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Dear Mr. President: Don’t Fall into the Trap
by Retired Adm. James A. Lyons
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Comey's testimony
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Top Headlines
Senate committee launches new liar-Clinton corruption investigation. (The Daily Signal)
Gore dodges fact-check on his 2006 prediction: Earth at “point of no return within 10 years.” (CNS News)
Why European map is littered with terrorism attacks — except for Poland. (Poland Radio)
Latest terror attack demonstrates value of 2A gun rights. (Reason)
London “known wolf” terrorist featured in BBC documentary “The Jihadis Next Door.” (The Washington Times)
Senate passes measure calling on Trump to move U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. (Washington Examiner)
Attorney in $550 million Social Security fraud case disappears. (Hot Air)
DOJ attorneys who stalked, groped female colleagues rewarded with bonuses. (The Washington Free Beacon)
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey declares state of emergency over opioids. (Washington Examiner)
Policy: The Congressional Budget Office needs to be reformed. (National Review)
Policy: Why privatizing air traffic control will work. (Investor’s Business Daily) ~The Patriot Post
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Tough Action Needed In
Britain, May Offering More PC Surrender
by Rick Wells
{rickwells.us} ~ Paul Joseph Watson lives in the UK so he’s quite familiar with the politics and the social conditions, including as they relate to the Islamic invasion and their takeover of the nation... He’s angry that once again his country has been struck by terrorists, imported with reckless abandon by their politically correct, feckless government, and that nothing other than empty speeches can be expected in response. He points to the stupidity of those, such as pop sluts Ariana Grande and Katy Perry, who advocate a return to the posture of compliant victims that they maintained prior to the Manchester attack and which enabled the London Bridge attack. Recognizing that they view their god as a blood thirsty terrorist, Watson plays a clip of one witness who described the terrorists as saying, “this is for Allah” as they slashed innocent victims’ throats. He notes that the BBC has footage of the perpetrators making those statements, but they refuse to air them as it would be damaging to their pro-Islamist narrative... http://rickwells.us/paul-joseph-watson-tough-action-needed-britain-may-offering-pc-surrender/
.Germany: Surge in Stabbings and Knife Crimes
by Soeren Kern
{gatestoneinstitute.org} ~ A Syrian migrant was stabbed to death in northern Germany by another Syrian because he was eating ice cream during Ramadan. The murder — which occurred in broad daylight... in a busy pedestrian shopping area in Oldenburg and caused great consternation among local citizens — is not just the latest example of Sharia law being enforced on German streets. The crime also highlighted the growing epidemic of knife violence in Germany. Knives, axes and machetes have become weapons of choice for criminals in Germany, which has some of the strictest gun laws in Europe. Knives are not only being used to carry out jihadist attacks, but increasingly to commit homicides, robberies, home invasions, sexual assaults, honor killings and many other kinds of violent crime... https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10488/germany-stabbings by Soeren Kern
. {washingtonexaminer.com} ~ The American Health Care Act, which the House narrowly passed last month, meets the rules that allow the Senate to pass it with only 51 votes, according to the Senate parliamentarian... The Senate Budget Committee said Tuesday that the legislation to repeal and replace liar-nObamacare complies with the rules for reconciliation set by the Senate parliamentarian. Republicans have sought to use the pathway, which lets a bill be approved in the Senate by only 51 votes instead of the 60 needed to break a filibuster. But there are strict guidelines for using reconciliation. For instance, the bill has to reduce the deficit and only focus on spending and budgetary levels... http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/house-obamacare-repeal-bill-meets-senate-rules-for-simple-majority-vote/article/2625138
House liar-nObamacare repeal bill
meets Senate rules for simple majority vote
by Robert King
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Why the Kushner-Russia
Affair Is Much Ado About Nothing
by Selwyn Duke
{thenewamerican.com} ~ It certainly makes for good news stories and great anti-administration propaganda: Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and close confidant, supposedly sought “back-channel” communications with Russia... Cue the dramatic music and start salivating over impeachment prospects. Yet even if the allegation is true, it’s much ado about nothing. Moreover, it blows the whole Russia-stole-the-election story out of the water. We can start with National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster’s recent statement that the Kushner story troubled him not at all. As the New York Post reports, “‘We have back-channel communications with a number of countries,’ McMaster said Saturday. ‘What that allows you to do is communicate in a discreet manner, so I’m not concerned.’” “Kushner’s plan — which never took effect — was meant to let the Trump transition team communicate privately with the Russian government on Syria and other issues... https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/26186-why-the-kushner-russia-affair-is-much-ado-about-nothing
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How should America pay for its infrastructure needs?
