These Blast e-mails are usually hyperlink-driven, in the sense that editorialization is minimized

because res ipso loquitur [the articles speak for themselves, paraphrased]; as personal-priorities are
satisfied [Kurdistan is imminent, PA will teach the Holocaust, etc.], the new business that requires
dissemination necessarily diminishes, for it is impossible to recapitulate each issue after emergence of a
new-wrinkle. Thus, working-hypotheses are viewed as having been reinforced until/unless any type of
disparagement must be rebutted; for example, each of Elizabeth Warrens 11 commandments of
progressivism is easily rebutted, although [noting her prominence], their existence is dutifully noted.
Therefore, the action-items theme remains dominant, with suggested actions explicitly provided;
obviously, if their rationale is deemed problematic, received-input is processed/referenced accordingly.
{Also, note 31 Reasons Philadelphia Is The Most Underrated City In America.}

Regarding the Illegals, it must be recalled that a concern I raised last Tuesday has been
corroborated last Thursday [Key Amnesty Critic Warned a Border Bill Could Open Door
to Dreaded Conference Committee], which noted A key veteran of the immigration
wars on Capitol Hill warned that legislation to amend a 2008 law [cited for cumbersome,
years-long deportations] theoretically would open the door to a conference committee
on the controversial amnesty bill. I care not that Boehner is not optimistic about border
deal or that Border-Bill is emerging as major TEA PARTY VERSUS ESTABLISHMENT BOUT,
because Boehner could suddenly flip, ambushing anti-amnesty Republicans [regardless
of increasingly negative public opinion, as real-life recognition of BHOs plan emerges].

I have been blogging on two issues, debunking claims that there is any type of genetic
explanation for European anti-Semitism and placing a positive-spin on Corbetts efforts,
as Corbett struggles to energize the base [for reasons that explain Guzzardis initiative].
Also, know that Philadelphia mosque imams tried to cut-off mans hand.

Other potentially-overlooked issues of personal-interest include: RJ Reynolds hit with
$23B in damages [recalling my effort to block the 98 Master Settlement agreement,
supported by the tobacco-control establishment because inter alia it was numbed by $];
and Centenarian lawyer Murray Shusterman's secret: Keep going [a contemporary of my
parents and, indeed, a pal of my (maternal) grandparents]; Why some Shore towns
thrive as A.C. lags [debunking governmental dependencein NJ and PAon gambler-$,
sold to voters repeatedly despite admittedly-low return (regardless of ethics).

Other potentially-overlooked reports of political-interest include: PALIN: IMPEACHMENT
THREAT MAKING OBAMA 'NERVOUS' [for she speaks for the TEA Party Movement] and
Republicans will only win presidential elections in the future if the party sticks up for the
"little guy" and the "Forgotten Man" of all races and backgrounds; Scott Walker Called
on Wisconsin Legislature to Repeal Common Core [reflecting trend]; Florida Concealed
Carry Permit Holder Intervened and Stops Knife-Wielding Attacker while Illinois Gov.
Wants Statewide Assault Weapon Ban over Chicago Violence [showing again that the Rs
focus on individual responsibility while Dems focus upon collective interventions]; and
Lesbian Sues Kansas City Catholic Diocese over Firing [reflecting the controversy over
how much discrimination private entities [persons per SCOTUS] can exhibit by citing
its religion] can exhibit [an issue surely to reach the SCOTUS, soon]. {Also, Angelina Jolie
Hates Obama; Believes He is Really a Socialist in Disguise.}

Other potentially-overlooked issues of media-interest include: Ratings: Fox News
Crushes CNN, MSNBC During Ukraine Crisis; RealClearPolitics.com is Now Owned by a
Chinese Company; and, with the exception of FOX News, the mainstream media is
helping Hamas perpetrate an enormous fraud [noting that an MSNBC guest said Hamas
has already won because it will get a glow among Palestinians for attacking Israel].
Examples of the last point were noted over the weekend on both CNN [which constantly
discussed civilian casualties in Gaza] and MSNBCs Melissa Harris-Perry [who led a group
of panelists, Bobby Ghosh, Hillary Mann Leverett, Earl Catagnus] to a consensus view
that America/Israel want to perpetuate the conflict; prominent was a discredited leftie,
Leverett, who claimed the people are Hamas and Hamas is the people.]

Always able to ID a pithy depiction of the gravamen of a current issue
[despite the cacophony of the proliferation of the media] is Dr. Cohn:

To the editor,
The Times writes in reference to Hamas rockets, From Gaza, an
Array of Makeshift Rockets Packs a Counterpunch.
But counterpunch is defined, To punch an attacking
opponent; return an attack. Israel has been attacked by missiles fired
from Gaza for over a decade. In the recent fighting, Israelis have tried at
least twice to institute a ceasefire, but Palestinians continued their
attacks. It is Israel that is counterpunching. If there were no attacks on
Israel from Gaza, there would be no war. A better word for Palestinian
actions since the end of Israels occupation of Gaza in 2005 is provoke,
defined, to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.

