During the past few hours additional info has been acquired that supports prior conclusions supporting the view that it is not necessary to continue to ldquoreinvent the wheelrdquo regarding conclusions that have been ldquobeaten to deathrdquo [such as the dangers inherent in both ObamaDonrsquotCare and Common Core] therefore it is hoped that enhanced ldquofocusrdquo will allow Shakespearersquos aphorism to become dominant [ldquobrevity is the soul of witrdquo] As a result this ldquoBlastrdquo e-mail is ldquolongrdquo on self-explanatory headlines on myriad topics that are often unnerving [that often prove to be numbing] and ldquoshortrdquo on fresh editorial-comment [such as an update on ldquoPersonal Prioritiesrdquo] The structure thereof is intended to depict the current status of myriad concerns encompassing those that have been rectified as personal priorities and those that remain ldquochallengesrdquo in the wake of BHOrsquos dangerous ways and unfortunate ldquoachievementsrdquo Of course everyone who reads of these plans is invited to partake to critique or otherwise to engage also watch Dinesh DrsquoSouza explain why BHOHillary are radical-lefties

Personal Priorities Regarding passage of the [delayed] Mandate to teach students about the Holocaust in PA The Jewish Chronicle just published an essay [ldquoSimplest most important lesson of the Holocaust is missingrdquo] that captures the essence of what transpired I just submitted a [six-part] letter-to-the-editor that elaborates on its themes based upon the experience of myself [and Rhonda Fink-Whitman and Chuck Feldman] when advocating for a bill with ldquoteethrdquo That we had to contend aggressively with lobbyists representing the Pennsylvania Jewish Coalition has not been forgotten and I will attempt to ldquoeducaterdquo all clients of Mr Hank Butler [in my spare-time] of the deceit evinced by this lobbyist during the past frac12-year Candidly I anticipate I will absent myself from implementation efforts only ensuring that the process encompasses my two colleagues for their being at-the-table [andor their designees] will ensure that no one hijacks this effort to pursue a disparate ldquoagendardquo [eg ldquoIsrael is an Apartheid State because of its oppression of Palestinian Arabsrdquo would be excluded whereas the slaughter of Christians by Islamists would become a prominent portion of this Unit (ldquoHolocaust Genocide and Human Rights Violationsrdquo)]

A FEW WORDS FROM THE VISIONARY STEVEN WRIGHT and Steven Wright Brainy Quotes Regarding the effort to create a chapter of ldquoLog Cabin Republicansrdquo encompassing PA it is anticipated that the input of Rep Mike Vereb will provide guidance as to how best to jump-start this initiative in MontCo so as to accommodate all Pennsylvanians and anyone who wishes to be included beneath this enlarged ldquotentrdquo [you need not be LGBTQ for Irsquom simply a ldquosupporterrdquo] is cordially invited to contact us [me] so that we can ldquostrategize togetherrdquo We seek an influx of potential-members and their locales may end-up determining how the initial structure is formulated [chapters andor sub-chapters] Also note that Gay Republican Carl DeMaio is Spending $12 Million on TV Time to Unseat San Diego Democrat freshman Rep Scott Peters in Californias 52nd Congressional District Regarding Corbettrsquos re-election effort Irsquom thrilled the ldquobattle has been joinedrdquo as I noted on the PoliticsPA website one can monitor headlines the Keystone Report website for updates on the reaction to the course chosen regarding the budget [consistent with my expressed-desire to Rep Vereb who sports a leadership role within the House-GOP caucus] the onslaught has begun [GRAND OLD INTRAPARTY WARRING Corbett GOP leaders at odds on pensions line-item vetoes LEGISLATORS NOT RUSHING BACK TO HARRISBURG DESPITE CORBETTS REQUEST Corbett vetoes set stage for showdown Scarnatis chief ball is in the Houses court Turzai last week I invite Governor Corbett to get us the remaining votes because he has the capital as governor to get it done TURZAI CALLS ON CORBETT TO TAKE ON PENSION REFORM LIQUOR STORE PRIVATIZATION Turzai Gov has NOT used his bully pulpit to get pension reformn votes Senate GOP leaders We are disappointed that the Governor has not to

date been able to work effectively with the Republican majorities Corbett said some lawmakers hold grudge for investigations as Atty Gen Will PA legislators return to work on pension reform Rep Brad Roae (R) welcoming special session veto a good first step Gov Corbetts budget standoff illustrates GOP divide in PA politics Corbett still pressing for pension reform [Corbett robocalls in SEPA urge constituents to contact their lawmakers in support of pension reform including a ldquoblastrdquo e-mail received from his campaign] Spokesman Corbett vetoed parking not Harrisburg recovery and Wolf peppered with questions concerning how he would have addressed state budget woes] and the reaction thereto has been intense [DID CORBETT BACK HIMSELF INTO A NO-WIN SITUATION and Corbetts last stand] The rejoinders to each of these petulant reactions are obvious for example it is curious that his alleged inability to work with the General Assembly is being voiced for the first time by Republicans after feeling acutely rebuffed yet it is clear that the gravity of the problem warrants its being confronted aggressively affirmatively ASAP for some feel the effects of the Pension-Bomb are already being ldquodetonatedrdquo both statewide and locally

