2005

Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 7:01 AM

Subject: Action-Items-CCXIV [Hillary, D'Souza's-America, Illegals, GOP, Islamism, Israel]

http://www.scribd.com/doc/235266554/Action-Items-CCXIV-Hillary-D-Souza-s-America-Illegals-GOP-
Islamism-Israel

Id thought Id covered-the-waterfront [both rhetorically and graphically] for at least a day [regarding
only a selection of key-concerns] until a few developments occurred overnight; a few domestic policy
points are followed by more clarifications about Islamism and Israel. Know that Sarah Palin Launched
Her Own TV Channel Online and that she is continuing to contribute to the campaign to maximize public
BHO-awareness *PALIN: MOST AMERICANS DON'T KNOW WHAT ARE IMPEACHABLE OFFENSES... YET].
Congressman Scalise said the Obama regime was actually pushing for impeachment, believing that
somehow it would benefit them politically with their radical base, such as "Hollywood Liberals," who are
So In Love With Obama, They Called His Motorcade Traffic Jam "Inspirational" [per Maher]. Even the
Press is spent [ABC's Jon Karl to Earnest: "Does The Letter Of The Law Matter To The White House?"].

Here is Bill ONeills take on Dinesh DSouzas movie, America:

The movie was terrific. DSouza did a really great job but it seems like it didnt get
released into twice as many screens as Dinesh said was the goal of Lionsgate at the
Regal [preview] showing.

Dinesh commented on so many issues which Ive studied over the years and on the
arguments that the Left has used to successfully get the messages that caused so many
of the problems in America, that most of the movie was not a surprise. But he provided
many great arguments and answers to the Left. Unfortunately, most people dont get
those messages. For example, the arguments about slavery were far too shallow and
undeveloped to be convincing.

He picked on one history book the Peoples History Of The United States that is a
major source of the false ideas that the Left has shoved into the students minds.

Heres part of the rest of the story.

There are literally hundreds of false history books that support the values of the left so
the one book is only a small part of a very large problem for Conservatives but the
messages of the left are far deeper than Zinns book. Heres one example of what I
mean.

Over 30 years ago one of our daughters studied Biology at Bucks County Community
College. Her professor handed out maybe 50 pages of biology information that he
wrote. Imagine my shock to find leftist propaganda phrases included in the biology
writings of the professor.

Its easy to include the values of Socialism in a biology class because of the value of
groups over individuals in, for example the way ants and bees work together for the
good of the hive. Same for the idea of swarming by bacteria and viruses. Same for
groups of lions, wolves and so many predators that hunt and kill for food in packs.
2006

Rudyard Kipling wrote: For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the
Wolf is the Pack. The values of Socialism can be found in every book used in education.

But its worse than that. Diversity and multiculturalism run rampant in American culture.
They are well entrenched and well accepted not only in the education system but also in
the media, as you well know. The values of Socialism are in the very air of America. The
problems are endemic with Public Education. They will never be changed while there is
public education in America, but private education shares many of the same values of
Socialism. Getting rid of public education wont work to change the values of Socialism
because the teaching colleges still support them so the teachers all accept and promote
Socialism. The Catholic Colleges promote Socialism. The Popes preach that Socialism is a
far kinder and compassionate system than Capitalism, the only economic system that
works short and long term. My fifth grade nun said Communism is the best system for
humans. Im no longer Catholic. Not even a little bit. Mysticism underlies every religion.
All three major Western Religions and even worse, all of the Eastern religions and those
systems have killed millions.

So far as Hillary, Bill Ayres, Alinsky and Obama, that was all known information to me.
The movie didnt add anything substantial to those people. Ive personally read at least
eight books on Hillary, none positive. Of course Id never read a positive book on Hillary
but the point is that so far as AMERICA is concerned it was known info.

The movie dramatized Hillary, Ward Churchill and Bill Ayres better than a book. Thats
what movies can do and thats what they are supposed to do so AMERICA did what it
was supposed to do and did it well.

Unfortunately, those are some of my ideas. Others who saw the movie didnt get that.
Some comments were that the movie seemed like pure anti-Obama propaganda. That
came from someone who has nothing good to say about Obama but who has a vastly
different set of life experiences than me. One generation back has no first-hand
experience of WWII while I witnessed so much and was shocked to see how the left
cleansed then distorted the record. Americans feel guilt about dropping the Atomic
Bomb on Hiroshima but I lived thru not only the bomb on Hiroshima, but the shocked
wait for the surrender that never came so the second bomb was dropped. Today,
America is the bully and the Japanese are the innocent victims who were almost wiped
out by the Americans with an extremely disproportionate response. Eugene Robinson
wrote essentially the same point about Israel in his column in the Courier and even
wrote that Israel has the Iron Dome that intercepts 80% of the incoming bombs, so its
not as bad as Israel makes it out to be.

Back in February I wrote about Thomas Sowells article on www.billoneill.info about
how the teachers are destroying America. It included Zinns book. That was in February.
The problem is they already did it. Past tense. The America Dinesh supports is gone. The
Liberals won. The Republicans are just like the Democrats in their attitudes towards
America. Even Ronald Reagan couldnt change it but then he didnt really get it either.
Reagan was not a conservative but hes the best were ever going to get going foreword.
The Left won decades ago.

2007

Sorry to be negative but the America Dinesh depicted is not todays America. I wish it
was. I want it to be again but its gone.

Hillary continues to garner headlines [Clinton said Bush-43 made her "proud to be an American" due to
support of AIDS-research and I Was The Designated Yeller At Israel As Secretary of State+; each quote
was overtly aimed @ appeasing a particular audience, even as Andrew Sullivan, a leftie, lamented the
Worrying Vacuity Of Hillary Clinton. Although some feel Bill is Hillarys Biggest Liability for 2016, others
feel Hillary Clintons Massive Public Speaking Fortune Matters [she has raked-in at least $12 million since
quitting her job at the State Department last year] because her windfall wis at odds with her partys
call to shrink the gap between the rich and the poor. Recall how the sympathetic media had planned to
depict her life [The Hillary Show]: On July 29, 2013, CNN announced a planned documentary on Hillarys
life, directed by Charles Ferguson, the Academy Awardwinning director; Ferguson is a left-wing
filmmaker likely to be sympathetic to the former First Family. Almost simultaneously, NBC announced a
four-hour miniseries called Hillary with Diane Lane in the title role. {Also, meet Chelsea Clinton.}

Turmoil continues to be the norm among Republicans [A MISSISSIPPIANS REPLY TO
ANN COULTER, lambasting her support for Cochran over McDaniel, with another author
observing that Ann Coulter's sad descent into bitter irrelevancy continues apace as
even her most pungent claims begin to fray-at-the-edges ("Obama Would Be Impeached
If He Weren't America's First Black President")]. Regarding the pending primary races,
Amash heads into homestretch confident he can win and, because the Oregon GOP-
Senatorial Candidate [Dr. Monica Wehby] is moderate, some feel she could win.

Here are a few headlines c/o the Washington Free Beacon and Politico:

White House Wants Repeal of Iraq War Authorization to ensure that no U.S. troops
return to the country, which is under siege by the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and the
Levant (ISIL or ISIS).
U.S. Weapons in Afghanistan [costing $626 million] ARE Likely Reaching Insurgents, for
U.S. government inspectors have discovered that large portions of the weapons have
gone missing and have likely fallen into the hands of militant insurgents.

Chinese Missile Forces Pose Threat to U.S. in Future Conflict, the chief of naval
operations (CNO) warned last week.

Liberals to SCOTUS: You Either Agree With Us, Or You Want People To Die
Politico has declared the left took-over the Democratic Party

Upholding the Rule of Law - The ruling against Obamacare in Halbig v. Burwell is a major
blow to its reputation as the lawat least as the president has implemented itand
its long term implications could cripple the laws practical viability.

Beretta USA *one of the nations largest firearms manufacturers+ dumped Maryland
after enactment of New Gun Laws; it will move its manufacturing and approximately
300 jobs out of Maryland.

Obama Honored Union Fronts at White House Ceremony for their work supporting
Obamas agenda.
2008


Paul Ryan: Safety Net Necessary for Upward Mobility

Export-Import Bank in danger zone due to Conservatives and coal-friendly Democrats.

Nearly Half of Contractors With Access to USDAs Data Network Have No Security
Clearance

A TORTURE REPORT will be released [expected to impugn former CIA-Directors], with
the BHO-controlled release-process having angered Democratic Senate aides

CBS News and The New York Times Launched 'Battleground Tracker' to Study Public Opinion
during Midterm Elections.

Republican Party of Pennsylvania Chairman Rob Gleason sent a letter to Pennsylvania
Media Group Director of Content Mike Feely regarding the offensive column of
Deputy Opinion Editor Matt Zencey. In an article, dated July 25, 2014, Deputy Opinion
Editor Matt Zencey noted the announcement of the PA GOPs new African-American
Inclusion Director Ryan Sanders with the headline, If this job works out, his next gig will
be getting blacks to join the KKK, the letter states. To create an intentionally and
maliciously false and callous link to a racist, domestic terrorist organization is libel and
defamation per se and demands an immediate private and public apology to Ryan
Sanders, African-Americans, the PA GOP and the tens of thousands of registered
Republicans who counted on The Patriot to be better news organization than their
actions show. Quite frankly, Mr. Zencey should apologize to all Americans, as his
defamatory comments seek to racially polarize this nation.

Regarding Illegals, a Violent MS-13 gang recruiting at Arizona facility as it is possible that Amnesty and
work permits for 5 million could be ordered 'within weeks' [Visa overstays to be excused]; Pittsburgh is
at 'tipping point' after 'foreign influx,' while MELISSA HARRIS-PERRY LIKENED PERRYS USE OF NAT'L
GUARD TO 1960S-ERA SEGREGATION. Note the people who claim: 'OBAMA WILL TAKE CARE OF US':





Regarding Islamism, note the Rising tide of anti-Semitism in Britain [where a PALESTINIAN FLAG FLIED
FROM UK GOV'T BUILDING] and in Europe [And Now...Europe's Kristallnacht]; the Grooming of Jihadists
and the graphic illustration of the Middle Eastern countries that have serious human rights issues [unlike
Israel]; and the claim by the Islamic State [Were Coming for You, Barack Obama]. Also, Israel
Supporters were Attacked by Crowd Shouting Kill Jews in Canada; after they had been violently beaten
last week, they said they continue to be bullied on the Internet and in the media by those who claim
that they were looking for a fight. Reassuring, perhaps, were efforts of a NYC Pastor Bill Devlin [with
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Philly ties] to help to secure release of a defiant Sudanese Christian, Meriam Ibrahim; he credited Those
Who Cried 'Let Meriam Go!'

Meanwhile, noting info only disseminated in the conservative press, know that Hamas
Mass-Executed 25 Palestinians, that Hamas was Caught Beating Palestinians Who Tried
To Evacuate Areas Israel Warned Would Be Bombed, and that Obama signed a massive
11 billion dollar deal with Qatar, the biggest Hamas ally. When a Pentagon intel-chief
claimed that it would not be desirable to Destroy Hamas because something worse
would follow, one was forced to wonder if the U.S. had said something comparable to
Brits in 1941 ["Destroy Nazis? Something worse would follow"]. In any case, per BB,
Hamas Violated its Own Ceasefire Hours After It Began.

Regarding Israel, removing any doubt that Obama pressed BB *It is imperative to reach immediate
humanitarian cease-fire+ was the claim by a Senior U.S. official that Israeli criticism of Kerry was
'extremely offensive' [referencing the open-mic aside that mocked Israels efforts to focus on military
targets]; as a result, Israeli Officials AND Press Criticized John Kerrys Ceasefire Proposal. Persisting,
Obama exerted heavy pressure on BB in a phone call Sunday to end Operation Protective Edge in Gaza
immediately; per an official US statement, Obama made clear the strategic imperative of instituting an
immediate, unconditional humanitarian ceasefire that ends hostilities now and leads to a permanent
cessation of hostilities based on the November 2012 ceasefire agreement.

Recalling his comments last week during the hour-long ZOA-sponsored phone-
conference, note that MK Danny Danon (Likud) blasted Obama on Sunday night, after
Obama demanded that Israel agree to an unconditional ceasefire in Gaza. We need a
break from the fire that is coming from the Obama administration in Washington. Just
as the United States fought resolutely against the Taliban, so must we continue to strike
Hamas and destroy its tunnel infrastructure. We need to withstand the pressure being
exerted upon us and worry about Israels interests. MK Orit Struk (Jewish Home) also
criticized Washington. Not only tunnels and shafts are being exposed during Operation
Protective Edge. The real faces of those who are supposed to be our friends are exposed
as well. When Obama and his foreign minister Kerry take the side of the Islamic axis-of-
evil time-after-time, they completely lose their status as honest brokers in the
conflict.

The good news is that a Senior Officer claimed We Have All of the Attack Tunnels, although he feels a
few more days are needed to dispose of the remaining tunnels. Also, Israel Defense Forces announced
Friday that they have successfully eliminated a vital threat from Hamas, killing many Hamas
commanders and one top military leader in ground clashes [names known]. Stumping BHO/Kerry,
perhaps, Egypt supports Israel.

An extensive analysis [none of which contradicts my essays, such as the most-recent]
has been published depicting the Ties between Israel and the Kurds.

Lest anyone wonder about the IDF becoming too lax when dealing with protests, note that two people
were killed in protest attended by over 10,000 Palestinian in West Bank; additional protests reported in
Jaffa, Temple Mount; Hamas praises protests, call for more riots throughout West Bank; lest anyone
wonder about the IDF becoming too aggressive when dealing with protests, note that Arabs again rioted
on the Temple Mount but, in the process, Arab mobs broke into a police station attached to the Temple
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Mount and looted and destroyed everything inside and stole police equipment; then, Arabs raised the
Flag of the PLO Terror organization (Palestinian Flag) atop of structures on the Temple Mount.

pamela geller continues to provide perspective/insight:
o Hamas Killed Hundreds of Muslim Children to Build Tunnels
o Netanyahu: This is the cruelest, most grotesque war Ive ever seen
o Belgian cafe sporting Palestinian flag allows dogs, bars Jews
o Moderate Malaysia: Muslim President of Malay rights group says Muslim countries all over the
world must combine forces and attack the Jews
o Somalia: Jihadist group calls for attacks on Jewish targets worldwide
o Bomb and Weapon Cache Uncovered in Civilians House in Gaza
o IDF proof: Hamas fired into UN facility, killed 15
o Nigeria: Police discover car loaded with explosives in mosque
o SHOCK: Jewish students shown photos of ovens and told to get in by classmates in Chicago
o Jon Voight slams Obama and Kerry on Israel
o Ceasefire Surrender: Kerry completely capitulated to Hamas in ceasefire proposal, say Israeli
sources
o Palestinian Authority President calls for War for Allah
o GRAPHIC VIDEO: Islamic State Beheads 50 And Puts Their Heads On Poles
o Hamas Rockets Break Up Leftist Protests against IDF
o Baying for Blood: Pro-Hamas Marches in Canada
o More Shocking VIDEO of Violent Muslims Rioting, Overturning Government Vehicles in France
o VIDEO of smiling American Muslim suicide bomber released by Islamic terrorist group
o VIDEOS: Violent Muslims and Leftists Defy French Ban on Pro-Hamas Protests, Violently Riot,
Attack Police and Journalists
o Islamic Jihad: IDF soldiers told to bake Palestinian blood into bread
o Huffington Post, Ahmadi Muslim leader Qasim Rashid whitewash Qurans teaching about
subjugating Infidels
o Youve all gone insane! Joan Rivers defends Israel
o IDF Calls Out UN for Lying About Gaza Civilian Casualties
o Nigeria: Devout Muslims of Boko Haram Kill 75 with Two Bomb Blasts
o Snapshot of the Day

From an Israeli in the south: A siren was heard in Beer Sheva a couple of minutes ago. A
car pulled up next to me and a dad carrying his baby got out and took shelter by the
sidewalk wall. Almost immediately a passing stranger approached them and sheltered
them with his body. That says it all. This is Israel: protecting life the best they can.
Living aside Gaza

My son has expressed the concern that insufficient coverage of the leftie-perspective may have resulted
from an overzealous commitment to disseminating facts [and perhaps forgetting humanitarianism]. Yet,
when noting how the media handles such matters [Mark Levin tore into MSNBCs Joy Reid for her
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hostile interview Wednesday of Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev] and how allegedly-neutral
parties cant be trusted *UN official allegedly busts David Gregory for using Israeli propaganda video:
Thats really unfair], it is felt to be preferable to convey one key-finding: Latest Al Jazeera Data Show
Gaza Casualties Still Mostly Combat-Aged Males.

Here is how the McLaughlin Group dealt with discussion of Israel & Hamas The tunnel
problem was not known to this extent pre-war [@ Minute #6], and Mort Zuckerman was
weak when defending Israel against the onslaught. David Rennie [from the known-to-
be-lib The Economist] endorsed America pressing for PA-legitimization via the UN if
Israel doesnt accept a cease-fire. Pat Buchanan said only diplomatic solution can work.
Eleanor Clift said Israel is exerting disproportionate force, having taken advantage of the
murder of the 3 teens, and is exerting a blockade [ruling Gaza like a colonial power].
Illustrative of omission of key-data was reference to the UN, which was said to have
claimed Israelis were committing war-crimes; there was no citation of the missiles in
UNRWA schools *admitted by the UNprior to returning them to Hamas+.

Also, from a leftie-site emerged a claim that a refreshingly open call *allegedly+ for ethnic cleansing of
Palestinians had been articulated by an Israeli deputy speaker [Moshe Feiglin]; cited were his seven
lofty quiet-achieving goals
1. Ultimatum
2. Attack
3. Siege
4. Defense (because why not?)
5. Conquer
6. Elimination *
7. Sovereignty
which were lambasted because of the intended-desire to Eliminate all armed enemies from Gaza. The
enemy population that is innocent of wrong-doing and separated itself from the armed terrorists will be
treated in accordance with international law and will be allowed to leave. Israel will generously aid those
who wish to leave. This isnt ethnic-cleansing, for the focus is military while allowing for voluntary
relocation of besieged residents.



2012

Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 9:40 AM
Subject: Action-Items-CCXV [Israel, Illegals, Senate]

http://www.scribd.com/doc/235365052/Action-Items-CCXV-Israel-Illegals-Senate

This Blast e-mail will be terse; it will reinforce points already established regarding Israel and Illegals;
polling data are beginning to congeal, predictive of a close race regarding Senate Control. It is desirable
to start with a bit of levity [Hot Crazy Matrix - A Man's Guide to Women] and to note that the Common
Core PR war is successful, per Politico.

Chapter 13 of DSouzas book *America+ capsulizes BHOs foreign policy, quoting from
an article by Doug Feith [whom I tutored in math, once, a half-century ago]; he served
with other neo-cons in the Bush Administration [led by Paul Wolfowitz]. Noting that the
post-WW-II policy of containment of the USSR had been articulated by George Kennen
*in 1947+, it was suggested that BHOs Doctrine is one of self-containment *loosely
translated as American withdrawal from the world]. [Illustrative of the failure of BHOs
policies is awareness that the DIA Chief found the Al Qaeda Ideology Rapidly Expanding
and that the New ISIL Mag Touts Ethics of Execution, Targets Sen. McCain]. I disagree
with DSouza when he claimed the Iraq war was a mistake, but he properly notes
Americas wars were not based upon the desire to conquer, unlike the motives of other
colonial [European] countries; this is consistent with his thesis that the world would
have been a far worse place if one imagines a world without America.

To: 'Dinesh DSouza'
Cc: 'Judy'
Subject: RE: errata

I disagree with your claim that the Iraqi war was a mistake [p. 212]; it
was not just based upon WMD suspicion, recalling the numerous
Security Council resolutions that had been violated.

Recall that EVERYONE [including Saddam] thought he had them [based
upon wiretaps, c/o DebkaFile, if memory serves] because his ministers
wanted to tell him what he wanted to hear.

He also was a terrorist [rewarding families of suicide/homicide bombers
with $25K+; remember that Colin Powells UN-speech was half-and-half
WMD/terrorismand that the surge worked.

The total-gross for this flick [after a month of viewings] is $13,242,504.
I have continued to blog about the name-change of the Independence Hall Foundation:

It is possible to conclude that this entity successfully accomplished its
serial goals, establishing itself as a durable force among its supporters; it
never really interacted with other TEA Party Movement entities
[constantly going-it-alone programmatically], so the name-change
actually served to catch-up with reality.
2013


Remember, the TEA denotes Taxed Enough Already and, as is
readily apparent both in the article and in Teris narrative, the ambit of
this entity extended beyond economics; the key-challenge will be
whether it can remain relevant after retrenching, for I suspect the
Adams-Siblings have been exhausted by a half-decade of self-motivated
activism.

There will always be people who reflexly scorn the work of others; they
should, perhaps, take pause before attacking so that they can acquaint
themselves with what they are about to trash, for such blogging only
serves to reveal their ignorance.

Israel:
Israel knew about the tunnels, an issue that will be debated extensively; the database has emerged.
[Recall that this was the major concern raised during the three teleconferences held last week; it was
also the basis of the question I submitted to one of them, ahead-of-time.]
Obama Placed Heavy Pressure on Israel to Cease Fire - This triggered more than 50 blog-entries,
including my defense of BB [excerpted]:

A Senior Officer claimed We Have All of the Attack Tunnels, although he feels a few
more days are needed to dispose of the remaining tunnels. Thus, if a few innovations
[such as monitoring for future tunnels] are implemented, can this be perceived as
having achieved the goal of quiet?

*

Its difficult to blame BB for whatever hasnt been done, in light of BHOs intransigence.

*

I have a bet with my son regarding the outcome; I feel Israel will maintain a buffer-rim,
for policing purposes, whereas he doesnt *notwithstanding BHOs protestations that
the 2012 line should be maintained+.

*

BB is negotiating himself through a series of scylla and charybdis challenges;
meanwhile, the tunnels are unearthed and he adheres to the Egyptian formula.

*

{Just because you have chosen to use this fancyshamacy term instead of plain between
a rock and hard place does not absolve your high school buddy. }

*

2014

Somehow, the mythological creatures seem more threatening and, thus, better fit the
current circumstances.