John R. Cohn
1015 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-923-7685

To the editor,
While treated as unrelated events, a direct line south can be
drawn from the wreckage of the destroyed Malaysian Airlines Boeing
777 past Syria to Gaza. The instant death of 298 passengers and crew
well less than the number of claimed Palestinian dead in over a week of
heightened violence--demonstrates the destructive potential when
unrestrained rogue elements obtain sophisticated weapons.
In Syria, hundreds of thousands have been killed or injured and
many millions made homeless by modern weapons in malevolent
hands. In Gaza, Hamas has placed weapons and built fortifications in
and below homes, mosques and schools, discouraging noncombatants
from fleeing from announced Israeli actions against tunnels and weapon
storage sites.
Hamas extremists are limited not by motives but by the lack of
the means to murder Israelis, although they have fired thousands of
missiles at Israel attempting to do just that. No one can honestly claim
that if Hamas had the means to shoot down an Israel bound airliner,
they would not do so, just as the 911 terrorists did not hesitate to fly
loaded airliners into the World Trade Center.
What a sharp contrast to the army of Israel, which must be
setting a world record for minimizing their sworn enemies civilian
casualties, despite their opponents best efforts to increase them. As
the Post implies, Israel can reasonably claim they have done more to
protect Palestinian lives than Hamas.

John R. Cohn
1015 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-923-7685

Other potentially-overlooked reports of international-interest relate to Surrender by
Another Name: Obama's Endless Iran Negotiations; defending the procrastination and
ignoring another of BHOs red-lines, Kerry Angrily Sparred With Foxs Chris Wallace: You
Like To Ask Questions, But You Dont Like To Get Answers! His filibuster was probably
intended to avoid answering tough-questions; for example, he cited BBs warning of a
bad deal being concluded in the future, despite the fact that BB was referring to the
bad deal BHO/Kerry signed-off six months ago. He also would probably want to have
avoided clarifying why he had badmouthed-Israel on a hot-mic, or that he had referred
to three dead Jewish kids who were kidnapped as Palestinians. These concerns are
captured in a piece [A Doubly Dangerous Iran] by Michael Hayden and Evan Bayh which
makes these points:
U.S. interests in the Middle East are not tangential to our national security but
are essential to counterterrorism, thwarting nuclear proliferation and
promoting stable, representative governments. It is equally imperative to
prevent the turmoil in Iraq and Syria from easing America's red lines on Iran's
nuclear program.
Countering the nuclear challenge from Tehran is straightforward: The U.S. and
its allies have to demand and devise an Iranian civilian nuclear program that
cannot be exploited for military purposes. To achieve that goal, the White
House must make clear that the hardened uranium-enrichment facility in
Fordow must be closed and not transformed into an easily convertible research-
and-development installation. The Arak plutonium plant has to be similarly
neutered. And finally, the main enrichment facility at Natanz has to be
dramatically scaled back and all enriched uranium shipped abroad for fuel
reprocessing.
One of the problems with the Joint Plan of Action - signed in late 2013 by Iran
and six other powers, including the U.S. - is that it stipulates that any final
agreement on Tehran's nuclear program will have a sunset clause. Upon its
expiration, Iran would be free to build up an industrial-size program, giving it
the ability to manufacture an arsenal of nuclear arms at short notice. The sunset
clause must be removed.
The Islamic Republic is a rash, revolutionary regime at odds with America's core
interests in the Middle East. It is a state ruled by men such as Supreme Leader
Ali Khamenei whose worldview is shaped by conspiracy theories and enduring
enmity toward the West. Tehran seeks dominance over its Arab neighbors, sows
discord through the region and actively supports terrorist organizations. It is
only in this context that Tehran's quest for nuclear weapons can be understood.

It is desirable, at the onset, to cite Dinesh DSouzas book [America], a fortnight after having distilled the
first five chapters thereof. [Chapter 6 focuses upon Native Americans, Chapter 7 addresses how half of
Mexico was absorbed by the USofA, and Chapter 8 probes modern racism.] His breezy-style shrouds
some startling assertions, such as the claim that the Civil Rights movement of the 60s was less of a
reason for the erosion of racism than was repudiation of Hitlers ethnic policies [then, less than two
decades remote]; he nails key-arguments, however, such as the classic line from BHO/Elizabeth-Warren
[You didnt make this] by noting that, to whatever degree supportive entities [such as teachers] could
be invoked to explain success, an individual has had to demonstrate how how he/she could capitalize
on such potential-advantages. [BTW, I await his response to my concern with his claim that childrearing
necessarily must be achieved in a heterosexual environment, remitted to his personal e-mail address.]
Overall, it is reassuring that his movie-version continues to do well in box-office stats, for he combines a
positive-assertive optimism with recognition of the grave task-at-hand [blocking BHOs every move].

