The purpose here is twofold: [1]It is desirable to take-pause when strategizing what Israel should do,

and [2]It is desirable to update domestic political forces, particularly as influenced by BHO. The goal
here is twofold: [1]It is desirable for Israel to resist conceding to American pressure to liberalize the
world inhabited by Hamas (both in Gaza and in Judea/Samaria), and [2]It is desirable to recognize that
the odds the Senate will flip to the Rs seem to increase daily *regardless of what occurs in Alaska today+.

These two discussions are separated by an article that seems to mirror many others of
recent vintage [Obama Still Feeling Sorry for Himself] and that seems to transcend the
potential onset of a lame duck status. Its almost as if hes running-out-the-clock
before any pending scandal could directly impugn him, inasmuch as a SUIT was filed that
alleges the White House is Interfering With FOIA Requests. The bottom of this update
includes myriad databases that corroborate points made in the text. [BREAKING
REPORT: Officer Darren Wilson Suffered Orbital Blowout Fracture to Eye Socket
During Mike Brown Attack; meanwhile, Original Witnesses' 'Hands Up' Brown Stories are
Falling Apart.]

Im hardly in a position to critique the deft wisdom being exhibited by BB, but todays Daily Alert
provides a few conversational-points that should be viewed within the context of the EMET-mediated
conference-call that has just been held with Ambassador Yoram Ettinger regarding Lessons from Israel's
War in Gaza *info about which Id disseminated a few days ago]. All of todays articles have been
juggled to relate with prior narratives/analyses, recognizing that HAMAS ROCKETS ARE FLYING AGAIN,
but that Israel and the US [reportedly] secretly agreed on gradual easing of Gaza blockade. In any case,
this overview is c/w my claim that they are still fighting the Crusades and, thus, so must those who wish
to preserve Western Civilization; unlike BHOs pronouncement, they must be vanquished and America
*plus allies+ must emerge victorious.

NEWS FLASH c/o jewish policy center [August-19
th
edition]: Three rockets from Gaza
landed in Israel on Tuesday, hours before the latest 24-hour ceasefire is set to expire.
The IDF began retaliatory airstrikes against the sites suspected of launching the missiles.
Since the end of Operation Protective Edge, Israel has agreed to two three-day
ceasefires and another five-day truce. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
announced Tuesday that he would withdraw the Israeli envoy from Cairo, where
officials had been conducting indirect talks with Palestinian officials representing both
Fatah and Hamas. Hamas called for the lifting of the Israeli blockade on Gaza, but
Jerusalem has yet to achieve any meaningful security concessions from Hamas. Some
restrictions, such as an extension of Gaza's six-mile fishing zone were up for negotiation,
but without a formal agreement, Israeli officials indicated only that "quiet will be met
with quiet." {The rest of the succinct report makes fascinating reading.}

Todays Daily Alert:

Islamic State Represents a Dangerous Turn in the Terror Threat
The threat from Islamic extremism has morphed into something new, more ambitious
and more dangerous. This threat represents a long-term danger to the U.S., but a more
immediate threat to America's friends and foes alike across the Middle East and even
Europe.
Precisely because the threat from the extreme Islamist movement known as Islamic
State is so far-reaching, this movement cries out for a coordinated international
coalition to counter it.
"ISIS is not a shadowy terrorist cell; rather it is a proto-state that is testing the best ways
to get the world's attention and broader support from the Muslim community abroad,"
says a new analysis by the Institute for the Study of War.
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi broadly defines the group's ambitions as well as its
enemies. The world, he says, now has divided into two camps, "the camp of Muslims
and the mujahidin everywhere, and the camp of the Jews, the crusaders, their allies, and
with them the rest of the nations and religions - all being led by America and Russia and
mobilized by the Jews."
Lest anyone doubt the expanse of ISIS' ambitions, the most recent edition of its
magazine Dabiq quotes from an Islamic tradition reflecting the teachings of the Prophet
Muhammad: "You will invade the Arabian Peninsula, and Allah will enable you to
conquer it. You will then invade Persia, and Allah will enable you to conquer it. You will
then invade Rome, and Allah will enable you to conquer it."

Having shown how people/countries have been choosing-upsides during recent weeks/months, it is
now desirable for BHO to address the nation and explain why drastic action is needed [and we all know
that a Good War will initially enhance polling-data, so the Senate-Dems would predictably concur].
IS Militants Threatened to "Drown Americans in Blood" and the Islamic State Leader
Warned America that "Soon We Will Be in Direct Confrontation," assertions that are c/w
testimony on 2/5/2014 by U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Brett McGurk
(House Foreign Affairs Committee)
This presumably was activated when America helped Kurds retake the Mosul Dam;
attacks are now to occur "in any place" because U.S. airstrikes hit its militants after
BHO said the IS posed a threat to Iraq and the entire region.
This illustrates why it is necessary for Baghdad to be able to work with the USA.

