Obama Unlikely To Heed Ex-Aides' Condemnation Of Iran Deal. Nor Will Obama Heed Israel's.

 

US rebuffs Israel’s last-ditch bid for nuclear constraints in Iran accord
. . . "This briefing was greeted in Jerusalem with shock and alarm. Very few of the conditions for a deal stipulated by the US upon embarking on the negotiations had survived: Iran would continue to enrich uranium, be allowed to bar international inspections of military facilities suspected of hosting nuclear research activity (where were Obama's "intrusive inspections?) and - Israeli officials heard this for the first time - the Iranian UCF facility at Isfahan would be expanded. This plant is engaged in the conversion of “yellow cake” to enriched nuclear material.

"They also discovered that President Obama, who had originally promised the deal would provide for “snapping sanctions back” in the event of violations, had assured Tehran that once sanctions were lifted, they would not be re-imposed.

"Netanyahu asked Brennan for time to digest the full extent of the Obama administration’s retreat in the face of Iran’s nuclear aspirations. He then asked for his national security adviser to be given a chance to propose changes that would allay some of Israel’s concerns." . . .

 

 "The president is unlikely to listen to his former advisors. The glory of a deal, and the roar of the crowd, is more compelling to him than accepting cold reality."

Investors  "Nuclear Deal: Top former Obama national security aides have joined with prominent figures from both parties to warn against the emerging Iran nuclear pact. Reality is closing in on the president.

"For Barack Obama, Thursday's bipartisan public statement from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, signed by 19 figures including U.S. diplomats, Congress members, ex-White House branch policymakers, and scholars, is devastating.

"The statement's star is Gen. David Petraeus, the architect of George W. Bush's against-the-odds Iraq surge in 2007 and former Obama CIA chief whom the White House no doubt thought would have contritely faded into the sunset by now in the wake of a sex scandal.
Others who signed include:" . .  .Read More At Investor's Business Daily

 

Now That Gays Can Marry Politico Wants Legal Polygamy

Brian Anderson 

 

"One of the arguments opponents of gay marriage have made was that allowing same-sex couples to wed would be a slippery slope. The Supreme Court greased up that slope today by ruling in favor of gay marriage. The ink isn’t even dry on the erroneous decision and already liberals are calling for polygamy to be legalized. Once we start sliding, it’s impossible to stop.

"Politico posted a disturbing piece today called bluntly: It’s Time to Legalize Polygamy

"There’s no ambiguity here, the author really believes that multiple partner marriage should be decriminalized:

Now that we’ve defined that love and devotion and family isn’t driven by gender alone, why should it be limited to just two individuals? The most natural advance next for marriage lies in legalized polygamy…

 Coalition Of African-American Pastors Threatens Civil Disobedience Over Gay Marriage Ruling
" That awkward moment when liberals can’t figure out which side to support." . . .

Liberals’ Racist Attacks Against Bobby Jindal Intensifies

Downtrend   "Liberals have launched a hateful, racist attack against Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal because he’s not acting “Indian” enough.

"With the trending hashtag “#BobbyJindalIsSoWhite,” these liberals – who scream racism at every turn, have turned their own racist attacks against the latest presidential candidate.

"The racist attacks in the press against Jindal have been coming for a while now. Recently, The Washington Post tweeted: “There’s not much Indian left in Bobby Jindal,” the liberal New Republic are claiming Jindal and Dinesh D’Souza are “erasing their ethnic identities” by not being shrill liberals.'  . . .
This is what the "tolerant" left produces:

Killed 'Shawshank' escapee was caught by a COUGH: Murderer heard by cops as he cleared his throat in the bushes

 

Daily Mail   "'Shawshank' escapee Richard Matt was captured and gunned down by cops after three weeks on the run because he coughed while his partner managed to give authorities the slip.

"The convicted murderer, who escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, upstate New York, was shot dead by border protection guards on Friday after they heard the criminal clear his throat in bushes next to a cabin they were searching.