MK Shamir: US harmed its Middle East allies
Mosab Hassan Yousef (Son of Hamas Founder) told the truth about Hamas.
Obama's peace processors: Brotherhood love
Attorney General Axes Criminal Investigation Against [Arab] MK-Hanin Zoabi because Zoabi's comments
were not incitement "in all its manifestations."
Netanyahu slammed UN cease-fire plan for not addressing Israel's security needs - PM, in phone call to
Ban Ki-moon, said UN statement for humanitarian halt in fighting addresses needs of Hamas, but not
Israel's demands for demilitarization of Gaza Strip.
Hamas spokesman: Israel has reached only a fraction of our tunnels
IAF resumes air strikes in Gaza amid rocket attacks
Mashaal: Hamas is ready to coexist with Jews, but not the occupation
Toulouse Jewish center firebombed after anti-Israel protest in area
Yadlin: Hamas wont voluntarily demilitarize; IDF must do it for them
IDF Limits Itself to Destroying Tunnels in Gaza, Responding to Rocket Fire - On Monday the IDF returned
fire after a Palestinian rocket fired from Gaza landed in Ashkelon. IDF forces continued working to
destroy the Hamas tunnels, and described the current situation is an "unlimited cease-fire," in which
Israel will only hit targets when provoked.
Gazans Set International Red Cross Office on Fire in Khan Yunis

Inside Gaza with the Givati Brigade - After we enter Gaza, Maj. Yaron, the Givati Brigade
operations officer, says, "There are booby trapped houses here. In several cases, we
fired at a house and the entire structure disappeared. The entire building went up in the
air." The Givati troops arrived at this Hamas stronghold from behind, from an entry
point that the terrorists didn't anticipate. "The fact that we surrounded them had an
effect," Yaron explains. "At first there was a lot of contact. They fired anti-tank missiles
and small arms. But then the terrorists simply fled. They disappeared, leaving behind a
lot of ammunition. They don't have commanders in the field. Their company
commanders, regiment commanders, brigade commanders are al underground. We also
found a control room with antennas and televisions. A war room designed to collect
information about the IDF, about our troops. It was booby trapped with explosives, and
when we realized that we blew it up," says Maj. Netanel, a Givati Brigade commander.
Brigade Commander Col. Ofer Vinter said, "The IDF is winning by doing what it knows
how to do....I say to the Israeli public: Don't be afraid for us. The IDF is strong.
Sometimes things aren't easy, but the fighting isn't so hard here. They fight and run."
The Battle of Sejaiya - 1 - During the fighting in Sejaiya in Gaza on July 20, the Golani
Brigade had been under fire for several hours, said an IDF officer involved in the fighting.
"The enemy was spread in every direction, and was shooting....Working with the
knowledge of the enemy's location, we put all the Golani soldiers in the Namers [the
army's best APCs]...and we laid down fire" only 100 meters away. Artillery fired 600
shells at Sejaiya as planes bombed from above, "after which there was no more
shooting from there, not even light weapons." The next day as well, in an aerial attack
that included about 100 one-ton bombs, the Israel Air Force dropped bombs only about
250 meters away from IDF ground troops.
The Battle of Sejaiya - 2 - A senior army source from the Artillery Corps provided a
chilling account on Sunday of the battle that raged in Sejaiya on July 20, when a Golani
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infantry force sent to search for tunnels came under a massive attack by Hamas' Shejaia
Battalion, made up of 8-900 highly trained armed men. In a coordinated fashion, the
gunmen emerged from "the metro under Sejaiya" and launched a massive wave of anti-
tank, mortar, sniper and automatic gunfire from buildings surrounding the Golani force.
"I saw that enemy cells had come to within 40 meters of our forces." At this stage, the
Artillery Corps mapped out the location of enemy forces, and three artillery battalions
rained fire on Sejaiya while Hamas continued to blast the soldiers with mortars from all
around the neighborhood. After 20 minutes of shelling, silence ensued.

Investigation: IDF Fire Did Not Killed Palestinians at UNRWA School - The IDF has
conducted a comprehensive inquiry regarding the incident in which an UNRWA school
was fired upon. The inquiry concluded that during intense fighting between IDF forces
and Hamas militants, the militants operated adjacent to the UNRWA school. The
militants fired anti-tank missiles at IDF soldiers, who then responded by firing several
mortars in their direction. The documented footage presented here concluded that a
single errant mortar landed in the courtyard of the UNRWA school when it was
completely empty. In light of the inquiry's findings, the IDF rejects the claim that people
were killed on the school premises as a result of IDF operational activity.

Video: Hamas Fires Rockets from Abu Nur School in Gaza - Hamas terrorists are seen
shooting three rockets at Israel from within the Abu Nur school in Gaza. Hamas has
consistently used schools and other public buildings as rocket launching sites. [See also
Video: Hamas Fires Rockets from Civilian Areas in Gaza]

Chloe Valdary is a brave, outspoken defender of Israel and justice
@SenTedCruz: Hamas is engaged in a campaign of death that knows no boundaries or morals.
Israels Pyrrhic Moral Victory [last week, when abiding by the transient cease-fire]
Netanyahu: The Only Path to Sustainable Quiet Is the Egyptian Initiative
Israel Offered Medical Aid to Gazans, But the PA Refused to Accept It
"Hamas Will Resume Tunneling as Soon as We Leave"
Terror attack thwarted south of Jerusalem - Border Police stopped car packed with explosives
Pelosi: The Qataris have told me over and over again that Hamas is a humanitarian organization
Denmark RespondED to Muslim Anti-Semitism by Shutting Down Israeli Peace Rally
video showed Palestinian militants shooting rockets at Israel from inside the Abu Nur school in Gaza
NBC, CBS, Reuters, Lied About Israeli Attacks but Face No Repercussions
Israeli Woman Recounted Harrowing Experiences Living on the Gaza Border
Obama Abandoned Israel At U.N. Security Council
NETANYAHU TOLD HAMAS TO BUCKLE UP BECAUSE WHAT IS COMING WILL BE WORSE
Cruz and Gillibrand teamed-up on Hamas resolution condemning Hamas in its war against Israel
Free Gaza From Hamas
[Also: There will Be Room for Kurds and Other Minorities in a Post-Assad Syria]
[Also: U.S. Said Russia Tested Cruise Missile, Violating Treaty.]

Israel is allegedly Losing a War It's Winning, according to The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg
[a lib, restating the obvious, but exaggerating its import]: 1. In a fight between a state
actor and a non-state actor, the non-state actor can win merely by surviving. 2. Hamas's
strategy is to bait Israel into killing Palestinian civilians, and Israel usually takes the bait.
[3.] People talk a lot about the Jewish lobby. But the worldwide Muslim lobby is bigger,
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comprising, among other components, 54 Muslim-majority states in the United Nations
[4.] If you've spent any time these past few weeks on Twitter, or in Paris, you know that
anti-Semitism is another source of Israel's international isolation. [5.] Israel's political
leadership has done little in recent years to make their cause seem appealing.

Israel can Achieve a Demilitarized Gaza - David Horovitz interviews Col. Richard Kemp, a
former commander of British troops in Afghanistan; he is notorious for his robust
defense of the morality of Israel's army and his empathy for the challenges Israel faces
from Hamas and other Islamic extremist groups seeking its destruction.
He cautioned, "It's preferable to end with a diplomatic solution only if and when the IDF
believes there has been sufficient damage to Hamas and/or you are confident that
Hamas is so restricted as to significantly reduce the threat it poses."
He did recommend something Israel could do to boost its security - encroaching deeper
into Gaza to carve out "a more substantial buffer zone that would provide some defense
against the cross border tunnels." But he immediately acknowledged that there would
be heavy international criticism for the removal of Gaza's civilian population that this
would entail.
"The language of extreme violence has more leverage here [in this region]. But that's
not on the table in the 21st century....That's not feasible or desirable." Therefore, he
concluded, "You're in an enduring situation....It's a matter of containment, rather than
resolution."
He added, "As the Gaza lessons show, how could Israel possibly come to any agreement
with the Palestinian Authority which would allow them full sovereignty in the West
Bank? Maybe in 20, 50 years. But in the world today, it's not possible for Israel, with its
security needs, to withdraw its forces significantly from the West Bank."
Israel deserves full support for what is a "legal, lawful operation, [a case of] Israel
defending itself," he said. When that full support is not forthcoming, that encourages
the extremists.

It is necessary to rebut an article *plus commentary on last nights Special Report on FNC @ 6:37 p.m.+
by Ron Fournier [Why Benjamin Netanyahu Should Be Very, Very Worried]; after having trotted-out the
usual demographic concerns [which are largely rebutted by noting the high birth-rate among Orthodox],
cited are three instances that are claimed to reflect the need for a fresh Israeli narrative:
Consider these three stories and a question raised by each:

NBC pulled foreign correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin out of the Gaza Strip, raising
questions about whether his empathetic coverage of Palestinians led to his removal.
Brian Stelter, who covers the media for CNN, said his reporting "strongly suggests that
this was a situation caused by network news infighting and bureaucracy." Public
backlash played a role in Mohyeldin's return to Gaza, Stelter said. Question: A decade or
so ago, would a news organization receive this much pressure for a staffing decision?

During the Gulf War, CNN correspondent Peter Arnett [served the propaganda
interests of Saddam [Reporter Tells Iraqis His Work Aids Antiwar Effort]:
Correspondent Peter Arnett, who is reporting from Baghdad on the U.S.-led
bombing for NBC News and cable TV's National Geographic Explorer, gave an
interview to Iraqi state television in which he said his reports from the city are
2017

helpful to the U.S. antiwar movement and praised Iraq's treatment of foreign
reporters. {As a result, he was firedand then rehired.-

A Palestinian-American teenager accused Israeli authorities of beating him. Upon his
return to Tampa Fla., 15-year-old Tariq Abu Khdeir said, "No child, whether they are
Palestinian or Israeli, deserves to die." Question: A decade or so ago, would the beating
be covered at all? As much?

Rioting U.S. teen [had been throwing rocks in eastern Jerusalem] released.

CNN correspondent Diana Magnay tweeted that the Israelis cheering bombs hitting
Gaza, and who had allegedly threatened her, were "scum." The network pulled her off
the story. Question: A decade or so ago, would a network correspondent broadcast her
bluntly negative opinion about Israeli soldiers? (What are the chances a network
reporter would even think to call Israelis scum?)

,Think Watergate.-


How to Talk About the Gaza Conflict



Illegals:
A new poll from Economist/YouGov shows 77% of the American people that the kids need to be sent
back home. A full 42% want the kids sent back immediately regardless of what's happening in their
home countries. Add to that another 35% who want them sent back unless their home country is
deemed unsafe. Only 11% want what Obama, Democrats, and the media want -- which is amnesty for
everyone. The numbers are similar for Hispanics; only 22% want to give the children amnesty.
2018

GROUP OF ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM BANGLADESH, NEPAL, SRI LANKA CAUGHT ENTERING TEXAS FROM
MEXICO
Hillary Flip Flopped and now Toes Party Line on Border Crisis
ALIEN RELEASED WITH NOTICE TO APPEAR BUSTED FOR ALLEGED HUMAN SMUGGLING
Obama immigration moves could be unstoppable
Layoffs Prove the Deceit of Amnesty

Were All Becoming Border States Now [by Jim Geharthy]

Hundreds of illegal-immigrant children reach . . . Massachusetts?
DARTMOUTH, Mass. Bristol County Sheriff Tom Hodgson said Monday
that he's dealing with a problem in Dartmouth that shouldn't be his
responsibility. It's not a new theme for him. He's sounded the alarm
about illegal immigrants before, but now he says it's getting closer and
closer to home.
Illegal immigrants come across the border in the American Southwest.
When they are detained, the wave of humanity has overwhelmed local
capacity. The illegal immigrants are being sent all over the country,
including Massachusetts.
"We're all becoming border states now. We want to know, what are the
trends? What's happening? What can we expect? We know there are
going to be more coming here from Texas. We've already got two
groups coming off the planes here," Hodgson said.
Its not just in Bristol County; Essex County north of Boston is also affected:
Lynn is a municipality on the brink. Key department officials say a recent influx of illegal
immigrant children and families in the city is stressing almost every service from trash
collection to healthcare.
"We have been aware of the unaccompanied children issue for quite a while, and we
were able to absorb a lot of these children early on," said Lynn Mayor Judith Flanagan
Kennedy. "But now it's gotten to the point where the school system is overwhelmed,
our health department is overwhelmed, the city's budget is being sustainably altered in
order of accommodate all of these admissions in the school department."
Flanagan Kennedy says the first contact for immigrant arrivals in the city is the school
system.
The amount of new foreign born student admissions has nearly doubled in the last two
years. This school year alone saw more than 600 new admissions. Among those
students, 248 were from Guatemala. Flanagan Kennedy says of those 248 children, 126
were illegal, undocumented minors.
And apparently not all of them are actually under 18:
2019

Some of them have had gray hair and theyre telling you that theyre 17 years old and
they have no documentation, Jamie Cerulli, the Lynn mayors chief of staff, tells NRO.
If my children went to the public schools, Id be very uncomfortable with all of these
unaccompanied minors *that+ are placed in the ninth grade.
We have a lawless administration that is ignoring state governments:
Nebraskans are anxious to learn what Gov. Dave Heineman finds out about the
approximately 200 children from Central America illegally being housed in the state.
Heineman tells Nebraska Radio Network affiliate KFAB in Omaha that this issue came as
a surprise to him. Heineman says he immediately started making calls and learned that
once the children leave the Department of Homeland Security they are handed over to
the Department of Health and Human Services.
Heineman says he spoke with a key policy advisor with that department and asked who
they were, where they were staying and who is paying their bill. He was told they have
no intention of sharing any information with him.
I cant believe in America that we have a federal government who is essentially secretly
transporting them to Nebraska, they are illegal immigrants, and they wont tell us who
they are, Heineman tells KFAB.
Look, citizens of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. We thought our president would
send this message to you, but apparently hes too busy with his fundraisers, issuing
statements on LeBron James signing with the Cavaliers, golfing with sportswriter
Michael Wilbon Saturday and looking forward to his Marthas Vineyard vacation.
So somebody has to say this: You have to take care of your own kids. You may have
heard us complaining that our federal government is becoming a nanny state, but we
didnt mean that our government is actually running a nanny service.
We understand gang violence, drug cartels, and other criminals are making your
countries terrible places to live. Were really sorry to hear that. Weve also given your
government quite a bit of money to make life better down there. Honduras, we gave
you $83 million in foreign aid in 2013. El Salvador: $46.8 million. Guatemala: $106
million. If the money wasnt spent well, take it up with your government. Some of you
might say thats not enough, but were not obligated to give you anything. There are a
hell of a lot of Americans who think that money could be better spent back here.
You have to fight to make your country a better place to live so that your fellow
countrymen will want to stay there. We cant fight your battles for you. In fact, this is a
particularly bad time to ask. You may have heard, twice in the past 13 years we went
into far-off countries with unstable governments and warlords and drugs, determined to
give the oppressed locals a better future. We spent way too much in blood and treasure,
the populace turned out to be a bunch of ingrates, and the local leadership ran the place
into the ground.
Alternately, we can try the Semisonic Closing Time approach: You dont have to go
home but you cant stay here. There are 202,000 square miles in Central America.
2020

This is how Rush conceptualized BHOs entire approach to governance:
Is this a big announcement or not: Obama finally announces that he wants to close the
border? But not for Illegals, but for corporations leaving USA. They need to pay the
highest corporate taxes here.
So Obama was really ticked off. He wants to close the border to any corporation that
wants to relocate overseas. It is like the Berlin Wall, to keep the dictators serfs in! An
author notes that Obama is stuck in a Cold War mentality of nuclear freeze.
Coming out of Columbia University and prior raising, Obama thinks the United States is
the problem with the world. The United States thinking they can improve probems, is
the problem in Obamas views. Obama opposes USA working to solve human rights
issues in the world.
USSR was intent on spreading Communism. Leftists in America had no problem with
that. The hardliners that fought USSR were the problem to Obama and those like him.
According the doves we always insert and impose ourselves. To them, this is the
problem. Obama is stuck in the past and thinks it is the answer to the future. He is
tone-deaf, blaming America. He ignores the meaning and causes of American greatness.
The Left in this country hated Ronald Reagan. American Leftists ignore why we fought
back when missiles came to Cuba. In his speeches, Obama mentions the fall of the
Berlin Wall but never talks about who built the wall, and why.
This is who Obama was; this is who Obama is.
>>> It explains why he lets Illegals in and wants a border for corporations.


Politics [c/o Jim Gegharty, mirroring oral comments today by Dick Morris]:
National Review published a trove of internal memos Monday prepared for Georgia Democratic Senate
candidate Michelle Nunn late last year. They list her biggest weaknesses, codify a fundraising plan and
outline staff responsibilities.

The Massive New York Times & CBS Poll That Should Frighten Democrats
The New York Times and CBS News tried a massive endeavor to collect a lot more polling
data from everywhere in the country. The results even if they're iffy, and it's only late
July should send a chill down the spine of every Democrat:
2021

On Sunday, the research firm YouGov, in partnership with The New York Times and CBS
News, released the first wave of results from an online panel of more than 100,000
respondents nationwide, which asked them their preferences in coming elections. The
results offer a trove of nonpartisan data and show a broad and competitive playing field
heading into the final few months of the campaign.
The Republicans appear to hold a slight advantage in the fight for the Senate and remain
in a dominant position in the House. They need to pick up six seats to gain Senate
control, and they hold a clear advantage in races in three states: South Dakota, Montana
and West Virginia. The data from YouGov, an opinion-research firm that enjoyed success
in 2012, finds the G.O.P. with a nominal lead in five additional states.
The five states where the Republicans hold a slight lead in the YouGov panel include
three Southern ones Arkansas, Louisiana and North Carolina where Democratic
incumbents face tough re-election contests and where Mitt Romney won in 2012.
Republicans also have a slight edge in Iowa and Michigan, two open seats in states that
usually vote for Democrats in presidential elections.
At the link, they discuss their methodology, the steps they took to ensure their online
sample reflected the population of offline voters, etc. If you want to dismiss that, and
conclude it's just an online poll, fine. That's your choice.
A couple reasons to find these results plausible:
It's not all roses and sunshine for Republicans. In Colorado, Cory Gardner, one of the
stronger GOP challengers, trails Sen. Mark Udall, 47 percent to 51 percent. In Alaska,
Begich leads both challengers listed. In the two GOP-held seats that the party needs to
keep, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is up 4 and in Georgia,
Purdue is up 6 on Michelle Nunn neither margin is particularly overwhelming in states
that are deep red in presidential elections.
There aren't a lot of results that look wacky. In four of the Senate races where the GOP
candidate leads, the margins are 2 percentage points or less Thom Tillis in North
Carolina, Joni Ernst in Iowa, Bill Cassidy in Louisiana, and Terri Lynn Land in Michigan.
Flip those, and Republicans only gain four seats, a sum most on the right would find
disappointing.
If there's a thumb on the scale, it's the wrong one. If you think of the New York Times
and CBS News as liberal news organizations, these results are an argument against
interest.
Now throw in this poll result:
Americans are so down on President Obama at the moment that, if they could do the
2012 election all over again, they'd overwhelmingly back the former Massachusetts
governor's bid. That's just one finding in a brutal CNN poll, released Sunday, which
shows Romney topping Obama in a re-election rematch by a whopping nine-point
margin, 53 percent to 44 percent. That's an even larger spread than CNN found in
November, when a survey had Romney winning a redo 49 percent to 45 percent.
2022

Two years ago, Obama won re-election with about 51 percent of the vote.
An electorate that's disappointed and frustrated with Obama is not going to turn out to
vote for Democrats. They'll either vote for Republicans or stay home.
FLASHBACK: N.Y. Times Upshot, May 7: "Republicans Have a 55 Percent Chance of
Retaking the Senate" ... WashPost Fix blog, May 16: "Republicans have a 77% chance of
taking the Senate" ... Real Clear Politics, July 15: "Republicans' Senate Chances Improve
Dramatically" ... CNN.com, July 15: "Republican odds for winning Senate next year just
improved" ... NYT Upshot, yesterday, "Republicans' Senate Chances Rise Slightly to 60
Percent, Data Show"

This was Gush Katif,
the Jewish community that was displaced from Gaza.
The community thrived, the people within built-up a beautiful agriculture.

2023

Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 1:09 PM
Subject: Action-Items-CCXVI [Illegals, Israel, Guns, D-Souza]

http://www.scribd.com/doc/235551299/Action-Items-CCXVI-Illegals-Israel-Guns-D-Souza

For whatever reason, the scribd site was down for awhile and, thus, this Blast e-mail should have
been remitted on Tuesday; it has been amplified somewhat by newer-info, but the great bulk thereof is
to be included in a subsequent effort. Each entity has a free-standing quality, but it is inefficient to
reproduce background on each topic; it is by this mechanism that it is hoped the time-expenditure can
be minimized without sacrificing the intent to convey key-info that might otherwise been missed. Also,
info provided by others that may have been covered is sometimes reproduced if a new twist emerged;
otherwise, the goal is to eschew redundancy, because the areas-of-interest appear to be centrifugal.

Chapter 13 of DSouzas America *Empire of Liberty+ notes that America does not
engage in wars-of-conquest; its opener *quoting Jeane Kirkpatrick] says-it-all
*Ameicans need to face the truth about themselves, no matter how pleasant it is.+
Chapter 14 *The biggest thief of all+ details devastation caused by big-government; it
defines BHOs impact as Representation without Taxation for 50% of the populace,
and it corrupts an anti-slavery quote @ the end *The formula for BHOs success: They
work, you eat+. Chapter 15 *American Panopticon+ focuses on the excess surveillance
that has been implemented by BHO; just as in the movie, he is quite candid regarding
his own experience, emphasizing the fact that intimidation only works if people are
aware anything they say/do could be known to the government. [Recall that I critiqued
chapters 1-5, 6-8, 9-11, 12; that Ive provided feedback from others herein; and that Ive
been interacting with the author via e-mail, providing content/syntax reactions.]