by R. Richard Geddes
{aei.org} ~ America’s surface transportation system faces a range of serious problems, which hamper its performance. Traffic congestion is a growing problem. Congested roads wasted 6.9 billion hours of motorists’ travel time... and almost 3.1 billion gallons of fuel in 2014. Moreover, congestion’s overall social costs are growing rapidly over time. The congestion “invoice” in the United States for added fuel and time costs grew from $42 billion in 1982 to about $160 billion in 2014. Meanwhile, the revenue sources available to maintain, operate and selectively expand the road network remain inadequate and unreliable. Large system parts are past their original design lives and in need of major overhaul. Maintenance of roads, bridges and tunnels has been deferred, sometimes for decades. New approaches to funding the U.S. transportation system are necessary. A key insight is to appreciate the distinction between the funding of infrastructure and its financing. “Funding” for transportation infrastructure refers to the underlying dollars or financial resources necessary to maintain, operate, and renovate the nation’s transportation system... http://www.aei.org/publication/how-should-america-pay-for-its-infrastructure-needs/?utm_source=paramount&utm_medium=email&utm_content=AEITODAY&utm_campaign=060617
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by Retired Adm. James A. Lyons
{aim.org} ~ As I stated in my op-ed of 17 May, after China played the North Korea nuclear card, your criticism of the liar-nObama administration’s failure to take stronger actions against China’s illegal actions in the South China Sea were spot on! However, instead of following through with your proposed much tougher actions, your administration, with the help of liar-nObama “holdovers,” fell into the trap of all recent past administrations: being nice to China so that they will help us resolve the North Korea nuclear problem. We continue to simply ignore the fact that it was China and Russia that created the North Korean nuclear problem in the first place!
A similar scenario was played out as you departed for your historic trip to the Middle East and Europe. You were encouraged not to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem as it might have an adverse impact on Middle East peace negotiations, and your trip objectives. Prior to that, certain GCC countries indicated they were prepared to make certain concessions to Israel. Therefore, don’t do anything that could derail potential peace negotiations or concessions that certain Arab States may be prepared to make to Israel.
What’s left out of that scenario is the fact that your statement that you were prepared to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem is what most likely prompted new undefined concessions to Israel and renewed interest in Israel-Palestinian peace negotiations. I hope your decision to sign a waiver and postpone the move to Jerusalem by at least six months does not become a regular ritual, as it did for the past three presidents. Granted, having the Palestinian terrorist leader Mahmoud Abbas to the White House gave impetus to the subject of renewed peace negotiations.
The most serious peace negotiations took place during President liar-Clinton’s tenure. The First Summit took place at Camp David on 11 to 24 July, 2000. Both President liar-Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak were prepared to cut a deal. Israel had dropped its refusal to divide Jerusalem and accepted “full Palestinian sovereignty” of the Temple Mount! Israel only asked the Palestinians to recognize that the Temple Mount was sacred to Jews. Arafat refused and, in effect, denied the core of the Jewish faith.
Abu Mazen, one of the lead Palestinian negotiators at that time, said that even before the summit, “Palestinians made it clear to the Americans that the Palestinian side is unable to make concessions on anything.” Nonetheless, one more attempt was made at the White House on 19 to 23 December, 2000. A final settlement proposal endorsed by Israeli Prime Minister Barak was offered. Again, Arafat rejected. He could not accept Israeli control of Jewish holy sites. In short, he was not prepared to make any concessions.