Hizbullah Lowered Fighting Age as It Took-on Islamic State
As Hizbollah stretches its resources, this illustrates the delicacy of combating the IS
[Sunni Islamists] who are also opposed by Irans allies *Shiite Islamists+; nevertheless,
just like Hitlers demise had to be prioritized, one can envision a division-of-labor that
would cede [for now] the ability of Iran to defend Baghdad [while helping Hizbollah in
Syria] while America strengthens the Kurds [now and, it is hoped, heretofore].

This illustrates why all fingers (here, of the Muslim Brotherhood) are connected to the same hand.

Hamas Seeks an Islamic Caliphate, Not an Independent Palestinian State
As an Islamic jihadi caliphate is strengthening its hold in the heart of the Middle East,
the West seems intent on venting its frustrations on Israel, which is defending itself
against Hamas, another radical Islamist group. Hamas was founded by Sheikh Ahmed
Yassin, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, with the express purpose of destroying
Israel and establishing an Islamic state on the ruins of the Jewish state. Unfortunately,
the West has yet to realize that Hamas is using the Palestinian problem and spouting
fake nationalistic slogans to further its aims. Yet Hamas does not speak of creating an
independent Palestinian state. Instead it says it is fighting "occupation," a word
encompassing Tel Aviv and the whole of Israel. Egypt is the last rampart of the Arab
world against the barbaric Islamic state taking shape, as Iraq and Syria are in disarray.

This captures the experience of Israelis forced into bomb-shelters [quoting a disinterested visitor].

What a Visit to Israel by a Tory-MP Taught about the War in Gaza
He spent time responding to sirens, running to bomb shelters and watching Hamas
rockets deliberately aimed at civilians being shot out of the sky by Israel's Iron Dome
missile defense system.
Israelis started almost every conversation with the question: "What
would you do, when facing an enemy whose founding principle is the
total destruction not only of your country but your entire people? He
noted Hamas used civilian locations to fire thousands of rockets at Israel
and dug tunnels into Israel so that it can murder Israelis en masse, while
describing large civilian deaths on its own side as an "effective strategy."
Balance in this debate has been lost. A terrorist network has been made to look like the
victim with some asking incredibly why Hamas isn't allowed a missile defense shield!
While Jews get attacked in the streets of Western Europe for simply being Jewish,
Hamas terrorists are relieved of the responsibility for the plight of their own people.

This illustrates the overall challenge faced by BB as he is forced to deal with BHO.

Israel Is Held to an Impossible Standard
Americans massacred as many as 500 unarmed Vietnamese civilians at My Lai in 1968.
Americans have killed children while attempting to kill their fathers and made all sorts
of mistakes in wartime, but none of this changed the nature of the society. We ought to
be measured by our intent, not by what went astray. The same holds for Israel. It is not
a child-murdering community, although Syria, next door, most certainly is.

These illustrate the overall challenge faced by BB as he is forced to deal with global fealty for BDS.

Israel Ended Export to EU of West Bank Dairy, Poultry Produce
This was triggered by the EUs BDS-type efforts ["the EU no longer recognized the
authority of the veterinary inspections services of Israel to approve the export of poultry
and (dairy products), the origin of which are in settlements"], but Israeli officials said the
move would have minimal economic effect as the produce affected would now be
channeled towards the local Israeli market.

U.S. Group Canceled Trip to Glasgow after City Council Flies Palestinian Flag
Plans to bring 600 U.S. visitors to Glasgow were abandoned because of the city council's
decision to fly the Palestinian flag to show solidarity with Gaza and to endorse Hamas
and its leadership [perhaps due many Muslims in this city].

Israel continues to max-out its ability to muster a strong military defense, on multiple planes.

Israel's First Christian-Arab Pre-Military Class Graduated

Israel Showed New Capabilities in Gaza War
On July 8, the first day of the Gaza war, five Hamas frogmen attempted an amphibious
assault on an Israeli military base bordering northern Gaza. They didn't get far. First,
they were spotted by a Navy coastal sensor, which streamed targeting data through the
Army's new command-and-control network to air, sea and ground forces. A Merkava
tank had them in its sights, as did Israeli Air Force unmanned aircraft. At the same time,
a Navy offshore patrol vessel equipped with Tammuz missiles was following the
frogmen. "In the end, everyone shot at the same time," said IDF chief signals officer
Brig. Gen Eyal Zelinger.

