Lovely Calais, France. Peaceful and lovely, until....

France: A resident of Calais describes how cultural enrichment actually works

Ca·lais    (kă-lā′, kăl′ā)

Wikipedia . . . "The population of the metropolitan area at the 2010 census was 126,395. Calais overlooks the Strait of Dover, the narrowest point in the English Channel, which is only 34 km (21 mi) wide here, and is the closest French town to England. The White Cliffs of Dover can easily be seen on a clear day from Calais. Calais is a major port for ferries between France and England, and since 1994, the Channel Tunnel has linked nearby Coquelles to Folkestone by rail.

"Due to its position, Calais since the Middle Ages has been a major port and a very important centre for transport and trading with England. It was annexed by Edward III of England in 1347 and grew into a thriving centre for wool production. Calais was a territorial possession of England until its capture by France in 1558. The town came to be called the "brightest jewel in the English crown" owing to its great importance as the gateway for the tin, lead, lace and wool trades (or "staples"). In 1805 it was a staging area for Napoleon's troops for several months during his planned invasion of the United Kingdom. The town was virtually razed to the ground during World War II, when in May 1940, it was a strategic bombing target of the invading German forces who took the town during the Siege of Calais. During World War II, the Germans built massive bunkers along the coast in preparation for launching missiles on England."  (Defending Calais)

Hotel DeVille

. . . . . . "Many artists have been inspired by its landscapes, among them the composer Henri Dutilleux, the writers Victor Hugo and Charles Dickens, and the painters J. M. W. Turner, Carolus-Duran, Maurice Boitel and Eugène Boudin. It was the painter Édouard Lévêque who coined the name for this area in 1911 to describe the distinctive quality of its light." . . .  

A resident of Calais describes how cultural enrichment actually works  . . . "this was recorded on the 7 February 2016  during a day at Rungis (10 km outside of Paris because Patriots did not get permission to demonstrate in Paris). There were 12 speakers, one of them was SIMONE HÉRICOURT, a native of Calais. This woman touched the room, describing what Calais was before the “Jungle”. Now violent Illegals make life hell for Salesians. They feel (and ARE) abandoned by the Government and live in fear.  

This, to me, seems a microcosm (albeit a rather big one with 18,000 illegals living in the Jungle) of what is now happening in Europe and will happen globally if we cannot stop it.  The speech is relatively long at 1/4 of an hour, but it is so raw and authentic that’s probably why I became the most poignant moment of that day  for the people in the salle, despite 11 other speakers of high caliber. 

Would that we could all feel that this were so:

Reprise: You Cannot Support Israel’s Existence (and Ours) and Vote Democrat This Election

"I see no sign that either of the Democratic candidates or their party departs from this racist, pro-Moslem nonsense, and every indication that a vote for them will simply continue the Obama path toward more chaos and terrorist violence in the Middle East and here."

Clarice Feldman  

. . . "Haney’s revelation came just days after the president visited a terrorism-linked mosque contrary to the FBI’s suggestion that he not do so. Powerline details the mosque’s history, which the Washington Post airbrushed out of the picture:

Post readers are never informed that things at the mosque aren’t quite that simple.
As Scott has pointed out, just a few years ago the FBI was monitoring this mosque as a breeding ground for terrorists, after arresting a member for plotting to blow up a federal building. Agents secretly recorded a number of conversations with a 25-year-old Muslim convert -- Antonio Martinez, aka Muhammad Hussain -- and other Muslims who worshiped there. According to the criminal complaint, Martinez said he knew “brothers” who could supply him weapons and propane tanks.

Among other things during his visit Obama preposterously thanked Moslems and suggested “Islam has always been part of America”. Covering this event, Robert Spencer could hardly contain himself: 

When Barack Obama visited the Muslim Brotherhood-linked Islamic Society of Baltimore on Wednesday, he said: “The first thing I want to say is two words that Muslim Americans don’t hear often enough: Thank you.”
While Obama has been President, Muslims have murdered non-Muslims, avowedly in the cause of Islam, at Fort Hood, Boston, Chattanooga, and San Bernardino, and attempted to do so in many, many other places. Imagine if armed Baptists screaming “Jesus is Lord” had committed murder, and explained that they were doing so in order to advance Christianity, in four American cities, and had attempted to do so in many others. Imagine that those killers were supporters of a global Christian movement that had repeatedly called for attacks on U.S. civilians and declared its determination to destroy the United States.
Imagine how incongruous it would be in that case for the President of the United States to visit a church and say: “The first thing I want to say is two words that Christian Americans don’t hear often enough: Thank you.” And imagine how unlikely it would be that Barack Obama would ever have done that.