What has changed? Nothing! They are still Arafat loyalists, still Muslim, still faithful to the example of Mohammad. If anything, it has gotten more complicated with Hamas in control of Gaza and its refusal to accept the right of Israeli to exist. While the specifics of your discussion with Palestinian President Abbas are not known, it can be assumed that he gave you assurances that he is prepared to enter into serious peace negotiations with Israel. Based on the collapse of the 2008 peace negotiation with Abbas sponsored by President Bush over initially the same issues that Arafat had rejected, the prospects for any successful negotiations appear very dim, particularly if Hamas is made part of the negotiating team—as proposed by their sponsor, CAIR. We should not forget that CAIR is one of the unindicted co-conspirators of the terrorist funding Holy Land Foundation Trial.
Separately, you are being told that the Islamic State (IS) and other affiliated terrorist groups have promoted a perverted version of Islam. The current rationale is that all we have to do is eliminate the Islamic State, and similar rebel groups and some sense of stability will be achieved. In effect, they claim, IS has “hijacked a great religion.” After all, Islam is a religion of peace. Those were the worst six words President George W. Bush ever uttered. Nothing could be further from the truth. One of the objectives of your trip, Mr. President, as stated by your National Security Advisor, was to promote “a more moderate version of Islam.” Unfortunately, there isn’t any. The atrocities that we see being carried out by IS are consistent with core Islamic doctrine. It is not “violent extremism.” Islam, is a totalitarian ideology, bent on world domination, masquerading as a religion.
President Erdogan of Turkey said it best when he was Prime Minister: “Islam is Islam. Democracy is the train we ride to achieve our ultimate objective which is to make Islam the dominant religion throughout the world.”
When Mohammad was in Mecca, before his migration (Hijra) to Medina, he was only able to attract a few hundred followers by preaching. The verses he claimed to receive from Allah during the so-called “Mecca period” reflect his weak status. The verses were passive, tolerant, and generally non-violent as he tried to attract more followers. These pre-Medina non-violent scriptures are confusing to the non-Muslim world as they are often cited by Muslims to hide the true nature of Islam.
That all changed after the hijra to Medina in 622. By that date Mohammad had built up his forces, all the peaceful scriptures turned to violence, and the Islamic jihad as we know it today began in earnest. Make no mistake, support for Islamic jihad is mandatory for all Muslims.
The fact that during the Arab-Islamic-American Summit in Riyadh an agreement was reached on establishing a “Global Center for Combatting Extremism” is a remarkable achievement. Hopefully, it will be able to curtail funding support and recruitment. Ultimately, it could be a center to help coordinate efforts for the removal of the Iranian theocracy, notwithstanding the Qatar problem.
Regardless of what was promised to you during your visit to Saudi Arabia— that they will work toward eliminating the Islamic state, etc—the Islamic principle of taqiyya comes into play. Taqiyya, or deceiving the infidels, is sanctioned to advance the cause of Islam. That says it all. Don’t fall into the trap on the futile peace negotiations or failing to move our embassy to Jerusalem.
Dear Mr. President: Don’t Fall into the Trap
{aim.org} ~ As I stated in my op-ed of 17 May, after China played the North Korea nuclear card, your criticism of the liar-nObama administration’s failure to take stronger actions against China’s illegal actions in the South China Sea were spot on! However, instead of following through with your proposed much tougher actions, your administration, with the help of liar-nObama “holdovers,” fell into the trap of all recent past administrations: being nice to China so that they will help us resolve the North Korea nuclear problem. We continue to simply ignore the fact that it was China and Russia that created the North Korean nuclear problem in the first place!
A similar scenario was played out as you departed for your historic trip to the Middle East and Europe. You were encouraged not to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem as it might have an adverse impact on Middle East peace negotiations, and your trip objectives. Prior to that, certain GCC countries indicated they were prepared to make certain concessions to Israel. Therefore, don’t do anything that could derail potential peace negotiations or concessions that certain Arab States may be prepared to make to Israel.
What’s left out of that scenario is the fact that your statement that you were prepared to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem is what most likely prompted new undefined concessions to Israel and renewed interest in Israel-Palestinian peace negotiations. I hope your decision to sign a waiver and postpone the move to Jerusalem by at least six months does not become a regular ritual, as it did for the past three presidents. Granted, having the Palestinian terrorist leader Mahmoud Abbas to the White House gave impetus to the subject of renewed peace negotiations.
