Was hosted earlier this evening by a Dem who adores Brendan Boyle and we had a “healthy exchange of ideas” regarding Corbett vs. Wolf; I feel Corbett can benefit from a perfect-storm if and only if he [1]—ties Wolf to BHO; [2]—holds an “endless” press conference regarding Sandusky; and [3]—prods the legislature successfully to enact legislation tackling both the Pension-Bomb and the State-Stores [with the potential to enact Paycheck Protection]. He can then run on competence [scandal-free, etc.] and attempt to educate the voters regarding, for example, his having increased education expenditures annually [which emerges when one deducts the one-year “Stimulus” funds]. I have my own problems with Corbett [Highmark consolidation; Comcast “corporate welfare”; Corbett’s inability to “connect”; etc.], but compare/contrast policies…and the 20%-gap will narrow [notwithstanding PR-spin, ads, etc.]. The impending tug-of-war has been summarized [Senate Democrats Try to Pull Focus from Obamacare]; for Republicans, it's all about tying Dems to Obama [as enablers], especially to a health care law that remains unpopular with many Americans whereas, for Dems, the election is about just about anything else, especially if they can steer attention away from Washington and federal matters. {Also, note that Interest groups' lobbying tally tops $500M in PA; “in my spare time,” I will attempt to discern all those who relate with Mr. Hank Butler—in addition to the Jewish Federation—to “educate” them as to his credibility.}

I recognize that AG-Kane screwed-up the release of the Sandusky report [and the “latest” is that AG Kane: hasn't pursued “Philly Inq defamation” matter further and is no longer represented by Sprague], but anyone who reads the report will have to wonder why only three people were working the case part-time during 2010, and a complete review of all the Second Mile kids wasn’t initiated until 2011. In-fact, AG-Kane didn’t need to try to suggest “damages” ensued during the alleged-delay in 2010 [the 2 kids] because, just like the decision not to rescue the guys during BenghaziGate, one can’t decide ahead-of-time whether delay will yield an additional tangible harm; one must act forthrightly when [1]—government employees are under-attack, and [2]—when a perp is loose. And if this loose-end continues to dangle, the “Tom killed JoePa” mantra will be invoked [perhaps by a Dem Super-PAC], resonating among PSU-grads/employees. Indeed, this is a bipartisan issue, notwithstanding the filing of litigation [NCAA]. Finally, Penn State may have shed the Sandusky slump, but the Paterno legend is forever….

There is a YouTube channel for the Philadelphia of memory

BHO appears to be flailing as, for example, Obama’s talk about fighting income inequality has grown quiet as his focus [after polling the issue] is shifting towards focusing on the middle-class, perhaps due to a split among Dems; regardless of his claims that employment is higher, 14 Million More people are on Food Stamps Under Obama. The atmospherics surrounding his activities have been summarized by Peggy Noonan [who is not a TEA-Party Movement adherent] in her recent essay [The Daydream and the Nightmare] in which she concluded Obama isn't doing his job because he's waiting for history to recognize his greatness; the entire article should be scrutinized; it concludes: “It is weird to have a president who has given up. So many young journalists diligently covering this White House, especially those for whom it is their first, think what they're seeing is normal. It is not. It is unprecedented and deeply strange. And, because the world is watching and calculating, unbelievably dangerous.” They can dismiss Rush Limbaugh’s parody [‘Barack HusseinKardashian’], but it is c/w the depiction of his priorities in this piece. And, noting events overseas, BHO is now increasingly recognized as being “dangerous” [notwithstanding “BHO’s Scandal-Sheet” which continues to fester. Although quoting Hollywood is often dangerous, one recalls Eastwood’s single-chair performance two years ago when one listens to Steven

Seagal’s brief comments at the Western Conservative Conference [“Never in my life did I ever believe that our country would be taken over by people like the people who are running it at this day].

