Not ransom, but hostages could not leave Iran until "other plane" landed there first

"We Do Not Pay Ransom," Obama Declares, Calling Criticism of Iran Deal Illogical  Did he say "That's not who we are"?

Islamists celebrate knife attack in London

'NICE TO WAKE UP TO SUCH NEWS' Vile ISIS supporters celebrate Russell Square ‘terror’ attack just hours after knife bloodbath

As suspected, the mass stabbing attack in London that killed an American woman and injured 5 others, WAS by a MUSLIM, a SOMALI MUSLIM from Norway  Not a "Norwegian man", but a Somali Muslim living in Norway.  

"IGNORE REPORTS OUT OF THE UK carried by the sharia-compliant media blaming it on “mental health issues” of a Norwegian of Somali origin (never mentioning his Muslim origin, of course, that would be ‘racist’)"

Much photo coverage in the UK Sun  Is anyone in the West still complaining about the "militarized police"?

The Met Police unveiled its new fast response anti-terror unit
yesterday. The officers will be on London's streets today to
reassure the public. Wearing masks in their home country yet.

Czech Republic President Milos Zeman says: “We must bar Muslim refugees to prevent barbaric attacks

Oh, by the way, Obama reaches goal of 10,000 Syrian refugees admitted into US

One reason why these feelings prevail:

How We Ended Up with Two Manifestly Unfit Candidates

National Review  . . . "Consider: The presidential nominee of the Democratic party, a haranguing schoolmarm who has spent the last 30 years exploiting her political connections to enrich herself, endangered national security in her most recent stint in public office, and would almost surely be in prison had she a different surname. When not breaking federal law, she promises to entrench and expand on many of the policies of Barack Obama, and almost certainly ensure that the Supreme Court has a secure liberal majority for the next 20 years. 

"Not to be outdone, though, the presidential nominee of the Republican party is a proto-fascist reality-television boss who defends the massacre at Tiananmen Square, mocks handicapped reporters, and attacks the parents of fallen American soldiers. When he is not attending to the woodland creature that perches on his head, he is proposing tariffs that, if implemented, would be economically ruinous; threatening to withdraw from the military alliance that is almost entirely responsible for the stability of postwar Europe; and retweeting white supremacists." . . .Ian Tuttle

Dances With Iranians

Obama dances the jizya*  . . . "The Iranians know desperation when they see it and Obama was desperate for the appearance of success in the Middle East. Seems we have a president more concerned with his image than with the honor and reputation of the U.S. and its citizens. Compare this to Stephen Decatur, the hero of the Tripoli wars:

He and nine volunteers made straight for the gunboat and borded her, with Decatur leading the charge. They were outnumbered five to one but fought ferociously. Decatur found the burly Muslim captain who killed his brother, and immediately confronted him...

"Decatur, and the men he led, must be rolling over in their graves."

*Jizya (Extortion)  "Muhammad clearly established that people of other religions have to pay a poll tax to Muslims called the jizya, as a reminder of their inferior status." . . . 

Report: DOJ Officials Warned Obama Admin that $400 Million Iran Transfer Looked Like ‘Ransom’  . . . "Now, we are learning that senior Justice Department officials even warned the Obama administration and the State Dept. that the money would look like a ‘ransom payment.’ " . . .

Legal Insurrection

Legal Insurrection: It sounds more like a ransom payment…. . .  . " 'The payment also came when Iran and the West agreed on a nuclear deal. Obama celebrated the deal and the release by saying “the time was right to resolve this dispute as well.” However, Obama never mentioned that they just sent $400 million “in an unmarked cargo plane.”

. . .  The Wall Street Journal explained how the deal happened:" . . .

IBD: Paying Ransom To Iran Endangers Americans Everywhere  . . . "Virtually all experts on terrorism would agree that paying ransom to terrorists is a bad idea. Once you pay for a group of people and show you're weak that way, you guarantee that there will be more innocent people snatched -- an endless cycle of kidnappings and ransom demands. It's a very bad idea, and contrary to long-standing U.S. policy. Yet, that's exactly what the Obama administration did." . . .

Don't expect the same from Obama and Company. Democrats made a big deal out of Iran-Contra for years — even though, at least, Iran-Contra led to the Sandinistas eventually holding elections and peacefully transferring power there. That won't happen in Iran, thanks to Obama's and Kerry's groveling policy toward the mullahs in Tehran. They're on their way to having a nuclear weapon, thanks to our inept policy. And, unlike Iran-Contra, Democrats will pretend nothing wrong happened at all.

PJ Media: White House: Cash Airlift Wasn't Ransom for Hostages, Negotiators Just 'Succeeded'  . . . "President Obama said at the time that “with the nuclear deal done, prisoners released, the time was right to resolve this dispute as well." The White House did not disclose the $400 million airlift.