This illustrates why Israel mustnt be forced to trust intermediaries in the UN who have not proven
trustworthy recalling, for example, the failure of UNIFIL to forestall Hezbollahs rearmament in Lebanon
[indeed, some claim the UN facilitated it].

UN Offered to Monitor Gaza Construction Material
The goal would be to preclude its use to dig tunnels and/or to construct missiles.

This illustrates the extraordinary lengths to which BB is trying to accommodate BHO.

Gaza Cease-Fire Extended by 24 Hours
Israel announced it agreed to extend the temporary truce in Gaza for 24 hours while it
continued to negotiate a permanent agreement with the Palestinian delegation in Cairo.

This also illustrates why Israel mustnt be forced to trust intermediaries in the USA who could,
recalling how BHO abandoned Iraq, suddenly withdraw.

Kerry Declared Syrian Chemical Weapons Destroyed, "But Much More Work Must Be
Done," but the White House admitted Syria Must Still Destroy Chemical Weapons
Production Facilities.
It seems there are still "discrepancies and omissions related to Syria's chemical weapons
declaration," and BHO vowed to trust Syria: "Going forward, we will watch closely to see
that Syria fulfills its commitment to destroy its remaining declared chemical weapons
production facilities."

This illustrates why it remains dangerous to cede any potential military advantage to Hamas.

Israel Arrested 93 Hamas Men since May over Terror Network Targeting PA & Israel,
prompting Abbas to claim the Hamas Plot Against PA Threatened Unity Government;
this Coup Attempt in Judea/Samaria was Planned by a Hamas Official in Turkey.

The Israel Security Agency interrogated 46 Hamas operatives over the past three
months on suspicion of setting up a network of cells to commit attacks against Israel and
to carry out a coup against the Palestinian Authority. [In the process, the security
services seized NIS 600,000 shekels ($171,000); 24 rifles, mostly M-16s; six pistols; seven
rocket launchers; and a large quantity of ammunition.] The head of the network was
Riad Nasser, 38, of Deir Kadis near Ramallah, who did jail time in Israel in the past for his
Hamas activities. Nasser was recruited by Saleh Arori, who did 16 years in an IDF prison
and was subsequently deported and now lives in Turkey.

Ettingers comments [with 90 people on-line, including a member of the staff of Congresswoman
Jenkins]:

Hamas empowerment @ Gaza started when SoS Condoleezza Rice prevailed upon Israel
to allow Hamas to participate in the PA-elections; since that time, Hamas and the
Muslim Brotherhood have grown in strength, while America wrongly assumes al-Sisi is
secure in Egypt [recalling Mubaraks fate+. Thus, Israel is fighting Americas war *and
that of Western Democracies+ and Israels fate will determine Americas. This will also
affect Jordan and the other Arabian Peninsula countries, leading to their realization that
it would accrue to their benefit were Israel to remain predominant.

In Cairo, must not seek cease-fire; must win, as illustrated by recent arrests. Two-state
solution is dangerous, for PA is a one bullet regime *showing tenuous status of current
players]. Abbas speaks fluent Russian and is close to Americas enemies *Russia, China,
North Korea, Venezuela and Iran], and enhancing his influence would provide access to
the Mediterranian. Palestinians were allies of Nazis, Russians, bin-Laden, Iran, etc. and
now fight against American interests. Cannot reward PA, a regime that has chased-away
Christians [from Bethlehem, for example].

Lesson of Gaza: Land matters. We need protection of mountains. With due respect to
air forces, ground forces necessary to get to tunnels/launchers/underground-HQ. Thus,
need high-ground [Judea/Samaria] which happens to carry ancient significance.

Fortunately, BHO can be overcome by key-people in Congress [particularly Dems], such
as when [on 8/1/2014] $ was released for replenishing the Iron Dome armaments.
People increasingly recognize the importance of Israel to Americas interests *military,
economic, etc.]; Raytheon shares technology related to Iron Dome with America, data
that have helped other countries as well, such as South Korea and eastern-Europe.

Shamir had a more difficult time with Bush-41 than BB-BHO, but baseline achievements
have been maintained because of stalwart support from the American people. This was
contrasting with how America related with Saddam Hussein until the day-before the
Kuwait invasion; they got armaments that Israel was denied. Illustrating the dangers of
wishful-thinking *compounded by the fool me twice, shame on me adage+ was when
the US facilitated transfer of Iran from #1-friend to #1-enemy [via Jimmy Carter, Ramsay
Clark, etc.] by hoping the Ayatollah was focused primarily upon human rights.

