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The Events of the Week -- Featruring:

Don straitjackets! Trump makes

liberals go nuts

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by Gina Loudon

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Judicial Activist Denies Judicial Activism

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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor claims to be mourning the burgeoning sentiment that judicial activism is permeating American politics and undermining Rule of Law. While visiting the University of California, Berkeley, last week, the Associated Press reported that "Sotomayor said judges try to be fair and impartial and don't have rigid beliefs they apply to every case. She encouraged people to view judges as 'human beings who care deeply about what we're doing.'" This come 16 years after she told the same school something entirely different: "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life."

In truth, "there is much in the body of American law which was never specifically spelled out in the Constitution," Hot Air's Jazz Shaw retorts. "That requires the exercise of individual judgment and the application of instincts when interpreting the law." That being said, "[T]hese are human beings we're talking about and it's a group of people who have spent their professional careers steeped in a study of subjects which are permanently interwoven with politics. How are we to expect them to arrive at their positions without some baggage trailing behind them?"

Take, for example, Justice Sotomayor in United States v. Texas (liar-nObama's executive amnesty). As we recently reported, she refused to recuse herself despite having long promoted open borders. That she ignored this conflict of interest and ruled on the case anyway reeks of judicial activism. What the Court needs is balance, which is obtained through jurists who have the strength, courage and goodwill to not let prejudices interfere. As her soon-to-be colleague, Neil Gorsuch, has observed: "A judge who likes every result he reaches is very likely a bad judge." That's something Justice Sotomayor has yet to understand.

~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/digests/47973

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What 2 liar-nObama Judges Got Wrong in

Striking Down Travel Executive Order

by Hans von Spakovsky

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{dailysignal.com} ~ Two federal judges, both nominated by President Barack liar-nObama, have issued injunctions against President Donald Trump’s revised executive order temporarily restricting travel from six terrorist safe havens in the Middle East and Africa... The decisions by Derrick Kahala Watson in Hawaii and Theodore David Chuang in Maryland should shock no one—not because the judges are correct, but because their decisions follow the same pattern as prior decisions in Washington state and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals over the first order. These rulings ignore or misinterpret federal immigration law that gives the president the clear authority to act and prior Supreme Court precedents that support the legality of the president’s actions... http://dailysignal.com/2017/03/16/what-2-obama-judges-got-wrong-in-striking-down-travel-executive-order/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTm1JeU1Ea3pZak0zWVRKbCIsInQiOiI2RjVUT1hVRVppOGRJRENSenZ3NVRURmdwNlhSMGJ0SjRxVFRKZ1V5M3YyTTlWVmNsMDA4U1wvMzJoZzRaTzhja0E3TWxCR2xXSHdsVEdZb1NabGlDWnJqS2tQSExrV1ROTENpeU5CQTlUZHRFdXIyS1BHM1VpTTV6M1hjTEIzRTEifQ%3D%3D

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ICE Arrests 61 Aliens in Nevada Roundup

by reviveusa.com

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{reviveusa.com} ~ U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) officers carried out a 5-day operation in Nevada. The goal of the targeted operation is to round up aliens with criminal records... prior deportation orders, illegal re-entrants, and immigration fugitives, ICE officials said in a written statement obtained by Breitbart Texas. “ERO officers here in Nevada and around the country are focused first and foremost on using this agency’s unique tools and authorities to help keep our communities safe,” Nevada ERO Assistant Field Office Director Nikita Curry said in the statement. “Our enforcement efforts last week are representative of the work we’ve been doing and will continue to do.” Ninety percent of the arrested aliens had records of criminal convictions, officials stated. These records include convictions for various sex crimes, drug offenses, domestic violence, armed robbery, drunk driving, and identity theft. One of those arrested, an Iranian national living in Carson City, Nevada, has a record for illegal drug trafficking.... http://reviveusa.com/ice-arrests-61-aliens-in-nevada-roundup/

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Are the Hard Leftists Aligned with Radical Islamists?
by Najat AlSaied

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Linda Sarsour, a Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood sympathizer,

said that in the United States, Muslim children are being

executed [a lie], and Muslims are prohibited

from practicing their faith [a lie]

{gatestoneinstitute.org} ~ Since the presidential campaign began, and then right up until the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on February 24, 2017, President Donald Trump has kept saying the same thing... that the United States is at war with radical Islam, mainly represented by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Yet, the leftist media and other American liberals insist on portraying his position as a fight against Islam and Muslims. In fact, most moderate Muslims are not offended by the phrase "radical Islam," because they are very distressed by the fact that their religion has been commandeered by the radicals and transformed from a religion of peace into a more radical version. Unfortunately, instead of the leftists giving a voice to and supporting these moderate Muslims, a kind of leftist-Islamist alliance has emerged. "It is a certain fact that not all Muslims are terrorists, but it is equally certain, and exceptionally painful, that almost all terrorists are Muslims... The majority of those who were suicide bombers on buses, other vehicles, in schools and other places, all over the world, were Muslim". This statement from a well-known columnist and a former General Manager of the Al Arabiya news channel demonstrates how moderate Muslims are critical of their own culture and how they are saddened by how their religion has been hijacked by radicals. However, these appeals fall on deaf ears with leftists; they call moderate Muslims passive, which instead supports and furthers the radical Islamists' cause... https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10065/leftists-islamists-aligned

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WH reportedly apologizes to Britain

for citing report that they spied on Trump

by Kyle Feldscher

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{washingtonexaminer.com} ~ White House officials have reportedly apologized to their British counterparts after a White House spokesman cited claims on Thursday that British intelligence spied on President Trump at President liar-nObama's request... The BBC reported that May's spokesman said a report on Fox News that British spies helped liar-nObama spy on Trump are "ridiculous and should have been ignored." White House spokesman Sean Spicer cited that report during a briefing with reporters on Thursday. A spokesman for British Prime Minister Theresa May said the White House pledged not to repeat those claims, according to the BBC. But the Telegraph went further, and said the White House has formally apologized for the incident... http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/white-house-reportedly-apologizes-to-britain-for-citing-report-that-they-spied-on-trump/article/2617672?utm_campaign=Washington%20Examiner:%20Breaking%20News&utm_source=Washington%20Examiner:%20Breaking%20News%20-%2003/17/17&utm_medium=email

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Pulosi Fantasy Land...

by Rick Wells

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{rickwells.us} ~ If the House Hag, Nancy Pulosi, ran her personal finances as she does the nations, she’d be living paycheck to paycheck like most Americans and not the ninth wealthiest member of Congress... She must have a different philosophy for her own money than she does for wasting ours. She starts her exercise in idiocy with a statement that might have gotten her a passing grade in some liberal arts class somewhere but earns a zero in economics, asserting that the federal budget should be a statement of our national values. Of course we’re $20 trillion in debt so our national value is considerably less than what it might be otherwise from a dollar and cents standpoint, but she’s talking about values as in what she pretends to live by. She seems to be under the impression that we’ve got an endless supply of money to fund as much liberal feel good crap as she can manipulate approval for. If you can’t afford something, like NPR or the climate change hoax, and are borrowing money to finance the waste, it shouldn’t be included in the budget. Reality takes priority over desires, particularly irresponsible ones, for the rest of America. It should for the spendthrifts in DC as well... http://rickwells.us/pelosi-fantasy-land-budget-must-political-statement-reflecting-values/

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hRh9vlMPaA

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Don straitjackets! Trump makes

liberals go nuts

by Gina Loudon

{wnd.com} ~ The left is losing its collective mind.

The tin foil industry is the next industry to see a boom thanks to President Trump, as the left brings the tin foil hat back into style.

Leftists are so unable to handle the fact that Donald Trump is president that they will literally believe anything to cope.

Democrats in denial are clinging to the conspiracy theory that President Trump and his campaign were working with Russian intelligence agents to rig the election against liar-Hillary Clinton even though there is zero evidence that it ever occurred.

There is more evidence that Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster exist than for this wild conspiracy theory about Trump and the Russians.

Members of the mainstream media are so afflicted with this anti-Trump madness that they use the most creative wording to write unfounded stories about Trump-Russian election rigging.

The next lamestream media headline could read, “Trump & Bigfoot collude to rig the vote against liar-Hillary.”

Watch out, National Enquirer! The tabloids have a new competitor with the kinds of stories being published by lamestream media rags.

My conspiracy theory is that the “failing New York Times” is trying to reach a new audience since its readership has plummeted in the past few years. Next we will see the New York Times on newsstands next to the National Enquirer.

We all have those friends or family members who tell about the latest wild conspiracy theories at the occasional get-together.

Politely, we quietly nod as they explain every detail of the latest wild story that is floating around.

It was funny to see the lamestream media flip out when President Trump tweeted the accusation of President liar-nObama spying on Trump Tower during the election.

Even the few right-leaning media analysts couldn’t understand why President Trump tweeted something that no one believed was true.

Again, President Trump was playing 3D chess and is several steps ahead.

That tweet did several things.

First, it put liar-nObama and his administration holdovers on the defensive when the former president and his minions were forced to publicly deny the accusation.