It is not surprising that the LA-Times reviewed the SCOTUS season without noting how many times BHO was rebuked for his Executive Orders [unanimously], nor is it shocking that Politico’s summary-piece failed to observe the absence of this reference:

The high court's long game: Under Roberts, justices take the law in small, steady steps on a conservative path. Many of its decisions appear modest, and the justices themselves downplayed them as narrow and tightly targeted. But they also set the stage for broader rulings, and liberals voiced concern about their long-term impact. Many rely on well-established rights, such as freedom of speech and free exercise of religion, but extend those rights for the first time to corporations, wealthy donors and conservatives who bristle at what they view as liberal government mandates, from paying union fees to offering birth control to female workers. Four of the most significant rulings - on campaign finance, public prayer, religious freedom and union fees - yielded the same 5-4 split. They pitted the Republican appointees, Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Anthony M. Kennedy and Samuel A. Alito Jr., against the dissenting Democratic appointees, Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan

OBAMA IS WEIGHING STEPS TO COVER CONTRACEPTION, AFTER 2 COURT SETBACKS, prompting a backlash [FIORINA: DEM'S 'SHAMELESS' 'BASELESS' WAR ON WOMEN 'PROPAGANDA']; amazingly, the left-wing online publication Vox finds the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Hobby Lobby case to be part of a “deeper trend” in a nation that has made an “unprecedented” turn to a pro-life stance. Regardless, I liked the Hobby-Lobby decision [“I’m multiple-choice, and I liked the way the SCOTUS honored private religious beliefs, using the “corporation” as a “person” just as it did in Citizens-United; remember, this wasn’t even a constitutional question, for the decision was totally based on existing statute.”]. This was written in response to a prior “Blast” e-mail:

Re the comment: “The Court held that the government could provide coverage for contraceptives and abortifacients without forcing Americans, like the Christian family that owns Hobby Lobby, to violate their sincerely held religious beliefs.” The court overstepped its power when it approved Hobby Lobby to not insure abortifacients. All five approving Justices are deceptive Roman Catholics, who used their Catholic backgrounds to waive approval of abortifacients by Hobby; these are not objective people, for it’s wishful thinking to think that Catholics can waive their Catholicism. Sixteen years of Catholic Education inform my knowledge of the depth of and the danger of Catholicism, for Catholics are almost impossible to convince about the need for abortion.

It took them from 1633 until 1990 [357 years] to accept Galileo's idea that the earth orbits the sun; he was given a life sentence by his traitor/friend Pope Bellermine and imprisoned in his own home until his death. [There is a Catholic Church in Warrington, PA named after Bellermine, who the Catholics revere as a saint.] My conclusion is Catholics will be even harder to convince about the need for abortion then they were about heliocentricity; of course, I’m pro-abortion because a fetus is not a baby any more than an adult is a corpse. The use of “Religious Belief’s” is purposely deceptive. Regarding opposition to abortion it should be specific and say “Catholic Beliefs.” These are some of my ideas; as Groucho said: “if you don’t like them, I have more.”

Today’s spate of hyperlinks regarding Illegals suggests the citizenry may be driven [finally!] to pick-up pitchforks and protest big-government [Clash in California; 'Viva La Raza'; BOIL; PROTESTERS WON'T BACK DOWN; TENSE STANDOFF; Militia group heading to Texas border; RESIDENTS REVOLT: MIGRANT BUSES FACE RESISTANCE; Some on right push to impeach]; indeed, the Feds are to Bring in Riot Squad Against Illegal Immigration Protesters, ironically focused on accommodating the Illegals instead of using troops to secure the border [Rick Perry: Obama 'Doesn’t Particularly Care' Whether Border Is Secure; Rick Perry: Use Drones at Border to Deter Illegals]. Communities are being flooded [300,000 ILLEGALS TO HOMES IN USA; City Leaders Shut Out Of Planning To Shelter Illegals; Many schools in Charlotte NC now majority immigrant; Interactive map: Government effort to relocate illegals; Wave of illegals risks turning USA into Third World country] because BHO is welcoming them [President pushes amnesty at naturalization ceremony; 'We have to do right by the children'; Border Protection Chief: 'These Are Not Dangerous Individuals'; OBAMA ADMIN: ILLEGALS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA 'NOT DANGEROUS'; PRESIDENT: DON’T MAKE IT ‘HARDER FOR THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST TO COME HERE’]. {Also noted: there are ISIS ties to Mexican drug lords and a Rancher Discovered $2M Pot Farm on Land.}

The media remain pro-BHO [MEDIA CALLS ILLEGALS 'REFUGEES'; Daily Beast Suddenly Discovers Immigration Crisis] and, despite BHO’s efforts [FEDS THREATEN JOURNALIST WITH PRISON], others are reporting dire current living-conditions [DOCTOR SPEAKS OUT AGAINST FEDS SILENCING MEDICAL STAFF ON BORDER Agent Contracts Scabies].

