Monday, November 10, 2014

The day a Holocaust survivor got revenge on his tormentor

 NY Post via Weasel Zippers

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"He survived the savagery of the Holocaust, made it to America with barely a penny and became a world-famous tailor in Brooklyn, dressing celebrities and presidents. In his new memoir, “Measure of a Man,” Martin Greenfield tells the story of his extraordinary life. In this excerpt, he explains how the concentration camps nearly stripped him of his humanity at age 16 — and the day he got it back."...
Residents from Weimar avert their eyes as American forces make them walk past a pile of corpses at the
 Buchenwald concentration camp.
 

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Chris Hayes’ Attkisson Interview Sums Up MSNBC’s Issues in One Question

Mediaite

 
"This is the tale of two journalists.
 
"One has won multiple Emmy awards going back to the turn of the century, including an investigative series at the end of the Bush 43 years titled, “Bush Administration’s Bait and Switch on TARP and the Bank Bailout.” Another report revealed fraud around multi-billion dollar Halliburton contracts in Iraq, which earned her ample praise from the left. Sharyl Attkisson also was one of the first journalists to fly combat missions over Kosovo.
 
"The other journalist is the former editor of The Nation magazine. He hasn’t won any Emmy awards and invariably finishes a distant third in his 8:00 p.m. MSNBC time slot in a three horse race. Chris Hayes hasn’t flown in any combat missions as a journalist, but was hit by a modest rock covering the Ferguson riots this past August." ...
...
"Hayes interview of Ms. Attkisson "included the host asking his guest if she was angling for a job at Fox News — the only thought that comes mind is the following:
 
"He has some balls asking that question. And no, that’s not meant as a compliment. Hayes questioning someone as decorated and objective as Attkisson if she fabricated an allegation against the government (for hacking her computer) was somehow motivated because she needed to enhance already one of the most — if not the most — extensive resumes in investigative journalism would be like Arsenio Hall asking Johnny Carson if he knew how to effectively interview a guest."

More here.

Matthews Reveals MSNBC Hosts, Anchors Under ‘Group Pressure’ to Be More Partisan

Returning UK Islamist fighters offered ‘jihadi rehab’ instead of prosecution for supporting blood-thirsty terrorist groups despite May's pledges

Infidel Bloggers Alliance brings us this next piece of good cheer:

UK Daily Mail   "Returning Islamist fighters are being offered ‘jihadi rehab’ instead of prosecution for supporting blood-thirsty terrorist groups.
"The vast majority of more than 300 young men who have arrived back from Syria and Iraq are being allowed to continue their normal lives.
"Many have been offered places on the Government’s counter-radicalisation scheme, known as the Channel programme, which has seen a substantial rise in referrals." ... More here.
 
More than 300 young Islamist fighters returning to the UK from fighting in Syria and Iraq are being offered places on the Government’s counter-radicalisation scheme. Pictured: British jihadist Abu Abdullah al-Britani
 
You suppose liberals in the US will let them join the VFW?

CBS Announces ‘Mentalist’ Return Date

The American Culture

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"There’s good news for TV mystery fans: CBS-TV has announced that The Mentalist will return for its seventh and final season beginning November 30. In the first week of January the show will switch to Wednesdays at 8:00 EST. The show will wrap up with a two-hour series finale on Feb. 18.
 
"Starring Simon Baker as the title character, a consulting detective working, for five seasons, with the California Bureau of Investigation, and then with the FBI in the most recent season, The Mentalist presented interesting storylines underscored by the protagonist’s tragic past: his wife and daughter were murdered just before the events of the first episode. Baker, however, kept things from becoming too lugubrious, lending the character a good deal of personal charm and times of cheerfulness. That was an excellent decision on the part of the actor and writers.

"Unsure of whether the show would be renewed after season six, the producers resolved the main storylines in the last few episodes of last season, with Baker’s character, Patrick Jane, finally expressing his romantic feelings toward his boss, Special Agent Teresa Lisbon, in the final episode of the season. right before the last couple of episodes aired, CBS announced that the show would return this season.

"With the big, emotional storylines having been settled (while leaving plenty of room for new complications), the show’s creator and executive producer, Bruno Heller, has described the upcoming season as an “encore.” That suggests that the show will be more like TV series used to be: a collection of episodes, each of which largely stands on its own. Now, that would be a real innovation."
 
There’s good news for TV mystery fans: CBS-TV has announced that The Mentalist will return for its seventh and final season beginning November 30. In the first week of January the show will switch to Wednesdays at 8:00 EST. The show will wrap up with a two-hour series finale on Feb. 18.

Starring Simon Baker as the title character, a consulting detective working, for five seasons, with the California Bureau of Investigation, and then with the FBI in the most recent season, The Mentalist presented interesting storylines underscored by the protagonist’s tragic past: his wife and daughter were murdered just before the events of the first episode. Baker, however, kept things from becoming too lugubrious, lending the character a good deal of personal charm and times of cheerfulness. That was an excellent decision on the part of the actor and writers."