The ongoing PA-legislature impasse regarding the need to fix pension costs, Corbett is
considering calling a special session on pension reform, so he plans to speak with House
& Senate leaders; EVEN WITH GOP MAJORITY, PA CAN'T PUSH AHEAD CONSERVATIVE
AGENDA. Corbett sent a signal regarding his plans, amplified by an ally, Sen. Yudichak,
who feels it is urgent that PA end credit-card approach to pension reform. Meanwhile,
the Jobless rate was unchanged because Pennsylvanians, like others, gave up search for
work and Corbett seeks to change view of education record. {Corbett made national
headlines when he wondered-aloud 'How we going to pay for all these services'
regarding the flood of illegals; Corbett is concerned about immigrant kids coming to PA
[vide infra] and, although some may wish to ignore its import, this could become
another party-based election-year issue if Corbett can associate Wolf with everything
BHO is saying/doing, as he continues to decompensate domestically and overseas.}

Noting JERRY SANDUSKYS SON ALLEGATION OF EVEN WORSE ABUSE, the puff-piece that doubles as a
NY-Times Sunday-Mag cover-story about Graham Spanier is to be parsed with particular reference to its
portrayal of PSUs Sandusky Scandal. The timeline therein does not probe the gaping-interval [the year
2010] during which AG-Corbetts office was seemingly inert [while engaged in the gubernatorial race];
the [dis-/mal-/non-]information provided to the Trustees throughout the bulk of 2011; the reporting-
culpability of McQueary; and the faulty professionalism of Cynthia Baldwin. Instead, note key-quotes:

The case against Spanier is at best problematic, at worst fatally flawed. {He knew what
was happening from the start, but was inert; this quote establishes the authors bias @
the beginning of the piece, explaining why so many concerns are subsequently avoided.}

In March 2011, The Harrisburg Patriot-News broke the story that a grand jury was
looking into allegations of sex abuse involving Penn State football legend Jerry
Sandusky. Rumors about Sandusky and the investigation were already circulating on
Internet message boards devoted to Penn State football. Spanier has been criticized for
not informing the universitys board about the investigation more fully, but the board,
which had a reputation for passivity, did not aggressively seek information even as leaks
trickled out. {Board members dispute this portrayal, claiming they were stonewalled.}

Spanier told me he was stunned at the breadth of the charges against Sandusky. He had
known that the former coach was being investigated for an incident involving one child
in a university locker room. Now he saw it was much more. But neither Spanier nor
anyone else seemed to realize, at least at first, that the indictment of the two
administrators broadened the narrative it brought the university into the story. You
could chalk this up to Penn States insularity and to a lack of sophistication on the part
of Spanier and other decision makers or perhaps to their wishful thinking that this
would all somehow quickly blow over. On the first day, the magnitude of this was not
completely felt, Spanier said. We had no idea that two or three or 400 reporters
would descend on State College, and we would have to close off streets to
accommodate satellite trucks. {One wonders if the author ever heard of the concept of
psychological denial, particularly because of Spaniers admittedly-guilty-knowledge.}

The next morning, Spanier said he submitted a resignation letter to the trustees, which
they did not release. That night, the trustees announced that Spanier was out. {Omitted
from this terse narrative is that JoePa had announced his retirement [after the few
games remaining in the season] that Wednesday-afternoon; that both were canned a
few hours later; that Corbett (remember the kids) was a key-agitator in this regard;
and that the Trustees never requested an internal investigation (even cursory) prior to
acting precipitously (unless, of course, they were made aware of undisclosed data via
the AG/Governor). All these factors affect how one perceives Spaniers behavior (e.g.,
whether his sense of bewilderment was justifiable); none of them appear in the piece.}

The practice of commissioning independent reports, like Freehs, goes back decades.
The investigations rarely follow the rules that pertain to criminal prosecution in U.S.
courts; for example, individuals implicated in wrongdoing, who would be called
defendants in a courtroom, do not usually get to mount a defense. The resulting reports
are often more akin to indictments than verdicts. {Impugning the report without citing
any defects therein (like challenging applicability of any appended e-mails) is bad;
claiming people were denied the opportunity to provide their own versions (without
proof) is worse; and implying the upshot of the report was merely to render charges
(without noting suggested reforms therein, see pp. 127-144) is worst.}

Some of the writing was of the type meant to impress, or perhaps overwhelm, a reader
with the firepower that his team brought to the job. The report states that investigators
conducted 430 interviews of key university personnel and other knowledgeable
individuals and that over 3.5 million pieces of pertinent electronic data and
documents were analyzed. (This would have required examining an average of 15,000
items a day over the course of the investigation, which lasted nearly eight months. It
seems likely that many of the documents were merely scanned electronically for
keywords.) {Ignored were key-data on the time-line regarding behavior of Spanier and
Baldwin; the former was in-the-loop and the latter was increasingly becoming a blocker.
Meanwhile, ignored on this time-line (see pp.20-30) are little-details such as presence of
Baldwin @ the Grand Jury testimonies of Schultz/Curley, despite her not representing
either (in a legal sense). The report, therefore, is indeed impressive.}

The criminal charges against Spanier stem largely from emails between Schultz, Curley
and Spanier. One set of emails related to an episode in 1998 in which Sandusky was said
to have showered with a boy in a Penn State locker room and hugged him. Spanier was
copied on one email from Curley, the athletic director, that was elliptical and did not
include Sanduskys name. A second said that the incident had been resolved
satisfactorily.Spanier told me that he religiously returned emails addressed to him, but
not always those he was copied on. In his grand-jury testimony in 2011, he said that he
had no memory of any allegations in 1998 against Sandusky, and after the emails came
to light, he discovered that he had been traveling on university business in Europe when
the second one landed in his inbox. {Even if he was only cced, he didnt deny having
read this e-mail; furthermore, the first sentence has a grammatical-error (between
should be among because three people were involved).}

