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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Obama X-Mass present: Registry used to track Arabs and Muslims dismantled
Posted by: 3dc || 12/23/2016 14:16 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Muslim Brotherhood

#1  He likes us! He really likes us!
Posted by: Raj || 12/23/2016 14:53 Comments || Top||

#2  Hopefully someone has a backup of the database somewhere under their desk or in a back closet at home.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 12/23/2016 14:58 Comments || Top||

#3  Ask the NSA, #2 CF. Or WikiLeaks.
Posted by: Barbara || 12/23/2016 16:00 Comments || Top||


Britain
Britain's Prince Charles says populism risks return to "horrors of the past"
[Al Ahram] Britannia's Prince Charles said on Thursday the rise of populist groups across the world had deeply disturbing echoes of the fascism
...a political system developed in Italy symbolized by the Roman fasces -- thin reeds, each flimsy in itself but unbreakable when bound into a bundle. The word is nowadays thrown around by all sorts of people who have no idea what they're talking about...
of the 1930s, and warned against a repeat of the "horrors of the past" to prevent religious persecution.

The heir to the British throne, who plans to take the title Defender of Faith when he becomes King in an effort to unite all religions, said on BBC Radio there had been a rise in aggression towards those who adhered to a minority faith.

"All of this has deeply disturbing echoes of the dark days of the 1930s," he said. "My parents' generation fought and died in a battle against intolerance, monstrous extremism and an inhuman attempt to exterminate the Jewish population of Europe.

"That nearly 70 years later we should still be seeing such evil persecution is to me beyond all belief," he said. "We owe it to those who suffered and died so horribly not to repeat the horrors of the past."

The prince's comments follow a warning from Pope Francis, who said in November that an "epidemic of animosity" against people of other races or religions was hurting the weakest in society.

Europe has seen a rise in support for nationalist and populist movements in La Belle France, Italia, Britannia, Poland, Hungary and elsewhere this year, driven in part by a migration crisis which has seen some 1.4 million asylum-seekers arrive in Europe since the start of last year.

The number of hate crimes across the United States also spiked in the 10 days after the election victory of Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
, following a campaign in which the real estate developer vowed to deport millions of unregistered immigrants colonists and called for restricting Moslem immigration.

Posted by: Fred || 12/23/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Thank you, Justin Trudeau's dad...
Posted by: Raj || 12/23/2016 0:36 Comments || Top||

#2  Especially if you're one of the "we know better 'elites'".
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/23/2016 2:28 Comments || Top||

#3  He and his ilk have far better "horrors of the future" in mind for the rest of us.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 12/23/2016 5:37 Comments || Top||

#4  Like monarchy?
Posted by: no mo uro || 12/23/2016 6:06 Comments || Top||

#5  So how's that transnational effort working out for the people in Libya and Syria? And for Europe being overrun by another culture? Shades of King Lear. You studied that or did they already chuck the old boy for diversity too?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/23/2016 8:19 Comments || Top||

#6  First it was the dearth of good polo ponies; then in 2014 it was, "Tackling global warming is the biggest challenge facing the world today." What's next for Prince Charles? Finding a good cigar?
Posted by: Heriberto Greper9897 || 12/23/2016 8:45 Comments || Top||

#7  Still trying to keep the way paved for full socialist and communist rule, eh Charlie?
Posted by: DarthVader || 12/23/2016 9:09 Comments || Top||

#8  Is he talking about Islamism?
Posted by: gorb || 12/23/2016 10:49 Comments || Top||

#9  He's daft.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 12/23/2016 11:17 Comments || Top||

#10  He's Horseface's Camilla's Tampon
Posted by: Frank G || 12/23/2016 11:49 Comments || Top||

#11  Bold talk from a Prince.
Posted by: GORT || 12/23/2016 12:47 Comments || Top||

#12  Living down to the legacy of this previous Prince of Wales.
Posted by: charger || 12/23/2016 13:48 Comments || Top||

#13  Edward was ten times the man Charles will ever be.
Posted by: Shipman || 12/23/2016 16:00 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Kellyanne's Brutal Response
h/t Instapundit
Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway did not immediately accept a role in his administration because she needed time to consider whether she could both serve the president and care for her family. She eventually took the job as special counselor Consigliore?
"It’s very humbling to be asked by the president to continue to serve at a senior role," she told Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo Thursday morning after her decision had been made public.