Remarkable in this regard is a piece [Heartless vs. brainless] by a lib-columnist [Stu Bykofsky, Philly Daily News] who claimed BHO didn’t “solely or deliberately” cause this crisis [documented to be untrue, vide infra] because he stumbled upon the solution: “If we do not send them back, the lies they have been told become the truth and we will allow lies to create our policy.”

They are being predictably supported by activists [Activist distributes flashlights to border crossers; Activist from Family of Illegals: It's 'Inhumane' to Protest Amnesty; 'F**K AMERICA': PRO-AMNESTY CROWD BURNS FLAG; 6 ARRESTED]. {Also noted: Obama Look-Alike Killed in Ad.}

The blame-game continues [GOP Says Border Crisis is Obama’s Fault; Democrats Blame Violence and

Poverty]; more to the point are focused accusations against BHO’s having planned this debacle [Goodlatte: Border Crisis ‘Disaster of President Obama’s Own Making’; Congressman Says USA Government ‘Causing Human Trafficking’; Dem. Rep. on Border Crisis: Obama 'One Step Behind,' Knew Last Year US Incentives Luring Illegals]. BHO is planning a TX Trip [Three Fundraisers] but the DHS SECRETARY said OBAMA is NOT GOING TO BORDER because 'HE CAN'T BE EVERY PLACE.' It may be recalled that Obama said, in 2011, that his Bypassing Congress and Changing Immigration Law is Not How a Democracy Works; true to form, despite what is happening, the NYT URGED OBAMA TO 'GO BIG' ON EXECUTIVE ACTIONS FOR AMNESTY, adding that it is UGLY FOR AMERICANS AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION TO WAVE AMERICAN FLAGS AND CHANT 'USA.'

Through it all, deportations are declining ['Homeland Security' is Not Sure On Deportations; DHS Secretary Johnson gives no clear answers on whether illegal immigrant children will be deported; Backlash stirs against foreign worker visas; Advocates, Mom Hopeful About Delayed Deportation; Obama Deporting Fewer DREAMers Even After Surge of Illegals].

Many short-term solutions have been proffered [e.g., Sheriff Joe: Withhold Foreign Aid to Mexico], but a more durable outcome would be recognition that the Fourteenth Amendment Empowers Congress to End Birthright Citizenship [If an illegal alien has a child on American soil, the Constitution does not require the child be granted American citizenship. Congress can give citizenship to anyone it wants, but the Fourteenth Amendment only commands citizenship to persons born on U.S. soil to parents who are not citizens of a foreign country.] This is particularly relevant, noting the attraction of anchor-babies [Mothers crossing at alarming rate; 'Alarming' Number Of Immigrant Moms Bringing Children Across Border Into Texas].

Meanwhile, racial-politics abound, both in America [Journo: Opposition to Taxes and Spending Is Racist; STUDENTS JOINING BATTLE TO UPEND VOTER ID by claiming Age-Discrimination exists in North Carolina; Hispanic Growth Not Turning Texas Blue as Expected] and worldwide [Zimbabwe's Mugabe: 'We Say No to Whites Owning Our Land'].

The new docudrama America, a robust defense of this country against far-left icons like Noam Chomsky, exploded at the box office on Independence Day; DINESH D'SOUZA is being interviewed extensively, such as when he debated with MICHAEL ERIC DYSON regarding LEFT-WING CRITIQUES OF AMERICA. This reflects a greater interest in Getting the facts straight about the Founding Fathers as Americans are questioning their future [PAPER: 1 in 8 Households Living 'American Dream' and SURVEY: JUST 28% SAY USA #1]. A real-life manifestation of this trenchant concern is that a university-president feels a law-requiring-studying the constitution is archaic; this essay should be read in its entirety because it both captures his rationale and explains why it is bogus; it is this type of concern that animated efforts to mandate Holocaust education, for voluntarism does not suffice in vital areas of study.