It is not clear what Spaniers active involvement in the 1998 case would have achieved.
The allegations against Sandusky that year were investigated by campus and the local
police and a caseworker from the states Department of Public Welfare and he was
not charged. {He could have oversighted the way the campus-police dismissed them.}

Spanier could face a more difficult challenge explaining an email from 2001. It relates to
the best-known chapter in the Sandusky affair, involving a Penn State assistant coach,
Mike McQuearyMcQueary went to Paternos house the next day to report what he
saw. Soon after, Paterno talked to Schultz and Curley. Spanier said he never spoke to
McQueary, but the two administrators informed him about what they were told. The
key question, if Spanier and his co-defendants come to trial, is likely to be not what
McQueary witnessed, but how he later described what he witnessed. Did he use a
sufficiently descriptive term for what he apparently believed he had seen anal rape
or did his squeamishness cause him to use less stark language? And was that same
language passed up the chain of command to Spanier? {No, the key-question is why this
alleged-workaholic didnt speak directly with McQueary or Sandusky.}

Spanier and the two administrators agreed on a plan: They would inform the board
chairman at Second Mile (the charity that Sandusky founded), alert child-welfare
authorities and tell Sandusky that he could no longer bring children into Penn States
locker rooms. Not long after that, Curley wrote to Schultz and Spanier to say that he had
changed his mind about going to the child-welfare authorities. Instead, he would urge
Sandusky to get help. This approach is acceptable to me, Spanier wrote in response.
The only downside for us is if the message isnt heard and acted upon, and we then
become vulnerable for not having reported it. But that can be assessed down the road.
The approach you outline is humane and a reasonable way to proceed. {One would
have expected a victim of child-abuse would have been eager to scrutinize the issues
raised by allegations against a perpetrator of child-abuse, instead of accepting erosion
of an already-enervated plan.}

Spanier told me that his meetings about Sandusky were brief, came amid the crush of
other university business and coincided with another troubling issue allegations that
a Penn State employee had embezzled money. The life of a university president is you
have things coming at you all day long, he said. Its one crisis after another, one issue
after another. {Citing a mutually-exclusive issue is tangential; he wanted to deny.}

Shouldnt this background have made him more alert to Sandusky even if the reports he
heard were nonspecific or couched in euphemism? Shouldnt he have at least pressed
for more information? He said he would have if he had been told more to begin with.
Im an intervener, he said. If I see something going on in the street, in the
community, I intervene. . . . If Gary Schultz or Tim Curley had said to me anything about
child abuse, sexual abuse, anything criminal, even had hinted about that possibility, of
course we would have said something. The encounter in the shower, he said, was
described to him as horseplay, which he believes came from Paterno, relating what he
heard from McQueary. I can hear Joe Paterno using that word, he said. I dont think
Tim and Gary made that word up. I think Joe used it. {Palpable obfuscation emerges, as
Spanier claims he was insufficiently informed about horseplay, without querying them
because, allegedly, no one had hinted about the seriousness of the allegations.}

He said he had no memory of writing the email in response to Curley in 2001, but now
regrets that he used the word vulnerable, which many have taken to mean that he
already knew that something inappropriate or criminal had occurred. I didnt, he said.
I think what it meant was that if he didnt get the message and stop bringing boys into
the locker rooms, we could be open to criticism. Obviously, in retrospect, using the
word was a bad choice. But who would think that 13 years later someone would focus in
on that one word? {The focus is not only on one word; its upon his inaction as shown,
also, per the time-line, by his failure to inform the Board of what had been occurring.}

The shower took place in a coaches locker room; Spanier said he was told that it had
occurred in one of Penn States more public locker rooms. Even so, he said: We decided
we dont want him bringing kids into the shower again. It doesnt look good. It doesnt
feel right. {If he was sufficiently sensitive to his emotional reaction to what had been
occurring, its seriousness clearly had been cognate; yet, he had remained inert.}

Spanier is still incredulous that he has been charged criminally. What does this have to
do with me? he said at one point. I never saw anything. I never spoke to a kid, a
witness, a parent, Sandusky, McQueary, Paterno. {And whose fault is that?}

One of the most challenging of the tasks confronting the Penn State community is
transforming the culture that permitted Sanduskys behavior, the report said. It defined
the university community as current students, faculty, staff, the administration, board of
trustees and alumni which would include approximately 630,000 living Penn State
graduates scattered throughout the country and world. (My wife is a Penn State grad,
albeit one who never attended a Nittany Lions football game.) {Here, the hyperbole was
indeed excessive, for the key-point is to focus upon how these administrators were
provided aegis to do whatever they desired, rather than upon faculty, friends, fans, etc.}

Spanierdid not ask questions or show any curiosity, and only he knows why. No one
went looking for the boy in the shower in 2001 or even tried to find out his name.
Whether that equates to criminal behavior is yet to be determined. Wes Oliver, a law-
school professor at Duquesne, in Pittsburgh, [said] I dont even know what guilt means
in this case. What exactly does it mean to fail to supervise a former coach who you
happen to know brings kids to your campus? What kind of duty exists there? If anything,
its a sin of omission. There are sins of omission for which people are punished, but I
dont know if that will happen here or if it should happen. {How bout failure to report
a potential crime to the appropriate (indeed, ANY) authorities?}