. . . "Caroline Glick sees in this visit a pattern for Obama’s last year in office

Obama’s apologetics for radical Islamists is the flipside of his hostility for Israel. This too is escalating and will continue to rise through the end of his tenure in office.

 Full article

Anger: Anti-Beyonce Rally Planned For Next Week At NFL Headquarters

CBS New York  . . . "Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., told CBS2 that the NFL should have canceled her appearance.

“ 'I found the entire show objectionable. It was extolling the Black Panthers who were a terrorist organization, killing police officers in the 60s and 70s,” King said.  A protest is even being held against Beyonce next week outside NFL’s headquarters in New York.

"According to an Event Brite page, an Anti-Beyonce Protest rally will be held Tuesday, Feb. 16, from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.

“ Are you offended as an American that Beyoncé pulled her race-baiting stunt at the Superbowl? Do you agree that it was a slap in the face to law enforcement? Do you agree that the Black Panthers was/is a hate group which should not be glorified? Come and let’s stand together. Let’s tell the NFL we don’t want hate speech & racism at the Superbowl ever again!” the page reads.

"Despite the criticism, Beyonce has seen her share of supporters for her performance. Black Lives Matter activist Melina Abdullah praised her for being like artists who “are willing to raise social consciousness and use their artistry to advance social justice.' ” . . .  Obama's America

BLACK ACTIVIST GROUP IN CHICAGO DEMANDS REPARATIONS FOR SLAVERY

Beyoncé's 'black power' salute during Super Bowl 50 halftime show slammed by Rudy Giuliani as 'attack' on police“This is football, not Hollywood, and I thought it was really outrageous that she used it as a platform to attack police officers who are the people who protect her and protect us, and keep us alive,” Giuliani said.

“And what we should be doing in the African-American community, and all communities, is build up respect for police officers. And focus on the fact that when something does go wrong, OK, we’ll work on that. But the vast majority of police officers risk their lives to keep us safe,” he said."

Madeline Albright Hurts Clinton’s Campaign — but Not for the Reason You Think

Fiscal Times  "Hillary Clinton is struggling to connect with young women voters, so she has brought in… Madeleine Albright? Enlisting the 78-year-old to chase millennials may seem far-fetched, but it’s a gift to voters and to the GOP. Just as Hillary’s claims of advocacy for women encouraged criticism of her husband’s sexual misadventures, trotting out Bill Clinton’s former Secretary of State allows us to revisit how her husband’s presidency all but ignored the brewing Islamic jihad against the U.S.   

"Hillary Clinton offers her husband’s time in office as a halcyon time of peace and prosperity. The truth is that Bill Clinton, like President Obama, made a cataclysmic choice early on that has cost this country untold amounts of blood and treasure. That choice was to ignore the numerous attacks on Americans by Islamic radicals, a decision which served to embolden the jihadists behind 9/11. Like President Obama, Bill Clinton, distracted by endless scandals, led from behind."   Via Lucianne

So many Democrat posts we have to lump them into one link again

Drudge:

NY Times Magazine:  It’s Clinton Déjà Vu — New Hampshire Brings Snow and Rumors of Campaign Implosion  . . . " We’ve been here before. This is how it all rolls in the Clinton precincts of Blue America. The situation is so familiar to be its own Democratic Party cliché, like nominating unelectable liberals in the 1980s or engaging in nasty platform fights in the 1990s. Say this about the Clintons, for better or worse: They are predictable" . . .

Dick Morris: Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign is falling apart. . . . "Clinton has no competing message, just the charge that Sanders’s supporters are “sexist and vulgar.” Brock adds that one of Sanders’s ads was racist because it had too many white people in it. 
"Their strategy is laughable. After losing 84 percent of young voters in Iowa — and failing to recover them in New Hampshire — they sent in two aging fossils of feminism to insult and threaten young women." . . .

Bill Maher Pens Blistering Essay on Hillary as "Charlie Brown," Trump and Why Bernie Sanders, Socialist, Can Win   Hillary is "particularly hard to watch as a candidate. (That laugh.)" 

American Thinker:
Sanders may have won 22% more votes than Hillary,but Hillary gets more delegates   "Hey, Sanders kids, relax. The fix is in." 

