployment rate is dropping, the economy is expanding and gas
prices are below $3 per gallon, polls show that most voters feel the
recovery has passed them by.
Most ads on ObamaCare
Michael Jordan: Obama 'Hack, 'Sh*tty Golfer'
Obamacare as Unpopular as Ever
Clintons Reclaimed Democrat Party Leadership
Obama Demands Cheaper, Better Day Care
20 Examples of the Violent Legacy of Fast and Furious [c/o Sharyl Attkisson]
DOJ OPENED CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO NAVY SEAL WHO WROTE BOOK
ON BIN LADEN RAID [This compares with incurious reaction to leak of
attack on BB, last week.]
8 Desperation Moves from Democrats That Show They'll Be Crushed on Tuesday

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Voters Favor GOP by Narrow Margin

Senate Update: Polls Point Increasingly To Republican Senate Win
Senate Update: Republicans Lead Where They Need To, But Uncertainty
Abounds
Senate Update: With 4 Days Left, Heres The State Of The Races
One Million Senate Ads -- And Counting
McLaughlin Group Predicts GOP Gains 7 Senate Seats
N Y. Times 1-col. lead, "BOTH PARTIES SEE CAMPAIGN TILTING TO
REPUBLICANS
HuffPo Predicts GOP Senate
Democrat Donors Preparing for Disaster
REID TRIES 'BEGGING'
WASH POST: 96% CHANCE
CNN 95%
NYT: 70% REPUBLICANS TAKE
Nate Silver [537]: 74% that could become a GOP-Wave.
RNC Political Director: How Our New Ground Game Works
Republicans Besting Democrats With Effective GOTV Technology
WIRE: Fired-up Republicans have edge in turnout war
Key-Demographics arent routinely-Dem
SNL SUGGESTS BLACK VOTERS WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT OBAMA
POLL: 78% Say Politicians Play 'Race Card' Just to Get Reelected
Spike Lee: 'People Who Forget They're Black' Are in 'Trouble'
Desperate Dems: Flyer in AL warns of 'klansman' rule if GOP wins
WI flyer: Vote for Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown
NYT: DEMS HAVEN'T WON MAJORITY OF WHITE WOMEN SINCE 1992
NYT PAGE ONE: Dems second-guessing strategy of focusing on women's
issues over economy
How Celebrities Manipulate Uninformed Youths Into Voting Democrat
Young voters cooling on Democrats -- Up for grabs: The widespread
dissatisfaction with politics among older voters is also being felt by
millennials
Voter Fraud Deniers Resurface Just in Time for the Midterm Elections
NM State University Prez Encourages Students To 'Vote As Often As
Possible'
NC poll workers offered ballots to impostor -- TWENTY TIMES! VIDEO: O'Keefe
strikes again
Other considerations
Covered California Website Outage Hides Huge Premium Increases [delay]
A bunch of the celebrities in that Rock the Vote ad didnt, in fact, vote.
Daily Show Co-Founder: 'Redistricting' Hurting Wendy Davis
Latest Attack Ad from Davis Claims Abbott Doesn't Want Blacks to Vote
Godwins Law [invoking Nazism] applies to the struggling Dem campaign of
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In the classic 1950 Japanese film, Rashomon, Akira Kurosawa tells the story of a
crime as seen through the eyes of participants and witnesses, presenting the
viewer with a very different interpretation of events. We are seeing much the
same in descriptions of what the 2014 elections mean. These descriptions are all
predicated on the assumption that the GOP will retain a majority in the House
and achieve a majority in the Senate.
State-by-State
NBC News/Marist polls show Republicans leading in Georgia, Kentucky and
Louisiana
Democrats Counting on Bill Clinton to Bring Out Base in Southern States
REPUBLICANS TAKE BIG LEAD IN CO EARLY VOTE
Push for Early Voting by Mail System Backfires on Democrats in
Colorado - As of Sunday, Democrats lead in early voting as reported in
North Carolina, Iowa, and Georgia. Only in Colorado do Republicans
lead, and there the Republican margin over Democrats is 106,000 of the
1.1 million votes that have been cast so far.
Senator Udall Jeopardizing Campaign By Appearing to Manipulate
Women
Perdue: Secure Border, Reduce Immigration
Nunn Struggles To Motivate White Voters
GA Dem Michelle Nunn Hasn't Led In 7 of 7 Latest Polls
Georgia Democrats Prepping to Fight over 50,000 Claimed Voter
Registrations
JONI TAKES 7 POINT LEAD
'STUPID': BLOOMBERG VIEW LAUGHS AT BUZZFEED HIT ON JONI ERNST
Harry Reid: If Ernst Wins Iowa Senate, Republicans Will Take Majority
Dems fear Iowa slipping away
HARKIN ON ERNST'S LATE IOWA RALLY: BECAUSE 'SHE IS REALLY
ATTRACTIVE'
40-sec. video
Fossilized Democrat Tom Harkin patronizes Joni Ernst
ERNST: 'VERY OFFENDED' BY HARKIN'S REMARKS
After Bob Dole Accepts Greg Orman's Apology For Clown-Car Comment,
Orman Denies He Apologized
Braley Says Polls are Wrong: 'Feels it in His Gut'
Pro-Life Voters Could Win Kansas for Pat Roberts
Independent Orman Has Hired Democratic Operatives
McConnell: We'll Use Purse Power to 'Restrain' Executive Amnesty
KY race turns personal over campaign mailers
Chris Matthews Likens Mitch McConnell to Saddam Hussein

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Landrieu Doubles Down on Racism Charge...Then Accuses Voters of

Sexism!
Landrieu Jumped on the Race Wagon
Jindal Demands Apology from Louisianas Landrieu
Judicial Watch Watching the Polls in New Hampshire
Brown's Final Pitch: Voting For Shaheen Means Voting For Obama's
Executive Amnesty
NH Street Art: 'Quarantine Shaheen'
Immigration Leaders: NH Fertile for Illegal Alien Gangs, Crime if Jeanne
Shaheen Re-Elected
NH GOP HAMMERS SHAHEEN FOR IMPORTING WORKERS TO TAKE JOBS
AT LOWER WAGES
Shaheen: 'Right-Wing' Group Behind Study Showing Majority of NH Jobs
Went to Immigrants
Scott Brown: Veterans 'Resent' Jeanne Shaheen for Calling American
Troops 'Occupiers'
HUFFINGTON POST BACKS DOWN, APOLOGIZES FOR FALSE ATTACK ON
SCOTT BROWN
POLICE: SHAHEEN CAMPAIGN ALLY UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR
ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING BROWN VOLUNTEER
HILLARY MAKES FIRST APPEARANCE IN NH SINCE 2008 HUMILIATION
Debate moderator apologizes for accusing Scott Brown of botching NH
geography
Charlotte Observer Abruptly Memory-Holes Story On Hagan's Stimulus
Scandal
NC GOP Accuses Hagan Supporters of Pro-Sean Haugh 'Dirty Tricks'
Dems Pin NC Hopes on Black Vote
White House meddles in South Dakota senate campaign
GREAT VIDEOS - Most awkward moments of 2014; Worst campaigns of 2014 [Eric
Cantor, Wendy Davis, Sean Eldridge]; and Playback: Best of 2014 [late-night jokes about
the midterm elections].
An extremely lucid analysis of Pa-Politics pre-voting should be committed to memory, for it names
names and hyperlinks references; my blogging on a PoliticsPa website [The State House Races to Watch
on Election Night] demonstrated that a routine-Dem blogger couldnt substantiate his bombast. [PHILLY
DEMS WANTED $340G IN 'STREET MONEY' - WOLF SAID NO.] Watergate freaks are invited to listen to a
brief discussion regarding the-weekend-watergate-unraveled between bob-woodward-and-john-dean.
Also know that, notwithstanding BHOs passivity, Tahmooressi was Released from a Mexican Jail.
Regarding Ebola, it has been suggested that Obama's Border Policy Fueled Epidemic;
Canada Banned Visas for All Travelers from West Africa while a VA FACILITY PREPARES
TO TAKE EBOLA PATIENTS. Levity has emerged; SNL PARODIED EBOLA QUARANTINE
CONTROVERSY and a Dem Rep Compared Quarantines to Teri Schiavo. {Also, Jake
Tapper said Obama Thinks He Has the Only Logical Position on Ebola.}

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Illustrative of how politically correct education is pervasive on both sides of the pond, note that
Faith Schools Could Face Closure if They Don't Promote Gay Rights and Parents Pulled Son from Class
Because School Is Teaching Islam, after which Marine Dad Barred from School over Protest of Islam
Curriculum; also, someone Is Using Personal Data From School Surveys About Student Behavior,
Attitudes, and Beliefs and CALIFORNIA GRASSROOTS GROUPS 'UNVEILED' COMMON CORE'S
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. {Know that a Pro-Common Core Math Instructor said Kids Are 'Clean Slate'
and that Parents Must Be 'Retrained.'}
Regarding the Culture-Wars, although TAYLOR SWIFT FINDS LENA DUNHAM 'SO
EMPOWERING,' over the weekend, Lena Dunham Threatened To Sue Truth Revolt
After Book-Quote Controversy and then Canceled Book Tour Dates; she depicting having
sexually molested her younger sister in her book. {Also, know that AFTER 14 MONTHS
AL JAZEERA AMERICA RATINGS REMAIN A STATISTICAL ZERO [confirmed yesterday
following scrutiny after having set-up new (Vizio) TV], that MSNBC's Donny Deutsch
Scammed a Realtor, and that a POLL reported SUPPORT FOR REPEALOF GUN CONTROL
LAWS IS RISING.} Finally, celebrating Halloween, a Man in Fox News Costume was
Beaten in California.
PREZ PREPS AMNESTY PLAN
Pat Caddell: 'Higher Orders' from 'Other Masters' Preventing GOP Establishment from
Running Against Amnesty [I heard him rail against the GOP-Establishment yesterdayp.m. on FNC, along with Doug Schoen and John LeBoutillier.]
Romney Promised Amnesty from Republican Senate
SARAH PALIN: ROMNEY IN 'NEVER NEVER LAND' ON AMNESTY
Wall Street Journal Forgets Immigration, Saying 2014 Is a 'Policy-Free Campaign'
Mother of man killed by illegal: Obama 'ignoring us completely'
94% of Border Crossers Skip Court Hearings
PELOSI-GUTIERREZ Pen Op-ed in Spanish
Obamacare dollars being used to promote on UNIVISION?
Zuckerberg for massive push
SESSIONS: 'World Has Turned Upside Down'
LA School Officials Defend 'English Only' Policy After Backlash
{Germany warns 'no going back' if Britain curbs EU immigration & MERKEL SEES UK EXIT}
The assistance from BHO aint workin for the Kurds and others in Iraq/Syria:
Iraqi Kurdish forces enter Syria to fight Islamic State
For Israel, renewed Kurdish autonomy has reinvigorated ties that go back to the BenGurion era but were cut off in the 1970s
Kurds' Battle for Kobani Unites a People Divided by Borders
MYSTERY: WHERE IS ANTI-ISIS HEROINE WARRIOR? - The legend of Rehana continues.
Rehana, the Kurdish fighter who some claim has killed 100 Islamic State (IS) militants, is
reportedly still alive and well in southern Turkey, according to some reports.
PEOPLE GREET PESHMERGA IN KOBANE WITH OPEN ARMS
A Desperate Race Against Time: Yezidi-American Women Strive For A Global Rescue of
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Middle East Meltdown - In a region now crowded with failed states, a murderous terrorist group
has gained a foothold, changing the power dynamics; America must act.
Retired Marine General John Allen Is Not Getting Good Reviews coordinating the Obama
administrations response to the Islamic State
UN Report: Foreign Jihadis Flocking to Iraq and Syria on 'Unprecedented Scale'; over
1,000 per month [with about 15,000 there already] are arriving from over 80 countries
around the world, and they're joining the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (IS or ISIS or ISIL)
and the al-Qaeda linked Jabhat al-Nusra (al-Nusra Front), as well as other al-Qaeda
linked terrorist groups.
US-Led Airstrikes Not Slowing ISIS Recruitment
Former Gitmo Detainees Suspected of Joining ISIS, Al-Qaeda-Linked Jihadists in Syria
1,000 Yazidi Families Still Under Siege By ISIS On Mount Sinjar
ISIS Soldiers Laugh, Joke About Buying Female Yazidi Slaves
us-proxies Harakat Hazm and the Syrian Revolutionary Front just surrendered to Al
Qaeda in Syria.
Nearly 2000 dead in Syria jails this year
Fearing Uprising, Iraq Militants Hunt ex-Police - The Islamic State is killing dozens of
former policemen and soldiers living in areas of Iraq under its control, in a campaign
apparently aimed at preventing any uprising against its extremist rule.
Islamic State Publicly Slaughterd 50 from Sunni Iraqi Tribe
ISIS Jihadists 'Execute 46 Tribesmen' in Iraq's Anbar
Islamic State Seizes Natural Gas Field in Syria
Nusra Takes Syria Town from Western-Backed Rebels
Al-Qaida militants routed 'moderate rebels' in Syria
Islamic State Training Five-Year-Olds in 'Terror Schools'
Singapore Joined Coalition against ISIS
Syrian al-Qaida Forces Amassing Against US-Backed Rebels Near Turkish Border
U.S.-Backed Syria Rebels Routed by Fighters Linked to Al-Qaeda
Islamists ready for Mediterranean battle
Israeli: Hezbollah Tunnels a 'Working Assumption'
After Losing 1000 Men in Syria, Hizbullah Built "Security Zone"
ABBAS: CLOSURE OF JERUSALEM'S AL-AQSA MOSQUE SITE A 'DECLARATION OF WAR'
Palestinians Accuse Israel of 'Declaration of War' as Tensions Mount in Jerusalem
Gaza Rocket Hit Southern Israel Causing No Damage or Injuries
Palestinians in Gaza Fire Rocket at Israel
Hamas Arrested Five Palestinians over Rocket Fire at Israel
The Palestinian Authority is Deliberately Destroying the Peace Process
Official PA Daily Told Children and Adults to Use Violence
Abbas Extended Condolences to Family of Man Who Shot Rabbi Glick in Jerusalem
{RED SEA: ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVERED REMAINS OF EGYPTIAN ARMY FROM THE
BIBLICAL EXODUS}
U.S. Insults Hurt Obama More than Netanyahu
Netanyahu Lashed Back at Harsh US Criticism
Poll: Israeli Perception of Obama Plummets
President Obama Should Try to Reset Relations with Benjamin Netanyahu
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Netanyahu Accused Islamic Fundamentalists of Spreading False Stories about the Temple Mount
Netanyahu Met with Jordanian King Abdullah Secretly in Amman amid Temple Mount Tensions
U.S. Policy, Viewed from the Middle East, has noted appeasement of Iran and inability to trust
BHO; the damage done by administration officials who savaged Prime Minister Netanyahu is
deep, including among Arab leaders because it suggests that administration officials are
undisciplined and untrustworthy.
U.S. to Unveil New Peace Talks Proposal
PLO Expected to Reject U.S. Peace Framework
{Historic 'Arbeit Macht Frei' Gate at Nazi Concentration Camp Stolen}
President Obama's Mixed-Up Alliances: Israel v. Iran
Iran: U.S. Is Still Number One Enemy
IAEA: Iran stopped answering about nuclear arms development
Iran Blocked Inspections, Hobbling Nuclear Deal
Senior WH Official Plans to Usurp Congressional Authority for Iran Deal
Iran Leads at Halftime: Game Over? [by Shoshana Bryen]
Israeli-American Relations are deteriorating, with the Iranian Nuclear Threat looming
Islamism is rampant, the UK:
Britain's Islamic Finance Market Widens with Government, Private Moves
Shock Poll: One in Seven Young Britons Sympathises with ISIS
BRITISH CHARITIES COULD BE FUNDING ISIS
UK Has Arrested Over 100 on Syria-Related Terror Offences
Islamism is rampant, globally:
Turkish President Accuses Media Of Waging 'Psychological War'
Kandahar Deputy Governor Shot in Afghanistan Attacks
Qatar Remains a Haven for Anti-Western Groups
Cousin of Qatari Foreign Minister Convicted for Terrorist Funding
Multiple Taliban Groups Claim Credit for Suicide Bombing in Pakistan
BOKO HARAM MOCKS NIGERIA, SAYS ABDUCTED GIRLS ARE MARRIED
At Least 8 Dead, 34 Injured in Nigeria Bombing
ISIS Stokes Resumption of Lebanon's Civil War
Saudi Arabia Outlaws Female 'Tempting Eyes'
Gulf Arabs See Specter of Iran in Rise of Yemen's Shiite Rebels
Egypt Arrested Islamic State Terrorists
Egypt Found Evidence of Connection between Sinai Terror Group and Islamic State
[Egyptian Court Convicts Nine Men of 'Debauchery' for Alleged Gay Wedding]
Arab-American Leaders All-In to Defend Convicted Terrorist Odeh - Convicted Palestinian
terrorist Rasmieh Odeh will go on trial in Detroit for allegedly lying to U.S. immigration officials
about her past. More than forty years ago, Odeh was sentenced to life in prison in Israel for a
bombing in a Jerusalem supermarket that killed two civilians and wounded many others. She
was released after ten years in a prisoner swap, and then immigrated to the U.S., telling officials
nothing about her history.
{OCTOBER WAS THE BEST MONTH FOR BRITISH CONSERVATISM FOR 20 YEARS.}
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NYT: RUSSIA SHOWS MUSCLE

NATO reports more flights, intercepts
Back to Cold War
Polish spies return amid east-west tensions
Europe Won't Recognize Vote in Eastern Ukraine, Merkel Tells Putin

Putin Spanks Obama in Russian Art Gallery

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Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 7:10 PM