I remain highly critical of Cynthia Baldwins behavior; to-follow is the only on-point reference thereto.
{This suggests she should have ensured Spanier knewfrom the get-go, particularly noting her
antipathy towards his credibilitythat he may need to retain separate counsel BEFORE testifying}:

The key point of contention involves a lawyer who Spanier believed was representing
him but later testified against him. In 2011, when he appeared before a grand jury
sitting in Harrisburg, he was accompanied by Cynthia Baldwin, Penn States general
counsel at the time, a former justice on the states Supreme Court and a past
chairwoman of Penn States board. In chambers, and outside Spaniers presence, the
supervising judge, Barry Feudale, asked, Cindy, just for the record, who do you
represent?

The university, she responded, according to a transcript of the proceeding.

The university solely? he asked.

Yes, I represent the university solely, she said.

A few minutes later, in the grand-jury room, the prosecutor asked Spanier to identify his
counsel before he began his testimony. Cynthia Baldwin, sitting behind me, he said.

It is not uncommon for corporate lawyers to sit in grand-jury proceedings to represent
witnesses who are testifying as agents of the corporation. This is what Baldwins
lawyers have argued she was doing. Baldwin would later give grand-jury testimony
against Spanier. According to the transcript, she revealed details of conversations with
Spanier as she prepped him first for an interview with investigators looking into the
Sandusky case and later for his grand-jury testimony. She said Spanier had withheld
information that she had been asked to gather by investigators targeting Sandusky, and
that she did not consider him an honest man.

My viewpoint hasnt changed; JoePa has been inappropriately besmirched [noting that he never sent or
received e-mail]; for example, Curley wrote an e-mail to Schultz [see p. 20] that reflects the fact that
JoePa had, indeed, tried to follow-up reports of Sanduskys misbehavior [Coach is anxious to know
where it stands. Recognizing this schism between the Football Program and the PSU-Administration
yields the justifiable concern by JoePas adherents that the NCAA shouldnt have wiped-out the victories
[undermining the winningest-coach designation]; one could argue there was an effort to engulf his
earned-reputation for having prioritized citizenship and academics, even as he waged battles for the
type of recognition thatin the 70sroutinely was bestowed upon non-conference programs. Also,
more scrutiny needs to be trained upon others who didnt report to authorities [McQueary and two
janitors] and, of course, on Ms. Baldwin [for having participated in the cover-up throughout 11]. Finally,
as emphasized earlier, Corbett needs to explain why he didnt pursue the matter aggressively during 10.

Regarding Congress, just-in-time to influence the upcoming reauthorization-vote,
announced was ISSAs PROBE OF POSSIBLE EX-IM BANK CORRUPTION; meanwhile,
predictably, the SENATE OKed TERRORISM INSURANCE BILL, giving the federal
insurance backstop seven more years. [Businesses, owners of sports stadiums and other
groups that insure against the risk of terrorist acts urged lawmakers to renew the
program before it expires at the end of the year; the extension must be approved by the
U.S. House of Representatives, which has struggled to agree on a reauthorization plan.]
{Both issues were discussed during last weeks Heritage-Action Conference-call.}

Why isn't Obama sending illegals to states with vulnerable Dems?
Sarah Palin: Why Aren't Illegals Sent to Mark Zuckerberg's Neighborhood?
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) said Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was a
"down payment" to the Hispanic community before more grants of amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Ted Cruz: Harry Reid and Obama Holding Migrant Children for Ransom
OBAMA ADMIN IGNORED BORDER CRISIS TO WIN REELECTION AND PUSH AMNESTY BILL
MASSACHUSETTS GOV PROPOSED HOUSING ILLEGALS ON BASES WITHOUT INFORMING COMMANDERS,
COMMUNITIES
A group of people in Berks County rallied in front of a children's home Sunday, protesting illegal
immigrant children
GOP Rep Blasts Plan to House Thousands of Illegals in Abandoned Dallas Schools
WH Knew of 'Catch and Release' Months Before Released Illegal Was Arrested for Murder
WaPost Covered For Obama, Claiming GOP Didn't Visit Border Enough
Four Cases of Life-Threatening Plague Found in Colorado
Obama could force cities to house
UNIVISION Ramos Swims Across Rio Grande
UPDATE: Border protests kick off across USA
Feds Ask MA to House Illegals at Unused Shopping Malls
Poorest schools 'overwhelmed by immigrant children'
Mayor warns migrant influx 'perpetuating poverty'
Fmr. Patrol Chief: '1 in 5' Illegals has Criminal Record
White House Hid Huge Spike
Obama aides knew year before declaring crisis
Influx of South Americans Drives Miami's Reinvention
Biden to Hecklers Chanting 'Stop Deporting Our Families': 'I Share Your View'
Chamber of Commerce: We've 'Never' Supported Amnesty
Nancy Pelosi Now Wants to Decelerate Deportation of Illegals from Mexico
In Mid-Crisis, NPR Targeted Border Patrol Officers
Darrell Issa Leading 'Rival' Delegation to Central America to Investigate Border Crisis
Boehner's Border Group Recommendations Don't Heed Cruz Call - A working group of lawmakers
appointed by Speaker John Boehner submitted their final policy recommendations to him late
Wednesday, which did not include language intended to prevent President Obama from expanding a
unilateral amnesty for so-called DREAMers, a member of the group told Breitbart News.