Also, it exposed the Trump-Russia vote rigging story for the ridiculous fake story that it has always been. If the liar-nObama administration wasn’t spying on Trump during the campaign, then the months of news reports detailing nonexistent investigations into collusion between Trump and Russia were exposed as fake.

If the liar-nObama administration had been spying on Trump during the campaign, then that story would overshadow any baseless Russia vote rigging story.

That single tweet by Trump put liar-nObama and his minions between a rock and a hard place.

There was no way out for them. All they could do was deny that our intelligence services were spying on Trump and discredit the entire case they have been building against Trump for months.

The next time you see the president do something puzzling or seemingly foolish, just remember that President Trump is smarter than we suspect, and that the left is wackier than we ever imagined.

http://www.wnd.com/2017/03/don-straitjackets-trump-makes-liberals-go-nuts/

Fear of Islam Is Rational. It’s Not Islamophobia.

Posted by William M. Finley on March 18, 2017 at 8:38am

Fear of Islam Is Rational. It’s Not Islamophobia.

March 17, 2017/by David Marshall

Last October, prodded by a petition asking that it recognize “that extremist individuals do not represent the religion of Islam” and condemn “all forms of Islamophobia,” the Canadian House of Commons agreed on a statement repudiating Islamophobia. Samer Majzoub, president of the Canadian Muslim Forum, then demanded that the government deal with the “Islamophobia” endemic to Canadian society. That demand is now under consideration.

Which caused me to wonder. What is Islamophobia? Might I, as a critic of Islam who nevertheless seeks to be kind to individual Muslims, suffer from this malady?

Phobias are inordinate fears — of heights, dogs, snakes, enclosed spaces and so on. The term “Islamophobia” implies that if you are afraid of Islam per se (rather than just “extremist individuals”), you are likely to be unjust or unkind, or perhaps launch wars against innocent Muslims.

Thus the Canadian petition went on to note (echoing the constant drumbeat in some American high school textbooks), that the Golden Age of Islam produced a series of literate, advanced empires with the Muslim faith at their ideological core. It claims that Islam then made contributions in “arts, culture, science, literature, medicine” and more.

To what extent Islam produced rather than obtaining these things through its conquests is hard to say. That is just one of the many ways in which Islam is more complicated than the Islamophobia-phobic let on. In fact, I think it is rational, moral and biblical to be wary of Islam as a whole, not just a few “extremists” within it — while offering kindness to individual Muslims.

Responses to Real Danger

Most phobias are exaggerated responses to real dangers, after all. Heights are dangerous, unless you’re Spider-Man. Bees sting. Snakes bite. Ask a coal miner or parakeet what can happen in an enclosed space. God implanted such fears in us to keep us in one piece.

So why then is “Islamophobia” a word, and not “Buddhaphobia?”

Ask a Coptic Christian in Egypt whose faith has been suppressed for more than a millennia. Ask Nigerian Christian girls kidnapped by Boko Haram. Ask a survivor, if you can find one, of the once great and ancient Jewish communities in Egypt, Iraq or Iran. Talk to Yazidi girls sold into sexual slavery in ISIS-controlled territory.

A young Saudi woman I got to know in Oxford told me, “The only way I’m going back to Saudi is in a body bag.” A former imam I met in the same city told me that “of course” Islamic law prescribes death for those who convert out, which is why (after miraculously converting to Christ) he could not go home.

The villains in some of these cases are considered “extremist,” in others, they represent mainstream Islam. But “extremist” is one of those chameleon-words like “fundamentalist,” that derives meaning only from its neighbors. Therefore “extremist Muslims” must by definition be outliers and cannot “represent” Islam. The question that immediately leads to then, is, What does define Islam?

Defining Islam

Like any ideology, Islam can be defined by (a) the life and teachings of its founder; (b) its canonical writings; or (c) its developed traditions.

Western liberals tend to accentuate its traditions (c) rather than (a) or (b). But even viewed “liberally” as a mere social phenomenon, Islam provides rational grounds for worry, even fear. The horror of 9/11 was no aberration. “The borders of Islam are bloody,” said historian Bernard Lewis. And modern Islamic societies, as shown by broad-based United Nations research, tend to suppress women, among other ills.

Things turn even darker when we look at Islam’s founder. Among Mohammed’s crimes, as chronicled in Muslim tradition, are child-rape, polygamy, torture, slave-trading, assassination, mass-murder, armed robbery and the waging of many aggressive wars.

As for its canonical writings, much of what the enlightened world decries in modern Islam’s treatment of women has its origins in the teachings and actions of the prophet. These include marrying children to old men, polygamy, wife-beating, keeping women indoors and covered. Some of this is enshrined within the sacred pages of the Koran — and stands in stark contrast to the example of Jesus.

One must still give credit where credit is due. Who cannot admire, for instance, a Libyan Muslim immigrant to the United States who takes in terminally-ill foster children? Since Jesus teaches us to recognize such “Good Samaritans,” we should also recognize whatever Muslims have accomplished in medicine, art and science.

That said, recall that Islam conquered several cradles of civilization — ancient Sumer, Persia, Egypt, Israel, and much of the Greek Byzantine Empire — and ruled over technologically-advanced Nestorian Christian and Jewish communities. Islam then conquered much of Christendom and India and enslaved millions of Africans and Slavs. While not as inherently vicious as Nazism, Communism, or Aztec religion, Islam thus proves itself an object of rational fear.

The Two “Extremes”

One should distinguish between phobias or inordinate fears and reasonable concerns. Jesus taught his followers that they would be persecuted for His sake. Was that fear-mongering? Jesus sometimes avoided angry mobs and warned against bullies and ideological predators (“wolves”). Life under Islamic rule taught many followers of Christ to take pragmatic steps to mitigate the dangers of Islamic theology. They did this even while placing ultimate trust in God, making friends in the Muslim community, and treating each individual with the dignity and compassion of Christ.

Thus it is rational to fear the influence of a man whose example and teachings have led to great harm — even if it includes some good.

Christians should place ultimate trust in God. We are called to love Muslims as well, some of whom may prove better men and women than ourselves.

Osama bin Laden was an “extremist” because he followed Mohammed too closely. And that example is the root of a rational fear of Islam in its normative state. Those who truly love their neighbors are “extreme” rather in their resemblance to Jesus, the normative state of Christianity, which overcomes, but does not simply ignore, rational dangers. (For http://joemiller.us/2017/03/fear-islam-rational-not-islamophobia/more from the author of “Fear of Islam Is Rational. It’s Not Islamophobia.” please click HERE)

Yes, Liberals, We Can Deny Entry to Any Immigrant and for Any Reasons

Posted by William M. Finley on March 18, 2017 at 8:28am

Yes, Liberals, We Can Deny Entry to Any Immigrant and for Any Reasons

March 18, 2017/by Daniel Horowitz

What is happening in the courts right now goes beyond any debate over a “ban” on Muslim immigration. The courts have denuded the president of his plenary power over setting the refugee cap, which Trump applied evenly to every country included in his new executive order. Obviously, all the national security problems we have are from predominantly Muslim countries in the Middle East. But let’s put that aside for a moment. Even if this was a ban on Muslim immigration, it would be legal. That is settled law of a sovereign nation state.

Let’s also ignore political considerations for a moment. From a legal standpoint, a nation can set any criteria for letting in any group of people. Through our elected representatives, we can decide to only bring in people with brown hair. We can shut off immigration to those with green eyes or those who are left-handed. The prudence of such a law would have to be dealt with on a political level. Any legal limitation placed on our sovereignty, by definition, means we are not a sovereign nation and that foreign nationals can forcibly control our destiny. This is a principle deeply rooted in the social compact, the preamble of the Declaration of Independence (governance by consent), and the sovereignty of a nation state. Even one who is politically a supporter of loose immigration laws should be alarmed by courts creating a legal limitation to restricting immigration.

We have already cited from endless case law and statements from our founders on the plenary right of a nation to determine who enters the country. I’d like to add some new source material that speaks to the current constitutional crisis:

In Knauff v. Shaughnessy (1950), the Supreme Court made it clear that there is no right whatsoever to immigrate:

At the outset, we wish to point out that an alien who seeks admission to this country may not do so under any claim of right. Admission of aliens to the United States is a privilege granted by the sovereign United States Government. Such privilege is granted to an alien only upon such terms as the United States shall prescribe. It must be exercised in accordance with the procedure which the United States provides.

And yes, the exclusion could be because any consideration, even race. Remember, we are talking about law and Constitution, not politics, prudence, or morality. From Ju Toy v. United States (1905):

That Congress may exclude aliens of a particular race from the United States, prescribe the terms and conditions upon which certain classes of aliens may come to this country, establish regulations for sending out of the country such aliens as come here in violation of law, and commit the enforcement of such provisions, conditions, and regulations exclusively to executive officers, without judicial intervention are principles firmly established by the decisions of this Court. [emphasis added]

Thus, not only is the right to exclude — even for bad reason — deemed settled law in the most emphatic terms, resting on the most foundational principles of sovereignty, but it is not reviewable by the courts. Two years prior, in “The Japanese Immigrant Case,” the court used the exact same language and declared that, based on an uninterrupted stream of near-unanimous decisions, the constitutionality of such an exclusion “is no longer open to discussion in this Court.”