Politics-Pa addressed ldquoups-and-downsrdquo by castigating Corbett for what he did and included was a photo-reminder of the type of ldquomessagingrdquo that could prove effective in motivating his ldquobaserdquo prior to November he may be threatening to run against a legislature [prominently using his middle-finger in the process if necessary] which is public-union-controlled [all Dems are ldquoownedrdquo and some Republicans are ldquorentedrdquo]

Thus in response to the libs who reflexly attacked [and belittled] him I simply wrote ldquoHe did precisely what was necessary namely he provided the on-time budget while communicating the urgency of the need to defuse the Pension Bomb by depriving the legislators of their anticipated perksrdquo [Has anyone ever previously seen a photo of Corbett sporting this shit-eating grin this sly defiance this cat-ate-the-canary calm this Irsquove-got-nothing-to-lose sense-of-abandon this Irsquom-the-governor-and-yoursquore-not focus this Irsquom-finally-comfortable-in-my-skin surcease] As Guzzardi would say this is HUGE

Also noted are more reminders of the ongoing Sandusky affair [Freeh to judge clarify Spanier lawsuit rules and PSU trustee wants new Sandusky probe and Group moving forward with plans for Paterno statue] which I still feel should be resolved after Corbett holds an ldquoendless press conferencerdquo regarding how he addressed the need to imprison a child molester [comparable to that of NJ-Gov Chris Christie regarding ldquoBridgeGaterdquo] specifically I do not know [having read ldquoeverythingrdquo] why only three people worked part-time in 2010 delaying until 2011 the initiation of a comprehensive set of interviews of all

participants in the Second Mile program [I also have other problems with the public narrative such as why Mike McQuery and Cynthia Baldwin appear to have been given ldquopassesrdquo by all the key-ldquoplayersrdquo] Penn-State AlumsEmployees represent a definabledefiant constituency that must be recruited Regarding ongoing employment by Temple University of Alessio Lerro despite his apparently being a Holocaust-denier initiatives have been initiated on multiple-fronts but of course suggestions are always solicited I will dutifully report outcome measures when they emerge We are quite-aware of the more generic concerns that are triggered [regarding anti-Zionism most prominently] but our focus is trained on his simply not now appearing to be an academically-reliable educational-resource [regardless of his pedagogical discipline and notwithstanding how his innermost thoughts emerged publicly] Regarding an increasingly successful effort to prompt the USA to support the interests of Kurdistan [although the worldmdashexcept Israelmdashappears to have stopped-short rather than endorsing a plebiscite to be held within a month regarding its becoming recognized as an independent entity] indeed rather than arming Syrian ldquorebelsrdquo [of dubious lineage and ideology] it is preferable to promote Kurds who have already demonstrated long-term fealty to Western Values [and have eschewed Islamism]

BHOrsquos Dangerous Antics BHOrsquos anti-colonialism eschews boundaries and it should be recalled that this is the first major effort of parenting kids must learn to respect definable limits that historically have resulted from respecting the rights of others This is being manifest both in SyriaIraq [with creation of the Islamic State] and on the USAMexican border [which Dinesh DrsquoSouza notes (in ldquoAmericardquo) could satisfy the dream of many progressives by creating ldquoAztlanrdquo] it is cw BHOrsquos overall focus on ldquoone-world governmentrdquo via the UN Naturally this explains why his sense of patriotism is problematic for he necessarily blurs the limits of his purview beyond the 50-states thus does he implement policies to undermine the FoundersFramers

Andrea Mitchell Criticizes Obama Administration For lsquoAlways Reactingrsquo POLL 42 of Millennials say theyre socialist16 know what it means 72 APPROVALAMONG MUSLIMS Millennials Say Government Inefficient Abusive Supports Cronyism MAG Obamas Orwellian State Stop Calling Obama A Socialist Lawsuit Tech Company Hired to Build DC Obamacare Website Discriminated Against Americans and favored foreigners Reuters Obama Has Always Handled Republicans with Political Decorum The New Old Europe Itrsquos the United States

Obama Translated [Jonah Goldberg ldquoBlastrdquo e-mail excerpt]

I think Irsquove stumbled onto a handy heuristic mdash or if that word makes you want to smash my guitar on the Delta House wall rule of thumb mdash for listening to Obama Whenever he talks about himself immediately flip it around so hersquos saying the opposite Think about it ldquoIrsquom not interested in photo-opsrdquo Boom Translation ldquoI think photo-ops are really really important And thatrsquos why Irsquom not going to have my picture taken with a bunch kids at the borderrdquo