He recalled the song of Randy Travis [C & W] I have some ocean-front property in
Arizona to suggest that the goal must be to destroy entire missile-making machinery,
starting with decapitating Hamas leadership. He recalled that Arabs have used a
different dictionary for 1400 years, even contradictory impact; the classic is cease-fire
*a hudna is always a temporary phenomenon+. Agreements are written in ice rather
than carved in stone. Israel [also prepared for urban warfare] has helped train
Americans [@ special installations].

The goal has been expanded from anti-missile to anti-tunnel; we must remain stalwart
against terrorism and, thus, must try to destroy the infrastructure of Hamas. In Israel,
the center-of-gravity of media has shifted to the right. The educational race is not a
sprint; its a marathon. MSNBC/CNN will not change based upon reality, any time soon.
Being lenient on Hamas brings terrorism closer to Europeand to America *via sleeper-
cells, etc.]. America shouldnt fund Hamas *via the PA+. Ettinger is a truth-teller, and he
cares not the ripple-effect thereof.

Turkey has related with Israel, despite the ideological bent of Erdoan, but cannot be
depended upon longitudinally. European anti-Semitism is deep-rooted, and it extends to
England; educational responsibilities must be perceived as both acute *WAKE UP to
Islam expansion+ and chronic *confronting faulty attitudes+, lest demographics become
overwhelming. Mainstream EU attitudes are undermined in Marseilles and Oslo, and
these phenomena are coming to America [which is a planned phenomenon].

Obama Still Feeling Sorry for Himself

By Peter Wehner

08.17.2014 - 9:45 AM

Under a barrage of criticism for how hes mishandled American foreign policy, President
Obama is once again feeling sorry for himself.
Apparently, he said at a press conference earlier this month, people have forgotten
that America, as the most powerful country on earth, still does not control everything
around the world.
About this answer, Id say several things, starting with this one: When he ran for
president, he spoke as if America did control everything in the world and therefore that
everything that went wrong in the world was the fault of his predecessor. In other
words, Mr. Obama spoke in exactly the terms he now complains his critics do. Having
been humiliated by events, President Obama is now telling us that the world is a mighty
complicated place who knew? and American power is so darn limited. In other
words: Dont blame me. Im only the president. What on earth can I do?
Second, it wasnt Mr. Obamas critics, but Mr. Obama himself, who set the soaring
expectations of what would be achieved if he were elected president. It is Mr. Obama,
not others, who claimed his candidacy would ring out across this land as a hymn that
will heal this nation, repair this world, make this time different than all the rest. (Just in
case the point was lost on us, Mr. Obama ended by saying, Yes we can. Yes we can. Yes
we can.)
But thats not all.
Mr. Obama spoke about how his presidency would heal the planet and stop the rise of
the oceans. He would usher in unprecedentedly good relations with the world, including
the Arab and Islamic world. The president promised a new beginning based on
mutual respect with the Arab and Islamic world. There would be extraordinary strides
taken toward peace between Israel and Palestinians. Relations with Russia would be
reset. Hed successfully pivot to Asia. America would work cooperatively with China.
The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan would end responsibly. The tide of war would
recede. He would usher in an era of smart diplomacy. Apparently Mr. Obama has
forgotten he said all this. Well do him the favor of reminding him.
Mr. Obama, in his statement during the press conference earlier this month, is also
employing a favorite device of his: creating straw men as a way to discredit serious
criticisms of him. No one I know assumes the United States is omnipotent. As a friend of
mine put it, hes content to hold the president to a much more pedestrian standard: has
the actions Obama taken and, more importantly, the actions he has not taken, made the
challenges he faced worse or better? By that very modest standard, he told me, Mr.
Obama has utterly failed.
I certainly do not think President Obama is responsible for all of the world crises that
have taken place during his time in office, my former White House colleague William C.
Inboden, told the New York Times Peter Baker. But he is responsible for actions and
attitudes he took that have contributed to some of those crises and he is also
responsible for how he responds, or fails to respond.
Just so.
The president is desperately trying to escape blame for his failures. But those days are
long gone. I would hope that someone in the presidents inner circle, who has standing
in his life, would urge him to at least conduct himself in a manner that doesnt come
across as petulant, thin-skinned, and undignified. But that appears to be asking too
much of Mr. Obama. He is not emotionally equipped to handle failure with even
minimal grace.
His presidency is going down; and hes determined to look small-minded and bad-
tempered in the process.
The ordinarily-lib Politico appears to have captured a number of data-points that support the view
that the Dems will lose the Senateand that BHO may have become resigned to that fate:
Senate Dems [led by Joe Manchin of course] laid into the White House's disregard for
the Dems on Capitol Hill, a situation that has worsened since February.
Sen. Claire McCaskill wonders in the NYT story who, exactly,
congressional Dems thought they were electing president. "For him,
eating his spinach is schmoozing with elected officials ... This is not
something that he loves. He wasn't that kind of senator."
Regarding his relationship with the White House, Sen. Richard
Blumenthal has evolved; in February, he was sanguine ["I believe in a
peaceful solution in stopping a nuclear-armed Iran. We share that goal,
and I'm hopeful that the negotiations will succeed" ... On the subject of
the NSA, he added: "The term squeaky wheel implies contentiousness
or conflict. But it's been much more collaborative."], but he expressed
discomfiture in August *I can count them on both hands, and they're
big," ... referring to the number of times he has been to the White
House ..."It's more the interaction that I think has been somewhat
lacking - the personal."]
At a meeting in June at the White House between congressional leaders
and the White House, the NY-Times noted that Reid "wanted to press
another point. With Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, sitting a
few feet away, Mr. Reid complained that Senate Republicans were
spitefully blocking the confirmation of dozens of Mr. Obama's nominees
to serve as ambassadors. He expected that the president would back
him up and urge Mr. McConnell to relent. Mr. Obama quickly dismissed
the matter. 'You and Mitch work it out,' Mr. Obama said coolly, cutting
off any discussion. Mr. Reid seethed quietly for the rest of the meeting."
The White House fax regarding Illegals arrived at the Senate on July 22
... Days before, on July 17, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson
had met with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to discuss changes in law
sought by Obama to speed the deportation of unaccompanied child
migrants who had been crossing the Rio Grande from Central America in
record numbers ... The three and a half pages of draft legislation ...
represented the work of attorneys at the White House and Homeland
Security trying to answer her demands that the administration be more
specific. A month later, that single fax still stands out as the closest
Obama ever got to spelling out his legislative proposal. Repeated
requests by POLITICO to speak to the senator were rejected. Written
questions were submitted in advance and went unanswered. The
California Democrat, as chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence
Committee, was said to be too focused on other matters.

