... Teachers Union Joining Up With Thug Al Sharpton’s Anti-Cop Rally ...

Jammie Wearing Fools 

"Needless to say, a lot of teachers are upset by their union aligning themselves with this racist punk.

This teachers union never learns.
The UFT plans to send busloads of protesters to the Rev. Al Sharpton’s anti-cop rally in Washington, DC, this weekend — despite the fury it sparked by co-sponsoring a similar march over the summer.
“We can’t stop them from supporting Al Sharpton and the anti-cop brigade. It’s the Useless Federation of Teachers,” one outraged teacher told The Post.
In August, scores of city teachers — including many married to NYPD cops — blasted the UFT on its own Facebook page for supporting a Sharpton-led demonstration on Staten Island.
In a rare labor rift, the head of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association also called UFT president Michael Mulgrew* “disgraceful” and accused Mulgrew of trying to “distract attention” from his failed leadership.
“How would he like it if police officers lined up with the activists who oppose his efforts to shield bad teachers and undermine effective charter schools?” Lynch said.
In an “Action Alert” posted on its Web site, the UFT strongly urges its members to attend Sharpton’s “Justice for All” march on Saturday, offering free rides on charter buses leaving at 6 a.m.
But the union didn’t do its homework, mistakenly saying it would march “with our colleagues at the NAACP,” which has no public affiliation with Sharpton’s protest.

Not the brightest bunch. No wonder parents would like some school choice, but the idiot de Blasio opposes that, just like the unions.

*Teachers union members call for UFT president Michael Mulgrew's resignation

 

 

"Disgruntled city teachers are calling for their union boss to resign over a decision to participate in the march that Rev. Al Sharpton is leading on Staten Island next Saturday to protest the death of Eric Garner."

 

UFT boss Mulgrew caught having sex with guidance counselor, scandal quashed: suit

Oops, sorry. How'd this post get in here, anyway?

Biden Lectured Ayaan Hirsi Ali On Islam

"Human Rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali fled the Netherlands  after years of threats from Muslim extremists. Hirsi Ali dared to speak out against radical Islam and the horrific treatment of women in the Muslim world."
Silly progressives don't know what a real war on women is like.

At a dinner in Washington, Biden attempted to correct her perspective on relationship between the Islamic State and Islam, saying, “ISIS had nothing to do with Islam.” When she pushed back, Biden said, “Let me tell you one or two things about Islam…”  Joe actually said that.
... "Looks like Ms. Ali was applying Proverbs 14:7: “Leave the presence of a fool, Or you will not discern words of knowledge.' ”

Truth Revolt

 

"In a recent interview with the Washington Examiner, human rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali discussed the “real war on women” being conducted by adherents to radical Islam and the need for the American left to acknowledge that reality. During the conversation, Hirsi Ali recalled a particularly telling encounter she had with Vice President Joe Biden in which he attempted to correct her on “one or two things about Islam."

"Hirsi Ali explained to the Examiner that in the left’s attempts to protect anyone they perceive as “victims of the white man,” they have failed to look honestly at the true war on women waged by radical Muslims."

“I politely left the conversation at that,” Hirsi Ali said. “I wasn’t used to arguing with vice presidents.”   Or fools.

 

The picture of Irony

Hat tip to John Curnutt, Oregon

CROmnibus: The $1 Trillion Betrayal

American Thinker  "Flush from an unprecedented nationwide GOP victory in this November’s elections, House and Senate GOP leadership determined that their essential first course of action should be to snatch defeat from its jaws. They have brought forth a spending bill for 2015 that gives President Obama almost everything he wants, while disenfranchising the very voters who delivered the GOP victory."...

Boehner allows 72 hours to read this:

The 1,603 Page Cromnibus

 

... "Well, since this monstrosity went public at around 8:30 Tuesday night, countless eyes have been poring over its provisions to make sure we don’t have to pass it to find out what’s in it. Following are some of the worst:" ...  Full article here.   General list of topics here:

1. Explanatory Statement  "Right from the start, the very first provision indicates this is a new animal."

2. Executive Amnesty Is Fully Funded

3. Full Funding for Obamacare

4. Millions More Muslim Refugees

5. Aid to Syrian Rebels

6. A Bunch More Objectionable Provisions

• EPA gets to keep on imposing “greenhouse gas” regulations that are strangling coal, while provisions reining in EPA were stripped from the bill.
• Provisions supporting gun rights were removed.

Each of the topics listed is discussed in detail at the link.