Now sometimes a literal reversal of meaning doesnrsquot work But the key is to look at any statement he offers about others as an insight into his own mental state When Obama denounces cynicism hersquos actually being cynical What hersquos doing is expressing his frustration with people who are justifiably cynical about him Why canrsquot you people fall for what I am saying When he says he doesnrsquot care about ldquopoliticsrdquo just problem-solving what hersquos really saying is he wants his political agenda to go unchallenged by other political agendas And mdash as I wrote about at great length here mdash whenever he says ideology and ideologues are a problem what hersquos actually saying is that competing ideologues and ideologies are the problem That is unless yoursquore the sort of person who actually thinks Obama isnrsquot an ideologue which is just adorable Itrsquos not so much that hersquos lying Though if he were a Game of Thrones character ldquoObama the Deceiver First of His Namerdquo would be a pretty apt formal title No hersquos projecting Itrsquos an ego thing I am fond of pointing out Obamarsquos insufficiently famous confession ldquoI actually believe my own bullshtrdquo What I like about it is thatrsquos itrsquos like a verbal Escher drawing He believes his own bs but by calling it bs he acknowledges itrsquos not believable Itrsquos like sarcastically insisting that yoursquore being serious Itrsquos earnest irony or ironic earnestness If you take the statement too seriously you could end up like android 1 in ldquoI Muddrdquo I donrsquot take psychoanalysis too seriously (ldquoIf you did what would happen to merdquo mdash The Couch) But I think Obamarsquos penchant for deriding his opponents as cynics and opportunists stems from the fact that he sees the world through precisely those sorts of prisms But he tells himself hersquos different because he does it for good purposes and besides hersquos so awesome his bs is true No one knows if God can make a rock so heavy He canrsquot lift it but Obama can sling such exquisite bs even he can believe And because he believes it he canrsquot tolerate the idea that others donrsquot

Josh Earnest Real Leadership Is Fixing Problems Not Just Photo-Ops ndash [From Jonah Goldberg discussing BHO Speaking of earnestness and deceit am I the only one to find the White House press secretaryrsquos name mildly amusing Josh Earnest ldquoTo joshrdquo means to playfully kid with someone ldquoIrsquom just joshing yardquo Earnest means to be overly sincere and deadpan serious The official voice of the White House is living up to both the verb and the adjective hersquos saying humorously unbelievable things in an overly serious way Hersquos a poor manrsquos Steven Wright Or maybe Irsquom overthinking things again As Steven Wright himself said a ldquoconclusion is just the place where you get tired of thinkingrdquo] Obama lets rip [against the GOP] on trip out of Washington

Konni Burton President Rolls Up Sleeves for Games Not Border

Regarding Illegals it is hoped the electorate will finally recognize that the Dems and the squishy-Rrsquos [viewed as an ldquoestablishmentrdquo that eschews the TEA Party Movement ldquoWall St and K St over Main Strdquo] are acting out of self-interest and bucking the populism of being ldquolibertarian not libertinerdquo when the groundswell of Independents is hungering for a reliable advocate Note the import of this spate of hyperlinks co Drudge amp Breitbart and note how any one item alone should prove unnerving

IMMIGRATION ACTIVISTS TO CONGRESS DONT IMMEDIATELY DEPORT ILLEGALS FROM MEXICO GOP Establisment Congress Should Give Obama Blank Check to Address Border Crisis Flake Admits Backlash Against Immigration Reform But Doesnt Understand John McCain and Jeff Flake Working on Alternate Plan to Address Border Crisis GOP LEADERS DENY REP DIAZ-BALARTS FINAL PLEA FOR AMNESTY BILL Obama Meets with Hispanic Hecklers Who Interrupted Texas Economic Speech with Immigration Complaints Michelle Obama to Latinos We Cant Wait for Congress to Fix Immigration DOJ Nearly Half of Illegal Immigrant Juveniles Dont Show Up to Hearings Death Train Derails in MexicoStranding 1300 Migrants Headed Toward USA 90000 to cross by end of summer Rep Matt Salmon on Obamas Border Request There Is Just So Much Hypocrisy Houston black woman goes on EPIC rant about illegals African Americans Confront Immigrant Supporters Black American from Gang-Besieged Baltimore Where Can I Get Asylum BLACK AMERICANS THE TRUE CASUALTIES OF AMNESTY Amnesty disaster for black workers GOODLATTE HOW OBAMA CAN STOP THE BORDER CRISIS MSNBCs Russert to Dem Rep Will Latino Voters Blame Obama for Images of Children in Cages MEXICOGUATEMALA FAST-TRACK DELIVERY OF ILLEGALS TO USA RAFT RIDES FOR $130 BORDER AGENT 70 OF FORCE PULLED OFF PATROLS FOR PAPERWORK Blue State Blues Congratulations to the Legal Immigrants Border Patrol Using SKYPE to Process Illegals Guatemala-Mexico Border Wide Open Residents On Edge as Flow Increases Guatemala-Mexico Border Wide Open Hundreds sent to Chicago the president and his fellow Democrats simply donrsquot want to shut down the border AD $6K PER MONTH TO HOUSE UNACCOMPANIED REFUGEE MINORS Minuteman Project Reboots Recruits Volunteers to Patrol US-Mexico Border