Two very tough stories for Senate-Dems have emerged: Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu's
growing headaches over her airplane travel and questions surrounding Kentucky
Democratic Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes's use of a bus owned by her
father's company [vide infra]. A review of Landrieu's office expenditures and campaign
records reveals two trips from 2012 that may have been improperly billed to her Senate
office rather than her reelection campaign ... Landrieu is facing a barrage of bad press
over this issue. USA Today reported in July that she spent $47,000 last year on in-state
flights using her official Senate office to cover the cost."

News Flash: In new Montana Senate nominee, Democrats ditched red-
state pragmatism for a gun control-supporting vlogger.

Maine Independent Sen. Angus King is not backing Rep. Mike Michaud (D) in his bid to
take out beleaguered incumbent GOP Gov. Paul LePage. Instead he's supporting
Independent Eliot Cutler (again); this is sure to prompt more unfounded speculation
that King might switch caucuses next year. {No one is talking about this!}

These issues [Grimes & Ferguson] have been covered by NROs Jim Geraghty.
He discussed Grimes, a story that ought to trouble Kentucky voters, noting that Alison
Lundergan Grimes has barnstormed Kentucky in her 45-foot-long campaign bus, rolling
up to raucous campaign events and posing for photos next to the vehicle bearing an
oversize image of the Democratic Senate hopeful.
Grimes father's company acquired the bus just as the campaign got
underway last year - and is renting it to his daughter for a fraction of
what other companies would typically charge, according to a POLITICO
analysis. Federal campaign finance law bars a campaign from receiving
goods and services below the fair market value from a corporation,
regardless of whether it is owned by a family member.
Left unmentioned amid the hubbub is this: Her father's company
acquired the bus just as the campaign got under way last year -- and is
renting it to his daughter for a fraction of what other companies would
typically charge, according to a POLITICO analysis. Federal campaign
finance law bars a campaign from receiving goods and services below
the fair market value from a corporation, regardless of whether it is
owned by a family member.