"The officers thought it was animal noises at first, but after scouring the hut in Malone, just south of the Canadian border, they came face-to-face with the 49-year-old convict.

Matt, armed with a stolen 20-gauge shotgun, refused to put his hands up when ordered by police, so they opened fire and killed him at the scene.

"His escape accomplice David Sweat is still on the loose, and authorities have set up what they claim is their strongest perimeter of the search in dense woodland 47 miles from the prison, but admit they still haven't seen him.

 

"Helicopters, sniffer dogs and a search team of hundreds from a variety of law enforcement agencies are covering the area, and believe they have the killer 'contained'."

The lady friend now called "Shawskank"

 

Important update from PennLive: Sorry that we made ourselves victims, or something

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Hot Air  . . . " It was quite clear to anyone who reads English that “people of conscience and goodwill who disagree with Friday’s high court ruling” were not only not going to be considered for columns or letters entries, but that Micek and PennLive considered them on par with — I quote again — “racist, sexist, or anti-Semitic” people. These were the exact same people Micek was smearing less than 24 hours earlier, but suddenly they’re worthy of engagement. I wonder why.

So … where was the apology? It comes at the end, via Washington DC and every other politician who’s ever had to grudgingly retreat from their own stupidity:

But for those of you who were offended by what was intended as a very genuine attempt at fostering a civil discussion, I apologize.

Ah yes, the standard “sorry if you were offended by my brilliance” non-apology. How exactly is telling people to shut up “fostering a civil discussion”? How does offering a blanket smear of all critics of Obergefell as bigots “a very genuine attempt” at any kind of discussion? For that matter, how did Micek envision a “discussion” coming from his all-out ban on any opposing view in his newspaper? At the end of all this, Micek then offers an apology — not for his actions, not for all of his mean-spirited and sanctimonious posing, but because we turned out to be not quite as stupid as Micek believed we were.

The battlefields of the Civil War then and now: Pictures reveal how settings of the bloodiest conflicts in U.S. history look 150 years on

Daily Mail  "Just over 150 years ago, they hosted some of the deadliest battles and most gruesome episodes of conflict in U.S. history.

"Thousands of Confederate and Union soldiers perished in these places, and more the century after the bloodshed, the memories of the Civil War still remain. 

"Pictures released by the national archive show corpses lying in front of churches, soldiers being hung and troops preparing for battle across the country.

"They have been compared with images taken at the same spot today, and many locations have stayed the same."   Read more:

Guess What Else The Scotus Approved No One's Talking About?

Joshuapundit

 

"In another 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled today on Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project that you can be held liable for housing discrimination whether or not you or anyone in your organization actually intended to discriminate.

"Mere thought crimes - or as Justice Kennedy put it, “unconscious prejudice” or “stereotyping” is enough to get you used in hiring, renting property or numerous other activities if your decision can be found to have 'disparate impact' on the favored protected groups.

"This nonsense has long been a part of employment law, especially in fascist progressive states like California. Even asking someone about their criminal record, work history or credit can be seen as 'discriminatory' in the once Golden State, even if this might have a direct bearing on their suitability for a prospective position. Even references are a thing of the past as most employers will only confirm the person once worked there and will not disclose anything else, even if they were discharged for cause.

"This is one reason many employer no longer hire employees per se, but independent contractors as needed.

 "This decision was deliberately left quite broad, and it's a wet dream for race pimps or 'community organizers,' not to mention predatory lawyers and the Obama Justice Department.






"Now this nonsense is going to be extended to the renting of property, extending credit and even local decisions on where to build housing. It can also be used to force property owners to rent to Section 8 tenants whether they want to or not. And again, things like credit, prior rental history or a prior criminal record don't matter provided the prospective tenant is part of one of those 'protected groups.' Somebody who's a registered sex offender wants to rent in your building, even though you have families with young children living there? Provided this person belongs to certain groups, you can be sued for  your decision to rent to them or not for any reason based on 'disparate impact.'