In 1904 (Turner v. Williams), the court made it clear that it is facially absurd to assert a religious liberty, equal protection, or freedom of speech right to affirmatively immigrate to this country. This case speaks directly to what the modern courts are ignoring:

We are at a loss to understand in what way the act is obnoxious to this objection. It has no reference to an establishment of religion, nor does it prohibit the free exercise thereof; nor abridge the freedom of speech or of the press; nor the right of the people to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances. It is, of course, true that if an alien is not permitted to enter this country, or, having entered contrary to law, is expelled, he is in fact cut off from worshipping or speaking or publishing or petitioning in the country; but that is merely because of his exclusion therefrom. He does not become one of the people to whom these things are secured by our Constitution by an attempt to enter, forbidden by law. To appeal to the Constitution is to concede that this is a land governed by that supreme law, and as under it the power to exclude has been determined to exist, those who are excluded cannot assert the rights in general obtaining in a land to which they do not belong as citizens or otherwise.

It’s amazing how liberals worship the concept of stare decisis (court precedent) once a single liberal court overturns years of common sense case law and the plain meaning of the Constitution. But they have no respect for case law that is most firmly embedded in our sovereignty in the most emphatic language, including the courts own admission that they have absolutely no jurisdiction over the issue. All of this case law remains unsettled and unexplained by the civil disobedience of today’s modern judiciary. As I’ve noted before, this case law survived even the liberal Warren-era right up to this generation.

Some critics might suggest that we can’t draw any conclusions from the exclusion acts of the late 1880s because that’s when America was evil and racist. “Just like the courts upheld slavery and were wrong they are wrong about this,” some might suggest. “What about when the courts upheld the internment of the Japanese in the Korematsu case?”

There is a one-word answer to these questions: Sovereignty.

What liberals are missing is that there is a difference between abridging the rights of Americans or even immigrants and a right to affirmatively enter someone else’s country. Of course, we can’t just throw people into labor camps and indefinitely detain them without due process. But we don’t have to allow people into our country. Immigration is quite a different issue than indefinite detention. It’s like saying because you are not allowed to kidnap a visitor of your house and lock him in your attic you must allow anyone into your house in the first place.

As I’ve cited many times, Justice Robert Jackson, the famous Nuremberg prosecutor who was a champion of due process rights and wrote the dissent in Korematsu v. United States, said that “Due process does not invest any alien with a right to enter the United States, nor confer on those admitted the right to remain against the national will.” Shaughnessy v. Mezei, 345 US 222-223 (1953) (Jackson, J., dissenting).] Scalia, in his Zadvydas dissent, made this same distinction between indefinite detention and the right to enter or remain in the country against the national will. Even the majority opinion at the time only granted relief because the individual legal permanent resident was being held longer than six months in prison (but only because his home country would not repatriate him).

Some might feel uncomfortable with the notion that there are no limitations on discriminatory, absurd, or “mean” immigration selection criterion. But those are political or sensibility arguments, not legal arguments. By definition, any limitation whatsoever on the power to exclude necessarily means that a foreign national has some sort of affirmative claim to assert jurisdiction and adjudicate his way into entry. As John Marshall, the judicial strongman himself, said:

The jurisdiction of the nation within its own territory is necessarily exclusive and absolute. It is susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself. Any restriction upon it deriving validity from an external source would imply a diminution of its sovereignty to the extent of the restriction and an investment of that sovereignty to the same extent in that power which could impose such restriction. All exceptions, therefore, to the full and complete power of a nation within its own territories must be traced up to the consent of the nation itself. They can flow from no other legitimate source.

But again, we are not even talking about a complete shutoff of Muslim immigration. We are no longer a sovereign nation and a sovereign people when courts, relatives of foreign nationals, taxpayer-funded refugee groups, and states can proactively demand any form of immigration they so desire. (For more from the author of “Yes, Liberals, We Can Deny Entry to Any Immigrant and for Any Reasons” please click HERE) http://joemiller.us/2017/03/yes-liberals-can-deny-entry-immigrant-reasons/

Blogging the Qur’an: Sura 9, “Repentance,” verses 81-129

Posted by William M. Finley on March 18, 2017 at 8:13am

Blogging the Qur’an: Sura 9, “Repentance,” verses 81-129

( READ FIND OUT WHAT THE QUR'AN REALLY TEACHES )

January 2, 2008 8:33 am By Robert Spencer

Allah then excoriates Muslims who refused to accompany Muhammad on his expedition to Tabuk, where he had hoped to fight the Byzantines in the year 631 (vv. 81-89). Some begged off because of the scorching heat in Arabia, making an expedition particularly trying — leading Allah to taunt them about the heat of hell, for “they hated to strive and fight,” that is, wage jihad (yujahidoo, يُجَاهِدُوا) “with their goods and their persons, in the cause of Allah” (v. 81). Ibn Kathir explains: “if they have any comprehension or understanding, they would have marched with the Messenger of Allah during the heat, so as to save themselves from the Fire of Jahannam [Hell], which is much more severe.”

Even if the Hypocrites were to change their minds and want to join Muhammad on a future expedition, they are forever barred from doing so (v. 83). Muhammad and the Muslims should not even pray for them when they die (v. 84). They will be punished in this world also (v. 85 — a repeat of v. 55). But Muhammad and the Muslims who do “strive and fight [jahadoo, جَاهَدُواْ] with their wealth and their persons” will enter the gardens of Paradise (vv. 88-89).

Allah singles out for the Bedouin Arabs for especial criticism for not going to Tabuk (vv. 90-105). Ibn Juzayy says that this in itself invalidated their claim to be Muslim: “They were the people who did not go on jihad nor ask excuses to stay behind them, so they lied when they claimed to believe.” This is not to say that no one can be excused from jihad: one may stay behind if he is “infirm, or ill,” or has “no resources to spend (on the cause)” (v. 91). Ibn Kathir explains the conditions: “Allah mentions here the valid excuses that permit one to stay away from fighting. He first mentions the excuses that remain with a person, the weakness in the body that disallows one from Jihad, such as blindness, limping, and so forth. He then mentions the excuses that are not permanent, such as an illness that would prevent one from fighting in the cause of Allah, or poverty that prevents preparing for Jihad. There is no sin in these cases if they remain behind, providing that when they remain behind, they do not spread malice or try to discourage Muslims from fighting, but all the while observing good behavior in this state.”

But the rich claim exemption (v. 93) and present excuses to Muhammad, who is not to accept them (v. 94), for these people are unclean (v. 95). The worst unbelievers and Hypocrites are the Bedouins (v. 97). Allah accused some of them of plotting against Muhammad, and warned that their plots would backfire (v. 98). However, some truly believe (v. 99). Allah may forgive those who repent of their wrongdoings, who have “mixed an act that was good with another that was evil” (v. 102). Ibn Juzayy explains that “this ayat was sent down about Abu Lubaba. His virtuous action was jihad and his bad action consisted of advising the Banu Qurayza” — that is, the Jewish tribe that broke their covenant with the Muslims and that Muhammad subsequently had massacred. Those who repent can seal their repentance by giving alms (vv. 103-104).

Allah contrasts false belief with the genuine article (vv. 106-112). On the way back from Tabuk, Muhammad received news about a mosque that a group of Muslims had built in opposition to his authority. Allah gave him a revelation making clear the malign intent of the builders, despite their protestations of good intentions (v. 107). Muhammad ordered his followers to burn the mosque to the ground. Ibn Kathir says that its builders had “made it an outpost for those who warred against Allah and His Messenger.”

Allah then guarantees of Paradise to those who “kill and are killed” for him (v. 111). This verse has become in the modern age the rationale for suicide bombing. Ibn Kathir explains: “Allah states that He has compensated His believing servants for their lives and wealth — if they give them up in His cause — with Paradise.” Ibn Juzayy adds, significantly: “It is said that it was sent down about the Homage of Aqaba [an early pledge of Muslims’ willingness to wage war for Islam], but its judgment is general to every believer doing jihad in the way of Allah until the Day of Rising.”

So it has been understood. Abu Abdel Aziz, a modern-day jihadist who fought in Afghanistan and Bosnia, said in a 1994 interview: “I have found that the best sacrifice we can offer for the sake of Allah, is our souls, then our possession[s].” Then he quoted v. 111.

The Qur’an says that this promise of Paradise to those who kill and are killed for Allah is also in the Torah and Gospel, but in reality, it isn’t — which is in itself more evidence for pious Muslims that those documents have been tampered with.

Allah emphasizes that loyalty to Allah comes before everything, and that he controls all (vv. 113-129). Muhammad and the Muslims should not pray for pagans, even relatives (v. 113, cf. v. 84). Abraham even dissociated himself from his father when he realized he was an “enemy of Allah” (v. 114). Allah will not mislead a people after he has guided them to the truth (v. 115) — Ibn Juzayy explains: “This ayat was sent down about some Muslims who asked forgiveness for the idolaters without permission and then they feared for themselves on that account and so the ayat was sent down to console them, i.e. Allah would not take you to task for that before it was clear to you that it was forbidden.”