CBS Census Data Show US Doesnt Have Shortage of STEM Workers TIDAL WAVE DRAINING FEDERAL RESOURCES DALLAS OPPOSITION TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SHELTER LARGELY FALLS FLAT Immigration Reform Proponents Must Consider Results From 100 Years Ago - The effect on the congressional immigration debate after House Majority Leader Eric Cantorrsquos surprising primary loss should not be about whether to have reform but whether that reform should be about increasing foreign labor or reducing it DC National Migration Conference Invokes Words of Pope Francis Jesus Was a Refugee House GOP Balks At Obamas $37 Billion Border Ask Slow Deportation Process Luring More Illegals to US jeh-johnson ramped-up border projections placing a huge strain on immigration agencies that will badly need new money Obama Senate Democrats clash over how to handle border crisis - A bipartisan 2008 bill intended to crack down on child trafficking has become a flashpoint Sen John Cornyn says ldquoTexans do not need a lecture from the president on the border crisis Working Group Considering Revisions to Trafficking Law to Deal with Border Crisis Rubio Unaccompanied Illegal Immigrant Minors Should Be Sent Home Democrat Rep Cuellar of Texas Obama Needs to See Face of Dead Boy on Border Rep Gutierrez Dont Make It Easier To Send Illegals Back Trump lsquoA Country That Cannot Protect Its Borders Will Not Lastrsquo - Our government should immediately stop sending money to Mexico USMC Sgt Tahmooressi sacrificed for our country and while Obama is welcoming illegals our Marine is locked in a Mexican jail Mexico is allowing tens of thousands to go through their country and to our very stupid ldquoopen doorrdquo at the Mexican border Frankly Sgt Tahmooressi is the only person who canrsquot come into our country Rep Jim Bridenstine Media Exacerbated Border Crisis by Amplifying Obama Amnesty Push HHS Sec Beds for Illegals Can Cost Feds Up to $1K - At a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing Wednesday President Barack Obamas Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell said that beds for illegal immigrant children can cost the federal government up to $1000 per bed GLENN BECK TO BRING SOCCER BALLS HOT MEALS TO ILLEGALS WE MUST OPEN OUR HEARTS and Border Crisis What Glenn Beck Did Wrong MexicoGuatemala fast-track delivery of illegals to USA RAFT RIDES FOR $130 Megabillionaires Buffet Gates Adelson Unite for Amnesty Billionaires [Warren Buffett Sheldon Adelson and Bill Gates] Called for Amnesty as Obama Plans to Legalize Millions of Illegal Aliens with Executive Power In Response to Buffett Gates and Adelson PERRY President Didnt Know Agents Were Stationed 40 Miles From Border Obama Plans to Legalize Millions of Illegal Aliens with Executive Power Minuteman recruiting thousands to secure Adult Illegals Posing as Children to Enroll in High School GANGS USING PROCESSING CENTER AS RECRUITMENT HUB Sheriff Joe My Tents Are HILTON Hotels Compared to Whats Going On at Camps Gutierrez Slams Shameful GOP for Creating Fear of Children

Dick Durbin Border Crisis Has Nothing to Do with DACA [Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals] Jesuit School Graduates Press Congress for Amnesty Illegals Sue Obama Admin for Lawyers Border Agent Catches Bacterial Pneumonia Media Preps Battlefield To Attack GOP On Border Crisis - According to Wednesdays edition of NBCs First Read and MSNBCs Daily Countdown it seems pretty clear that Chuck Todd NBCs Chief White House Correspondent and his colleagues are busying themselves in laying the groundwork to take some of the border crisis heat off of Obama and turn it on the GOP Border Patrol Agent US Govt Completing the Smuggling Cycle TSA ALLOWING ILLEGALS ON PLANES WITHOUT ID National Border Patrol Council We Stand Behind Report of TSA Letting Illegal Immigrants on Plane Without ID Poll Three in Five Want Illegal Immigrant Kids Sent Back Home Zuckerberg Not Giving Up on Amnesty Bill Calls for Immediate Action Top Virginia Official Illegals Have More Privacy than Americans Under Obama Mexican Vigilantes Fight Violence Near Border interviews with the children of Americarsquos border disaster