Some claim such erosion is based on culture-wars [BERKELEY APPROVES FREE POT FOR LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS and People Are Not Born Gay, Affirmed Royal College of Psychiatrists]; others claim those who allegedly disseminate such data are biased. For example, while the lefties sneer at The Impact of the Aging Viewership on Bill O’Reilly and Fox News, even the NY-Times, after having evaluated the same data, noted Fox Viewers May Be Graying, but Their Passion Still Pays.

In no context is this issue more controversial than as it relates to gun-laws; c/w the view that it is the individual who commits the crime are concerns regarding the numerous ways it is manifest [Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Aid Terrorists and Independence Day No Respite From Chicago Violence: 3 Dead, 37 Wounded]; yet, States look to gun seizure law after mass killings [and radical-lefty-teacher-whined-that-fireworks-are-too-much-like-pretend-war]. When self-defense reports abound [Police: Homeowner in Wheelchair Shoots, Kills Home Intruder] and popular-opinion against gun-restrictions [MSNBC Shocked: Nearly 90% of Americans Support Constitutional Carry], the answer lies in Federalist 46, which notes that Americans are Exceptional Because we are Armed [if we want to be].

Other domestic issues require updates [What We Need Instead of Common Core; POLITICO: EVEN LIBERALS WANT THIS OBAMACARE MANDATE REPEALED; SNOWDEN STRIKES AGAIN: Ordinary Web users far outnumber foreign targets in conversations intercepted by NSA...160,000 e-mail and instant-message conversations]. And economics remains controversial [Memo to Krugman: Unchecked Liberalism Creates Economic Mayhem; Bloomberg Op-Ed Compares Austrian Economics to 'Brain-Worms'; BRICs Morphing Into Anti-Dollar Alliance; Beijing, Seoul agree to direct trade in national currencies]; the latter item again reflects the fact that, under BHO, the “dollar” is not the universal currency-of-record worldwide.

Two scientific issues have been raised regarding Climate Change; on the one hand, RECORD GROWTH IN ANTARCTIC SEA ICE CONTINUES [reassuring, noting prior bogus attacks citing the greenhouse effect] but, on the other hand, in oklahoma, it has been averred that earthquakes are caused by fracking. {Levity: 20-signs-you’re-succeeding-life-even-you-don’t-feel-you-are; The best way to lose weight is to consume a diet filled with protein [fish, eggs and meat]; and 3-Year-Old Gave The Cutest Wedding Toast To Her Aunt And Uncle.} Political conflict abounds within the GOP, as SEN PAT ROBERTS STRUGGLED TO EXPLAIN WHY HE DOESN’T LIVE IN KANSAS; one can depend upon the Media to downplay the TEA Party Movement, such as when CNN’s John King concluded there is no huge an anti-incumbent wave affecting primary voters. He cited at-most three incumbents with tough primary challenges [Tennessee and Michigan], but he failed to explain that the former constitutes an attack on Lamar Alexander that is comparable to that against Thad Cochran, and that the latter constitutes an attack by the GOP-Establishment on Justin Amash [a first-termer who has mirrored comments by the likes of Sen. Ted Cruz]. {Also, some claim the SENATE MAJORITY COULD REST ON THE FATE OF THE SAGE GROUSE.}

“Senate Conservatives” wish to Remind the electorate as to what happened in Mississippi.

We must remember that the establishment urged Cochran to run against McDaniel even though Cochran wanted to retire.

We must remember that the establishment opposed McDaniel even though Cochran had been in Washington for 41 years and had voted for wasteful spending, more debt, and higher taxes.

We must remember that the establishment opposed McDaniel even though, according

to RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, McDaniel would win the seat for Republicans in November.

We must remember that Haley Barbour got the gun-grabbing Michael Bloomberg to donate $250,000 to help defeat McDaniel.

We must remember that the establishment funded race-baiting calls to black voters urging them to "say no to the Tea Party and their disrespectful treatment of the first African-American president."