"White House press secretary Josh Earnest today branded the revelations a scandal only in the minds of "those who are flailing in their attempt to justify their continued opposition to the deal to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.' " . . .

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Our unbiased free press

CNN Dedicates On-Air Segment To Trump Eating Fried Chicken With Fork/Knife

CBS Fesses Up: Trump Gives Every Excuse to Not Cover Hillary

. . . “ 'But the sheer number of unorthodox comments made by Trump just this week has really been a boon to the Clinton campaign,” Cordes continued. And numerous studies conducted by the Media Research Center give credence to her claim." . . .

Fashion Writer: Hillary in White, 'Hopeful'; Melania in White, Racist

. . . "Melania’s white dress told America that Donald Trump is a racist. But not Hillary’s garb! “Clinton's white suit told America loud and clear that she joyfully accepted the opportunity to run for president of the United States of America.' ”

Repeal the Johnson Amendment: Make Free Speech for Churches Great Again

Obama's former pastor of twenty years seems to have had all the freedom he wanted.

And these people seem to have plenty of freedom:

All that aside, here is the article posted:

John Steinreich  "While the media-begotten pseudo-scandals inundate the electorate with pro-Hillary messaging in an attempt to derail the Trump candidacy, it will do us well to consider some of the substance upon which concerned voters may wish to rely as they are sorting out the 2016 election.  Donald Trump’s nomination acceptance speech contained a brief sojourn into a important but little discussed topic he has reiterated on the stump.  Somewhat buried under the details that Mr. Trump laid out regarding the utter calamity that would be a Hillary Clinton presidency was his commentary on a 1954 piece of legislation known as the Johnson Amendment.  The germane section of the speech was this:"

At this moment, I would like to thank the evangelical community who have been so good to me and so supportive. You have so much to contribute to our politics, yet our laws prevent you from speaking your minds from your own pulpits.  An amendment, pushed by Lyndon Johnson, many years ago, threatens religious institutions with a loss of their tax-exempt status if they openly advocate their political views.  I am going to work very hard to repeal that language and protect free speech for all Americans.

. . . "Jesus told His disciples to render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s; by protecting their money through tax-exempt status, America’s preachers have surrendered both their right to free speech and the moral authority that comes with taking difficult positions on matters of political interest to Caesar.  Our nation’s clergy has effectively been bought off by the lure of filthy tax-exempt lucre." . . .

Egypt: The high moral standard that there used to be for democracy in the United States ... is not what it used to be.

The German publication Bild calls this the craziest election of all time.

Al-Ahram (Egypt) 10 July 2016.  . . . "It is not easy to predict at this early stage of the tense U.S. election environment, which is clearly changing rapidly. There are many reasons for these changes, including: (1) economics, fundamentally; (2) the legacy of Obama's administration, which did not have a correct reading on global variables, and failed, as the two rival political parties see it, to achieve the interests of the United States in intense contested international battles; and (3) the complicated global situations, proxy wars, and especially the issue of international terrorism which haunts the American elite and threatens its interests.
. . . 

"The arrival of Trump at the White House remains a possibility because of the American public’s severe mood and its anxiety to the extent of being phobic. Perhaps there is no better example of such phobia than that which caused the suffering of a United Arab Emirates’ citizen last week as he was arrested and humiliated for nothing more than wearing "Arab clothing"! This case exposes the phobias that have taken root within the general public. Similar incidents have occurred to innocent people simply due to their appearance or to Arab or Muslim names, incidents which have never even been reported by the media. The “deep state” is no longer capable of easily hiding its slide into paranoia of the other. This is a tune which Trump audiences love and which he plays for his voter base ad nauseam. Not far from this are the intense attacks against the Arab states, which still similarly carry messages of negativity and distortions and which further inflate ideas of the "evil" and the piousness of the Arab-Muslim world in the minds of American citizens!" . . .

Clinton White House thievery: true or false?

"An Internet meme claiming that Hillary Clinton was forced to return $200,000 worth of furniture, china and art she "stole" from the White House is based on a grain of truth."

Snopes says: mostly false

WHAT'S TRUE: The Clintons voluntarily returned or paid for some gifts due to dispute over whether they had been given to the Clintons personally or to the U.S.
WHAT'S FALSE: The Clintons were not "forced" to return any gifts, they were not found to have "stolen" any items, and the aggregate value of the objects in question was much less than $200,000.

