Baltimore and the Betrayal of Black Dignity; The real losers in the Freddie Gray riots.

Bruce S. Thornton

 

"Baltimore is the latest American city to become a stage for the farce that is our national racial discourse. The swift, politicized indictment of 6 police officers for the death of Freddie Gray––which brought down, for now, the curtain on this performance by abandoning all the canons of procedural justice–– is a fitting end to this sorry spectacle.

"The winners of this shameful display are obvious, as they always are after these riots. Local thieves, gangsters, and thugs; bourgeois white “anarchists” out on a lark; junior-high posers indulging adult-sanctioned destruction; well-heeled black politicians fanning the flames and leveraging the violence for career advancement; race-baiting vultures like Al Sharpton, and the sensationalist national media all benefitted. Most important, the false narrative of a national conspiracy of racist cops itching to murder innocent black men was yet again perpetuated by race hustlers and their progressive enablers."
. . . 

What we saw were images that would have warmed the heart of an old-school racist, and confirmed his belief that black people are barbarians, incapable of virtue and hence of civilization. That white leftists and privileged black opportunists enable and justify this narrative is a betrayal of black dignity.

 

Do you REALLY want to turn the White House back to the Clintons?

There's much more to Hillary than we thought
. . . "Hillary Clinton: We knew her as a grim, charmless harridan; a pear-shaped harpy. Now, after reading Peter Schweizer's new book, Clinton Cash. . .  , we see the ultimate Hillary, one of the world's truly scary women. Think Lady Macbeth, Messalina, Evita.  Add Bill to the sordid picture and you have Bonnie and Clyde -- elected to high office, and lionized all over the world.

. . . 

"And what about the poverty-stricken people of Nigeria? When Bill appeared at an event there in 2013 to collect an award, "he handed out checks to schoolteachers as a reward for their work. But while Clinton collected his fee, the teachers saw their checks bounce."

. . . 

 "Perhaps the saddest chapter in Schweizer's book is the one on Haiti, headed "Disaster Capitalism Clinton-Style."  You will remember the 7.0 earthquake of January 2010 that destroyed much of that ill-starred island, killing some 230,000 people and leaving millions homeless. It didn't take long for the Clintons to arrive. "With a cluster of cameras around him, Bill teared up as he described what he saw."

. . . 

In the meantime, however, the rubble-strewn streets of Port-au-Prince are still populated by those who saw their homes destroyed in 2010.  These victims' net worth hasn't changed, but that of the Clintons and their associates surely has.

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/05/the_hillbilly_cash_pump.html#ixzz3ZNCrn1fS

Bill has Bills to Pay

 "I don’t know how the Clintons get by. They were dead broke when they left the White House. Bill says he has no choice but keep taking half million dollar speaking gigs to pay the bills.

"When Hillary was Secretary of State the Russians bought 20% of the US uranium supply. Investors in the company involved gave millions to the Clinton Foundation and hired Bill for one of those $500,000 speeches. If she becomes president maybe they can buy the other 80%.

"That’s a reset.

Bill Clinton on Foundation Troubles: 'I Just Work Here. I Don't Know.'   . . . "The extended question to Clinton came from billionaire Mo Ibrahim who said, "I opened the newspaper and I was shocked to see these attacks on the foundation."

"The billionaire continued, "I didn't see anybody from the foundation standing up and really having a go at that. I don't know what your board members--I know my daughter [a board member], she's useless. Because you should have stand up and really take issue. What is this money for? What have you done with it? And that's what people should ask."

" 'I just work here," Clinton responded. "I don't know."  Video

12 of the Most Distracting Extras in Movie History

Mental Floss  " Background actors, also known as extras, have one of the most important jobs on a film shoot. They contribute to the overall believability of a scene while making it easier for filmmakers to control a set or location. But sometimes, extras draw attention to themselves—either intentionally or unintentionally—and break the main focus of the scene."

 3. North By Northwest
"Before the iconic chase scene on Mount Rushmore, Eve Kendall "shoots" Roger Thornhill in the National Park's cafeteria. After multiple and noisy takes, you can see a little boy in the background anticipate the shot and plug his ears before she fires the gun.