Subject: Thoughts - XXXIX
[Midterms, Cruz, Iran, BHO, Israel, Illegals, Culture-Wars, PA, Guzzardi, Corbett]

https://www.scribd.com/doc/245547573/Thoughts-XXXIX-Midterms-Cruz-Iran-BHO-Israel-IllegalsCulture-Wars-PA-Guzzardi-Corbett
EXIT POLLS: REPUBLICANS ON THE BRINK
Lots of issues abound, as we await the midterms. In sports-news, Nick Foles doesn't need surgery on his
clavicle and, thus, can return by the end of December, setting-up a possible QB-controversy for the
Iggles; also, as per a video that shows Maryland planers refusing to shake-hands with those of PSU, the
Big Ten punished Maryland for actions in Saturday's game against Penn State.
Rosewater will be Previewed on November 13, with the film followed by a Live Q&A
with Jon Stewart [the film's screen writer, director and producer] interviewed by
Stephen Colbert [Tickets and trailer]. This is promoted because I like Colbert, recognizing
that Jon Stewart attacked the GOP for its ISIS and Ebola ads because they, allegedly,
remitted the [accurate] message that people should vote for us or get beheaded! {Also,
Chris Rock's monologue on "Saturday Night Live" included jokes about the Boston
Marathon, 9/11 and the commercialization of Christmas; I didnt mind.}
Regarding BHOs Scandal-Sheet, an Election News Dump included the DOJs Release of Hidden 'Fast and
Furious' Documents; recalling that this scandal was exposed by Sharyl ATTKISSON, it is noted that she
claims Obama Keeps an 'Enemies List' and that a Forensics team is working to expose which gov't agency
hacked her computer. Also, New Emails Show White House Role in Shirley Sherrod Ouster; a 2010 email
from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said his department was "waiting for the go-ahead" from the
White House before accepting the resignation of employee Shirley Sherrod, despite Obama
administration assertions that her ouster was Vilsack's decision alone. {Also, the VA Secretary Asked the
IG to Alter Findings in Report on Deaths at Phoenix VA.}
Regarding the culture-wars, reverse-racism has gone international [Michael Brown's
Parents [plus Protesters, activists, rapper Tef Poe] are Going To [United Nations
Committee Against Torture] Geneva, Switzerland To Speak Out Against Ferguson Police],
gay-marriage opponents are desperate [it matters not that Children Raised By Married
Parents in Stable Families Attain More Education, Work, and Income], gun-laws should
be preserved [17-Year-Old Daughter Retrieves Family Gun, Opens Fire to Save Mother's
Life], libs continue to try to corrupt education [Time to Fight Back Parents The
Mosqueing of the Public Schools in America], and Missouri Voters will Decide if
Standardized Tests Will Grade Teacher Performance. {Also, Lena Dunham Plans
Childrens Movie With Incest & Beatings.}
Regarding Illegals, political-unrest persists [HuffPo Poll: Plurality of Americans Do Not Want Amnesty for
Illegals, the DHS Released Criminal Illegal Immigrants and Murderers in Texas Cities, Luis Gutirrez
Warned of 'Civil War' Among Latinos if Obama Doesn't OK Amnesty, and Law Enforcement Defines the
Election As Referendum, for Obama's Amnesty Means 'Tidal Wave' Of Illegal Immigration. {Meanwhile,
OBAMA promised AMNESTY BY XMAS.}

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English lesson - "Listen" and "silent" use the same letters, the words "race car" spelled
backwards still spells "race car," and "eat" is the only word that spells its past tense
"ate" when you take the first letter and move it to the end. Also, the letters in "illegal
immigrants" when rearranged [and with a few more letters added] spells, "Go home you
free-loading, benefit-grabbing, resource-sucking, baby-making, non-English-speaking
twits and take those other hairy-faced, sandal-wearing, bomb-making, camel-riding,
goat-shagging, raggedy-ass bastards with you."
It is again advised, post-election, that an extremely lucid analysis of Pa-Politics be committed to
memory, for it names names and hyperlinks references; it was unique, well-sculpted, somewhat stylized,
replete with content, cogent and meaningful...both with immediacy and long-term impact.
Putative gubernatorial candidate Bob Guzzardi wrote on Facebook, Tom Corbett broke
his promises to those who voted for him in 2010; how can we trust him now? And I am
not alone in thinking this. Richard Tems replied, How can you support Tom Wolf, who
wants to raise all taxes for everyone...and, give total power to the unions? No way, no
how! Bob Guzzardi responded, Richard, it is a straight out lie that I support Tom Wolf
and you know it. Tom Corbett broke his promises to those who voted for him in 2010.
Tom Corbett cannot be trusted. Being against Tom Corbett is not being for Tom Wolf. I
will voted Republican on Tuesday but not for Tom Corbett. It is very strange that so
many ally themselves with an untrustworthy candidate. It is not like this is a close
election, is it? Richard Tems wrote, Your posts support Tom Wolf. Criticizing Corbett
the day before the election does exactly that. We have a binary choice tomorrow, Wolf
or Corbett. The decision is pretty straight forward...and, I know who I am supporting.
Leave Wolf to Det Ansinn and the other fascisti Progressives.
I then weighed-in: If I may....First, Richard, you do not have "clean hands" regarding
this issue, noting that you signed-on to the Corbett petition against Guzzardi despite the
facts that [1]--his signatures were fine, and [2]--his not having filed simultaneously with
the Ethics Commission was a "victimless crime" because the necessary info had been
filed simultaneously [on-line] with the Department of State [and no one told him he had
to do anything else when his entire filing was accepted]. Second, due to the psychictrauma of behavior such as yours ["Et tu Brute...then die Caesar" on 44 B.C.E.], Richard,
it's natural for Guzzardi to continue to remind the world of the rationale for his effort;
presumably, the healing-process will have ended within 24-hours...although you will still
have to answer for your God [absent your customary bombast] for your having
aided/abetted in a discretionary fashion against what you knew was a sincere
initiative. Executive Summary: Richard, the month of Elul and the 10 Days of Awe ended
with Yom Kippur; it's time for you to apologize to Guzzardi [...in writing, and a Facebook
posting would probably suffice].
Additional blogging on Facebook was focused on the import of the elections, as they would affect PA:
Guzzardi and I have long-debated this issue of whether it's preferable to remain in the
"wilderness" and accept the consequences...vs. acquiescing to the party. This is
relevant, today, noting that Rush railed against an article in Politico that claims,
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TEA [Taxed Enough Already] Party Movement [2014 buoys GOP establishment]. {Also,
vide infra for further discussion of this concern.}
On the one hand, it is hoped that '16 will disprove the notion that the Dems have a lock
on the POTUS-spot [and, thus, that a Wolf win won't install Dems permanently in the
gubernatorial-spot]; on the other hand, we have learned the level of permanence of
damage wreaked in the interim [via BHO's destruction, for example, of the Iraqi
victory...and BHO's creation, for example, of ObamaDon'tCare].
Thus, the conclusion was drawn that, although Guzzardi has a "point well taken," it's
time to get-with-the-program, for Corbett [despite his history, including approval of the
creation of Highmark despite its being both a monopoly/monopsony] would not be
expected to do what Wolf plans to do.

In no particular order [because I must return to the polls, to close them], ponder these political notes:
Overview:
A typical lib [DICK POLMAN] is in denial [Let's all sleep through Tuesday], opining that
Americans hate to vote more than ever [trying to forget that BHO is responsible for biggovernment].
Can Obama reboot? - Barack Obama is antsy. His aides can see it when he alights from
Air Force One from the all-too-occasional campaign trips [This Politico-piece suggested
the GOP-Establishment is going to claim victory, while BHO evokes sympathy:
POLITICO MAGAZINE: In numerous other states the Republican Party has had a hard
time rallying voters to its side on its issues. The Republicans who win on Tuesday will do
so as anti-Barack Obama candidates, not as Republicans with an agenda worth
supporting.+
Overall, it is already being claimed that 2014 will buoy GOP establishment, instead of
recognizing it will be all-about anti-BHO, rather than reinforcing a positive-agenda.
[Rush railed against this viewpoint, again, today, praising the TEA Party Movement.]
Mainstream GOP sees tipping point vs. insurgent candidates, but Conservatives are
Ambivalent when watching the Establishment claim credit for a GOP Victory
How Big a Night Will It Be for the GOP? Charlie Cook predicts a seven-seat gain.
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Megyn Kelly Goes Bottom Line And Tells Us Why Dems Are Going To Have A Major
Problem In The Election [anti-Obama]
A midterm referendum on Barack Obama
Polls: Obama Dragging Down Dems in Battleground States
FLOTUS: No Matter Who's on the Ballot, Our Community Should Always Vote for Dem
Ticket
Earnest to Garrett: "Not Wise" To Draw A "Broad Conclusion" of Midterm Election
Results
Krauthammer: "This Is Liberalism On Trial," A "Referendum on Obama's HyperLiberalism"
Chris Matthews: People Are Going To Vote Against Obama Due To His "Loss Of Control"
Planned Parenthood Touted Dems Election Ground Game
Non-Citizen Votes May Have Tipped 2008 Election for Obama
LIMBAUGH: GOP MANDATE -- STOP OBAMA
George Will: Medias Seinfeld Election Claim an Effort to Preemptively Deny GOP
Mandate
MSM DISMISS ELECTION AS DEMS STUMBLE
CHUCK TODD: DEMOCRATIC PARTY NO LONGER PARTY OF OBAMA
HUME: IF REPUBLICANS DON'T WIN THE SENATE, EXPECT A 'BLOODY' GOP CIVIL WAR
Palin: Obama Should Be 'Spanked' for Denigrating Stay-at-Home Moms
Sarah Palin: Take Obama's Offer to Vote Against Him in Midterms
Biden: Dems Will Keep Senate, Americans Agree with Obama on 'Every Single Major
Issue'
Mainstream Media Dismiss Midterm Election as Democrats Stumble
When Democrats Lose Elections the Media Push to Annihilate the Constitution
[Wisconsin Postal Worker Under Fire as Motives Determined For Throwing Away GOP
Campaign Flyers]
Regarding specific senate-races:
No Labels is trying to take out moderate Democrat Mark Udall of Colorado, per cofounder Bill Galston, because Udall's office refused to work with No Labels [after
months of tensions between No Labels and Senate Democrats].
Republicans and a vote monitor in Boulder County, Colorado, filed a lawsuit Monday
claiming a county clerk and recorder refused to comply with election law by denying
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In Georgia, Michelle Nunn Still Not Saying if She Would Have Voted for Obamacare
Harkin: I shouldn't have said it [in Iowa, attacking Ernst]
MSNBC: Iowa Voters Definitely Down on Obama, Looks Like Ernst Going To Win
Large national environmental groups, women's organizations and unions are barely
lifting a finger for the embattled Louisianas Landrieu, who has close ties to the oil
industry and supports the state's same-sex marriage ban.
Institutional Left Leaves Landrieu High and Dry
Election-Eve Bombshell Memo Embroils NHs Jeanne Shaheen in IRS Targeting Scandal
Two Answers for a Single Question Reveal How Vastly Different Both Parties View Our
Military; in their final debate before Tuesdays election, the New Hampshire U.S. Senate
candidates doubled down on their messages regarding the U.S.s military involvement in
the Middle East to combat the terrorist regime ISIS [per The Weekly Standard].
Incumbent Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D) lamented the prospect of a prolonged stay in
the Middle East. [I dont think we want tens of thousands of American troops as an
occupying force for sixty years, as weve had in Korea, Shaheen said.] But GOP
challenger Scott Brown shared a very different view of our military of which the
electorate should be proud. [With respect to Senator Shaheen, we are a liberating
force, Brown said in his rebuttal. We are not an occupying force, Senator.]
In Kansas, Orman 'stuck in the middle'
Biden Blew Greg Orman's Cover: He 'Will Be With Us'
Bob Dole Accepted Greg Orman's Apology for Clown-Car Comment, Orman Denies He
Apologized
In e-mail to Dole, Orman explained the difference between a clown and clown car
NC GOP Accuses Hagan Supporters of Pro-Sean Haugh 'Dirty Tricks'
Regarding a future GOP-controlled Senate:
Mitch McConnell's Vision for a GOP Senate Doesn't Focus on Obama Probes; plans
combination of pointing out the things that we disagree on and the things we can
possibly agree on, while being di0smissive of calls from Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and
other Republicans to open Congressional hearings next year into the executive actions
of the Obama administration.
SESSIONS: IF WE WIN THE SENATE, WE WILL BLOCK OBAMA'S AMNESTY
BROKAW: WHAT ARE REPUBLICANS 'PREPARED TO GIVE DEMOCRATS' TO MEET IN
MIDDLE? [typical lib; instead, what will BHO yield???]
Also:
ANGELINA JOLIE: 'OPEN' TO RUNNING FOR OFFICE
3 Reasons Why Angelina Jolie Would Be a Formidable Candidate

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Regarding POTUS-16, Ted Cruz, Accused of Being 'Sidelined' for the Midterms, Showed-Off stumping
Schedule, claiming hes frantically sought after on the campaign trail: Since September, Cruz has been
to 40 fundraisers, rallies, and speeches [half in Texas and half out-of-state, including the crucial primary
states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Florida, and South Carolina]. Also, Ted Cruz won the Battle of the
Houston Subpoenas, inasmuch as Houston Pastors told Mayor Annise Parker not to mess with the
Pulpits of America. Also, Senator Ted Cruz covered the gamut of issues on CNBCs Squawk Box and
Barney Frank Praised Ted Cruz For Position On Gay Marriage. [Meanwhile, a SPECIAL PROSECUTOR
ACCUSED PERRY OF THREATENING GRAND JURY WITNESSES by requesting a transcript of Grand Jury
Testimony and, right-on-cue, Rand Paul said the GOP brand is 'broken.'] {Also noted: Earnest: "A Variety
Of Reasons" Why I Won't Say Biden Is Best Poised To Succeed Obama.}

race-baiting-and-the-democrats
Jonathan S. Tobin
With the midterm campaign coming down to its last days, its been clear for weeks that
the only way Democrats believe they can save some of their endangered red-state
Senate incumbents is to play the race card. Both Louisianas Mary Landrieu and North
Carolinas Kay Hagan have sought to identify Republicans with racism and even, in
Hagans case, with the killing of Trayvon Martin or the Ferguson, Missouri shooting, in
order to mobilize African-American voters. While these tactics are based on outrageous
slanders, the decision to play the race card is logical if not scrupulous. The coalition that
elected Barack Obama to the presidency twice relies on huge numbers of minorities as
well as young people and unmarried women turning out to vote. The outcome on
Tuesday will be largely dependent on whether that turnout resembles the ones of 2008
and 2012 or that of 2010 when Republicans won a midterm landslide. But whether or
not the Democrats race-baiting tactics succeed, the real question facing the party is
whether they are right to do so. And by that I dont refer to whether the decision to sink
this low is ethical but whether it is smart.
The answer from Democratic operatives eager to preserve the partys Senate majority
as well as to lay the foundation for another smashing presidential win in 2016 would
probably be something along the lines of declaring that alls fair in love, war, and
politics. If getting African-Americans to the polls requires cynically recycling racial
incitement, then so be it. Moreover they see it as no more nor less ethical than
Republican hacks employing concerns over issues like gay marriage or immigration in
order to get their base to turn out.
But just as Republicans have learned the lesson in recent election cycles that excessive
pandering to social conservatives has unforeseen consequences in the form of damaging
blowback with moderates and independents, so, too, Democrats need to be wary of
becoming the party of race incitement.
Waving the bloody shirt of Ferguson seems like a good idea to those who believe, not
wrongly, that many African-Americans view such incidents as evidence of the enduring
legacy of the nations history of racism. But the line between sending subtle hints about
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Republicans are falsely accused of playing a role in killing young African-Americans. Nor
did Landrieu do herself any favors by publicly complaining about the treatment of blacks
and women in the contemporary south.
Both parties desperately need their bases to be enthusiastic about elections if they are
to win. But both also need to remember that winning electoral majorities requires more
than mobilization of true believers. Republicans have become obsessed with appeasing
their core voters and paid for it at times by being slammed, often unfairly, as overly
identified with extremists. But it seems never to occur to Democrats that over-the-top
appeals to their base will exact a cost with the rest of the electorate.
In the past two years, weve heard a great deal of Democratic triumphalism about how
changing demographics will ensure them an unshakable electoral majority for years, if
not decades, to come. But as much as they certainly benefit heavily from the
overwhelming margins they rack up among blacks and Hispanics, the notion that this
alone will create a permanent Democratic hegemony in Washington is spurious. In the
end, all parties must win over the vital center of the American public square. As Ronald
Reagan proved, they need not sacrifice their ideology or their principles to do so. But
when they go too far, they inevitably run aground.
Thats the real danger of a reliance on race baiting for the Democrats. Its not just that
African-Americans will grow tired of such obvious exploitation but that by linking
themselves so firmly with such dubious tactics and extreme rhetoric, they drown out
any reasoned arguments they might put forward for their party.
In 2008 and 2012, Democrats were able to rouse their base with positive messages of
empowerment that revolved around the historic and deeply symbolic candidacies of
Barack Obama while at the same time offering an effective if ultimately spurious
promise of hope and change to the entire country. But in 2014, as Obamas popularity
has waned and then collapsed, they are forced to do verbal gymnastics as candidates
seek to distance themselves from the president and his policies while simultaneously
seeking to appeal to minorities that still revere him with negative race-based slurs about
Republicans.
Thus, even if these tactics work to turn out blacksand it is by no means clear that it
will come anywhere close to the 2012 levels that Democrats desperately needthe
party may be doing itself real damage with the public in ways that will harm their
presidential candidate in 2016. As with other misleading memes they have beat to
death, such as the spurious war on women that Republicans are supposed to be waging,
Democrats are finding that they are fast exhausting the electorates patience and are
running out of ideas. As much as playing the race card seems like a foolproof if unsavory
tactic, it may not be as smart a move as they think it is.