The “three who were left behind” who are forgiven in v. 118 were three Muslims who, according to Ibn Juzayy, “stayed behind the Tabuk expedition without excuse and without hypocrisy nor intention to stay behind.” The believers must “Fear Allah and be with those who are true,” which means, according to as-Suyuti, “to be truthful in everything and in every situation.” However, Muhammad is said to have allowed for lying “in battle, for bringing reconciliation amongst persons and the narration of the words of the husband to his wife, and the narration of the words of a wife to her husband (in a twisted form in order to bring reconciliation between them).”

The people of Medina and the Bedouins should not have hesitated to follow Muhammad, because anything they suffered in that adventure would have been credited to them as a deed of righteousness. Nothing that infuriates the unbelievers will go unrewarded (v. 120). However, all the Muslims need not go forth to wage jihad warfare (v. 122). Ibn Abbas says, “it is not necessary for all the Muslims to go on raids.” This is a foundation for the Islamic legal principle that jihad is fard kifaya — that is, a community obligation from which some are freed if others take it up. Jihad becomes fard ayn, or obligatory on every believer, when a Muslim land is attacked. In general, Muslims must fight against the unbelievers, and be harsh toward them (v. 123).

The suras of the Qur’an increase the Muslims’ faith (v. 124), but only add to the doubts of the disbelievers (vv. 125-127).

(Revised May 2015)

This 2nd Amendment-Trashing Judge Is Precisely Why the Courts Were Designed to Be Weak

Posted by William M. Finley on March 18, 2017 at 7:49am

This 2nd Amendment-Trashing Judge Is Precisely Why the Courts Were Designed to Be Weak

March 17, 2017/by Daniel Horowitz

The notion that any branch of government has a monopoly on constitutional interpretation is dangerous enough. The fact that the unelected judiciary has been accorded ‘sole and final arbiter status’ of the Constitution is downright tyrannical and threatens the underpinnings of our Republic.

As Mark Levin wrote in Men in Black, “Judges are appointed for life because they’re not politicians. And because they’re not politicians, they’re not directly accountable to the people and are not subject to elections.” Which is exactly why the judiciary was supposed to have “neither force nor will” over political and social issues. It’s exactly why they were given the fewest tools to affect change, and no tools to enforce their opinions.

A recent comment from an Ohio federal district judge best exemplifies how this constitutional arrangement has been flipped on its head. Recently, Ohio enacted a new law permitting holders of a concealed-carry license to possess a firearm in their private vehicle parked in a company parking lot or on a school campus. Obviously, state politicians of all walks of life and ideology have weighed in pro or con on the merits of the law. Included among those publicly commenting on it was senior U.S. District Court Judge Walter H. Rice. In an interview with Military.com, he said that federal court houses are exempt from this law:

Federal installations are not bound by the state law except in certain situations which I don’t think are relevant,” Rice said. “My opinion is that it is not applicable to federal facilities unless the federal installation decides to adopt that portion of the law. What I said applies to the parking lot as well.

Now, one could debate the merits of a federal judge publicly issuing an opinion on a controversial law outside of the context of a legitimate case with standing before the courts. But Judge Rice went a step further:

I think open carry (and concealed-carry) laws, with all due deference to the Second Amendment, which I support…are dangerous to any community because of the epidemic of mental health issues throughout this country,” he said. “Putting guns in the hands of mentally incompetent people is a recipe for disaster.”

Putting aside the merits of his random conflation of mental illness and the right-to-carry, this statement is very disturbing coming from a federal judge. Obviously, Judge Rice has a First Amendment right like anyone else to speak his mind. He is allowed to express political opposition to right-to-carry laws, even if his opposition is refuted by the Second Amendment (which absolutely applies to carrying outside the home). But these comments reveal a broader problem with much of the federal bench. They are a bunch of political leftists like any other group of liberals in a legislature, except we erroneously accord them sole and final arbiter status of the Constitution. Yet, they don’t stand for reelection like state legislators do and can codify their feelings into law with no check or balance.

This is exactly what happened this week. Judges in Hawaii and Maryland officially created an affirmative right for all 7.2 billion people in the world to immigrate and get standing in court to overturn the Constitution, the social compact, the social contract, 200 years of case law, numerous statutes, common sense, and Article II presidential power over foreign affairs. Unlike members of any other branch, their personal feelings become the law of the land under this erroneous conception of the judiciary. One district judge, which is an institution created by Congress, can now apparently stand above Congress and issue a nationwide injunction on national sovereignty.

As we’ve explained many times, the concept of judicial review does not support judicial supremacy, the construct of a judiciary as a council of revision. It affirms the Constitution as supreme over all branches and dictates that the other [stronger] branches must certainly adhere to the Constitution when the judiciary does not.

Rather than promoting RINOcare, President Trump must work with conservatives to immediately reform the role of the federal judiciary, beginning with the lower courts. Otherwise, we are facing a tyranny even King George could never have fathomed. (For more from the author of “This 2nd Amendment-Trashing Judge Is Precisely Why the Courts Were Designed to Be Weak” please click HERE) http://joemiller.us/2017/03/2nd-amendment-trashing-judge-precisely-courts-designed-weak/

The Truth Is Vault 7 Is Empty! Government Is Totally Incompetent!

Posted by William M. Finley on March 18, 2017 at 7:11am

The Truth Is Vault 7 Is Empty! Government Is Totally Incompetent!

March 18, 2017/by Vin Armani

In this video, Vin Armani takes a deep dive into Vault 7 and discovers that the CIA’s technology isn’t nearly as scary as media reports have made out. Most of their “hacking” tools require a tech-savvy agent to be physically in the same room as the target device in order to install malware. And most of their malware is wiped out by the next routine software update by the device maker.

Watch the full broadcast here.

Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LdadnhxsZE

(For more from the author of “The Truth Is Vault 7 Is Empty! Government Is Totally Incompetent!” please click HERE) http://joemiller.us/2017/03/truth-vault-7-empty-government-totally-incompetent/

Saturday AM ~ TheFrontPageCover

Posted by Rudy Tirre on March 18, 2017 at 6:30am

The Front Page Cover

The Events of the Week -- Featruring:

The Real Lessons of Middlebury College

by Thomas Sowell

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The CBO: The Government's Favorite Psychic

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On Monday, the Congressional Budget Office released its report on the projected impact of the House Republicans' American Health Care Act (AHCA). The CBO estimated the law would result in a reduction of budget deficits by some $337 billion over a 10-year period, as well as up to 24 million more uninsured Americans by 2026. House Speaker Paul Ryan predicted that the report would estimate an increased number of uninsured. He said Sunday, "The one thing I'm certain will happen is CBO will say, 'Well, gosh. Not as many people will get coverage.' You know why? Because this isn't a government mandate. This is not the government that makes you buy what we say you should buy, and therefore the government thinks you're all going to buy it." It's always easier to insure more people by forcing them to buy insurance.

Barack liar-nObama's goal with the Affordable Care Act was not affordable health care, but socialized health care — the first step toward a single-payer system similar to those found in many European nations. Republicans are in the unenviable position of solving a difficult two-part problem. The first task is repealing and dismantling liar-nObamaCare, while the second is to find an effective solution to skyrocketing health care costs.

The split within the GOP falls over determining which problem is the greater issue. For conservatives like Rand Paul, the primary issue is one of freedom and a principled fight against encroaching socialism. For more moderate Republicans like Paul Ryan, dealing with rising health care costs takes precedence. Both sides agree that liar-nObamaCare is a disaster.

Predictably, the Leftmedia has taken the CBO report and used it as another brush by which to paint its favorite strawman caricature of heartless Republicans. Never mind that the average premiums under ObamaCare this year will increase by 25% with continued increases in subsequent years, whereas the projections for the Republicans' plan show an initial premium increase of between 15% and 20% followed by a steady decline over the next decade.