A review of Federal Election Commission records shows Grimes paid less
than $11,000 through June to rent the bus for at least 24 days,
amounting to about $456 per day. Officials at four bus companies said
they typically charge $1,500 to $2,000 a day to rent a similarly sized bus,
and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign said it spent at
least $2,200 per day to rent essentially the same bus during a swing
earlier this month. That would amount to a savings of tens of thousands
of dollars for the Democrat's campaign.

The spending highlights the central role that Jerry Lundergan, a
gregarious former Kentucky Democratic Party chairman and state
lawmaker, is playing in his daughter's bid to unseat McConnell. Polls
show the GOP leader maintaining a very small lead in the race, one of
the most closely watched in the country this year.

He compared this with ludicrous overpayments to Hillary Clinton by corporations and
other entities, fearing the public would shrug and think this is how things work now.
Grimes' father covering the costs of her campaign bus is against FEC rules, whereas
everything given to Clinton is perfectly legal because she's not officially a candidate:

The fee for Hillary Clinton's upcoming $225,000 speaking gig at the
University of NevadaLas Vegas isn't the only exorbitant requirement
stipulated by the former secretary of state in her agreement to appear
at the school. Clinton's demands include her being transported in a
private jet and put up in a presidential suite at the hotel of her choice;
the only record of her remarks can be made by a personal stenographer,
to whom only Clinton will have access.

He also explored a rare moment of disagreement with the boss, Rich Lowry, when he
contended that militarization of police is relevant to the events in Ferguson.

It was ridiculous and wrong for police snipers to train their weapons on
peaceful protestors in Ferguson. But, when you get right down to it, the
militarization of police has had basically nothing to do with events
there, even though the Left and parts of the Right have wanted to make
that the main issue.

When Darren Wilson shot Michael Brown, the officer was presumably
wearing a typical police uniform and driving a typical police car. He
either acted in entirely justifiable self-defense, made a catastrophic
misjudgment after an altercation, or (in the extreme version of the
protestors) shot Brown because he wanted to execute a black teenager.
None of these possibilities have anything to do with the militarization of
police one way or the other.

We've seen some witless heavy-handedness on the part of the cops, for instance the
arrests of a couple of reporters at the McDonald's last week. But some perspective:
Cops were perfectly capable of being heavy-handed long before anyone gave them
surplus military equipment. The scenario in that McDonald's would probably have been
exactly the same whether or not there were armored vehicles outside on the street.

Let's stipulate that the militarization of police didn't have much to do with the shooting
of Michael Brown, unless the trend in law enforcement in recent years contributed to
the officer's mentality that he is "at war" or "in a war zone," and thus more likely to use
deadly force than he otherwise would be . . .

But the militarization of the police sure as heck seemed to play a part in the
exacerbation of the circumstances afterwards. If a community is angry about a fatal
shooting, convinced that the local police authorities are an alien, outside entity,
determined to throw their weight around and impose their will upon the community
with the perpetual threat of deadly force . . . then showing up and setting up your rifle
and scope upon the community seems like just about the most incendiary approach the
police could take.

Everybody feeling calmer now?

I think I would ask because I genuinely don't know whether driving around in an
armored vehicle, wearing bulky body armor, having one's face obscured by a mask, and
carrying a rifle instead of the standard sidearm -- changes the mentality of a police
officer and how they see the people around them.

Also note that declaring "the Ferguson Police use their military-grade equipment in a
manner that exacerbates tensions with the community, instead of mitigating them" is
not the same as saying "all police forces use their military-grade equipment in a manner
that exacerbates tensions with the community, instead of mitigating them." We may be
watching a particularly troubled police force deal with this situation.

Rich begins, "It was ridiculous and wrong for police snipers to train their weapons on
peaceful protestors in Ferguson" . . . Doesn't that partially negate his following
sentence, "the militarization of police has had basically nothing to do with events
there"?

Doesn't it have at least a little to do with the events down there?

Liz Sheld focuses upon a fair question: How often should the cops point firearms at
civilians? Minimally, right?

The central issue here is: if or under what circumstances should the
capacity for force and intimidation be deployed against the public by
the state. And this becomes controversial when one wants to answer
that the capacity should be preventative rather than responsive.

Responsive force entails responding to a situation where public safety is
being threatened.

On the other hand, preventative force and intimidation is far more
problematic from a civil liberties perspective because it is the police
force themselves introducing the element of disruption into the civil
equation. When a massive force rolls into Ferguson during a peaceful
rally in the middle of the day, can we really say this doesn't result in
intimidation, at the least, and antagonism, at the worst? Does the
presence of intimidating MRAPs, military-esque rifles, costumed-up
police force have no effect on the public to which it is directed? And for
those inclined to say "yes" there is no effect, I respond: standard gun
safety rules dictate that you DO NOT point your gun at something you
are not prepared to shoot. Do you really think you have the right to
free-speech or free assembly when you are, literally, in the state's
crosshairs?