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You Don't Need A Poll To Understand How Americans Feel About Obama - This Campaign Stop Says It All
Obama Spoke to Nearly-Empty PA Basketball Venue [Temple U] During Campaign Stop

In no particular order [because I must return to the polls, to close them], ponder these foreign-affairs
notes
BHO said, "We are too small minded to govern our own affairs and we must surrender our individual
rights to the world order."
Obama threatened Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US may opt not to oppose future
hostile UN Security Council votes, unless Israel accedes to American policy demands
Obama Admin: Palestinians Who Throw Molotov Cocktails at Israelis Are Not Terrorists
Rice Mocked Israeli Ambassador: Hes Too Busy Travelling to Sheldon Adelsons Events
U.S. Dismissed Reports of New American Peace Plan
Watchdog: Insurgency Supporters in Afghanistan Still Receiving U.S. Funds
the Iraq War Became a War on Christians and, thus, supporting Syria's rebels may extinguish Christianity
in its oldest environs.
ISIS Snuffed Out Ancient Christianity
Muslim Persecution of Christians, as of June 2014
Free Syrian Army Consolidating Hold on Israel Border Region
Israeli Arab Sentenced to 22 Months for Fighting with ISIS
Plans to Rebuild Gaza Keep Getting Undermined
Sinai Terror Group Swears Allegiance to Islamic State
Sinai Terrorists Using Gaza as Base
Sinai: Terrorist Presence Becomes Full-Fledged Insurgency
Israel Reopened Gaza Crossings
U.S. Supreme Court Heard Arguments in Israel Passport Case
Obama's pressure only begins with Iran
U.S. Officials Believe It Is Advantageous to Have a Nuclear Iran
Iran Views the Fall of Sana'a, Yemen as "The Fourth Arab Capital in Our Hands"
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Arabs were Arrested in Jerusalem for Smashing Headstones in Ancient Jewish Mount of Olives
Cemetery
Jewish Heritage Sites in Arab Countries Face Extinction - Old Jewish synagogues and cemeteries in Syria,
Iraq, Libya and the rest of the Arab world are being turned into mosques or completely destroyed. In
Iraq, Ezekiel's Tomb has been turned into a mosque. Most of the ancient Jewish inscriptions there have
been destroyed or covered with cement. Daniel's Tomb in Mosul was blown up by the Islamic State. In
Syria, the Jobar Synagogue in Damascus, also known as the Prophet Elijah Synagogue, was demolished in
May 2014. In Libya, all memory of Jewish life was almost wiped out under Gadhafi's regime. Cemeteries
were destroyed over the locals' desire to use the tombstones as building materials, and synagogues
were turned into mosques or public buildings.
Sinai Jihadi Group Reportedly Pledges Allegiance to Islamic State
Christian Couple Burned Alive for Blasphemy in Pakistan
Egypt, Gulf Arab Allies Eye Anti-Militant Alliance
Germany Threatened Britain with EU Expulsion over the Migrant Issue [if Cameron insists on adopting
quotas that would limit the number of migrant workers coming to Britain].
Swedish Police Released Report Detailing Control Of 55 No-Go Zones By Muslim Criminal Gangs
Monument to Armenian Genocide Begun at Fresno State
University Instructor: U.S. Troops Worse than the Islamic State
A Smoke Screen for Palestine-Pushers
By Martin Kramer
Whenever criticism is leveled at federal funding for area studies in universities
especially those bias-laden, error-prone Middle East centerssomeone jumps up to
claim that this funding is crucial to the national interest. Now its the turn of Nathan
Brown, a political scientist at George Washington University and current president of
the Middle East Studies Associations (MESA).
Brown claims that federally-funded area studies centers are essential for U.S. policy, a
vital national asset, and often the only sources of knowledge when crises erupt in
unfamiliar places. Theyve done an outstanding job of training Middle East experts,
and political criticism of them threatens the ability of the United States to
understand the world and act effectively in it. If you dont like it that an individual
faculty member offends a supporter of a particular political position on the IsraeliPalestinian conflict, should students of Swahili and teachers of Tagalog be caught in the
crossfire? Should programming that is critical of Israel on some campuses endanger all
funding for international education?
Those are valid question, but theyre posed disingenuously. Here are Browns two main
elisions:
1. The only people who think that these centers are a vital national asset are the
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government-sponsored reviews of these Title VI programs (reference is to the

authorizing title of the Higher Education Act), and not one review has concluded that
the programs do anything resembling an outstanding job, especially on languages.
(The last major review, by the National Academies, concluded there was insufficient
information to judge program performance.)
The claim that these centers are often the only sources of knowledge on emerging
trouble spots is just untrue. Thats rarely the case, and as regards the Middle East, its
now never the case. Government has had to assemble the full range of capabilities, from
area expertise to language training, in-house. Thats why the Obama administration
yes, the Obama administration!cut the budget of this vital national asset by 40
percent back in 2011. The only lobbying for Title VI funding comes from within academe
itself.
2. The political criticism of Title VI Middle East centers is a response to the rampant
politicization of some of these centers by those who run them, and whove mobilized
them against Israel. This isnt a matter of an individual faculty member here or there.
Its a plague that arises from overall attitudes in the field. Brown knows the problem,
which is why he recently issued a letter to MESAs members effectively imploring them
not to drag the organization into a BDS debate.
One obvious effect has been to drive the study of Israel almost completely out of these
centers, into separately-funded and administered Israel studies programs. Some Title VI
Middle East centers, thus relieved of the burden of fairly presenting Israel, have become
even more blatant purveyors of pro-Palestinian agitprop. This fall, for the first time, half
a dozen Title VI center directors openly pledged to boycott Israeli academe. How might
that impact the centers they administer? No one really knows.
A case can be made for Title VI. Not every Middle East center is a shameful disaster, and
most of the funding goes to centers specializing in other world areas. Brown alludes to
some of these arguments. But his broader defense of the Middle Eastern end of Title VI
is a misleading attempt to throw up a smoke screen for the very people who really
threaten the program: radical professors who treat it as a slush fund to promote their
political causes on campus. If Title VI gets rough treatment in the present
reauthorization, students of Swahili and teachers of Tagalog should know whos at fault:
the Palestine-pushers whove fouled the academic nest with their relentless
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Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 7:52 AM

Subject: Thoughts - XL - [Midterms, Kurdistan, Common Core, Events, Illegals, Corbett, JoePa, Iran]

https://www.scribd.com/doc/245827266/Thoughts-XL-Midterms-Kurdistan-Common-Core-EventsIllegals-Corbett-JoePa-Iran
This is being distributed to a dozen people with whom an intense political discussion will be held
tonight; it constitutes documentation of myriad assertions that will be tested among seasoned
politicos when we discuss the import of the conclusion that Republican Gains were Deep and Wide. Not
to be forgotten, however, is profound worriment based upon such reports as this one: ISIS Terrorists
Kidnapped, Tortured Kurdish Children From Kobane, Syria, as a report provided a few days ago by Dr.
Sherkoh Abbas has now appeared in-print: US-Trained Syrian Rebels Defect to Al-Qaeda, Surrender
Weapons. And, looming now is the fact that the next Senate might include not only a majority of
lawmakers dead set against a deal that recognizes Iran's rights to nuclear enrichment or that fails to
cover Tehran's ballistic missile programs or support for terrorist groups; it could conceivably include a
veto-proof majority, depending on what an eventual agreement looks like. Thats why Iran is Quietly
Fearful of Republican Takeover of Congress.
The agenda is in-formulation, but House Speaker John Boehner and Senator Mitch
McConnell, the incoming majority leader, previewed their plans in Thursday's Wall
Street Journal; some lefties reported this strategy straight, while others predictably
lambasted it. Republicans Will Take on the ACA Again, and Dana Perino has a helpful
way for Republicans to remember what the voters in the midterm want to see them
accomplish: 'Stop, drop and roll.'
STOP the President from any more executive action.
DROP Obamacare.
Get the economy ROLLing.
Celebrating the Most Important Election of the Modern Age, the GOP extols American voters who, in
their wisdom, ended an era on Tuesday; while BHO feels the people who didnt vote were his
supporters, the electorate rejected a poorly-conceived domestic and foreign policy agenda that has
weakened the United States. Exit Polls Showed Voters Upset With Obama, Eager for Tea Party-style
Reform; the world collectively exhaled and celebrated.
It is desirable to truncate these Blast e-mails to points that would reflect policyconclusions that have been generated following scrutiny of multiple hyperlinks [and
chats with friends+. Piling-on additional data *such as further documentation of the
folly that is Common Core, except when it is reveled that the Common Core Co-Author
Admitted He Wrote Curriculum to End White Privilege] is eschewed, although
emphasized are pieces that illustrate how the TEA [Taxed Enough Already] Party
Movement has affected the GOP. [For example, even Lefties are beginning to fret about
the fact that the Tea Party is 'Spreading Like Ebola in West Africa.']
Reactions to the midterm electoral-results have quickly emerged, as per attachments [Rush, Geraghty
and Boehr] and selected-commentary; also in the attachments is an extended back-and-forth regarding
the issue of public-funding of the disease-state of potential-pregnancy. In addition to a spate of
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Colorado, Iowa and North Carolina earned Republicans the majority with a seat to spare, and they were
already the favorite to win a runoff in Louisiana in December, which would give them 53 seats.
[Conceding defeat behaviorally, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee canceled ads for Sen.
Mary Landrieu (D-LA) ahead of the December runoff in Louisiana; and liberal groups arent jumping in to
help her.] Republicans [are] poised to capture the Democratic-held seat in Alaska *for 54 seats+.
{Although unlikely, Gillespie still could defeat Warner in Virginia, yielding a 55-seat totalflipping the
calculus from the current status, noting that the two Indies will remain in the Dem-caucus (Sen. Angus
King (I-Maine) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont).}
Also, upcoming events that otherwise might have been overlooked will be conveyed:
11/9/2014 [@ 9:45 a.m.]
Steve Feldman [Executive Director of ZOA-Greater
Philadelphia District+ will discuss: The Hamas-Palestinian Authority Alliance and
Prospects for Peace Post-Gaza War. TBH-BE Mens Club-Israel Awareness Committee
joint brunch.
11/13/2014 [@ Noon]
Itamar Marcus [Founder and Director of Palestine
Media Watch] will discuss whether the Palestinian Authority is a Peace-Partner @
Dwayne-Morris in Center-City
11/13/2014 [@ 7 p.m.]
Sharyl Attkisson *who discovered Obamas Enemies
List includes her+ will speak in Newtown c/o 1210-AM Radio. [Also, Election Eve Fast &
Furious Document Dump by Justice Dept. continues to be scrutinized, and SHARYL
ATTKISSON said there is 'NO DOUBT' CBS INTENTIONALLY HID [damning] OBAMA
BENGHAZI INTERVIEW.]
11/13/2014 [@ 7:30 p.m.]

Mort Klein [ZOA-Prez] will speak on Israel @ KI.

11/13/2014 [@7:30 p.m.]

Itamar Marcus [Founder and Director of Palestine
Media Watch] will discuss whether the Palestinian Authority is a Peace-Partner @ Main
Line Reform Temple.
11/23/2013 [@ 6 p.m.]

ZOA Gala in NYC with all-star lineup.

The reaction from the lefties was [acutely] simply to recognize the gravity of the R-victory [Huffington
Post] and [chronically] amazingly to corrupt the message remitted by the electorate [cartoon]; Dems
dismayed with the loss of the Senate are blaming a deeply unpopular Obama. {And, yet, Democrats have
a Barack Obama problem, noting thatin the wake of his disaster (recalling he claimed his policies were
on the ballot)BHO went on national television to stomp his feet in retaliation, rhetorically show voters
his middle finger, and behave generally like a petulant man-child; equal parts delusional and insulting,
BHO exhibited himself as a man so enamored with himself and so imbued with hubris that he is utterly
incapable of conceiving of himself as anything other than a monarch. Obama even celebrated
repudiation with release of another Al Qaeda suspect from Gitmo. In any case, read Charles Blows latest
offering to understand how BHO views the post-election world.

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The major point made by Rush and other conservatives such as Sarah Palin [who Warned GOP: 'You
Didn't Build This'] was to counter the meme promulgated by the GOP-Establishment that it had cleansed
the GOP of the TPM; a manifestation of the recognition of how thoroughly the TPM has become
engrained within the GOP is the observation by PAT ROBERTS ['I'VE HEARD MY MARCHING ORDERS' TO
STAY CONSERVATIVE] which, perhaps, was enhanced by the spate of TPM-oriented support-speakers
who traveled to Kansas to pitch-in [including Cruz, Paul, etc.]. The conclusion promoted by the TPM is
that The Tea Party and the Establishment GOP came together to give the socialist statists a resounding
defeat.
TV RATINGS DOWN ON ELECTION NIGHT...FOXNEWS TOPS ALL; Fox almost doubled the
combined viewership of its left-wing cable competition and, thus, FNCs totals exceeded
the aggregate of MSNBC/CNN. {Also, WEATHER CHANNEL MORNING SHOW BEAT CNN
and MSNBC.}
A comprehensive [yet succinct] review of the Lessons From the Night [per Erick Erickson] merits
scrutiny; perhaps, noting that 56% of GOP Voters Felt Compelled to Vote Vs. 43% of Democrats, it
seems the pollsters under-valued the GOP. Data related to the 14 Midterm Elections (per Rasmussen)
were rectified by noting that the last minute swing vote went to the Republicans and, while it did not
necessarily change the game in terms of the winner, it very much changed the spread between the
candidates. Republicans clearly had the momentum and the enthusiasm; Democrats did not. Perhaps as
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One key-outcome of the midterms was to undermine the Dems demographic-focus;

this applies to Blacks [OBAMA TURNS TO BLACK LEADERS FOR SUPPORT; RANGEL: GOP
RACIST, 'WE ALL KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY'RE FROM'; SCOTT: STOP
RACE BAITING!; Gets 'F' Grade from NAACP; CONDI RICE: Dem racial attacks 'appalling'],
Women [Susan B. Anthony List: 'War on Women' Strategy Is Dead], and Hispanics [AntiAmnesty, Pro-Border Security GOP Candidates in TX, GA Got Over 40% of Latino Vote].
BHOs reaction was to become intransigent, particularly with regard to Illegals [Luis Gutirrez Demands
Obama to Enact Amnesty for 8 Million Illegals After Midterm Shellacking; Defiant White House: Obama
will Seek Executive Amnesty no matter how big a shellacking Democrats get; and President Obama
Challenges Republicans On Amnesty: 'Im Not Going To Wait']; the reaction was intense [Midterm Exit
Polls: 75% Reject Exec Amnesty, 80% Don't Want Foreign Workers Taking Jobs from Americans;
COULTER: LET OBAMA EXPLAIN FENCES DONT WORK WHILE HE HAS ONE; McConnell Should Defund
the White House if Obama Tries Amnesty; LEE: EXEC AMNESTY WOULD BE CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS;
KRAUTHAMMER: EXEC AMNESTY SHOWS 'ARROGANCE,' 'CONTEMPT; Axelrod to Obama: 'Shelve' Exec
Amnesty; Blue State [Oregon] Rejected Drivers Licenses for Illegal Immigrants [even after the
proponents for the licenses outspent opponents by more than ten to one]; and CNN's Crowley: Amnesty
by Executive Order Unthinkable Now].
GOP Sens Warned Harry Reid Not to Allow Obama's Executive Amnesty, then Orrin
Hatch claimed Reid's Leadership was 'Pathetic, Pitiful,' and Pollster Pat Caddell
characterized Harry Reid as a 'Disgrace to Democracy.' Also, KNIVES OUT FOR PELOSI
[and, probably, DW-S, as well]. Yet, Amnesty-bills seem to be favored by Boehner and
Ryan, plus other Bushites; recall also that the New Jersey DREAM Act was supported by
Chris Christie.
Rush devoted considerable time to the issue of Hillary; whereas some feel she was injured because
those for whom she spoke had lost so ignominiously [SHARPTON: Election A Defeat For Clintons?;
Republicans Try to Tie Hillary Clinton to Democratic Losses; Halperin: Clinton a 'Loser'; Katzenberg
already calling donors; what the midterm drubbing means for Hillary Clinton and 2016; The Biggest
Loser: It was Hillary Clinton; German Newspaper: Hillary Won't Make it in 2016; and PLOUFFE WARNS:
Obama voters no guarantee for Hillary], others defend her [Why the Senate GOP takeover might actually
help Hillary Clinton].
Cruz is Scoping Out 2016 Office Space; Rush praised him (per the Attachment].
Regarding Culture-Wars, Voters Gave Republicans a Mandate to Stop Gun Control, prompting some to
conclude that Bloomberg Wastes $50 Million on Anti-NRA Midterm Ads; also, reinforcing my libertarian
views *not libertine+, its just fine that Marijuana Legalization Won Big in Midterms. Finally, I disagree
with the fact that a BAKERY WAS ORDERED TO MAKE GAY BERT AND ERNIE WEDDING CAKE OR FACE
COURT CASE, for the situation is comparable to the religious-exemption *Hobby Lobby case+ in
conjunction with the ObamaDontCare mandates]; in such a discretionary situation (when there is no
shortage of bakeries), people shouldnt be compelled to do what they feel is amoral (here, countenance
Gay Marriage, particularly noting that this will undoubtedly be addressed by the SCOTUS, noting todays
Appellate Decision preserving a gay-marriage ban in four states.
An attachment contains a colloquy that argues for more public-funding for more
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access via this mechanism. Previously, it was recognized that Texas had every right to
assert safety-concerns [recalling Gosnell], but the counter-argument was that poor
people lack resources to wander to another state to acquire an abortion. [In my view,
people can be invited to contribute to PP to cover such transportation expenses, or
ladies can be invited to relocate to states that have policies that are friendly to their
politics noting, for example, how San-Fran is brimming with members of the LGBTQcommunity.] An unstated point, here, is that Medicaid covers services touted by PP,
such as primary-care and mammography; thus, its absence from any given community
would not adversely affect medical care. Overall, because half of Americans view
abortion as murder, the government [federal/state] should reflect the ethical-split that
persists [regardless of the degree to which it has religious underpinnings].
The Republican Jewish Coalition released exit polls showing Jewish Support For the GOP Continues To
Grow Nationally, while the Jewish community's support for Democrats continues to erode; 33% of
Jewish voters gave their support to Republicans, with 65% going to Democrats [a 30-year low for
Democrats]. Since 1982, the historical average for the GOP in mid-term elections among Jewish voters
has been 26%. The range has a low of 18% in 1982 and a high of 33% this year. In each of the last two
midterm elections, Republicans got more than 30% of the Jewish vote. That trend has also been
apparent in the Jewish support for Republican candidates in presidential races. From 1992 to 2012, the
Jewish vote for GOP presidential candidates has risen steadily (with a small dip in 2008) from 11% to
32%. {American Jews voted for Democrats by 69%-28% margin, per J Street poll.}
The RJC extended Congratulations to the Jewish Republican Winners of 2014
It is especially delighted that Lee Zeldin won his congressional race in New York's first
district, making him the Jewish Republican in the 114th U.S. Congress. It is also pleased
that the Jewish Republicans in state offices around the country won their reelections.
Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens, Ohio State Treasurer Josh Mandel, South Dakota
State Senator Dan Lederman, Texas State Representative and House Speaker Joe Straus
and Texas State Representative Craig Goldman all won reelection. And congratulations
to Dan Schwartz, the incoming Nevada state treasurer.
In PA, there is a cogent repository for well-researched ideas in a Marketplace *pa townhall] that merits
regular scrutiny. Why the Pennsylvania GOP didnt benefit from the nationwide Republican Wave has
been detailed infra; in my view, the Precinct Project would have been more successful had it linked
with Guzzardis gubernatorial campaign *even as some wanted Guzzardi to go it alone+, a year ago.
GOP Wave Missed Corbett But Not PA
by Bill Lawrence
The GOP wave missed Pennsylvania at the gubernatorial level but that was just about it.
Pennsylvanias congressional breakdown remains 13-5 in favor of the Republicans and
the GOP actually expanded its majority in the State House and Senate with districts 46,
52, 83, 115, 120 and 146 flipping to the GOP in the House and districts 32 and 46 in the
Senate as per the Keystone Report.
This would give the Republicans a 117 to 86 advantage in the House come January and a
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One particular election of note is that of Russ Diamond to the 102nd District seat vacated
by Republican RoseMarie Swanger. Diamond, a truck driver, created a political
earthquake in 2006 when he organized PACleanSweep after the legislature voted itself a
pay raise in 2005. Thirty-five CleanSweep candidates won their primaries knocking out
seven long-term incumbents.
Diamond is a Republican albeit the party bosses dont particularly like him.
Also Republican Tom Quigley won his rematch with Democrat Mark Painter who
unseated him two years ago in the 146th District Race.
Closer to home, kudos to Springfield GOP Chief Mike Pupio who pulled Tom McGarrigle
over the line in the 26th District State Senate race for the seat being vacated by Ted
Erickson. Springfield gave McGarrigle a 3419 majority (unofficially) over Democrat John
Kane in a race he won by just 1,703 votes.
And kudos to Megan Rath who took on Democrat power Bob Brady in the 1 st District.
She ended up with 26,447 votes (unofficially) and hopefully she stays involved in
politics.
No kudos, however, to Tom Corbett who managed to become the first Pennsylvania
incumbent governor to lose an election since 1946 in a Republican wave year.
This year, even Illinois and Maryland went Republican. In PA, however, as of 12:20 a.m.,
the tally was Tom Wolf 1,851,462 to Corbetts 1,526,595.
It should be noted that two governors who took on the unions Scott Walker of
Wisconsin and Rick Snyder of Michigan cruised to re-election.
Gov. Corbett, of course, notably did not.
The other lesson, for Pennsylvania Republicans? Dont twist arms to push through
historic tax hikes.
*
Why Didnt the Pennsylvania GOP benefit from the nationwide Republican Wave?
By Lois Kaneshiki
Governor Corbett and the Pa GOP state committee have the notorious distinction of
having lost the first incumbent governor re-election since the 1968 change in the state
Constitution, which allowed for a second gubernatorial term. What an embarrassment
for Rob Gleason and the state GOP.
The question isnt Why didnt Corbett benefit from the nationside Republican
wave? The question is: Why did the GOP endorse him for re-election when they knew
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It is the job of the state GOP to get candidates elected. Their most important
function is to see that Republicans are able to run competitive statewide races.
Knowing last winter how unpopular the governor was, the GOP had an obligation to ask
the governor not to run for re-election and to allow a new face to emerge, so a
Republican could at least have a shot at winning the governors race.
How do we know they didnt?
We dont.
But the point is moot. If the GOP approached Corbett and he was unwilling to step
down, they should have told him they would make it known they would open up the
endorsement to other candidates, signaling to the public that the race was open.
But they didnt.
This shows a serious lack of leadership on our state committee, in particular, the
Leadership Committee.
Another question every Republican should be asking is why Corbett couldnt get
any of his agenda passed, not even simple reforms like ending the last in, first out rule
for school districts, with Republican majorities in both legislative houses? By now I
believe it should be obvious to voters that the unions own not only the Democrats, but
many Republicans in the Pennsylvania legislature.
It is hard to reconcile the fact that the Republican Party endorsed Corbett in 2010,
got him elected, yet failed to support his agenda. Every Republican should be asking,
Why?
All state committee members should be questioned now and at the 2016 election
who they will support for state Chair. Along with many Republican legislators, Mr.
Gleason needs to go.
Leadership battles are brewing both in the STATE SENATE [OVER MAJORITY LEADERSHIP] and in the
State Assembly Wolf, Saylor Same Donors [Stan Saylor is campaigning for Majority Leader of the
Republican Pennsylvania House where the Republicans hold a commanding majority thanks to this
election. Stan Saylor is financed by Tom Wolfs top donors. Stop Stan Saylor; stop Tom Wolf's Leftist and
Union Big Government Agenda.
Regarding Sandusky, redacted emails showed the NCAA bluffed on consent decree,
prompting PSU to release a potent statement; fortunately, the NCAA lost its bid to avoid
PSU sanctions trial. Highlighted are quotes from two pieces that are identical to those I
have uttered directly to those in-power [and have typed into PoliticsPA]. {I even told
Bob Asher@ the MontCo-GOPs Annual Dinnerthat Corbett should have held an
endless press-conference regarding this issue, as had Chris Christie when confronted
by BridgeGate.- As documented contemporaneously in these Blast e-mails, I was
candid with all concerned when having pushed for Cawley to have displaced him on the
ticket [yielding efforts to promote Guzzardi, months prior to his entry in 12/2013].
CORBETT *who led the effort to axe JoePa precipitously, an act that Ive
critiqued intensely/publicly from the moment it occurred] now claims
PENN STATE 'PROBABLY' SHOULD NOT HAVE FIRED PATERNO.
Corbett said, "They probably shouldn't have fired him. They probably
should have suspended him. He probably should have been given the
last three games, not on the sideline." {That a reporter from the

