There will be a Monthly Meeting in 90 minutes of the Philadelphia Tea Party Patriots - Eastern MontCo

[@ 7 p.m.] @ the Willow Grove VFW [305 W. Moreland Rd.], across from the WG-Mall. In-attendance
will be Ross Schriftman [who merits accolades for his radio-interview last week, as per a prior discussion
of how he segued from ObamaDontCare to other items on the conservative agenda]; the guest
speaker [who really needs no intro] will be Diana Reimer [Co-founder of Philadelphia Tea Party Patriots;
Regional Support Team, Atlantic Region; National and PA State Coordinator Tea Party Patriots;
Nationwide Local Group Coordinator].

The Republican Jewish Coalition is hosting two events [no charge to current RJC Leaders
and Members, but $20 for non-RJC Members]; RSVP to Scott Feigelstein
[sfeigelstein@rjchq.org or 610-667-1263]:

Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick will provide a Congressional Update on Tuesday, August 26 @ 6:30
PM @ the Standard Club [127 E State Street, Doylestown, PA]; if you go, noting one-way
streets, as you enter Doylestown from the south, turn right a block early, overshoot, and
then loop-around [by making two left-turns] and you will find yourself in-front [it will be
on your right]. {If you ever were @ The Moose, this is the renamed entity.}



Aryeh Green, Director of MediaCentral in Israel, will assuredly provide inside-dope as to
what will next transpire, on Thursday, September 4 @ 8:00 A.M. [Registration starts @
7:30 A.M.] @ the Crowne Plaza - City Ave [4010 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131].

Levity:

Some Say Jesus Wasn't Jewish - AWESOME Robin Williams Bit
Note this inspiring video about Jen Bricker narrated by Bernard Goldberg.

Regarding Philly:
MAN DIED IN SHOOTING OUTSIDE PHILLY PEACE CONCERT [@ Robin Hood Dell, summer home of Philly
Orchestra pre-Mann]
City of Philadelphia Sued over Civil Asset Forfeitures - Philadelphia's Civil Forfeiture Machine
Pope Francis Said He Will Visit Philly
Protesters Escorted From Philly Jewish Federation in Handcuffs

Regarding PA:
Battle in the States: NYT Documents Impending GOP Takeover of Statehouses Nationwide
Rep. Swanger blasted GOP Committee's request to Diamond
PLCB urged to boost markup on wine and liquor prices
PA Restaurant & Lodging Association appalled by PLCB memo to increase prices
Ex-PA lawmaker used per diem to buy house
DIVIDED PSU BOARD: WE'LL KEEP COMPLYING WITH NCAA DEAL
Penn State Board of Trustees is endorsing the potential settlement to keep the 60 million dollar fine
over the Jerry Sandusky scandal within Pennsylvania.Education Dept ordered to release 644 pages of
emails on abuse at Penn State
Gov. Tom Corbett's administration hasn't decided whether to appeal an order that would reveal
hundreds of emails sent amid the Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal.

SNOWDEN IS BACK ["The most wanted man in the world"]: Before he made off with the
documents, he tried to leave a trail of digital bread crumbs so investigators could
determine which documents he copied and took and which he just "touched." That way,
he hoped, the agency would see that his motive was whistle-blowing and not spying for
a foreign government. It would also give the government time to prepare for leaks in
the future, allowing it to change code words, revise operational plans, and take other
steps to mitigate damage. Snowden also was disturbed to discover a new, Strangelovian
cyberwarfare program in the works, codenamed MonsterMind. The program, disclosed
here for the first time, would automate the process of hunting for the beginnings of a
foreign cyberattack. Software would constantly be on the lookout for traffic patterns
indicating known or suspected attacks. When it detected an attack, MonsterMind would
automatically block it from entering the country-a 'kill' in cyber terminology. Programs
like this had existed for decades, but MonsterMind software would add a unique new
capability: Instead of simply detecting and killing the malware at the point of entry,
MonsterMind would automatically fire back, with no human involvement.