Regarding ObamaDonrsquotCare A Republican Victory has apparently occurred in Virginia because theyre winning on Medicaid by making the case against lousy care and offering better alternatives PA EXPECT PREMIUM HIKE Number of uninsured people has been going down since the start of ACA enrollment Obamacare Reduced Texas Uninsured Rate by Less than 2 Percent Regarding the IRS Rep Jim Jordan Keeping Pressure on the IRS Judging the IRS - A pair of court orders seek answers about the vanishing emails FEDERAL JUDGES GAVE IRS ONE MONTH TO EXPLAIN HOW IT LOST EMAILS Darrell Issa Subpoenas Top Obama Political Aide - The Oversight Committee chairman wants information about the political office the White House reopened earlier this year Texas Republican Stockman pushed for Lerner arrest by filing a resolution that instructs John Boehner to issue a warrant BHOrsquos Other Scandal-Sheet Entries Photo of Bowe Bergdahl Smiling with Taliban Commander Uncovered Whistleblower Ultimate goal of NSA is total population control Germany Asks Intelligence official at US Embassy to Leave Country Germany seeks public promises from USA over spying Benghazi Timeline From Were Under Attack to Evacuation - From Tripoli to Washington military leaders struggled to learn what was happening in Libya and find a way to help when a diplomatic post and CIA compound in Benghazi came under attack the night of Sept 11 2012 and the next morning Regarding Gun-Laws Miami-Dade Residents Told to Buy Firearms Attack Dog in Light of Police Cuts Gov Hickenlooper Listened to Michael Bloomberg Instead of Colorado Sheriffs while draconian gun control legislation was being pushed by Colorado Democrats in spring 2013

Harry Reid Will Not Allow Votes on GOP Gun Control Repeals BRADY CAMPAIGN SUES TO PREVENT KANSAS FROM NULLIFYING FEDERAL GUN LAWS Regarding Education Homeschoolers Confront Common Core Standards Teachers Unions Mixed Messages On Common Core Shows Weakness in Political Agenda - Though the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) received millions of dollars in funding from the private Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support the development of the Common Core standards the union will begin its annual convention in Los Angeles Friday with the announcement that it will award grants to assess the standards and write others to replace them AFTS WEINGARTEN TELLS TEACHERS BE A LITTLE BADASS ENGAGE IN CONFLICT

Q --How many states claim that the test scores in their elementary schools are above national average A-- 50 [ht Bill Lawrence]

Regarding Culture-Wars POLL WOMEN EVENLY SPLIT ON HOBBY LOBBY DECISION ANTI-CHRISTIAN BIGOTRY EXPLODES AFTER HOBBY LOBBY AS DEM BILL THREATENS RELIGIOUS LIBERTY - Multiple media outlets and far-left groups have savaged faithful Catholics and Protestants over this past week after the Supreme Court held that Obamacarersquos contraceptive mandate violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) National Democratic leaders endorsing this anti-Christian discrimination show that Americarsquos founding freedom is in grave danger as they move a bill to abolish RFRArsquos protections Gov Scott Walker GOP Not Fighting Gay Marriage Gov Mike Pence Wont Recognize Same-Sex Marriages in Indiana - Indiana Governor Mike Pence told state agencies not to recognize any of the hundreds of same-sex marriages made in June in Indiana A federal judge struck down Indianarsquos gay marriage ban on June 25 but the state appealed the decision and an appellate court issued a stay Fatal pot-related crashes rise in CO [soft-science] Socially Liberal but Fiscally Conservative The Dope-Smoking Millennials Who Could Yet Save the World from Ever-Bigger Government - Stage a conference of libertarians pot-legalizers gun nuts and gold bugs in a city of booze whores gambling and semi-automatics what could possibly go wrong Unbroken Trailer Director Angelina Jolie Delivers Faith Patriotism - The second trailer for director Angelina Jolies Unbroken just dropped and it smells like a winner The film is based on a best-selling book about the real-life Louis Zamperini an American Olympian WWII Japanese POW devout Christian and inspirational speaker Trailer for Ridley Scotts Exodus Gods and Kings - One of the primary problems todays filmmakers face with any swords and sandals epic is finding present-day actors that look believable in ancient times With his two leads director Ridley Scott seems to have overcome that in Exodus Gods and Kings (Dec 20) Regarding Dems Gen Barry McCaffrey Says Vietnam-Generation Media and Pols Distrust US Military Industry Critics UC Berkeley Playing Host to Union-Funded Activist Research - A coalition of foundations and union front groups is funding an academic post at the University of California at Berkeley for a prominent labor activist