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Harrisburg Patriot-News noted HE conducted the emergency-meeting of

the Trustees that fateful Wednesday-p.m.as ex officio chairhours
after JoePa had announced plans to retire after the final three games,
this was omitted from this piece.} According to Corbett, the only thing
he said that night to the trustees was, "Remember the children."
In an interview days after Paterno's firing, Corbett seemed to defend
the board's vote. "I always have said your actions speak louder than
your words," he told Fox News. "That should not have been able to
continue. The actions, or the failure to act, while maybe not criminal,
caused me not to have confidence in the president and in the coach."
{This was one of the juicy-quotes he uttered during the Sunday talkshows, cementing his holier than thou stance from which he never
budged, until now.}
If it was clear Paterno was aware of Sandusky's conduct and did
nothing, he said, the punishment was valid. "But I'm not so sure it was
clear to him," Corbett said. "And, technically, he complied with the law."
{One wishes he had arrived @ this realization contemporaneously.}
The Republican governor acknowledged that his role in the case might
have been one factor in his loss to Tom Wolf. He called it "one
additional coal" on the fire. Exit polls Tuesday showed that nearly 40
percent of the voters considered Corbett's handling of the
investigation a very or somewhat important issue.
In the interview, Corbett said the board of trustees - on which he sits as
governor - never recovered from the decision to fire the 85-year-old
coach, because it caused its focus to shift from where it should have
been: Sandusky's crimes against children.
Corbett said there was debate among his top campaign staff about
whether he should address the Penn State scandal during the race. The
overwhelming consensus, he said, was to avoid it, "let it quiet down"
and not reopen wounds.
Two days after Corbett lost his reelection bid, his comments seemed to
be a softening of his stance on the case and new ammunition for those
who for years have assailed the trustees and Corbett - who as attorney
general launched the Sandusky investigation - for blaming and firing
Paterno.
"Revelations like this would have been meaningful three years ago,
before the patently false narrative about Joe Paterno was cemented in
minds across America," said Maribeth Roman Schmidt, a member of
Penn Staters for Responsible Stewardship, one of the most active
groups in the wake of the scandal. "We hope Tom Corbett will continue
to share his regrets in an effort to restore the fine reputations of both
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The Paterno question killed Corbett; in short, Corbett Killed JoePa!

As near as I can tell, Tom Wolfs campaign never brought up Penn State.
For good reason.
It was a non-issue. It was even worse than that. It was a non-existent
issue, one that contained little, if any, substance, and in that way, a
perfect example of how our politics work in these times.
Wolf focused on schools and jobs and taxes and putting the
commonweal back into the commonwealth. He talked endlessly about
taxing frackers and the wealthy to give middle-class taxpayers the break
they deserved. He talked endlessly about improving our schools. He
talked endlessly about bring back good jobs that paid a living wage and
provided an entrance to the middle class for working people.
He never, as near as I can tell, talked about Penn State, except, perhaps,
to dismiss it as a viable issue.
Yet it was Penn State that determined the results of this election. It
was Penn State that elevated Wolf from political neophyte to governorelect in a race decided by 10 points, even though it never seemed that
close. Wolf, it could be said, beat Corbett like a rented mule.
And Penn State an issue Wolf rightly declined to engage played a
large role in his victory. It was Gov. Tom Corbetts Waterloo.
Corbett, a lot of people believed, killed Joe Paterno. In Pennsylvania,
there can be no greater sin.
His political career died Jan. 22, 2012, the day the legendary coach
succumbed to [small-cell anaplastic] lung cancer.
There were plenty of reasons to dislike Corbett. His defense of the
fracking industry, his absurd assertion that allowing gay marriage is the
same as allowing 12-year-old kids to wed or incest, his support of a bill
that would require women to watch ultrasounds before having an
abortion, a measure that many believed was unduly cruel, and his
statement that you just have to close your eyes they all
contributed to the perception that Corbett suffered from terminal footin-mouth disease. (Along these lines was one of his greatest moments,
when asked why he doesnt have any Latino cabinet members during a
roundtable with a Spanish-language newspaper, asked the audience,
Do any of you want to come to Harrisburg? Receiving no response,
he said, See?)
For a man who attained high political office, he seemed to lack any
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defensive. It is telling that those who know or have met Wolf on the
campaign trail often describe him as genuine and down-to-earth,
the implication being that Corbett is neither.
Which, again, is odd. People who have met Corbett say he is very
personable and comes across very differently than his image on
television.
I have a personal anecdote about that. A few months back, I was in
Harrisburg covering a court hearing ironically, involving the perjury
case against Penn State administrators and had lunch at the Market
Street Deli, a popular spot with members of the Attorney Generals
staff. Corbett walked in, alone, no entourage, and had lunch with his
former colleagues from the AGs office. It seemed striking, especially in
contrast to his predecessor, Ed Rendell, who, it could be surmised,
never even went to the bathroom without an entourage.
Corbetts gaffes and character, though, had little to do with this
election. The people who were offended by his remarks, or who found
his personality disagreeable, werent going to vote for him anyway. His
Republican base really could not care less about those things.
But his Republican base a good number of them Penn State football
fans or alumni did care about his presumed role in the Jerry
Sandusky child-sex-abuse scandal.
It was two-fold. It was presumed that Corbett, as attorney general and a
presumptive candidate for governor, slowed down the investigation,
believing that the horrific revelations of the crimes being investigated,
and the allegations that Penn State administrators and Paterno covered
them up, would harm his political aspirations.
There was no real evidence of that, but the presumption stuck. And the
more Corbett tried to address it saying that these types of
investigations take time and that prosecutors wanted to be as thorough
as possible to ensure a conviction the worse it got for him. His
defensive and prickly side came out, and it appeared that he indeed had
something to hide, even if he didnt.
The second aspect of his handling of the Penn State scandal and the
one that would close the curtain on his political career involved his
role, as a member of the universitys board of trustees, in Paternos
firing, claiming that Paterno was railroaded and Corbett was the
engineer driving the train.
When Paterno died within months of being fired, Corbett caught the
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Forget for a moment that there was ample evidence that Paterno knew
about at least one of Sanduskys alleged crimes and that his inaction
something Paterno himself admitted that he regretted enabled the
monster to prey upon children for a decade before being brought to
justice.
That didnt matter.
Corbett killed Paterno.
And Penn State fans and alumni many of whom are Republicans and
many of whom would have voted for Corbett turned on the
governor. {One estimate was that the total of alumni/employees was million voters in PA!}
On Election Day, members of a group called Penn Staters for
Responsible Stewardship took to the polls in protest and relished in
Corbetts demise.
We have been waiting for this day for a long time, the groups
spokeswoman, Maribeth Roman Schmidt, a registered Republican, told
the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Members of the group, Schmidt told the paper, had a legitimate
concern that Wolf hasnt said a word about Penn State. She said they
were willing to withhold our judgment and hope for the best, even
though having the ability to raise Paterno from the grave is beyond the
powers entrusted to the governor.
The Inquirer reported that one member of the group, Judy Engle Seely,
wrote on Facebook: If you cant stand voting for Wolf, just dont vote
for anyone for Governor. Or write in Dick Thornburgh. A vote for
Corbett is basically twisting the knife in the backs of Penn Staters
everywhere.
The phrase Et tu, Corbett comes to mind, a fatal betrayal.
In the end, Corbetts career died for the sins of Paterno.

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After a Palestinian Terrorist Killed One and Wounded 14 in Jerusalem Attack, events in Israel remained
problematic, prompting Israel to take-over the Temple Mount; I feel that, instead of invoking citizenship,
rioters should simply be dispatched to Gaza [after serving jail-time]. In a related matter, a Bill has been
proposed that would Apply all Israeli laws in Judea and Samaria to Jews only. America appears to be
more engaged, as Iraqis Prepare an Offensive against Islamists, With U.S. Help; it seems the US Solicitor
General claimed Israel Has No Claim to Jerusalem and Washington Reiterated its Objection to the PAs
UN Resolution as Obama Threatened Netanyahu with Dropping UN Veto Against Anti-Israel Moves.
Turmoil continues; Egypts most active militant group, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, Denied
Pledging Loyalty to Islamic State and Saudi Arabia Acted to Crush Anti-Shiite Violence.
Provoked by turmoil in the territories, the PA Arrested 250 Islamists to Prevent West
Bank Violence; reflecting baseline-anti-Israel sentiments, Amnesty International's Report
on the Gaza War Ignored Hamas Terror, noting that Amnesty International Director
Likened Israel to ISIS. Also, despite the fact that the IRAQI PM claimed ONE MILLION
IRAQIS HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO FIGHT ISIS, Ralph Peters feels the US Effort Against ISIS,
c/o Obamas being a 'Strategic Flirt,' is 'In Shambles.'.
Regarding Iran, Obama Wrote a Secret Letter to Iran's Khamenei About Fighting Islamic State militants in
Iraq and Syria, describing a shared interest; the letter appeared aimed both at buttressing the Islamic
State campaign and nudging Iran's religious leader closer to a nuclear deal. Noting, for example, that the
Pentagon reported Iran is Giving Lethal Aid to the Taliban to Fight U.S., BOLTON now feels IRAN WILL
HAVE AN OPEN PATH TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
U.S., Not Iran, Is Making Concessions in the nuclear talks and is undergoing a strategic
shift; America is choosing to overlook, rather than to counter, long-standing Iranian
policies. The central aim of American policy toward Iran in recent years had been to
persuade Tehran to make a strategic shift: away from a strategy of projecting power and
deterring adversaries through asymmetric means, and toward one that would adhere to
international norms and reinforce regional peace and stability. Iran does not, however,
appear to have undergone any such change.
In Iraq, much is made of the supposed alignment of interests between the U.S. and Iran.
But no such alignment is apparent. Iran's overt backing for Shiite militias in Iraq is
directly at odds with Obama's strategy of seeking to restore Iraqi Sunnis' confidence in
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that ending the Syrian conflict requires that he cede power, while Iran has worked to
shore up Assad. Nor when it comes to Islamic State are the U.S. and Iran on the same
page. Iranian leaders accuse the U.S. of having created IS.
Iran General is Masterminding the Iraq Ground War, even as Iraq has Marauding Shiite Gangs. As
anticipated, German Exports to Iran Surged after Easing of Sanctions. Regarding the Nukes, a putative
Role for Russia almost gave Iran Talks a Possible Boost [despite the fact that this pending agreementas
we negotiate with ourselveswould not cut-off every pathway that Tehran could take to obtain a
nuclear weapon]; later Iran Rejected this report.
America is Handing Over the Gulf to Iran; those who speak of the U.S. and Europe's
need for Gulf oil and gas do not seem to realize that it is the Asian countries that are the
main consumers of Middle Eastern oil. By 2035, 90% of the Gulf's oil exports will go to
Asia. But that does not alter the fact that it is the U.S. that is the main guarantor of the
naval passageways, something that is directly linked to the interests of U.S. energy
security. The U.S. needs markets that will consume its products if it is to remain a
superpower, and if it is to protect its economic interests, political influence, and
commercial, industrial, and technological presence in the region, let alone secure the
Gulf's oil trade. All this affects the global price of oil and gas, whose rise will halt the
ongoing efforts to recover from the global economic crisis. So, where does the failure lie
in the U.S. attitude towards Gulf security?
The failure lies in the notion that Iran can take the place of the U.S. as a strong military
power in the region. This is a scenario that some American politicians view as a solution
for the problem posed by Iranian threats to the Straits of Hormuz, on the grounds that
Iran is a regional power with a secret network that stretches across the entire region.

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Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 2:15 PM

Subject: Thoughts - XLI [Sandusky, Midterms, Rush, Huntsman, Dershowitz, Anti-Semitic Media]

https://www.scribd.com/doc/245859405/Thoughts-XLI-Sandusky-Midterms-Rush-HuntsmanDershowitz-Anti-Semitic-Media
This follows in quick-succession because of the receipt of info that amplifies on points
previously made. First, note how Bachs Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 emerges on a
Piano-Played-by-Feet and Glass-Harp-played-by-Hand. Then note that the official announcement of the
title of Episode VII, from StarWars.com

ignores how the Force actually awakens

noting that episode #7 [out of a planned 9] will emerge next year.

Then, recalling the extended-quotes in the immediately-prior Blast e-mail, note what I wrote on the
website sponsored by PoliticsPA that provided an Election Recap: The oft-cited precedent that reelection is routine was UNDERMINED by Corbetts having allowed the unions to undermine his primaryagenda [shudda listened to Guzzardi] and by Corbetts having alienated Penn-State-Grads ["Tom Killed
JoePA"]. The contrast with Wisconsin is stark, and he cant claim he wasnt forewarned forif nothing
elseample editorialization was provided both on this website and via my Blast e-mails. [Also, it
seems Sen. Corman will Challenge Pileggi for Majority Leader.] This provoked an extended

colloquy with a loyal reader [with my comments italicized]:

Wolf also won due to Sandusky, as per the extended-essays.
I just read it .and Im sorry to say that I dont agree. As soon as Paterno found
out what Sandusky was doing to those poor boys he should have blew the whistle
on him. I blew the whistle on my Mothers boyfriend after my Mother made me
give my promise to God that I wouldnt tell anyone but I did the next day. She
sent me to her sisters house and there, I told them and they called the police and
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arrested him and put him in jail. I was only 12 years old. I also physically fought
him off when it happened. My Mother was upstairs in bed drunk! If there is one
thing in this world that I hate, thats a child molester. If Sandusky was caught
earlier some of those boys would have been saved from a life of torture by it. Im
73 years old now and to say that Ive 100% gotten over it, never!
Read the Freeh Report; there is no evidence via e-mails [because JoePa didnt
have a puter] that supports a cover-upand he dutifully reported to his
superiors what he had been told.
True, he shudda tracked it, but he probably felt that, by easing-out Sandusky from
any future with the team, he had relieved himself of risk that hed use access to
the facilities for illicit purposes; the key-point is that the punishment was
excessive [erasing all wins for more than a decade].
Im surprised at you!! Erasing wins for a decade is more important than saving a
poor boys agony for not just decades but for the rest of his Life?
Its a retrospective action that wont erase what Sandusky did; can a nexus be
created between Paternos fixation on coaching and the molestation?
Tell that to the victims.
Its intuitive.
Mines maternal.
As BHO pivots to foreign policy [preparatory to his visit to Asia, next week], he will probably
do nothing substantive after Putin dispatched RUSSIAN TANKS INTO EASTERN UKRAINE; KIEV
reported a Armored Column of 32 tanks, 16 howitzers, 30 ammo trucks and troops had emerged from
Russia. This prompted Jim Geraghty to note that Our Vacation from Paying Attention to Ukraine &
Russia Just Ended; it turns out that Putin thinks he has more flexibility after the election, too. A fragile
ceasefire has been in place since 5 September, although hundreds of people have been killed since then.
More than 4000 people have died since fighting erupted in April after pro-Russian separatists seized
control in the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.

Subject: Note from England

I was fed up with being burgled every other day in my neighborhood. So, I tore
out my alarm system & de-registered from our local Neighborhood Watch.
I've planted a Pakistani flag in each corner of my front garden and a large Black
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Now, the London police, the National Security Bureau, Scotland Yard, MI-5, MI6, the CIA and every other intelligence service in Europe are all watching my
house 24x7x365.
My children are followed to school every day and my wife when she goes
shopping. I'm followed to and from work every day. So no one bothers me at all.
I've never felt safer.
All Thanks to Allah.
The PENTAGON REVEALED GREATER EXPOSURE TO CHEMICAL ARMS: REPORTS DURING IRAQ WAR;
American troops secretly reported finding roughly 5000 chemical warheads, shells or aviation bombs.