The Leftie-Media:

Shadow Campaign: Handful of Activists were Responsible for Anti-Limbaugh Crusade
CNN Producer Claimed House GOP Voted to Deport 600,000 DREAMers

Regarding Illegals:
NYTIMES: TEA PARTY WINNING IMMIGRATION FIGHT
Sessions: Amnesty Overreach Should Be Part of Boehner Lawsuit Against Obama
Leadership Failures Led to Release of Over 600 Criminal Illegal Immigrants Last Year
GOP Establishment: Ignore Voters, Go on Offense to Pass Amnesty
Maryland School Districts Advised of Responsibilities to Migrant Youths
Inability to Verify Obamacare Applicants Immigration Status Could Cost Billions
Sarah Palin: Exec Amnesty Betrays Minority Workers
Two Illegal Immigrants Dead After Trying to Cross Border in Car Trunk
Washington Post: Less Amnesty, More Secure Borders Won't Deter Illegals
Senate Dems to W.H.: Immigration's your call
Rancher Reports Immigrants Shifting East Because of Border Surge
Feds Won't Tell Texas School Districts How Many Unaccompanied Minors to Expect
RECORD NUMBERS OF IMMIGRANTS FLOOD INTO SPAIN from Morocco

Regarding Guns:
Gun Control v. Gun Rights Key in Connecticut Gubernatorial Rematch

Regarding Common Core:
New York GOP Gov Candidate Rob Astorino Submits 'Stop Common Core' Ballot Line Petition

Regarding Economy:
Facing an overvalued currency that is hurting corporate profits and slowing growth, China appears ready
to dump its $1.3 trillion in U.S. Treasury bonds to drive U.S. interest rates up and strengthen the dollar.

Regarding POTUS-16 [both parties]:
Although Walker is running in a blue state, he has forced the conversation about his re-election back
onto his turf, to the point that his opponent is even unwilling to attack Walker on Act 10, which led to
the attempt to recall Walker in the first place. Walkers opponent, Mary Burke, is trying to beat Walker
by, well, out-Walkering him.
Tennessee's Bob Corker Won't Rule Out Presidential Bid
Anti-Israel Author Accuses Rand Paul of Selling Out to Israel Firsters
Elizabeth Warren Clams Up on Press When Asked About Foreign Travel
HILLARY'S HORRIBLE SUMMER

Regarding Senate-14:
Breakthrough In Republican Senate Hope Montana & Iowa
Hollywood pumps cash to save Senate majority for Democrats
Shaheen Under Fire for Taking J Street Money
Democrat Poll: McConnell Surges, Up 5 Over Grimes
Kentucky Tea Party Activist on Senate Race: 'Majority of Our Group Will Vote for the Libertarian'
Mary Landrieu Criticized for Spending Public Money on Private Flight - Dem's Campaign Claims Eight-
Month Lag to Repay Taxpayers for Charter Flight 'Mistake'
Despite Dem Frenzy, Numbers Show Koch Brothers Lag Far Behind Big Money on Left

Democrats Bet All Their Chips Well, Almost All on North Carolina
By Jim Geraghty

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee just committed more than $9 million
dollars to help Sen. Kay Hagan [a big, big sum for a national committee in one state] --
meaning she must need it. You don't spend a sum like that willy-nilly. The ad buy, the
largest so far in North Carolina, will be paid out through the end of the campaign. It
reflects both the outside interest in a race that will help decide control of the Senate
and, some say, concern about Democratic incumbent Kay Hagan.

Jennifer Duffy, an analyst with the Washington-based Cook Political
Report, said, "It tells me [1]that she really is in trouble, for they're not
going to spend that kind of money defending an incumbent who's in
reasonably good shape; and [2]they're going to do the negative ads
because I don't think her approval ratings can take any more hits."

Brad Dayspring, spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial
Committee, said the buy signals that Democrats have hit the "panic
button."; he said, "The DSCC believes that, if Kay Hagan loses North
Carolina, their majority is gone."