UAW Continues Unionization Efforts at Volkswagen Plant in Tennessee - The UAW broke its pledge to cease organizing activity at the Chattanooga auto plant that rejected unionization announcing on Thursday afternoon that it would form a voluntary union for factory workers Rachel Maddow The View Is Comparable to a Pigsty The View Host Sherri Shepherd Rejects Unborn IVF Baby Redford Will Use Truth to Resurrect Dan Rathers Reputation - Oscar-winner Robert Redford has agreed to portray disgraced newsman Dan Rather in an adaptation of the 2005 memoir Truth and Duty The Press the President and the Privilege of Power The book was written by Mary Mapes the producer Dan Rather was working with in 2004 when the two of them tried to make John Kerry president peddling blatantly forged documents against then-President George W Bush Dem Senate candidates in Coal-Reliant States are Turning to Sen Elizabeth Warren (D Mass) a progressive favorite and potential 2016 presidential candidate for Boost in Close Races BLOOMBERG DISSES RURAL COLORADO I DONT THINK THERES ROADS IN COLORADO SPRINGS OR PUEBLO The Mediarsquos Willful Ignorance About Hillary Clintonrsquos Defense of a Child Rapist What Theyrsquore Saying About the Hillary Tapes Provocateurs Book on Clinton Overtakes Her Memoir Hillarys foundation staff working on her presidential campaign How to Pad Your Resume Like a Pro by Hillary Clinton Harry Reid Slammed By Hometown Paper For Race-Baiting Da Vinci Of Distraction Megyn Kelly Pelosi guilty of sexism The Democracy Alliance is in Turmoil as Member Dissatisfaction Mounts it plans to massively increase its shadowy fundraising operation Democracy Alliance President Campaign Finance Reform a Means to Push Liberal Policy Goals - The campaign finance reform efforts of a massive network of liberal and Democratic groups are explicitly designed to limit conservativesrsquo ability to oppose key parts of the leftrsquos agenda according to the head of the group coordinating those efforts USDA Hires Environmentalist Food Activist to Oversee Dietary Guidelines - The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has hired an environmental nutrition consultant to oversee its Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee which has already faced criticism for introducing climate change into nutrition policy EPA Regulators Gone Wild - Following the revelation that the Environmental Protection Agency plans to garnish wages without a court order to collect non-tax debts (ie misused grant funds unrepaid loans or ldquofines penalties or fees assessed by federal agenciesrdquo) the EPA has sought to defend its proposed rules The money war hits Colorado Regarding the GOPrsquos Civil-War Chris McDaniel Can Still Win McDaniel Continues To Review Ballots Ahead Of Challenge - Facing calls to concede from Ann Coulter and his opponent State Sen Chris McDaniel is moving full speed ahead with his challenge of the Mississippi GOP primary runoff election results and now has enough questionable ballots to cast the entire election result into questionmdashadding that many of those ballots were cast ineligibly by Democrats who voted in the previous June 3 Democratic primary Thad Cochrans Sister-in-Law County Election Commissioner Denies Voter Fraud - Connie Cochran the sister-in-law of Sen Thad Cochran (R-MS) and a Hinds County Mississippi election commissioner swears she didnrsquot have anything to do with destruction of election evidence Therersquos just one problem

with her denial It was never alleged that she or the Hinds County Election Commission did any such thing MCDANIEL SUPPORTERS ALLEGE FUNDRAISING VIOLATIONS BY NRSC MS Dem Party Chairman on Haley Barbour My Mission in Life Is to Catch That Big Fat Boar Cut Him and Fry Him out for Lard - Mississippi Democratic Party chairman Rickey Cole spared no harsh words for former Mississippi Gov Haley Barbour in a Facebook post late Thursday evening comparing the GOP establishment titan at the center of the effort to re-elect Sen Thad Cochran (R-MS) to a pig whos used the US treasury as his own piggy bank MO GOP Chair Calls for RNC Investigation of Racial Divisive Thad Cochran Campaign Tactics Mississippi GOP Chairman Were Coming For True The Vote MS Voter Plaintiffs Over Pro-Cochran Voter Fraud Allegations - Mississippi GOP chairman Joe Nosef issued a statement Thursday in response to the latest legal actions from True The Vote saying he plans to target the election integrity organization and its lawsuits various Mississippi voter plaintiffs with legal action Tea Party Patriots Fund Endorses Joe Carr in Tennessee Primary Joe Carr Lamar Alexander Trying to Fool Voters on Border Security - Joe Carr the conservative who is challenging Sen Lamar Alexander (R-TN) in an August primary blasted Alexander for calling for National Guard troops on the border a year after he voted for the Senates amnesty bill which many believe contributed to the border crisis Pat Roberts Claims His Children Attended School in Kansas-But They Only Did for Less than a Year - Fending off persistent questions about his residency status Sen Pat Roberts (R-KS) noted in a radio interview last week that ldquomy kids went to schoolrdquo in Dodge City Kansas as a means of demonstrating his ties to the state he represents roughly 1400 miles away in Washington DC Dr Ben Carson Just Made a HUGE Announcement [Could Dr Carson be hinting at a third party run] MEDIA SLAM SARAH PALINS CALL FOR OBAMAS IMPEACHMENT [which is now on the radar-screen] Sarah Palin Doubles Down Impeach Lawless Imperial President - Sarah Palin writes at FoxNewscom The Constitution provides the remedy for a president who commits ldquohigh crimes and misdemeanorsrdquo Itrsquos impeachment To be clear ldquohigh crimes and misdemeanorsrdquo are not necessarily ordinary criminal offenses Our Framers used the term to signify a dereliction of duty and the first duty of the president is to enforce our laws and preserve protect and defend our Constitution No serious person who is paying attention can deny that Obama and his administration have abused and violated the public trust and disregarded the Constitution Let me count the ways Sarah Palin Why Obamas Cuddlin with Fat Cats at Denver Fundraisers - Sarah Palin writes on FoxNewscom about President Obamas buzzed on suds hijinks in Denver this past week while attending big-money Democratic fundraisers that cost $32000 to attend The President busies himself with these distractions Palin argues while Rome burns because he cannot summon enough focus to fix even a bowling alley inside the White House Regarding the GOPrsquos Politics USA TODAY CONGRESS QUIETLY DEFANGING STOCK ACT Senate candidate records GOP address then deployed - A new item on Lt Col Joni Ernsts checklist as she packed up for two weeks of annual training with the Iowa National Guard denounce the health care law in the weekly Republican radio address An Iowa state senator who is running for the US Senate against Democratic US Rep Bruce Braley to replace retiring Democratic Sen Tom Harkin Just hours after she taped the Republicans national address Thursday night Ernst drove two hours in the dark from her rural southwest Iowa home to join her unit She was assigned to lead a convoy of trucks to Wisconsin for two weeks of drilling at Fort McCoy Sen Rob Portman on New Cleveland