We must remember that the establishment funded race-baiting flyers saying that McDaniel wanted to return Mississippi to a “bygone era of intimidating black Mississippians from voting.”

We must remember that the establishment funded race-baiting radio ads that

claimed McDaniel had connections to the Ku Klux Klan and that McDaniel had a "racist agenda" that could cause black voters to "lose food stamps, housing assistance, student loans, early breakfast and lunch programs, and disaster assistance."

We must remember that the establishment funded efforts that led to widespread claims of payoffs and voter fraud that threw the results of the election into serious doubt.

We must remember that Mitch McConnell (R-KY) -- who vowed to "crush" conservatives "everywhere" -- raised over $800,000 from Washington, DC lobbyists and other GOP senators to help pay for Cochran's attacks against McDaniel.

We must remember that the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) continued to oppose McDaniel after he won the most Republican votes in the primary, and then spent $175,000 of party money to defeat McDaniel in the runoff.

The establishment showed us in Mississippi that they're willing to betray their own voters and tear the GOP apart to hold on to power.

POTUS-’16 controversy is increasing among Dems, as a British Reporter Called-Out Hillary noting that, during her Tenure, America's Approval Ratings Plummeted. Almost comically, Hillary’s Speaking Fees are Potentially a Huge Tax Deduction; note that, the more she “digs,” the more trouble she encounters:

Trying to quell a controversy over a $225,000 speaking fee at UNLV, Hillary Clinton told ABC News that all her speaking fees from colleges were "donated" to the family's Clinton Foundation. [It naturally didn't occur to ABC News to ask whether Hillary deducted this "pass-through" from her taxes, as would likely be legal under the tax code.]

In a related matter, POTENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ELIZABETH WARREN IS AT THE CENTER OF CFPB SCANDAL; indeed, Obama Has reportedly promised Elizabeth Warren His Support Against Hillary Clinton In 2016, perhaps channeling the view of Politico's Haberman when she noted Warren is Helping Dems while Clinton is Helping Herself [in more ways than one].

In Israel, as Rockets are Raining Down on Southern Israel, BB is attempting to quell both efforts to “raise the temperature” along the Gaza Strip [although Arlene Kushner decries this ‘quiet for quiet’ policy], and fierce clashes in Jerusalem that revive fears of intifada [Palestinians say teen burned alive; Protests spread; Jews attacked in Israeli Arab town]; the False Equivalency in Israeli/Palestinian Murders Threatens a Bloodbath of Jews, as BB demanded the PA chase-down the murderers of the three teens just like Israel did expeditiously regarding the one teen. In general, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s has had a Steady Hand Amid Middle East Chaos; nevertheless, the State Dept Rebuked Israel for Arrest of American [who had been rioting and who was released to house-arrest]. {Also, note a Muslim Taxi Driver Murdered a 19-Year-Old Israeli Teen Girl in Terrorist Attack.}

Israel-Palestine Peace Envoy Martin Indyk [a super-lib] said Talks 'Broke Down' When 'Abbas Shut Down' during his interview with The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg [a lib]; the former U.S. envoy to the Israel-Palestinian peace process claimed there were many reasons the talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaderships failed, not least of which was the fact that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was never seriously interested in reaching an agreement.

Media-voices cite data when they are pro-Israel [Chloe Valdary at Memphis Friends of Israel andDaniel Mael Debates Anti-Israel Crowd on BBC], but they speak in generalities when they are anti-Israel [Professor Daniel Kurtzer on US-Israel Relationship; Ben-Ami on J Street's Close Cooperation with Obama White House; and NYU Anti-Israel Students: "Zionist State? Tear it down!"].

Worldwide, America’s credibility in the world is at risk due to Obama’s failure to keep U.S. commitments to protect Iranian dissidents, a distinguished bipartisan group of top foreign policy and military leaders declared in a letter to the White House. It is gratifying to note good-news [comparable to al-Sisi replacing Morsi] that More than 60 Women, Girls Escape Islamist Abductors in Nigeria and that Putin is being stopped [Ukraine Recaptured Pivotal Eastern City of Sloviansk from Pro-Russian Rebels and Ukraine Claimed Winning Ground in Rebellious East]. In general, BHO has implemented "a foreign policy of weakness and disengagement from the world."

