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And so it goes and most sit mindlessly by allowing it to happen! (See 1 below.)
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Sent from a friend and fellow memo reader. Forty maps that historically and graphically explain The Middle East:
http://www.vox.com/a/maps-explain-the-middle-east
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Terrorists do not distinguish among their enemies. Hillary will be proven wrong. They remain a threat to our nation and Obama's release of these five 'generals' will have consequences. (See 2 and 2a below.)
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What the Arab Media is saying about the Israeli kidnapping.
I know the world will condemn any action Israel takes but if it were me I would start attacking the Palestinians and keep at it until they screamed to the world about Israeli brutality and then I would double the attack until they got the message - No tolerance for kidnappings, rocket attacks etc.!
But, Obama believes otherwise. He turns the cheek and then they slap him etc. (See 3 below.)
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I have consistently maintained it will be the Judicial System that might well save our Republic and yet, the issues must be framed so judges have a compelling reason to decide a particular issue. (See 4 below.)
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American voters hungered for the truth and what they received were lies!:
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then what difference does Benghazi make? Ah,but it does!
WHY BENGHAZI MATTERS - YouTube
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1)
| How Obama gets away with destroying America |
| Trading deserters for terrorists. Deserting Americans in Benghazi and then lying about it. Using the IRS to persecute critics. Destroying America’s healthcare system and allowing Veterans hospitals to just let veterans die. Millions of Americans are wondering: How exactly does Barack Obama get away with dismantling and destroying the greatest nation on earth, committing outrage after outrage, day after day and year after year? How can a scandal-plagued president so openly and arrogantly trample the nation's laws, hobble its economy, hurt its friends and – shockingly – help its enemies without being impeached and removed from office? Are Americans caught in some sort of trance-like state, oblivious to what is happening to them, and paralyzed from acting rationally while their nation disintegrates before their eyes? Increasingly, an offbeat-sounding yet surprisingly insightful answer to that question is being cited: "Bread and Circuses" – a comparison of America in the Age of Obama with ancient Rome when the restless masses were continually bribed and entertained during the once-great empire's rapid decay and disintegration. In its groundbreaking June issue, "DAYS OF BREAD AND CIRCUSES," WND's acclaimed monthly Whistleblower magazine boldly takes the theme to an entirely new level. For while America, like ancient Rome, is indeed in rapid decline, 21st century "bread and circuses" – multi-tentacled government dependency combined with nonstop distraction, deception and high drama – is much, much more than it seems.  Many people realize the Obama administration is obsessed with increasing its power and control through promoting dependency on government with massive entitlements, handouts, subsidies and bribes, while an extraordinarily perverse popular culture entertains, influences and corrupts as many people as possible. But in "DAYS OF BREAD AND CIRCUSES," Whistleblower goes beyond conventional analysis, leading readers on a breathtaking tour of American society and showing how "BREAD" and "CIRCUSES" are actually code words for two powerfully sophisticated control methods that, blended together like the two compo ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2)-- |
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| Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman called on the Israeli public to stand unified at this time behind the security forces who were searching for three teens kidnapped in the West Bank on Thursday and to refrain from criticism of the victims, the police or the security forces. "My heart is with the kidnapped children. There is nothing more infuriating than blaming these youth or their families by saying that the abductions happened because they chose to learn in a yeshiva in Gush Etzion (area of southern West Bank), or because they dared to hitchhike in a place where there is no public transportation available all the time, " Liberman wrote on his Facebook page. "According to this logic it would be possible to say that those who came to the Passover seder at the Park Hotel in Netanya, or the people who sat at Cafe Sbarro in Jerusalem, or the American victims who worked in the Twin Towers are responsible for their own deaths," he wrote. Liberman said that in all these cases, as in the current kidnapping incident, those responsible were the perpetrators who set out to kill and they "must be fought with full force." "Terrorism is terrorism and it does not distinguish between New York, Netanya, or Gush Etzion," Liberman wrote. The foreign minister said that it was not helpful to look for other people to blame for the kidnapping. "Drawing conclusions about how the teens acted, or how the police or security forces responded should be delayed until after this kidnapping event is resolved." Liberman wrote that it was important for the public to stand unified behind the security forces at this time. He also criticized deals for the release of terrorists as gestures of good will as part of a negotiating process with the Palestinian saying that Israel loses in such deals and the terror organizations gain. 2a)Hillary's 'Hard Choices' Make Her Unfit for Command Hillary Clinton kicked off a book tour for “Hard Choices” Monday, timed to set up her possible presidential run in 2016. She says she’ll make that “hard choice” by the end of the year. The book is a review of her time as Barack Obama’s first secretary of state, all without really laying out much in the way of principles. But that’s the Clinton way – public persona over all. In reality, her book and her tour vividly illustrate why she’s unfit for command.