That wasn’t the best part of their conversation. At one point, Bartiromo asked Conway to respond to doubters who wonder whether she'll be able to manage a demanding outside counsel role while raising four kids.

Conway stated. "But I would say that I don’t play golf, and I don’t have a mistress so I have a lot of time that a lot of these other men don’t."
Zing!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/23/2016 02:47 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A sweet smile and a switchblade intellect.

Snark of the day. And one that I'm shamelessly borrowing...
Posted by: Heriberto Greper9897 || 12/23/2016 8:37 Comments || Top||

#2  A sweet thrust to the jugular! I like her!
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 12/23/2016 8:56 Comments || Top||

#3  The more I hear her, the more I like her.
Posted by: DarthVader || 12/23/2016 9:17 Comments || Top||

#4  A very eloquent woman who doesn't have to search for words as she stumbles through her thought process. She would have made a great press secretary.
Posted by: gorb || 12/23/2016 10:46 Comments || Top||

#5  I prefer her as a whisper in Trump's ear. She gives wise counsel and keeps him focussed
Posted by: Frank G || 12/23/2016 11:26 Comments || Top||


TrumpLand and Clinton Archipelago
I'm, at heart, a graphics whack-o.
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 12/23/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  He, he, he
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/23/2016 2:27 Comments || Top||

#2  Three days' supply.
Posted by: no mo uro || 12/23/2016 6:06 Comments || Top||

#3  Somewhere, Douglas MacArthur smiles.
Posted by: Pappy || 12/23/2016 12:09 Comments || Top||


The anti-Ellison: Labor Sect'y Tom Perez puts himself forward as pro-Israel DNC chair
Will Ellison be the rock on which the Democrats founder?
Perez is no prize; he's much more a hard-core Marxist than Ellison.
So the choice is between the Muslim Brotherhood/Nation of Islam candidate and the Marxist who loves a Socialist Israel that no longer exists? May whoever wins bring them much joy as their party is pounded to flinders by a rising tide that lifts all the boats but theirs.
You're a lot kinder than I'd be...
[IsraelTimes] In his quest to chair the Democratic National Committee, US Labor Secretary Tom Perez is trying to gain traction with a constituency deeply divided about his chief opponent, Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison.

Perez held a conference call with more than 50 prominent Jewish leaders and activists on Wednesday afternoon, including dozens of former and current members of Congress. The call was organized by Bluelight Strategies, a consulting firm that represents a number of Jewish organizations and Democratic interest groups.

While Perez did not mention Ellison by name, he took pains to distinguish himself from the man whose past remarks the Anti-Defamation League recently deemed "disqualifying" for the leadership post.

According to several Jewish Democrats who participated in the call, Perez has already made inroads with a community eager for an alternative to Ellison.

"Most members of the DNC won’t vote against him because of his stance on Israel, maybe some, but not a lot," one former Jewish leader and Democratic official who was on the call said. "But the fact that it’s an issue with the Jewish community will matter to DNC members because it’s an issue. Tom is letting it be known that that is not a problem with him."

The internal DNC election takes place on the weekend of February 23 to February 26. Out of the 447 party officials who cast a vote, fewer than 20 are Jewish, according to a source familiar with the matter.

“When [Shimon Peres] passed away, I remember going to my church to say a prayer for him and to light a candle for him, and to hope that the progressive values that he championed are progressive values that will endure,” Perez added.
Perez, who was urged to run by the White House, repeatedly referred to his past collaboration with ADL during the almost hour-long conversation. At one point, he said he had long ago "memorized" the Jewish rights group’s mission statement, which he called "timeless."

Three weeks ago, ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt rebuked Ellison for newly released audio in which he seemed to encourage Americans of Arab descent to become active in politics by suggesting that US foreign policy was dictated by Israeli interests.

Ellison insisted he was "taken out of context" and that the audio of his address, given at a private fundraiser, was "selectively edited."

The Investigative Report on Terrorism, which first released the recording of the speech, responded by publishing a follow-up of the entire audio, which also divulged the Congressman saying the US "can’t allow another country to treat us like we’re their ATM," referring to Israel, but that "it makes all the sense in the world when you see that that country has mobilized its Diaspora in America to do its bidding in America."

Ellison, the first Moslem elected to Congress, has garnered the support of some in the Jewish community, including the left-wing Mideast policy group J Street and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
Senator-for-life from New York, renowned for his love of standing in front of cameras. Schumer has been a professional politician since 1975, when disco was in flower.
, one of the most prominent Jewish members of Congress and a famously staunch supporter of Israel.