Dick Cheney vs. the Democrats

Senator Dianne Feinstein took the floor Tuesday to release a Democratic report ripping the CIA and the Bush Administration for torturing terrorists. She had the president's full backing. Congress was never shown the report because it's against U.S. government policy to negotiate with Republicans.  Argus Hamilton

Dick Cheney – New Report on CIA Deeply Flawed; “They didn’t bother to interview key people involved in the program.”

 

"Senator Mitch McConnell has characterized the new CIA report on “torture” as a last ditch effort by outgoing Democrats to stick their thumb in the eye of the George W. Bush administration and of course, he’s right.

"Where were all these Democrats when Obama was pulverizing suspected terrorists into dust with drones if they happened to be on his personal kill list? It’s convenient for Obama to kill terrorists with drones because they’re enemy combatants he’ll never have to place in Gitmo.

"Vice President Dick Cheney was interviewed by Bret Baier on FOX News Wednesday night and was asked about the highly partisan CIA “torture” report. He didn’t hold back:

NRO: Ignoring Risks to National Security   "The Feinstein report reflects the Democratic party’s contempt for U.S. intelligence agencies."

 

 

... "In the longer term, it could reveal secrets to our terrorist enemies and dry up sources of cooperation with other countries.

 

"But these effects will pale in comparison with the harm that Feinstein and her Democratic colleagues will do to our intelligence agencies. Their faithlessness will only discourage intelligence officers now, and in the future, to press the envelope to identify and stop future terrorist threats to the nation. We cannot blame CIA agents who will doubt the empty promises of support from politicians the next time that they are asked to risk their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to keep our nation safe. Combined with the Obama administration’s disheartening lack of support for the intelligence community, congressional attacks will only harm our security while threats to the nation are on the rise." ... Full article here.

 

DOJ not expected to initiate charges against CIA officers over torture report  ..."This means the Justice Department is standing by its earlier decision not to pursue criminal charges. Its investigators also reviewed the Committee's full report and did not find any new information that they had not previously considered in reaching their determination."   (Emphasis added)

California Democrat Rep. Speier Wants the CIA to Apologize for Depriving Murderous Terrorists of Sleep  "After throwing the good men and women of the CIA who serve and protect us under the bus, the Democrats now want them to apologize at a time when we are so precariously positioned in the world.

 

"Jackie Speier is leading the charge and wants the CIA to apologize to the murderous terrorists who plotted 9/11 and the consequent murder of almost 3,000 Americans."

As we apologize for the treatment we gave them. be sure to give them $1,000,000 for the beheaded body of James Foley

 Did I mention that Speier was a California Democrat?

More on Democrats here: Sen. Kirk: Senate staffers who released CIA torture report 'little zombies'   ... "He took aim squarely at the staffers of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who chairs the intelligence panel. "We may lose a couple of Americans in uniform on the front line in Afghanistan because of this incredible selfish act by Feinstein's staff," Kirk said." ...
I'm sure he meant it in a nice way.  Via Weasel Zippers

http://terrellaftermath.com/

Free Fire Zone- Torturing the CIA

Blackfive  "The White House is releasing the Senate report on the CIA's Enhanced Interrogation Techniques often mistakenly referred to as torture. The reason for this is pretty hard to fathom although I'll take a stab starting with hair shirt liberal guilt and the ongoing embarrassment of our Apologist in Chief preening about as if he occcupies some moral high ground.

"The sad thing is that the program worked, we caught terrorists, we saved lives and now all of that has been thrown away and we are stabbing the CIA in the back for doing what we asked of them. Have a watch as I point out the folly of all of this.
 

Al Qaeda Terrorist Wanted by FBI Crossed Back and Forth Into U.S. From Mexico

Judicial Watch  "The same Al Qaeda operative helped plan the 2009 bombing of talk-show superstar Oprah Winfrey’s Chicago studios and the iconic Sears Tower (renamed Willis Tower), a story that Judicial Watch broke just last week. His name is Adnan G. El Shukrijumah (also known as “Javier Robles”) and over the weekend he was killed in Pakistan, according to military officials in the Islamic republic."   Via Weasel Zippers

More here:
Infowars

Examiner.com: ...The Al-Qaeda operative, Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah was indicted in 2010 in the Eastern District of New York for his role in a terrorist plot to attack targets in the United States that included New York City’s subway system as well attacks in the United Kingdom. The law enforcement official informed Judicial Watch that the plot against New York City’s subway system was directed by senior Al Qaeda leadership in Pakistan and was also directly related to a scheme by Al Qaeda plotters in Pakistan to use Western operatives such as Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah, to attack targets in the United States."