The most serious peace negotiations took place during President liar-Clinton’s tenure. The First Summit took place at Camp David on 11 to 24 July, 2000. Both President liar-Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak were prepared to cut a deal. Israel had dropped its refusal to divide Jerusalem and accepted “full Palestinian sovereignty” of the Temple Mount! Israel only asked the Palestinians to recognize that the Temple Mount was sacred to Jews. Arafat refused and, in effect, denied the core of the Jewish faith.
Abu Mazen, one of the lead Palestinian negotiators at that time, said that even before the summit, “Palestinians made it clear to the Americans that the Palestinian side is unable to make concessions on anything.” Nonetheless, one more attempt was made at the White House on 19 to 23 December, 2000. A final settlement proposal endorsed by Israeli Prime Minister Barak was offered. Again, Arafat rejected. He could not accept Israeli control of Jewish holy sites. In short, he was not prepared to make any concessions.
What has changed? Nothing! They are still Arafat loyalists, still Muslim, still faithful to the example of Mohammad. If anything, it has gotten more complicated with Hamas in control of Gaza and its refusal to accept the right of Israeli to exist. While the specifics of your discussion with Palestinian President Abbas are not known, it can be assumed that he gave you assurances that he is prepared to enter into serious peace negotiations with Israel. Based on the collapse of the 2008 peace negotiation with Abbas sponsored by President Bush over initially the same issues that Arafat had rejected, the prospects for any successful negotiations appear very dim, particularly if Hamas is made part of the negotiating team—as proposed by their sponsor, CAIR. We should not forget that CAIR is one of the unindicted co-conspirators of the terrorist funding Holy Land Foundation Trial.
Separately, you are being told that the Islamic State (IS) and other affiliated terrorist groups have promoted a perverted version of Islam. The current rationale is that all we have to do is eliminate the Islamic State, and similar rebel groups and some sense of stability will be achieved. In effect, they claim, IS has “hijacked a great religion.” After all, Islam is a religion of peace. Those were the worst six words President George W. Bush ever uttered. Nothing could be further from the truth. One of the objectives of your trip, Mr. President, as stated by your National Security Advisor, was to promote “a more moderate version of Islam.” Unfortunately, there isn’t any. The atrocities that we see being carried out by IS are consistent with core Islamic doctrine. It is not “violent extremism.” Islam, is a totalitarian ideology, bent on world domination, masquerading as a religion.
President Erdogan of Turkey said it best when he was Prime Minister: “Islam is Islam. Democracy is the train we ride to achieve our ultimate objective which is to make Islam the dominant religion throughout the world.”
When Mohammad was in Mecca, before his migration (Hijra) to Medina, he was only able to attract a few hundred followers by preaching. The verses he claimed to receive from Allah during the so-called “Mecca period” reflect his weak status. The verses were passive, tolerant, and generally non-violent as he tried to attract more followers. These pre-Medina non-violent scriptures are confusing to the non-Muslim world as they are often cited by Muslims to hide the true nature of Islam.
That all changed after the hijra to Medina in 622. By that date Mohammad had built up his forces, all the peaceful scriptures turned to violence, and the Islamic jihad as we know it today began in earnest. Make no mistake, support for Islamic jihad is mandatory for all Muslims.
The fact that during the Arab-Islamic-American Summit in Riyadh an agreement was reached on establishing a “Global Center for Combatting Extremism” is a remarkable achievement. Hopefully, it will be able to curtail funding support and recruitment. Ultimately, it could be a center to help coordinate efforts for the removal of the Iranian theocracy, notwithstanding the Qatar problem.
Regardless of what was promised to you during your visit to Saudi Arabia— that they will work toward eliminating the Islamic state, etc—the Islamic principle of taqiyya comes into play. Taqiyya, or deceiving the infidels, is sanctioned to advance the cause of Islam. That says it all. Don’t fall into the trap on the futile peace negotiations or failing to move our embassy to Jerusalem.
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