But he has also elicited strong opposition from some in the party establishment.

Israeli-American media mogul Haim Saban, a major Democratic donor, lashed out at Ellison recently, calling him "clearly an anti-Semitic and anti-Israel individual" who "would be a disaster for the relationship between the Jewish community and the Democratic Party."

Saban is one of the highest overall individual contributors to the Democratic Party who in 2002 wrote a $7 million check to underwrite the DNC’s headquarters building in Washington, DC.

Perez also mentioned his past visit to Israel and admiration for former president and prime minister Shimon Peres.

"One of the privileges of my life was getting to travel to Israel and meet someone who is one of my heroes, Shimon Peres," he said. "Uncle Shimon, to me."

"When he passed away, I remember going to my church to say a prayer for him and to light a candle for him, and to hope that the progressive values that he championed are progressive values that will endure," he added.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/23/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Exactly what "Pro-Israel" means in this context?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/23/2016 2:29 Comments || Top||

#2  You'll see the knife?
Posted by: Pappy || 12/23/2016 12:10 Comments || Top||

#3  They adopt a 'sad face' instead of handing out candies?
Posted by: magpie || 12/23/2016 16:22 Comments || Top||


Obama Scraps Registry For Some Immigrant Men, Mostly Muslims
[HOSTED.AP.ORG] The B.O. regime on Thursday officially scrapped the last vestiges of a U.S. registration system for Moslem immigrants colonists. If President-elect Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
now wants to introduce an expanded version of the program, he will have to start from scratch.

The post-9/11 registration program for immigrant men arriving mainly from the Islamic world hasn't been enforced since 2011. Although it never prohibited travel for men and boys from the more than 20 affected countries, including Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, Trump's suggestions about banning Moslem immigrants colonists from the United States have led to fears that it could be reinstated and used for new and enhanced purposes.

The decision to erase it from the books entirely marks one of President Barack Obama
Because I won...
's last administrative actions on immigration and will at least slow any Trump effort to introduce even tougher requirements, as has been suggested by a top adviser.

The registration program is "not only obsolete," said Neema Hakim, front man for the Homeland Security Department, "its use would divert limited personnel and resources from more effective measures."

Posted by: Fred || 12/23/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Perhaps the subtle context change from 'recruiting' registration to 'reviewing' registration is appropriate.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/23/2016 7:38 Comments || Top||

#2  In his eight years as president Baraq has done everything he could to destroy our country. It is a testament to the wisdom of our founding fathers and the system of government they devised with its checks and balances that he did not succeed.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 12/23/2016 11:32 Comments || Top||

#3  His damage however has been great and intentional, and his post presidency will be cancerous for public debate.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 12/23/2016 12:11 Comments || Top||


Government
EPA steamrolls auto industry to rush out new regs
Posted by: DarthVader || 12/23/2016 09:15 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Trump's appointees are going to be busy the first 100 days rolling back all the tyrannical regulations, I hope.
Posted by: DarthVader || 12/23/2016 9:17 Comments || Top||

#2  I can't help but wonder if the 0bean Administration is planning on Trump cancelling all their stupid regulations by executive order.
Posted by: gorb || 12/23/2016 10:42 Comments || Top||

#3  Desperate measures by desperate people.

They way to adress this would be to announce on day 1 a delay in enforcement for 180 days, and anything not expressly reauthorized during that time is rescinded.

Even better, announce it now. Rub Barry's nose in the fact that he's already irrelevant.
Posted by: Thravimp Lover of the Antelope7006 || 12/23/2016 11:06 Comments || Top||

#4  "The agency had surprised the industry last month by saying it was planning on finalizing its determination this year, instead of doing so next year as the law requires."

Fire everyone involved and revoke the rules.
Posted by: Frank G || 12/23/2016 11:45 Comments || Top||

#5  Just use the O precedent with immigration laws, don't enforce them other than by exception.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/23/2016 12:53 Comments || Top||

#6  The 2020 election will be all about how DJT hates the children.
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 12/23/2016 20:28 Comments || Top||

#7  There is a great job opportunity for those that know which regs to kills.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 12/23/2016 23:53 Comments || Top||



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  At least 12 dead in 'terrorist attack' after truck crashes into Berlin Christmas market
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