In Iraq, when Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi addressed Muslims, IRAQ DISPUTED THE AUTHENTICITY OF VIDEO SHOWING ISLAMIC STATE LEADER CALLING FOR 'JIHAD' but it’s clear he is Alive after death rumors. Suddenly, despite the fact that my ghost-written essays that “channeled” views of Dr. Sherkoh Abbas had been ignored for a half-decade, the issue is now out-there; Kurds Debate Whether to Push for Independence. [Kurdish representatives seemed unwilling to move back to the “pre-June 9” Iraqi governing structure that entails taking orders from Baghdad. A Kurdish representative said after a meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington Wednesday, “we are not ready to go back to pre-June 9,” when ISIS began its blitzkrieg-like campaign throughout Iraq.] {Also note there is a New border risk: ISIS ties to Mexican drug lords.}

Sir Nicholas Winton rescued 669 Jewish children before the Nazi invasion and told no one; Sir Nicholas George Winton, MBE is a British humanitarian who organized the rescue of 669 mostly Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Second World War, in an operation later known as the Czech Kindertransport.

In response to the announcement of an Islamist State and the fact that the Islamic State 'Expelled Thousands in East Syria,' the Iraqi Shiite Militia Leader Defied ISIS: We Are Prepared to Target the Enemy on Its Own Turf. Overall, Power Struggles in Middle East Exploit Islam's Ancient Split. Yet, no “inevitability” argument can be used to justify the complete disintegration of American policy, for the same argument could be employed were Israel to be nuked-away by Iran [via proxies].

This is inherent in two entries in this week’s ECONOMIST.

The cover: "The tragedy of the Arabs: A poisoned history ... A civilization that used to lead the world is in ruins-and only the locals can rebuild it": "A THOUSAND years ago, the great cities of Baghdad, Damascus and Cairo took turns to race ahead of the Western world. Islam and innovation were twins. The various Arab caliphates were dynamic superpowers-beacons of learning, tolerance and trade. Yet today the Arabs are in a wretched state. Even as Asia, Latin America and Africa advance, the Middle East is held back by despotism and convulsed by war.

The editorial: "Hopes soared three years ago, when a wave of unrest across the region led to the overthrow of four dictators-in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen-and to a clamor for change elsewhere, notably in Syria. But the Arab spring's fruit has rotted into renewed autocracy and war. Both engender misery and fanaticism that today threaten the wider world. Why Arab countries have so miserably failed to create democracy, happiness or (aside from the windfall of oil) wealth for their 350m people is one of the great questions of our time. What makes Arab society susceptible to vile regimes and fanatics bent on destroying them (and their perceived allies in the West)? ... [R]eligious extremism is a conduit for misery, not its fundamental cause. While Islamic democracies elsewhere (such as Indonesia) ... are doing fine, in the Arab world the very fabric of the state is weak. ... [T]he outlook is bloody. But ultimately fanatics devour themselves. ... Pluralism, education, open markets: these were once Arab values and they could be so again.

These are today’s articles by pamela geller:

o British Islamic State fighter al-Britani threatens executions in Trafalgar Square o Fresh Jihad Attacks in Kenya Kill 29, Tourist Shot Dead in Cold Blood o VIDEO: #Savages “Palestinian” Muslims destroy the Jerusalem Light Rail o All 294 US diplomatic outposts on high alert over threats from Islamic State o VIDEO: Bus Terror, “Palestinian” Muslims Ambush Bus in Israel o 5 Saudis killed after Al Qaida seizes Border Guards’ vehicle near Yemen o Israel: US Muslim Who Attacked, Stoned Police During Riots Alleges He Was Beaten in Israeli

Custody; Obama Springs into Action o UK Government freezes the assets of 25 Muslims and 26 Islamic charities linked to jihad groups

o Islamic State Threatens Holocaust Against Jews o Islamic State issues passport from “State of the Islamic Caliphate” o UK: Muslim Businessman Gets 8 Years For Grooming and Sexually Abusing 12-Year-Old Girl