Here are video hyperlinks from FNC, most of which focus on Ferguson:
Friend of Cop Alleges Brown 'Bum-Rushed' Officer Before Fatal Shots
Arrested Teens Planned 'Horrific' School Attack, Police Say
Fox News Reporter Hit With Tear Gas in Ferguson
Ingraham: Media Turning Ferguson Riots 'Into Its Own Reality Show'
Media Spotlights Ferguson, But What About All the Other Senseless Murders?
Megyn Kelly Presses Brown Family's Attorney on Autopsy Findings
Will Ferguson Police Officer Be Indicted for Michael Brown's Death?
'Somebody Needs to Be a Leader': Martha Challenges Beckel Over Obama Response to Ferguson
Autopsy Doctor: Marijuana May Have Made Michael Brown 'Act in a Crazy Way'
ISIS Outs Intelligence Agents, Wages Social Media War

Legendary Voice of 'SNL,' Don Pardo, Dead at 96

Here is Rushs rush-transcript:

Your Rush Limbaugh Echo for Tuesday, 8/16/14
Student NOTES from Institute freshmen, not 'official'
Opening: Is it a time-warp: Look at the Democrat Gov.
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Seg#1: Keywords
Nixon sends in the LA National Guard to put down a Black protest. Send to a grand
jury? What do you think they will do when they know their identities will be found
out? They are going to indict the cop! It is in the cards.

Take a moment to hear this: Tony Dungy and Phil Simms say they are not going to say
the name Redskins. When the team came out, fans sang as loud as they could, Hail to
the REDSKINS but the players come out with a raised hand, to pay tribute to The
Gentle Giant, shot with his hands raised.

Today, the National Journal accused me and Matt Drudge of character assassination
for pointing out the story that Michael Brown had marijuana in his system. But they
dont accuse the W-Post, the source of the story.

Try this: how many FBI agents investigated the IRS going after the Tea Party? How
many went at first to Benghazi? Again, none. There are 40 FBI agents sent to MO, led
by the US Attorney General Eric Holder. They decry the militarization of police dpts.
and they are the ones doing itleft-over equipment.

Obama wanted to have a difference in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, and this
is a time for them to make a difference. It is a time-warp. Democrats are using
Ferguson MO to ramp up Black voters and sympathizers. It is far from true that young
Blacks are gunned down every day.

The Ferguson chief of police got some flak for releasing the video of the store robbery,
but it was Eric Holder and the DoJ that had the video held back. They wanted protesters
to stay red hot. Voter registration booths are now set up.

Obama makes a little TV comment.

There are 12 eye-witnesses that confirm the cops story. An NPR reporterette tweeted
that and now gone underground; the rest of DbM are mad at her.

This is how Democrats do it: Top four GOP hopefuls embroiled in scandals.
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/falling-stars-gops-top-2016-hopefuls-
embroiled-scandal-n183881
>>> Whether true or not, they smear to eliminate political opposition.

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Segment#2: Trial and sentencing in the Drive-by Media
((Reading: From several thousand miles away, the NFL Washington Redskins players ran
onto the field with their arms raised. Ferguson MO is where an unarmed Michael
Brown was gunned down by a White police officer. He was saying, Dont Shoot.)) The
politics of this is to convince as many people of their Agenda before the facts are known.
>>> That is so the facts will not matter. <<<

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Seg#3: Keywords
St Louis Dispatch reported there were 12 eye-witnesses who support the version of the
cop. Tweet from Christine Byers:

The template-narrative is that had the kid been White,
he would never have been shot. He would be alive today.

kareem-abdul-jabbar said coming unrest will be more about class warfare, more than
race. Leftists, take him to the woodshed, since he doesnt support the race Agenda.

The myth is that the White cop always gets away with it.

In the 2008 campaign and election of Barack Obama, many believed that electing a
Black guy would fix everything. Now, we see it meant nothing. I was one of a few back
then that said race relations would only be worse no criticism permitted. Nobody
wants to be called a racist and shut up.

POTUS has had free reign.

We have a Republican Party afraid to push back on ANYTHING !