Again reflecting the GOPs Civil War, the U.S. CHAMBER of Commerce is BACKING U.S.
Rep. Justin Amashs [R-Cascade Township] CHALLENGER, Businessman Brian Ellis, in a
west Michigan congressional district in the Aug. 5 Republican primary. Amash is running
for his third term, but he has alienated the GOP-Establishment by voting against their
legislative priorities; Amash voted along the same line as Dems when he did not feel
Republican-backed legislation went far enough to slash spending or was consistent with
constitutional principles. {Meanwhile, Oklahoma Senate polling showed Inhofe (R) 58%,
Silverstein (D) 27%.} And, lest we forget about the permanent government, Hillary
Clinton thanked the GOP-establishment and its big business allies for taking on the Tea
Party and defeating conservative candidates like Chris McDaniel in Mississippi. {Note
also that Charlie Cook said Rise of Populism Stunned Establishment.}

PUTIN DENIED REOPENING OF CUBAN SPY BASE
100 ON BOARD CRASHED MALAYSIA FLIGHT WERE AIDS WORKERS
Pro-Palestinians Blamed Israel for Malaysia MH17 Tragedy
Ukraine Claimed Evidence Pro-Russians Shot Down Malaysia Flight MH17
Pro-Russians Allegedly Admitted Shooting-Down Malaysia Flight MH17 in Ukraine - According to
intercepted calls, the pro-Russian forces in east Ukraine allegedly shot down the Malaysia Airlines flight
MH17 in Luhansk Oblast. The Kyiv Post translated the phone calls and published them on its website.
Putin: Sanctions 'Seriously' Damage Russia-U.S. Relations
The situation in Ukraine may be even more dangerous and unstable than we feared. According to this
report from the Russian media, the separatists widely blamed for shooting down Malaysia Airlines MH17
are in control not just of one Buk missile launcher but a whole regiment of them.
MH17: Graveyard of desecration
Separatists Seize Control of Bodies
Corpses in Field 48 Hours After Crash
Ukraine: Rebels destroying evidence
Concern grows over investigation
U.S. official: Missile from Russia
USA-Russia at 'Cold War Levels'


Convert, pay tax, or die, Islamic State warns Christians...
Sectarian Violence Continues to Grow in Central African Republic
Report Finds 'Aggressively Islamist Agenda' at Birmingham Schools
Sectarian Violence Continues to Grow in Central African Republic
UN Head Calls ISIS Gains 'Deeply Worrisome,' Suggests Sanctions on Jihadist Group
France to Redeploy its Troops in Africa - French troops are still in Mali a year and a half after they were
sent there for a targeted operation against extremists; instead of leaving, they're about to expand their
mission to fighting terrorism from the Atlantic coast to the Mediterranean.



Netanyahu: Heart of nation with families of our fallen soldiers
Obama administration vs. Jews and Israel
BLOODY SUNDAY: DEATH TOLL MOUNTS IN GAZA
Israeli soldier reportedly captured, 70 Palestinians dead in worst day of conflict
Israel Is Winning the PR War (for Now)
Israeli Ground Operation Targets Hamas Tunnel System
Israel has the right to destroy Hamas
Donkey suicide bomb stopped by Israeli troops in Gaza
CNN correspondent called Israelis 'scum' on Twitter and then deleted the tweet
CNN Pulled Reporter From Gaza Coverage After Calling Israelis Cheering Airstrikes Scum
'Scum' Tweeting CNN Reporter Reassigned to Moscow
IDF SOLDIERS KILLED BY HAMAS MILITANTS INFILTRATING ISRAEL
20 missiles were found in UN-run school in Gaza, about which UNRWA officials said they knew nothing;
after UNRWA apologized to Israel, condemns a flagrant violation of the inviolability of its premises and
promised investigation. Yet, after Israel called upon the UN to act strongly, UNRWA turned those
rockets over to Hamas.
DAY 1 OF IDF'S PUSH INTO GAZA: A CITIZEN ARMY FIGHTS FOR THEIR FREEDOM TO EXIST
BILL MAHER: HAMAS LIKE A HOMICIDAL 'CRAZY WOMAN' WHO NEEDS TO BE SLAPPED
The same family that was killed in Syria by Assad, was also killed by IDF bombing Gaza few days ago,
according to Arab media.
US: ISRAEL MUST DO MORE TO PROTECT GAZA CIVILIANS
5 Reasons Israel Is Good and Hamas Is Evil
CONGRESS SHOWS SUPPORT FOR EGYPT WHILE WHITE HOUSE DAWDLES
ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTS ROCK PARIS
synagogue of Rue de la Roquette was attacked by a mob, and fought back
This account of the recent violence against a synagogue in Paris
THOUSANDS RALLY IN LONDON
Turkish Anti-Israel Protests Grow Violent, Threats Made to Jewish Community
Pro-Palestinians Blame Israel for Malaysia MH17 Tragedy
Compared to Hamas, Even the Nazis had Some Shame - Ron Dermer, Israel's new Ambassador to the
United States claims that Israel is fighting not just a war against Hamas, it is fighting a larger war against
the growing moral impairment of what used to be called the civilized world; not just to defeat Hamas
militarily but to restore moral clarity to a world that refuses to accept there is such a thing. Israel will
certainly win its current war against Hamas. In fact, it has already done so, but victory in the war for
moral clarity is far less certain.
Unanimous resolutions were passed by Congress Backing Israel in Conflict with Hamas, but it only had
~78 bipartisan sponsors in the Senate and ~140 cosponsors passed in the House.