Did you know Baker is Australian?




Harry Reid’s Desk

Bokbluster

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"A year ago President Obama said, “If you don’t like a particular policy, if you don’t like a particular president, go out there and argue your position, win an election.”
 
"And so it came to pass.
 
"Now that his party has lost the Senate, Obama says he’s willing to listen to Republican ideas – if they have any. Whether he is or they do remains to be seen. But they have had some ideas in the past. Those ideas were packaged into about 350 House Resolutions and passed on to the Senate where they sit in Harry Reid’s desk.
 
"The way Mitch McConnell sees it Reid protected the president from legislation he didn’t like by not bringing bills to his desk.
 
"The New York Times, in January, called Harry a brute."
Politifact, however, says some of those bills are simply caught up in committee. Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post says it’s not at all unusual for Harry Reid to have 300 bills to be stuffed in his drawers.

The UK Reports:Jacksonville Jaguars 17-31 Dallas Cowboys: Tony Romo leads Dallas to Wembley victory as Cowboys knock the spots off Jaguars

UK Daily Mail
  • Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and team-mates get first win in three games against the Jacksonville Jaguars
  • The Cowboys dominated the Jaguars throughout the game held at Wembley Stadium on Sunday evening 
  • Romo threw for 246 yards and three touchdowns against a Jacksonville team who have won just once this season
The Jaguars squad emerges from the tunnel ready for battle in front of an electrified crowd at the sold out Wembley Stadium 













The Jaguars squad emerges from the tunnel ready for battle in front of an electrified crowd at the sold out
 Wembley Stadium.

The armed forces lead the way in observing a minute's silence in front of a capacity crowd at Wembley Stadium on Sunday evening
The armed forces lead the way in observing a minute's silence in front of a capacity crowd at Wembley Stadium on Sunday evening

 More pictures in the article here.

Defying Soviets, Then Pulling Hungary to Putin 25 Years After Fall of the Berlin Wall

NY Times  ... "Viktor Orban was 26 then and a longhaired law graduate. In June 1989, five months before the Berlin Wall came down, he lit up a commemoration of the failed 1956 revolt against Moscow with a bold call for free elections and a demand that 80,000 Soviet troops go home.
 
"Now, as the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall is commemorated Sunday, Hungary is a member of NATO and the European Union and Mr. Orban is in his third term as prime minister. But what was once a journey that might have embodied the triumph of democratic capitalism has evolved into a much more complex tale of a country and a leader who in the time since have come to question Western values, foment nationalism and look more openly at Russia as a model."...

From Hungary Today, we see that Mr. Obama has had ongoing issues with the nation.

Looks like Obama gives Hungary the same headaches he gives America for some of the same reasons:  PM Orbán: US Weighs Pressure On Hungary
... "Washington weighs great pressure on Hungary due to its objections to the South Stream pipeline and the upgrade of the nuclear power plant in Paks, Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán told at the Hanns Seidel Foundation in Munich. " ...

Saturday, November 8, 2014

Our delusional and dangerous president

Political Cartoons by Lisa Benson

American Thinker  "Remember when just last year Obama arrogantly said:
“You don’t like a particular policy or a particular president, then argue for your position. Go out there and win an election.”
"Well, now that we won an election (massively, I might add), Obama has a new take on things.  Gee, what a surprise.  Per the Washington Examiner, it goes something like this:
...
"A megalomaniac who hates America is running the country.  And as we know all too well, with no elections left to win, over the coming weeks, months, and, yes, unfortunately, years, he’s going to let ‘er rip.
 
"However politically active we were leading up to Election Day, we need to double our efforts now, because we are entering a very dangerous time as Obama goes off the rails."

Political Cartoons by Dana Summers

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... "Speaking at a press conference to give his unique, and quite possibly psychotic, perspective on the Republican electoral blowout on Tuesday, Obama said "To everyone who voted, I want you to know that I hear you. To the TWO THIRDS of voters who chose not to participate in the process yesterday, I hear you too.' " ...
 

Harry Reid not a worthy Mormon? LDS Church, Dems cry foul

The Salt Lake Tribune

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) takes time in his office in the Capitol to show the Mormon scriptures he keeps in his desk. Sen. Reid keeps extra copies of the Book of Mormon in the same same drawer to give away to guests that visit his office.
"In the aftermath of this week’s elections, an LDS bishop in Los Angeles set off political fireworks by asserting in a blog that Mormon Sen. Harry Reid was not worthy to enter one of the faith’s temples for his support of Democratic Party stances.

"The response to the piece, "Good Riddance to Harry Reid, the Mormon Senate leader," from many Latter-day Saints on social media — and even the Utah-based faith’s public-affairs arm — was immediate and critical.