All of this has been for nothing since the Democrat Party is intent on pressing the
myths: America is unjust and the Constitution needs to be changed. To them, when this
is all over, America is still a Slave nation.
>>> This attitude helps fund their organization(s).
ferguson-opportunists: sharpton-gets-vote and jesse-jackson-asks-cash
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Seg#4: Keywords
Caller: Sharptons and Jessie Jacksons are getting points at the expense of the family.
This is far bigger than Sharpton, who got booed. The president of the United
States leads what is happening. Not a single person involved in IRS Scandal or Benghazi
has been fired. They are doing what the WH wants done. People need to recognize.

When Van Jones was outed as a Communist, people said, How did he get past
vetting? Barack Obama hired the guy! There is no longer even a pretense with
executive orders. It is all about: wiping out any opposition.

Living by the Constitution is out the window. Every occurrence is Obama and the end is
the end to any opposition.
>>> The Regime wants total control of everything, and always has.
communist-green-jobs-czar-van-jones-resigns-from-obama-adminstration

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From Rush Limbaugh Morning Update: "Two Stars, No Shows"
Almost two weeks ago, the Washington Post ran a story with this headline: Obamas
Silence on Death of Major General Harold Greene Comes Under Fire.
General Greene, a two-star general, was killed during an ambush in Kabul, Afghanistan
that wounded at least 15 others. He was the highest-ranking American military officer
killed in a war zone since Vietnam. The Washington Post put it this way: The shooting
has been met with silence from another member of Greenes chain of command:
President Obama. The commander-in-chief has said nothing about the incident, leaving
it to the Defense Department and his own press secretary, Josh Earnest, to discuss it.
It wasnt that Obama wasnt available. The African summit was taking place and Obama
was buzzing all over town, making public appearances and voicing his opinions. On
things that mattered to him.
Fast-forward two weeks. This past Thursday, Major General Harold Greene was laid to
rest at Arlington National Cemetery. Some wondered why President Obama wasnt
there. Or, barring the presidents unavailability due to important events, why Vice
President Joe Bite Me didnt show up. And if Bite Me had other things on his calendar at
least maybe Secretary of State John Kerry, or even the Secretary of Defense, might be
there. According to news reports, all were no-shows.
We later learned where Obama was during the funeral of the highest-ranking military
officer killed in theater since Vietnam. At the Vineyard Golf Club. Dealing with what
matters. To him.
Read the Background Material on the Morning Update...
Washington Post: Obamas Silence on Death of Major General Harold Greene
Comes Under Fire
Baltimore Sun: Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene laid to rest at Arlington National
Cemetery
www.RushLimbaugh.com [[Heard AM on radio across America]]
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Quote Gems from Rush Limbaugh dot com:
"If you're sitting out there thinking that this indictment of Rick Perry for exercising the
constitutional aspect of a veto is a farce and a joke, you need to stop, because it's
neither. It's not a farce, and it's not a joke, and isn't funny, especially for him."
"I've got no dog in the fight in Ferguson. I think I'm like anybody else. I hate seeing all it
is, but I'm not going to sit around here and join this chorus of people thinking, 'We've
got to understand the rage. We got to back off.'"
"So many myths, ladies and gentlemen, are on display each and every day in this
country, so many myths. And the myths are what make up the daily Drive-By news
agenda, and that is the daily news agenda of the Democrat Party."
"The attempt to criminalize the opposition has been a tactical effort of the Democrat
Party and the American left for the last 25 or 30 years. It is done in large part because
the left knows they cannot defeat conservatives and Republicans in a, quote, unquote,
fair fight in the arena of public ideas. They just can't do it."
"The cop just didn't randomly pull the gun and start firing, although the myth wants you
to believe that. The myth wants you to believe the cop, just because the suspect was
black and big, felt frightened, felt scared -- 'cause the cop's racist, don't you know?"
"The myth that is driving what happened in St. Louis is that white cops shoot black kids
all the time. That is the myth. That is the image being created. That is the purpose of all
the coverage. The truth of the matter is, it is rare."
"So after all of this talk about the police being too militarized, what does the governor
do? He calls out the National Guard. It's the military. And you know what else? He didn't
tell Obama. Nixon didn't tell Obama. Somehow that's big news."
"What's dead serious about this Rick Perry indictment is the Democrat Party and their
ongoing effort to criminalize political differences or opposition."
"Once again a video is being blamed for all the problems. First the video on Benghazi,
now a video in St. Louis."
"There are stages that you are going to go through with golf. There's the addict phase or
stage where you will play as often as you can, and you will take lessons and you will buy
clubs and you will do all this stuff. And you will get frustrated and you will get mad and
you will wonder why you're doing it and you'll think, 'They ought to punish prisoners by
making 'em play this game!'"