As part of her tour, Clinton gave an interview with ABC’s Dianne Sawyer, who surprisingly asked a few
tough questions that clearly made Clinton squirm. For example, Sawyer wanted to know why the Clintons
earn so much money for every speech – reportedly $200,000 per appearance for Hillary, and as much
as $750,000 for Bill. Clinton’s response was that she and Bill know what it’s like to struggle to make ends
meet. “[W]e came out of the White House not only dead broke but in debt,” she lamented. “We had no
money when we got there and we struggled to, you know, piece together the resources for mortgages for
houses, for Chelsea’s education – you know, it was not easy.” Maybe if they had just one multi-million-
dollar house, Chelsea’s education might have been more feasible. But then again, Hillary had to buy a
home in New York in order to run for Senate.
Unbelievably, Clinton also complained that they “had to make double the money because of, obviously,
taxes.” Those high Clinton tax rates are a real pain, no? Maybe not, as Bill explained in April, “Hillary and
I and some of our friends in this audience who live in New York probably pay the highest aggregate tax
rates in America, and I thank God every April 15th that I’m able to do it.”
Sawyer also asked, “Do you think Americans will understand [charging] five times the median income in this country for one speech?” Clinton’s answer was pathetic: “Let me put it this way: I thought making speeches for money was a much better thing than getting connected with any one group or company, as so many people who leave public life do.”
According to CNN, the Clintons have done quite well gabbing for gold: “Bill Clinton made more than $9.2 million in speaking fees in 2001 and more than $9.5 million in 2002. They paid off their legal fees by 2004. A CNN analysis of the family’s financial records in early 2013 showed that Bill Clinton had earned $106 million from paid speeches since leaving the presidency behind. In 2012 alone, he earned $17 million in fees.” Hillary has raked in $5 million since leaving her post at the State Department. But boy did they “struggle” to make ends meet.
Hillary also didn’t mention that in December 2000 she received an $8 million advance for her first book, “Living History” – a near record advance. She received $14 million for “Hard Choices.” If that’s “dead broke,” maybe her new book
should’ve been titled “Hard Times.”
Hillary later said, “Let me just clarify that I fully appreciate how hard life is for so many Americans today.
I want to use the talents and resources I have to make sure people get the same chances.”
Class warfare is one of the Democrats' favorite sledge hammers, and Clinton wields it as well as any.
That’s why they made Mitt Romney’s wealth an issue in 2012. But if Romney’s income is fair game, so is Hillary’s, and she’s clearly stayed out of touch with the average American.
The second facet of her tour and record is, of course, Benghazi. On that horrible incident, her book again blames the YouTube video while she insists, “I will not be part of a political slugfest on the backs of dead Americans. It’s just plain wrong,
and it’s unworthy of our great country. Those who insist on politicizing the tragedy will have to do so
without me.” There would be no dead Americans if Clinton and Obama weren’t playing politics. They
managed to undermine U.S. foreign-policy around the world.
Though she admits, “I certainly would give anything on earth if this had not happened,” she’s also
steadfast in her own defense, saying the whole kerfuffle is “more of a reason to run” than not to.
Performing verbal gymnastics, she added, “I take responsibility, but I was not making security decisions.
What I did was give very direct instructions to the people who have the expertise and experience in
security. I’m not equipped to sit and look at blueprints, to determine where the blast walls need to be or
where the reinforcements need to be. That’s why we hire people who have that expertise.”
Fox News analyst Tucker Carlson rejoined with a paraphrase of what she really said: “I take full personal
responsibility for this, which is why the people I hired are at fault.”
Clinton’s book also claimed, “[T]here were Marines stationed at our embassy in Tripoli.” That’s not true –
at least not until after the attack in Benghazi. One would think Clinton would be more careful with the
details surrounding Benghazi, but perhaps her poor memory is a result of her serious head injury. Or
maybe she thought, “What difference, at this point, does it make?” The answer to that question is
Clinton’s responsibility. She and her State Department chose to have minimal security in a dangerous
nation (Libya) and the results were catastrophic.
In short, whether it’s her hypocritical lifestyle or her dereliction of duty, Hillary Clinton is unfit for higher
office and should stick to bilking people for her empty speeches.
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kidnapping of three Israeli teens
while Abbas issues tepid
condemnation
by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement continues to glorify and celebrate the kidnapping of three
Israeli youths last week, with postings on its official Facebook page.
One cartoon Fatah posted presented the three kidnapped Israeli teens as mice caught on three
hooks on a fishing rod:
Status text: "Masterstroke... open to interpretation."