Fed judge tells State Dept it is taking ‘unreasonably long’ to produce Hillary emails  "Just as with her Goldman Sachs transcripts, Hillary has some pretty embarrassing (or incriminating) material to hide.
"Federal judges do not like being played. It will be interesting to see what happens next. "

Sanders attempting to break Hillary’s hold on black vote by meeting with Sharpton today   I hope Sanders will ask Sharpton for our Civil War monuments back after that Beyonce Super Bowl display.

RedState:

Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Demonstrates Its Contempt For America

"This isn’t news to anyone here. Hillary Clinton was at home serving in the Obama administration because she, like Obama, have an intense dislike of America and utter contempt for Americans who display any attachment to their home country. For them America is not hardworking men and women of every race and ethnicity who do their best to provide for their families and hold up their end of the bargain. For Hillary Clinton, America is a conglomeration of whiny, pissant special interest groups that can be played off against each other and who compete for government benefits and preferences.

"If you have doubts about the depths of her contempt check out this:"

Post Politics 

✔@postpolitics

With many hours to go, Clinton's staff has flags ready for their election night party // photo by @melinamara

The Biggest Winner from New Hampshire Was Hillary Clinton  . . . "Hillary Clinton’s unfavorability rating right now is at 52%, which is absolutely unprecedented for an expected nominee of one of the two major parties. There is no chance that someone with those kinds of ratings has any chance of winning in the general, if they are not an incumbent. The one and only exception to that rule would be if the nominee in question was running against someone who’s unfavorability rating of a whopping 60%, as Donald Trump is. There is absolutely no one Hillary wants to face more – including Ben Carson – than Donald Trump.


National Review Online
Clinton’s Crushing New Hampshire Defeat Leaves Supporters Struggling for Answers  . . . "Pageutte blames New Hampshire’s youth for Clinton’s disastrous loss, pointing to their single-minded obsession with free college education. But the exit polls paint a different picture. 

To Feminist Consternation, Hillary Is Being Judged as an Individual — Not as a Woman

Democrats Wake Up to How Bad a Liar Hillary Is . . . "The biggest liability Hillary Clinton faces in getting the Democratic nomination may be that too many of her fellow Democrats don’t believe she is a good liar.

Weekly Standard:  More Women Vote for Bernie Than Hillary, N.H. Exit Polls Show  "Sanders continues dominance among youth, too"

End of the Line for These Three Republicans?

NRO: How Long Should Christie, Fiorina, and Carson Stick Around?
. . . ""As the race goes on, primary voters tend to cluster around the front-runners. Comebacks are hard in presidential politics. "

RedState  "Sadly, it appears that New Hampshire may have muddied the GOP field, rather than clarifying it. Even though Kasich and Jeb do not have obvious paths forward to the nomination, they are going to convince themselves that they do, at least through Super Tuesday – and they will probably find donors who will indulge that belief. Somewhere, Donald Trump is smiling about it all.

"However, we can at the very least say “sayonara” to three Republicans who have absolutely no path forward after tonight, not even in their own heads. First of all is Ben Carson. After finishing a very distant fourth in Iowa, and dead last in New Hampshire, it is clear that Carson has absolutely no shot at the nomination. None. Zero. His polling is going into the toilet, he’s hemorrhaging the last of his legitimate campaign staff, and he’s in this for the sole reason of taking votes from Ted Cruz.

"The second is Carly Fiorina. Fiorina can’t make debate stages anymore, she can’t get traction in New Hampshire, she can’t even get on the media as a candidate. Fiorina might end up being a talented surrogate and maybe VP candidate for one of the candidates down the road, but the longer she stays in the race, the longer she takes votes from someone who might win, and thus diminishes her chances. I expect Fiorina will bow out soon.

I find it sad, having wanted to learn more of this dignified, articulate lady. If only we could replace Trump with her. TD

"The third is Chris Christie. Christie blew his entire wad on taking down Marco Rubio in the debate on Saturday night. I suspect Marco Rubio will bounce back, but Christie clearly made a dent for now. Unfortunately, Christie himself is an unlikable jackass, and whatever votes he pried away from Rubio went somewhere else as a consequence. . . . 

Is Chris Christie Dropping Out?