When Drawing Muhammad, It Depends on Who Wields the Pen

Dan Gilmore 

Winning cartoonist Bosch Fawstin

. . . "But instead of garnering the support of the Leftmedia — as it gave to Charlie Hebdo’s cartoonists and editors after the massacre at its offices, insincere as it was — the liberal talking heads turned on AFDI and said no one at the event had any right drawing Muhammad. Maybe it was because the Southern Poverty Law Center labeled AFDI an anti-Muslim hate group. Maybe it was because a good guy with a gun decided the final outcome of the day.
. . .
"Renald “Luz” Luzier drew Muhammad twice for the cover of Charlie Hebdo. When jihadists attacked his paper, killing his coworkers, he drew the figure again as a response to the terrorists who tried to silence him. . . . ”

"Both cartoonists had reasons to draw Muhammad. But now everyone is bickering over who has more of a right to draw the figure. When PBS’s Charlie Rose asked Charlie Hebdo’s film critic Jean-Baptiste Thoret to offer his opinion about the attacks in Garland, Thoret labeled AFDI’s images of Muhammad illegitimate because, unlike Charlie Hebdo, the group was making fun of only Muslims. Charlie Hebdo, on the other hand, lampoons everyone to advance a socialist political philosophy.
 . . .
 "Since Charlie Hebdo is also anti-Christian and anti-Jew, they’re in the clear.

"Thoret’s not the only progressive to justify the attacks against AFDI." . . .

ISIS VS. PAMELA GELLER: ‘Our Lions Will Achieve Her Slaughter’. . . " ISIS appears to declare war on anti-Muslim blogger Pamela Geller on Tuesday in an ominous online message claiming it has fighters across America ready to attack “any target we desire.”. . .

That Garland police officer's name should be "Harry"

 HE PUSHED FORWARD: Brave Garland Police Officer Advanced As He Brought Down Garland Terrorists    "More details are beginning to emerge about the incompetent Islamic terrorist attack on a free speech event held by the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) in Garland, Texas Sunday. Bearing Arms readers have asked for more details about how the actual shooting went down, and about the Garland police officer who used his duty sidearm to defeat two attackers armed with rifles within 15 seconds.

"Please keep in mind that we don’t have all the details about the attack, the individual officer’s response, or the exact steps law enforcement took once the attack began, and that even if we had that information, we would withhold such details which may be useful for any other would-be terrorists attempting future attacks.

"That said, we will provide analysis of some key pieces of publicly available information." . . .


Texas officer saved lives in shooting outside Muhammad cartoon contest, police say
 "A Texas traffic cop saved untold lives Sunday night when he took down two heavily armed men bent on storming a building where a 'Draw the Prophet' Muhammad contest was taking place, killing both before they could make their way inside.

"The police officer, who has not been identified by Garland Police Department officials, "probably saved lives," said police spokesman Joe Harn, who added that "his reaction, and his shooting with a pistol, he did a good job.' " . . .

Does Islam Prohibit Drawing Mohammed?

 By Tarek Fatah;  Middle East Forum

 

"The soldiers of Allah have struck again. On Monday, Elton Simpson, a convert to Islam and his Pakistani-American partner, Nadir Soofi, attacked a convention centre in Garland, Texas, where 200 people were attending a contest to draw cartoons of Prophet Mohammed.

"Thanks to a quick-thinking traffic police officer, both men, carrying assault rifles, were shot dead in a 15-second exchange of gunfire that left an unarmed security officer injured.

"Islamic clerics in Texas denounced the terror attack, but also called on Muslims "not to be baited" into anger. The hint behind this message was that contest organizer Pamela Geller had provoked Muslims into acting violently.

"At the root of Muslim protestations is the false belief that Islam prohibits the depiction of Prophet Mohammed. There is no prohibition on creating images of Prophet Mohammed in the Qur'an. Up until the 14th century; such depictions were common in the non-Arab Muslim world. On my website, www.tarekfatah.com, I have posted many depictions of Prophet Mohammed, drawn mostly by Muslim artists. Even if it were true that such depictions were prohibited, the prohibition would not be applicable to non-Muslims." . . .
 . . . 
"Geller is no saint and is a polarizing figure when it comes to relations between Muslims and the West. But dismissing her as a hate-monger is not going to stop ISIS from attacking those of us who cherish free speech. It's time to choose sides; it's time to stand with Voltaire."

Tarek Fatah is a founder of the Muslim Canadian Congress, a columnist at the Toronto Sun, and a Robert J. and Abby B. Levine Fellow at the Middle East Forum. He is the author of two award-winning books: Chasing a Mirage: The Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State and The Jew is Not My Enemy: Unveiling the Myths that Fuel Muslim Anti-Semitism.