 

Every breath matters

http://comicallyincorrect.com/2014/12/10/police-memorial/

Really, do you think Prof. Gruber's assessment regarding 50% of the American voters was all that wrong?

NBC Nightly News Breaks Silence on Jonathan Gruber 32 Days After First Video Surfaced

 

 

 

Jonathan Gruber and the Obamacare memory hole  ... "To some, Gruber's memory losses were nearly comical, but as the hearing progressed, Gruber also suffered a serious lapse on perhaps the key issue of the hearing: whether his views on Obamacare were shared by the Democratic lawmakers and staff who wrote the law, and by the members of the Obama administration who worked alongside them. Did any of those Democrats also believe it was necessary to pull the wool over the American people's eyes in order to pass Obamacare?" ...

 

Kerpen to Gruber: 'Thanks For Helping Us Destroy Sh*tty Law You Passed'  ..."Reactions were swift and captured by Twitchy.com. Kerpen was called a "hero," a "baller," a "boss." But saving the best for last, @DonnyFerguson said, "Chuck Norris wears a Phil @Kerpen T-shirt."

"Kerpen has since remained vigilant on Twitter, exposing the lies uttered in Gruber's testimony, specifically honing in on Gruber's lie that Obamacare mandates are not taxes. Using a photo of an actual Gruber textbook, Kerpen pointed out the disparity:

 

 

Pushback on the Democrat Interrogation Report; a Reading List for You

NRO: The Democrats’ ‘Torture Report’ Is a Dangerous, Partisan Mess
... "America has never fought a war perfectly, and it never will. But the history of our arms and government in war is largely one of courage and honor, and this war is no exception. The “torture report” should not stain America, but it should stain those who twist reality for their own partisan ends — without sufficient regard for innocent American lives or the innocent lives of our friends and allies."
Also at NRO:
The Feinstein report reflects the Democratic party’s contempt for U.S. intelligence agencies.
"Led by Senator Dianne Feinstein and conducted only by Democrats, the partisan investigation in the short term could provoke retaliation against Americans."
Torturing the Truth  ..."But a full and fair accounting of such policies wasn’t what committee chairman Dianne Feinstein and other Democrats set out for. Republicans on the committee soon realized this and quit the effort. It’s simply impossible to conduct a fair investigation without interviewing its subjects, and Senate Democrats did not do so. " ... 

Blitzer to Feinstein: ‘I Assume You Would Feel Guilty’ if Americans are Killed Because of CIA Report
 

 

“ 'I would feel very badly, of course. I mean what do you think, Wolf Blitzer?” Feinstein shot back."

...

"When pressed on CIA Director John Brennan’s response to the report — he asserted in a statement that “the intelligence gained from the program was critical to our understanding of al Qaeda and continues to inform our counterterrorism efforts to this day” — Feinstein said “an examination of the records going back to the beginning of the program indicates that this is simply not true.' ”...

Stephen F. Hayes: The Truth About Interrogation  ... "Now, for the first time, one of the lead interrogators is attempting to tell the other side of the story. Writing under the pseudonym Jason Beale, he has produced a provocative 39-page document in an effort to counter the narrative pushed by Democrats and amplified by journalists eager to discredit the program. The document—which Beale says was reviewed, redacted, and cleared by a U.S. government agency—does not reveal Beale’s precise role in the program." ...
 

Torcher

 

 

" Democrats on the Senate intelligence committee put America's citizens, interests, and allies at risk yesterday with their release of a report about CIA interrogation techniques used post-9/11. Techniques which B. Hussein Obama (who enthusiastically endorsed the release of the report, whatever the negative consequences) gleefully calls torture." ...
 

 

Will Islamic State Wring its Hands Over Torture? Not Likely   ... "I don't know how many of you have watched those videos. I haven't. I've seen one, years ago, the beheading of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, and that was enough. A friend who'd spent time in the special forces told me it was important to watch it, in order to fully comprehend the cruelty of al-Qaida." ...

 

What Interrogation Tactics Would You Not Try?  ... "Now, put yourself in the shoes of the CIA director, or of the interrogator in the field.

"If you thought you had even a small chance of stopping another attack, what “enhanced” tactics would you not try?
"What moral code would impede you from your utmost exertion to quench the flame…to catch the falling man?
"Damn them in hindsight, if you will.
"I cannot.
"In their best efforts, I hear the whisper of angel wings.