" 'Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are, of course, entitled to express their own political opinions," spokesman Dale Jones said in a statement. "However, publishing such views while using a title of a church officer, even if only as a leader of a local congregation as in this case, is entirely inappropriate."...

Fact check; Medicare changes at age 76


A False Claim of a Medicare Change   "Perhaps you’ve heard this one about a change in Medicare affecting seniors over 75:
Chain email : Your hospital Medicare admittance has just changed under ObamaCare. You must be admitted by your primary physician in order for Medicare to pay for it! If you are admitted by an emergency room doctor it is treated as outpatient care where hospital costs are not covered.
Q: Does the Affordable Care Act require Medicare beneficiaries over age 75 to be admitted to the hospital by their primary care physician?
A. No. There is no such requirement in the law.

FULL QUESTION   Can this possibly be true?
Subject: MEDICARE AT AGE 76
Hope all of you who count of Medicare to take care of you into your golden years have a back-up plan.
If you don’t read this, and do nothing about it, don’t complain when it affects you or your loved ones!!!!!
This is the second Judge to have read the Obama Care document and made comments. More highlights of Nancy’s “pass it and then find out what’s in the bill”!!!!!!
Show this to everyone nearing the ripe old age of 76. These are just a few of the things that we Seniors are going to have to deal with starting in 2014. Even far left Democrats will not like these.
MEDICARE AT AGE 76, IMPORTANT PLEASE READ – ANYONE WHO DOUBTS THIS IS TRUE CAN DOWNLOAD THE NEW OBAMACARE AND LOOK UP THE PAGES MENTIONED. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING …………………. PLEASE PASS THIS OUTRAGE TO EVERYONE ON YOUR LIST!!!
THIS should be read by everyone, especially important to those over 75 ……. If you are younger, then it may apply to your parents….
Your hospital Medicare admittance has just changed under Obama Care. You must be admitted by your primary Physician in order for Medicare to pay for it! If you are admitted by an emergency room doctor it is treated as outpatient care where hospital costs are not covered. This is only the tip of the iceberg for Obama Care. Just wait to see what happens in this year and 2014!
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  Full article with source links here.
Snopes on Medicare at Age 76: FALSE  "Origins:   This alarmist warning claims a provision of the Affordable Care Act [ACA] (commonly known as "Obamacare") supposedly requires that a primary care physician must admit patients of age 76 and older to a hospital in order for those


patients' hospital costs to be covered by Medicare. It originally turned up as a piece tacked onto to the widely-circulated — and largely erroneous — "Judge Kithil" criticism of pending health care legislation and now makes the Internet rounds as a separate, stand-alone piece.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/medicare76.asp#63mvmG4v8kWrJqAl.99

Also rated "FALSE" by Snopes:  Claim: "Obamacare" mandates that no one over 75 will be given major medical procedures unless approved by an ethics panel.  ... "No such denial is necessary to debunk this item, however. The simple fact is that, repeated spurious claims to the contrary notwithstanding, no provision of the "Obamacare" health care legislation mandates or authorizes the creation of "ethics panels" to determine which patients should or should not receive various medical treatments, based on their age or any other criteria. "
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/over75.asp#fYMcGDHfxGHLqyfs.99

 

How Obama sold his soul to the devil.

Putting the O in BravO
Jonah Goldberg ... "The producer retorts, “You? Now c’mon baby, don’t get caught up on an ego trip. I mean who cares how you sound? We’re after the sound.

"If you don’t care about my sound, what do you need me for? Greg asks.

“'Because you fit the suit,” another producer responds.

"Forgive me for committing the error of defining my meaning. But Barack Obama fits the suit.

"In my USA Today column this week, I argued that Barack Obama is indisputably good at one thing: Getting elected president of the United States.

"That’s it. He’s not good at being president of the United States. He’s not good at being the head of his party. He’s not good at diplomacy or public policy or managing large bureaucracies. He has no new ideas. But man did he fit the suit, metaphorically speaking." ...

Allah in the Classroom — the ABC’s of Forced Conversion

Noisy Room

 
"... Between such programs as Common Core, Connect All Schools and CSCOPE, CAIR has been ensuring that the textbooks that teach our children go out of their way to teach Islamic history and to have the children indoctrinated into Islam. CAIR has even gotten textbooks in private schools, charter schools and home schooling programs to include their revisionist history."
 
..."Across America, in over 100 schools now, in Social Studies and World History classes, the proselytizing for Islam is being pushed and hard. It does not include the 1,400 year history of Jihadi wars, land appropriations, cultural genocide and enslavement, not to mention the extermination of the entire Jewish Banu Qurayza tribe of Arabia, as Pamela Geller puts it. What it does include, and what I find infuriating beyond words, is the Shahada and the Five Pillars of Islam. ..."