"In the actual case the SCOTUS ruled on, there's another wonderfully Kafka-esque twist. It involves a decision by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs on the location of low-income housing, and as the dissenting opinion points out, no matter where they decide to locate it, they can be sued on the grounds of 'disparate impact' by one group or another.

"This also plays in nicely with the new Obama diktat on forced neighborhood diversity.

"And you thought we lived in a free country?

The Gruber-Roberts/POTUS court decides

Beheading America   . . . "Rather than seek to uphold the Constitution and ensure that our unalienable Rights are protected, Justice John Roberts is more concerned with upholding the Government and ensure this Adminstration’s power over We the People."

The Supreme Court and the Self Expanding Powers of the Unelected  "The importance of Congress seems to be constantly diminished by the self expanding powers of other segments of our government. Interesting that these parts of our government that are garnering more power are loaded with the unelected. Appointed czars create regulations that behave as law, the Federal Reserve now is the micro manager of the stock market, and the Supreme Court which has spread its wings to now rewrite clear legislative language that existed during deliberation and voting. It seems that their approval of the legislation’s intent determines the effort to save the legislation. Lost are the limits of their power and the charge of their position." . . .Read more

 Triumph of the leftist will  "The Supreme Court issued its decision in King v Burwell yesterday. The Supreme Court has posted its opinions in the case here.
"At issue in King was the legality of the IRS’s provision of tax credits in Obamacare exchanges established by the federal government." . . .

This is indeed the Obama court: SCOTUS declares 14th Amendment requires same sex marriage in 5-4 decision . . . " If history is any guide, the winners of the case will not be gracious in victory, but will push for sweeping changes. Religious institutions that adhere to the traditional definition can expect to have their tax exempt status challenged, for starters. Government contracts, student loans,everything will be challenged." . . .

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 You do understand the allusion to 451 degrees don't you?

Roberts Rules of Disorder

 

. . ."This is a sad day for any Americans who still looked to the Supreme Court as a possible counterbalance to the wild excesses of the Executive branch of government. That ship has clearly sailed and, with the mournful strains of "Nearer My God To Thee" echoing in the darkness, sunk from sight."

Those evil symbols

 . . . "Yes, Roof does pose with the Confederate flag, among other symbols of racism, on his Web site . But does anyone imagine that if the South Carolina flag had been relegated to a museum, the massacre would not have occurred?" . . .

 Charles Krauthammer:   On lowering the flag

 

 . . . "The Confederate flags would ultimately have come down. That is a good thing. They are now coming down in a rush. The haste may turn out to be problematic.

"We will probably overshoot, as we are wont to do, in the stampede to eliminate every relic of the Confederacy. Not every statue has to be smashed, not every memory banished. Perhaps we can learn a lesson from Arlington National Cemetery, founded by the victorious Union to bury its dead. There you will find Section 16. It contains the remains of hundreds of Confederate soldiers grouped around a modest, moving monument to their devotion to “duty as they understood it” — a gesture by the Union of soldierly respect, without any concession regarding the taintedness of their cause.

"Or shall we uproot them as well?"

When Erasing Symbols of Slavery, Don't Forget the Democrat-- Party . . . " Filled with the ire of slavery and ever more anti-authoritarian, perhaps they will one day forever leave the Democratic Party and join with other conservatives to reestablish the promise of a free America, for everyone.

Mark Steyn: The Confederate flag is a Democratic problem  . . .  “ 'The Democrat-- party has never come to terms with the evil of its past,” said Steyn." . . .

The Courage to be on the Wrong Side of History

 

Lea Singh  "Any time now, the Supreme Court of the United States will likely announce a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. This, even though majorities of Americans, everywhere across the nation, voted against it.

"The liberal advocates will seem to have won at last, just as they always planned - through the courts, bypassing the will of the people.

"There is no question that this ruling will be a serious low point for conservatives in America. There could hardly be a bigger morale-buster.