And one more point of emphasis: Remember those past CBO projections for liar-nObamaCare enrollment and cost numbers? Prior to the Affordable Care Act's passage, the CBO predicted that the law would cut the deficit by upwards of $1 trillion in 20 years. Now, it's admitted that liar-nObamaCare will instead only add to the deficit. And those 30 million more Americans insured by 2017? The actual number is 14 million. So don't take CBO projections as gospel truth. Its estimates have been way off the mark with liar-nObamaCare. Why should its latest projections on the AHCA now be trusted? ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/digests/47973

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Rogue Judiciary Deep State Swamp

Must Be Drained Immediately

by Rick Wells

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{rickwells.us} ~ Lou Dobbs has a few thoughts “on the deep state and its obvious and dangerous commitment to obstruct and subvert the Trump Presidency.”... He explains that “The deep state typically defined as a government within a government, most often members of the bureaucracy, especially the intelligence community, all branches of government. And now it’s clear there exists an urgent need to drain the deep, deep judicial swamp in this country.” “Two federal court judges,” note Dobbs, “have now ruled against President Trump’s revised travel ban executive order. A federal judge in Hawaii, appointed by former ‘president’ liar-nObama and one of his classmates at Harvard Law to boot, issued the stay against the President’s executive order yesterday. President Trump blasted the flawed legal reasoning last night in his rally in Nashville,” calling it an unprecedented judicial overreach that makes America look weak. Dobbs notes how “It certainly makes the federal judge, Derrick Watson, the classmate of ‘mr’ liar-nObama’s at Harvard Law, appointed by ‘mr’ liar-nObama in 2012 look very weak and overtly political. Maryland judge Theodore Chuang, also nominated by ‘president’ liar-nObama in 2013. And in an interesting coincidence, ‘mr’ liar-nObama paid a surprise visit to Honolulu, where judge Watson resides Monday, preceding the ruling. Just coincidence, I assure you, I think.”... http://rickwells.us/dobbs-rogue-judiciary-deep-state-swamp-must-drained-immediately/

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MGUHFAX5W4

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Virginia Officials Arrested For

Violating Voter Protection Laws
by Phillip Stucky

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{dailycaller.com} ~ Two members of the Altavista, Va., town council were arrested for campaigning in a polling place on Election Day, according to a Wednesday report from a local ABC affiliate... Both Michele Brumfield and James Higginbotham were arrested earlier this week under the charge, “prohibited activity at the polls.” The Virginia statute forbids anyone to “loiter or congregate within 40 feet of a polling place,” and the law further forbids anyone to hand out campaign material during that time period...

http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/16/virginia-officials-arrested-for-violating-voter-protection-laws/?utm_source=WhatCountsEmail&utm_medium=TheDC%20Morning&utm_campaign=TheDC%20Evening

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Email Connects FBI in Plot to

Spy on Trump, ‘We Paid for Info from…’

by Keith Jacobs

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{patriotpowerednews.com} ~ In the most recent WikiLeaks dump, there was an email sent from Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Ia.) to FBI Director James Comey. The MSM has so far side stepped this but it is not something you want to ignore... Check it out. By Virginia Kruta The March 6 email seems to lend credibility to claims that some officials within the liar-nObama administration were complicit in soliciting information about then-candidate Trump through means that were dubious, at best. From the email: On February 28, 2017, the Washington Post reported that the FBI reached an agreement a few weeks before the Presidential election to pay the author of the unsubstantiated dossier alleging a conspiracy between President Trump and the Russians, Christopher Steele, to continue investigating Mr. Trump. The article claimed that the FBI was aware Mr. Steele was creating these memos as part of work for an opposition research firm connected to liar-Hillary Clinton. The idea that the FBI and associates of the liar-Clinton campaign would pay Mr. Steele to investigate the Republican nominee for President in the run-up to the election raises further questions about the FBI’s independence from politics, as well as the liar-nObama administration’s use of law enforcement and intelligence agencies for political ends. It is additionally troubling that the FBI reportedly agreed to such an arrangement given that, in January of 2017, then-Director Clapper issued a statement stating that “the IC has not made any judgment that the information in this document is reliable, and we did not rely upon it in any way for our conclusions.” According to the Washington Post, the FBI’s arrangement with Mr. Steele fell through when the media published his dossier and revealed his identity. http://patriotpowerednews.com/alert-email-connects-fbi-in-plot-to-spy-on-trump-we-paid-for-info-from/

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College Students Slam Betsy DeVos,

Then Agree With Her Views

by Trey Sanchez

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{truthrevolt.org} ~ This video is hilarious! But it’s also an insightful look into the void of the uneducated minds filling our nation’s campuses... Hypeline talked with a few students who had plenty to say about President Trump’s new Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. They chided her for being “grossly unqualified” for the task and described her as someone who will “destroy the education system of America.” One even thought she was “elected” and couldn’t understand why, proving they know absolutely nothing about her. But when they were asked to weigh in on the same views on education supported by DeVos— vouchers and school choice — those same haters suddenly LOVED those ideas… until they found out they were DeVos’s and tried to backstep their own hypocrisy. http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/watch-college-students-slam-betsy-devos-then-agree-her-views

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-rL4ySsA-E

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VAULT 7 – Real Leaker and Why Now
by thesleuthjournal.com

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{thesleuthjournal.com} ~ Why now? Why is this the perfect time for the real leaker to expose Deep State spying to the general public? As America realizes NSA wiretapping is out of control and reels at the thought of illegal CIA surveillance... are we distracted from the shocking fact that liar-nObama wiretapped Trump Tower to help liar-Hillary win the 2016 election? Should we be happy or suspicious that Wikileaks (Julian Assange) supposedly leaked these Vault 7 documents exposing Deep State spying on every American citizen in violation of the 4th Amendment? http://www.thesleuthjournal.com/vault-7-real-leaker-now/

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEVWJ-QmU0s

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The Real Lessons of Middlebury College

by Thomas Sowell

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{townhall.com} ~ Many people seem shocked at the recent savagery of a mob of students at Middlebury College, who rioted to prevent Charles Murray from addressing a student group who had invited him to speak. They also inflicted injuries requiring hospitalization on a woman from the faculty who was with him.

Where have all these shocked people been all these years? What happened at Middlebury College has been happening for decades, all across the country, from Berkeley to Harvard. Moreover, even critics of the Middlebury College rioters betray some of the same irresponsible mindset as that of the young rioters.

The moral dry rot in academia — and beyond — goes far deeper than student storm troopers at one college.

Frank Bruni of the New York Times, for example, while criticizing the rioters, lent credence to the claim that Charles Murray was "a white nationalist." Similar — and worse — things have been said, in supposedly reputable publications, by people who could not cite one statement from any of Dr. Murray's books that bears any resemblance to their smears.

Academia, however, is ground zero in the war against people whose ideas go against the current political correctness. The virtual monopoly of the political left, on campuses across the country, allows all sorts of things to be attributed to people the left disagrees with, irrespective of whether those people have ever said anything resembling what they are alleged to have said.

The professors don't usually riot against people whose ideas they disagree with, because they can just dismiss those ideas, with some characterization that there is no one on hand to challenge.

Professor William Julius Wilson of Harvard, for example, said of Justice Clarence Thomas, "He'll say he pulled himself up by his own bootstraps. I say I was in the right place at the right time."

Just where did Justice Thomas say that he pulled himself up by his own bootstraps? The central theme of his autobiography, titled "My Grandfather's Son," credits the wisdom of the grandfather who raised him as what saved him.

Nuns who taught him in school were brought to Washington, at his expense, to be present to see him sworn in as a Justice of the Supreme Court, to see that their dedicated efforts on his behalf had not been in vain.

But has anyone ever asked Professor Wilson on just what he based his claim about Justice Thomas? The central tragedy of academia today is that you don't have to have anything on which to base dismissals of people and ideas you disagree with.

This attitude is not unique to William Julius Wilson or to Harvard. On the west coast, Professor Lanny Ebenstein of the University of California at Santa Barbara has included economists Stephen Moore and Walter Williams, as well as television host John Stossel, among those "committed to the welfare of the top few."

Professor Ebenstein has every right to disagree with these individuals on economic or other issues. But that is very different from attributing to them a commitment to "the welfare of the top few."

It so happens that I have read books by all three, without finding any preoccupation with the welfare of the affluent or the rich. I have known Walter Williams for more than 40 years. When we both lived on the east coast, we and our wives often met socially.

In all that time, neither in public nor in private did I ever hear Walter Williams express the slightest concern for the welfare of the affluent or the rich. Innumerable times I heard him focus his concern on the well-being of people like himself, from a poverty background. That concern was also expressed in deeds as well as words.

But who is going to ask Professor Ebenstein to cite the basis for his claim?

Why should we expect students to welcome debate about differences of opinion, when so many of their professors seem to think cheap shot dismissals are all you need? Lacking their professors' verbal dexterity or aura of authority, students use cruder methods of dismissing things they disagree with.