Regarding BHO:
Terrorists Have Never Had It So Good: Mark Levin Blasted Truly Pathetic Commander-in-Chief
Obama blames others for abandoning Iraq
obamas-foreign-policy-indicted-by-his-own-team
Actor Rob Lowe Takes Down Obamas Foreign Policy with One Tweet
French foreign minister: 'When people are dying, you must come back from vacation' [referenced on
MSNBCs Morning Joe]
CNN: 'Awkward,' 'Not Terrific' Optics for Obama to Golf as Chaos Consumes World
Bowe Bergdahl's Platoon Mates Look for Publishers for Tell-All Book and Movie
Publisher Passed on Bergdahl Book Because It Might Hurt Obama

Regarding Israel [in addition to data accrued @ www.dailyalert.org]:
Hotovely: Netanyahu Not Compromising Despite US Antics
US halted transfer of Hellfire missiles to Israel
U.S. Cleared Air Missiles Sales to Turks and U.S. Agreed to Send 5,000 More Hellfire Missiles to Iraq
Egypt Asked Russia for Anti-Tank Missiles, Warplanes
Israel Outflanked White House Over Gaza
Obama declares War on Israel
US livid with Israel? Hamas cant believe its luck
Israeli official confirms US nixed arms shipment
WSJ report of frayed relations between Washington and Jerusalem, including combative
Obama-Netanyahu phone call
Moral clarity in Gaza
Truce ended as Hamas fires rockets into Israel
Hamas Continuing to Produce Rockets that Reach Tel Aviv
Israel is Facing a War of Attrition against Hamas - Hamas feels it has nothing to lose and that it is
prepared to resume the armed conflict to force Egypt and Israel to hand it a significant achievement. At
the negotiations in Cairo, neither Egypt nor Israel is prepared to allow Hamas the semblance of success.
Hamas survived the IDF campaign, a fact that has strengthened it. Hamas did not lose the desire,
motivation, or ability to continue firing rockets and mortar shells at the Israeli home front. Its military
leadership was not damaged, nor was it deterred. In other words, Hamas is alive and kicking.
Potential cease-fire deal faces harsh criticism
Don't Count on Abbas in Gaza
IDF Operated Unmanned APC in Gaza
Netanyahu: The Moral Divide - Israel and the U.S. vs. ISIS and Hamas
Cornel West: Jews 'Landed on the Backs of Some Arabs in 1940s'
Media: Were Not Defending Hamas, But
South African Union Leader Calls for Attacks on Jews 'Everywhere'
Man arrested for carving swastika in neighbor's yard
Hamas Supporters Try to Blockade Israeli Ship in Long Beach

To the editor,
The Times gave but a paragraph to the appointment of the members of the United
Nations Human Rights Councils commission investigating events in the recent conflict
between Israel and Hamas [Human Rights Council Plans to Investigate Gaza
Conflict]. The investigation will be chaired by William Schabas who is already on record
as saying his favorite person to have in the dock before the International Criminal
Court would be Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. By contrast, he refused to
even agree that he would examine charges of international law violations by Hamas in
an interview on Israeli television. Obviously, the Council has learned from its mistake in
creating the Goldstone Commission, whose chair, Richard Goldstone, subsequently
recanted key findings against Israel in the report that bore his name. This time they
have selected a chair already on record that Israel is guilty.
John R. Cohn
1015 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-923-7685

Set Restrictions on Hamas in Concrete Terms

Your July 16 editorial, A False Equivalency, noted that Hamas dug tunnels to smuggle
weapons rather than build bridges to economic opportunity. The tunnels were so
effective and so hard to destroy because they were reinforced with concrete. The
Washington Post last month noted that one particular tunnel alone required 800 tons of
concrete to build.

There was a time when Israel prohibited concrete from entering Gaza, on the grounds
that it could be used for legitimate purposes, such as construction, or it could be used
for deadly purposes, such as terror tunnels. But then the Obama administration, the
United Nations and the usual pundits began pressuring Israel to permit construction
materials, including concrete, to enter Gaza, on the grounds that the residents needed
to build houses. So Israel relented. Hamas took the concrete and used it for tunnels.

In the weeks and months ahead, critics of Israel will no doubt once again raise a hue and
cry about the cruelty of Israel's blockade and the need for construction materials in
Gaza. Friends of Israel need to mobilize against such pressure, and support Israels
prevention of concrete from reaching Gaza.

Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn
Board members, Religious Zionists of America | New York

Regarding Islamism:
PELOSI: NO 'BOOTS ON THE GROUND' TO STOP GENOCIDE IN IRAQ
"Integrated Muslims" are not Integrated
Minnesota first state to fall to Somali Muslims
Iraq's Maliki resigning after eight years in power [robbing BHO of his retroactive excuse for inaction]
Syrian Kurdish Fighters Rescue Yazidis Stranded on Sinjar Mountain
The Kurds Will Get Their Own State
Meet the Kurds, a Historically Oppressed People Who Will Get Their Own State
900 FRENCH JIHADIS FIGHTING FOR ISLAMIC STATE
France to Supply Arms to Iraqi Kurds
YAZIDIS EVACUATION LESS PRESSING, PENTAGON DETERMINES
UN: "Barbaric" Sexual Violence Perpetrated by Islamic State Militants in Iraq
The White House Doesn't Have a Game Plan
Obama weighs Iraq rescue mission but claims no 'combat role' for troops
Turkey's Border Towns, Once Islamic State Allies, Struggle to Keep Out Jihadists
Hitting ISIS Where It Hurts - ISIS currently brings in more than $1 million a day in revenue and is now the
richest terrorist group on the planet. Yet there are options for noncombat assistance that would help
degrade the group's finances. America could send expert teams to assist Iraqi and Kurdish forces in
developing the financial intelligence needed to plan military operations against key ISIS elements.
Targeting the terrorist group's bookkeepers, its oil business and its cash holdings could both disrupt ISIS'
financing and provide additional intelligence on its inner workings. Contrary to the common myth that
the group relies on wealthy donors abroad, ISISs money came mostly from protection rackets that
extorted the commercial, reconstruction, and oil sectors of northern Iraq's economy. The group also
made considerable money through war itself, plundering millions of dollars from local Christians and
Shiites. Iraqi and Kurdish forces should make it a priority to displace the group from oil wells in northern
Iraq, and to restrict its ability to process oil at its refining facilities in eastern Syria.
Islamic State Funds Caliphate with Mosul Dam Revenues
Vatican Calls on Muslims to Condemn 'Barbaric' Jihad in Iraq
ISIS Leaflets in London Encourage British Muslims to Join Jihad

Regarding Putin:
Russia began military exercises in the Kurile Islands -- parts of which are claimed by Japan -- in an
apparent effort to respond to Tokyo's sanctions on Moscow.
Vice, Salon Writer Works for Russian Gov Propaganda Arm

Regarding Iran:
No Iran Deal Is Better Than Any (Feasible) Deal
The Obama administration appears headed toward a nuclear agreement that will do little more
than memorialize the limited Iranian concessions made in last year's Joint Plan of Action (JPOA).
This is a bad deal for the U.S.
Almost any feasible formal agreement would represent a major defeat for the U.S. - in the
current global context, a JPOA-like deal would be seen as yielding to Iran and giving hostile
states more legitimacy. Moreover, such a deal would not much reduce the Iranian nuclear
threat.
With these problems in mind, the administration may want to consider another course of action
that does not depend on reaching a formal agreement. If the deadlock persists, Washington
should freeze the negotiations and keep existing sanctions at their current level.
The U.S. should lay out clear redlines for military action that would apply if Iran approaches a
nuclear weapons capability or blocks inspections. Moreover, the U.S. should cooperate with,
rather than attempt to rein in, Israel's deterrent threat. This includes providing more weapons
and systems to Israel that could facilitate a strike, and continuing the improvement of U.S.
military capabilities in the Persian Gulf, especially missile defense.
Central to this alternative is a U.S. commitment to use force if a red-line is crossed, or eventually face a
nuclear-armed Iran.

Morning Jolt [by Jim Geraghty]:
The Great Reset: Liberals Suddenly Realize Their Ideas Don't Work After All

Suddenly, we're experiencing the "Great Reset."

No, not this one . . .


We're experiencing the one where America's largely liberal political elites suddenly realize a lot of hard
truths that many voices on the right have been saying all along: A U.S. troop presence in Iraq could help
prevent chaos and genocide. Islamists want to reestablish a caliphate. Vladimir Putin is not a reasonable
guy. The United Nations is useless. The worldview and policy solutions expressed by Barack Obama
during his rise in 2007 and 2008 were hopelessly nave.

