The Lessons of History: Kristallnacht in Egypt; To embrace the Muslim Brotherhood is to endorse a direct descendant of the Nazi Party.

Hans A. von Spakovsky  "As the military (with the support of secular groups that don’t want an Islamist state) battles the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Americans argue over how to react, we should look back at history to understand why we should support the military as the lesser of two evils and hope for its success.  Those who know the history of the Muslim Brotherhood and see the murderous attacks it has launched on the homes, businesses, schools, and churches of Coptic Christians, who represent about 10 percent of the population, will recognize that we have seen this type of behavior before."....

Kristallnacht;also referred to as the Night of Broken Glass, 


The interior of the Fasanenstrasse Synagogue in Berlin
after Kristallnacht

Hans A. von Spakovsky is a Senior Legal Fellow at The Heritage Foundation and a former counsel to the assistant attorney general for civil rights at the Justice Department. He is the coauthor of the book “Who’s Counting? How Fraudsters and Bureaucrats Put Your Vote at Risk”.

Obama's Islamophilia contributed to the mess in Egypt.  "At the root of America’s disastrous policy on Egypt lies Obama’s Islamophilia, a stance which leads him to mistake friends for enemies and enemies for friends. Even at this late date, he can’t make the most basic distinctions between pro-American Egyptian military leaders and anti-American Islamic terrorists. His foreign policy rests not on America’s interests but on politically correct prattle about a non-existent Islamic spring."

As This Boy Grows Up, He And His Dog Are Inseparable, And It’s Adorable

Buzzfeed  "Redditor bleed-black has photographed the first 2.5 years of her son and dog’s amazing friendship. Warning: The cuteness is a lot to handle. "

More here.

Obama’s Middle East Mess

Victor Davis Hanson;   "In Egypt the Obama administration has managed to alienate the military, secular constitutionalists, the Islamists, and the proverbial street all at once. How and why?
"First, we have never articulated a consistent policy in the Middle East, partly because we cannot distinguish constitutional government from one-vote/one-time plebiscites.
"Second, this administration seems to harbor a distrust of governments that are more secular than not, and are pro-Western, as if they might somehow might be inauthentic or imposed from abroad.
"Third, our Middle East policy, such as it is, is just a loud “reset,” as if not being George Bush means anything at all.
"Country by country, chaos and violence arise, as our stature sinks."....

Cartoon from Hope n' Change, with this comment: ...."Egypt has pretty much gone to hell, due in no small part to the fact that there is absolutely no intelligible foreign policy position from Barack Obama. Which is why, according to noted Rino John McCain, that the United States has no credibility in the Middle East."....

Dr Walid Phares; "Washington should suspend all training and aid to the Muslim Brotherhood, because of Terror"   "....since the Obama Administration decided to cancel Bright Star joint military exercise with Egypt's Armed forces as a sanction for clearing up and dismantling the armed encampments in Cairo, this Administration should at the same time suspend all political, business and other training programs to Muslim Brotherhood linked organizations and entities at the State Department, at the US embassy in Cairo, and throughout the bureaucracy and US funded agencies. The Muslim Brotherhood have led violence against fellow citizens in Egypt, they were part of churches burning, sniping and torturing. Besides the Muslim Brotherhood have been linked to Jihadi violence in Sinai."

Jennifer Rubin; U.S. wrong in secretly cutting Egyptian aid  "Aside from the penchant for non-transparency, this is entirely self-defeating — just as U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson’s public support for the Morsi government was. In both cases we leave Egyptians to believe we back their oppressors. Heaven forbid we should tell anyone we’re finally doing the right thing."....
...."The president’s policy is so hopelessly muddled that we have to rely on leaks to figure out what it is. That’s no way for a superpower to behave."  (Emphasis added,TD)

 

Pat Sajak: ‘Wheel of Fortune’ host pokes fun at Obama, NSA on Twitter

The Washington Times   “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak was in a particularly playful mood Monday night, taking to Twitter to poke fun at the NSA, climate science and President Obama.

“Thanks to the interception of @Facebook posts, the #NSA now owns the world’s largest collection of #catphotos,” he tweeted to his 4,602 followers.

“Next crisis facing planet: too many people digging holes to unearth live bait. Scientists warn of global worming,” he added.

Mr. Sajak even took a swipe at Mr. Obama’s career as a community organizer in Chicago.

“Had a deprived childhood,” the host said. “My community actually had to organize itself.”

Remember when Sajak took on Mayor Bloomberg? 