This recalls what I was told in 04 when I confronted Dan Senor [during a site-visit to D.C. c/o
the RJC]. Also, recalling the Hariri-Assassination, The U.S. State Department Cut $500,000 in
annual funding for Investigating Assad's War Crimes via the Commission for International Justice
and Accountability (CIJA), a group of international war crimes prosecutors that documents the war
crimes of Syrian President Assad's regime; the funding shift has raised concerns that the U.S. is reducing
its commitment to holding the Syrian leader accountable for atrocities because the interests of
Washington and Damascus are converging over the fight against the Islamic State.
On Monday, Nov 10, 2014 the Baltimore City Council will vote on a bill [ELECTRONIC
SMOKING DEVICES - Council Bill 14-0371] intended to ban the use of e-cigarettes
anywhere that combustible cigarettes are banned [including all indoor workplaces], but
an amendment has been offered to EXEMPT RESTAURANTS AND TAVERNS. The ActonAlert notes that a comparable technique was used by Big Tobaccoyears agoto
forestall efforts to maximize the number of smokefree facilities and, thus, it is requested
that people send a customizable letter to the members and that people contact the
leadership [CouncilPresident@BaltimoreCity.gov] advising opposition to the
amendment and support for the parent-bill; in my view, the parent-bill should be
defeated. Here is the rationale for this posture: E-cigarettes ARE TOTALLY
UNREGULATED and constitute a danger not just to smokers, but also to those around
them; manufacturers falsely claim e-cigs just emit harmless water vapor whereas,
actually, the vapor [which is actually an aerosol] contains nicotine, ultra-fine particles,
and low-levels of carcinogens.
Alan Dershowitz [channeling the innate pathology of Dem-libs] again wrote a piece attacking
BHO [Why is the Obama Administration Provoking Israel?] without concluding thatregardless of

the social-issuesBHO no longer merits support.

The Palestinian Authority demanded that world media no longer use the site name
"Temple Mount" when referring to that location. Here, today, from Agence
France-Presse and Yahoo, we see (underlined in red) an example of media who
are complicit in erasing the millennia-long Jewish connection to this place. Please
look up contact info and phone or email both Yahoo and Agence France-Presse.
{This is also factually imprecise, because the events on the Temple Mount do not
occur exclusively within either mosque located thereupon.}
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Geraghty also noted that the DSCC had abandoned Mary Landrieu, probably because control of the
Senate is no longer at stake, and shes got a serious uphill climb. The good news for her is that she was
at 40 percent in the polls and finished with 43 percent on Election Day. The bad news is that Republican
Bill Cassidy was at 34.5 percent in the polls and finished with 41.9 percent. [Republican Bill Manness got
13.7 percent.] Inevitably, someone will wonder, as Hugh Hewitt did yesterday, whether the National
Republican Senatorial Committee should still spend $2.3 million on broadcast ad time in Louisiana over
the next month. They should pull out only if theyre completely confident of victory on December 6 *and
they shouldnt be+ and only if they feel like Republicans have too many Senate seats. {Sarcasm drips.}
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has canceled its advertising
reservations for Sen. Mary Landrieu ahead of the December runoff in Louisiana. The
committee canceled all broadcast buys planned from Monday through Dec. 6 in the
states five major media markets, three sources tracking the air war told POLITICO.
Thats about $1.6 million worth of time. The DSCC is in the process of canceling an
additional $275,000 in cable placements, according to buyer sources.
Ready for a World Where Republicans Have Good Get-Out-the-Vote Efforts?
Rick Wilson, back on October 31:
Its simple enough: can the voter turnout tools and techniques developed and deployed
with such success by Obamas team in 2008 and 2012 work for Dems without the
exceptional charisma, presence, media adoration, and generational and racial signifiers
that Obama brought to the fight?
It bothers Republicans because, while they rightly believe the technology itself
is apolitical, theyre worried.
But we lay awake at night thinking, What if theyre too far ahead? What if they move
this targeting and turnout operation all the way down the ballot and start picking
electoral locks in places where they shouldnt win? What if it doesnt depend on Obama
at all? What if he was just the passenger in the machine these genius liberal nerds
built?
Keep an eye on data-driven races where the Democrats have deployed the Obama
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Governors races *I think he meant Senate races Jim] , and particularly the Georgia and
Florida gubernatorial races, where a battle of the nerd ninjas on both sides is in full
swing.
Well have more answers then and one side wont like it.
We have our answer: GOP wins in North Carolina, Iowa, Colorado, Georgia, and Florida, and an 8000
vote lead in the Alaska Senate race where the final votes are being counted at a glacial pace.
Ron Fournier:
A review of the RNC's targeting operation (including a pre-election sample of specific
projections) suggests to me that the GOP has made significant advances on targeting
and mobilizing voters. While the Democratic Party may still own the best ground game,
GOP Chairman Reince Priebus has narrowed, if not closed, the tech gap.
A few Democrats saw this coming. "Our side has underestimated the GOP ground
game," Democratic pollster Celinda Lake told me Tuesday morning. "Their electorate
doesn't look like ours, so we don't recognize or respect what they're doing." . . .
Democratic consultant Doug Sosnik, who co-authored "Applebee's America" with Dowd
and me, declared Tuesday that the GOP has clawed back into the ground wars.
Comparing Republicans to other fast-adapting institutions, Sosnik said, "They don't
invent anything, but they can take an invention and make it better, faster, and for less
money. That's how technology works."
Credit goes to Priebus and a data team headed by Jesse Kamzol. Last week, Kamzol
described how far the world of micro-targeting has progressed. The advances benefit
both parties, assuming they're both willing to take advantage. . . .
There is just so much more digital data on all of us than there was a decade ago
collected and analyzed in orders of unfathomable magnitude. The RNC had enough data
this year to rate each individual registered voter on a scale of 1 to 100 on their
likelihood to vote strictly along party lines; to vote for a GOP candidate or a Democratic
candidate; to participate in elections; and to cast an early ballot. They also rated each
voter's view on Obamacare.
One point that can get lost in all this: You can have the most state-of-the-art get-out-the-vote system in
the whole wide world, but it wont help as much if your candidate is a turkey.
The John Birch Left [per Ed Driscoll] and Progressives Transference of Their Fears
But just as the Bircher right began to see communists everywhere, the new Bircher left
sees racism, sexism, homophobia, and Koch Brothers everywhere.
Theyre lurking around more corners than Gen. Ripper imagined there were commies
lurking inside Burpelson Air Force Base. Theyre inside your video games! They own NFL
teams! Theyll steal your condoms! Disagree with President Obama? Racist! (That goes

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for you too, Bill, Hillary, and your Democratic supporters.) Not onboard for genderneutral bathrooms? Not too thrilled with abortion-obsessed candidates like Wendy
Davis and Mark Uterus? Sexist! Disagree with using global warming as a cudgel to
usher in the brave new world of bankrupt coal companies and $10 a gallon gasoline?
Climate denier!
And as with the original Birchers, dont get em started on fluoride.
The original Birchers werent bad people, but their Cold War paranoia got the better of
them. Similarly, as Charles Krauthammer famously said, To understand the workings of
American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think
liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil, which illustrates how a John
Birch-style worldview can cause the modern leftists to take an equally cracked view of
his fellow countrymen, to the point of writing off entire states and genders . . .
A list of progressives fears would offer a mix of the insignificant, the theoretical, the farfetched, and the
mundane: micro-aggressions, climate change a century from now, the Koch Brothers, insufficient
cultural sensitivity in video games, an allegedly imminent Christian theocracy, and so on. New York City
mayor Bill DeBlasio is on a crusade to save his city from charter schools and horse-drawn carriages.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel fears gun shops within 500 feet of a school, while 367 people have been
murdered in the city so far this year.
You notice progressives dont spend a lot of time and energy fearing flights of people from countries
with Ebola, an unsecured border, ISIS, al-Qaeda, Vladimir Putins aggression, the declining number of
two-parent families . . .
This may be a bit of psychological transference. When Leftists notice things like ISIS, Putins aggression
or the collapse of the family, on some level -- perhaps subconsciously they realize their preferred
options are unlikely to be effective. Confronting that fact would force them to reevaluate how they see
the world and sometimes, after a sufficiently dramatic or frightening event such as 9/11, some people
actually do change their entire worldview.
But a lot of people cant or wont overhaul their entire philosophy and understanding of how the world
works. So they deny the idea that any of these are real problems or worthy of much attention or
discussion -- they reflect GOP scaremongering, others paranoia, etc.
But all of that fear and anxiety and anger has to go somewhere . . . and thus it gets expressed at much
more convenient and much more philosophically aligned targets i.e., climate change a century from
now, the Koch Brothers, insufficient cultural sensitivity in video games, and so on.

Political-strife in the House has been unleashed post-midterms among Rs

[Gohmert Hinted at Challenging Boehner for House Speaker] and Dems ['Great Unrest'
Among Democrats Over Pelosi]; gotta luv it!

Rush Limbaugh Echo for Friday, 11/7/14

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Opening: Yes! We are making progress. Ill explain.

_____________________________________________________________
Seg#1: I have been focusing on one message: Just STOP!!!
I dont watch much cable news on TV at night. I started getting eMail from friends and others assuming
I had been watching. (I was being discussed.)
Until I got in today, I didnt know what was being discussed. This is not ego on my part. Some want to
shoot my view down; others support it. It is all understandable.
What in the HECK was the MANDATE if it wasnt STOP OBAMA ?
Republicans didnt have a national message, so what else could it be? THIS WAS MAJOR, and it will be
a long time before Democrats recover. Liberals cant let this standit is something they just cannot
tolerate!
This is the reason people need to be reminded, it has to be pounded to them. 29 Senators that voted
for Obamacare are now gone: retired, died, or were defeated. Daniel In-No-Way of Hawaii passed
beyond.
If a FoxNews commentary/analyst had said it, it would have been applauded as brilliant. Since I said it
(about the Republican mandate, STOP OBAMA) even some on our side take exception.
[Rush takes time out from analysis to be excited about new internet routers arriving there at EIB
studios.]
Hannity asked Rove what he thought of my take. Hannity said he agreed with me. ((Clip-Rove: But is
more than that. They want to stop Obama from doing bad things, but progress to [list].)) This is
progress. I did not say we dont want progress on positive things.
What I suggested: have a press conference and a letter/package to Obama showing public opinion.
Release the letter, release the polling, THAT IS NOT DOING NOTHING.
Most Republicans are running around saying, Cross the Isle; Start the compromise. There is John
Maverick McCain begging Obama to not go outside the Constitution. You dont beg the Loseryou
stand on your MANDATE!
NO, NO, NO, The voters dont want compromise! Exit polls show that the American people do not
want compromise. This is not doing nothing: send a letter and a poll up and make Obama veto it;
then tell the people. THIS IS NOT DOING NOTHING.
>>> The American people want no more Liberalism. <<<
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((Clip-on Rove: I listened carefully to what Tom Cotton said.)) The voters spoke up on their own. It is
the only conclusion: Liberalism and Obama were rejected. That explains the WAVE. Remember how
some Republicans said they support Amnesty and would get it passed this year. That was rejected.
>>> Just STOP! That is the mandate now.
_____________________________________________________________
From the Rush Limbaugh Morning Update: "Hunt for Blame"
Self-described lifelong Republican, Jon Huntsman Sr., who, back in the day was a special assistant to
President Nixon, had some harsh words for the Tea Party; Mr. Huntsman told Yahoo News: "The Tea
Party has completely captivated and ruined the Republican Party today, and they'll show this in 2016."
He said, "Unless a Jeb Bush comes in, or Jon Huntsman Jr.," my beloved son, "the Republicans don't
have a prayer."
When Huntsman Senior was asked if Junior would run again, he said he didn't think so, but he wished his
son would listen to him and give it another try. "He's just a bright, wonderful, decent individual who
brings people together, who's unifying." Jeb Bush is "very bright and able" and "would represent the
Republican party very well." But Huntsman doubts that Jeb would be embraced by the Tea Party gang.
Then he was asked about a Bush-Hillary matchup. Mr. Lifelong Republican Huntsman said he's not a
great handicapper, but he thinks Hillary would be a fine, fine president.
Democrats, including the most partisan, like Hillary Clinton, fine people. So-called moderate
Republicans, like Junior and Jeb, fine people. But principled Tea Partiers? A gang of evil people who ruin
the Republicans!
A question such lifelong Republicans never answer is, why, in recent times, when moderate Republicans
-- fine people -- win the nomination and run for president, why do they lose? The "hunt" for blame
continues.
_____________________________________________________________
Quote Gems from Rush Limbaugh dot com:
"The idea that voters in an election like this turning out as many Democrats as they can means they
want Republicans to work with Obama instead of Democrats, is literally insane!"
"You're the winners, Republicans. You just won big. You just had a landslide. You don't give up anything!
Obama does. He lost. His party lost. They're the ones that have to move. If they don't move, the
American people should be told."
"I checked out a little bit of the Boehner press conference. You know, it's good to know that journalists
still know how to be impolite and ask rude, adversarial questions. I thought maybe they'd forgotten how
to do it, 'cause they haven't done it in six years."
"The Democrat Party is not the Democrat Party of JFK. 'Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask
what you can do for your country.' Those are curse words today to the Democrat Party."

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"Our third book, Rush Revere and the American Revolution, qualifies our time-travel adventures for the
New York Times series -- and we just learned we're opening at #1 on that list."
"The Democrat Party wants as much dependence on government as they can concoct. That's why
they're going to do amnesty."
"Question: Is the Republican Party known as the party of 'no'? They are. The Democrats have been
calling them that for years, and they won, didn't they? They won as the party of 'no.' There's no other
way to spin this than my way."
"The idea that we need more laws and we need more legislation and Congress working together. No, no,
no, no. We need to halt it, and that's what the vote meant."
"I like to talk but sometimes it's better when I don't. Well, not for you. But for me. Sometimes I get tired
of talking. Sometimes I get tired of the expectations and the pressure. Sometimes I like to shut up. Most
of my life I shut up, by the way. Most of my life I don't talk, I listen. But that's another story."
"I never try to stir things. That just happens. I mean every bit of what I'm saying."
"Hard work makes things happen, innovation, creativity, entrepreneurism."
"Obama and the Democrats had total control of the White House and the House of Representatives and
the Senate the first two years. What'd they get done? A lot of bad crap is what they got done. Just
because something gets done doesn't mean good is happening. There's way too much that's been
done."
"This idea that we got to get something done? That is, I believe, the root of our problems. What is great
about congressional recesses? Nothing gets done. We have too many laws. Since when has this country
been defined by the greatness of its legislation. That's not how things got great. Legislation didn't make
the country great."
"Rich Democrats are getting richer. Wall Street Democrats are getting richer. The poor have their
benefits increasing with welfare and food stamps. The middle class is who's paying for all of this. And
they are not advancing."
"If voters wanted Congress to work with Obama to get things done, they would have elected
Democrats."
"It's big out there with a lot of people, this notion that we've got to work together. And the reason that
notion is big is because professional political people misunderstand the electorate on this. They've got it
in their heads, primarily the Republicans have it in their heads, that the electorate wants both parties to
work together and compromise and get along and smile and enjoy each other's company. That's not
what this election meant."
"How can you say that this is an anti-incumbent election, if only two House seats were lost by the
Republicans? Sorry, folks, no way this is anti-incumbent, either. It's anti-Obama. It is anti-Democrat."

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"My contention that there is only one mandate the Republican Party has after the election, that being to
stop Obama, has been debated all over cable news. And I frankly -- and I'm not trying to be funny here -I don't understand what the debate is. What is there to debate about this?"
"We, with our third adventure, Rush Revere and the American Revolution, we're now a series because
we're three, and we open at number one in the New York Times. Man, it's such an upper."

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Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 12:15 PM

Subject: Thoughts - XLII
[GOP-Conservatism, Islamists, POTUS-16, ObamaDon'tCare, Economics, Log-Cabin-GOP]

https://www.scribd.com/doc/245941654/Thoughts-XLII-GOP-Conservatism-Islamists-POTUS16-ObamaDon-tCare-Economics-Log-Cabin-GOP
Last night, a dozen Conservative-Politicos chatted for four hours about the State of the Union,
and the putative future [short- and long-term] that has motivated them to feel hopeful BHOs
destruction of America [domestic and overseas] can be reversed; the event was kicked-off with a
video of America the Beautiful andafter I briefly referenced the ongoing impact of Kate
Smiths God Bless America (particularly to Flyers-fans who recall the two Stanley Cups of
four decades ago)it was advised that the rendition of the National Anthem by Gladys Gooding
be cited. The celebratory nature was channeled, perhaps, by Stephen Colbert, as Jon Stewart
provided a predictably irreverent send-up.
The participants were a physician and GOP Committeeperson for two decades, a
travel consultant and licensed pharmacist, a human resource executive who
designs and finances employee benefits programs; a business owner and sales rep,
a business owner and leader of a registry of semi- and retired-professional, a
business owner in home health care, a student, a marketing and technology
director, a president of an aerospace/defense contractor, an attorney focused on
bankruptcy and immigration, a regional director of a political organization, and a
management/political
consultant
focused
on
developing
communication/leadership teams.
Although the focus was not on prognostication, it was clear that the top-to-bottom GOP victories
were viewed as portending a more difficult pathway for BHO, although it was a consensus view
that the fourth quarter will be contentious; this was perhaps best illustrated by having learned
of the tortured atmospherics @ the White House meeting that BHO hosted with Congressional
leaders for, as per Dana Perinos presentation on FNCs Fox and Friends this-a.m., BHO
vowed to pursue his amnesty-plan apace [via executive-orders] despite stark warnings that he
will be opposed [via funding-limitations].
A considerable amount of information was conveyed, particularly among those
who were annoyed @ Corbetts losssuch as myselffor no one could defend
him with any degree of credibility; my view that Cawley would be a qualitycandidate in 18 seemed to be well-received, and there seemed to be confidence
that Toomey will do well in 16.
The conversation was interlaced with POTUS-16 comments, and it seemed that a growing
consensus emerged that Hillary wouldnt run [and that Elizabeth Warren would carry her
mantle]; on the GOP side, people generally stuck to their predictions. Specifically [noting that
some people cited more than one candidate], tabulated preferences were: Scott Walker [8], Chris
Christie [2], John Kasich [2], Mitt Romney [2], Ted Cruz [1], Nikki Haley [1], Mitch Daniels
[1], Jim Webb [1], and a Generic Governor from the South/Mid-West [1]. As my son and I drove
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home, we listened to Scott Walker on FNC [Sirius-XM] and the glowing-intro from Rush; he
seems clearly to be a consensus front-runner. Chris Christies appeal west of the Delaware River
was felt to be inconsistent, John Kasich was viewed as a solid-guy with myriad experiences, Mitt
Romney was perceived as a nice-guy who might again falter, Ted Cruz [my contribution,
couched with the proviso that hes brilliant and will ace the debates, although could complement
Walker to ensure a muscular foreign-policy] was critiqued as being a bit precocious [although an
anecdote conveyed to the group suggested he wanted more seasoning but that the problems of
America had jumpstarted his intent to be vocal], and the others were not discussed [except to
have noted that Jim Webb had been a Republican in the past]. Notably absent was Rand Paul,
and Marco Rubios name was not uttered during the entire evening. Likewise, noting that
Conservative Hero Ben Carson would ban Semi-Automatic Weapons In Large Cities [I recall
hes said this before, notwithstanding the 2nd Amendment] and that Fox News Dropped Ben
Carson Ahead of His 2016 Teaser Ad, it would seem that his level of political inexperience did
not resonate among these thinkers.
Reflecting consternation with Jewish organizations [despite 33%-support for the
GOP, an increase], it was noted that Director of Org Funded by Nazi Collaborator
to Head ADL.
There was also hope that, because the Supreme Court voted to hear the latest challenge to
ObamaDontCare [ahead of judicial-schedule], its possible it will be toast by next June; the
justices agreed to decide whether the law authorizes subsidies that help millions of low- and
middle-income people afford their health insurance premiums [based on whether states
participate vs. opted-out]. [My son cited a video of an author of the bill in which he claimed this
feature was intended to prod states not to opt-out and, thus, it will be difficult to portray
Congressional intent oppositely.]
Inasmuch as the SCOTUS will probably be confronted with confirming the fact
that Gay Marriage is constitutional [noting diversity among appellate courts], it
is apt to note what was written on behalf of the Log Cabin Republicans of PA:
Hello and Greetings:
As Tuesday has come and gone, a historic victory for the GOP
showing that Americans from all corners of our great "Big Tent"
will now be heard. Women, African-Americans, and the gay
community have shown our Democratic counterparts that the
voices of pride call for conservative and moderate policies in both
our state and nationally.
Now that the dust has settled and we get to work, I invite everyone
of you to help build this new chapter of freedom in our great state
and support our newest of chapters by donating, volunteering, and
campaigning for state leaders who will lead the charge in
Pennsylvania for equality and policies that will build our great
state and all within it.
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From school boards to state senators, we need moderate and