James return to Cleveland could delay GOP Convention if James leads his team into post-season play in 2016 Republicans could find their preferred June 28 start date for the convention impossible leaving Republicans with the backup date of July 18 [still earlier than parties typically nominate their presidential hopeful in recent years but later than RNC chief Reince Priebus preferred] Employer mandate at heart of Boehnerrsquos lawsuit - There is a draft resolution that would authorize the House to move forward with suing Obama House GOP cash woes prompted dues crackdown Judge tossed Fla congressional map because ldquoOperatives conspired to manipulate and influence the redistricting process [remember Allan West was re-districted AWAY] Regarding Putin etc Almost 500 Civilians Killed in East Ukraine Since Mid-April Infighting Among Pro-Russian Forces in East Ukraine Vladimir Putin Begins Latin America Tour in Cuba - Russian President Vladimir Putin started his Latin America tour and the first stop is Cuba an old ally from Cold War days He will also visit Argentina and Brazil North Korea Again Fires Missiles into Sea Regarding Islamism

GOV RICK PERRY op-ed in todays WashPost - Print headline Why Rand Paul is wrong about Iraq -- Online headline Isolationist policies make the threat of terrorism even greater - As a veteran and as a governor who has supported Texas National Guard deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan I can understand the emotions behind isolationism Many people are tired of war and the urge to pull back is a natural human reaction Unfortunately we live in a world where isolationist policies would only endanger our national security even further Thats why its disheartening to hear fellow Republicans such as Sen Rand Paul (Ky) suggest that our nation should ignore whats happening in Iraq Ignoring the growth of the Islamic State and events in Syria and Iraq will only ensure that the problem will fester and grow Paul is an articulate advocate for his views which are shared by many on the left and some on the right But in todays world with todays threats we still cannot take blind shelter across the sea rushing to respond only after freedom is lost That was President Reagans warning Sen Paul would be wise to heed it

Why So Many Turkish Gulen Charter Schools in Ohio Gaza Crisis Illuminates a Grave New World - The eruption of the third Gaza war since 2008 is another manifestation of the growing threat posed by Islamist militants within an increasingly unstable Middle East Catalonia Government Moving Forward With Burqa Ban ISIS Jihadists Vow to Liberate Spain in Spanish Language Video EGYPTIAN CLERIC MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AUTHORIZES ANAL JIHAD FOR LONELY TERRORISTS Kerry Visits Kabul Asks President Candidates to Let UN Review Election as an Afghan Standoff Solution - America threatened to withdraw financial support for Afghanistan if either candidate tries to seize power Afghan Presidential Candidates Agreed to Election Audit UK Bans Pro-Jihad Islamist Groups Marry Muslims to Tackle Islamophobia Says UK Lord People who want to ban martyrdom operations are trying to alter the religion of Allah