So long as academia talks demographic "diversity" and practices groupthink when it comes to ideas, we have little reason to expect better of student mobs that riot with impunity.

https://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2017/03/13/the-real-lessons-of-middlebury-college-n2298198?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Friday PM ~ TheFrontPageCover

Posted by Rudy Tirre on March 17, 2017 at 4:00pm

The Front Page Cover

The Events of the Week -- Featruring:

liar-nObama Had British Intelligence Spy On

Trump To Avoid Leaving Evidence

by Rick Wells

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Top Headlines

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Trump budget: $1.5 billion for border wall, 28% slash to State Department. (The Daily Signal)

Feds hit debt limit — again; Debt now exceeds limit set in 2008 by $8,550,505,000,000. (CNS News)

EPA confirms it will reopen review of 2025 fuel rules. (Reuters)

Ryan: Health care plan must change to pass the House. (The Washington Post)

U.S. indicts Russian FSB agents in Yahoo hack targeting journalists, government officials. (The Washington Times)

Dan Coats confirmed as director of national intelligence. (USA Today)

Admiral, seven other Navy officers charged with corruption in new "Fat Leonard" indictment. (The Washington Post)

Fed raises benchmark rate as inflation approaches 2% target. (Bloomberg)

U.S. military likely to send as many as 1,000 more ground troops into Syria ahead of Raqqa offensive, officials say. (The Washington Post)

Students from immigrant households in U.S. public schools doubles since 1990. (The Washington Times)

Policy: Winners and losers under Trump's budget plan. (Washington Examiner)

Policy: Slow down and fix the GOP health care bill. (National Review) ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/digests/48019

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The Right to Choose Includes

the Right to Choose Life
by Alan M. Dershowitz

{gatestoneinstitute.org} ~ There is no conflict between the "right to choose" and "the right to life" in the context of abortion, because the former includes the latter. If the state were ever to require a pregnant woman to undergo an abortion... as China in effect did with its "one child" policy -- there would be a conflict. But in the United States, the right to choose includes the right to choose life rather than abortion. It also includes the right of women to choose abortion for themselves. So, what are the anti-abortion right-to-life advocates complaining about? They do not want any woman to have the right to choose abortion for herself. They want to have the state chose for her -- to deny her the right to choose between giving birth to an unwanted child and having an abortion. They believe that abortion is infanticide -- murder -- not of their child but of the fetus of the woman who would choose abortion. But that woman does not regard the fetus as her child. So, the right to lifer responds: it doesn't matter what you think. It matters what the state thinks. The vast majority -- 70% -- of citizens the United States think a woman should have the right to control her own reproduction -- to choose whether the embryo or the fetus becomes her child, according to a Pew study this year...
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10060/roe-wade-abortion

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FBI to Reveal Truth About

Trump’s Wiretapping Claims...

by conservativetribune.com

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{conservativetribune.com} ~ For the past two weeks, headlines have been largely dominated by President Donald Trump’s claims that President Barack liar-nObama wiretapped Trump Tower... in order to listen in on what Trump was saying during the campaign/transition period. While no actual evidence of such wiretapping has been revealed, the FBI sent a letter to South Carolina Sen. Lindsay Graham responding to his request for a briefing, the U.K. Daily Mail reported. “Apparently the FBI has contacted my staff (and said) that they will be at some date in the future providing us an answer to this in a classified manner,” Graham stated at a hearing on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, according to the Daily Mail. If there was no wiretapping or at least no proof of wiretapping, why does the FBI need a classified briefing? Something smells somewhat fishy here.... http://conservativetribune.com/fbi-announcement-wiretapping/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=PostUp&utm_campaign=CTConservativeBrief&utm_content=2017-03-16

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Europe's Turkish Awakening
by Burak Bekdil

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Dutch police contain a riot that broke out in Rotterdam

{meforum.org} ~ Turkey, officially, is a candidate for full membership in the European Union. It is also negotiating with Brussels a deal that would allow millions of Turks to travel to Europe without visa... But Turkey is not like any other European country that joined or will join the EU: The Turks' choice of a leader, in office since 2002, too visibly makes this country the odd one out. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is now campaigning to broaden his constitutional powers, which would make him head of state, head of government and head of the ruling party -- all at the same time -- is inherently autocratic and anti-Western. He seems to view himself as a great Muslim leader fighting armies of infidel crusaders. This image with which he portrays himself finds powerful echoes among millions of conservative Turks and Sunni Islamists across the Middle East. That, among other excesses in the Turkish style, makes Turkey totally incompatible with Europe in political culture... http://www.meforum.org/6594/europe-turkish-awakening?utm_source=Middle+East+Forum&utm_campaign=61755d9ee5-bekdil_burak_2017_03_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_086cfd423c-61755d9ee5-33703665&goal=0_086cfd423c-61755d9ee5-33703665

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Tucker Carlson Reveals

the REAL Meddler in the Election...
by Philip Hodges

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{eaglerising.com} ~ Of course it’s not Russia. People will often accuse us of being Russia and Putin apologists simply because we point out that there is no reason to believe that Russia influenced the U.S. election in Trump’s favor... I’m certainly not a Sudan or Omar al-Bashir (Sudan’s president) apologist either, and I don’t think they had anything to do with influencing our election in Trump’s favor. But if someone were to choose Sudan as a random scapegoat as to why liar-Hillary Clinton lost, they’d probably accuse me of being a Sudan apologist. I promise you, I want nothing to do with Sudan. They are a role model for no one. But that doesn’t mean that they must be guilty of hacking our election, does it? They’re guilty of a lot of terrible things. But not messing with our election. The same goes for Russia. Just because we point out that there’s been no evidence presented or reason to believe that Russia is behind liar-Hillary’s loss, doesn’t mean we must love Putin. We shouldn’t trust Putin. We shouldn’t trust Russia. Like most countries, they’re interested in what can be done to benefit them... http://eaglerising.com/41745/tucker-carlson-reveals-the-real-meddler-in-the-election-and-its-not-russia-video/

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lQgfBiLr5w

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Trump Strikes Al-Qaeda More in One Month

Than liar-nObama Did in Any Year
by Edwin Mora

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{breitbart.com} ~ The number of U.S. military airstrikes against al-Qaeda in Yemen so far this month have surpassed those that occurred during any year under former President Barack liar-nObama’s presidency... In just the first days of March, the U.S. military under President Donald Trump’s watch struck 40 targets in Yemen linked to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), reports Foreign Policy (FP), adding: The weeklong blitz in Yemen eclipsed the annual bombing total for any year during liar-nObama’s presidency. Under the previous administration, approval for strikes came only after slow-moving policy discussions, with senior officials required to sign off on any action. The Trump administration has proven much quicker at green-lighting attacks... http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/03/16/yemen-trump-strikes-al-qaeda-more-one-month-obama-any-year/

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liar-nObama Had British Intelligence Spy On

Trump To Avoid Leaving Evidence

by Rick Wells

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{rickwells.us} ~ Martha MacCallum reports that the House Intelligence committee has been in contact with the Justice Department regarding the production of documents related to the assertion by President Trump that the liar-nObama regime had been wiretapping him during the campaign.

Catherine Herridge confirms that the DOJ has requested more time in order “to review the request and determine if documents exist.” She says that the March 4th tweet about wiretapping was not meant literally, according to Press Secretary Spicer, that wiretapping as the President intended it is a general term for electronic surveillance.”

She plays a comment from Rep Adam “Shifty” Schiff, prefacing it with a claim that FBI Director Comey may be eager to testify. Shifty said, “If the press reports are accurate that he asked the Department of Justice to knock this down and they refused for whatever reason he may welcome the opportunity but he’ll certainly have that on March 20th.”

She also quotes a letter from a spokesman for Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) that states in part, “If the committee does not receive a response by then, the committee will ask for this information during the March 20 hearing and may resort to a compulsory process if our questions continue to go unanswered.” She says they were told that specifically issuing a subpoena for any records.

Judge Napolitano is asked for his take on the report, and replies, “I don’t know that the Justice Department has what the Intelligence Committee of the House is looking for, because sources have told Fox that if then-Mr. Donald Trump, the President-elect was surveilled as he says he was, both during the campaign ‘Mr’ and after he was elected ‘President-elect,’ it was done by a foreign intelligence entity from a foreign country, an ally of ours, the British Foreign Intelligence Service know as GCHQ.”

Napolitano says, “That entity was able to then to bypass the NSA, the CIA, The DNI and the DOJ, the entities in the United States that would have jurisdiction over it.” MacCallum clarifies, “So you’re suggesting that ‘president’ liar-nObama went beyond our own intelligence agencies, and through British surveillance received transcripts of phone conversations that the Trump campaign was having?”

Napolitano repeats, “This is what sources within the intelligence community have told Fox.” He goes on to point out that all of the content of every phone conversation is collected by the NSA and that the British spy agency has shared access to those files. He says, “So they could have obtained this information, sources tell us, translated the raw data into actual transcripts and shared it with someone in the west wing. It probably wouldn’t have been with the ‘president’ personally because he wouldn’t want anyone to be able to say ‘I met with a British spy in the White House but it would have gone through someone in the White House.”

Napolitano notes that the source is telling Fox that liar-nObama didn’t order the copy of the transcript directly from NSA because that would have left a paper trail. Instead it was laundered through foreign intelligence agencies, probably more than one, providing plausible deniability for the US intelligence and DOJ officials.

http://rickwells.us/napolitano-obama-british-intelligence-spy-trump-avoid-leaving-evidence/

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7UpWDShCk8

Fri/Noon ~ TheFrontPageCover

Posted by Rudy Tirre on March 17, 2017 at 11:00am

The Front Page Cover

The Events of the Week -- Featruring:

Democrats, Psychological

Projection and Russia

by Susan Stamper Brown

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Pruitt's Right: The Science Isn't Settled

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New EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is being lampooned for downplaying the extent of carbon dioxide's alleged effects on the climate. According to Pruitt, "I think that measuring with precision human activity on the climate is something very challenging to do and there's tremendous disagreement about the degree of impact, so no, I would not agree that [CO₂ is] a primary contributor to the global warming that we see." You can imagine the uproar that ensued.