Goodbye Chris Christie And Good Riddance   . . . "I hope it was worth it. You had a chance to take on Donald Trump to the betterment of the party and the country and you didn’t. "

This Might Be Why Hillary Won’t Release Her Goldman Sachs Speech Transcripts

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Daily Caller  "As Hillary Clinton resists calls to release transcripts from her paid Goldman Sachs speeches, details of those events are emerging, and they aren’t good for the Democratic presidential candidate.

“ 'It was pretty glowing about us,” one attendee at an Oct. 2013 Goldman Sachs event in Arizona told Politico about Clinton’s speech, which earned the former secretary of state $225,000. “It’s so far from what she sounds like as a candidate now. It was like a rah-rah speech. She sounded more like a Goldman Sachs managing director.”

“It would bury her against Sanders,” the attendee told Politico, referring to Clinton’s challenger, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. “It really makes her look like an ally of the firm.”

Hillary Clinton Failed To Bash Goldman Sachs While Giving Speech To Goldman Sachs Paid For By Goldman Sachs

Bernie Sanders to Huddle With Al Sharpton

The Daily Beast . . . "However, by meeting with Sharpton at Sylvia’s Restaurant—the very place then-Sen. Barack Obama sat down with the preacher in 2008—Sanders is sending a message to Clinton forces: Don’t sleep.

. . . "In July 2015, Sanders and former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley were interrupted by BlackLivesMatter activists at they attempted to address a conference in Arizona. Sanders stormed off the stage and was later ridiculed on social media under the hashtag #BernieSoBlack. In the months since, the campaign has invested heavily in reopening a conversation with young activists and now believes Clinton is as vulnerable."

"An endorsement from Sharpton is not imminent. But he told The Daily Beast that candidates are mistaken if they believe they can sew up the nomination without reaching out to black voters of every age. That means connecting with young social justice activists across the country as well as civil rights leaders, he said." . . .

Don’t tell Bernie Sanders, but capitalism has made human life fantastically better. Here’s how

James Pethokoukis "Back in 1995, now-Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said, “I personally happen not to be a great believer in the free enterprise system for many reasons.”

Pethokoukis

"And having watched Sanders during this primary season, it doesn’t appear to me that the self-described democratic socialist has much changed his opinion of capitalism. Which is both amazing and appalling. The single greatest story of human achievement of the past 2,000 years is the dramatic rise in living standards of the past 200 years. It’s an astounding ascent — see above chart — driven by innovative, entrepreneurial capitalism. Free enterprise. Economic freedom.

"Yes, workers in advanced economies today are many multiples wealthier — almost incalculably so — than their counterparts in the early 19th century. But here is another way of looking at, thanks to a new study by consultancy Deloitte showing how technology-driving innovation has radically altered lives in Britain for the much better:" . . .

James Pethokoukis is a columnist and blogger at the American Enterprise Institute. Previously, he was the Washington columnist for Reuters Breakingviews, the opinion and commentary wing of Thomson Reuters.

Are You Ready to #SettleForHillary?

Legal Insurrection   "This is probably my favorite thing on the internet right now. Two dudes wearing “Settle for Hillary” t-shirts sat right behind the embattled Democratic candidate at a town hall event in New Hampshire. Aaaaaannnd no one seemed to notice."

Twitter

These are the same two guys who heckled Jeb! at his event.

Hillary and Bernie links today

From Drudge:
Bill Clinton’s ‘Bimbos’ Flock to Team Trump   . . . "Jones . . .  is not the only one of Bill Clinton’s accusers to reemerge in this increasingly bizarre election.

“ 'I don’t want to see the Clintons back in the White House,” Kathleen Willey told The Daily Beast in a phone interview. Willey, who alleged that Clinton sexually assaulted her while she was a White House aide in 1993 . . .plans to give public speeches assailing Hillary for her alleged attempts to suppress her husband’s accusers." . . .

. . . “I think [Hillary Clinton] is absolutely a liar and I think she is absolutely not for women’s rights,” Broaddrick said." . . .

While Trump and Sanders smell victory, Hillary Clinton contemplates humilation  "Hillary Clinton is running on one issue: Hillary Clinton. Unfortunately, very few Americans like Hillary Clinton."

Maraniss: Bill Clinton 'Frail,' 'No Gleam,' 'No Electricity'  . . . "He lit up only when Chelsea talked about him. Then when it was his turn to talk a little bit of his old self came back, but not much." . . .
Sanders' last night turns into hippie music festival

American Thinker:
What if Sanders supporters see a crooked Clinton?   . . . "Given the microscopic lead Clinton had in the Iowa caucus of 49.9% for Clinton and 49.6% for Sanders, any fraud could have cost Sanders a victory, for which his supporters had campaigned so hard.
"So all those voters who drove long hours in Iowa winter nights to hear Sanders speak might have been cheated by corrupt party hacks controlled by the Clinton machine." . . .