UN Islamic State Executed Imam of Mosque Where ISIS Leader Preached - Last month the Islamic State (IS) formerly the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) executed 13 clerics in Mosul to rid the city of moderate voices Among those executed was imam Muhammad al Mansuri the imam over the mosque in which IS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi led prayers on July 4 ISIS May Target Mecca for Destruction Saudi Arabia Denied Funding ISIS Chides UK Media for Accusations of Support Iraqs Kurds Will Boycott Cabinet Meetings - Prime Minister Nouri al-Malikis already testy relationship with Iraqs Kurdish minority further frayed Thursday as the Kurds declared their politicians will boycott Cabinet meetings and authorities in Baghdad suspended all cargo flights to the largely autonomous northern Kurdish region Iraqi Kurds Take over 2 Northern Oil Fields - Kurdish security forces took over two major oil fields outside the disputed northern city of Kirkuk the latest move in a deepening a dispute with the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Iraq Maliki Accuses Kurds of Aligning with Islamic State - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki declared Wednesday that he suspected Iraqrsquos northern autonomous Kurdish region of hosting militants from the Islamic State the group formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) Kurds Seize Iraq Oilfields Ministers Pull Out of Government Another Syrian Rebel Group Joins Forces with ISIS Terror Group - Another Syrian rebel group has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State the terror group formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) Coming Soon The US-Iran Blame Game Regarding the War against Israel Nuclear Terrorism Hamas Targeting of Dimona Reactor Meets UN Definition British Foreign Secretary William Hague Britain Extremely Concerned by Gaza Deaths Hamas Attacks Dont Stop Florida Jewish Community from Visiting Living in Israel 60 Percent of Palestinians Say Goal Is Reclaiming All of Historic Palestine Egypt Opens Borders to Wounded Gaza Residents but Wont Mediate Israelis Visit Family of Slain Palestinian Boy Criticized for PR Exercise Hamas Orders Civilians to Die in Israeli Airstrikes - Hamasrsquo Interior Ministry has ordered residents of the Gaza Strip to remain in their houses if they are about to be bombed by the Israelis a move that effectively turns citizens into human shields and is intentionally meant to boost the casualty rate according to a copy of the order published by Hamas Sirens blare in JerusalemRockets land in Hebron and Bethlehem Israel strikes dozens of terror targets ISIS Parody on Palestinian TV Depicts Jihadists as Allies of Israel Israeli Ambassador Hamas Using Iranian Rockets to Attack Israel Israel and Hamas Accuse Each Other of War Crimes Congress to Offer $5 Million for Info on Hamas Kidnappers - Congress is seeking to offer a reward of up to $5 million dollars for any information that leads to capture of Hamas terrorists responsible for the recent kidnapping and killing of a US-Israeli citizen Ben Shapiro on Israel Conflict Obama Administration Borderline Jew-Hating Israel strikes dozens of terror targets Gaza Ghost Town CNNrsquos Jake Tapper Demolishes PLO Spokeswoman LEBANESE AL QAEDA WING ACTIVE IN GAZA ALONGSIDE HAMAS WAR ESCALATION ISRAEL ROCKETED FROM LEBANON

LATEST PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT EXPOSES SURREAL REALITY [by THE INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT ON TERRORISM (IPT)] Hamas fires major barrage at Tel Aviv Iron Dome Intercepts Rockets Over City Israel orders residents of northern Gaza to evacuate OBAMAS CEASE-FIRE OFFER IS A BETRAYAL OF ISRAEL HAMAS CONTINUES TO USE HUMAN SHIELDS TO LAUNCH ATTACKS The View from Israel - Israeli advocacy in a difficult world How Mandelarsquos legacy has faded so badly Moderate Fatah Also Firing Rockets Abbas Wont Condemn Attacks on Israel World View Gaza Tunnels Make Israeli Ground Offensive Dangerous but Necessary - Israels bombing campaign in Gaza is targeting Hamas military installations but it is also targeting farms or bare land and even greenhouses The reason is that the Palestinian militias have learned important lessons in previous wars with Israel and have set up sophisticated defenses in the form of an extensive network of tunnels some as much as 30 meters deep Christians Rally Around Israel Back Home and in the Holy Land Netanyahu Would Other World Leaders Calmly Tolerate Rocket Salvos on Their Cities Hamas to Israelis ldquoWait for suicide attacks on every bus cafeacute and streetrdquo Rockets fired from Lebanon as attacks from Gaza continue Moderate Fatah Also Firing Rockets Abbas Wont Condemn Attacks on Israel Israels Operation Protective Edge Day 3 Hamas on Its Heels - Thursday Hamas jihadis fired 192 rockets from Gaza into Israel according to the Israel Defense Forces 44 were successfully intercepted by Israelrsquos Iron Dome short-range missile defense system while 141 of the rockets struck Israeli territory Obama Causes Another War - Obama is almost solely responsible for the latest outbreak of violence between Israel and the Palestinians Mideast violence resonates in Philly

A comment from a Lib It is not that I am close-minded about this But you are asking me to throw out decades of thinking and suggesting I adopt a theoretical framework which requires that I trust that conservative politicians who are running on a platform of limited government and decreased taxes wonrsquot extend this very same mentality to state-level politics And that doesnrsquot even address what their priorities and policies would be Their views and approach to issues are not in lockstep with your own Just because I can find common ground with you does not mean I can with them Further the dollars and cents from stopping what you consider corporate welfare and addressing pension issues just donrsquot seem to add up to enough money to supplant federal support Here perhaps I am wrong You say this is all about facts but really it also is a matter of trust ndash the fact that you lack any in Obama So to say that feelings (ie trust) are irrelevant is just not right You can say that your lack of trust is based on behavior and that mine is simply based on attitudinal issues which you find secondary However if your political allies think government ndash federal and state ndash should not be in the business of sustaining what you call a ldquonanny staterdquo (a term with which I disagree) how can I be confident that any type of social support will be retained You say just vote the guy out if I donrsquot like their politics ndash but you were unable to do that with Obama It is not so simple Dismantling years of federal programs would require a very slow approach to policy change to avoid this type of disruption Are you ready to push your candidates to take things slowly Immediately pushing back to pre-Obama federal funding levels does not seem gradual if the states donrsquot have the wherewithal to fill in the gaps