Critics responded with a slew of scientific information on the greenhouse gas effect and how scientists collectively agree that human-induced fossil fuels are most assuredly to blame for our warming climate. On the EPA's own website it stipulates that "the primary human activity affecting the amount and rate of climate change is greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of fossil fuels." And Forbes's Alex Knapp says, "We can get one thing clear — climate change is complicated," but he goes on to confidently argue "the amount of carbon dioxide being emitted every year by humans is ... happening faster than nature can take care of it."

This ridicule, of course, is an effort to smear Pruitt and portray him as an anti-science rube. But pay close attention to what Pruitt also said in the same interview: "But we don't know that yet. We need to continue the debate and continue the review and the analysis." What he's trying to say is that the climate debate is not etched in stone, which is what the ecofascist lobby is desperately trying to do. Yes, we know that the greenhouse effect is real, but scientists are gravely mistaken if they think they've discovered all there is to know about how the climate operates. The same ones who told us that the California and Texas droughts were permanent and that the Arctic sea ice would be gone by now want to lecture us on "what the science says." Pruitt has a different approach: Let's see what the facts say, which takes time. And that's exactly why he's the right man to lead the EPA.

~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/digests/47945

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$53M Fines for

Politically Incorrect Social Media Posts?

by Selwyn Duke

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{thenewamerican.com} ~ In a move designed to chill free speech, a German “justice” official has proposed fining social-media sites up to $53 million for not swiftly deleting “hateful” posts... Welcome to the new Germany — same as the old Germany. Justice Minister Heiko Maas, a member of the leftist Social Democratic Party, acknowledged that social-media sites had already taken steps to voluntarily suppress speech. But in issuing his Orwellian proposal, he stated, “‘This isn't sufficient yet’ … citing research that he said showed Twitter deletes just 1 percent of illegal content flagged by users, while Facebook deletes 39 percent,” reports the Associated Press. While German Ministry of Justice spokesman Piotr Malachowski had in January cited entries such as “gas the Jews” as an example of the kind of repugnant postings justifying government action, that’s just a selling point. The extreme concern over politically incorrect online speech arose only after Germany invited an influx of unassimilable Muslim migrants, who are generally impossible to vet and sometimes criminally inclined, prompting some Germans to complain online. The current crackdown is aimed at anti-Muslim sentiment — not anti-Jewish sentiment... https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/item/25591-53m-fines-for-politically-incorrect-social-media-posts?utm_source=iContactPro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TNA+Top+Daily+Headlines&utm

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Crowd Funding Site Shuts Down

Iranian-backed Militia's Solicitation

by John Rossomando

{investigativeproject.org} ~ Hashd al-Shaabi, an Iranian-backed Iraqi Shiite militia coalition previously accused of war crimes, is trying to take advantage of global sympathy for ISIS victims in Mosul... Iraq's government officially recognized Hashd al-Shaabi as an arm of its armed forces in November. This happened even though the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force – listed by the U.S. Treasury Department as a specially designated terrorist – closely coordinates Hashd al-Shaabi's activities. The U.S. State Department lists Kitaib Hizballah, a component of the coalition, as a foreign terrorist organization. A Hashd al-Shaabi unit called the "Brigades of Imam Ali" burned a Sunni civilian alive, ISIS style, in a 2015 video. In January, Amnesty International accused Hasd al-Shaabi of using American weapons to commit war crimes. Money raised on YouCaring could end up in Kitaib Hizballah's hands, worries University of Maryland researcher Phillip Smyth... http://www.investigativeproject.org/5852/crowd-funding-site-shuts-down-iranian-backed#

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U.S. Losing Global Information War

by Bill Gertz

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{freebeacon.com} ~ Foreign nations including China and Russia along with the Islamic State are conducting information warfare against the United States and the federal government is ill prepared to counter it... information warfare experts told Congress on Wednesday. "To date, there is not a single individual in the U.S. government below the president of the United States who is responsible and capable of managing U.S. information dissemination and how we address our adversaries in the information environment," said Michael Lumpkin, until recently the director of the State Department's Global Engagement Center that seeks to counter online terrorist propaganda. Lumpkin, a former Navy SEAL and former Pentagon special operations policymaker, said bureaucracy, conflicting and unclear legal authorities, and lack of resources are major impediments to U.S. information warfare programs... http://freebeacon.com/national-security/u-s-losing-global-information-war/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=87530fb1da-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-87530fb1da-45611665

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Don’t Try to Fix liar-nObamacare... Abolish It
by Erick Erickson

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{nytimes.com} ~ As Republicans in Washington grapple with altering the Affordable Care Act, they have proceeded in a direction that will do little to curb the cost of health care in America... Instead, they are pushing a bill that, according to the Congressional Budget Office, might save the government money, but will end coverage for 24 million people, though several million of those would be willingly giving up coverage the law now requires them to have. If it passes, Republicans will not only own the nation’s health care problems for years, but they will also have violated more than six years of promises. Since 2010, Republicans have pledged to repeal — not fix, not tinker with, but abolish — liar-nObamacare. In 2016, that was a centerpiece of Donald Trump’s campaign. Republicans ran advertisements noting they had voted 70 or more times to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and they would do it as soon as they had control of Congress and the White House...Will they keep their promise? I hope so. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/opinion/erick-erickson-dont-try-to-fix-obamacare-abolish-it.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=1

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Senate Democrats Are Delaying ‘Drain the Swamp’
Sen. Mike Lee

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{dailysignal.com} ~ The federal government employs well over 2 million people. One man cannot lead an organization that large by himself... Not only do you need a full Cabinet, but you need hundreds of undersecretaries and deputies as well. Being president without the aid of your Cabinet and agency leaders makes the job almost impossible. But this is exactly the position Senate Democrats have chosen for the new Trump administration. Of the last seven administrations, three had a full Cabinet confirmed and in place within three weeks of the president’s inauguration...Schumer should be replaced. http://dailysignal.com/2017/03/14/senate-democrats-are-delaying-drain-the-swamp/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT1RsaE56RmlZbVJtWmpJeiIsInQiOiJodVJDa2FlSloyeGwwaHZYcW5uR205aW9kZmdtbGtJUGN0MzZiTlZJY0dsWGxEcklXRGhZOVE3elhlQktieG55cGxBKzVpMUU1bW82OHV5MkxlYThkRVJUMkliWEpNaHhPbnZLcDI1WmNxSHUxNEwzXC84cXVkc2dOOTRLZE1IWnUifQ%3D%3D

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Democrats, Psychological

Projection and Russia

by Susan Stamper Brown

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{townhall.com} ~ Have you ever been around someone who has a bad case of gas, but always finds ways to blame the noxious fumes on those around them?

Democrats are masters of the “whoever smelt it, dealt it” game which is really nothing more than psychological projection.

Psychologists define psychological projection as a protective defense mechanism whereby someone dishonestly attributes his or her bad behavior to someone else by inventing false accusations to divert attention away from themselves to avoid blame and punishment.

Undeniably, the liar-nObama administration and Democrats are obsessed with Russia. Their Russia musings were amusing -- until it became almost a daily…weird…sociopathic, psychological projection…kind of thing. It’s uncanny that it didn’t let up until Trump made it known he suspected liar-nObama might have listened to his private conversations.

Until then, Democrats’ Russian ramblings were baseless, so the more they talked about Trump and Russia, the more curious their intentions became. After all, there are plenty of dots to connect to make the case for why Russia would’ve wanted liar-Hillary to win in 2016.

Uranium One would be a good place to start. Uranium One is a Russian-owned uranium mining company that lobbied the liar-nObama State Department through a firm co-founded by liar-Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign chairman, John Podesta.

The Daily Caller reports “Uranium One is significant because it fell under the corporate control of Rosatom, Russia’s atomic energy agency, through a series of transactions approved by liar-Hillary Clinton’s State Department.”

The acquisition “effectively gave Russia control of 20 percent of the uranium in the U.S,” the Daily Caller reported.

Furthermore, the same report says, “Uranium One paid The Podesta Group $40,000 to lobby the State Department, the Senate” and other groups.

And it didn’t end there. The New York Times reports: “As the Russians gradually assumed control of Uranium One in three separate transactions…a flow of cash made its way to the liar-Clinton Foundation…totaling $2.35 million” and “shortly after the Russians announced their intention to acquire a majority stake in Uranium One, Mr. liar-Clinton received $500,000 for a Moscow speech from a Russian investment bank with links to the Kremlin that was promoting Uranium One stock.”

Additionally, in 2009, then-President liar-nObama altered U.S. missile defense policy, stopping plans for a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe, which Mitt Romney called “a gift to Russia.”

In 2012, liar-nObama was caught in a friendly open mic conversation to then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev about missile defense promising: “This is my last election, after my election, I have more flexibility.”

During the 2012 presidential race liar-nObama mocked Mitt Romney for saying Russia was America’s “number one geopolitical foe.” “The 1980s are now calling,” liar-nObama wisecracked, “to ask for their foreign policy back because the Cold War’s been over for 20 years.”

