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-Lurid Crime Tales-
NSA WhistleBlower Bill Binney Tells Tucker Carlson NSA Spying on All Branches of Government [VIDEO]
[eHeadlines] Bill Binney
a 30 year veteran of the NSA and whistleblower,
appeared on Tucker Carlson Friday night. He dropped a bombshell when he told Tucker that the NSA spies on every branch of government on a daily basis. Trump was right on wiretapping.

This bombshell revelation really exposes the level of corruption we are dealing with inside of the NSA.

Binney: "Inside NSA there are a set of people who are -- and we got this from another NSA whistleblower who witnessed some of this -- they’re inside there, they are targeting and looking at all the members of the Supreme Court, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Congress, both House and Senate, as well as the White House."
"And all this data is inside the NSA in a small group where they’re looking at it. The idea is to see what people in power over you are going to -- what they think, what they think you should be doing or planning to do to you, your budget, or whatever so you can try to counteract before it actually happens,"
The Feds did their best to ruin Binney’s life after he stood up against the NSA and exposed the illegal spying.

We need more Patriots like him who are prepared to stand up and expose any illegal activity that they see within the government.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/26/2017 03:28 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  But, but, but..."US defends Safe Harbor, says it never uses 'indiscriminate surveillance'"
Posted by: al aSha-med || 03/26/2017 7:45 Comments || Top||

#2  Who is NSA answerable to? From what I understand, no one.
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/26/2017 9:29 Comments || Top||


Arabia
Saudi Writer: Arab World Doomed To Fail If Its Culture Not Held Up To Critical Light
[Breitbart IS] TEL AVIV ‐ The Arab and Muslim world will remain in the dark ages unless it confronts the reason for its culture of hate, a Saudi columnist wrote in Al Arabiya last week, and claimed that the rise of what he termed the "extremist right-wing" in the West is a reaction to Islamic extremism.
The Saudi columnist, Mohammed Al-Shaikh, previously has espoused views supportive of President Donald Trump.

In his latest column, Al-Shaikh begins by noting that had Europeans not subjected their medieval beliefs and attitudes to critical analysis, "They would still be repeating priestly statements that call for violence and base them on sectarian and religious pillars."

According to Al-Shaikh, the Arab and Muslim world is still stuck at the juncture the West left behind during the Enlightenment, with a belief system based on emotion and not on logic, reason and facts.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/26/2017 08:01 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Does the author mean: The Arab world is doomed to failure if it is held up to a critical light. So far, it has not been.
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/26/2017 9:51 Comments || Top||

#2  Missing the colonialists?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/26/2017 10:55 Comments || Top||

#3  Arab World Doomed To Fail If Its Culture Not Held Up To Critical Light

So, if we turn off the power...
Posted by: al aSha-med || 03/26/2017 12:23 Comments || Top||

#4  The problem begins with I and ends with m.

I will buy a vowel, and a pair of consonants, Alex.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 03/26/2017 12:42 Comments || Top||

#5  #4 Disagree: Islam is a religion Arabs invented to suit themselves. Later, it resonated with kindred souls.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/26/2017 12:52 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
David Gergen: ‘Worst 100 days of any presidency we've ever seen'
[CNN] CNN host Jake Tapper held a panel on Friday evening to take a closer look at the GOP pulling its health care bill today as well as the president’s response. President Donald Trump said on Friday that "The best thing we can do, politically speaking, is let Obamacare explode."

Previous White House senior aide David Gergen said the president’s response "was delusional in some ways." He said, "This is a man who just shoves it off on other people and described things in ways that are just misleading. I’m sure he’ll get better at this, and I think it’s also fair to say that a lot of presidents stumble. A lot of presidents had trouble in their first hundred days."

However, Gergen continued, "When you add up the totality of it -- you (Tapper) said this is the worst week of his presidency. I actually think this may be the worst hundred days we’ve ever seen in a president."

CNN chief correspondent John King spoke to Gergen’s remark, pointing out that Trump is the President of the United States, "which means he’s president to those who like Obamacare, too. He’s their president, too."

"Imagine if a fire chief showed up -- [Trump] said Obamacare is exploding and we’re going to watch and let it explode, and then maybe we’ll do something about it," King continued. "It’s like a fire chief showing up, saying ’no, don’t squirt any water at that building , let’s just let it burn to the ground.'"