conservative leaders who will bring sound economic policies that
promote business, education, and employment in our struggling
economy. Please feel free to contact me with any and all questions
and I look forward to help building this great chapter of freedom.
With Liberty, Freedom, and Equality,
Glenn Tuttle- LCRPA State Secretary and Treasurer
For now, Im listed as the Prez, but there has been insufficient time to initiate a
roll-out in conjunction with the MontCo-GOP; perhaps this can be accomplished
by years end, for its desirable to validate the national-level membership [of
hundreds of people].
It is, of course, bittersweet that OBAMA IS SENDING 1500 MORE TROOPS TO IRAQ, an
action that is c/w his mission-creep approach; I was on 1210-radio yesterday-p.m. decrying the
claim that there are no players America can arm. I channeled my reaction to the Thursday
EMET-sponsored phone call [when countering Schanzers comparable view] by emphasizing
prophyolactically that the Kurds merit absolute support and that the PKK was designated as a
terrorist entity in deference to Turkey, but that it has reached a rapprochement subsequently
[during the minute-or-so that I was on the air before having been cut-off]. After I was gone,
Christine Flowers reinforced my portrayal of Kurds as pro-Western.
Lee Benders column [Honoring Liberators and Mahalniks Before It Is Too Late]
in the current issue of the Jewish Exponent is particularly timely, inasmuch as
tonights gala in support of the Holocaust Museum and Education Center
[packing-them-in @ Philmont Country Club] will undoubtedly include
recognition of the passage of the Mandatory Holocaust Education Bill for which I
labored [against the Federation!] for most of the past year [as I await completion
of my framed-copy of the bill, plus one of the signature-pens and a memo related
thereto that will, itself, cost a pretty-penny].
Although it is not desirable to portray these Blast e-mails as comprehensive newscasts, certain
items are preserved, lest they be overlooked for their import and for how they relate to BHOs
failed policies: Plot to Kill Queen was Foiled, as Islamic terrorists planned to stab monarch to
death; GORBACHEV WARNED WORLD 'ON BRINK OF NEW COLD WAR'; Hagel
Approval Rating Just 26% Among Feds and Troops; Romney said Obama letter to Khamenei
'enormous error' [particularly noting that an Agency claimed Iran is still working toward nukes
and, specifically, its Efforts to enrich uranium are now occurring at a much quicker pace]; Orban
is Steering Hungary Toward Russia [noting Democracy Activist's conversion to Authoritarian
Leader]; CA Voters Say Sen. Feinstein, Boxer Shouldn't Run Again; and, between 2002 and
2004, MSNBC shows were hosted by Alan Keyes, Tucker Carlson, Jesse Ventura, Pat Buchanan,
or Michael Savage.

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[follow hyperlink!]

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Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2014 4:19 PM

Subject: Thoughts - XLII
[Jews, Islamism, Tobacco, Guns, Pope, Midterms, Amnesty, POTUS-'16, Pileggi]

https://www.scribd.com/doc/246040392/Thoughts-XLII-Jews-Islamism-Tobacco-Guns-PopeMidterms-Amnesty-POTUS-16-Pileggi
A childhood friend challenged me thusly: Bob, you're the oncologist. Jewish liberalism has
clearly unmasked itself as a malignancy in the body of world Jewry. Time to come up with a
treatment plan. Therefore, this particular gambit is accepted [invoking chess-parlance],
providing an extended-essay [equal time] on the 2nd Amendment. Then, after recapping the
midterms, a certain indulgence occurs regarding POTUS-16 speculation; this closes with
another look @ PA-Corbett.
Having been an ACTIVE anti-tobacco activist for almost four decades, I have the
cred to continue to attack fanatics within my ranks [Massachusetts town weighs
nation's 1st tobacco ban] while recognizing long-lost heroes [The Surgeon General
vs the Marlboro Man: Who Really Won?]; the latter contains images in a slide set
from an exhibition curated by Alan Blum, MD, at the University of Alabama
Gorgas Library (November to December 2013) to commemorate the 50th
anniversary of the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health, released on
January 11, 1964 by Dr. Luther Terry [of Philly]. {Decades ago, I was a member
of his organization, Doctors Ought to Care.}
Regarding the Jewish conundrum, were up to 33% of the electorate voting for the GOP; indeed,
the J Street - National Post-Election Survey [which mistakenly queries the denomination of the
study population instead of the movement to which the individual feels alignedfor we aint
Christians] shows 57% feel BHO is leading America down the wrong track but that 57%
Approve of BHOs leadership. Major concerns are aligned with non-Jews [The economy 44%
and Health care 31%]; 69% were Dems and 69% support Hillary as the next POTUS. IMRA
noted that they support settlement construction (72%), oppose boycotting settlements (75%), and
approve of the IDF in Operation Protective Edge (80%). Thus, an ongoing educational process is
needed, particularly with regard to the Iranian threat being superimposed upon the Islamic
States barbarism. Unfortunately, 46% would support pressuring Israel to achieve peace.
When confronting these issues with the great unwashed [Jews], it is desirable to
explain why Romney claimed Obama's Letter to Iran was 'Naive', citing BBs
plea that the world must not cave to Iran's demands as High-Level Talks are
Underway; then, it is desirable to remind deniers of this impending Holocaust that
worriment about Islamism is global [Barbaric Killing of Christian Couple in
Pakistan Draws Mass Condemnation, Observers Decry Muslim Silence over
Murder of Christian Couple in Pakistan, and Governor of Adamawa Warns Boko
Haram May Overtake State South Of Borno].
Again illustrative of the dangers of appeasement is BHOs silence
after Russia Sent Tanks Into Ukraine a Day After Ukraine Army
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Kills 200 Separatists in Donetsk. A poignant newsletter provides

ample proof of the dangers of appeasement citing, inter alia, WWII.
It would be desirable to ask them to dig-deep and to recognize the inanity of how
BHO conducts foreign policy [White House Did Not Discuss ISIS Strategy with
Pentagon Prior to U.S.-Led Campaign] and how it logically follows that it is
'Disgraceful' [e.g., Retired General Claims Military Pushed For 1500 Troops Back
In September] that BHO delayed satisfying a major need until post-election [lest
he alienate his pacifist-base]. There is no military authority who can claim that
victory will emerge after U.S. AIRSTRIKES TARGET ISLAMIC STATE
LEADERS IN IRAQ, for Iran is Creating Hezbollah Branch in Syria and the
Islamic State Canceled All Classes Except Islamic Studies in Syrian Schools. And
it would certainly be desirable for them to support Israeli Police Raising an Alert
After Arab Protests, amidst the Hamas-PA dance which, most recently, was
manifest when Fatah Held Hamas Responsible for Gaza Bomb Attacks.
Regarding adherence to social-issues, Jews [and the electorate] must recognize the ongoing
danger of Common-Core [top-down] educational models [e.g., Progressive Bias Rampant In
Texas Textbooks]. And, to whatever degree Jews grasp opposition to those who grasp guns and
their Bibles, the latter could erode as the Pope appears to be diverting Doctrine to the left
[BISHOPS FUMED OVER POPE'S AGENDA and Pope Demoted Conservative American
Cardinal Raymond Burke], portending further acceptance of both Gay Marriage and Divorce
[within the flock and among society at-large]. And the former could erode as the GUN RIGHTS
ISSUE CRUSHED GUN CONTROL CANDIDATES AT THE STATE LEVEL, for NEARLY
TWO-THIRDS OF AMERICANS AGREE A GUN MAKES THE HOME SAFER due to
adherence to the Second Amendment. Recognizing the equal-time provision, ponder this
reaction to these data:
Perhaps, I am an outlier, but not among Dems. However, this is based on
perception - as is my view - not data. There is zero room for movement in my
viewpoint here, regardless of how many articles are provided. Regardless of polls,
there simply will not be a gun anywhere near my personal life; also, nothing will
alter my view that there are loopholes in the way people can get guns.
I can't recall the status of fixing the huge hole created by sales from an individual
with a legal permit to one who does not. Something happened recently in that
regard. If it did not happen already, fixing that problem should be a nationwide
priority as a means of making it at least a bit more challenging to sell guns to
"bad" guys. Perhaps, it did - I just don't remember. And there are critical issues of
storage and training, for quality people recognize they need training; how many
others dont grasp responsible ownership? If one's ownership is legit, one should
have no objections to having a background check. It does not limit access if one
meets appropriate standards. If we put up with screening at airports for purposes
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I feel just as strongly about this as I do abortion. Although I personally would like
to place severe restrictions on ownership. I recognize, however, that is not a
politically viable solution. {It would also be unconstitutional, as per the
SCOTUS.} But the systems in place already recognize that limits on ownership
are appropriate. And absolute restrictions should be imposed on possession at
places collectively viewed as safe havens (e.g., schools, hospitals); wasting
money on metal detectors at these places would be OK, because that would be
better than allowing guns. {I have been doing that, as per interactions with
hospital administration after an incident @ Fitzgerald-Mercy.}
Those who prioritize law-enforcement should provide those inclined to commit
crimes with constructive paths, so they can see other options for their lives. You
won't get to organized crime in that way, but you certainly could make headway
in random crimes - the type you virtually always share as examples. Programs
could provide incentives for job skills training, other education, and [yes] limiting
the economic instability created by unintended pregnancies. I do not accept that
all people who commit crimes are hopelessly sociopathic. If that was the case,
then the system of parole should be revoked when it obviously should not. {Social
remedies may feel good, but dont begin to confront the key-issues regarding gunrights.}
I will not budge. Perceiving gun ownership as a means to providing a sense of
security means criminals have won; to the contrary, I decided to keep traveling
after 9/11 because I felt to stop would show that I was giving in to terrorists. Get
an alarm system if you're afraid in your home.
Indubitably [and particularly in NH], although Obama Rejected Boehner's Offer on Immigration
Reform,
the electorate appears to be turning against Amnesty [OREGONIANS FOR IMMIGRATION
REFORM: 'PEOPLE ARE BASICALLY FED-UP'; CA to Grant Driver's Licenses to 1.4 Million
Illegal Aliens; Sessions: Obama Amnesty Decimating Law Enforcement; Pirro: Obama A
Bully on Executive Amnesty; Brooks [a RINO-shill for the NY-Times]: Obama Amnesty an
'Extreme Abuse of Executive Power'; MSNBC Host: Why Can Dems Red Line ObamaCare but
GOP Can't on Immigration?; Even Karl Rove Supports Prohibiting Federal Funds for Executive
Amnesty]. Just as is true with gun-control, peripheral ideas may be desirable [e.g., Mexican
Police Arrest Masterminds Behind 43 Kidnapped Students], but they cannot be viewed as
problem-solvers.
Perhaps the Dem-media found a unique way to vent frustration when Ariannas
Huffington Post Took Disciplinary Actions Against Editors and Writers,
apparently due to their having targeted her pals.
Some in the DbM tried to sugar-coat what happened to the Dems [and 'Morning Joe'
Scarborough typically attempted to invoke political egalitarianism when he claimed both Dems
and the GOP were 'Cowards' in 2014 Midterms, while he pointedly advised the Congressional
GOP to Ignore Rush Limbaugh], Maher said they were a Bloodbath for Democrats; thats why
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the puerile reaction by Obama [I'm Big, You're Small, I'm Right, You're Wrong] was so
shocking. The numbers tell the story: In 2009, Democrats had 60 senators, when you include the
two independents who caucused with them; in 2015, they will have 45. In 2009, Democrats had
256 members of the House; in 2015, they will have 192. In 2009, Democrats had 28 governors;
in 2015, they will have 18. In 2009, Democrats controlled both legislative chambers in 27 states;
in 2015, they will control only 11. In 2009, Democrats controlled 62 legislative chambers; in
2015, they will control only 28 (with one tie and two still undecided).
As a result, DEMS EYE 2016 DESPITE EMPTY BENCH; BIDEN BARKED @
BHO, perhaps as an initial effort to distance himself. Meanwhile, Veteran
California politician Willie Brown warned that presumptive Democratic Party
presidential nominee Hillary Clinton "is going to lose" in 2016 "[u]nless there are
some serious readjustments to the Democratic operation." [George F.
Will's Sunday column, "Sleepwalking behind Clinton," noted "The last time
voters awarded a party a third consecutive presidential term was 1988 ... A
Clinton candidacy make sense if, but only if, in 24 months voters will be thinking:
Let's have a third Obama term."]
This contrasts with the atmospherics surrounding the GOP where, again, a civil-war is brewing
[NYT: GOP Establishment Gears up for Civil War Against Tea Party]; Cruz is focused on
applying issues to current circumstances [TED CRUZ, MIKE LEE: OBAMA'S ATTORNEY
GENERAL NOMINEE MUST DENOUNCE PLANNED EXECUTIVE AMNESTY] while Sen.
Bob Corker is 'Frustrated' with Conservative Amnesty Opponents. Reflecting the growing-threat
of the GOP to undermine the Dems is the fact that TEXAS REPUBLICANS GAINED
GROUND WITH LATINO VOTERS; comparable turmoil exists among libs in England [Battle
Over Labour Leadership Rages On as Rumours Continue to Swirl].
Here are my comments regarding an article in the WaPo [GOP presidential
hopefuls jockey for position in a crowded 2016 field], some of which were written
in-response to zany input from others; most of their postings reflect the elitism
that led to the massive defeat of Dems [both on the federal and state levels], for
trite, broad-brush attacks won't work any longer [nor will crassly-demographic
appeals]:
This is a fair/balanced piece; my ticket remains Walker/Cruz but
Kasich/Pence
would
be
ok,
too. Don't
want
Rubio/Bush/Romney/Christie/Ryan ... Carson ... Paul ...
Huckabee/Santorum; Portman would probably be OK, but Perry is
eclipsed by Cruz. These are high-quality, serious people to whom
the Dems should listen.
The GOP recognizes it was provided an opportunity to legislate in
a fashion that will translate into how it would lead. In contrast,
Dems are recognized, even by DW-S, to be in disarray; they would
be well-advised to create a "Coffee Klatch" wing [of populists,

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[which propelled Clinton].
As the GOP "brand" recovers, the Dems' imagery sinks, as
documented by the Electorate; trite, broad-brush attacks won't
work any longer [nor will crassly-demographic appeals]. [No, the
no-shows perhaps evinced self-recognition of personal ignorance;
they absented themselves because of disillusionment with BHO.]
Dems will now have to face, in 16, the customary power of
incumbency.
Some Republicans believed BHOs lies and voted for him but, this
time, the Dems were hit by the lies-of-the-year that BHO was
universally recognized to have uttered.
{Do you remember the "feigned amnesia" republicans played the
last 6 years? You know....like how nothing whatsoever happened
before Obama? Like...how everything in the world is Obama's
fault according to right wing echo chamber? How's that war drum,
doctor skarloff? getting your sons and daughters ready to go to war
for your ideology?}
I'm in favor of a muscular foreign policy and I'm opposed to
amnesty until the border has been secured; fortunately, it seems the
social-issues can be contained, for the Dems will again be faced
with the dilemma of the degree to which they will maintain loyalty
to BHO.
{Cool. Will your son and/or daughter mind going to war to
appease Repubican thirst for war? I love how you would sacrifice
their lives for Republican power hunger. Thank you for their
service.}
Affirmative!
We have witnessed the alternative, namely, that pacifism has lost
an Iraq that it will now be far more expensive [in multiple ways] to
recover; furthermore, it is mandatory that the Iran-challenge be
confronted sooner rather than later.
The GOP wants America to bulk-up, again, and willful ignorance
of an increasingly dangerous world [including Russkies] does not
substitute for an assertive Foreign Policy.
A colloquy with a friend recognized omissions in my summary of the Fridaysoire [e.g., Portman and Jeb]; I sensed, during the event, that others existed but
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were easily rejected [e.g., Marco Rubio Considers POTUS Run as a Pro-Amnesty
Adviser Leaves Office]. His reorganized comments:
Walker has shown electability and has governed well, especially
re: public sector unions. I want a winner.
The Great Mid-West is giving us a good crop of potential
candidates. We will need a mega-state candidate to increase
chances of winning. I don't want a rookie on the ticket.
Walker worked hard, I am told, for more trade action and we can
look into whether he has visited Israel.
It actually may be good to have someone with the "right" values
and a sparse record. It would open the door to beat up properly on
Hilary, whose record as Secretary is a poor one with good
documentation for GOP attack, lots of travel, and rhetoric without
accomplishments. Aside from State, she has never managed
anything except her career.
The GOP victory gives us several terrific women who can fend off
some, even a little, of HR's first woman to be president
campaign. The lust to be different as a rationale for a vote for
president may have been tempered by the rather disastrous record
of BHO.
With the right candidates, some positive record by the GOP
Congress, and continued dumb policy by BHO, including and
especially on Iran, WE CAN ELECT A RESPONSIBLE
REPUBLICAN IN 2016.
Portman has a record of votes in the Senate and is strong for
Israel. I can do some research next week.
This was my reply, in-part:
Rush likes Walker and Cruz; he feels the key-task is to STOP
BHO, and then ensure a Conservative philosophy is articulated
behaviorally by Congressional leaders [via bills passed that BHO
will be hard-pressed to sign].
Each has strengths and most have unique experiences; I love Cruz
[because he is consistently courageous and correct and
Constitutional], and suspect he will continue to rise rapidly in the
evolving polling.