Each hyperlink/topic infra advances arguments already detailed; also note that In any case, note what
has just emerged on the Illegals, then recognize how much BHO/Kerry must be fought to allow Israel to
survive [PLUS all Dem-enablers], next absorb the nuances of the ongoing impact of the open-borders
and, finally, appreciate the import of other items buried in news-summaries; recognize that BHO plans
not to do anything about Putins violation of the Arms Treaty, reflecting his impotence. {Also note that,
as predicted, the CORBETT-WOLF RACE IS TIGHTENING [9%-gap] because, as predicted, Corbett is
running against Harrisburg and is improving his messaging.}

As I have warned for a fortnight, Harry Reid plans to Attach Senate Amnesty Bill to
House Border Bill
Chuck Todd: 'This Is a Country That Is Fatigued from this President'
Barry Defended His Daddy's Polygamy

It seems Kerry had an attitudinal-readjustment, noting that he now claims that Hamas Disarmament is
Needed to Resolve Gaza Conflict in a lasting and meaningful way *and we will work closely with Israel
and regional partners and the international community in support of this goal+; this was only a PUBLIC
switch, however, shrouding the fact that the US is fuming over Israel's treatment of Kerry, obscuring
Kerry's gigantic blunder and an overall Relations 'meltdown.' Indeed, just to rub-it-in, OBAMA declared
[on Sunday] that MUSLIMS BUILT 'THE VERY FABRIC OF OUR NATION'; if there is any question about how
much BHO/Kerry support Hamas, recall the 8 Times Kerry Betrayed Israel and note this alleged-
transcript of their phone-exchange [from Sunday-p.m., mirroring events @ the UN] which, if true,
provides a glimpse at the monster running the country, as if more explicit evidence were needed:
2024


Barack Obama: I demand that Israel agrees to an immediate, unilateral ceasefire and
halt all offensive activities, in particular airstrikes.
Benjamin Netanyahu: And what will Israel receive in exchange for a ceasefire?
BO: I believe that Hamas will cease its rocket fire silence will be met with silence.
BN: Hamas broke all five previous ceasefires. Its a terrorist organization dedicated to
the destruction of Israel.
BO: I repeat and expect Israel to stop all its military activities unilaterally. The pictures of
destruction in Gaza distance the world from Israels position.
BN: Kerrys proposal was completely unrealistic and gives Hamas military and diplomatic
advantages.
BO: Within a week of the end of Israels military activities, Qatar and Turkey will begin
negotiations with Hamas based on the 2012 understandings, including Israels
commitment to removing the siege and restrictions on Gaza.
BN: Qatar and Turkey are the biggest supporters of Hamas. Its impossible to rely on
them to be fair mediators.
BO: I trust Qatar and Turkey. Israel is not in the position that it can choose its mediators.
BN: I protest because Hamas can continue to launch rockets and use tunnels for terror
attacks
BO: (interrupting Netanyahu) The balls in Israels court, and it must end all its military
activities.
Additional hyperlinks illustrate the gravity of the implications of this schism [and of Israeli resolve]:
Pamela geller [as usual] has amplified on many facets of what has been congealed from elsewhere
Netanyahu's Popularity Soars to 82% - [as discussed previously, this dovetails with resoluteness]
At a memorial service for the three murdered Israeli teens, several talks were delivered
during the evening. Touching, tasteful and meaningful. We are united, was the
constant refrain. Yitzhak Buji Herzog, head of the opposition Labor party, spoke.
There is no opposition now, he declared. There is no left and no right. We are
one. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat himself politically centrist - implored BB not to give
in. Someone else assured the prime minister that we are all together behind him.
There is No Diplomatic Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Israeli Leader To Obama: 'Leave Us Alone Already'
Egypt's Morsi Salutes Palestinian 'Resistance' in Gaza
Iranian FM Criticizes UN Efforts in Ending Israel Attack on Gaza
Hamas Rejects PLO Ceasefire Plan on Bloody Day in Gaza
Hamas Executed 20 Palestinian Anti-War Protestors in Gaza
Fatah: "We will turn Tel Aviv into a ball of fire"
IDF Video Proves Israeli Mortar at Gaza School Did Not Kill 16 People
Israel Strikes House of Hamas Gaza Leader, Digs in For long Fight
2025

EVIDENCE: IDF Issued Warning Calls to Terrorist-Occupied Hospital Before Striking It - Telephone
recordings and documented video reveal proof that Israel Defense Forces called Gaza's Wafa Hospital
several times to warn Palestinians to evacuate the premises. The IDF also received full confirmation that
the hospital grounds were devoid of patients or civilians prior to targeting the site on Wednesday. Errant
Jihadi Rocket Fire Results in Killing of Children at Gaza Hospital
POLITICIANS DEMAND GERMANY'S TOP TABLOID APOLOGISES FOR CRITICISING ISLAM
North Korea Slammed reports of arms Deals with Hamas, Hezbollah
PRO-ISRAEL HACKERS OVERTAKE HAMAS SITES
Jews Continue to Leave France for Israel in Record Numbers
IsraeI: Poll Shows Almost Unanimous Support for Military Op in Gaza
Sen. Mark Kirk: No Ceasefire 'Until Hamas Militarily Defeated by IDF'
Sen. Cruz: We Should Work with Israel Immediately to Replenish their Iron Dome Supplies
Dont give them money
Ten Thousand Gather Peacefully in Manhattan to Support Israel Against Hamas Terrorism
Netanyahu Defends Gaza Operation in National Speech: 'There is No War More Just than This'
Israel's Plan B: Let the Palestinians Destroy Hamas - Amidst Israel's overwhelming victory in Operation
Protective Edge, the Hamas regime in Gaza is showing signs of vulnerability. On Tuesday, the Times of
Israel, citing Israeli media sources, reported that Hamas police had killed two Palestinians who protested
over food coupons, and also that Hamas had executed twenty anti-war protestors. The fact that there
were anti-war protests at all is a remarkable development in totalitarian Gaza.
Islamic Jihad: Rabbis Told IDF Soldiers to Use Blood of Palestinian Children in Bread
THIRD Rocket Arsenal Found At UN School In Gaza
Incitement to Genocide: NY Times' Coverage and UN Complicity Breed Anti-Semitism
Video Proof: Hillary Clinton Is Not a Pro-Israel Alternative - Those who believe that former Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton represents a hawkish alternative to President Barack Obama on foreign policy are
due for a rude reminder of Clinton's true instincts Tuesday when Fusion America airs her interview with
Jorge Ramos. Portions of the interview that have already been released show the former chief diplomat
defending Hamas's practice of placing weapons in schools because Gaza is "small."
Vandals Spray Paint Swastikas On Miami Synagogue, Smear Cars With Cream Cheese
Swastikas in Rome
Rising tide of anti-Semitism in Britain
Norman Finkelstein's Sparsely Attended pro-Palestine Rally in NYC Leads to Arrests
FACEBOOK says page calling for death to Jews doesn't violate 'standards'
DAILY BEAST COLUMNIST: CONSERVATIVES 'LOVE SEEING ARABS GET KILLED'
PALESTINIANS BOMB OWN HOSPITAL -- NBC SCRUBBED CLAIM ISRAEL RESPONSIBLE
Channel 4 [BBC] News Is Doing Hamas' Propaganda Work for Them
Channel 4's Jon Snow on Gaza: Fair and Balanced, Anyone?
The BBC's Gaza Reporting is Biased and Naive
Murdoch's Sky News Uses Self Confessed Anti-Semite as Talking Head on Anti-Semitism
HuffPo Should Sack Mehdi Hasan for anti-Israel Lies and Misdirection
Why More Israelis Should Die: The Left's Twisted Logic
Married movie star couple Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz joined director Pedro Almodovar to
denounce Israel's campaign of self defense in Gaza. THR reports that in an open letter published in a
Spanish newspaper, the trio denounced Israels Gaza campaign as "genocide."
Hollywood Jews Ignore Hollywood Jew-Hatred
AP Ridiculed Congressional Support of Israel

A readers input:
2026


I completely agree with your positions on Israel, although I favor more death and
destruction in Gaza than has been going on.
Innocent Children? Where are their parents who pushed them into harms way?
Innocent Civilians? In Gaza where the national goal is to kill Jews?
Innocent Gaza? Where bombs are being shot into Israel and tunnels with stone walls
were built to infiltrate into Israel and kill innocent people there?
Innocent Jews? Yes.
Innocent IDF? Yes.
Justified Killing by Israel? Yes, yes, yes.
How so I know all that? I know recent history from Kristallnacht to Hamas bombing
Israel because I lived when all that was happening.
Justice had to be discovered but its still too soon in human history to expect everyone
to learn it but the first question is not: What is Justice? Its why is justice necessary?
Heres the short answer from Ayn Rand:
What fact of reality gave rise to the concept justice? The fact that man must draw
conclusions about the things, people and events around him, i.e., must judge and
evaluate them. Is his judgment automatically right? No. What causes his judgment to be
wrong? The lack of sufficient evidence, or his evasion of the evidence, or his inclusion of
considerations other than the facts of the case. How, then, is he to arrive at the right
judgment? By basing it exclusively on the factual evidence and by considering all the
relevant evidence available. But isnt this a description of objectivity? Yes, objective
judgment is one of the wider categories to which the concept justice belongs. What
distinguishes justice from other instances of objective judgment? When one evaluates
the nature or actions of inanimate objects, the criterion of judgment is determined by
the particular purpose for which one evaluates them. But how does one determine a
criterion for evaluating the character and actions of men, in view of the fact that men
possess the faculty of volition? What science can provide an objective criterion of
evaluation in regard to volitional matters? Ethics. Now, do I need a concept to designate
the act of judging a mans character and/or actions exclusively on the basis of all the
factual evidence available, and of evaluating it by means of an objective moral criterion?
Yes. That concept is justice.
In Fight for Independence, Iraqi Kurds Look to America for Support - The Kurdish Peshmerga forces-- a
co-ed military considered the most organized military force in Iraq-- have been largely responsible for
limiting the advance of the Islamic State in the nation. As the Kurds seek independence from a flimsy
Iraqi government, they look toward the West, and America especially, for support.
RESISTANCE GROWS AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE IN IRAQ
Mosul Residents Fight Back as ISIS Tries to Destroy 840-Year-Old Muslim Monument
Experts Estimate ISIS Is Making Up to $3 Million a Day Selling Oil from Captured Fields
ISIS OPENS OFFICIAL 'MARRIAGE' OFFICE, OFFERS HONEYMOONS
2027

IRAQI ARMY RELEASES VIDEO OF ANTI-ISIS OPERATION IN ATTEMPT TO WIN PROPAGANDA WAR
Thousands Demand Mayor of The Hague Resign for Allowing ISIS Rally
AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE KILLED IN LIBYA'S BENGHAZI IN HEAVY FIGHTING
World View: Huge Fuel Depot Fire Threatens Tripoli with Explosion
Taliban Gains in Afghanistan Go Largely Unreported
Pakistani Mob Killed Woman and Grandchildren over 'Blasphemous' Facebook Post - A Pakistani mob
has killed a woman and two of her granddaughters after a member of their religious sect was accused of
posting "blasphemous" material on Facebook. The dead, who include a seven-year-old girl and her baby
sister, were Ahmadis, a religious sect who consider themselves Muslim, but who are condemned as
heretics by others. Pakistani law considers them to not be proper Muslims.
Qaeda Coffers Swell as Europe Pays Millions in Quiet Ransoms

Obama Stuck in the Cold War Past
In Ukraine's East, Soviet-Style Economy Withers under Onslaught
Putin, 2006: Crimea is 'Part of the Ukraine'
EU Expanded Russia Sanctions
Russia Lashes Out at New EU Sanctions
Russians Can Defeat Obama's Sanctions Through Sacrifice
U.S. Expanded Sanctions on Russia Over Ukraine Crisis
Georgian Prosecutors Charge Ex-President Saakashvili



Regarding Illegals:
As I have warned for a fortnight, Harry Reid plans to Attach Senate Amnesty Bill to House Border Bill
BORDER BILL 'SURRENDER TO LAWLESS PRESIDENT'
CRUZ: BOEHNER'S IMMIGRATION PLAN WILL NOT SOLVE BORDER CRISIS
Citizens United: America's Border Crisis Is a Result of Our Leadership Crisis
Nancy Pelosi: 'We Cannot Have Deportation without Representation'
AP POLL: NEARLY 90% BELIEVE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION A SERIOUS PROBLEM
Barack Obama: Coyote-in-Chief
Horowitz: Conservatives Should Oppose House Border Bill
Honduran Official: Obama Amnesty Rumor Driving Minor Immigrant Surge
HHS ADMITS THEY HAVE NO CLUE HOW MANY ILLEGALS WILL ARRIVE NEXT YEAR, SETS BUDGET
ANYWAY
OBAMA PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE REFUGEE STATUS FROM WITHIN HONDURAS
FEDS FORCE NON-BORDER COUNTY TO PAY BIG TO HOLD ILLEGALS
Texas Gov. Rick Perry compares the role of National Guard troops at his states border to the deterring
effect that cop cars stationed along neighborhood roads have on crime.
PERRY: 'What you are doing is a crime'...
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NATIONAL GUARD FACT FINDERS SKIP RICK PERRYS INPUT
2028

No Brainer: The 'BlueServo' Solution to Border Insecurity - In the past few weeks, the Obama
administrations oft-repeated contention that the border is more secure than ever has been exposed
for the fraud it always was; the inactivated security-system that caught 92% of illegals could be re-
activated within a weeks time.
Collect More Than $7,000 Per Month for 'Fostering' Adult Illegal Aliens
Governor Jerry Brown urged Perry and other U.S. politicians to heed the religious call to welcome the
stranger when it comes to illegal aliens.
Boehner Goes Silent on Executive 'Amnesty'
Mexico, California question Texas border troop plan
Obama pressured to go Central America, stop the flow
'How many more kids are going to be put on top of trains? Half-a-million? A million? Five million?'
HILL PHONE LINES MELT
Immigration crackdown in UK...Cuts to benefits 'put Britain first'...
BECK: CONSERVATIVES WILL LOSE BATTLE AGAINST OPEN BORDERS
SASSE TO OBAMA: TELL CENTRAL AMERICA THAT OUR 'BORDERS ARE NOT OPEN'
Jeff Sessions Can't Believe What He Sees
Sessions: 'Americans will not accept nullification of their laws'
Jeff Sessions to Obama on Exec Amnesty: 'You Cannot Intimidate Congress'
JEFF SESSIONS: THIS WEEK 'CRITICAL' FOR CONGRESS TO THWART OBAMA'S PLANS TO NULLIFY
IMMIGRATION LAWS
Jeff Sessions on Obama's Executive Amnesty: Congress Faces 'Time of Choosing' at 'Perilous Hour'
Jeff Sessions: Politicians Who Enable Obama's Amnesty Agenda Will Have 'Political Heads' Severed in
Nov.
'God bless Jeff Sessions,' Rush Limbaugh says
Mayor Rahm Emanuel Asks Obama to Send a Thousand Illegals to Chicago
Where Are They Now? The Top States Where Border Kids Are Released
Bostonians Protest Outside State Capitol Against Housing Illegal Immigrants in Massachusetts
Illegal Immigrants Protest Outside White House, Not Fearing Deportation
Real Unemployment Rate Is at Least 18 Percent
Obama: A Country Without Rule of Law 'Will Not Succeed'
Obama Mulls Large-Scale Move on Immigration to Protect Illegals from Deportation
Fearing Obama Unilateral Amnesty Threats, Tea Party Jams Congress's Phone Lines
John Fund: An Obama Executive Amnesty Would Be Ritual Political Suicide
OK Gov. Mary Fallin to Obama: End 'Secrecy' Surrounding Release of Illegals
Immigration Expert: Obama 'Aiding and Abetting' Cartels with Promises of Exec. Amnesty
Pro-Amnesty Groups: GOP Leaders Tell Us in Private They Want Amnesty Bill
John Boehner Does Not Mention Immigration in Op-Ed on Obama Lawsuit
SURRENDER: BOEHNER RULES OUT IMPEACHMENT
Key GOP Rep: the Fix Is in, Boehner Quiet on Obama Amnesty Threat for Campaign Ca$h
Poll: 77%Including 66% of HispanicsWant Illegals Sent Back
Border Crisis Poll: 64% of Hispanics Back Deportations
13-Year-Old Boy Killed, 22 Wounded Including 3-Year-Old in Chicago Weekend Violence
Poll: Majority Believe Obama's Promises of Amnesty 'Main Reason' for Border Surge
Smugglers rip holes in fence
Could Ebola sneak across?
BORDER BATTLE: AGENTS UNDER ATTACK
Feds Spent Thousands On Strippers, Boxing Tickets In Failed Sting On Agent
ILLEGAL ALIEN CRIME VICTIMS INVITE BOEHNER TO BORDER
2029

CRUZ TAKES AIM AT SPEAKER'S BILL
KRISTOL: Kill the bill
GUTIERREZ: PRESIDENT GOING TO ACT BROADLY AND GENEROUSLY ON AMNESTY
MAY MOVE 'SOON AFTER LABOR DAY'
KRAUTHAMMER: IMPEACHABLE IF OBAMA DOES IT
VULNERABLE DEMS BALK
OBAMA: 'Stop Hatin' All the Time'
Chicken pox outbreak leads to lockdown of facility
Sheriff: Over 120,000 Illegals Arrested near Tucson
USA TODAY Column: Bill Gates Tech Worker Lie - Business executives and politicians endlessly complain
that there is a "shortage" of qualified Americans and that the U.S. must admit more high-skilled guest
workers to fill jobs in STEM fields: science, technology, engineering and math. This claim is echoed by
everyone from President Obama and Rupert Murdoch to Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates.

Regarding the impeachment-issue [raised a week ago by Sarah Palin], there is no doubt
that it has been invoked by the Dems to drive $-raising [and undoubtedly in the GOTV];
some claim, therefore, it could backfire on the Rs, despite Boehners denials *john-
boehner-we-have-no-plan-impeach-president and SURRENDER: BOEHNER RULES OUT
IMPEACHMENT]. Regardless of theorizing, it is more important to control the narrative
and, thus, even discussion of removing him focuses-the-mind on how terrible he is.
,Also, a Dem reported e-mails from the party seem to be growing exponentially and
HUME said REPUBLICANS MAY SOMETIMES BE DUMB, BUT NOT STUPID ENOUGH FOR
IMPEACHMENT.}

The View: 'Get A Gun' to Protect Yourself and Your Children
Single Mom Empties Pistol On Robber as He Tries to Steal Her Vehicle
DC SEEKS STAY ON RULING AGAINST HANDGUN CARRY BAN
11
th
Circuit: its Constitutional to Bar Doctors from Asking Patients About Firearm Ownership
New Mexico Gun Sales Surge from Newtown Till Now - Background checks for gun purchases in New
Mexico began surging amid the gun control talk that followed Sandy Hook, and the surge has yet to
subside.
The anti-gun crowd has a knack for shooting itself in the foot

AG-Holder has politicized the Justice Department and its prosecutorial decision-making; just
note what Justice has not done in just one part of the IRS scandal.

[Ad Sales Drop Caused New York Times Profits to Collapse 54%]

Horowitz: Congress Rushing Through Massive New Healthcare Entitlement Before August Recess
Ohio Republican Leaders Moved To Repeal Common Core Standards
Jindal Filed Counter-Suit To Invalidate PARCC Common Core Consortium Memo of
Understanding
PROFESSOR QUIT FIVETHIRTYEIGHT BLOG AFTER ANTI-GLOBAL WARMING ARTICLE BACKLASH
California and Mexico Sign Pact to Fight Climate Change

US Chamber to Back Democrat Landrieu
Scott Brown First Senate Candidate to Address Border Crisis in TV Ad
Mike Huckabee Fans Revolt After He Endorses Lamar Alexander
2030

Joe Carr: 'Grassroots Has Absolutely Caught Fire' against Lamar Alexander
Michelle Nunn non-profit validated grants to charity with Hamas-tied affiliate
Laura Ingraham hinted at running for office, as this Radio Rebel has Turned Against the Establishment
CSPAN PUTTING UP CABLE-TV PAYWALL only for live-streams of its three TV channels online.

Michelle Nunn can come across as a 'lightweight,' 'too liberal,' not a 'real Georgian.'
While she served as CEO for the Points of Light Foundation, the organization gave grants
to 'inmates' and 'terrorists.' And her Senate campaign must feature images of her and
her family 'in rural settings with rural-oriented imagery' because the Atlanta-based
candidate will struggle to connect with rural voters. These may sound like attacks from
the Senate candidate's Republican rival, but in fact, those are a few of the concerns
expressed in her own campaign plan, which sources say was posted online briefly in
December and appears to have been drafted earlier that month. Drawing on the insights
of Democratic pollsters, strategists, fundraisers, and consultants, the document contains
a series of memos addressed to Nunn and her senior advisers. The document was
intended to remain confidential. Instead of analyzing the aforementioned internal
strategy memo comprehensively, NBC News and Politico covered-up and ignored the
Nunn campaign's Asian slur by using this word soup: "Whats more, the memos frank
discussion of Jews, Asians, and African Americans might not surprise political
professionals, but they might sound a bit jarring to the casual observer."

ESPN has suspended outspoken sportscaster Stephen A. Smith [former Philadelphian] for a week
because of his comments about domestic abuse suggesting women should make sure that they don't do
anything to provoke an attack.
The House passed legislation Monday to require the FDA to speed approval of new types of sunscreen in
the wake of a regulatory backlog that has stalled their introduction. The agency hasn't added a new
active sunscreen ingredient to its approved list in 15 years. ... The ingredients pending approval help
fight skin cancer by blocking UV rays, prolonging sunscreen's effect or making it easier to apply,
according to dermatologists and other skin-care advocates. The Sunscreen Innovation Act, which passed
on a voice vote, would impose deadlines on the FDA to ensure it approves existing and future sunscreen
ingredient applications faster.
Federal study looks at how high is too high to drive
BABY BOOM: WHAT D.C. WAS DOING DURING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
6 Absolutely Stunning Images of the Human Life in the Womb
EBOLA: Fears American has infected more

The Sound of Music - Most Epic Flash Mob Ever


Court Ruled Against Radical Atheists Wanting Cross Removed from Ground Zero

2031

Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 9:51 PM
Subject: Action-Items-CCXVII [Israel, Illegals, Politics, Media]

http://www.scribd.com/doc/235584363/Action-Items-CCXVII-Israel-Illegals-Politics-Media

Many of the points that need to be emphasized regarding whats happening in Gaza are congealed in a
Blast e-mail just received from the Republican Jewish Coalition; it provides info in a style that is
comparable to that which is employed when preparing these Blast e-mails and, thus, it has been
reprinted @ the bottom of this [rapidly-expanding] update. In this instance, redundancy is OK because
the info is being conveyed in a broader contextand because key-truths are worth emphasizing. Yet,
because this is already longer than its immediate-predecessor [without having covered many customary
news-sources], it is being distributed so that more data can be accrued regarding these crucial issues.

Patriots, please see below for information on Harry Reid's Monday trip to
Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

Harry Reid is holding a fund raiser for Donald Norcross, this Monday August
4
th
at 4PM, at Cafe Lamberti. We are partnering with many liberty-minded
organizations in the region to exercise our First Amendment rights and host a
protest event. New Jersey doesn't need a senator more loyal to party bosses
than constituents, and Harry Reid doesn't need any more rubber stamps for
President Obama's Agenda.

What:
Street protest against Harry Reid's fundraiser

Where:
2023 W. Marlton Pike
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002 (Map Available)

When:
4PM-7PM
*Speakers begin at 6PM

Wear comfortable shoes and a hat (there is very little shade). Bring your
signs and water it is supposed to be warm. You may bring a chair if you
choose to sit.

See you there!