"He’s in charge now. I know he doesn’t like this program, I know he thinks the people who built this program made a mess. But guess what, he’s the president now. It’s his mess. He didn’t start it, but he inherited it," said King.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/26/2017 07:22 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Trump will walk away from obamacare just like obama walked away from Iraq.
Posted by: Airandee || 03/26/2017 7:52 Comments || Top||

#2  Worst 100 days of media coverage and pompous, self-proclaimed ex-spurt opinion makers, that's for sure.
Posted by: al aSha-med || 03/26/2017 8:07 Comments || Top||

#3  The reptilian Gergen is a poster child for the Washington establishment.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/26/2017 8:13 Comments || Top||

#4  David Gergen: The Talking Thumb
Posted by: Frank G || 03/26/2017 9:39 Comments || Top||

#5  Maybe Gergen should take an extended stay at Bohemian Grove to rest up and clear his head.
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/26/2017 9:40 Comments || Top||

#6  Yes, for your kind. For the rest of Americans, and the rest of the World, not so bad.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/26/2017 10:58 Comments || Top||

#7  The worst 100 days of Trump is still better than 8 years of Obama.

It seems to me that Trump has done more good in his first 100 days than Obama ever has in his 8 years!
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance || 03/26/2017 12:57 Comments || Top||


Actor James Woods Posts the Ultimate List of What Democrats Have Done to America!
[Joe For America] Believe it or not there are still a few conservative actors in Hollywood and some are even on Twitter. A few are even entertaining, but James Woods is at the top of my list. I have to say, when it comes to solid genuine humor, James Woods delivers. Woods is not only very knowledgeable, but like President Trump, he’s unfiltered when it comes to stating the truth. He recently passed 600,000 followers, which is pretty amazing on Twitter, especially for a conservative Hollywood actor. On Sunday he posted a list of reasons why Americans are fed up with Democrats. You’ll love it!

Let criminals out.
Let illegals in.
Let boys in girl's locker rooms.
Let women kill their offspring.
Prosecute innocent officers.
Prosecute Christians.
Accept barbarity in the form of Islam.
Overtax the hard working.
Coddle the lazy.

This is what Democrats have created in America.

Posted by: Besoeker || 03/26/2017 03:57 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It all started when they took over K-12.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/26/2017 4:58 Comments || Top||

#2  Taxing Social Security payments, a bold flash of Clintonian genius which neither party will discuss.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/26/2017 8:11 Comments || Top||

#3  I'd say the list isn't even close to complete. Keep working on it James.
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/26/2017 9:31 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Trump's Unbalanced Homeland Security Budget
[DefenseOne] As the former heads of DHS, the Coast Guard, and TSA, we think Trump’s border-and-immigration fixation is like double-locking your front door and leaving the window wide open.
Posted by: al aSha-med || 03/26/2017 05:14 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


India-Pakistan
Trump Effect on India-Pakistan: Visa Threat Does The Impossible
February 1, 2017: Islamic terrorist violence inside Pakistan continues to decline. Surprisingly the vocal popular support for Islamic terrorism in Pakistan was suddenly muted in late January as the military made some unexpected concessions regarding its support for terrorism and the government was able to go after a major Islamic charity that was long known (by literally everyone) as a front for Islamic terrorist fund raising. What caused this sudden change was the unexpected American threat to declare Pakistan a supporter of Islamic terrorism and restrict the movement of Pakistanis to and from the United States. What made this threat so convincing is that the newly (since January 20 th ) installed U.S. government started keeping campaign promises and banned seven nations (Syria, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen) that have long been the source of most Islamic terrorism. Many in South Asia believe Pakistan should be on the list. Afghanistan and India have long called for such action against Pakistan but Pakistanis thought the Americans would never do it. The leaders of Pakistan's Islamic parties, who normally call for violent demonstrations against any effort to shut down Islamic terrorists who only attack outside Pakistan were quiet. That was because many of their key supporters may be enthusiastic about Islamic terrorism, they are more concerned about family in the West, especially the United States, or seeking to go there. The Islamic political parties have grown stronger since the military cracked down on anti-Pakistan Islamic terrorists in 2014. But now even the military is concerned about Pakistan being labeled what it has long been; a major supporter of Islamic terrorism. The fear may not last, but it's a refreshing change of attitude for people in the region, including most Pakistanis.

Meanwhile there is less Islamic terrorist violence in Pakistani. In 2016 there were only 1,893 Islamic terrorism related deaths and for January 2017 the number was a quarter of the deaths for January 2016. Yet Pakistan remains the primary source of support for Islamic terrorism in the region. It is becoming increasingly difficult to deny this as more and more evidence surfaces. This has led to open discussions about how to deal with the mess these lies have gotten Pakistan into. Some of these public discussions feature Pakistani officials saying that to move against all Islamic terrorists in Pakistan too aggressively would mean more Islamic terrorist attacks inside Pakistan and that is not acceptable. While maintaining some terrorist sanctuaries makes sense to many Pakistanis it simply angers Afghanistan and India (and now Bangladesh as well) because they have long suffered from Pakistan based Islamic terror groups that had (and still have) sanctuary in Pakistan and until recently any Pakistani openly admitting that would be called a traitor and risk prison or death.