 Cartoonists are Controversial and Murderers are Moderate
 . . . "A contest in which Bosch Fawstin, an ex-Muslim, drew a cartoon of a genocidal warlord is “controversial” and “provocative”, while the MSA, which has invited Sheikh Khalid Yasin, who has inspired a number of terrorists, including apparently one of the Mohammed contest attackers, is a legitimate organization that is only criticized by controversial, intolerant and provocative Islamophobes." . . .

Watch This Color Footage Of Berlin Immediately After World War II

The end of Nazi rule is featured in this most excellent opening theme to "Judgment at Nuremberg",  "Wenn Wir Marschieren" (When we March).
Quite interesting is that the final dramatic scene showing the giant swastika being dynamited has been cut out of most videos of this. Not to offend any Nazis out there perhaps?  Watch it explode here

(Interesting side note is that Jewish Werner Klemperer, who played Colonel Klink in Hogan's heroes portrays one of the most evil characters in this movie.")

Buzzfeed  "The color video captures a slice of life in the German capital just two months after the fall of the Nazis."

Truly amazing how the Germans cleaned up their city in such a short time. Imagine if New Orleans had been a German city after Hurricane Katrina.

"Seventy years ago this Friday, the Allies celebrated “V-E Day” — victory in Europe over the Nazis and the rest of the [European] Axis powers."

New Yorkers on V-E Day

"Ahead of the anniversary, German historical film company Chronos Media published on its YouTube channel a compilation of life in Germany just two months after the fall of Adolf Hitler."

. . . "And the destruction just keeps on going, in a somber final tracking shot, a reminder of the cost that the war carried for so many."
. . . 
" You can watch the entire seven-minute video here."

Other posts on the Garland, TX attack

How Not to Look at the Garland Attack  . . . "Criticizing and seeking to quash the targets of terrorism, rather than the fanatics who commit it, is the American Left’s own pathology. Terrorists cannot be accommodated out of existence. Addressing that reality plainly now will help us prevent attacks in the future — which are being planned, in Arizona and Aleppo, whatever Pamela Geller does or does not do."  Rich Lowry

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/417884/how-not-look-garland-attack-editors

White House calls Mohammed Cartoon Contest Shooting An “Attempted Terrorist Attack”…
"Wait, did they say “attempted?' ”

 

Facts trickle in about second #GarlandShooting attacker

 

. . . "Simpson’s story has played out in the media, but what about the other guy? Two men attacked the event—and we now know a little bit more about Nadir Soofi, the second shooter.

"This photo, taken from Facebook, has circulated amongst both new and mainstream media outlets:

Is Pam Geller the Bravest Woman in the U.S.?  "Most readers have probably read the headlines today about Pam Geller and the Texas shootings. Some distorted media outlets think the attacks were justified (round-up here) and others think Geller is a hero. I am in the latter camp."

hPamela Geller

The poster advertising 
the Garland event

Texas shooting: Outgunned traffic officer stopped 2 attackers "It wasn't a fair fight.

On one side, you had two men in body armor, toting assault rifles and showing every willingness to open fire now and count their victims later. On the other, you had a security officer -- a traffic officer by day -- with a pistol.

"Somehow, the officer won.

"Authorities have not released the name of the overmatched Garland, Texas, police officer who stopped a pair of gunmen Sunday night outside that city's Curtis Culwell Center, where people had gathered at an event featuring controversial cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed. But they have described what he did, actions that could be characterized as equal parts skillful, heroic and miraculous."

"U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson lauded the police officer for having "acted quickly and decisively, and thereby likely (saving) a number of innocent lives."

" 'He did what he was trained to do," added Garland police spokesman Joe Harn. "And under the fire that he was put under, he did a very good job.' "

Water-Wasting Fines of Up to $10.000 Proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown

San Jose Mercury-News  "Residents and businesses could soon face that threat after Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday unveiled legislation that would increase potential penalties on the most flagrant water scofflaws and allow cities, counties and water districts to issue fines without having to go to court.