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Although the Establishment-types reflect a GOP that requires

refinement, others are serious; this contrasts with those who still
feel Hillary will run/win [despite BenghaziGate and aged
philosophies].
Regarding state-level concerns, this same individual railed against cutting expenditures for
infrastructure. In follow-up of Pileggi vs Corman Tale Of The Tape, it was noted that Dominic
Pileggi of the 9th District is facing a challenge from Jake Corman of the 34th District to be
Majority Leader of the Republican-controlled Pennsylvania State Senate, a spot Pileggi now
holds. Bill Lawrence noted that Pileggi has been under-fire from conservative groups and has
come under fire from newcomer Sen. Scott Wagner of the 28th District for the inability to get
commonsense consumer and taxpayer oriented reforms in the state that would gore the oxen of
the state's powerful and wealthy unions but would make life a lot easier for everybody else.
Pileggi's major [at least five figures] contributors to Friends of Dominic Pileggi were derived
from 34 pages of contributions for 2014 on the state's campaign finance website], regarding
Steam Fitters Local 449, we figure a steamfitter is a steamfitter:
University City Housing Company
10/08/2014 $25,000
Vahan H. Gureghian
05/15/2014 $25,000
CARPENTERS LEG. PROGRAM OF GREATER PA PAC
04/07/2014 $25,000
CARPENTERS PAC OF PHILADELPHIA & VICINITY
04/07/2014 $25,000
LOCAL 66 PAC CLUB
04/07/2014 $25,000
Local Union #98 I.B.E.W, Committee on Political Education
05/15/2014 $25,000
PA FUTURE FUND (business)
03/10/2014 $20,000
PENNSYLVANIA HORSEBREEDER'S ASSOCIATION INC PAC
04/07/2014 $20,000
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
05/14/2014 $15,000
06/24/2014 $1,000
09/08/2014 $1,000
10/01/2014 $1,000
Robert C Robb, Jr.
05/15/2014 $15,000
Comcast Corp & NBCUniversal PAC
06/24/2014 $15,000
PSEA PACE
03/10/2014 $1,000
08/20/2014 $10,000
03/10/2014 $1,000
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Responsible Citizens
05/08/2014 $10,000
Pennsylvania Healthcare Assoc. PAC
10/02/2014 $10,000
PECOPAC
10/02/2014 $10,000
McNees PAC
06/28/2014 $10,000
Steamfitters' Local Union 420 Committee on Political Education Fund
05/14/2014 $10,000
Steam Fitters Local 449 PAC Fund
05/14/2014 $3,000
However, a supporter of Pileggi sent us the following list of contributors to
Corman for 2014 and noted that Corman was a yes vote on the pay raise and
pension hike.
PSEA PACE
7,500
10 20 2014
$5,000
3 24 2014
For the People
Allentown
$5,000
3 24 2014
(PAC formed by former Democratic State Rep. Jennifer Mann with leftover
campaign money. Mann now Chairs the PAC)
Committee for a Better Tomorrow (Philly Trial Lawyers)
$5,000
3 28 2014
AFSCME Council 13 PAC
$2,000
2 26 2014
Sheet Metal Workers Union Local 19
Philadelphia
$1,000
3 28 2014
LAWPAC (Statewide Trial Lawyers)
800 North Third Street 2nd Floor
Harrisburg
PA 17102
$1,000
10 9 2014
APSCUF/CAP-PA (State University Faculty)
$1,000
3 24 2014

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Pittsburgh
$500
1 6 2014
Opinion:
Both men are smart enough to read the very large writing put on the wall by the
voters in the once union-dominated state of Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and
Ohio and remember the fate of soon-to-be former Gov. Tom Corbett. They are
also smart enough to know they are being watched and being held accountable.
To our Tea Party friends who see bright red whenever they look at Pileggi's name,
stop making it personal. If Pileggi should win, focus on issues. To use a local
example, a new $150 million high school is being proposed for Springfield.
Repealing the prevailing wage law will cut the cost greatly with some estimating
it could be by as much as $30 million.
The unions that contribute to both men [especially Pileggi] don't want the law to
change. We suspect it would be far more effective to focus on the issue of saving
elderly and unemployed people a lot of money while getting a school built rather
than about how Pileggi is a bad, bad, bad person.

VINTAGE FOLLY
A new sheriff showed up;
and he sauntered through saloon doors like a white-hatted hero.
Set em up, barkeep,
the drinks are on me.
Upon initial libation;
he appeared attractive, audacious, romantically unordinary.
Most assuredly, he was
a horse of a different color.
Infusing intoxication;
transforming America; his stated mission and purpose.
The posse rejoiced;
hosannas and fainting spells.
Insightful was he,
in inciting the crowd,
by keeping hype and hope
at a fevered pitch.
Queries, critique, or common sense;
perceived as the weapons of wicked obstructionists.
..
Today; the morning after.
Saddened supporters now stumble about in a semi-conscious stupor;
wondering, just what,
they were thinking; yesterday.
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melancholy has descended; their dreams diminished.

Now they know, all too well;
that there is no return to the rapture of then.
Reflection and resignation;
the grandeur, glimmer, and glitter are gone.
The message of the moment;
its time to sober-up.
Most pairs of eyes are now open wide.
Even non-cynical citizens see;
it was, he is,
simply this;
an old stale wine
in a bruised and battered bottle.
Stew Bolno
November 5, 2014

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Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 3:11 AM

Subject: Thoughts - XLIII
[Rosenbach, Rush, Paterno, Corbett, TEA Party Movement, Cawley, Shapiro, Gun-Law, Tobacco, Reagan,
Redskins]

https://www.scribd.com/doc/246327931/Thoughts-XLIII-Rosenbach-Rush-Paterno-Corbett-TEA-PartyMovement-Cawley-Shapiro-Gun-Law-Tobacco-Reagan-Redskins
This Blast e-mail has again grown from an innocent, brief effort to clarify-matters into another
comprehensive portrayal of evolving events [with necessary commentary]; it is trisected into statewide,
national and international affairs [despite the many ways they overlap], and references to blogging on
PoliticsPA are sprinkled throughout. Also on this first distillation are a number of comments about gunlaws [which segues into tobacco-related concerns]; it closes with a vignette about Reagan and a bit of
levity about the Washington Redskins. Attachments elucidate how Irans Already Cheating, the many
ways Rush remains ahead-of-the-curve, the rhetorical legerdemain of Goldberg when probing what
most everyone has recognized, and an allegory *The Four Cats+ of BHOs redistribution. ,Before
launching into these hyperlinks, watch Sometimes Freedom Needs A Friend, note Josh Firsts Veterans
Day presentation in Catawissa, and giggle over Steven Crowders answer to NYC-Cat calling video.}
Illustrating how thoroughly Rush has dominated Conservative-thought [much to the
consternation of libs] are two specific items. First, Rush Limbaugh Threatened to Sue the
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee over the DCCCs manipulation of
comments from his program; Limbaugh demanded an immediate retraction and public
apology. Second, Rush Limbaugh has claimed "Texas Had a War on Liberals" with Konni
Burton's Election to Wendy Davis' Seat; in contrast to Davis [who rose to fame after
filibustering against Texas' abortion bill], Burton is staunchly pro-life, as well as deeply
conservative on fiscal issues. She was endorsed by Texas Senator Ted Cruz and won the
enthusiastic support of grassroots conservatives around the state; she beat Democrat
Libby Willis by more than eleven thousand votes [52.19 - 45.44 % margin].
This first distillation focuses on statewide concerns, both gubernatorial and legislative; the under-toe
reflects the state-level conflict between conservatives [supported by the TEA Party Movement] and the
moderates [supported by the GOP-Establishment]. {Also note that Rosenbach sued over Sendak rare
books; the back-story is fascinating, for this museum [near Rittenhouse Square] is a gem.}
As noted in a prior Blast e-mail, Corbett's admission on Paterno firing was spot-on, but
spectacularly late; that I argued vigorously for his displacement by Cawley confined me,
ultimately, to the Cassandra-role. Even now, developments are evolving [NCAA and
Penn State respond to Paterno estate's amended complaint and, regarding the Penn
State sanctions case, the PSU attorney vented and an NCAA staffer called leadership
'image-conscious.' A column claiming Wolf beat Corbett, not Joe Paterno was roundly
condemned, including by myself:
Linda, allow me to integrate the prior comments with my viewpoint, for
your dismissive attitude is highly offensive to those who adored JoePa.
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2+ years @ PoliticsPA against Corbett's being the nominee; as a GOPCommitteeman for two decades, I spoke truth-to-power when
amplifying on these comments during chats with Party Leaders.
I'm a PSU-grad, have tracked this issue closely, and supported Guzzardi's
challenge as a prod for Cawley to displace the two of them; all these
views were correlated with the violation of his no-tax/no-fee pledge
[the latter was on video during a Pittsburgh debate].
He was not merely politically nave, for he knew the unions own the
Dems but "rent" the GOP...and problematic legislators who were going
to block his efforts to reform pensions, sell state-stores, and enact
paycheck protection.
As a result, more than a year ago, he should have had a "chat" with
those republicans about their vulnerability to being primaried;
friendships and alliances aside, the ability of the governor to deliver on
popular campaign promises was at-stake.
Thus, there were other factors that the author of this op-ed didn't
articulate with precision, but his essay is particularly problematic
because of its theme; all of his inane comments about abortion [e.g.,
ladies could "just close their eyes" if they didn't want to view a
mandatory pre-abortion video of a fetal ultrasound] and other issues
aside, he was a poor communicator.
That's why I railed against his silence regarding the year he sat on the
Sandusky investigation...followed by the precipitous firing of Joe Pa a
few hours after he'd announced his retirement after completing 3 more
games in the season; he should have held an "endless pressconference" as did Chris Christie after BridgeGate broke.
Indeed, recent reports suggest [1]--he considered/rejected my idea, and
[2]--he laments the firing without a prior investigation.
That he did so poorly while the tsunami engulfed the nation is also
problematic, for I pled with leadership to tie Wolf to BHO...alas, again,
to no avail, until a few DAYS before the election.
We had a flawed candidate, also, dating back to when he reversed a
decision by the AG's Antitrust division that would have opposed the
creation of Highmark from the consolidation of PA Blue Shield and Blue
Cross of Western Pa; I confronted him with this fact ~a half decade ago
@ a picnic hosted by Rep. Curt Schroder, but he claimed amnesia to the
obvious fact that this would create a monopoly/monopsony.
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THUS, Corbett should just take his Holier-than-Thou postures

[punctuated by having besmirched JoePa] into deep retirement, and...
THUS, those performing an autopsy on what happened must recognize
that those who would have been energized were enervated by his
having dissed a remarkable [republican who supported Nixon, and] rolemodel for how coaches should build sportsmen with character
[prioritizing academics over athletics].
Hey, Linda, capiche?
*
Caroline Redbrook: You have self-marginalized your argument; few
"rational" people would claim "Pedophilia is arguably the worse crime in
humanity [and] Pedophile enablers are just as guilty as the perpetrators
themselves." The criminal-justice system places it many rungs below
felonies such as murder, and alleged-enablers are not subject to the
severe penalties visited upon perpetrators, for their lifetimes.
I was wrongfully accused on-line that I should get over it, but I noted that Id steeled
myself to this outcome more than two years ago; I countered by ribbing the Dems by
wondering aloud whether they had recovered yet from the national slap-down of BHO
that [historically] was delivered simultaneously.
Regarding this historically massive rejection of Corbett which was against-the-national-tide, it is
appalling thatdespite strong advice [provided both in-writing (on PoliticsPA) and orally (to multiple
top-politicos in the GOP], the PA Republican Party Released a New Obama-Wolf Radio Spot and a
Corbett Ad Called Tom Wolf President Obamas Biggest Fan only days prior to the election; Guzzardi
concluded Corbett lost because hundreds of thousands of voters stayed home rather than voting. He
quoted Robert Ciervos observation that Wolf only got 79,700 more votes than Onorato, yet won in a
blowout by 10%; in 2010, Corbett received 2,172,763 votes of a total of 3,987,551 and, in 2014, Wolf
only received 1,894,484 votes of a total of 3,457,063 voting; Wolf did only slightly better than Onorato's
2010 total of 1,814,788 votes.
Regarding PA-Dems, the colloquy @ PoliticsPA [Rendell: Democrats Did Piss-Poor Job of
Giving Voters a Message] prompted a loyal-Dem to discount the behavior of a
prominent Dem like Kathleen Kane, who declined to prosecute Dems caught red-handed
taking bribes; I flamed-out, recalling how this guy has demonstrated a pattern of issuing
undocumented [incorrect] assertions. This webpage provided a battleground for an
updated back-and-forth with a self-confident [albeit incorrect] Dem-blogger. {Also, note
that Voters will remake Pa. high court and that Mumia Abu-Jamal sued over Pa. law
restricting speech.}
Within a few hours, voting will occur for leadership in the PA-legislature, themed often on whether the
Conservatives feel current leadership had bent to union-pressure inappropriately. No coups are
anticipated in Pennsylvania House leadership races whereas, in the Pa. Senate, there is a food-fight for
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Corbett loss, he wouldnt support Pileggi [a position later adopted by Senator White]. Another battle
[SMUCKER VS. SCARNATI] reflected the widening of the GOP leadership fight; illustrating the delicacy
thereof, Smucker claimed he's not part of the Pileggi slate, but that he supports Pileggi. Unofficial
sources said Wagner will support Senator Jake Corman for majority leader, but that Corman is only
slightly better than Pileggi (i.e., not worthy of RLC-endorsement), despite the desire to punish Pileggi for
being partially responsible for Corbetts re-election loss regardless, since Pileggi had blocked all of
Corbetts reform agenda during the past 3 years. The Conservatives, via the american future fund,
urged-pa-state-senate-republicans-to-remove-pileggi-as-majority-leader.
I also responded to a Reader Poll regarding What Jim Cawley should do:
I have somewhat-strong intuitive-feelings in favor of his running for
Congress, despite the fact that I havent discussed anything substantive
at-length with himand would love to do so.
The last time we spoke, @ the PA Leadership Conference this past April
in Harrisburg, in stark contrast with his superior [who, before and after
delivering his keynote on Friday-night, scampered in/out], Jim hit EVERY
person @ EVERY table prior to introducing Mike Reagan @ the
Saturday-luncheon.
Furthermore, when he sensed I had a lot to suggest regarding the
gubernatorial campaign, he said he wanted to complete rounds and
we could continue chatting after lunch; he hung-around and I was
provided ample opportunity to ventilate [and he provided his private email address for future interactions].
He would probably BOTH be a shoe-in for the 8th AND be eager to learnt
the ropes; granted, Ive not been highly pleased with Mikes having
voted lock-step with Boehner [and would "risk" his successor following
in these footsteps+, but Id be willing to accept the risk *and hope that,
being his own boss, he would be responsive to reason, knowledge, etc.].
I suppose that, to some, this declaration might serve to dissuade
support from powers-that-be, but he deserves an easy time of itand
he could look @ other positions thereafter from a posture of individual
achievement.
I also responded to a Reader Poll that concluded Josh Shapiro is the Dem-Favorite in
2016 to try to unseat Toomey:
Josh would be a formidable candidate against Toomey for any number
of reasons; nevertheless, he knows I harbor a personal-grudge based
upon his having ignored warnings regarding a nuked-up Iran, delivered
after a personal presentation from a middle-east expert ~a half-decade
ago [and renewed semi-annually on election-days with Marcel Groen,
MontCo-Dem Chair, and his wife Bernice...who are long-time
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Josh will need to articulate a foreign policy that compares/contrasts