What has been changing Pakistani attitudes towards this official denial was the growing evidence that the Pakistani position was all a lie and a self-destructive one at that. That includes Pakistan trying to blame all Islamic terrorist violence inside Pakistan on foreigners (usually India). This became embarrassing when Pakistani Islamic terrorists would get on the Internet and provide evidence that they, not India, did it. The Afghans and Americans also lost their patience with years of Pakistani promises that "they were working on the problem" when, in fact, that was all for show.
Posted by: Frank G || 03/26/2017 16:21 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Home Front: Culture Wars
Poll: Only 35 Percent of Americans Want to Live in Sanctuary Cities
[Breitbart] A small minority of likely Americans voters say they want to live in sanctuary cities where criminal illegal immigrants are shielded from federal immigration law.

In a new Rasmussen poll, only 35 percent of Americans said they would like to live in a community that declared itself a "sanctuary city" while 52 percent would not. Some 14 percent were on the fence.

Working-class Americans are least likely to favor living in a sanctuary city, with only 25 percent supporting the idea and 63 percent opposing.

Wealthy Americans, on the other hand, are the most likely to support living in a sanctuary city. Forty-one percent stated support for sanctuary cities and 40 percent opposed the idea.

Even Americans who identify themselves as "liberal" are split on the issue. Roughly 54 percent say they would want to live in one, while 34 percent stand opposed.

Black Americans are less likely to support sanctuary policies than whites. A minority of 34 percent black voters and 36 percent of whites Americans feel the same.

When it comes to whether or not sanctuary cities are more safe or less safe than communities that do not shield illegal immigrants from federal immigration law, surprisingly young Americans are the most likely to say sanctuary cities are less safe.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/26/2017 06:51 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Sanctuaries for whom? These places are dangerous.
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/26/2017 9:33 Comments || Top||

#2  Wealthy Americans, on the other hand, are the most likely to support living in a sanctuary city

require them to pay their gardeners, cooks, maids, handymen, etc $30/hr. Let's see how much they support it then. Cheap labor and moral preening
Posted by: Frank G || 03/26/2017 9:44 Comments || Top||

#3  Cheap labor and moral preening and gated communities with good security.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/26/2017 10:58 Comments || Top||


Government
Krauthammer: Ryan bill ‘PATHETIC,' says we're heading towards single payer (Video)
[Right Scoop] Krauthammer points out that Chuck Schumer’s reaction after TrumpCare’s catastrophic implosion was all about increasing the role of government in health care, and he thinks we’re rapidly losing the fight against a single payer system.

He calls the Trump/Ryan bill "pathetic" while pointing out that it’s polling was below that of Obamacare. I would point out also, that Trump aid that he wasn’t against single payer, and even said he liked the idea...

'Single Payer' as defined at Wikipedia
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/26/2017 03:15 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Wasn't that the Donk plan all along?
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/26/2017 10:24 Comments || Top||

#2  Karpbagslammer. Right in there with Instafuckface as someone I need to listen to.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/26/2017 12:05 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Sun 2017-03-26
  Police clash with anti-Christian mob in southern Egypt
Sat 2017-03-25
  ISIL withdrawing fighters from southern Syria to concentrate on Raqqa
Fri 2017-03-24
  Helmand’s Sangin district has reportedly fallen to Taliban
Thu 2017-03-23
  It's worse: Jewish Israeli-American, 19, arrested in Ashkelon for phoning in dozens of JCC bomb threats
Wed 2017-03-22
  Jihadi car and knife attack: Parliament in lockdown
Tue 2017-03-21
  U.S. Bans Laptops, Tablets from Cabins on Flights from Middle East
Mon 2017-03-20
  Syrian regulars gain control of regions near Palmyra
Sun 2017-03-19
  Four wanted Maute militants nabbed in Lanao
Sat 2017-03-18
  Man shot dead at Paris Orly airport this morning after taking soldier's gun: official
Fri 2017-03-17
  Four Killed as Bangladesh Police Storm Islamist Hideout
Thu 2017-03-16
  Kommander Abdullah, 10 others die in airstrike in Paktika
Wed 2017-03-15
  Dozens killed in suicide bombing at Damascus "Palace of Justice" courthouse
Tue 2017-03-14
  Suspected ISIS gas attack hits Iraqi forces in west Mosul
Mon 2017-03-13
  Kenyan police nab 6 terror suspects in coastal town
Sun 2017-03-12
  Double suicide attack kills 40 in Damascus
Sat 2017-03-11
  Syrian force a ‘few weeks’ from Raqqa, U.S. Marines deployed


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