Trudy Rubin continues to disseminate deceit about Gaza; each sentence is fallacious.

Three vital-sources of data include imra

Sunday, July 20, 2014
1. (Recording) Most important quote this year: Min. Livni: we knew about the tunnels
for years but not that they would be used
2. 21 Egyptian soldiers killed in rocket attack in Al-Wadi Al-Gedid
3. FM: Egypt will not modify initiative on ceasefire in Gaza
4. Egyptian military block activist aid convoy to Gaza

Saturday, July 19, 2014
1. Video: Psychological warfare backfires: Hamas video with snappy sound
2. Video: Hamas: We Place Civilians in the Line of Fire
3. IDF Spokesperson Announcement - Summary of Activities for Saturday,
4. Audio: President Obama set limit of 1,000 dead Gazans
5. PM Netanyahu Speaks with US President Barack Obama 18/07/2014
6. Netanyahu_Speaks_with_UNs Moon
7. PM Netanyahu Meets with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and
8. GPO Advisory to Journalists Covering Operation Protective Edge from

Friday, July 18, 2014
1. Turkey PM slams Egypt's 'illegitimate tyrant' Sisi
2. Missile "Diplomacy"U.S. Not Connecting the Dots
3. IDF Announcement - Uncovering of Offensive Tunnels and Footage of IDF
4. PM Netanyahu's remarks at the special Cabinet meeting
5. Pope Francis speaks with President Peres. President Peres: put end to
6. PEW Poll of Moslem countries: don't like Hamas
7. IDF Spokesperson Background Information - Gaza Offensive Tunnels (5 of
8. Col. (res.) Atai Shelach on developing a subterranean combat medium
9. Excerpts: Iran's regional quagmire.Qatar as Gaza mediator? Egypt
10. IDF Spokesperson Announcement - IDF Overnight Missions in the Gaza

Thursday, July 17, 2014
1. Egyptian FM blames Hamas for escalation that killed Gazans
2. PM Netanyahu and DM Yaalon Order the IDF to Commence Ground Action
3. [GROUND OPERATION] IDF Spokesperson Announcement - Expansion of
4. Remarks by President Obama on Foreign Policy (especially heartbroken
5. MEMRI: Israeli Knesset Member Haneen Zoabi To Palestinians: A Siege Of Israel
Instead Of Negotiations; Resistance Instead Of Security Coordination
6. Political NGOs Push for Another Goldstone Pseudo-Investigation
7. Observation: Does it matter If downed Malaysian jet dominates the news
8. FM Liberman briefs Israeli ambassadors on the situation in Gaza
9. PMW Bulletin: Hamas encourages civilians to act as human shields
10. UNRWA Strongly Condemns Placement of Rockets in School [Palestinians put rockets
in Gaza school]
11. Professor Yoram Dinstein On The Legal Status Of Human Shields
12. Distinction and Loss of Civilian Protection in International Armed Conflicts
13. Ministry of Defense Recognizes Muhammed Abu Khdeir as a Victim of Terrorism
14. Panels Poll: In wake of events Bayit Yehudi only 5 seats smaller than Likud, Shas
plummets to 6
15. Chico Menashe Israel Radio: Talk of Demilitarization is for Internal Consumption

israpundit
13 IDF soldiers killed in Gaza as Operation Protective Edge death toll climbs to 18
Public Figures Call For Arms Embargo Against Israel
The Doctrine of Proportionality [by Shoshana Bryen]
Its Another Death to the Jews Weekend
IDF expands its operation into Hamas urban strongholds
IDFs investment in training is paying off
Credibility and deterrence restored
UAE, Israel have secret meeting, UAE offered to fund Israels Gaza offensive provided the militant
Palestinian outfit Hamas was eliminated in the process
IDF Spokesperson Announcement Summary of Activities for Saturday,
Dont pee on the electric fence
Winning the Moral High Ground is a Losers Game
The Palestinian issue in perspective - The Hamas-Israel war is a test of Israels power-projection and
posture of deterrence, which directly impacts the national security of Jordan and other pro-US Arab
countries. They rely on Israels posture of deterrence in their own battle against rogue Islamic regimes.
In addition, the Hamas-Israel war highlights the limited impact of the Palestinian issue both the PLO
and Hamas on Middle East developments and intra-Arab relations. The war underlines the gap
between the Western perception of the Palestinian issue, on the one hand, and the Egyptian and overall
Arab perception on the other hand.
The treacherous task of tunnel demolition
Qatars ceasefire offer adopts most Hamas demands
Operation Protective Edge failed to shield Netanyahu from his own party
Into the Fray: Like a rudderless ship in a stormy sea
The most righteous of men cannot live in peace if his evil neighbor will not let him be.
Wilhelm Tell, Act IV, Scene III, by Friedrich von Schiller, 1804
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other guy die for his.
Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
There is always a cost to defeat an evil. It never comes free, unfortunately. But the cost
of failure to defeat a great evil is far higher.
Jamie Shea, NATO spokesman, BBC News, May 31, 1999, on civilian casualties inflicted
by NATO in the Balkans.
the West is protecting Hamas
How to win in Gaza by Caroline Glick