Pat Sajak Accepts for Rosie at 2007 MRC 'DisHonors'

Military Atheists Lose; Chaplain's Essay Back on Website

Godfather Politics  "A military chaplain whose essay about the origin of the phrase "there are no atheists in foxholes" was yanked from his base's website last month after atheist complaints has apparently struck a blow for free speech.
"The essay "No Atheists in Foxholes: Chaplains Gave All in World War II"  by Lt. Col. Kenneth Reyes was republished to the website of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, after the base commander and higher ups reviewed the complaint from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a far-Left atheist group whose leader, Mikey Weinstein has called the preaching of Christianity "spiritual rape" and treason."

Dr. Ben Carson: When servants behave as rulers

Dr. Ben S. Carson  "Our Founders also saw no reason for a gigantic central government, because they felt that the states would be much more in tune with the needs of their constituents and be able to provide appropriate legislation to facilitate local and national goals. They felt that the purpose of the government was to protect the people from foreign and hostile domestic forces, to protect their property and to enable their pursuit of happiness. Obviously, there were some other purposes, like facilitating transportation and containing disease, but the point is, limited federal government was desirable, as was maximum freedom for the people."  Ben S. Carson is professor emeritus of neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University.

An Awesome Superhero Video About… Obamacare?

Heritage  "The Obama Admind histration has pushed Obamacare through porta-potties and bourbon festivals—and now it’s promoting a $30,000 prize pool for a video contest.
"Young people may feel they are “invincible” and don’t need Obamacare, so the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has to convince them otherwise. It will award prizes to videos promoting Obamacare to young people. The Huffington Post reports that the prize money comes from “the Affordable Care Act’s education and outreach budget.” As Heritage has explained, the cost of educating the public about Obamacare is already “extraordinary—and questionable.' ”
Here's the site: Young Invincibles ; And a video.

And here's an idea for you: 

Tacking Health Care Costs Onto California Farm Produce

In the Central Valley of California, farm workers in a tomato field.
Insurance brokers and health providers estimate that  meeting
 the Affordable Care Act’s minimum health plan will cost  about
$1 per hour per employee in the field

 

NY Times   "Farm labor contractors across California, the nation’s biggest agricultural engine, are increasingly nervous about a provision of the Affordable Care Act that will require hundreds of thousands of field workers to be covered by health insurance."
 

Tonight's parting shot

http://netrightdaily.com/2013/08/cartoon-government-help/

Some World War 2 photos to stir your emotions

Flickriver  "Two civilian inmates at Halle Prison weeping at their unexpected release by American soldiers, by John Florea 1945"

 

Video tour of Halle Prison  A subcamp of Buchenwald

Nordhausen was also a subcamp of Buchenwald

Barack of Arabia

Peter Wehner; Obama's Epic Middle East Failures  "Barack Obama promised that if he were elected president he would “remake” the world. He has; and America is paying a terrible price for it."
 

Here, Mr. Wehner does cut Mr. Obama some slack:  "That said, it’s also important to recognize that even if Barack Obama had done everything right, things in Egypt might be roughly where they are today."

Kerry reinstates State Department officials demoted over Benghazi   "Benghazi is now an official non-event. Secretary of State John Kerry has reinstated the State Department employees who were demoted following the attack."
....
"So the Benghazi attack on our diplomats where 4 were killed never happened. There was no incompetence in the run up to the attack. There was no need for extra security as requested by the ambassador. There were no warnings of trouble. There was every reason to trust the Isamist militia in charge of "security." "

Obama’s Strange Love Affair with the Muslim Brotherhood  "It’s not as if the MB is subtle. They have proclaimed who they are since their founding by Hasan al Banna in 1928 and have not wavered in any significant way since in their global jihadist goals. They have also been unstinting in their massive misogyny, homophobia and rigid support of Shariah law über alles (quite literally über alles, since the Brotherhood were — virtually the last still unrepentant — allies of Hitler in WWII).
"You know, liberal stuff." Roger L Simon

 

Republicans look to change structure of campaign debates

Washington Examiner  "Everyone knows the RNC leadership believes there were too many debates last time around and intends to cut the number in half for 2016. And by now everybody has heard of the group's decision to shut out NBC and CNN from sponsoring debates if those networks go forward with Hillary Clinton documentaries that many Republicans believe will be little more than campaign commercials.
"But what has gotten less attention is that Republicans are fundamentally re-thinking their whole debate system. And that could result in a very different kind of GOP race in the next few years."

 

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