In liberty,
Tea Party Patriots National Support Team

Corbett:
POLL: CORBETT WOLF RACE TIGHTENING; but is this a Wave of the future or a polling aberration?
PA-Gov: Sabatos Crystal Ball Says PA Leans Democrat
PA-Gov: Wolf Calls For Income Tax Increase, Reduction of Property Taxes
Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley denounced a recent political ad that accuses Republican Gov. Tom Corbett of
slashing almost $1 billion in education funding.
{n.b., Poll: Connecticut Republican Gov Candidate Tom Foley Has 9-Point Lead over Incumbent Malloy.}

2032

FEDS: IRONWORKERS' GOONS TARGETED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SITES

6 Philadelphia cops charged in corruption case

Islamism:
An Independent Kurdistan could Reshape the Middle East
How 5 Countries Could Become 14; slowly, the map of the Middle East could be redrawn.
DISTURBING TESTIMONY - Syrian defector reveals images of Assad torture
ISIS Conducts Nazi-Style Mass Executions
ISIS OCCUPIED OR DESTROYED ALL CHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS IN MOSUL
Hamas, ISIL, and Boko Haram Wage the Same Islamic Jihad. So Why Does U.S. Policy Treat Them
Differently?
ISIS Fighter Claims Turkey Funds the Jihadist Group
ISIS murdered 1500 POWs in a brutal display of violence
Boko Haram Tries to Use 10-Year-Old Girl as Suicide Bomber
Uproar as French Supermarket Chain Sells 'Jihad Manual'
CLAIMS OF 'ISLAMOPHOBIA' AS INTERNATIONAL BANK DROPS MUSLIM INSTITUTIONS' ACCOUNTS
HSBC Throws Out Notorious Mosque As Customer
VIDEO: London Tunnel Blockaded by ISIS Flag-Waving Jihadi Protesters
Danish Politician Calls for tougher Rules on Muslim Immigration
After Anti-Israeli Comments, Erdogan 'Glad' to Return Jewish Award [American Jewish Congress]
Turkish Deputy PM: Women Shouldn't Laugh in Public
EU Immigrants Get More Jobs than British Workers, Immigration Causing Decline in Wages
Wave of Anti-Semitism Intensifying in Germany
UK Council Which Flew Flag for Pro-Hamas Group Received 'In Excess of 300 Complaints'
City Councillor Claims Campaigners' Pro-Hamas Links are 'Of No Relevance' - The Preston City Councillor
responsible for the flying of Palestinian flag over a government building has said the fact that
campaigners who convinced him into the move are pro Hamas "is of no relevance"
After Preston, Now Controversial Mayor Of Tower Hamlets Flies Palestinian Flag Over Town Hall
IRAN PREZ: 'Festering Zionist Tumor Has Opened Once Again'
Bolivia Declares Israel a 'Terrorist State'
France mulls ban on radical Jewish group
Belgian doctor refused treatment to Jewish patient
Archbishop of Canterbury: Israel Has Right to Self-Defence, Rise in Anti-Semitism 'Unacceptable'

2033


Israel:
22 Reasons for Hamas to Thank the Media This is by Bender/Verlin and compiles major talking-points
DEMOCRATS TILT TOWARDS HAMAS, BLAME REPUBLICANS [this presages below-discussion and
includes multiple hyperlinks to articles by other columnists, such as Glick/Mandel]
There is and has never been a complete Gaza siege.
Qatar, and other American allies, are among the villains in Gaza
Obama and Hamas
Hamas commits war crime, Obama responds with Hamas talking point
Arab Leaders, Seeing Hamas as Worse Than Israel, Stay Silent on Gaza
Arab Leaders, Viewing Hamas as Worse Than Israel, Stay Silent
The Gaza War Becomes Existential for Both Sides
BB pledged to destroy the tunnels with or without a ceasefire
Hamas Secret Tunnels Exposed
- 60 tunnels have been found
- 5000 tunnels are estimated to exist.
- the cement for the tunnels was ordered and paid for by UNWRA
- the US funds 77% of the UNWRA budget.
IDF accuses Palestinians of firing from vicinity of UNRWA school, says probing deaths
WH Condemned Shelling of U.N. School in Gaza
White House criticizes Israel for 'indefensible' deaths at Gaza school
Italian Reporter Confirms Deaths In Al-Shati Result OfHamas Misfire, Not Israeli Missile - Reporter could
not confirm until away from potential Hamas retaliation.
The NY-Times article impugning Israel [Israeli Shells Are Said to Hit a U.N. School] included *in graph #5+
offsetting-info [Lt. Col. Peter Lerner of the Israeli military said no United Nations facility had been
targeted. A military spokeswoman said that Palestinian militants had opened fire at Israeli soldiers from
the vicinity of the school on Wednesday morning, and that Israeli troops had responded by firing
toward the origins of the fire.].
While appearing on the Thursday edition of Chuck Todd's MSNBC program The Daily Rundown, Israeli
Ambassador Ron Dermer asked Todd if he would help correct a false accusation made by MSNBC's Gaza-
based reporter and Hamas sympathizer, Ayman Mohyeldin, who blamed Israel for an attack on a school
which was actually caused by terrorist rockets. Instead of acknowledging Dermer's request, Todd
ignored Dermer and moved to another question.
2034

Joe Scarborough's False Argument: Whatever Replaces Hamas Will Be Worse; That "radical Islamist"
group Scarborough fears will replace Hamas already exists---Hamas
CNN Host Demanded Netanyahu Take Responsibility For Civilian Casualties
Up to 25 Percent of Hamas Rockets Fall Short and Kill Gazan Civilians (VIDEO)
Muslims Attack Jews...on the Mount of Olives!
Israeli Official To Obama: Leave Us Alone
Why Can't Gaza Become a Tourist Attraction, Not a Weapons Cache?
Report: Desperate Hamas Stealing UN Food Stamps to Survive

U.S. Failures in Gaza Make Israel-Iran War More Likely

UN Condemns Israel's Latest War Crime: Not Sharing Iron Dome with Hamas
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF: ISRAEL, HAMAS COMMITTING WAR CRIMES
Israel Condemning Persists Even as UN Official Admits Hamas Uses Their Buildings
Scores of Hamas Rockets Fall Short in Gaza, Killing Innocents
Ball Bearings Found in Confectioners' Package from Turkey Prompts Security Scare in Israel
MEMRI: Chicago Imam Preaches Jihad Against Israel

Hamas Official: Israelis 'Addicted' to Killing Women and Children
Hamas Rocket Fire Prevents Aid from Reaching Gaza
Video: Kubutz Residents Describe Life Under the Threat of Hamas

Journalists Fearing Retaliation from Hamas Tell of Gaza Horrors on Return Home
MB Cleric Qaradawi Still Loving Hamas and Hating Jews
Knesset Member Says Obama Treated Netanyahu Like 'Leader Of The Taliban'
US Embassy in Tel Aviv now Severely Restricts Visas for Israelis - Tourist visa process cancelled until
further notice, embassy announces. Is it a matter of security, or discrimination?

Israel and Hamas agreed to 72-hour Gaza humanitarian cease-fire
GOP Rep Calls on Kerry to Resign Over Alienating Israel
DCCC Chairman 'Concerned' With Kerry's Statements On Israel
Hamas Co-Founder's Son: Israel 'Fighting on Behalf of the Free World'

Netanyahu vowed to destroy Hamas tunnel system
Some rigged with explosives
Rules of Engagement Kill U.S. and Israeli Soldiers
Nine out of 10 Israels war dead Monday died on Israeli soil a microcosm of the IDF operation
IDF: Either we go further in or back out now - Senior IDF commanders contradict Netanyahus claims, say
military warned leadership of full extent of tunnels threats way before current operation began; urge
clearer orders for Gaza operation.
Just as Israel had no choice but to go in, she has no choice but to win.
Video of tunnels under mosque

AP Claim: Israeli Unity Means Dissent is 'Silenced'
AP Ridicules Congressional Support of Israel
John Legend to John Kerry: Stop Groveling to Israel
Penelope Cruz Backpedals, Admits Not an 'Expert' on Middle East
2035

More Backpedaling: Javier Bardem Clarifies His Israel Slam - Javier Bardem is following in wife Penelope
Cruz's footsteps, trying to backpedal from his incendiary critique of Israel earlier this week.
Called-up 16,000 reserves
On Monday July 21
st
, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), headed by evangelical pastor John Hagee, held a
rally in D.C., an event not covered by the media.
CUFI to Kerry: Stop Bolstering Hamas and Support Israel - Massive media campaign launched to promote
U.S. support for Israel

Stewart Mocked U.N. and Kerry for Failed Israel Proposals
Head of Human Rights Watch Endorsed Terror Attacks on Israel
Bob Schieffer said: In the Middle East, the Palestinian people find themselves in the grip of a terrorist
group that has embarked on a strategy to get its own children killed in order to build sympathy for its
cause, a strategy that might actually be working, at least in some quarters. Last week, I found a quote of
many years ago by Golda Meir, one of Israel's early leaders, which might have been said yesterday. "We
can forgive the Arabs for killing our children, she said, "but we can never forgive them for forcing us to
kill their children."
THE LEFT HATES ISRAEL BECAUSE IT IS EVERYTHING THEY DESPISE: CAPITALIST, CONSERVATIVE AND
PATRIOTIC
Hamas Leaders: We Love Death Like Israelis Love Life
WHY YOU DON'T SEE HAMAS FIRING ROCKETS ON TV
Palestinian Spokesman 'went Deaf' When Asked Why Hamas Won't Accept Cease-Fire
Hamas is banking on the world abandoning Israel
Israel deployed robots to clear Hamas underground tunnels
Obama bombed with meddling in the Middle East
Obama to Republicans: 'Stop Just Hatin' All The Time'

A friend posed queries that he admitted could be nave; here is how I replied:

If Israel captured Gaza in 1967 and eventually took over it from Egypt, why would it
grant it semi-autonomy later on?

I opposed the Gaza withdrawal

Letters Week of June 16, 2005
Israeli Officer Needed to Hear Tough Questions

It's unfair for Jonathan Tobin to view people who fear appeasement as
engaging in a "Dialogue of the Deaf" (A Matter of Opinion, June 2),
when challenging the Israeli government's decision.

Even those who hope for a two-state solution are uneasy in the face of
daily reports of increased terrorism.

As a member of the Board of the Zionist Organization of America, I was
authorized to ask one question of Lt. Col. Lior Lifschitz when he visited
Philadelphia last month.

2036

It is inappropriate to characterize the other questioners as "ZOA
tormenters" because, if they were ZOA members, they were querying
solely as individuals. It was even necessary to correct the speaker when
he used the phrase "occupied territory," instead of "Gaza, Judea and
Samaria."

Recalling how Israel was almost dismembered a half-decade ago, this
adage is apt: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

Robert B. Sklaroff, M.D.
Elkins Park

and it has been suggested *Eliott Abrams+ that the payoff via Condoleezza was
clearance to thicken building projects around Jerusalem [which BHO unilaterally
rescinded].


And now that Hamas controls it to some large degree, why not just take it back fully?

Street-to-street is difficult, but do-able.


Whos going to stop them?

The Islamists are dug-in [physically and psychologically].


And if they do that, where do they kick the 2mm Palestinians out to?

They remain.


Or will that be stopped?

Some feel the PA should be installed, as is the case in Judea/Samaria; others view the PA
as Hamas members wearing suits instead of Kufiyas.


Was Netanyahu always a hawk, for I seem to recall he was for negotiated peace at one
time 10 or 20 years ago?

He is in Likud and has always been hawkish, although some feel he abandoned party
maxims when he endorsed a two-state solution [someday].

2037



Ukraine:
Germany denies reported talks with Russia about Ukraine
Dem Senators Joining Republicans in Calls for Military Aid to Ukraine
Russia Eyes Banning U.S. Chicken

Foreign-Affairs:
ARGENTINA DEFAULTED and, as usual, Cristina Blamed American 'Vultures'; Whats Next is unclear

Media:
SNAP: CNN Anchor slammed FOXNEWS: 'Willfully Ignorant F*cksticks'...
Rand Paul to MSNBC Host: When Your Network Does 24-Hour News Telling the Truth, Then We Can
Talk
Levity: MSNBCs Mika, after interviewing Israeli Ambassador Dermer, referred to her show transiently
as Morning Jew.

This week, Dinesh D'Souza's America: Imagine A World Without Her will reach #1 on the
New York Times best seller list in all three major categories (Hardcover, eBooks, and
Combined Hardcover & eBooks)!

BHOs Scandal-sheet:
House OKed suing Obama for alleged abuse of power
Trey Gowdy Announced the First Benghazi Hearing
Emails show ex-IRS official Lerner using derogatory terms for Republicans
Ex-IRS chief Lerner's emails reveal disdain for GOP - Lerner: UK 'can't afford their welfare state either'
Rep. Jordan called for serious probe into new Lerner e-mails
2038

Emails uncovered by the House Ways and Means Committee show that the IRS and State Department
were conferring in 2009 about pro-Israel groups and considering arguments to deny their tax-exempt
applications.
IRS and State Department conspired in targeting pro-Israel group, Z-Street

Surveillance:
CIA Admited to Hacking Senate Computers and Director apologized
Brennan said, in March: As far as the allegations of, you know, CIA hacking into, you know, Senate
computers, nothing could be further from the truth. I mean, we wouldn't do that. I mean, that's -- that's
just beyond the -- you know, the scope of reason in terms of what we would do.

Illegals:
BORDER BILL DEAD - House will recess without a vote; Senate bill pending
Pelosi (D-CA) said Congress should use the border crisis to pass comprehensive amnesty legislation
Paul Ryan: I'm Still 'a Fan' of Comprehensive Amnesty Legislation
BOEHNER ON THE BRINK: BORDER BILL FIASCO
Boehner's bill is failing
Illegal Alien Crime Victims Invite Boehner, His Family to Border, Plead for Enforcement
Cruz (R-Texas) plans to spend part of Wednesday evening persuading a group of House republicans to
oppose House Speaker John Boehners proposed immigration package set to hit the House floor on
Thursday, according to a Washington Post report.
Ted Cruz Met with House GOP Prior to Leadership Shift on Border Bill
House GOP Leadership Bill Softer on Illegals than Cruz-Blackburn Border Crisis Legislation
11 Senate Republicans Vote to Advance Debate on Democrat Border Bill including Rubio
Unable to Secure Votes, Boehner Begins to Crack on Border Bill
IMMIGRATION AIDE AT CENTER OF BOEHNER-GOHMERT ALTERCATION
ERIC CANTOR DOESN'T MENTION AMNESTY, GUEST-WORKER VISAS IN FAREWELL SPEECH
BOEHNER ON BORDER CRISIS: 'DOING SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN DOING NOTHING'
BORDER VOTE ABANDONED AFTER AMERICANS MELT PHONE LINES
Not over yet? Border crisis bill in limbo after chaotic day in House
Boehner Trying to Resuscitate Dying Border Bill
White House Praises Obama Amnesty Ahead of House Vote
Changing Border Bill and Re-Voting Before Saturday Would Violate Boehner's Own Rule
Rick Perry to Boehner: Pass Something to Address Border Before Congressional Recess
Nancy Pelosi: Republican Border Bill a 'Statement of Meanness'
Dem. Rep: 'Not a Cost' if Illegal Children are Turned Over to Families in U.S.
Polling Data Show GOP Voters Think Republicans Standing Tough On Immigration Most Important Issue
Sessions: Reports of Exec Amnesty After Labor Day Should 'Send Shivers' Through Congress
Sessions: Congress Shouldn't Adjourn Until It Fights Exec Amnesty That Will 'End Immigration
Enforcement'
Rush Limbaugh said Jeff Sessions is the 'Biggest Enemy' of MSM and Open-Borders Advocates
Bill Kristol to House Republicans: Kill Boehner's Border Bill or Face Wrath of Your Constituents
House Rules Committee Considers King Amendment
White House: Obama Would Veto House Border Bill
Vulnerable Senate Dems Fear Obama Executive Amnesty
Poll: 68% Disapprove of Obama on Illegal Immigration; Plurality Oppose Border Bill

Geraldo Unloaded on Matt Drudge Over Border Coverage: Doing His Best to Stir Up a Civil War
2039

Tucker Carlson and Kirsten Powers Clashed Over Americas Moral Obligation To Illegal Refugees
Tucker Carlson: Church's Action in Border Crisis 'Appalling'
COULTER: THE LOOPHOLE IS OBAMA
BUCHANAN: Will 'Transform America' with Amnesty
EXPEL IMMIGRANTS WHO WON'T INTEGRATE, SAYS RIGHTWING AUSTRIAN LEADER
TEEN CLAIMS BORDER PATROL HELL
WHITE HOUSE IGNORES TEXAS WHILE STUDYING TEXAS BORDER PROBLEM
BORDER RESIDENT: I CAN HEAR ILLEGALS 'TALKING' AND 'YELLING' ON MY PROPERTY
Illegals Shipped to Hawaii
ILLEGAL ALIEN AND NATURALIZED CITIZEN FROM MEXICO PLEAD GUILTY TO METH TRAFFICKING IN US
FEDS: PREPARE ILLEGALS FOR HEARINGS
Pence: Obama Sent Illegal Aliens To Indiana Without Telling Me
Governors Not Told About Illegals Dumped in Their States
Feds Sending Illegals to Maryland Sanctuary County
Collect More Than $7,000 Per Month for 'Fostering' Adult Illegal Aliens
80% of population growth from immigrants
Brazen gangs of drug and human smugglers are taking aim at US border cops
PHOTOS: Report reveals 'disturbing trend' of brazen attacks against border security
Chicken Pox outbreak halting deportations at New Mexico detention facility, ICE confirms
MALKIN: Want a Real Anti-Poverty Plan? Stop Amnesty!
Senator Seeks Probe into Illegal Aliens Sending Cash to Foreign Countries
DREAMers Demand Hearings for All Illegals
Maine Gov. Paul LePage: Obama Forcing States to Prioritize Illegals over Citizens
COLLIN COUNTY RESIDENTS SUPPORT RESOLUTION TO BAN HOUSING ILLEGAL MINORS

Even More New Lows for President Obama's Polling Numbers

Good morning, Mr. President! Let's see what Quinnipiac has to say about Ohio . . .

Ohio voters give President Barack Obama a negative 36 59 percent job
approval rating today, close to his all-time low score in any of the nine
states surveyed by Quinnipiac University.

Elsewhere . . . are we sure President Obama wants to implement a unilateral de facto
amnesty by executive order?

Immigration has emerged as perhaps President Obama's worst issue
definitely for today, and maybe of his entire presidency when it comes
to public perception.

A new poll from AP-GfK shows more than two-thirds of Americans (68
percent) disapprove of Obama's handling of the immigration issue in
general. Just 31 percent approve down from 38 percent two months
ago.

When you separate those most passionate about the issue, the
difference is even more stark, with 57 percent opposed and just 18
percent in favor. That's more than three-to-one.
2040


Culture:
Bill Godshall / Smokefree Pennsylvania Tobacco Harm Reduction Update
A majority of Americans say smoking in public places should be illegal. That is consistent with recent
years, but a shift from before 2008 when the majority disagreed. Still, nearly 20% of Americans would
totally ban smoking.

Democrat Bob Beckel called The Bachelorette a slut on FOX News The Five on Tuesday. When Rush
Limbaugh called Sandra Fluke, the then college student that demanded that America pay for her $3,000
birth control bill, the left mobilized massive boycott efforts against the conservative radio talk show
king, attacking his advertisers relentlessly, demanding that they discontinue their sponsorship of his
highly popular radio program. *He did not appear on The Five today; Juan Williams was there instead.]

Stephen A. Smith owned up to making the "most egregious error" of his career during a recent rant
about domestic violence.
Whoopi Defended Stephen A. Smith: If You Hit a Man, Dont Be Surprised if He Hits Back

Special Treatment: Homosexual Activists Trying to Exclude Straight People from Job Fair [this alienates
potential supporters, a phenomenon that should be perceivedby- nowas counter-productive]

Court Ruling Implies States Must Have at Least One Abortion Clinic - A U.S. Circuit Court ruled Tuesday
that the state of Mississippi may not require abortion doctors in that state to have admitting privileges
at local hospitals. The court said the requirement imposes an undue burden on a womans right to
choose an abortion.

Inmate Early Release Applications Soar Under New Obama Rule
DOJ Sued for Records of Obama's Effort to Grant Mass Clemency to Criminals

Guns:
Judge Grants 90-Day Stay On Ruling Against DC Carry Ban
Senate Democrats' Bill Puts Foot in the Door for Gun Confiscation
Gabby Giffords: Guns Are Part of a War On Women

Senate:
Border Crisis Poll: Public Turns Against Obama, Democrats & Media
The Hill: Democrats Fear a Debacle on Turnout
Justice Ginsburg Hints Next President May Pick Her Replacement
Ginsberg is NOT resigning from SCOTUS
Democratic Kentucky Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes showed off her impressive foreign
policy knowledge this week, telling the Lexington Herald Leader that Israels Iron Dome system has
been a big reason why Israel has been able to withstand the terrorists that have tried to tunnel their
way in. [Allison Grimes Credits Israel's Iron Dome for Stopping Gaza's Tunnel Terrorists]
Vulnerable Senate Dems Fear Obama Executive Amnesty
WaPo Admits 'Immigration Is Now President Obamas Worst Issue'
White House Blocks Construction of Lifesaving Road, Tells Alaskans: Get Over It

GOP:
2041

POTUS-16: Hot Air polling: Taking 41% of the vote, Ted Cruz is your new primary leader, taking over
from Scott Walker who finished in second at 15%.
Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh feel it is Foolish for Boehner to Take Impeachment 'Off the Table'
{Efforts are ongoing to create a statewide entity to accommodate the LGBTQ community.-
Paul Ryan: Obama's Exec Amnesty Not 'High Crimes'
Karl Rove: Shame on Conservative Republicans Who Are Floating Impeachment
DCCC Chair Named Top Dem House Targets, Omits PA-6 and PA-8
Toomey amendment to highway bill fails in Senate - Pa. senator wanted to ease environmental reviews
for repairs necessitated by natural disasters.
Politico: Moms Are Winning the Common Core War
Dems:
Democrat Kevin Strouses congressional campaign in Pennsylvania sent out an email blast on Tuesday
showcasing the personal story of a young field organizer but failed to notice racist and bigoted tweets
on that staffers Twitter account before making her a public face in the campaign.
Lawmaker Who Co-Sponsored BushImpeachment Claimed Dems Never Tried to Impeach Bush
HOURS BEFORE 9/11...Clinton: I could have killed bin Laden but 'I didn't'
GDP Revisions Detail Weak Economy - The Commerce Department released its advance estimate of 2
nd

Quarter GDP growth, reporting growth of 4%. The number was higher than economists' expectations of
3% growth in the quarter. Commerce noted, however, that this advance estimate is subject to future
revision. Advance estimates for the 1
st
Quarter showed a 0.1% growth. That number was revised further
today to a 2.1% contraction, orders of magnitude worse than the initial estimate.

ObamaDontCare:
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) said, regarding problems with ObamaDontCare, Your plan is whining.
Obamacare Bringing Insurers, Hospitals Big Profits
Oklahoma AG Adds Jonathan Gruber's Subsidies Comments as Evidence in Obamacare Challenge -
Wednesday, the State of Oklahoma filed a motion to inform a federal judge of newly-discovered facts
in the states challenge of Obamacare. These new facts were two audio tapes of Jonathan Gruber, the
Obamacare Architect, stating that Obamacare subsidies are tied only to the existence of state exchanges
and not a federal exchange. One of these newly-discovered facts was the audiotape reported last Friday
morning by Breitbart News and John Sexton.