" 'As this drought stretches on, we'll continue to do whatever is necessary to help communities save more water," Brown said after meeting with California mayors, including San Jose's Sam Liccardo and Oakland's Libby Schaaf." . . .
Hat tip to Harley Standlee; Placerville, CA

The Clintons and their cash

 The Clintons versus the Hobbs Act  ..."AT was right on top of the Clinton money scandal, explaining recently that author Peter Schweizer is properly citing the Gov. McDonnell precedent for gift-taking criminality even where no actual quid pro quo is proven.  Not that anyone in the current administration is looking very hard.
"If anything, the McDonnell case is far less egregious than what the Clintons have been doing.  A closer look at the laws reveal why.
. . . 
 "Of course, I am sure the Obama Justice Department has a full schedule of race-baiting taking up all its time the next year and a half, so nothing official will happen to the Clintons for now.  But if we do get a Republican president, the statute of limitations is five years, which should suffice to allow a prosecution."

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/05/the_clintons_versus_the_hobbs_act.html#ixzz3ZHtZJ7Ba

Bill Clinton: Accountant to Blame for Not Disclosing Foreign Donations on Taxes

"Bill Clinton is blaming the Clinton Foundation's accountants for not disclosing the acceptance of foreign donations on tax documents filed with the I.R.S. The former president made the comments in an interview with NBC:" . . .

Team Hillary prepares 'Clinton Cash' response "Hillary Clinton's (D) presidential campaign is launching a website to counter the release of Clinton Cash, new book that raises questions about donations to the family’s foundation while she was secretary of State.
"Clinton campaign Chairman John Podesta announced the effort — dubbed "The Briefing" — in a post to the publishing platform Medium.
"Podesta linked the site to the release of "Clinton Cash," a book that raises questions about the Clinton family's finances but that critics say is a partisan strike against Clinton's campaign." . . .

Obama needs to tell black young men that cops are not the problem

 

Silvio Canto, Jr.  "Let me salute all of the police officers from coast to coast who protect us and put their lives on the line every single day.
"Over the weekend, we learned that another police officer was shot.  We learned yesterday that he is dead.
"Sadly, there won't be any marches on behalf of this officer.
"Since Ferguson, we've seen this mad assault on the police.  It comes as part of a false narrative that white police officers are out to kill black young men.
"President Obama has a duty and responsibility to address this madness.  He can start by addressing the nation and speaking a few truths about the police and black young men.
"First, he can quote Politifact, referencing Juan Williams:

According to the CDC, homicide was indeed the No. 1 killer of black men between the ages of 15 and 34 in 2011. Accidents ranked second in causes of death, and suicide claimed the third amount of black male lives between 15 and 24 years old, while heart disease ranked third for men 24-34. [snip]
Compared to other ethnicities, the numbers really stand out. Forty percent of African-American males 15-34 who died were murdered, according to the CDC, compared to just 3.8 percent of white males who died. Overall, 14 percent of all men 15-34 who died in 2011 were murdered. 
In 2011, black males 15-34 were 10 times more likely to die of murder than whites of the same age group.

"Second, he can tell black young men that they have a behavior problem.  You can't get a good job if you don't graduate from school. 
"Third, he can call on black men to raise their children.  Over the weekend, John Blake posted a great commentary about a big missing piece in Baltimore:

We hear about the absence of black men from families, but what happens when they disappear from an entire community? West Baltimore delivered the answer to that question this week.
It's no accident that one of the most enduring images from the riot was a young mother spanking her son as she dragged him away from the protests. Where were the men in his life?
As I walked through my old streets, it was filled with nothing but black young women, children and teenage boys. It was as if an alien spaceship had come in the night and spirited all the older black men away.

 

"President Obama is uniquely qualified to make this point.  He is a successful black man, a husband, and the father of two young women. 
"It's up to him to make the case that the war on cops will not address the problems in the black community.  On the contrary, the war on cops will mean less investment (jobs) and more unsafe streets for the people living in these communities.

Yet Another ObamaCare Promise Bites The Dust As ER Visits Spike

 

Investors.com   "One of the key selling points of ObamaCare was that it was supposed to cut back on the overuse of expensive emergency rooms for routine care.
"The argument seemed to make sense. The uninsured can't afford to see a doctor, so they put off health care as long as they can, then head to the ER knowing that they won't have to pay.

" 'It's why those of us with health insurance are also paying a hidden and growing tax for those without it — about $1,000 per year that pays for somebody else's emergency room," President Obama explained in his 2009 speech to Congress on a government takeover of health care.

"By expanding insurance coverage, ObamaCare would cut this waste."  . . .

Read More: http://news.investors.com/blogs-capital-hill/050415-750897-emergency-room-visits-spike-since-obamacare.htm#ixzz3ZHKYks4F