with that of BHOASAP; having x-examined Sestak twice during the past
decade and found him wanting [specifically having disagreed with
almost every sentence he uttered during a Rosemont speech while he
was an incumbent+, Josh would undoubtedly be preferablebut NOT so,
when compared with Toomey [on multiple levels].
So, Josh, I memorialized my conflict with you in the Times Chronicle
years ago but, per your request, didnt voice it during a MontCo
Commissioners meeting a year ago; it festers, and you cant claim you
werent forewarned.
It is necessary to remind the readership that the lib-indent advocating gun-control [provided due to the
stated-desire to honor the equal-time provision+ did NOT reflect my viewpoint; the noise generated
from the [misguided] reaction was deafening:
Whats up with your refusal to have a gun in your house and therefore I suppose in your
hands? Support for Liberal policies is not what you are about. I know that but sometime
along the margins youre on the wrong side of the line. Do we need to have a Lunch
Summit? Yes. *.+
Your Argument: If one's ownership is legit, one should have no objections to having a
background check.
That means: If ones life is legit, one should have no objection to having a government
agent search into any aspect of their life.
In support of my argument I offer the American idea of Innocent until Proven Guilty;
The Fourth Amendment that prohibits warrantless searches and the entire pantheon of
the reasons Rights must be protected, not violated by governments
Getting permission from the victim to allow government the ability to violate their
Rights is such a massive fraudulent use of permission it should be un-necessary to
explain. Its like asking a victim for permission to continue the torture in exchange for
the life of their children.
Government refuses to properly police people meaning catch and jail criminals instead
of making innocent people waste their time, efforts and money to arm themselves.
More armed citizens mean less crime. You dont have to like guns to support Freedom
but it would help. *.+
*
So far as guns, fine that you dont want one, but it makes you a bit less effective in
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actual possession of guns, ammunition, skill using and who is therefore in a better
position to make the arguments in favor of guns.
Use an analogy about Israel, a topic about which both of us are passionate.
I grew up a half block from a synagogue so I have more info about being Jewish than all
of my Roman Catholic friends. What I lack is the deep experience of actually being
Jewish. I can't support Israel as well as you, just as you cant support guns like me, but I
support Israel every way I can just as you can claim to support guns. You have more
credibility about Israel just as I have more about guns.
I never thought of you as an anti-tobacco extremist but, since you mentioned it, perhaps
you are correct.
I believe smokers need all the help its possible to give them including making it more
difficult to smoke in lots of public places but it should be done by business people, not
with government mandates like smoking ban laws, higher tobacco taxes and evermore
anti-smoking laws. More lawsuits, yes, but not mandates.
The private sphere never got control of their smoking spaces because intrusive
government took over the entire tobacco issue so we have lots of laws but little thought
being given to the actual problems of smokers and actual stop smoking ideas by the free
market.
*
Guns not making you feel safer? Really? We have an alarm. The best deterrent to
home break in is barking dogs. You should get one, then the alarm, and while the
company calls to see if you are okay the intruder gets licked by said dogs and has a good
5 minutes for the robbery, rape, and, dare I say...murder? So, the gun owner takes the
unloaded shotgun, hand gun or rifle, loads it with nearby ammo and, after warning said
intruder the he is armed, proceeds to blow the fucker to kingdom come. In another 2 or
3 minutes the police arrive. Moral of my story. Damn right we feel safer now that we
have guns. If Jews had to kill to eat we all would have them!
*
I totally disagree on the gun issueI do respect your position for yourselfgo at it not
so much for me.
These views were shared with the lib, who provided this follow-up:
What Constitutional rights and privileges do we have in this country that are not
operationally defined by government (state and/or federal)? It appears, based on this
reply, there would be opposition to all such limitations. If just related to guns, is that
not a narrow view of our rights? Wont engage on that turf. Interesting that in making
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money to arm themselves because of lax law enforcement. Seems that a reasonable
answer to that problem is to advocate for better policing, as I have.
Because the Midterms Closed the Door On Gun Control At the Federal Level, Mike Bloomberg took his
money local, a phenomenon that has extended to Dems in general [Texas Democrats Abandoning State
Level Politics Retreating to Cities] in reaction to GOP successes [and the perception theyll be durable+;
thats also why John Oliver said the only thing that mattered on Tuesday were state-level elections. As a
result, Pennsylvania Dem-Lawmakers Moved to Block Expanded Gun Rights, action that is c/w the view
that Dems constitute The Party of Gun Control; this characterization has limits, however, for PA towns
sued over state legislation on gun control measures.
Overall, Gun Control has proven to be A Tyrant's Tool in World History, perhaps
prompting creation of defensive organizations such as Jews for the Preservation of
Firearms Ownership.
To justify this phenomenon, one need only note *on the micro-level] that a defenseless 91-YEAR-OLD
VETERAN WAS BEATEN TO DEATH and *on the macro-level] that the FBI Reported that Crime Fell
While Gun Purchases Soared in 2013; this also explains why GUN STORE OWNERS ARE JUSTIFIABLY
CHALLENGING A CA LAW BANNING HANDGUN ADS. There is a certain irony when a Pro-Gun Candidate
Holds 341 Vote Lead For Gabby Giffords' Former Seat and when Rapper Nelly warned Boys Who Want to
Date His Daughters that 'I'm a Proud Member of the NRA.'
This also sparked the need to clarify the prior assertions within a different context, for
one reaction was to assert that the government ban on tobacco is not far from a
government ban on Doctors. The issue is not the item banned but the power to ban
things. Yes, government can ban crimes and even some instruments of crimes like
fighter jets and battleships, but not guns. Whats up with your support of government
bans on guns in the home and other places like my pockets?
Responding in-reverse, I dont want the government violating the 2nd
Amendment and, indeed, it was this posture that prompted me to write
the [now-published] letter-to-the-editor debunking authors of the
article/editorial [in the Annals of Internal Medicine] who were overtly
trying to create a scientific foundation for such Big Government
misconduct as confiscating guns. And, regarding Tobacco, Ive been an
activist since the 70s, but at no time have I [c]overtly endorsed
banning a legal substance; again, it was this posture that prompted me
to write the [in-press] letter-to-the editor debunking authors of the
article/editorial [in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings] who were overtly to
create a scientific foundation for such Big Government misconduct as
attacking the potential for e-cigs to reduce harm from smoking.
Note also that Merchants say cigarette tax is a business-killer.
Never-before-heard tapes of Reagan were revealed; recordings from the White House Situation Room
include Reagan trying to convince an intractable Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to hold off the
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East with Pakistani President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq; and a talk with Syrian President Hafez al-Assad
[whom he kept waiting for over 13 minutes while he finished up a horseback ride at his California ranch].
This is an e-mail sent to Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune responding to his article
endorsing a name-change for the Washington Redskins:
I always love your articles and I generally agree with them. I would
suggest, as in an email I received, they change the name to the
"Foreskins" to better represent their community, paying tribute to the
dick-heads in Congress.
I agree with our Native American population. I am highly insulted by the
racially-charged name of the Washington Redskins. One might argue
that naming a professional football team after Native Americans would
exalt them as fine warriors, but nay, nay. We must be careful not to
offend and, in the spirit of political correctness and courtesy, we must
move forward.
Let's ditch the Kansas City Chiefs, the Atlanta Braves and the Cleveland
Indians. If your shorts are in a wad because of the reference the name
Redskins makes to skin color, then we need to get rid of the Cleveland
Browns.
The Carolina Panthers obviously were named to keep the memory of
militant Blacks from the 60's alive. Gone. It's offensive to us white folk.
The New York Yankees offend the Southern population. Do you see a
team named for the Confederacy? No! There is no room for any
reference to that tragic war that cost this country so many young men's
lives.
I am also offended by the blatant references to the Catholic religion
among our sports team names. Totally inappropriate to have the New
Orleans Saints, the Los Angeles Angels or the San Diego Padres.
Then there are the team names that glorify criminals who raped and
pillaged. We are talking about the horrible Oakland Raiders, the
Minnesota Vikings, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Pittsburgh
Pirates!
Now, let us address those teams that clearly send the wrong message to
our children.
The San Diego Chargers promote irresponsible fighting or even spending
habits. Wrong message to our kids.
The New York Giants and the San Francisco Giants promote obesity, a
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The Cincinnati Reds promote downers/barbiturates. Wrong message to

our offspring.
The Milwaukee Brewers. Well that goes without saying. Wrong message
to our families.
So, there you go. We need to support any legislation that comes out to
rectify this travesty, because the government will likely become
involved with this issue, as they should. Just the kind of thing the donothing Congress loves.
As die-hard Oregon State fans, my wife and I, with all of this in mind,
suggest it might also make some sense to change the name of the
Oregon State women's athletic teams to something other than the
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Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 6:03 AM

Subject: Thoughts - XLIV
[TEA Party Movement, Media, Midterms, Racism, LGBTQ, Amnesty, BHO's Mentation, Dems, Congress,

ObamaDon'tCare, POTUS-'16]

https://www.scribd.com/doc/246341191/Thoughts-XLIV-TEA-Party-Movement-Media-MidtermsRacism-LGBTQ-Amnesty-BHO-s-Mentation-Dems-Congress-ObamaDon-tCare-POTUS-16
It is first desirable to recap key-points in the immediately-prior Blast e-mail, focused on PA; the rest of
this Blast e-mail serves to put to bed themes that have been amply documented from the national
and international perspectives. Corbett lost because he didnt confront the unions *which rent the Rs
while they own the Dems+; he knew the lie of the land at least a year ago and, thus, to achieve
passage of the promised-triad *State Store Privatization, Pension Reform, Paycheck Protection+, he
had to discern if anyone had to be primaried to achieve adherence to GOP-principles. Instead, he
procrastinated; indeed, he didnt even pass another Voter-ID law [stripped-down, free Penn-DOT photoID, limo-service to/fro for anyone who could breathe, etc.]. As a result, from write-in campaign to
campaign star, Wagner rose quickly in PA politics and, thus, has led long-delayed efforts to confront the
leadership [regardless of outcome in a few hours]; Conservatives are upset, despite the fact that PA-run
liquor stores report record sales. In fact, these phenomena are national in scope for, even in Texas, a
Rep. [Capriglione] Angered a Tea Party Group After Expressing Support for Speaker Straus [presumably,
abandoning principles upon which election had been promulgated]; everyone is being scrutinized, for
even Slate recognized that the Tea Party is now matured ['Savvy, Smart, Disciplined']. In fact, these
phenomena are international in scope for, even in the UK, the Independent Party Launched an Attack Ad
on Tories as Poll Predicted Easy By-Election Win.
Certainly, Corbett couldnt entrust his fate to a media that would not truly scrutinize the
Wolf tax-plan; a montage of MSNBCs Fun Election Night Coverage is entertaining, but
Conservatives should know that its hosts are seething [e.g., Chris Matthews has now
repeatedly revered to Ted Cruz as evil+. And, indeed, to maintain the safe-lib meme,
its almost as if CNN would accept Hitting a New Ratings Low and allowing Employee
Morale to Collapse; when it lost its DISH contract, its CHAIRMAN MOCKED CNN by
recalling the lost Malaysian-Jet sarcastically ['UNLESS THEY FIND THE PLANE,' LOSING
CNN IS A 'NON-EVENT']. Curiously, GLENN BECK REVEALED A SERIOUS HEALTH
SCARE...due perhaps to hypo-Adrenalism and, thus, the need for Brain Rewiring that
occurred DURING FOX NEWS YEARS; this may explain why, although Guzzardi and I were
high-security Marshals @ his Restoring Liberty event in D.C., I had stopped subscribing
to his Blaze *because of a pattern of aberrations+ years ago. Im not impressed with his
current campaign of healing, for it cannot be justified while BHO rules; thus, I will
monitor how he now attempts to right himself *recalling, for example, how he
kissed-up to CNN a few months ago because, according to some insiders, he was trying
to land a prime-time gig (following airhead Alisyn Camerota from FNC)].
Coupling the Iggles-win with the midterm-rout, it is emotionally satisfying to witness the releasephenomenon that is occurring nationally, even as the GOP's Dan Sullivan is maintaining lead in Alaska
Senate race as absentee ballot count begins and Louisiana is lookin good *a voting opportunity on the
KEYSTONE XL may be LANDRIEU'S LAST HOPE, while RAND PAUL UNITED LOUISIANA REPUBLICANS
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from the economy still resent the policy choices Obama and congressional Dems made early on; Teacher
Unions Dumped $80 million Into the 2014 Midterms [Result is an F+], and at least one Congressman
[Peters] Credited Distance from Obama for Victory [in CA-52]. Predictably, sour-grapes were exhibited
[Wendy Davis Blamed Ebola for Her Pathetic Drubbing in Texas]; this contrasts with the optimism that
emerged from a defeated candidate, inasmuch as Ed Gillespie, after the near-upset of the year, will
probably run for Governor in three years. Overall, despite punditry and rationalization to the contrary,
the 2014 Midterm Elections yielded a GOP Landslide that Wasn't a Quirk of Turnout; the electorate that
voted last Tuesday was much closer to the one that voted in 2012 than it was to the one that voted in
the 2010 midterms.
A friend injected a note of caution: Unfortunately, Mr. Putin is not the only one who,
given one wish, would rather kill his neighbors cow than prosper himself. The
Democrats, Marxists, Progressives and America-haters will get more effective by 2016.
Right now, theyve spun the election results to diminish Republicans in favor of what the
Democrats should have changed. Of course theyre wrong on several levels, but know
that the mainstream media has already begun to chip away at the Republican victory.
*Its also being made into a race issue.+
Regarding [reverse-]racism, myriad articles reflect the ongoing desire for Dems to keep stirring-the-pot
[Police ID Michael Brown's Mother as Alleged Robbery Attacker; Ferguson Gun Sales Skyrocket; Rangel: I
Thought White Cracker Was a 'Term of Endearment'; and the Minneapolis School District Now Needs
'Permission' to Suspend Any Black, Hispanic Student.]. Ominous is the claim that the Obama Attorney
General Nominee is as Big a Race-Baiter as Eric Holder; thus, the GOP plan is to Link Lynch to
immigration, and even the NY TIMES agrees with Cruz/Lee that AG NOMINEE LYNCH MUST ANSWER ON
EXECUTIVE AMNESTY.
Meanwhile, the Culture-war rages, both related to Common Core [which Is Designed to
Drive Your Local Curriculum] and LGBT-rights [NY FARM OWNERS FINED $13,000 FOR
REFUSING TO HOST SAME-SEX WEDDING]; I feel the former posture should continue to
be opposed [empowering the locals], while the latter posture should continue to be
opposed *honoring religious exemptions, just like in ObamaDontCare+. Meanwhile,
ominously, Obama is readying a sweeping list of executive actions on 'global warming';
also noted is the fact that China vowed to cap carbon emissions.
Some were driven to wonder whether BHO is mentally/behaviorally decompensating when Obama
Showed-Up for a China Conference Dressed Like He Was Beamed There from a Star Trek Movie.
Krauthammer [and others] have concluded that Obamas utter self-confidence both made him and
broke him; Obama is So Isolated That Dem Senators Call MSNBC to Learn White House Plans, reflecting
the view of Bob Woodward that Obama's Relations With Senate Dems are As Bad As With the GOP.
FNCs KURTZ reported that Valerie Jarrett is now scapegoat-in-chief, for she is not above
keeping a shit list [or, as hers was titled, a 'least constructive' list]. One progressive
activist recalls Jarrett holding the document during a meeting and noticing her own
name on it, along with the names of others in the room. ... (A White House official says
the document was prepared by a staffer acting without orders and that it is not a
common practice.)" To the contrary, Mika Brzezinski claims this Attack Is Sexist, for she
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Such strife carries operational import, for a war is being waged over Obama's new war in Iraq, because
its unclear Who's in charge; 'Morning Joe' asserted Obamas Weak Response to the Islamic State is
'Scaring the Hell out of the World' and Krauthammer opined that Obama 'has no intention of doing
anything serious about Syria.' All of this, when superimposed on the [anonymous] chickenshit
perception of BB, yields political and diplomatic uncertainty that fuels the U.S.-Israel divide; what other
explanation can there be when the STATE DEPT REFUSES VISA EXTENSION FOR ISRAELI NBA PLAYER AS
OBAMA ANNOUNCES DOUBLING CHINESE STUDENT VISAS.
It also takes its toll on other Dems and the policies they promulgate, for Senate Dems
are split over whether to ram through the White House's stalled nominees and the Feds
are again planning to Back Risky Home Loans; they are even angling for advocating Fat
Interventions At Worksites. Nevertheless, there is rumbling about leadership changes,
both as minority-leader [House Dems privately discuss Pelosi's departure in 2 years] and
as campaign-leader [Castro and Kennedy considered to run Democratic comeback
campaign in the top DCCC job]; through it all, their Democracy Alliance Network was
Behind a Third of the 2014 Super PAC Spending
Meanwhile, the Rs are organizing Congress, for they will be able to assert operational control over both
houses from Jan., 2015 to about Aug. 2016 [nowhere near 24 months], after which time the POTUS-race
will be dominating attention; such an observation reflects the urgency of being prepared at the gate
[in January] to dare BHO to veto bills that have ~60% support [Keystone-XL, eliminating medicaldevice tax, etc.] after having been passed by both houses of Congress. It seems the republican-senatecommittee-chairmanships are known, but GOP Leadership will Still Need Help in the Senate to achieve a
Sixty-vote threshold. Thus, Conservatives will be watching leadership like a hawk because they will want
to eschew crony capitalism; for example, a House Committee Demanded Answers on a Truthy Project.
Because the House has a select-committee on Benghazi, it is possible that the New Republican Senate
Leadership will appoint a Joint Benghazi Committee; there are certainly many leads that Sharyl Attkisson
has reported which could easily be pursued.
Looming also is the potential demise of ObamaDontCare, either from enhanced
premiums due to insufficient enrollees, or from an adverse SCOTUS decision by 6/2015.
When an ObamaDontCare Architect Boasted that The Law Was Passed Thanks to the
'Stupidity of the American Voter' [per a brief-clip of a speech delivered @ Penn], all
could witness the baseline-deceit which BHO evinced. The OBAMADONTCARE
ARCHITECT'S ADMISSION OF DISHONESTY MATTERS for, per KRAUTHAMMER, THESE
REMARKS CONSTITUTE THE 'TRUE VOICE OF LIBERAL ARROGANCE'; also, it matters not
that the OBAMADONTCARE ARCHITECT APOLOGIZED *ADMITTING THE LAW IS
'INCOMPLETE' AND HAS 'TYPOS']. Senator LEE said the O-CARE ARCHITECTS COMMENT
PROVES DC SNUCK-THROUGH BAD LEGISLATION and even Axelrod advised that, if
Obama Is Smart, He Will Embrace GOP Ideas to Improve Health Care. Meanwhile, The
Death Panels Are Coming.
Through it all, BHO wants to grant amnesty to millions of Illegals; note the panoply of negative press this
prospect has received from across the political spectrum during only the past 48-hours:
Jeff Sessions: The GOP Must Back Reince's Promise To Block Obama's Executive Amnesty
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Pro-Amnesty Tech Groups Ready to 'Re-engage' in Immigration Debate Before Obama Exec
Amnesty
Anti-Amnesty Group: There Should Be No Expiration Date for Removal Orders
GOP MA Gov-Elect Opposes Driver's Licenses for Illegal Immigrants
Obama: 'Time Hasn't Run Out' on Lame-Duck Congress Amnesty Bill
STEYN: OBAMA AMNESTY PUSH IS FLIPPING THE FINGER TO VOTERS
Priebus Warns GOP: Dont Cave to Obamas Amnesty Threat
McCain: Political Civil War Would Be 'Effect' of Immigration EO
Obama Flashback: Halting Deportations Beyond DREAMers 'Not an Option'
GOP Sen: At Lawmakers Lunch Obama Would Only Talk About Amnesty
Obama Warned to Wait for New Congress and Not Take Executive Amnesty Action
Texas State Rep. Files Bill to End In-State Tuition for Illegals
Greg Abbott Prepared to Sue Obama Admin. Over Executive Amnesty
L.A. Times: Latinos Avoid Obamacare for Fear of Relatives Being Deported
Killed by Illegal Aliens: Victim Families Gather in Day of Remembrance
CA to Grant Driver's Licenses to 1.4 Million Illegal Aliens
Illegal aliens faking crimes to stay in USA
43 education students were kidnapped by police and turned over to a drug cartel and
then executed; in response, protesters set fire to the door of Mexicos National Palace.
BHO is also intent upon pushing for Internet-Neutrality, with the typical for/against advocates having
emerged in the process, and a key-disclaimer emerging ['All this going to be litigated']:
OBAMA'S NET NEUTRALITY VIDEO reflects the Plan to Keep the Internet Free and Open
Obama Calls on FCC to Protect Net Neutrality
net neutrality is a political winner for Obama
New war over net neutrality - When the leader of the Free World says the Internet
should remain free, thats a game-changer.
[vs.]
7 Reasons Net Neutrality Is A Dumb Idea
Government-Enforced Net Neutrality is Problematic
NET NEUTRALITY: WILL GOVT. REGULATE A SCARCE RESOURCE BETTER THAN THE
MARKET?
BATTLES BETWEEN FCC CHAIR AND PRESIDENT OVER NEW INTERNET RULES
Finally, regarding the POTUS-16 competition, among the Dems, Biden is emerging sluggishly [Bidens
call for lasting peace in Israel and Biden Misstates Troops Wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan By 47,000]
while Hillary is emerging steadily [The tricky Obama-Clinton handoff begins and Casey: Clinton has
'commanding position' for 2016]. A tainted pundit [in my view, having heard him equivocate
episodically in the past] is Aaron David Miller, who concluded Hillary Would Be Better for Israel than is
BHO [per an article in Foreign Policy], although his conclusion is a bit prosaic considering that few could
do worse than Barack Obama and he ends-up letting Hillary off the hook.
Among the Rs, Rick Perry conveniently claimed America's Next President Will Not Be a
Senator, while Mark Levin Attacked 'Really Stupid' GOP Governors For Saying That
Senators Don't Make Good Presidents. This may all be related to The Midterm
Vindication of Ted Cruz [who, BTW, said Net Neutrality constitutes The 'Biggest
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Pauls observation that the 'Big Loser' in the midterms is Hillary [for she represents
'Everything That's Wrong with Washington']. Rand Paul, in the Daily Beast, directed his
attack on Obama, said to be waging an illegal war against the Islamic State. As CAN'T
QUIT MITT Supporters used election data to nudge him toward a 2016 bid, another
Establishment-candidate, Jeb, was viewed as having an Achilles' heel in his last name.

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