Media:
New York Times Caught in Plagiarism Scandal
Note also that this editorial focuses on the EU, but fails to address what the USA should do [Stronger
Sanctions on Russia, at Last]; this again gets BHO [and his indecision] off-the-hook
JULY RATINGS: FOX NEWS GROWS; CNN, MSNBC COLLAPSE BY DOUBLE DIGITS
MSNBC Primetime Ratings Crash, Worst in Eight Years
DAILY BEAST COLUMNIST APOLOGIZES FOR SAYING CONSERVATIVES 'LOVE SEEING ARABS GET KILLED
BLOGGER OUT AT ESPNS 538 BLOG FOR GLOBAL WARMING SKEPTICISM
Media Looking for a Tragedy Big Enough to Stop Gaza War
Joe Scarborough's 'Asinine' Attack on Israel
Gun Owners, Tea Party, Romney: Scarborough Adds Israel to List of Betrayals - After spending the last
few years doing everything in his rather considerable power to re-elect Barack Obama in 2012,
undermine the Tea Party, mock Sarah Palin, and water down our Second Amendment civil rights,
Politico reports that MSNBC's token Republican Joe Scarborough has now turned against Israel.
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Chuck Todd Launches Rant Against MSNBC -- Without Knowing It - Wednesday on "Morning Joe," Todd
launched into what seemed a well-rehearsed rant about how all this DC talk about impeachment is
"disgusting" and "embarrassing playground stuff what drives people away from polls cynical, it's
ugly, it's disgusting."
As Its MSNBC Ally Collapses, Politico Panders to CNN




RJC eNewsletter July 31, 2014


THIS WEEK:
Despite Obama's Pressure, Israel Continues The Fight Against Hamas
Congress Backs Israel
Polls Show Partisan Divide on Israel


DESPITE OBAMA'S PRESSURE, ISRAEL CONTINUES THE FIGHT AGAINST HAMAS

Last Sunday, President Barack Obama called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to press Israel to
agree to an "immediate, unconditional, humanitarian" ceasefire. This came just days after Israel
firmly rejected a ceasefire proposal (read it here) offered by Secretary of State John Kerry. Israel
objected to the proposal because it treated Hamas' demands as legitimate while making no mention
of Israel's demand to demilitarize Gaza.

David Horovitz, founding editor of the Times of Israel, called Kerry's ceasefire proposal a "betrayal".
The proposal also gave Qatar and Turkey a key role in the process, shutting out Egypt, Jordan, and
other U.S. allies in the region. The New York Times reports that, "Egypt has led a new coalition of Arab
states - including Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates - that has effectively lined up
with Israel in its fight against Hamas." Fatah was also ignored, leading Palestinian Authority officials to
denounce the proposal.

The RJC responded to the administration's pressure by calling on President Obama to remember his
own words, spoken in Sderot in 2008:

What I think that Israel has to do is to make sure that that peace is not purchased at -
by putting Israel's security at risk. And it's the job of the United States I think, to
make sure that that peace is centered and promotes Israel's long-term security.

The RJC stated:
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Israel is at war with an implacable enemy, one that has victimized its own people and
kept them in poverty in order to build terrorist tunnels and stockpile weapons in
hopes of killing thousands of Israeli civilians. Israel is determined to destroy Hamas'
capability to carry out its heinous agenda. Any ceasefire that forces Israel to stop
short of that goal is indeed purchasing only a temporary ceasefire at the cost of
Israel's long-term security.
At the start of an emergency cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv this morning, Prime Minister Netanyahu
asserted that the Israel Defense Forces will dismantle the Hamas tunnel network in the Gaza Strip
"with or without a cease-fire."

CONGRESS BACKS ISRAEL
The U.S. Congress has demonstrated strong support for Israel in several different ways this week.
A bipartisan group of House members are gathering signatures on a letter that calls on the United
Nations "to formally recognize Gaza's rockets as an impenetrable barrier to regional peace, and to
make their immediate removal a top priority."

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker John Boehner both made strong
statements supporting Israel's right to self-defense.

The House and Senate each passed a resolution condemning the Hamas attacks on Israel and
affirming Israel's right to defend itself from such attacks.

Republicans in Congress continued to lead the charge for more funding for Israel's Iron Dome
program.

On the other hand, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi made a naive comment in a CNN interview,
saying, "We have to confer with the Qataris who have told me over and over again that Hamas is a
humanitarian organization." RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks reacted to the comment in an
interview with WUSA reporter Jim Osman:

Reporter: Pelosi's spokesman says Pelosi does also believe Hamas is a terrorist
organization, but Matt Brooks with the Republican Jewish Coalition says Pelosi's initial
remarks feed into what he sees as a part of a misinformation campaign.
Brooks: I think the Palestinians and Hamas and their proxies have done a good job at
waging a public opinion battle, but I think here in the United States, I think a lot of
Americans really understand what's at stake, that this is a conflict between good and
evil.
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POLLS SHOW PARTISAN DIVIDE ON ISRAEL

Two weeks ago, a Pew poll showed once again that Republicans support Israel more than Democrats
do - by a 29 point margin. This week another Pew poll asked, "Who is most responsible for the current
violence [between Israel and Gaza]?" Sixty percent of Republicans answered "Hamas", while only 29%
of Democrats said the same. Nearly half of Republican respondents to that poll (46%) said Israel's
response to the conflict has been about right, while 35% of Democrats said Israel's response has gone
too far.

That partisan divide is also seen in a new Washington Post/ABC poll on President Obama's handling of
the Mideast crisis. When asked, "Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the way Obama is handling
the situation between Israel and the Palestinians?" a whopping 78% of Republicans disapproved (57%
strongly) while 65% of Democrats approved (28% strongly) of the job the President is doing on this
issue.
{PEW POLL: DEMOCRATS ALMOST EQUALLY DIVIDED ON WHETHER TO BLAME ISRAEL OR HAMAS and
No home for Israel in the Democratic Party.}
Bill McGurn argues in the New York Post that when President Obama leaves office in 2017, "the
Democratic Party he leaves behind will be one whose sympathies no longer embrace the Jewish state."








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Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2014 4:06 AM
Subject: Action-Items-CCXVIII [Illegals and RINOs]


http://www.scribd.com/doc/235670107/Action-Items-CCXVIII-Illegals-RINOs

What started-out as an intent to provide a distilled-summary of key-points AGAIN grew into a set of
information that requires distribution in segments; hyperlinks are accompanied by extended raw data
[such as two summaries of the commentaries of Rush Limbaugh and the not-yet-uploaded diary of
Arlene Kushner+ to allow the reader to place info into context. Also, information acquired via chats
with people-in-the-know must be mainstreamed without fingerprints *although oral communication
can be more elaborative, if requested]; the goal remains to discern pathways to essential-truths. It is
also desirable to provide writings/blogging by myself and others, if for no other reason than to note
reactions thereto; again, the reader is cordially invited to vet the accuracy of such assertions. ,Also,
note Philadelphia: a city in motion.}

Here, I cover the risk that passage of ANY type of Immigration-related legislation could
trigger an effort by Harry Reid to attach the already-passed Senate bill, which would
then have to be sent back to the House [via reconciliation]; thus, I consider the
drumbeat for what occurred in the House [passage of the two bills related to the
tsunami of illegal migrants from Central America+ to be a potential trap, inasmuch as
Boehner could again muster his RINO-troops to join the Dems to pass Amnesty.

It may be recalled that I railed against Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick *whom Id aggressively supported, despite
Guzzardis unambiguous warnings+ due to his vote to fund ObamaDontCare in 13 *contradicting
multiple-explicit, high-profile campaign-pledges from 10 & 12+ and, this past fall, I had prompted a
coalition of TEA-Party Movement groups [via leaders who had both local/national connections] to issue
three joint Press Releases regarding this particular issue; indeed, entreaties to primary him *to force
him specifically to repudiate amnesty, etc.] fell on deaf-ears. And TWO DAYS AGO, I was told by an
individual who considers him to be Mikes BFF, that his aide {Kyle Whatley} had pledged he wouldnt
vote for ANY legislation related to the Illegals. As predicted, however, tonight, he bowed to pressure
from Boehner and the Chamber-of-Commerce [showing the degree to which he is NOT a friend to the
true-conservatives when it comes to policy, for he takes-for-granted (sadly, justifiably) their support]

H RES 710 1-Aug-2014 7:07 PM
BILL TITLE: Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 5230) making
supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for
other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5272) to prohibit certain
actions with respect to deferred action for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S

H R 5272 1-Aug-2014 9:55 PM
BILL TITLE: To prohibit certain actions with respect to deferred action for aliens not
lawfully present in the United States, and for other purposes.

here, by voting for a pair of bills that could yield back-door amnesty, a concern that I have raised via
these Blast e-mails [plus via direct communication with in-the-know D.C.-contacts] for a fortnight.
Thus, I just completed a fast search of the Internet for articles that could corroborate my concern,
yielding two items-of-interest [There is a great danger that theyll use reconciliation on amnesty and
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Harry Reid: We'll Attach Senate Amnesty Bill to House Border Bill]. Some argue there are constraints on
how this mechanism could be invoked, but BHOs lawlessness extends to Dingy-Harry *Nuclear Option+
Reid and, therefore, he could prompt bill passage and then worry *NOT!+ about the prospect that the
SCOTUS might strike-it-down two years hence *but, noting Roberts proclivity, find some reason not to
disturb what wouldby that timehave become a fait accompli].

Im told that the meeting of this group that was to have been held in January, will occur
within a month [almost a year after the most-recent prior event+; Ill have to restrain
myself from rubbing-it-in *asking rhetorically Who was right, and who was wrong or,
exclaiming with aplomb See? I told ya so!+ because, alas, Mike has again behaviorally
dissed those who defended him, portending a troubling 2 years before he [voluntarily]
retires [term-limits]. {My colleagues are blinded by his having given them time-of-day,
let along a quasi-serious discussion regarding myriad policies and loco-regional issues.

In any case, consider this spate of related-articles

Voters See Illegal Immigration As Bigger National Security Worry Than Russia, Gaza
Cruz stands by border position
Senate blocks border bill
Suit seeks lawyers for child migrants
Obama's 5 Top Flip-Flops on Immigration
Catholic Bishops Say Amnesty for Illegal Immigrant Children Is 'Pro-Life'
Homeland Security Report Confirms Diseases Spreading at Border Facilities
Jeff Sessions Takes Down GOP Border Bill by Lobbying House
Jeff Sessions: Congress Must Oppose House, Senate Border Bills
DNC Chair Thinks Sen. Ted Cruz Is Speaker Of The House
Mike Lee: Congress Should Not Pass Any Border Bill that Doesn't Solve Root of Problem:
Obama's Executive Amnesty
Sessions: Congress Shouldn't Adjourn Until It Fights Exec Amnesty That Will 'End Immigration
Enforcement'

in addition to the dozens that have been IDed within prior Blast e-mails. And then lets see whether
Reid/Pelosi/BHO will consider invoking this legislative-doublet to be their preferred vehicle to trigger a
joint-conference committee meeting, and then House approval *by Dems and DIABLOs+. ,BTW, the last
term denotes Democrats in all but label only.-

Today was the deadline for submission of petitions, but Both third-party candidates who
had hoped to run in Pennsylvania's gubernatorial race have given up - leaving GOP Gov.
Tom Corbett and Dem nominee Tom Wolf to compete one-on-one.

I blogged a bit on PoliticsPA regarding PA-8: Fitzpatrick Defends Suing President on Party-line Vote:

BHO has hit the trifecta, repeatedly: he doesnt enforce laws *changing them on the fly+,
he selectively enforces the law [invoking "discretion"], and he writes his own laws
[contradicting the constitution, inter alia].

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This is why he has been struck-down repeatedly by the SCOTUS [often 9-0, not 5-4],
such as when HE decided the Senate wasnt in session, contradicting the Senates
prerogative to determine its own functions.

Thus, this litigation is vital and, indeed, if there is any entity that has had its powers
usurped by the Imperial-POTUS, it is the Congress; thus, it is probably the ONLY entity
that could be granted standing [and that's why Boehner focused the litigation on one
act, rather than a multitude of behaviors].

As usual, DD invokes racism; this has nothing to do with anything and, thus, he reveals
himself to be a reverse-racist; he should also recall that he has ignored unfinished-
business on other web-pages, including wild assertions he hasnt bothered to document
[because he can't].

BHOs Scandal-Sheet will predictably have this additional entry and, thus, one can
predict that the Dem-POTUS nominee will, by the fall of 16, have to sport multiple
albatrosses if the Dems are to retain 1600 [BenghaziGate hearings start next
month...the IRS data (that isn't already leaking) must be detailed to two federal judges
within a fortnight...the Fast and Furious papers should be released shortly...Brennan
admitted he spied on the Senate (contradicting his sworn-testimony)...].

Corroborating my remedy, namely, passing NOTHING and emphasizing need for enforcement of existing
law [and erecting the already-funded security-fence+ are these notes from Todays Presentation by Rush
Limbaugh [c/o Charlie Shipp, reprinted in-toto]:

Your Rush Limbaugh Echo for Today, 7/16/14
Student NOTES from Institute freshmen, not 'official'
Opening: Greetings in August: birthday cake for EIB.
_____________________________________________________________
Seg#1: Rush reflects back on opinions proven correct
Its also Open-Line Friday. Because of all of you (and your unwavering support) we
have been Numero Uno for most of the 26 years.

Republicans who vote think that standing tough on Amnesty is the most important issue
to themmore important than repealing Obamacare and finding the truth on
Benghazi. If you dont have border control, you lose the nation.

It isnt tough to understand what elected Republicans are doing: even though you are
melting the phones telling them to oppose Illegals, they dont carethey pay attention
to their donors.

Republicans in Congress think without the money, they cant run for reelection so it
doesnt matter if we get comprehensive amnesty or not. They tell other Republicans in
congress, You had better support us in supporting Amnesty, or we wont support you
in your next election. They are not trying to stop it!

They try to pretend they are not for it.

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It would be easy to end DACA, just shut it down ( children coming in.) They are on a
tightrope: to give their donors what they want, and at the same time convince you that
is not what they are doing.
http://www.vox.com/2014/6/16/5813406/explain-child-migrant-crisis-central-america-
unaccompanied-children-immigrants-daca

Republicans stand aside and let Obama do what he wants; and then files a lawsuit to
convince you they have a different view.

If you think of the Republican Party as the opposition party, it doesnt make any
sense. You could go nuts. Listen to what I just said to understand.

Ron Fournier seems to have seen the light and it sickens him. Neither party wants to
stop illegal immigration. ((Clip: Both parties are not trying to stop this; Republicans
are on vacation and it sickens me.))

>>> ED: Rush interviewed Wm F Buckley who decried needing to explain
>>>> the obvious and mentioned the Washington Redskins in 1992.

_____________________________________________________________
S#10: Republicans legislators must hate children
Louis Gutierez says Republicans hate children
>>> all because of the vote coming up.

_____________________________________________________________
Seg#11: the Democrat Party is not against families coming in
Because of you, the audience, EIB has been the best success; you hung in there even
though most of media tried to convince you that I lied.

[A tsumani] of kids flood our border; how did 65,000 kids just decide to leave there
homes in Honduras and come here? Somebody had to tell them it would be great to be
here. Why now? At some point we will find out. It doesnt have to be a conspiracy,
just a Spanish-language campaign.

What is clear is that the Democrat Party is not against this.

Your parents dont just kick you out of the house and put you on a train for 45 days to
hook up with coyotes. The WHY and the HOW are fascinating. We all have an idea of
the answers.

((Reading/picture)) Obama has the blame. ((Reading: Border patrol has no idea of how
many died at the border.)) Remember, Gov Perry says feds made them move the
border security 45 miles northward. There is no end in sight.

This is a Godsend for Democrat Party dominance. They politicize everything.

Visit DrudgeReport.com to link to UK Daily Mail (not shown by our media). Republicans
do not have a position of their own. They want donors to think they support
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comprehensive Amnesty; and their voters, that they try for the opposite. [Rush
explained the two votes.] Further, Republicans want to show Hispanic voters that
Republicans love them.

Democrats spin it but Republicans can do nothing to change media. Please, we love
you. ((Clip-Louis-Gutierez)) This is what you get for your efforts, Mr Boehner. This is
what you get when you to not stand up for the greatness of America.

This is what you get as a pacifist.

And Louis Gutierez was just getting wound up. ((Clip-on: They hate us.))

Republicans are doing everything they know how to do to convey just the opposite. My
point: There is not one thing Republicans can say or do to stop him from lying about
them. That is the technique. ((Clip-Shela-Jackson-Lee: Think about No Room In the
Inn. Pass it now.))
>>> And the Israelis hate children too.

_____________________________________________________________
Seg#12: Mississippi gal calls in
Caller-Mississippi-gal: Why dont we offer Territory status to Honduras, anybody down
there?
They would still want to come here. You may not know this, but Louis Gutierrez
has said in the past that we need to find every Hispanic that has been deported and
bring them back.
>>> We need to give justice to Illegals that were deported, he says.

_____________________________________________________________
Seg#13: Huge announcement (turn out NOT)
Obama team says he makes a huge announcement at the top of the hour, which means
he will show up a half an hour late. DbM thinks it will be about the Middle East. The
ceasefire lasted about 20min not three days. And Hamas deny capturing an Israeli
soldier.

Tishan Johnson, NY Jets, Just give the ball NFL is getting married to Jennifer
Conrad. They sent out invitations to everyone with a new iPad. Guess what else? They
had the registry on the iPad also. Liberals in media complained. There is a photo gallery
and a countdown to the wedding. The hoitie toitie crowd is now up-tight.

A donation was given to start a playground for Indian tribe children. Mike Changry
doesnt care that media thinks Indians are selling out to the Washington NFL
team. Tribal chief says he has no problem with it.
>>> The Left demands that they give the money back.
The Left didnt like the Koch brothers donating millions to a hospital.

_____________________________________________________________
S#14: Rush Limbaugh continues to have faith America will turn around
(Theme Music) Caller-AZ-gal: Impeach Obama! I donBillions spent.
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That isnt the reason. We need to stop the destruction of America. Impeachment
is purely political. It is like calling a witnessyou need to know what the witness will
say.

You will never succeed with Impeachment with Dingy Reid leading the Senate.

I dont disagree with you, but the players we have now are not the ones that will do
it. [Rush is hinting 2014 Nov elections.] If Republicans embark on the right course,
everyone sees it is a losing proposition. Obama thinks that if Republicans try to toss
The First Black President, that his base will rise up. I DONT THINK THE THREAT NEED
TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF THE TABLE. [(Discussion w/ caller)] This stuff is ripping me
apartand I dont have an immediate answer for you.
>>> Someday, this will all bottom out and things will turn around.

_____________________________________________________________
Segment#15: Have a great weekend, folks;
>>> we will be here for another 26 years and beyond.
_____________________________________________________________
Closing: See you tomorrow, after a 21-hour show-prep break!
Distributor for Rush's radio show: Premiere (holding trademarks)
"The Rush Limbaugh Show" and "EIB, Excellence In Broadcasting".
_____________________________________________________________
From the Rush Limbaugh Morning Update: "TitleHere"
The government has issued a new report and the findings might surprise you, especially
if you buy the liberal climate BS.
Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that the weather
kills at least 2,000 Americans every year. The report examined close to 11,000 deaths
attributed to the weather in the last five years, and found that only 6 percent were the
result of flooding, storms, or lightning strikes. Heat, heat stroke, and sunstroke, were
responsible for 31 percent of weather-related deaths.
Heres the surprise. Almost two-thirds of all weather-related deaths are due to cold.
Thats right, baby, cold. Deborah Ingram, the reports author, says hurricanes,
tornadoes, and heat waves get more publicity, for some reason, than deaths related to
the cold.
So, Ms. Ingram for some unknown reason, those in the business of publicizing weather
events devote more attention to hurricanes, tornadoes, and heat waves. They ignore
cold-related deaths. Even though more people die from cold. I wonder why?
We need to put on our thinking caps, and figure it out. What would motivate
professional journalists and other esteemed members of the media to ignore cold-
related deaths? Can you think of anything, I mean anything at all?
Im going on a limb here. Im going to suggest theres an ideology at work here. And that
cold-weather deaths dont quite fit into the global warming narrative that we have been
sold for years. You think maybe that is it?
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Read the Background Material on the Morning Update...
USA-Today: Killer Cold: Winter is Deadlier than Summer in US
www.RushLimbaugh.com [[Heard AM on radio across America]]
_____________________________________________________________
Quote Gems from Rush Limbaugh dot com:
"I tell you, folks, keep a sharp eye on the president talking about 'hate,' because it's all
part of his and Holder's effort to criminalize any criticism of Obama or any 'hate speech'
that might be considered criticism. Make no mistake about that."
"You want to talk about why the gap between rich and poor is expanding? It's because
the pie's getting smaller, and the pie can only get smaller as government grows. The
argument against government expansion is that it shrinks opportunity for everybody
who doesn't work or have anything to do with government."
"I think Murrieta, California and the protests of the buses, I think that's a microcosm of
this whole country and their attitude about that issue. The people in this country do not
want to erase the southern border."
"The Republican bill to sue Obama for not enforcing laws could be a disaster if it ever
got anywhere. The so-called conservative justices on the Supreme Court have already
ruled that Congress cannot sue the president for not enforcing the law. It would be a
waste of time. And the big law he's not enforcing is Obamacare. Do we really want him
to fully implement that?"
"I think we're beginning to see the signs of some young people who don't want to live
the way they're going to be forced to if they don't fight it in this country. I think we're
seeing a lot of young people who don't want to be the extreme nut cases their parents
are."
"I think old codger 60s generation liberals, I don't think their kids want to be like them,
or their grandkids. At least I'm seeing signs of that."
"I tell you, folks, keep a sharp eye on the president talking about hate. It's all part of his
and Holder's efforts to criminalize any criticism of Obama or any hate speech that might
be considered criticism. Make no mistake about that."
"I kid you not, nothing is making sense. Israeli, Hamas, nothing. I'm talking about the
conventional wisdom coming out of Washington. Nothing makes sense. It's all ass
backwards."
"I think what these Lois Lerner emails prove, ladies and gentlemen, is that Lois Lerner
and the IRS were targeting conservatives for political reasons. Whoever said what,
whoever started what, there can be no doubt now -- if there ever was -- that the IRS,
with the full awareness and knowledge of the White House, was targeting conservatives
for political reasons."
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"What the House Republicans are doing vis-a-vis suing Obama and impeachment, it's all
wrong. It doesn't make any sense. Nothing makes any sense. And if nothing makes any
sense, maybe I'm the one that's losing my marbles, except I know that's not true."
"With the president of the United States getting a 68% disapproval on immigration, here
comes the House GOP trying to pass an immigration bill that mirrors what Obama wants
to do! What in the name of Sam Hill is going on?"
www.RushLimbaugh.com
_____________________________________________________________
Quick Hits Page ... On the Rushwire:
WaPo Writer in Tank for Dems: Hundreds of Rules Passed by Regime are Illegal... CIA
Admits They Improperly Hacked Senate Computers... ...
*
Your Rush Limbaugh Echo for Monday, 7/28/14 {providing additional context}
Student NOTES from Institute freshmen, not 'official'
Opening: We edge closer to our 27
th
year of broadcasting.
_____________________________________________________________
Segment#1: This is who Obama is
Is this a big announcement or not: Obama finally announces that he wants to close the
border? But not for Illegals, but for corporations leaving USA. They need to pay the
highest corporate taxes here.

