13 Hours Of Heroism

Noisy Room

“By the rude bridge that arched the floor, their flag to April’s breeze unfurled. Here once the embattled farmers stood, and fired the shot heard round the world.”

 " . . .This Thursday (January 14) evening, the ongoing story of American heroism continues with the national release of 13 Hours, an exceptional and historically accurate film that compellingly tells the story of six brave Americans who navigated the Obama administration’s political trepidation and intervened in defense of American personnel under attack by al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorists at the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012.

 "Release of the film is prompting broad Twitter use of the hashtag #AHeroIs, as Americans reflect on the many other acts of heroism they have witnessed in their own lives or interpreted in their assessment of America’s bold history.

"While four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya, were killed in the Benghazi attack, the efforts of these five American heroes over the 13-hour conflict in Benghazi likely saved the lives of many others.

"13 hours tells this compelling story of Benghazi, a continuation of the long-standing tradition of American heroism. It’s an important story, and one all Americans should make a point to see."

Watch A Man Fall Asleep Behind Hillary While She Speaks

Weekly Standard   "During a Hillary Clinton rally at Simpson College's Kent Campus Center in Indianola, Iowa, on Thursday, one can see a man slowly falling asleep, right behind her."

Hillary: In a hole, and digging hard

comicallyincorrect.com

Fritz Pettyjohn   . . . "The Republican nominee may not take this tack, but outside groups, modeled on the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, will be formed, similar to the fine effort underway by Restoration PAC to expose Hillary's lies on Benghazi.  But it's not just affirmative action.  She must endorse every ridiculous proposal Black Lives Matter makes, including a refusal to say those racist words, "all lives matter."

"Now that she fears losing Iowa and New Hampshire, she must rely even more on her black firewall in South Carolina.  If blacks start to abandon her, it's over.  It's hard to get to the left of Sanders with black voters, but she'll try, even prompting speculation she may come out for reparations for slavery." . . .

The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy is Back!

"SHE’S ONTO US!"

. . . "The vast right-wing conspiracy is also to blame for her husband’s various affairs and sex scandals, apparently. Or at least that was Hillary’s story in 1998.

"A refresher:

Beginning the autopsy on Obama administration decision-making disasters

Thomas Lifson  "I hope to live long enough to see the Obama administration’s disastrous track record objectively evaluated.  The overwhelming media support Obama has received, combined with his demographic characteristics, personal charm, winning smile, sense of humor, and comedy timing, has kept his level of public esteem far above the merits of his presidential decisions.

"As his second term winds down, some truth-tellers are beginning to emerge and discuss the quality of decision-making they experienced.  Among the first is Robert Gates.  Aaron Kliegman reports in the Free Beacon:

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that President Obama thinks he is smarter than his advisers and that he surrounds himself with people who will not question his views. As a result, the White House has struggled to develop and implement effective strategy during the Obama administration, according to Gates.
“You know, the president is quoted as having said at one point to his staff, ‘I can do every one of your jobs better than you can,’” Gates said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.

"As fate would have it, young Barack Obama entered the educational system of the United States at the precise moment when a desperate need to atone for past sins led to the lionization of black students who showed promise, and a corresponding reluctance to criticize them.  This sort of condescension is racist at its heart, anchored in an unspoken belief in racial inferiority, but it masquerades as righteous anti-racism."

France and the Yarmulkah*

*First, what is a yarmulkah or a kippa?  "A Kippah, kippa, kipoh, or kipa also known as a yarmulke, . . .  is a brimless cap, usually made of cloth, worn by Jews to fulfill the customary requirement held by orthodox halachic authorities that the head be covered at all times. It is usually worn by men and, less frequently, by women . . . at times of prayer.

"Mr. President, the kippah to us is a sign of reverence." Rabbi Feller, another member of the group, continued, "We place the kippah on the very highest point of our being—on our head, the vessel of our intellect—to tell ourselves and the world that there is something which is above man's intellect: the infinite Wisdom of God."

Back to the point:
Yeshiva World News

"The head of the Jewish community in Marseille, France, Zvi Ammar, announced last week that Jews should avoid wearing the kippah

in the streets. The announcement was made last Tuesday a day after a teenager attacked and slightly injured a teacher in the southern France city who wore a yarmulkah.

"The teenager, a Turkish citizen of Kurdish origin who was armed with a machete and a knife, said that he had acted in the name of the militant Islamic State group, according to French prosecutors.

“Not wearing the kippa can save lives and nothing is more important,” Ammar told the French paper, La Provence daily. “It really hurts to reach that point but I don’t want anyone to die in Marseille because they have a kippa on their head.”

"Marseille has the third largest Jewish community in France.

"Ammar added, “On Saturday, for the first time in my life, I will not be wearing the kippa to the synagogue.” . . .

Before we discuss the sources, it should be generally understood that regardless of the final halacha, covering one’s head engenders hachna’ah . . . – humility, a necessary component in prayer -

"According to the position of those Poskim who hold that it is not an obligation, there is no question that in a location where there is a significant danger, one may remove one’s Yarmulkah. "

While we're at it, these are the Tzitzit:
. . . "The Torah states in Numbers 15:38: "Speak to the Children of Israel, and say to them, that they shall make themselves tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and they shall put on the corner tassel a blue-violet (Tekhelet) thread." Wearing the Tzitzit is also commanded in Deuteronomy 22:12:

"You shall make yourself twisted cords, on the four corners of your garment with which you cover yourself.' " . . .

The McLaughlin-Sherouse List: The 10 Most-Regulated Industries of 2014

Patrick McLaughlin, Oliver Sherouse   "Recent research has shown that heavy regulation reduces entrepreneurship and employment opportunities and can divert investment from the most productive uses. The accumulation of regulation has also been associated with diminished labor productivitygrowth. On a macroeconomic scale, the buildup of regulation has slowed economic growth by an average of 2 percentage points, according to a study published in the Journal of Economic Growth. Policymakers should consider how existing regulations target certain industries more than others and whether heavy regulation of some industries is conveying enough benefits to justify the associated costs to the economy." . . .

Oliver Sherouse is the research analyst for the regulatory studies program.  Patrick A. McLaughlin is a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

The Impact of Federal Regulation on Kentucky;  Massachusetts; Wyoming