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Another visual Fatah post referred to the three boys as "Three Shalits," a reference to Israeli
soldier Gilad Shalit who was kidnapped and held ransom for 5 years until Israel released 1,027
prisoners to free him.
Text on fingers, right to left: "Three, Shalits, Long live Palestine."
Text on palm: "Three Shalits."
Status text: "Reactions to the 'Three Shalits' campaign, which has taken off in the social media
networks in support of the capture of the Israeli occupation soldiers."n Commission) June 16,
2014]
Note: Fatah is claiming here that the three kidnapped Israelis are soldiers, but in fact two,
aged 16, are in high school, and the one aged 19 is also a student.
The Fatah Facebook page where these pictures and cartoons were posted, called "Fatah - The
Main Page," is an official Fatah Facebook page. The page defines itself as belonging to the
Fatah Mobilization and Organization Commission, and the official website of Fatah's
Mobilization and Organization Commission links to this Facebook page.
Yesterday, Palestinian Media Watch reported on a similar Facebook post by Fatah, portraying
the kidnapping as a victory in an image of a V-sign with three fingers, symbolizing the three
boys. The report also exposed a cartoon in the official PA daily that distorted the World Cup
2014 logo into three hands having captured three people.
While Fatah, the movement Abbas heads, continues to celebrate the kidnapping, Abbas himself
issued a condemnation - four days after the kidnapping - of "the chain of events that took place
last week." In one long sentence, Abbas very briefly condemned "the kidnapping of the three
Israeli youths," and then continued with a long condemnation of Israel for its response to the
kidnapping, its search for the children and its treatment of prisoners.
In Arabic, the condemnation of the kidnapping was 6 words long, while the condemnation of
Israel was 35 words long.
The statement came with two more general paragraphs, in which Abbas' office "reiterated that
all sides must refrain from violence" and stated that Abbas' aim is the release of "all the
prisoners in the [Israeli] jails when a final status agreement is signed":
The following is the text published by the WAFA, the official PA news agency:
"The Palestinian President's [Abbas'] Office condemned the chain of events that took
place last week, from the kidnapping of the three Israeli youths to the series of
consecutive Israeli violations - both concerning the prisoners' [hunger] strike, and the
break-ins into the Palestinian homes, the attacks of the settlers and the occupation army,
which led to the death of a young Palestinian as a Martyr (Shahid), and the persecution
of numerous innocent people.
In a statement published today, Monday June 16, 2014], the President's Office reiterated
that all sides must refrain from violence, especially since the President's position is to
continue the intensive action toward [securing] the release of the prisoners agreed on
(i.e., an allusion to the fourth phase of prisoner releases, which Israel cancelled), and
[the release of] all the prisoners in the [Israeli] jails when a final status agreement is
signed.
In addition, the President [Abbas'] Office praised the efforts of thePalestinian Security
Forces in keeping order, calm and stability, in order to prevent the Palestinians from
being drawn into anarchy and instability, and to prevent any element from taking
advantage of the situation for non-national purposes."
2014]
While Abbas' language condemning the kidnapping was very brief and seemed possibly
insincere, especially considering that his Fatah movement and his PA paper continue to glorify
the kidnapping, it should be noted that PA leaders have a history of issuing condemnations of
terror to satisfy foreign pressure.
Recently, Arafat's bodyguard Muhammad Dayeh explained that Arafat did not want to condemn
terror but did so because of international pressure. He would lie and say, "'I condemn killing
civilians' - and that wasn't true":
TV host:
"He [Arafat] would lie in front of you."
Bodyguard:
"Yes. Arafat, yes. For example, whenever an operation (i.e., terror attack) was carried out in
Tel Aviv, Arafat would go out and say [he condemned it] - of course, after pressure. First and
foremost [from Egyptian] President Mubarak. He would call brother Arafat and tell him:
"Brother Arafat, go and condemn it, they'll screw you." [Arafat] would tell him: "But Mr.
President, I have Martyrs - they [Israel] destroyed us, they massacred us." [Mubarak] would
tell him: "Brother Arafat, go and condemn [it]. They'll screw you." Brother Arafat would go and condemn it in his special way: I am against killing civilians - and that wasn't true."
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terror attacks he funded:
Sultan Abu Al-Einein, Fatah Secretary General in Lebanon: "Yasser Arafat used to
condemn Martyrdom [suicide] operations. He used to condemn these operations in very
severe terms, but at the same time, it is clearly determined that the Martyr Yasser Arafat
financed these military operations."
[Al-Quds TV, April 6, 2009]
Israeli media reported today that Abbas phoned Netanyahu about the kidnappings. However, at
the time of writing none of the PA's official news outlets have reported on the call.