So Obama was really ticked off. He wants to close the border to any corporation that
wants to relocate overseas. It is like the Berlin Wall, to keep the dictators serfs in! An
author notes that Obama is stuck in a Cold War mentality of nuclear freeze.

Coming out of Columbia University and prior raising, Obama thinks the United States is
the problem with the world. The United States thinking they can improve probems, is
the problem in Obamas views. Obama opposes USA working to solve human rights
issues in the world.

USSR was intent on spreading Communism. Leftists in America had no problem with
that. The hardliners that fought USSR were the problem to Obama and those like him.

According the doves we always insert and impose ourselves. To them, this is the
problem. Obama is stuck in the past and thinks it is the answer to the future. He is
tone-deaf, blaming America. He ignores the meaning and causes of American greatness.

The Left in this country hated Ronald Reagan. American Leftists ignore why we fought
back when missiles came to Cuba. In his speeches, Obama mentions the fall of the
Berlin Wall but never talks about who built the wall, and why.

This is who Obama was; this is who Obama is.
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>>> It explains why he lets Illegals in and wants a border for corporations.

_____________________________________________________________
Segment#2: Obama is stuck as a 1960s hippy-radical
Obama hated the Cold War and blamed the United States for it. In the student
newspaper, Obama wrote an article but it didnt surface until 2009, after he was safely
elected in 2008.
>>> Obama was a 1960s radical, and still is. He is stuck.
_____________________________________________________________
From the Rush Limbaugh Morning Update: "Cap Time"
Theres news for Obamacare deadbeats. After years of theoretical caps, the Regime
has finally announced the actual cap on the fines for failure to purchase Obamacare, or
other approved insurance.
Each person will pay only $2,448 to set things right. For a family of five, thats just
over $12,000. This cap will benefit you, if you make a quarter of a million dollars a year.
Those who earn less will pay up to 1 percent of their annual income in fines. This year.
Next year, the percentage doubles: youll pay 2 percent of your annual income in fines.
And this is only the beginning. If Obamacare survives, and Democrats continue to run
the show, the sky is the limit.
Federal officials believe four million of you are Obamacare deadbeats who will be
targeted for "Obamafines." And remember, the enforcer is your favorite agency: the IRS.
So heres how it will play out. If youre due a tax refund, your fine will be deducted. If
youre due a refund in future years, theyll squeeze their pound of flesh from you later.
If you dont earn enough to pay taxes, youre exempt. If youre an illegal alien, youre
exempt. If youre serving time in prison, youre exempt.
Obviously a carve-out for Democrat elected officials. But everybody else: grab the ankles
and hold on. Obama is going to sock it to you. Again. And its going to be a bumpy ride.
Read the Background Material on the Morning Update...
AP: Feds Cap Fines for Not Buying Health Insurance
www.RushLimbaugh.com [[Heard AM on radio across America]]
_____________________________________________________________
Quote Gems from Rush Limbaugh dot com:
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"The Obama Regime is considering a plan to stem the surge of 'migrants,' but what is
actually going to happen -- and any fool should know this -- is this is going to encourage
a flood of new illegal immigrants to try their luck using the 'refugee' excuse."
"The United States is seen as a giant bank that gives money away. As long as Obama's
running, this country is seen as a bank, and you've got a bunch of leftists that are in
power in all of these Central American and South American countries who are
predisposed to resenting and despising the United States precisely because of our
wealth and how we did it, capitalism."
"The stated purpose of Obamacare was to drive health insurance premiums way down,
right? You were going to save $2,500 a year! 'Your premiums are going to go down
$2,500! It's going to be much cheaper all over the place!' Right? What happened? The
law's impact was to drive insurance premiums way up, and we haven't seen anything
yet."
"I did not foresee that the Regime would just go down there and assume the role of
coyote. Although, I must remind you that I did, last week or the week before, I thought I
would catch hell for this, and I didn't. But I referred to the Border Patrol, or ICE, I forget
which, as a bunch of coyotes based on what was happening already. So my instincts
were right, folks. I just didn't take 'em far enough."
"Obama might not care about his approval numbers are falling, but there are some
people that do, and they are other Democrats. See, right now the only way the
American people can show their disapproval of Obama -- short of telling Gallup or
whoever -- is to vote against Democrats in November. That's it."
"Sadly, it's understandable why an Ivy League graduate would be a 125% dyed-in-the-
wool fully committed leftist. It's the only cool thing out there. It's the only hip thing out
there. It's going to save the world, and it's going to save the poor, and it's going to save
women from the Republican war. They've grown up believing this drivel. Sorry, a bunch
of radio shows and Fox News are not enough to combat all this. You need a Republican
Party."
"The Republicans signing onto Obama's refugee policy publicly so the media can report
that all these Republicans are standing in favor of 'immigration reform,' is feeding the
idea that there are mechanisms for people in foreign countries to get here and stay and
that there is going to be amnesty."
"The latest polling data shows that 51% -- and it's more than this -- 51% want to deport
all of these kids that are arriving. If 51% are admitting it, it's much higher than that. This
is something you lie to a pollster about, the reverse Wilder Effect. Nobody wants to
throw the kids back there, but if 51% are saying they prefer that, it's got to be higher."
"Not every school system is lost, but more and more the multicultural curriculum is
taking over, and the truth and the greatness and the specialness -- the uniqueness -- of
this country's being written out."
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"Obama has known from the first moment he thought about being president, he's
known -- don't doubt me on this -- he knows that what he believes and thinks is a
minority position in this country."


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Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2014 12:27 PM
Subject: Action-Items-CCXIX
[Illegals, D'Souza's-America, Senate, GOP, BHO's-Scandal-Sheet, Media, Economics, Foreign-Policy]

http://www.scribd.com/doc/235690001/Action-Items-CCXIX-Illegals-D-Souza-s-America-Senate-GOP-
BHO-s-Scandal-Sheet-Media-Economics-Foreign-Policy

While processing these hyperlinks, an eye is directed towards avoiding tangential *albeit entertaining+
commentary; this may explain why the bulk of the database is derived from Breitbart and Drudge, for
those articles are often oriented towards providing an incrementally-clarified view of a given topic.
More domestic-related issues are covered herein, reserving the next one for Israel/Gaza; it will then,
again, be hoped that updates wont have to be as lengthy *although info that isnt online must be
cut/pasted, such as the morning-jolts by NROs Jim Geraghty+. In any case, note that the usual panoply
of political concerns continues to rage-on, although hope springs eternal that people will appreciate the
ongoing damage BHO is doing to the USA *as captured by Dinesh DSouza, vide infra]. Critique invited.

It is desirable to complete the informal digest of Dinesh DSouzas America *having
already covered chapters 1-5, 6-8, 9-11, 12, and 13-15 plus extended commentary on
the movie+. The final Chapter *16+ claims Decline is a Choice while predicting its
inevitability *hoping Americas being replaced by China/India will be gradual rather than
sudden]; this rather gloomy perspective is not included in the movie, a point that now
was conveyed to the author for critique. Returning to the initial effort to counter the
attack-review of [lib] Stu Bykofsky in which he decried the final-third of the flick [which
overtly attacked BHO], it is necessary to note that this ties together the progressive
arguments that had led to the indictments [first-third] prior to their refutation [second-
third]. Both works [the book and the movie] are cohesive although, as discussed
episodically, I detected a few potential-flaws; fortunately, the book ends on an upbeat
argument, namely, that it remains possible to restore America to the roots of
Founders/Framers. [Exemplifying a point of departure from what has otherwise been a
well-documented tome, is the claim that American filth has been rejected worldwide;
on the other hand, he segues into a triad-phrase that is memorable: At one time, the
East wanted to be modern and Western. Then it wanted to be modern and didnt mind
being Western. Now it wants to be modern without being Western.+ Overall, this is a
wonderful book written well, it almost harbors a breezy style, but it remains serious
about its goals.

Recalling that the focus of the prior Blast e-mail was to sound the alarum regarding what occurred
yesterday in Congress; after having remitted it, a bit more research overnight revealed additional data
that appear corroborative of my concern that adoption of ANY immigration-related legislation could
trigger a House vote that would yield Comprehensive Immigration Reform. I have been harping on this
issue for a fortnight [noting that my fortune-cookie yesterday reads: A danger foreseen is half-
avoided+ and I worry that, coupled with whatever level of amnesty BHO will soon Executively Order,
the influx and the permanence of these individuals will become a fait accompli. Granted, short-term
messaging contrasts a do-nothing Senate with the Houses passage of the bills, but the long-term
impact of what happened [which would take years of legal challenges to undo] must be weighed ASAP;
perhaps some sort of a Statement can be elicited from Boehner +/- GOP-leaders???

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Democrats have a long term political goal of granting amnesty to millions of current
illegal aliens whom they see as Democratic voters in-waiting. And by all indications
House Republican leaders are playing right into their hands. Senate Democrats are
angling to include the entire Gang of Eight bill in a conference committee with
whatever border crisis bill comes out of the House of Representatives and they expect
Speaker John Boehner to cave in when they do it.

STOCKMAN said the Houses BORDER BILL'S was 'A TRAP', claiming it empowered BHO.

DEMS PITCHED LINKING IMMIGRATION REFORM WITH BORDER BILL. - Senate Dems are
actively warning they may try to attach the Gang of Eight's comprehensive immigration
reform bill to the package if House Republicans pass a pared-down funding bill for the
border crisis. The complicated calculus reflects the fact that the Senate's own $3.57
billion border supplemental legislation appears unlikely to clear a procedural vote on
Wednesday. So if the House is able to pass its $659 million package later this week,
Senate Democrats may press to attach their sweeping 2013 immigration reform bill to
the House's legislation.

As much as Im critical of the outcome, it is curious that Politico claimed the NEW GOP LEADERS
STUMBLED OUT OF THE BLOCKS on Thursday [after the Immigration bill had been pulled] but, after
CRUZ CRACKED CONSERVATIVE WHIP TO THWART LEADERS, the bifurcated/rewritten bills were passed;
of course, its inaccurate to claim he met with congressmen with a goal to thwart Boehner et al.,
because the outcome was indubitably altered in the process. ONCE AGAIN, TED CRUZ appeared to be
the driving force behind the House's change in strategy. The tea party senator, often blamed for last
fall's government shutdown, lobbied House conservatives to vote against the original border package,
which did not include the deportation provision. The effort by Sen. Ted Cruz (Tex.), who made his pitch
to a group of House Republicans in a closed-door evening meeting, marked another direct shot at
attempts by Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) to deal with the influx of illegal immigrants arriving from
Central America. Defeat of border legislation in the House would have delivered another embarrassing
blow to Boehner and his leadership team, which had struggled to contain the party's restive tea party
caucus. It also would serve as the latest example of Cruz wading into House affairs and working against
the agenda of GOP leaders.

TEA PARTY FORCED HOUSE GOP TO SWITCH UP IMMIGRATION STRATEGY; there was
chaos over the House border bill as Congress prepared to break for the August recess.
House Republicans voted to rein in Obamas power to halt deportation for
undocumented immigrants, a surprise move that came as they struggled to attract
support for their bill to address the crisis at the border. The new plan, described by
multiple GOP aides Wednesday evening, comes as House Republicans were unable to
lock-up 218 GOP lawmakers to vote for the $659 million emergency funding package.
On Wednesday evening, House GOP leadership was setting up a process that would
schedule a Thursday vote on the Republican funding package. When it passed, the
House voted on legislation targeting the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
program, which has shielded from deportation hundreds of thousands of young
undocumented immigrants who have grown up in the United States.

[It is annoying that Krauthammer dissed Cruz last night on Special Report, despite this accomplishment.]
It will be of-interest to note if negative proclamations from the WaPo [Balz: Republicans deliver another
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self-inflicted wound - Congresss actions and inactions may be blocking the GOPs path to victory in the
midterm elections] are rescinded and whether any condemnation will descend upon the Dem-controlled
Senate for inaction.

Meanwhile, again, Obama blasted the GOP on immigration, as it was revealed that 500
Illegals are Pennsylvania-Bound and Military Bases are Being Turned Into Permanent
Refugee Camps; indeed, regarding everything from subsidies for Obamacare to food
stamps to Social Security Disability, the bill keeps getting bigger, but the percentage of
Americans willing and able to pay it keeps getting smaller.



The Illegals-issue is affecting the behavior of Senate-Dems facing tough reelections; two of the Senate's
most vulnerable incumbents, Sens. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) BALKED AT OBAMA'S
EXECUTIVE ACTIONS ON BORDER, wanting to put the brakes on Obama's plan to reform the nation's
immigration enforcement system through executive action. They say Obama should not act unilaterally
to reduce deportations, arguing it's Congress's job to change the law. Slowing or halting deportations of
otherwise law-abiding residents who came to the country illegally could produce a backlash in red states
where Obama has low approval numbers. Furthermore, the crisis at the southern U.S. border
complicates any move to ease deportation laws. But not taking executive action could discourage Latino
voters, who backed Obama and other Democratic candidates overwhelmingly in the 2012 elections and
expect action on immigration reform.

Other issues affecting these races are Ethanol fuels [where there is a clash in Iowas corn
country between Democrat Bruce Braley (who is betting the farm on corn) and Joni
Ernst (who is more elusive)] and Privacy [where Colorado Sen. Mark Udall (whose
polling is also problematic) has claimed the CIA Chief Should Resign Over having
admitted he tried to cover-up Senate Computer Spying, notwithstanding the fact that
Obama defended CIA Director John Brennan]. Also noted are strange statements from
Kentuckys Alison Lundergan Grimes *who thought Israels Iron Dome was located
underground and who didnt Know What a Bumper Sticker Is, claiming they are placed
in peoples Yards]. Finally, looking ahead to 2016, Reid could be in trouble in Nevada, for
a GOP poll put Brian Sandoval ahead of Harry Reid.

The GOPs Civil-War has not abated; the RNC Took a Step Toward Investigating Outrage In Mississippi
Primary and ROBERTS' TEA-PARTY FOE CLOSED THE GAP in Kansas. Less than a week before primary day,
Kansas Republican Sen. Pat Roberts is still ahead, but he has a real race on his hands against a tea party
challenger the establishment had largely written off months ago. The three-term incumbent is losing
ground in polls, as he spends big on the airwaves to fight off the image of a Washington insider who
lives in suburban Virginia and stays with campaign donors during his infrequent visits back home.
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Meanwhile, Milton Wolf, a radiologist who had never run for office, is inching closer, despite being
wrapped-up in a scandal after posting X-rays of deceased patients on Facebook. The latest automated
poll by SurveyUSA has Roberts up by 20 points, narrower than his 33-point edge a month ago.

Statewide, the PA SENATE LEADERSHIP LOOKS TO TREASURER MCCORD FOR DIRECTION
ON CORBETT VETOES. In Philly, the Senate OKed renaming 30th Street Station for Gray.
In my township, Abington launched red-light camera program.

The stakes of the POTUS-16 race were raised as the SCOTUS appears to be in the balance; Ginsburg said
shes catching her second wind, rejecting efforts by some libs to press her to hang up her robe. Christie
is trying to rekindle the magic around his brash style [but some in the GOP doubt it can work], his pal
Cuomo Retained Defense Counsel as a Corruption Probe Widened; Cuomo's M.O. is haunting him now,
for he is having the roughest stretch of his political career.

The pro-Hillary Clinton group Correct the Record has put together a memo for
supporters and allies ahead of the fall midterms, highlighting seven key themes they've
identified as emerging from the frenzy surrounding the potential 2016 candidate's book
tour. ... 1) 'public opinion is much better for Clinton now than it was in 2008'; 2)
'Americans across the ideological spectrum, liberals and moderates in particular, are
looking positively to a Hillary Clinton run for President'; 3) 'Voters, specifically
Democrats, are eager for her experience'; 4) 'Clinton is in step with her party on core
issues, particularly income inequality'; "5) 'No credible challenger can amass the kind of
broad party support Clinton has'; "6) 'Voters are behind her, not just politicos'; 7) 'Hillary
Clinton's work ethic has been on display for months. Clinton and her supporters, if she
chooses to run, do not want a coronation but rather will work hard, seek voters' support
and build a winning coalition.' ... Correct the Record was established as an offshoot of
the Democratic research group American Bridge, but it was stocked with Clintonites and
has worked to defend her as she's become more politically public. {Books serve as a test
market for Clinton hostility, and there may be no clearer sign of Hillarys reemergence
than a flurry of books critical of her; this article politicizes Book-sales data, again
attacking Republican choicesbelieve it or not.- Through it all, Hillary Clinton Doesnt
Know How Wealthy She Is.

Two additional primary races illustrate the potential for local issues to influence congressional races:

Embattled Rep. Scott DesJARLAIS (R-Tenn.) may OVERCOME SCANDAL, against all odds.
The GOP physician looked like he would be booted from office in late 2012 after
revelations that he had pushed his ex-wife to have two abortions and carried on affairs
with patients, one of whom he urged to terminate a pregnancy. The socially
conservative congressman drew a strong primary opponent this year in state Sen. Jim
Tracy (R), and many in the GOP privately say they are rooting for the challenger,
because it would rid the party of another member of its 'scandal caucus.' But despite
DesJarlais being seen as one of the cycle's most endangered incumbents, more than a
half-dozen strategists with deep Tennessee ties say the contest is far closer than
expected ahead of the Aug. 7 primary.

FARMERS TARGET Republican Rep. Tim HUELSKAMP because he co-sponsored a bill that
would cut demand for biofuels by phasing out a federal renewable energy program
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[which mandate a percentage of renewable fuels in gasoline]; he represents a rural
district where eleven biofuel plants dot the vast expanse of western and central Kansas,
where farm fields stretch to the horizon and corn and sorghum are the backbone of the
rural economy. Anger now haunts him in the waning days before the Aug. 5 GOP
primary; he is a tea party favorite and Kansas farmer known for his criticism of the GOP
leadership in Washington. He is locked in an unexpectedly tough race with a political
novice as he seeks a third two-year term. His challenger, Alan LaPolice, a farmer and
educator, supports the standards.

Nevertheless, I feel many races will be nationalized, as people react negatively to The Phony Scandal
Presidency; Obamas immigration policies are making him unpopular, for OBAMA is TO PAY ILLEGALS
[Offer All You Can Eat Meals, Free Cable TV, Lawyers, Medical & Dental] and Republican and Democratic
Lawmakers Seek to Formally Condemn Obama For Bergdahl Trade. Thats why Dick Morris has just said,
'I Wouldn't Be Surprised if Obama Resigned.'

Illustrative of this phenomenon [which could help Corbett] are these [tight] data:
Illinois Governor: Rauner (R) 44%, Quinn (D) 39%
Georgia Governor: Carter (D) 45%, Deal (R) 44%
Michigan Governor: Snyder (R) 45%, Schauer (D) 42%

Consider the reaction to Boehners plan to sue BHO over separation-of-powers; messaging via DAN
PFEIFFER attacked the Republican-controlled House for this vote, claiming it should instead address
other issues [raise the minimum wage, put in place equal pay, create jobs, or reform the broken
immigration system] and not waste valuable time and potentially millions of taxpayer dollars. Ignoring
the fact that many bills were passed by the House but ignored b the Senate, he claimed, This is the
least productive Congress in decades. And instead of doing their job, they are suing the President for
doing his." As anticipated, this entire story was buried by the media; no major newspaper fronted a
story about the vote. {NYT A1 refer (bottom of page), "House Votes to Sue Obama" ... L.A. Times A1
refer (bottom of page; 1-col. Boehner pic), "House votes to sue Obama" ... ChiTrib p. 1 refer, "House
votes to sue Obama."-. And BHOs glib comment was that the GOP should Stop hatin all the time.
,Also, he had a glib comment regarding the CIAs Brennan, deflecting his having lied to Congress by
changing the subject: 'We tortured some folks' {if memory serves, three, with a Senate report pending}.

Compounding the polling problem is awareness that the Busted Obamacare Website
Has Already Cost Taxpayers $840 Million, explaining why Obamacare is More Unpopular
Than Ever; 57% View Health Care Law Unfavorably; as an example of the culture of
corruption he has promulgated, Andrew Slavitt, a former executive at the technology
company tasked with saving HealthCare.gov and now second in command at the
agency overseeing Obamacare, ran into sharp questions from a House panel about a
potential conflict of interest in his new role. In addition, a House Committee is
Investigating an FCC Waiver to Obama Donor and Former Employees Alleged
Widespread Illegality at a Taxpayer-Backed Solar Company; meanwhile, exposed has
been The Billionaires Club Behind the Green Movement.

BHOs *original+ Scandal-Sheet has been amplified, as a Judge Ordered the DOJ to Release Fast and
Furious Documents Withheld From Congress Under Obamas Executive Privilege Claim; this Court Ruling
on 'Fast and Furious' Docs is Forcing Scrutiny of Obamas Executive Privilege, so it has been punctured.
{Also, a Man Charged with Killing Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was Extradited to U.S.}
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The media continue to help Dems; indeed, CNN is reportedly paid by the US government
for reporting on some events, and not reporting on others; the Obama Administration
pays CNN for content control. Not satisfied with such arrangements, Pelosi Asked
Reporters To Be Messengers For Flailing House Dems. Meanwhile, on MSNBC,
Mediaite determined that Morning Joe is Among Worst Shows On Cable News [e.g.,
tolerating giggles while reporting on Gaza]; always on the offensive [while being quite
offensive], Scarborough ripped the 'simpleminded' for criticizing his Israel comments.

Another problem, of course is that Jobs Growth Disappoints, as Real Unemployment Hangs at 18% [and
this doesnt take into account under-employment]; the economy added 209,000 jobs in July while the
unemployment rate increased slightly to 6.2%; analysts had expected job growth of about 233,000,
according to a Bloomberg survey of economists. [This may explain the Dow-drop on Thurs/Fri.]

Milton Friedmans 7 Most Notable Quotes
place unless both parties benefit.
that there is a fixed pie,
that one party can gain only at the expense of another.
freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.
something, nobody owns it, and nobody has a direct interest
in maintaining or improving its condition. That is why buildings in the Soviet Unionlike
public housing in the United Stateslook decrepit within a year or two of their
construction
rated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who
create it.
than their results.
ra Desert, in five years
thered be a shortage of sand.

Other otherwise ignored Congressional issues are receiving greater attention due to efforts of the
Conservatives [such as Heritage Action]; for example, a HEARING FED GOP-House PUSH TO SHUT DOWN
EX-IM BANK, for they weren't satisfied with the answers they got at a hearing on corruption allegations,
and now they're vowing to dive deeper into the bank's records and history. Bank Chairman Fred
Hochberg's tight-lipped responses and a fired employee's outright refusal to answer the questions of the
House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee did not go over well with the panel's
Republican members. In particular, Hochberg's insistence that he not offer up any information that
could jeopardize investigations into the allegations that agency employees took gifts and kickbacks in
particular riled conservative critics, who are angling to shut the bank down. Also, Ted Cruz Warned that,
if the Senate Doesnt Act, Internet Will Be Taxed in November.