CIA Torture Report May Set Off Global Prosecutions   "The release of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on the CIA’s secret prisons roiled Washington Tuesday, but its real impact could be felt in courtrooms across the globe in the months and years to come.

"Attorneys for human rights organizations are now poring over the 525-page declassified summary of the Senate majority report to find new material that could revive long-dormant and failed civil and criminal lawsuits on behalf of those detained by the Central Intelligence Agency." ... 

On the Democrat Interrogation Report: An Interrogator Breaks His Silence

STEPHEN F. HAYES  "What follows is the document written by Jason Beale -- a pseudonym for a longtime U.S. military and intelligence interrogator with extensive knowledge of the enhanced interrogation techniques used by the CIA on some high-value detainees. Those techniques are scrutinized a forthcoming report prepared by the Democratic staff of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Beale would not confirm to THE WEEKLY STANDARD that he worked in that program, but others with knowledge of the program and its personnel tell TWS that he served as a senior interrogator beginning in 2004.

 

"Beale tells TWS that his document was reviewed, redacted, and cleared by a U.S. government agency. A CIA spokesman would not confirm that the CIA was the agency in question. Beale says he made minor edits for grammar and flow after the document was cleared.

 

Beale is on Twitter at @jabeale.  An Interrogator Breaks His Silence

 

An Interrogator Breaks His Silence

LET’S TALK ABOUT ERIC GARNER

 

Neal Boortz (Entire article here):
         Somebody damned sure should have been indicted in this one, though maybe not the police officers involved.
            Some background .. then I’ll flesh out my insensitive thoughts.
            Background .. On Staten Island the tax on one package of cigarettes is $5.85.  That means a thirty-cents tax on every one of the 20 cigarettes in a pack.  (There are 20 cigarettes, right?  I’ve never bought a pack, so I don’t know).  The tax on a carton of cigarettes would be $58.50.  The actual price for a pack of ciggys in New York City, and that includes Staten Island, is over $15.  A carton would be nearly $150.00.
            Now just who is buying these cigarettes and paying these taxes?  The poor, that’s who.  Studies show that the only group in the country where smoking is not on the decline is the poor.  The poorest among us – those making $13,000 or less, spend 26% of their income on tobacco.  Idiots.  But it makes sense.  You have to be pretty damned ignorant to smoke, and ditto for being poor.  I’ll cut some slack for physical or mental disasters .. but it’s so easy to avoid poverty in this country you really have to be a dumb mass to end up on the dole.
            Here’s what we have then.  New York state puts a huge tax on cigarettes, and New York City tops that tax with another $1.60 or so.  So at over $15 a pack you’re not going to find many poor people buying their pack of Camels.  What do they do?  They go out on the street and buy cigarettes one at a time from people like Eric Garner.
            The brilliant politicians want us to believe that they put this tax on cigarettes to make them unaffordable so people would quit smoking.  HorseObama.  It’s all about tax revenue.  And when people like Eric Garner go out there and fill a marketplace demand for single cigarettes the government loses tax revenue; and governments don’t like to lose tax revenue.

            Eric Garner was not depriving any person of life, liberty or property.  He was violating nobody’s rights.  He presented no threat to anyone.  He was engaged in free enterprise – at a base level, but free enterprise nonetheless.  The police are trying to say that he was harassing people on the sidewalk.  Seems kinda flimsy to me.  All they had to do was tell him to move on --- but noooooo.  Eric was costing the state money, and this could not be allowed to stand; so he died.  Not intentionally, but he died nonetheless.
            Never forget the one power that government has which you do not.  The government can use force, deadly force, to accomplish its goals.  In this case the goal was for tax revenue .. tax revenue from the pathetic habits of the poor.  When Eric Garner is found selling single cigarettes … which for some odd reason is illegal … he had to be stopped.  Well, they sure stopped him.
            But like I said … someone should have been indicted.  The cop(s)?  Perhaps.  But I’m thinking of the politicians who put this absurd punishing tax on cigarettes in the first place.  They knew what would happen.  New York is surrounded by states with a lower tax rate on cigarettes, so they knew smuggling and resale would be an issue.  No problem though.  They had the cops.  And they had to lawful right to order those cops to use force to make sure that by God those taxes were collected.  And Eric Garner is dead.  Find the right politician and indict them.  Let them explain why a father had do die so they could collect their taxes.