Longer excerpt of Arafat's bodyguard explaining how Arafat would lie and insincerely
condemn terror attacks due to international pressure:
TV host: How can someone be a radio and TV engineer and agree to be the bodyguard of
a public personality, even if it is Yasser Arafat?
Arafat's bodyguard Muhammad Dayeh: As far as I'm concerned, even if I was a doctor
and he had asked me to work for him as a cook - I would have worked for Arafat. My father
and mother taught me - I suckled love for Arafat from my mother's milk. We love Arafat
passionately.
TV host: [Former Israeli PM Ariel] Sharon called Arafat a pathological liar, and many
politicians who knew Arafat say he excelled at lying.
Bodyguard: [Our] religion permits lying in three cases: to settle between two people -
religion allows you [to lie] in order to settle between two people.
TV host: For reconciliation.
Bodyguard: Someone whose wife isn't pretty, [can] say, 'You're the most beautiful woman
in the world'; and the third [case] is in politics - you can lie.
TV host: Do you agree with this?
Bodyguard: Yes, yes.
TV host: He would lie in front of you.
Bodyguard: Yes. Arafat, yes. For example, whenever an operation (i.e., terror attack) was
carried out in Tel Aviv, Arafat would go out and say [he condemned it] - of course, after
pressure. First and foremost [from Egyptian] President Mubarak. He would call brother
Arafat and tell him: "Brother Arafat, go and condemn it, they'll screw you." [Arafat] would tell
him: "But Mr. President, I have Martyrs - they [Israel] destroyed us, they massacred us."
[Mubarak] would tell him: "Brother Arafat, go and condemn [it]. They'll screw you." Brother
Arafat would go and condemn it in his special way: I am against killing civilians - and that
wasn't true.
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4) The Standing to Sue Obama
Members should let Boehner take the lead againstexecutive excess.
President Obama is setting a dangerous precedent by suspending his enforcement of laws on
health care, immigration, drugs, banking and so much else, but the courts may soon be asked to
throw a brush back pitch. That is, unless a rump group of back benchers undermines the legal
challenge.
Mr. Obama's practice of unilaterally waiving his duty to faithfully execute statutes has been abetted by
a presumed lack of legal "standing" to contest his suspension. To the extent individuals have not
suffered concrete injuries that the courts traditionally redress, he feels he can act without
consequence to create whole-cloth regulatory regimes. This makes the inherent Article I powers of
Congress irrelevant, with perhaps permanent damage to the separation of powers and political
accountability. If Mr. Obama gets away with it, the next President probably will too.
President Barack Obama Associated Press
But Congress may yet have a way to challenge this
usurpation in court. The Washington constitutional
litigator David Rivkin and Florida International University
law professor Elizabeth Price Foley have developed a
legal theory that would allow for judicial review to
resolve this dispute between the political branches on
the merits. Members of Congress as individuals
cannot sue as individuals over passing political disputes. But when the President is usurping core
legislative powers, Congress as an institution can sue to vindicate this constitutional injury.
Short of impeachment, there is no other way for Congress to defend its rights, and the Rivkin-Foley
case is narrow and limited—and should survive judicial scrutiny. The idea has secured the interest of
the GOP leadership, which may soon authorize a House-led lawsuit.
The problem is that a handful of junior Members may move to pre-empt the House challenge with their
own claim in a way that could undermine House leaders. As a legal matter, the formal imprimatur of
Congress is important and serves as a limiting principle. Institutional challenges will be rare for only
the gravest suspensions of law and keep sealed the Pandora's box that would be the endless deluge
of ad hoc political lawsuits against the White House.
Backbench fervor may also get the better of legal precision. The Rivkin-Foley theory would itself set a
precedent and depends on careful arguments. Mr. Rivkin was the legal innovator behind the challenge
to ObamaCare's individual mandate and his ideas persuaded a majority of the Supreme Court, even if
Chief Justice John Roberts ultimately got cold feet and called it a tax.
But that case was harmed in the lower courts—and in the court of public opinion—by sloppy reasoning
from politically ambitious litigators. Rump litigation could interfere by casting doubt on this case too.
The courts have long turned back flailing suits from individual legislators, from attempts in the 1970s to
police the conduct of the Vietnam war to more recent efforts by Dennis Kucinich and others over Iraq.
But personal pique as much as conviction seems to be a motivation in this dispute. Some Members
just don't like Speaker John Boehner and prefer to sabotage him at every turn, even in this case when
he would be doing a public service by hazarding his own reputation and office.
More judges are pushing back against Mr. Obama's abuses when individuals with standing have sued,
and the courts may be open to a larger challenge that resolves the dispute in a constitutionally
peaceful way. But defending Congress's prerogatives requires Congress.
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