Critics claimed the National Labor Relations Board imperiled the franchising business
model by Giving Big Labor Another Win [easing unionization at fast food restaurants].

Before the Senate approved the Highway-Bill, it defeated an amendment offered a conservative
champion, U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT); it would devolve the federal highway program to the states,
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allowing them to keep the vast majority of their gas tax revenues and to make their own transportation
infrastructure decisions. Here are the 15 Republicans who voted with the Democrats to keep more
power and control in Washington:

John Barrasso (R-WY) (202) 224-6441

Roy Blunt (R-MO) (202) 224-5721

Thad Cochran (R-MS) (202) 224-5054

Susan Collins (R-ME) (202) 224-2523

Mike Enzi (R-WY) (202) 224-3424

Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (202) 224-5251

Dean Heller (R-NV) (202) 224-6244

John Hoeven (R-ND) (202) 224-2551

Mike Johanns (R-NE) (202) 224-4224

Mark Kirk (R-IL) (202) 224-2854

Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (202) 224-2541

Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) (202) 224-6665

Richard Shelby (R-AL) (202) 224-5744

John Thune (R-SD) (202) 224-2321

Roger Wicker (R-MS) (202) 224-6253


When Eric Cantor announced resignation from House, speculation regarding Why Cantor really resigned
revolved around his desire to face new challenges [and not have to divulge $$$-data, apparently]. Also,
Chipotle Mexican Grill is trying to inspire patrons with Communist propaganda on take-out bags.

A Government-Funded Study will probe Why Wikipedia is Sexist.

Regarding foreign policy, America is foundering [Military Cuts Leave US Too Weak to Handle 'Global
Threats'; Obama Administration Defense Strategy Dangerously Underfunded; and Joe Lieberman said
America Risks Alliances, Security, Freedom]. Nevertheless, in the short-term, Congress backs aid to Israel
but, sadly, it is unclear Who Checks the Fact-Checker; this article inter alia provides the rationale for the
Iraqi invasion *Saddams support for terrorism, which hasnt been refuted during the past decade+ while
dealing with how an article about the Cheneys [father/daughter] was corrupted by a fact-checker.

Another article that must be read thoroughly is Catos neo-isolationist piece [Ukraine
Crisis Reminds Americans Why NATO Should Not Expand]; every sentence is flawed.

This is a portion of a recent Morning-Jolt by Jim Geraghty:
To the Extent They're Paying Attention, Americans Are Unnerved by Foreign Affairs
ABC News and the Washington Post offer some reassuring poll numbers today:
Americans are wary of granting refugee status to children crossing the
U.S. border to flee strife-torn countries in Central America, and most in
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an Associated Press-GfK poll say the U.S. does not have a moral
obligation to accept asylum seekers generally.
The new poll found 53 percent of Americans believe the United States
has no moral obligation to offer asylum to people who escape violence
or political persecution, while 44 percent believe it has that
responsibility.
And more than half, 52 percent, say children who say they are fleeing
gang violence in Central America should not be treated as refugees,
while 46 percent say they should.
When you think of the wording of the question "children" "fleeing gang violence" it's
kind of amazing that anyone would say "no," much less a majority. As for you 46 percent
who said, "come on in," they'll be moving into your house.
Elsewhere that survey finds: "Just 39 percent of Americans approve of Obama's handling
of the situation in Israel and the Gaza Strip, while more than half, 52 percent,
disapprove."
Here's a good indicator of how much "noise" to expect in a foreign-policy poll: "Obama's
approval rating for handling international affairs overall, at 46 percent, is up by 5
percentage points from his career low last month. But 50 percent still disapprove,
unchanged." Is the world in any better shape than it was last month? Nah. But about
five percent who weren't sure what they felt last week were a bit feeling better about
the world this month. Maybe they're Cleveland Cavaliers fans.
Hollywood Takes on 'Rathergate'
Megan McArdle spits hot fury over the news that Mythology Entertainment is making a
movie about the Rathergate memo scandal . . . based upon the book of CBS producer
Mary Mapes, who contended that the story was true that those bloggers in pajamas
who kept proving it wrong including, ahem, me are all mean and liars and right-
wing maniacs and so on.
Mapes will be played by Cate Blanchett. Robert Redford is playing the man who
reported the story on air, CBS News anchor Dan Rather.
I'll give you a moment to process that.
As I noted, by playing Dan Rather, this will mark the second time Redford has played a
character who was secretly a member of Hydra.
I should be outraged by this. As I mentioned in Raleigh, this is a good example for young
journalists of how you can work hard, get your big break, help expose a lie, reveal the
truth, and have a small role in changing the way people look at the world and powerful
people . . . and then watch Hollywood stars glamorize the liars and make you the bad
guy. (I'm guessing they'll cast Jerry O'Connell to play some guy in little elephant
pajamas.)
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But I suppose that I shrug and dismiss this as sort of liberal cosplay. They really enjoy
having glamorous actors put on costumes and make-up and reenact recent events,
emphasizing the heroism of the people they like and often ludicrously caricaturing those
they don't like. You may recall Valerie Plame, whose identity as a CIA officer was leaked
to columnist Robert Novak by Colin Powell's-right hand man, Richard Armitage. She had
her life turned into an action thriller . . . with car chases and explosions . . . where a
sinister conspiracy at the heart of the Bush administration leaks her name . . . and
Richard Armitage is never mentioned.
The Washington Post editorial board felt compelled to call out the myth-making:
In fact, "Fair Game," based on books by Mr. Wilson and his wife, is full of distortions
not to mention outright inventions. To start with the most sensational: The movie
portrays Ms. Plame as having cultivated a group of Iraqi scientists and arranged for
them to leave the country, and it suggests that once her cover was blown, the operation
was aborted and the scientists were abandoned. This is simply false.
There's practically a whole branch of HBO devoted to this sort of instant revisionism and
dramatization: Recount, Game Change, Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom, where Sorkin
basically rewrote news events and coverage of Obama's early presidency as the way he
thought it should have gone.
What the hell is with these smug revisionist historians, who take facts, take their own
imagination, mix them together, slip in some cameo appearances by big-name political
figures and think they can create a memorable, vivid, dramatic story that will influence
the public's viewpoint and memories of recent events
I guess I shrug because this is just the latest in Robert Redford's series of exercises in
moral inversion. His recent self-directed film The Company You Keep tried to argue that
the 1960s radicals who planted bombs weren't such bad guys . . . by making the
convenient plot change that the wanted 1960s radical played by Redford didn't actually
commit the crime. Gee, that kind of changes things, doesn't it? William Ayers doesn't
have the excuse of blaming the one-armed man.
And trying to rewrite Rathergate so that Rather and Mapes are the heroes is, I suspect,
too much of a moral inversion for audiences to accept, in a story that will have no car
chases, sex scenes, fistfights, gun-fights, or aliens. (I mean, as far as I know.) They'll have
to argue that the famous network news anchor, with the giant network backing him, is
the plucky heroic underdog, and that the bloggers bloggers! are the powerful,
sinister villains.
When Robert Redford is pulling off a sting, running from the Bolivian police, hitting a
baseball, whispering to a horse, or offering a million dollars to sleep with Demi Moore,
everybody loves him. When he gets preachy, the work is usually insufferable. Lions for
Lambs flopped. Come to think of it, so did Fair Game, and The Newsroom is in its final
season. The appetite for making these instant revisionist-history pieces is significantly
larger than the appetite for watching them.
So that's why I'm not that worried about the Rathergate movie.
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Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2014 1:04 PM
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Having covered domestic issues *and the GOPs split on Foreign Policy between a neoisolationist and
muscular approach @ the end of the last Blast e-mail], it is vital to provide an update regarding Israel;
the headline on Drudge says-it-all: BIBI TELLS WHITE HOUSE: 'NEVER SECOND-GUESS ME AGAIN!' [This
is eerily reminiscent of the classic-quote from Rush, Dont doubt me!+ Highlighted are articles focused
on Kurdistan and Caroline Glicks suggestion *slowly demilitarize Gaza+ and my effort to discredit the
smooth-operator who almost destroyed Israel *Dennis Rosswho will be on FNC tomorrow-a.m.]. In the
process, a greater appreciation of the pathophysiology of the tunnels is emerging, a definable-task.

First is a letter-to-the-editor of the Inqy, which continues to publish Trudy Rubins trash; her narrative is
so devoid of truth, that its difficult to discern what Dr. Cohn would be targeting *and, as usual, he does
quite well]. Just like it was vital to read the Cato-essay on why we shouldnt facilitate NATO membership
for the Ukraine [I disagreed with every syllable], so too is it desirable to scrutinize all the deviations from
obvious-truth exuded by this experienced columnist. *One recalls the phrase Have you no shame?+
Indeed, the obvious question that arises is whether one can negotiate anything with someone who only
wants you dead ASAP; deftly, she avoids dealing with such an uncomfortable skewering of her views.

To the editor,
In Trudy Rubins world, the problem between Israel and the Palestinians is that
Gazans are rarely seen as individuals. To the contrary, in the real world, it is Jews and
especially Israels Jews who face a rising tide of anti-Semitic hatred.
Gazans were welcomed at Israeli medical facilities and at jobs throughout Israel, until
they started strapping on bombs or pulling out knives and guns, to murder Israelis,
including at the very healthcare facilities where treatment was provided.
In the real world tunnel building is one of the few new sources of jobs in Gaza,
because that is how Hamas chooses to use its billions of aid dollars and other
resources. Israel has transferred vast amounts of aid to Gaza. Despite import
restrictions, Hamas accumulated and has used thousands of increasingly sophisticated
rockets, turning Gaza into a fortress, building miles of concrete reinforced bunkers and
attack tunnels, rather than schools, businesses, hospitals, homes or civilian shelters.
In the real world, Palestinians are supported by their own special UN relief
agency. Israelis and Jews are vilified and often targeted for random violence across the
globe, while casualties and persecution in bloodier and far more lethal conflicts in Syria,
Darfur, Chechenia, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, has well as years of rockets fired
from Gaza into Israel are largely ignored.
It is not Israelis dehumanization of Palestinians, but ceaseless hatred and the
dehumanization of Israels Jews that drives this conflagration.
John R. Cohn
1015 Chestnut Street
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Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-923-7685

Worldview: In Gaza, time to stop the blame and recognize the humanity

By Trudy Rubin, Inquirer Opinion Columnist
Posted: Sunday, July 27, 2014, 1:09 AM
On my refrigerator door I keep a photo of an exceptional Palestinian woman who ran
kindergartens in Gaza in the 1990s for the Philly-based American Friends Service
Committee. Mary Khaas, who died more than a decade ago, would drag her teachers
from their refugee-camp homes to visit her Jewish friends at a kibbutz just across the
Gaza border. She believed in two states, and wanted each side to stop demonizing the
other.
Attitudes have hardened in Gaza over the last decade, and I don't know how Mary
would feel now. But as U.S. efforts to produce a lasting cease-fire falter, and temporary
cease-fires run down, the photo reminds me that many Americans can't conceptualize
the humanity of the civilians who are dying there. Unless the world starts paying more
attention to the people behind the statistics, the battles between Israel and Hamas will
never end.
Few Americans, except for aid workers, have ever visited Gaza, a 25-by-5-mile spit of
sand crammed with 1.7 million Palestinians, many them descendants of refugees who
fled Jaffa or the Beersheba area during Israel's war of independence.
No one wants the Gaza Strip. The Israelis captured it in 1967 from Egypt and regard it
with disdain. In Hebrew, "Go to Gaza" is the local variant of "Go to hell."
The Egyptians feel the same way. They occupied the strip in 1948 during the Arab war
with Israel, when Gaza was part of mandate Palestine. Given the high unemployment
and sinking economy in Egypt, the last thing its rulers want is to take the strip back.
So Gaza's men, women, and children remain locked up in a virtual prison. Since Hamas
took control in 2007, Israel has kept the strip under a punishing economic blockade; the
Israelis control its sea space, airspace, and borders, except for the Rafah crossing with
Egypt. Gazans are rarely allowed to exit for medical treatment or to study.
Tens of thousands of Gazans who once worked as laborers inside Israel were locked out
of Israeli jobs nearly two decades ago for security reasons. Unemployment is sky high,
and local businesses, such as flower, fruit, and juice exporters, have been crippled by
the blockade, or by previous battles between Israel and Hamas. Gaza lives off the
international dole.
One reason for the amazing extent of Hamas' underground tunnel network - which
Israel is trying to destroy - is that digging tunnels is one of the few new sources of jobs.
The awful realities of Gazans' lives get lost in the blame game between Israel and Hamas
over their deaths.
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Israel portrays the civilian victims, including children, as "human shields" forced by
Hamas to stay in harm's way despite advance Israeli warnings. Hamas says the
responsibility for their deaths lies totally with Israel. Each side accuses the other of war
crimes.
Both narratives are simplistic.
Hamas has indeed exposed Gazans to peril - by firing rockets that indiscriminately target
Israeli civilians; this fits the definition of a war crime. By firing from built-up areas,
Hamas puts its own population at risk, since it knows Israel will try to eliminate the
rocket threat.
So Hamas is culpable for Gazan casualties, but the story doesn't end there. There is no
evidence Hamas is forcibly preventing Gazans from seeking shelter. Some Gazans stay
put to protect their modest homes - which represent their entire life savings - or
because it is simply too difficult to flee with huge extended families, or because they
believed they were safe as they ate their post-fast meal during Ramadan.
As for prior warning, anyone who has been to Gaza (I have been there many times,
though not recently) knows the tiny strip is so densely populated that civilians are hard
pressed to escape the shelling and bombing. We've seen the videos of frantic families,
children in tow, desperately trying to figure out which street is safe. We've seen them
get blasted in a U.N. school shelter, in a hospital, and - in the case of four young boys -
while playing on a quiet beach.
The satirical publication the Onion caught the reality brilliantly in a July 23 headline:
"Israel: Palestinians Given Ample Time to Evacuate to Nearby Bombing Sites."
One reason the bombing has gone on so long, and aroused a limited international
outcry, is that Gazans are rarely seen as individuals, but as a lumpen mass that is to
blame for its own troubles. That view is especially prevalent inside Israel. Amira Hass, a
courageous Israeli journalist who covers Gaza and the West Bank for Haaretz, and
whose moving book Drinking the Sea at Gaza details ordinary life inside the strip, is
often excoriated. Israeli artists who have expressed sorrow over deaths on both sides
have been pilloried on social networks.
Mary Khaas' photo brings back many memories of Gazans I knew whose stories would
surprise Americans. There were Hatem Abu Ghazaleh, an eminent Western-trained
surgeon who returned home to help handicapped children, and Eyad El-Sarraj, a
psychiatrist, who fought for Palestinian human rights.
There were the Fatah members I met in the 1990s who had spent years in Israeli
prisons, learned Hebrew, and had come to believe the only way forward was two states.
More recently, there was an impressive group of young academics and Ph.D. candidates
I met in Philadelphia, who encouraged young Gazans to channel their anger into writing
short stories, collected into a volume called Gaza Writes Back. And there is the majority
of ordinary Gazans who just want to get on with living.
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The bottom line: It's time to stop playing the blame game for civilian deaths in Gaza, or
citing statistics and focus on this: Too many innocent people are dying. The bombing
can't continue.
There is no way to eliminate Hamas' tunnels and rockets by military means alone -
unless Israel flattens Gaza and disregards the death toll and the damage to its
reputation. Absent a negotiated solution that gives ordinary Gazans some hope for the
future, this problem won't end.
U.S. Betrays Syria's Opposition
The World from Here: Kurds, Jews and a new Mideast
Kurdish-Canadians Call on World to End Silence and Help Syrian Kurds
The World According to Syrian Kurdistan
Sherkoh Abbas, a veteran Kurdish dissident, calls for dismantling Syria into ethnicity based areas.
American alliance with the Kurds
Syria After Assad: Interview with Sherkoh Abbas, the leader of the Kurdnas
Syrian Kurdish leader Dr. Sherkoh Abbas on looming US attack and its consequences
Europe is Breeding Jihadists, Warns Syrian Kurdish Leader
Syria jihadists fight Kurds, Sunni tribe
Iraqi Kurds battling ISIS press US for arms
Dr. Sherkoh Abbas on the Kurdish Engine of Middle Eastern Democracy
Quest for an Independent (Israel-friendly?) Kurdistan - Part I

Below-the-surface coordination between the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), Hamas,
Hezbollah, the Iranian regime and the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, Libya and Jordan.
Into the fray: Far too little, much too late

Israel Should End Hamas Rule in Gaza

Israels Endgame in Gaza [By Caroline Glick] is disarmament by attrition.
Caroline Glick's Capitol Hill briefing
Caroline Glick: Israel, Hamas and Obamas Foreign Policy
Caroline Glick: How to win in Gaza - Israel doesnt have to reconquer Gaza to destroy Hamas. We just
have to humiliate Hamas and knock out capabilities like the tunnel networks that immediately threaten
us. And then let the Gazans fight it out.

Hamas kidnapped Israeli soldier and killed 2 others 90 minutes into US-UN ceasefire
Israel: Truce is Over As Israeli Soldier Captured
US and UN: Israel and Hamas agree on a 72-hour truce from Friday, immediate talks in Cairo
Hamas says missing Israeli soldier is likely dead - Group claims it has lost touch with the cell that took
part in the Friday ambush that scuttled a planned cease-fire.
Hamas Accepted the Truce Specifically to Kidnap a Soldier
White House: Hamas Attack 'Barbaric' Violation of Gaza Ceasefire
US seeks Qatari, Turkish help to free reportedly abducted IDF soldier
Tory Support For Israel Wanes As Senior Conservatives Object To Gaza Action
Netanyahu to Kerry: Hamas bears responsibility for consequences of its actions
Israeli soldier feared kidnapped as IDF names 2 others killed
CEASEFIRE EXPLODES
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Diplomatic Contretemps in the Israel US Cease Fire Negotiations
Phillips: As I see it: Iran is the real threat, and the US is on its side - The US is simultaneously supporting
both the Sunni and Shia wings of the Islamic jihad against the West
the media bear moral responsibility for the Gaza civilian casualties
Free GazaFrom Hamas
Journalists receive death threats after reporting Hamas uses human shields
Israel Does Not Violate the Laws of War in Gaza
Security cabinet directed IDF to continue operation, complete destruction of terror tunnels
General: Operation in Gaza A Few Days from Completion
The operation is broader that just the tunnels and missile launchers
Arab Leaders, Viewing Hamas as Worse Than Israel, Stay Silent
THE SATANIC EVIL OF JEW HATRED
Spanish Anti-Semitism is Alive and Well
An Obama administration-endorsed champion of change lashed out at an African American pro-Israel
activist, accusing her of forgetting where she came from and implying that she is being manipulated
by the pro-Israel community.
Israel fights with one hand tied behind her back
Allen West: Allow Israel To Crush Hamas
The Washington Post Took on Obama Over Gaza War - one day Obama was against disarmament and
the next day he embraced it
Senate blocked aid to Israel transiently
Hamas committed war crime, Obama responds with Hamas talking point
Qatars Cyberwarfare Support of Hamas in the War with Israel
Congress to UN: Hamas Arsenal Must Be Removed
CNN to Hamas: Thank You for Joining Us!
Joe Scarborough Responds to Israel 'Asinine' Comment
Congress Acts to Replenish Israels Iron Dome
Mega-Terror Attack Predicted in American Shopping Malls

How to Think About the New Middle East - Dennis Ross
{The reader is advised to read everything here with a suspension of disbelief for reasons that
cannot now be detailed; I have personal, validated knowledge [corroborated during a trip to
Israel a decade ago and then employed when confronting Ross @ a Cheltenham High School
Five Star Forum event] as to his culpability for ALMOST selling-out Israel @ Camp David II.
Therefore, this guy is always angling for approval from the greatest number of people and, thus,
he eschews articulating policies forthrightly; he also failed miserably to predict 9-11, unlike
people such as Daniel Pipes and Stephen Emerson. Nevertheless, in the spirit of full-disclosure,
note this prcis of his advice, c/o the Daily Alert and then ponder my annotation.}
President Obama instructed Secretary of State Kerry "to push for an immediate cessation of
hostilities based on a return to the November 2012 cease-fire agreement between Israel and
Hamas." However, first, the 2012 agreement had done nothing to prevent Hamas from building
up an elaborate network of tunnels to launch rockets and infiltrate Israel - and Israel is not about
to live with tunnels that penetrate the country and constitute, in the words of one Israeli, "a
loaded gun at our heads."
{Ross starts reasonably well, although a glaring-omission is any effort to probe WHY Kerry/BHO
are pursuing a flawed approach; thus, he avoids confronting the ideological slant that these two
scoundrels have imposed upon American (Middle-East) foreign Policy to the USAs detriment.}
Second, this is a different Egypt today, under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and it views Hamas
as a threat rather than a potential ally. It has no interest in saving Hamas or allowing it to gain
from the current conflict. Third, the Saudis, Emiratis and Jordanians see the Muslim Brotherhood,
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the Islamist group from which Hamas sprang, as just as threatening as Iran. These moderate
Arab states want to see Hamas lose and not win.
{Ross fails to recognize how BHO slanted towards Morsi and then away from al-Sisi, and the
implications of these choices regarding not just Hamas (as American influence has waned); also,
he fails to discuss Qatar, the most prominently-active of all the states on the Saudi peninsula.}
Kerry, to his credit, envisioned the cease-fire he was trying to arrange as one in which fighting
would stop but Israel could finish destroying the tunnels. It has not worked yet, but if the U.S.
works exclusively through the Egyptians, it may yet happen.
{Ross sinks further into the world of saccharine obeisance when praising Kerry for ANYTHING he
has either intended to do or actually did, particularly because the idea he ascribes to Kerry was
not in the Qatar-plan he espoused a week ago (for it was announced by BB a few days ago);
again, he fails to address how much all Egyptians despise BHOs paradigm of regional policy.}
The administration needs to approach the Middle East with the broader goal of how it can ensure
that U.S. friends in the region are stronger and their adversaries (and ours) are weaker.
Ultimately, President Obama and Secretary Kerry would be wise to approach the current conflict,
and its end, with that objective in mind. The writer served as special assistant to President
Barack Obama from 2009-11. (Politico)
{His coda is as nondescript as was the rest of this think-piece; there is no coherent theme.}

Media Watchdog Asks Why WSJ Reporters Deleted Twitter Photos Implicating Hamas in War Crimes
Feds to Give Company $84M for Destroyed Gaza Power Plant despite the fact that it was destroyed by
Hamas [a point not explicitly made in the article]
Israel is focused on eradicating the terrorist group Hamas, while the Palestinian group's prime concern is
waging a successful public relations campaign to the world
Why Netanyahu doesnt want to go all the way [This was written prior to the abduction.]
Stand with Israel [Rick Perry] America's reaction to the Israeli-Gaza conflict is being watched and
gauged by nations like Iran, and our failure to stand firmly beside our ally will only embolden the Islamic
Republic to continue its criminal efforts to develop and build a nuclear device.
Even MSNBC's Chris Hayes called Israeli-Nazi comparison 'disgusting nonsense,' faces blowback
Defund UNRWA
Saudi King Condemns Gaza Conflict, But Not Israel
Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has called Israels destruction of Gaza a war crime which
is brutally disproportionate and so grossly indiscriminate; Labour politician Lord Prescott censured
Israel for acting as judge, jury and executioner in its quest to mute Hamas terrorists, turning Gaza
into what he says is a concentrate camp.