Bernie and Hillary Both Wrong About Evil Bankers   . . . "Hillary accuses Bernie of “innuendo.”

"But they both want you to believe that “greedy bankers” rather than stupid government policy cause the Crash of 2008. So we need Dodd-Frank to keep the bankers tame and obedient.

Lloyd Marcus: The Sanders/Clinton Rocky Horror Show: A Sneak Peek  . . . "I could go on and on with examples of how Democrats seek to destroy every principle, value, and institution that have made America great and that most Americans hold dear. Democrats hide their evil socialist/progressive intended transformation of America beneath a shroud of faux compassion. Everything coming out of the Democratic Party is either anti-God or anti-American." . . .

PJ Media: Shakeup at Camp Clinton   . . . "Such arrogance led directly to the idea that Clinton could simply project an air of inevitability and be assured her party’s nomination. If she wins—-as she very well might—-it will be in spite of her original approach.

This next line is sinfully delicious:

No one could have predicted Barack Obama’s sudden rise, though the Clinton campaign was slower to recognize it than most.

"Replace "Barack Obama" with "Bernie Sanders," and Joshua Green could almost refile his old piece as brand-new reporting." . . .

FBI Makes It Official: Hillary Rodham Clinton Is Under Investigation

UPDATED: Beyonce gets political at the Super Bowl: Singer performs 'Black Lives Matter rallying cry' - as her dancers dress as Black Panthers, pay tribute to Malcolm X and demand justice for man shot dead by cops

UPDATE: Black Sheriff just SCHOOLED Beyoncé for racial Super Bowl show…  “ '[Beyonce] coming out… in those ‘Black Panther’ type uniforms, would that be acceptable if a white band came out in hoods and white sheets in the [same] sort of fashion? We would be appalled and outraged.”

"Sheriff Clarke added, “the Black Panthers are a subversive hate group in America.' ” Hat tip to Col. Allen West

Daily Mail

. . . "Her backing dancers appeared dressed as Black Panthers activists with all-black outfits and signature black berets 

"Several dancers also appeared in an image holding a piece of paper reading 'justice 4 Martin Woods, a black man shot dead by around a dozen police in San Francisco after refusing to drop a knife

"The Black Panthers were an armed group involved in the black power movement of the Sixties and Seventies

"They followed the teachings of men such as Malcolm X, who advocated the use of violence to overcome oppression " . . .

"The Black Panthers, once dubbed 'the greatest threat to the internal security of the country' by FBI Director J Edgar Hoover, was a rights group that operated in the Sixties and Seventies."

"Tina Knowles, Beyonce's mother, also uploaded this image to her Instagram of herself and the dancers giving the black power salute."

. . . "Several fans hit out at Beyonce over the music video and advocated boycotting the Super Bowl, accusing her of spreading an anti-cop message which only serves to further divide communities.

"Writing on the singer's Facebook page yesterday, Kristen Wickham said: 'As the wife of a police officer, I am offended by this entire video. Rise above and stay above the strife. 

" 'For a girl who grew up in a privileged, wealthy family, she has no business pandering to those who didn't. She has no idea what struggle is.

" 'I have unliked you and your husband's pages, deleted all of your songs from my collection and will never buy another thing associated with either of you.'

"Meanwhile Rebekah Simpson added: 'Planning to boycott the Super Bowl Halftime show. All Lives Matter! I am offended by your song "Formation" and its implication that there is a vast conspiracy in law enforcement against a particular race. " . . .

Following her Super Bowl performance on Sunday night Twitter was again filled with people supporting Beyonce, claiming she had given a 'history lesson' to viewers. Beyonce spoke afterwards of how thrilling it was to perform at the Super Bowl.She told ET online that it 'felt great' to perform Formation. She added: 'I wanted people to feel proud and have love for themselves.'

Love? 
UPDATE:  ‘White Guilt’ Video Shown to High School Students for Black History Month

Andrew Klavan: Evil to Sportswriters Who Evil Think
. . . "It's only when you look past the color of a man's skin that you can really see the content of his character. So hey, MSM: Why not try that on Barack Obama and see what kind of president — and what kind of man — he looks like then?"