Any day now, they'll suddenly realize Iran wants nuclear weapons and isn't likely to give them up at the
negotiating table!

Doyle McManus of the Los Angeles Times breaks it to his readers that no, the Iraq War didn't really end;
it just went on hiatus, and the American sabbatical just ended:

The Obama Doctrine, which has evolved through painful trial and error (see Libya and
Syria), says the United States won't use military force except when vital U.S. interests
are threatened. But the "vital interest" exceptions Obama has cited include
international terrorism, other threats to U.S. citizens and genocide -- and all three are
present in Iraq . . .

Indeed, the stakes in this war are immeasurably larger than the safety of Americans in
Kurdistan (they could have been evacuated) or even the lives of thousands of Iraqi
Yazidis on a mountain (although, yes, they deserved rescue too) . . .

Even without American boots on the ground, Obama has entered the United States in its
fourth Iraq war. It won't be over quickly. As the president said, this is going to be a long-
term project.

So if a U.S. presence in Iraq does turn out to be vital to U.S. national security and basic human decency
requires us to do more than just stand by during a genocide . . . then maybe George W. Bush wasn't such
a crazed warmonger after all, huh, liberals?

Ali Khedery attempts a pep talk for the president:

As a U.S. official, and now as an executive doing business in the Middle East, I have
heard the same sentiment echoed privately by regional leaders for years. The reality is
that your intended policy of benign neglect has actually proven to be one of malignant
neglect and only strengthened our foes. But you still have 30 months left in office and
there are vital American interests that need to be safeguarded -- and not just on a
remote mountaintop filled with desperate, fleeing Yazidi civilians. It is time to put the
pivot to Asia on the backburner and to refocus on the unfinished business at hand. It is
time to reengage in the Middle East, lest its widening chaos destroy what is left of your
presidential legacy.

Here's the problem: the Democratic base is functionally isolationist. Large swaths of Democratic primary
voters do not want money spent overseas or troops deployed anywhere near Iraq. All of the Democratic
officeholders' opportunistic demonization of the Iraq War from 2003 to 2008 has caught up with them;
their base actually believed all of that stuff about neocons and oil companies and Halliburton and
"imperial hubris." For the better part of a decade, Democrats insisted U.S. troops could leave Iraq and
things would turn out fine for American interests.

As Ace put it, "Obama is essentially now in the position of fighting a war while pretending to not be
fighting a war, because of The Base. That should go well for all of us!"

Here are Khedery's comments to Jake Tapper:

They don't take the threat of transnational jihad seriously enough, as demonstrated by
President Obama's assessment of ISIS a few months ago, calling them the JV team," said
Ali Khedery, referring to comments Obama made to The New Yorker magazine,
comparing the militant group to a junior varsity basketball team.

"In reality, ISIS represents the most virulent form of Islamic jihad the planet has ever
seen. These folks are not Muslims, they are animals, frankly. They are a group that is so
vicious, and so blood-thirsty, and such a death cult, that even core al Qaeda leadership -
- bin Laden's successors namely -- have disavowed them," Khedery said in an interview
with CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper."

"And by doing nothing about it for months now, despite repeated warnings from the
American intelligence community, what's happened now is the cancer has metastasized,
and we have a major problem on our hands, a problem that threatens regional stability,
and thus threatens global stability," he says.

"You don't need access to CIA and NSA (intelligence) to know that they are coming, and
that another 9/11 is imminent unless we act decisively, quickly, and do it right now with
our allies," said Khedery.

Well . . . damn.

Oh, and even the French appear to be cracking jokes about Obama's vacations:

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has a message about Iraq for Barack Obama: Get back to the
White House and do something.

'I know it is the holiday period in our Western countries,' Fabius told a radio interviewer
Tuesday in France,' but when people are dying, you must come back from vacation.'

Full-time workers in France are guaranteed a whopping five weeks of paid vacation
every year, making his plea all the more urgent.

Obama is on a family and golfing holiday in a ritzy neighborhood of Martha's Vineyard
but says he will come back to Washington briefly on Tuesday before returning to fun,
sun, and more golf.