Many mysteries are solved in these excerpts from the Daily Alert.

Col. Kemp: Israel Is Standing Against the Onslaught of International Jihad - Col. (ret.)
Richard Kemp in the former commander of British forces in Afghanistan. {This says it all.}
Hamas' use of human shields is possibly the key element of their strategy. So you see images of
dead babies, women screaming about their children, and no reality can overcome those images.
It is heart-wrenching. The problem is that there's no reference, no open-mindedness to the fact
that the only reason that these children have been killed is because of Hamas' aggression
towards Israel.
Israel is at a disadvantage too because while Israel might understand the need to come ou
with a rapid message of the truth of what's happening in the conflict, it still has to be utterly
faithful to facts and cannot afford to get it wrong, or to exaggerate. Hamas, on the other hand,
can say whatever they want and it doesn't get challenged, and if it does get challenged it doesn't
matter for them because they're not accountable to anyone.
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A few days ago I spoke to an Israeli pilot that told me that the same morning he had aborted
an enemy target a total of 17 times because there were civilians in the target zone, and
eventually he abandoned the operation. That to me, is one of the best things about the Israel Air
Force - that the very last thing they want to do is bomb a target and have that on their
conscience for the rest of their lives. And it was the same thing with infantry soldiers. In fact, in
terms of civilian casualties, the attitude of IDF solders is the exact mirror image of the way
they're portrayed to the world.
British soldiers lives have also been saved by Israeli battlefield medical technology and also by
Israeli counter-bomb technology, that is, technological equipment that stops or detects
improvised explosive devices like roadside bombs. British soldiers' lives in Afghanistan have been
saved and are being saved by that technology. Beyond that, British and Israeli intelligence
cooperation is extremely tight and that has saved the lives not just of soldiers but of British
civilians as well.
The Jewish people should be extremely proud of the State of Israel. They should try their best
to disregard the terrible anti-Israeli propaganda that is designed solely to contribute to the
conspiracy to exterminate the State of Israel. Israel is the one country in the Western world
today that is standing up for its morality and for its values against the onslaught of international
jihad.
The Cheap Cement Goes to Building Gaza Homes, the Good Cement to Build the Tunnels
Where did Hamas get the cement to produce its concrete-lined attack tunnels, especially in light
of the Israeli blockade and an overall shortage of cement? While the civilian sector in Gaza
suffered from a lack of building materials, Hamas had no problem obtaining thousands of tons of
cement. Unfortunately, part of the cement that Israel allowed to enter Gaza for humanitarian
needs ended up in Hamas' hands.
In addition, cement was brought in through smuggling tunnels from Egypt for years, especially
during the period when the Muslim Brotherhood ruled Egypt (June 2012 to June 2013). During
that time, an average of between 400 and 3,000 tons of cement, iron, an building stone entered
Gaza daily via the tunnels. High-quality cement came from Turkey to the port at El-Arish in Sinai.
The Egyptian authorities at the time were aware of the flow but did nothing to stop it.
Beginning in 2011, complaints by Gaza contractors about the quality of the cement coming
through the tunnels started appearing in the Palestinian press, with concerns voiced that newly
built homes would one day collapse. It appears that in the private sector, cheaper Egyptian
cement was often switched for what was labeled as high quality cement. One cement merchant in
Gaza explained that suppliers would deliver a truckload of cement sacks. The outer ones were
Turkish cement, while those beneath were Egyptian. Anyone who complained or tried to return
the cement quickly found himself threatened by the military arm of Hamas, and dropped his
complaint.
Two years ago, Israel approved Qatari financing of reconstruction projects in Gaza at a cost o
$400 million. A large amount of Egyptian military grade cement was allowed into Gaza through
the Rafah crossing. The moment the cement entered Gaza, Hamas took control of it. The Qataris
didn't really care what happened to the cement and the other building materials they paid for.
When the Egyptian army closed the smuggling tunnels, a serious delay in Qatar's building
projects in Gaza was announced. The local reaction was surprise, since Egypt had sent to Gaza all
the materials that were needed for the Qatari projects.

Behind Hamas' Guns, a Serious Problem of Funding
Until 2011 Iran was Hamas' "sugar daddy," with an estimated 80% of the aid from Tehran going
directly to the military wing of Hamas. Syria, another source of funds, cut off Hamas after it
backed the Sunni forces fighting the Assad regime in that country's civil war, as did Iran for the
same reason. Qatar has taken up some of the slack, as has Turkey, which has spent $350 million
on projects in Gaza. In contrast to the money from Qatar, it is clear the Turkish funds actually
reached their intended recipients.
In its early years, before it was designated a terrorist organization and banned from receiving
funds, Hamas raised most of its funding openly, from wealthy Muslims in Europe and the U.S.
Tha route has been closed, but money continues to enter Gaza in cash-filled suitcases, through
the tunnels from Egypt. (Ha'aretz)

Israel Is Fighting on Behalf of the Free World
"Israel in the Middle East is fighting on behalf of the free world," declared Mosab Hassan Yousef,
the outspoken son of Hamas leader Hassan Yousef. "Hamas does not care about the lives of
Palestinians, or the lives of Israelis, or Americans; they don't care about their own lives," Yousef
told CNN. "They consider dying for their ideology a way of worship."
"Their goal is to conquer the globe and build an Islamic state on every inch of the
globe....[Hamas] is willing to sacrifice as many Palestinian lives as it takes."
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"Hamas is not seeking co-existence and compromise. Hamas is seeking conquest and taking
over. And by the way, th destruction of the State of Israel is not Hamas' final destination.
Hamas's final destination is building the Islamic caliphate, which means an Islamic state over the
rubble of every other civilization." (New York Post)

The "Gaza Generation" Seems Worried about Arab Deaths Only When Jews Are
Involved
If one were primarily concerned about Palestinian children - whose deaths are indeed an
abomination - one would demand that Hamas operatives leave the hospital basements where
they have buried their command centers, move the rocket launchers that they have installed in
the doorways of UN schools, and stop threatening parents who wish to evacuate their homes
when an Israeli leaflet informs them that a strike is imminent.
Bluntly anti-Semitic slogans have marred most European demonstrations "in support of the
people of Gaza." Residents of Frankfurt and Dortmund were horrified in mid-July to see neo-Nazi
groups join hands with Islamists in a grim chant: "Hamas, Hamas, Jews to the gas." The center
of London was blocked on July 19 by thousands who gathered in front of the Israeli embassy in
Kensington to shout their hatred for Jews.

No Better Friend in the World: The U.S. and Israel Have Each Other's Back {Yeah, tell this
to BHO.}
Israel plays a role in advancing just about every vital American interest. It's an unsinkable
aircraft carrier in the Eastern Mediterranean at a time when our Pentagon is cutting back on
actual ships. The Israelis have built defensive technologies like Iron Dome, which is now co-
produced in the U.S. and will make its way to our other allies.
Most immediately, and daily - we and the Israelis share the same terrorist enemies and the
same core values. Iran's leaders decry Israel as the Little Satan, but in their marches and
speeches they still refer to the U.S. as the Big Satan. Israel's work undermining the Iranian
nuclear program also protect the U.S. Jihadists throughout the region seek to destroy Israel as a
way-station to attacking the American homeland. When Israel launches counter-terror operations
against those terrorists, they remove the threat posed to us as well.

Khamenei Mends Relations with Hamas
Arm Hamas. That was the main message of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's speech on the
occasion of Eid al-Fitr, the feast marking the end of the month of Ramadan. The support for
Hamas marked a shift in rhetoric for the Iranian leader. Ties suffered because of Iran's support
for Bashar al-Assad. The Hamas external leadership left Damascus in 2012.
"A rabid dog, and a predatory wolf has attacked innocent people," Khamenei said, referring to
Israel and its current war against Hamas in Gaza. He accused "the usurping and infidel Zionist
regime" of committing "genocide," and demanded "punishment" for the "perpetrators of these
crimes and their backers."
Finally, Khamenei said: "The entire world, and in particular the world of Islam, is obliged to do
everything in its ability to arm the people of Palestine." The renewed partnership should serve as
a warning to those who believe a negotiated solution to the nuclear crisis would lead to changes
in the regime's policy of supporting violent non-state actors. The writer is a senior fellow at the
FDD. (Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.)

The Road to a Bad Nuclear Deal with Iran

The decision to extend nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 beyond the July 20
deadline, giving Iran access to an additional $2.8 billion of its restricted assets, sends a
problematic message that there are no negative consequences for not reaching a deal.
With absolutely no indication of any softening of Iran's steadfast intransigence on the nuclear
front - if anything, positions have hardened - what could have convinced the Secretary of State
that there was suddenly reason to believe that the next four months might see the significant
Iranian concessions that had proven elusive in the previous six? There is ample reason to believe
that an agreement wit Iran will be no more achievable in four months than it is now.
The international community cannot enable Iran to continue the interim situation indefinitely in
this manner, with a very short breakout time. It must clarify to Iran that this is not an option.
Israel's Doctrine of Proportionality in Gaza - Dore Gold (Los Angeles Times)
The images of destruction in Gaza have caused many to declare that the Israel Defense Forces
are behaving "disproportionately" and using excessive force in the Shajaiya neighborhood in
Gaza. These accusations have no merit.
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Shajaiya was crisscrossed with an elaborate network of underground bunkers and tunnels
containing equipment for the manufacture of rockets, storage facilities for rockets and other
weapons, and launching sites from which the rockets were fired at Israeli towns.
Israel had three choices in how to deal with Shajaiya:
o First, it could have decided that it had every right to use overwhelming force to
neutralize the neighborhood with air power, ignoring the question of collateral damage
to civilians, much like the Allied bombing campaigns of World War II, or NATO's three-
month campaign against Yugoslavia in 1999, in which 40,000 homes were destroyed.
This option was not considered.
o Second, Israel could have decided there was nothing it could do, thus allowing Hamas to
strike at Israeli population centers with impunity. Such a decision would have granted
Hamas a license to kill Israelis, something no Israeli government - or, indeed, any
accountable democracy - could do.
o Finally, Israel decided to separate, as much as possible, the civilian population from the
Hamas fighters and arms in their midst. This required getting the Palestinian population
to evacuate potential target areas, by dropping leaflets with evacuation routes, breaking
into Hamas radio broadcasts with warnings about specific areas, Arabic-language
telephone calls to homes, and text messages to cellphones. An Israeli drone would hover
over the area to ensure that residents had left.
Against this Israeli effort, Hamas employed a counter-strategy of trying to prevent civilians from
heeding Israeli warnings. On July 8, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri called on Gazans to serve
as human shields against Israeli air attacks, and Hamas enforcers sought to dissuade civilians
from fleeing.
Anyone who complains about "disproportionality" must explain exactly what the IDF should have
done to neutralize the terrorist threat while causing less destruction than what occurred.
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies, in its weekly-report, contains myriad/excellent links.
Instead of Bombing Gazans, Pay them to Leave by Moshe Feiglin
The Self-Inflicted Hamas 'Massacre' Blamed By the Media on Israel
The Jews Refuse to Play the Victim
Israel's Tech Scene Continues to Thrive
Israeli Cyber StartUp Closes $10 Million Funding Round
Questions for the International Media in Gaza: How do you feel about the Spanish journalist who said
Hamas would kill any journalist if they filmed rocket fire? When Hamas Health Ministry statistics
contradict Hamas' own propaganda and reveal that mostly men of fighting age have died so far in Gaza,
does it give you pause? Were you aware that Hamas executed dozens of anti-war protesters in Gaza?

Human Rights Activists march along the streets, yelling Jews and Israelis are murderers,
war criminals, and baby killers; these are Leftist Liberal, Crying-for-the-poor-
children, Israel-hating, Hamas-forgiving, marcher, celebrity, news anchor,
journalist, writer, media star, politician, head of state anti-Semites. You think you are
telling us who we are. But actually, you are telling us who you are. You are telling us that
you are ignorant.

Ukrainians Get the Gaza Connection; Why Doesnt the West?

Evelyn Gordon

Much of the world appears to view the current fighting in eastern Ukraine as totally
unconnected to the fighting in Gaza. And since the Ukrainian government is desperately
seeking support from both Europe and the Obama administration, neither of which is
enamored of Israels Gaza operation, one could have forgiven Ukrainian officials for
seeking to nurture this illusion. Instead, they have repeatedly gone out of their way to
dispel it.

Three weeks ago, Andriy Parubiy, the head of Ukraines National Security and Defense
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Council, compared eastern Ukraines situation to what Israel faces and warned that
terrorists would likely adopt similar tactics in other countries if the West didnt take a
firm stance against them.

We, of course, studied the experience of both Croatia and Israel, but here a lot of new
features are added, Parubiy said. And, if Russia sees that this experience is successful,
this experience can very easily be used in any Baltic countries, and even in Belarus and
Kazakhstan.

Yesterday, Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Henadii Nadolenko made both the
comparison and the warning even more explicit in an op-ed in Haaretz. Unambiguously
titled Ukraine and Israel: Together in fighting terrorism, it declared, We, the
representatives of Ukraine, have, together with the people of the State of Israel,
personally felt the totality of the threat posed to civilians by the criminal activities of the
terrorists.

After enumerating the losses both countries have suffered, Nadolenko continued, I am
convinced that the huge loss of civilian and military life might have been avoided had
the activities of terrorist organizations had been condemned by the international
community. Then, citing the recent downing of a civilian airliner over eastern Ukraine,
he drove the point home:

I would like to emphasize once again that the crime, which killed
298 innocent civilians from around the world, is another confirmation of
the fact that todays terrorism is not constrained by borders

In this regard, once again I would like to appeal to the thinking
and caring people of the world to demonstrate their support for
these peoples, who came upon a fight with an evil that threatens the
security of everyone, regardless of nationality or place of residence.

I believe that the countries that are faced with terrorism and who try
to fight this evil should support each other, and should join their efforts
in order to draw the worlds attention to our cause. We must begin
to receive real help and support from international organizations in
order to combat this threat.

Clearly, Nadolenko understands what too many European and American officials seem
to have missed: The Wests fine shades of distinctionunder which some terrorist
groups, like al-Qaeda, are utterly shunned; others, like Hamas, are denounced but
deemed to have legitimate grievances that must be addressed; while still others are
positively feted, like Mahmoud Abbass Fatah, whose Gaza branch boasts of its
contribution to the rocket fire at Israelare meaningless. All terrorists are equally
enemies of the civilized world, and all of them learn from each others tactics. Thus if
the West rewards a given tactic in one location, terrorists in other countries will
soon replicate it.

For Hamas, launching rockets at Israel has so far paid handsome dividends: No less a
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personage than U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has pledged that if it ceases its fire, he
will personally see to it that all its economic demands are metincluding opening the
border crossings, paying Hamas employees salaries, ensuring the social and economic
livelihood of Gaza residents and providing major humanitarian assistancewhile not
insisting that it forfeit any of its military capabilities (all Kerry offered Israel was a vague
promise to address all security issues).

Kerry clearly hasnt grasped that if targeting Israeli civilians with rockets pays economic
and diplomatic dividends for Hamas, this will encourage other terrorists worldwide to
adopt similar tactics. Nadolenko and his fellow Ukrainians, in contrast, understand this
very well. The question is whether anyone in the West is listening to them.

Pamela Gellers Insights:

o Higher . on an open thread
o Sweden: Police lured into ambush in Muslim area, stoned by hundreds
o Video: American Muslim Suicide Bomber Warns Obama, Other Leaders We Are
Coming For You
o War Theater: Hamass Self-Inflicted Massacre at Shijaiyah and the Ensuing Blood Libel
against Israel
o VIDEO: Muslims Call for Genocide at Death March in Canada: Yell Heil Hitler at Jews,
Police Do Nothing
o U.N. condemns Israel, U.S. for not sharing Iron Dome with Hamas
o VIDEO: The Return of Islamic Spain: Muslim Jew-Hatred Demo and their dhimm-witted
celebrities
o The Fallen
o Hamas Breaks Ceasefire, Kills Two Israeli Soldiers, Kidnaps One
o UKs largest supermarket chain banning Israeli products
o Hamas: We love death for Allah We love death like Israelis love life
o UK: Families barred from cinema for not being Muslim
o Israeli Discount Bank on NYs 5th Ave Vandalized, Defaced with Fake Blood by Pro-
Hamas Jew Haters
o NYU Professors Blame Jews for Stereotyping Muslims
o American Muslim suicide bomber spent months back in US before returning to Syria to
self-detonate in the cause of Allah
o Turkish Humanitarian Aid to Gaza: Ball-Bearings, Cement Mixers
o Crowdfunding an Iron Dome!
o Adolf Hitler: How, as a socialist, can you not be an anti-Semite?
o It must be so awkward having to check whether the dead child is from Gaza or Syria
before deciding whether to be morally outraged
o Terrorist Hamas Urges Human Sacrifice, New Campaign Reveals
o Cursed for Being Jewish, Dutch Woman Severely Beaten For Displaying Israel Flag on
Her Balcony. Well Cut Your Throat!
o Obama Attacks Israel for Indefensible Deaths
o Nuts!
o UN Clinic in Gaza booby-trapped with bombs built into walls, 3 Israelis dead
o Chicago Imam Calls for Jihad against Israel Cites Quran Chapter and Verse
o Newsmax Headline Gets It Wrong
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o Somalia: Muslima Shot Dead for Refusing to Wear a Veil
o Why are Western liberals always more offended by Israeli militarism than by any other
kind of militarism?
o IDF Forces Find & Destroy Terror Tunnel In Gaza Mosque
o U.S. troops told not eat or drink in front of Muslims, and learn more about Islam

Arlene Kushner depicted the days events

August 1, 2014

Written with Great Weariness

Our whole nation is weary strong, determined, clear about who we are, but
weary. How could it be otherwise? We are contending with both an evil enemy and an
insane world.

Shabbat is coming within hours for which I thank Heaven. I had thought perhaps a
brief post today, one that simply provided background. No way...

What I wrote the other day about how I would really need to post every two hours to
keep my readers informed continues to be the case. I will send this out as late as
possible before Shabbat and post again after, as necessary.

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A brief chronological re-cap of todays events:

The US and the UN jointly announced a 72 hour unconditional ceasefire, consented to
by both sides, that would begin at 8 AM here. During those three days, it was said, there
were to be negotiations on extending the quiet more permanently.

What? Another ceasefire? Another attempt by our prime minister to show that we
were on the right side and had humanitarian concerns? I was deeply unsettled by the
involvement of both the US and the UN, but the fact that Egypt would mediate talks was
a good sign.

My first thought as the ceasefire began was with regard to work on taking out the
tunnels. Just yesterday, Netanyahu had said work on the tunnels would not stop even if
there were to be a ceasefire (and I have to assume he knew it might be coming when he
said that).

Via official channels it was hard to come by this information. Aaron Lerner pointedly
asked a question about whether continuing to work on the tunnels, meant just filling
them with sand, or using explosives to properly blow them up.

Unofficially, from a source with connections inside the government, I was told that we
would be continuing to blow them up and hoped that information was correct.

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Following this, it then seemed important to monitor what would be happening with
regard to the teams going to Cairo for the negotiations and the issues of
demilitarization, which Netanyahu had spoken of yesterday. I saw that Egypt would not
entertain the participation of Hamas without a PA presence, and that the Israeli
delegation would include Shin Bet chief Yoram Cohen and the head of the Policy and
Political-Military Affairs department in the Defense Ministry Maj.-Gen. (Res.) Amos
Gilad.

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All of this became moot within two hours, however, when Hamas broke the ceasefire: in
the Rafah area of southern Gaza (near the Sinai) terrorists emerged from a tunnel and
began to shoot at IDF soldiers. Reports followed of a fierce battle there. Israel declared
the ceasefire formally at a end; from the prime ministers office came a statement about
how the UN and the US can now see how Hamas conducts itself. Hamas meanwhile
attempted to point a finger at Israel the occupier as the one who broke the
ceasefire.

Reports of a fierce battle in the Rafah area then followed a suicide bomber apparently
emerged from the tunnel with the others and blew himself up, killing two.

After this, came the chilling news that in the course of the fighting, an IDF soldier has
been kidnapped. He was grabbed during that battle, when the terrorists emerged from
the tunnel (in the course of a ceasefire). The IDF has identified him: Second
Lieutenant (Platoon Leader) in the Givati Brigade, Hadar Goldin, 23, from Kfar Saba.
There are enormous intelligence efforts and an intense search on-going in order to
locate Goldin; the period of time from when he was grabbed until it was known that he
was gone was short which increases the possibility that he may yet be found. A search
is being done house to house in the area. It is not known if he had been wounded.

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Hamass Moussa Abu Marzouk announced that Hamas had captured a soldier, but a
spokesman for the Hamas military wing has denied a kidnapping.

Netanyahu has informed Kerry that Hamas will bear the consequences for whatever
follows. Kerry termed the kidnapping during a ceasefire barbaric We are currently
hitting Gaza very hard.

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Miri Regev (Likud) released a statement on the question of Israels participation in
ceasefires today (emphasis added):

We call on the Prime Minister to return Israel her sovereignty. We
must stop these cease-fires - they give over a message of hesitancy.
"We must not accept a single condition in a cease-fire. We must either
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demilitarize or retake Gaza; there is no middle ground. Now is the
time."

Im with Miri. After this kidnapping, I trust and pray that Netanyahu will be as well:
The apparent goal of the kidnapping is so that Hamas can go to Cairo to negotiate a
permanent truce from a strong bargaining position. In their dreams.

There must be there surely will be - no negotiations as long as they have one of our
boys only action to defeat them with finality.
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An excellent cartoon:




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I close here with links to diverse sources (compiled earlier) that will provide you with
further insight into how Hamas functions.

Shifa hospital in Gaza was hit recently, and there were furious accusations of Israel
having done it. It turns out that Hamas itself that had done it, as terrorists were careless
in the launching of rockets.

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This was hardly an exception it just made press more broadly because a hospital was
involved. In point of fact, Hamas rockets fall short about 25% of time and kill people in
Gaza.


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We know that Hamas cares not at all for the lives of its civilians, but not many know that
child labor is used in digging the tunnels, and it is estimated that at least 160 children
have died in the process.

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See a tunnel hidden in the bathroom of someones house:

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With the amount of cement Hamas used to build its tunnels, it could have built two
hospitals, 20 clinics, 20 schools, and 100 kindergartens.

Is your mind boggled yet? Getting the picture of the obscene neglect of the people
visited upon them by Hamas?





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