"ORIGIN:In January 2001, former president Bill Clinton and former first lady Hillary Clinton disclosed that they had received $190,027 worth of gifts during 2000, the final year of their eight-year tenure in 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. According to the Washington Post, the Clintons took the booty with them when they moved out of the White House: 

Many of the gifts the Clintons are taking with them are from Hollywood figures, Democratic donors and a wide array of friends and associates, including his Georgetown University classmates.

Most of the gifts are artworks, flatware, furniture, china and rugs for a couple who for nearly two decades have not had a home of their own but now suddenly have two large houses, one in Northwest Washington, the other in Chappaqua, N.Y.

. . . "A statement from Clinton spokesman James E. Kennedy attempting to explain the flap proved less than enlightening:

A statement issued tonight by James E. Kennedy for Mr. Clinton's office said that all the chairs, tables, rugs and other furnishings taken for their homes in Washington and Chappaqua, N.Y., had been registered as personal gifts by the White House gift office.

''Every item accepted by the Clintons was identified by the White House gift office as a gift to them,'' the statement said, adding that the administrative staff at the White House had ''reviewed each of the items against the official list of White House property to ensure every gift was properly handled; none of these items was on that list.''

The park service handles permanent donations, officials said. Personal gifts to the president and his family are recorded separately through the White House gift office.

The statement offered no explanation for the apparent appearance of the gifts — which include sofas, a rug and a kitchen table with chairs — on both lists. Betty Monkman, the White House curator, did not respond to an interview request.

. . . "A House government reform subcommittee conducted a year-long investigation concluding in 2002 which found that many of the gifts received by the Clintons had been undervalued, some were never reported and some were listed as lost or missing. No allegations of illegality were made, but the subcommittee's report recommended that the existing, overly complex system for overseeing the receipt, valuation and disposition of presidential gifts be overhauled."

The Wrath of Khan

Then it turned out Trump's Muslim ban was a huge hit with actual voters. Hillary, who promises to quadruple the number of Syrian "refugees" we bring in, is quite far from winning "in a walk." 

Ann Coulter  "In order to shut down a debate they're losing, Democrats find victims to make their arguments for them, pre-empting counter-argument by droning on about the suffering of their victim-spokesperson. Alternative opinions must be preceded by proof that the speaker has "sacrificed" more than someone who lost a child, a husband, or whatever. 

"Khan's argument, delivered angrily and in a thick Pakistani accent at the DNC, is that "our" Constitution requires us to continue the nonstop importation of Muslims. 

"If the U.S. Constitution required us to admit more than 100,000 Muslims a year -- as we do -- we'd already be living in Pakistan, and Khan wouldn't have had to move to get that nice feeling of home. So the "argument" part of Khan's point is gibberish. " . . .

Newspaper rejects ad over the word "Christian"

“Considering how liberal this paper is...I take the apology with a grain of salt,” one reader wrote on Facebook.

Todd Starnes

"The owners of a Christian bookstore in Knoxville, Tennessee were dumbfounded after the News Sentinel rejected their ad because it included an offensive word – “Christian.”

"Lois McGinnis and her family own Cedar Springs Christian Store. They recently decided to close a second location of the store so they decided to place an ad in the classified section of the newspaper, which is owned by Gannett." . . .

One of Starnes' books.

"Mrs. McGinnis placed the ad on July 26. It was supposed to run on July 28. But when she opened up the newspaper – the ad was nowhere to be found.

"So Mrs. McGinnis phoned the newspaper and spoke with a classified ad employee.

“ 'She said our ad did not run because it contained an offensive word,” she told me. “I asked what that offensive word was and she said the offensive word was ‘Christian.’”

"She said the News Sentinel did not notify her in advance the ad had been rejected nor did they call to say they were refunding her money.

“ 'We had no way of knowing they considered the word ‘Christian’ offensive until we tried to place this ad,” she told me." . . .

Mike Adams: Give Peace a Chance

Mike Adams

"Yesterday, I received a letter from a reader urging me to show more grace and compassion towards Black Lives Matter (BLM) – a group I have sharply criticized in recent weeks. The reader claimed that the group is simply misguided and has merely “drifted off course” in its short three ­year existence. She specifically asked me to stop using my Twitter account to characterize them as “racist.” She finally ended her missive by asking “Where are all of the protestors of the 60s who could show them the error of their ways?” Such naïve historical ignorance is deserving of a column length response." . . .

. . . " By the end of the decade, the communists would kill two million people in Southeast Asia. And not a word of protest came from the “anti war” movement. So let me be as clear as I possibly can about three conclusions that inevitably flow from all of these events:" . . .

. . . "So where are the old “anti war” demonstrators now? And what is their relationship to the Black Lives Matter movement? I think you already know the answer but I’ll say it anyway: The 60s protestors joined the university faculties in masse and became lifetime radical anti-American activists with tenure."

 

Irony Illustrated

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