and Pamela Geller:

o Calgary: Savage Muslim mob chanting kill the Jews attacks, kicks pro-Israel Jews and Christians
o Saturday Night Cinema: Hitchcocks Secret Agent (1936)
o Hamas Global War Effort: London PHOTOS Thousands of Muslims and Leftists Demonstrate
Against the Jews
o Violent Muslim protesters in Paris defy ban, pro-terrorists throw rocks and bottles at police
o Rene Stutzman of the Orlando Sentinel Puts Rifqa Barys Life in danger again
o France becomes first country in world to ban pro-terror (Palestinian) Protests
o Islamic State kills 270 in Syrian gas field massacre
o Americans Overwhelming Support Israel Over the Palestinians
o Bulgaria identifies Muslim bomber of Jewish tourist bus Lebanese-born Mohamad Hassan El-
Husseini
o Muslim Cleric: In Islam, Killing [Infidel] Women And Children Is Permitted; The Prophet
Muhammad Said That It Is A Duty To Fight And Target America
o Nigeria: Muslim Group Attack Christian Town, Corpses Piling Up
o WaPo Makes a Cartoon of Netanyahu Punching a Palestinian Infant
o Islamic terrorists in Gaza using ambulances with children in them, to avoid being targeted by
the IDF


BBs remarks at the start of the special Cabinet meeting (Friday, 18 July 2014):

"This is the tenth day that Israel's cities have been under terrorist attack. The IDF is
operating against Hamas and the other terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip from the
sea and air, and now on land as well. Last night, our forces commenced a ground
operation in order to strike at the terrorist tunnels that run from the Gaza Strip into
Israeli territory. I remind you that it was through such a tunnel that Hamas terrorists
infiltrated into our territory yesterday morning in order to perpetrate a large scale
attack against Israel's citizens. The IDF successfully thwarted this terrorist act.

Because it is not possible to deal with the tunnels only from the air, our soldiers are now
doing so on the ground. Even here there is no guarantee of 100% success, but we are
doing our utmost in order to achieve the maximum. To our sorrow, a soldier has already
fallen and on behalf of all the ministers I send condolences to his family. I am certain
that I speak on behalf of all Israelis.

My instructions, and those of the Defense Minister, to the IDF, with the approval of the
Security Cabinet, are to be ready for the possibility of a significant expansion of the
ground operation, and the Chief-of-Staff and the IDF have prepared accordingly. Last
night's operation came after Israel agreed to the Egyptian ceasefire proposal and to the
UN initiative for a humanitarian truce. In both cases, Hamas continued firing. We chose
to commence this operation after we had exhausted the other possibilities, and with
the understanding that without action, the price that we would pay would be much
greater.

Even before we embarked on Operation Protective Edge, I spoke with major world
leaders. I explained to them the impossible situation the State of Israel was facing and
our need to defend our people. Since then, through constant, methodical diplomatic
and media activity, we have been creating the international space which is not self-
evident so that we can take systematic and strong action against this murderous
terrorist organization and its terrorist partners. Naturally, there are considerations and
facts that I cannot reveal to the public; these are complicated considerations that
include, at the same time, many fronts and arenas in Israel and around the world.
However, the supreme consideration that guides us is to restore the security to Israel's
citizens and to restore quiet to the country.

The IDF is a moral military without peer; it does not aspire to harm any innocent person.
We are operating only against terrorist targets and we regret any inadvertent civilian
casualties. It is the terrorist organizations which attack our cities and our civilians and
use their civilians are human shields that bear the responsibility for casualties among
non-combatants.

Now I know that in such campaigns, global public opinion always receives a distorted
picture of the campaign. This is unavoidable. But, unlike in the past, this time there are
many in the international community who understand that it is Hamas and Hamas
alone that is responsible for the victims.

This is important for the State of Israel.

I would like to appeal to you, citizens of Israel. A terrorist war has been forced upon the
state and this time as well, we will meet the challenge. Your steadfast fortitude gives us
the ability and the time to take strong action against our enemies, and we are all proud
of you. And again, I must ask that you strictly follow the instructions of IDF Home Front
Command. I think that, today, it is hardly necessary to say how important this is, and I
know that you understand this.

I have met with the commanders who are leading the IDF operation, uncommonly
brave, determined and motivated commanders, with strong values. I am impressed by
the motivation of our soldiers, both conscripts and reservists, and their desire to take
part in the campaign. They understand that their mission is to defend Israel's citizens.
Our fighters all know that they are fighting for the most just of goals the defense of
our shared home. At this time, we are all united behind the soldiers and commanders of
the IDF. And I know that I speak for all of us as we support them in their mission and
pray for their welfare.


Land invasion
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