"This ruling will also mark the start of a new era in America. It is no secret what will come next. We have other countries for that - such as Canada, as I have written about before." . . .
. . .
"As Ryan Shinkel writes in Public Discourse:

The phrase “the wrong side of history” ...amounts, in effect, to the threat that “people won’t like you.” If you think same-sex marriage is an oxymoron and no-fault divorce should be reformed, then no New York cocktail parties for you.

Yet there is a deeper threat as well: not only will people not like you, but you will be socially excluded from prestigious jobs, awards, societies, or—like Brendan Eich—perhaps even the very company you helped create. This “arc of history” narrative is used to legitimize the vigilante justice wielded against the bigoted foes of progress. Because the future will inevitably turn toward “equality,” we are told, millennials who stand in the way have no future. They will be history. The majority of the Republican Party can be excused—they are from an older generation. But when you grow up in a time of progress, the revolution will not be merciful. 

This is a real fear among my likeminded friends, and it is demoralizing.

"The intuition of Shinkel's generation is correct: the price of nonconformity is real." . . .

Cultural Tyrants..Have you heard of La Raza?

Not only won’t it stop with the Confederate flag, it isn’t even slowing down. . . ."At some point, the rest of us are going to have to exact that price. The stars and bars can go, and if Bedford Forrest, who may have been a singular cavalry officer but did, after all, serve as first Grand Wizard of the Democratic Party’s 19^th-century terrorist arm, goes with it that’s not an unbearable loss to anyone’s heritage. But while we’re scrubbing the bad baggage from our culture, can we have a merciful end to the painfully stupid leftist obsession with cop-killing racists such as Mumia Abu Jamal, communist terrorists like Bill Ayers, and psychopathic Marxist white supremacists like Che Guevara? How about, as Victor Davis Hanson suggested, an end to racist Leftist institutions like the Congressional Black Caucus and La Raza? If we’re to crack down on the cultural cachet of the Old South, can we conduct a similar purge of the New Black Panthers?" . . .  Read more 

Victor Davis Hanson:   The Confederate battle flag is far from the only worrisome symbol in America today. 

 

. . . "But perhaps we should not stop there, given increasing ethnic tensions and widening racial fault lines. There are plenty of other overt racialist symbols that separate Americans. One is the prominent use of La Raza, “The Race” — seen most prominently in the National Council of La Raza, an ethnic lobbying organization that has been and is currently a recipient of federal funds. The National Council of La Raza should be free to use any title it wishes, but it should not expect the federal government to subsidize its separatist nomenclature. The pedigree of the term La Raza is just as incendiary as that of the Confederate battle flag. The Spanish noun raza (cf. Latin radix: “root” or “race”) is akin to the now-discarded German use of Volk, which in the early 20th century came to denote a common German racial identity that transcended linguistic and cultural affinities: To be a real member of the Volk one had to “appear” German, in addition to speaking German and

"La Raza is just such a racialist term. It goes beyond a common language and country of origin, and thus transcends the more neutral puebla (“people”: Latin populus) or gente (“people”: Latin gens). Raza was deliberately reintroduced in the 1960s to promote a racially superior identity of indigenous peoples and mestizos born in the Spanish-speaking countries of the New World. That is why the National Council of La Raza once had a close affinity with MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán), the infamous racialist U.S. student group (its ironic motto is “Unity creates strength”), some of whose various past slogans (cf. the Castroite derivative “Por La Raza todo, Fuera de La Raza nada”) finally became sources of national embarrassment."

Race and the Destruction of the American Republic . . . "American politics are now decidedly imbalanced in favor of the Left.  The Right is disunited, dispirited, and -- in the main -- under-financed.  The Left, on the other hand, appears much more unified, seems highly motivated, and is very well funded.

"Combine these factors with a long-lived campaign to parlay white guilt into ultimate victory, and one understands the reasons why the racial grievance industry may succeed." . . .

Offensive flags

"So while the politically correct crowd and the history revisionist liberals all have their panties in a wad over the rebel flag, here are some flags that upset me. Just thought I would comment since the firestorm over Charleston, S.C."   Theodore Alton McElroy at  Guardian Eagles