A Heroic Muslim

Red State   "Not all Muslims are evil.  I acknowledge this, I understand this, and I believe this.  My counterpoint is that the “silent majority” of Muslims who want to live and let live need to stand up and take back their faith.  By loudly and proudly denouncing the actions of extremists at every opportunity that is given.  By making it clear that extremists and their ideologies are not welcome.  A genuine Muslim hero died in Kenya the other day*.  Farah Salah a Muslim was aboard a bus that came under attack from Al-Shabab.  Gun men demanded that passengers separate based upon their faith (so that Christians could be executed) Mr. Salah refused to leave the Christians and stood between the terrorists and their intended victims.  For his courageous actions he was shot.  He left behind a wife and children.  He is an example and role model to others who want to reclaim their faith and their nations."  More on this here.

Kenyans honor 'hero' Muslim who shielded Christians in attack

More sources say Hillary is toast

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"Thirteen Hours was released in theaters Friday about the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi four years ago. It’s got Democrats jumpy. Hillary Clinton’s campaign said she won’t see the movie because she’s too busy campaigning, the same reason she didn’t stop the actual attack."  Comedian Argus Hamilton

Experts Agree: Clinton Is Toast  Settled political science, to borrow a Democrat phrase.

. . . "Former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey believes the FBI has enough cause to prosecute Clinton. “But will it be brought?” Mukasey wrote. “That depends in part on the recommendation of FBI Director James Comey, a man described by President Obama, at the time the president appointed him, as ‘fiercely independent.’” " .  . .

Hillary's word game  "Judge Andrew Napolitano, being interviewed on The Kelly File, recently said something that caused my head to pop out of my nether regions – namely, that Hillary Clinton was playing a word game with the media when she denied that none of the emails in question were marked "classified."  It was almost an "aha!" moment for me for the simple reason that even though I have written that Hillary is playing word games in this matter, I had not previously perceived just how devious her word parsing is.  And unless you've had a federal security clearance and understand the system of security classification and document marking, you aren't likely to have a prayer of deciphering Hillary's deception."

The fruits of the Obama presidency

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Whose side is Obama on? The dangerous decisions of a lame duck 
. . . "And what damage could Obama possibly do in the 364 days remaining in his luxurious taxpayer-financed life? In fact, Obama has ominously vowed to "squeeze out every ounce of change I can."

"Obama's Thursday releases included a man named Tariq Mahmoud Ahmed al-Sawah -- a jowly, gentle-looking killer without the unkempt beards terrorists favor." . . .

The Administration Is Ruling by Decree   "Yesterday, the Department of Labor unexpectedly issued a new rule (which it called an interpretation) that will upend thousands of businesses’ established practices. It did so with no notice, and no comment by affected businesses is either sought or allowed. Effectively, the administration is now ruling by decree."

The administrator of the DoL’s Wages and Hours Division, David Weil, is very clear that he will be looking to ensure that big businesses are on the hook for the decisions of smaller businesses.

Bill Clinton to Speak in Las VegasThe Same Time as the National Porn Convention

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Where are Willy's hands in this photo?

Will YOU let your daughter intern at a Clinton White House?

"According to the Washington Free Beacon Bill Clinton is going to Vegas. The former president will speak (solo, obviously) in Sin City later this evening.

"Clinton’s trip happens to coincide with the annual AVN Adult Entertainment Expo at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, just a 20-minute drive from the Advanced Technologies Academy where Clinton is speaking."

Obama Preparing Executive Order to Change the First Amendment

More on this at The Hill  . . . " 'The American people deserve to know the ways in which those who seek contracts with the government are trying to influence the political process.' " . . .

politicalincorrectnessrunamuck.

NY Times  "WASHINGTON — President Obama is seriously considering an executive order that would require companies doing business with the federal government to disclose their political contributions, White House officials said on Tuesday, a step long awaited by activists to reduce the influence of secretive corporate donations in elections.

" The directive, known as the “dark money” executive order, would mandate that government contractors publicly report their contributions to groups that spend money to influence campaigns. Advocates inside and outside the White House believe the executive order would prompt some companies to spend less, by exposing their donations to public scrutiny.

"Mr. Obama has been considering the action for more than a year, but discussions have intensified in recent weeks, according to activists and administration officials, as the president moves to deliver on unfulfilled promises in his final year in office." . . .

Via Conservative Tribune 

The GOP Gets the Iran Prisoner Swap Wrong

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Charles Krauthammer   "Give President Obama credit. His Iran nuclear deal may be disastrous but the packaging was brilliant. The near-simultaneous prisoner exchange was meant to distract from last Saturday’s official implementation of the sanctions-lifting deal. And it did. The Republicans concentrated almost all their fire on the swap sideshow.

"And in denouncing the swap, they were wrong. True, we should have made the prisoner release a precondition for negotiations. But that pre-emptive concession was made long ago (among many others, such as granting Iran in advance the right to enrich uranium). The remaining question was getting our prisoners released before we gave away all our leverage upon implementation of the nuclear accord. We did." . . .

. . . In 1938, the morning after Munich, Europe woke up to Germany as the continent’s dominant power. Last Sunday, the Middle East woke up to Iran as the regional hegemon, with a hand — often predominant — in the future of Syria, Yemen, Iraq, the Gulf Arab states and, in time, in the very survival of Israel.  And we’re arguing over an asymmetric hostage swap."

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

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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