Fast-forward to NBC’s “Meet the Press” show with NBC’s Chuck Todd, March 5, when former CIA director James Clapper claimed he didn’t know of any evidence that points toward a Trump-Russia collusion. When questioned by Todd, Clapper responded, “Not to my knowledge.”

Something is up with Democrats and Russia.

Trump administration officials should not rest until they have investigated any ties because all this Russia-bashing suggests they are hiding something. Additionally, believers should pray that Democrats’ eyes would be opened to the truth that until they return to God and destroy the Progressivism which now controls their party, they’ll remain delusional and in a state of perpetual chaos.

In the meantime, it stinks to be a Democrat.

Democrats are crying out for help, so would someone please call a shrink to help them deal with their post-election grief issues and psychological projection problem?

https://townhall.com/columnists/susanstamperbrown/2017/03/12/democrats-psychological-projection-and-russia-n2297678?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

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Posted by William M. Finley on March 17, 2017 at 8:01am

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Courts justify ignoring the law in ruling against Trump's immigration order

NOTE: When writing about God and Jesus, The Daily Jot means YHVH as God and Yeshua Ha Mashiach as Jesus--the actual original names and the true nature and character of them.

Friday, March 17, 2017

In December 2015, Presidential candidate Donald Trump called "for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on." Trump cited a Pew Research poll in his news release that indicated 25% of the US Muslim population agreed that violence against Americans is justified. Almost immediately, Trump drew criticism from Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, calling his remarks offensive, reprehensible, outlandish and divisive. These are the very remarks that are giving courts the upper hand in ruling that Trump's immigration orders establish religious discrimination. In reality, Trump is in alignment with US immigration law.

Chapter 2 Section 212 of The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (Public Law 414), prohibits entry to the US if an Alien is a member of or affiliated with any organization that advocates or teaches, the overthrow by force, violence, or other unconstitutional means of the US or of all forms of law, and Aliens who publish, circulate and distribute materials teaching or advocating the overthrow by force, violence or other unconstitutional means of the US Government or of all forms of law. Islamic immigration to the US would be prohibited under this law because the Koran, Sharia Law and the Hadith all require complete submission to Islam and Sharia law, which is antithetical to the US government, the Constitution, and to the Republic.

Whether Islam is a religion is immaterial because the law states that Aliens who are affiliated with any "organization" that advocates the overthrow of our government are prohibited. It also prohibits those who distribute literature that advocates the overthrow of our country, which would include the Koran. The Koran is not only Islam's "holy" book, it is also Islam's constitution. It commands Islamists to conduct violence against or to kill those who do not submit to allah and the prophet--at least 109 times, in context. But Trump's mistake was publicly using the term "Muslim" when he called for the visa shutdown. The courts are now using this against him, saying his intent constitutes religious discrimination.

During the campaign, Trump pointed out that Islam's hatred for America is "beyond comprehension." He stated, "Until we are able to determine and understand this problem and the dangerous threat it poses, our country cannot be the victims of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in Jihad, and have no sense of reason or respect for human life." Galatians 6:7 says, " Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap." The ex "president's" crop is growing. When it reaches harvest, America will rue the day it succumbed to these false narratives and political correctness. Irrespective of what you think about Trump, he is absolutely in alignment with US law and the right to self-defense on this issue.

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ACLU Attempts to Prohibit Prayer at Kenai Assembly, Citizens Fight Back

Posted by William M. Finley on March 17, 2017 at 7:56am

ACLU Attempts to Prohibit Prayer at Kenai Assembly, Citizens Fight Back

March 15, 2017/by News Editor

For more than 30 years, Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meetings have opened with an invocation prayer. This coming Tuesday, that could continue indefinitely if Alaskans and others send an email to the Borough Assembly and/or call in or show up at the 6pm meeting held at the Borough building.

The ACLU wants it to stop the invocation prayer and has sued the Kenai Peninsula Borough over its current policy. With the help of Alliance Defending Freedom, the Borough has constructed a policy that has been proven and tested by the federal courts. The policy, in part, currently states,

“All religious associations with an established presence in the Kenai Peninsula Borough that regularly meet for the primary purpose of sharing a religious perspective, or chaplains who may serve one of more of the fire departments, law enforcement agencies, hospitals, or other similar organizations in the borough, are eligible to provide invocations to the assembly, and the authorized leader of any such association or chaplain can make an online submission to provide an invocation to the borough clerk.”

Clearly, the people of the Kenai Peninsula Borough, in a recent poll in the Peninsula Clarion, stated they wish for the invocations to continue. In all of the past votes, the Borough Assembly has also voted to keep the invocation even with the threat of a lawsuit. This lawsuit now brought before the state court in Alaska has not deterred the majority of the Assembly, the faith community, or the citizens of the Kenai Peninsula. They continue to honor what happens every day in our federal government, our state government, and many other agencies and public meetings throughout Alaska. To date, demonstrated support through emails is almost equal to keep or kill the invocation.

As Alaskans and others, you can support the invocation policy in three ways:

1. Personally testify at the meeting or call into the meeting to state your support. Call in information can be found on the Borough website depending on your location.

2. Send a simple email sent to the Assembly members stating your support at http://www.kpb.us/assembly-clerk/clerks-office/clerks-forms/email-assembly-members.

3. Pray for God’s best for our citizens and borough officials through this Tuesday’s meeting.

We can continue to see God brought into the public square by your support. This has been a part of American public meetings since the founding of our country. Read these words of Benjamin Franklin as he spoke to President George Washington:

“I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: that God Governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?
We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that “except the Lord build the House, they labor in vain that build it.” I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than the Builders of Babel: We shall be divided by our partial local interests; our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and bye word down to future ages.
I therefore beg leave to move – that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessing on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning before we proceed to business, and that one or more of the clergy of this city be requested to officiate in that service.”

Make a difference in protecting our religious freedom in Alaska by supporting invocation prayers in the Kenai Peninsula today with your response. It is not just for our Borough, but for all of Alaskans.

New SD Law Protects Religious Freedom of Private Child-Placement Agencies

Posted by William M. Finley on March 17, 2017 at 7:51am

New SD Law Protects Religious Freedom of Private Child-Placement Agencies

March 16, 2017/by Nancy Flory

South Dakota governor Dennis Daugaard on Friday signed into law a bill that protects the religious freedom of private child-placement agencies that won’t place children with unmarried or same-sex couples in violation of their beliefs.

Daugaard said that he believed the bill would protect private adoption agencies from lawsuits against policies based on their religious beliefs, reported the Argus Leader.

“I’m worried that a child placement agency may make what is in the best interest of the child a correct decision but be subject to a lawsuit by someone who has a little bit of a leg up by virtue of being in a protective class,” said the governor. “And if we can forestall that with this legislation then I’m willing to do that.”

Bill 149 provides that:

No child-placement agency may be required to provide any service that conflicts with, or provide any service under circumstances that conflict with any sincerely-held religious belief or moral conviction of the child-placement agency that shall be contained in a written policy, statement of faith, or other document adhered to by a child-placement agency.

It forbids the state government from acting against a child placement agency that declines to provide a service that conflicts with its religious or moral convictions. The state also can’t enter into a contract with an agency that conflicts with its convictions.

Without Fear of Being Sued

The Human Rights Campaign, a pro-LGBTQ activist group, claims that “These children could now wait longer to be placed in a safe, loving home at the whim of an [sic] state-funded adoption or foster care agency with a vendetta against LGBTQ couples, mixed-faith couples or interracial couples — all while being taxpayer-funded.” It called Bill 149 the “right to discriminate bill.”

However, SB No. 149, Sec. 15 specifically states that another child-placement agency can provide the services those covered by the bill decline to provide and “shall not be a factor in determining whether a placement in connection with the service is in the best interest of the child.”

Daugaard wants to place as many children as possible and hopes the new law will allow religious and faith-based child-placement agencies to operate without fear of being sued. “Whether it’s the state acting directly or through an agency, we need to do everything we can to encourage those agencies to stay in this business and help us find those placements.” (For more from the author of “New SD Law Protects Religious Freedom of Private Child-Placement Agencies” please click HERE) http://joemiller.us/2017/03/new-sd-law-protects-religious-freedom-private-child-placement-agencie

‘No Right to Abortion’: Alabama Legislature Looks to Amend State Constitution

Posted by William M. Finley on March 17, 2017 at 7:44am

‘No Right to Abortion’: Alabama Legislature Looks to Amend State Constitution

March 15, 2017/by AP

There’s no sign of U.S. abortion law changing soon, but Alabama wants to be ready if it ever does.

A proposal in the Republican-controlled Legislature would declare Alabama a “right to life” state by amending the state constitution. The House of Representatives will vote on the bill Thursday, and if it passes the Legislature and is signed by the Republican governor, the constitutional amendment would go before voters in 2018.

There is optimism among conservatives that Roe v. Wade, the 1973 law establishing a women’s right to an abortion, could be overturned now that President Donald Trump is in power. (Read more from “‘No Right to Abortion’: Alabama Legislature Looks to Amend State Constitution” HERE) http://joemiller.us/2017/03/no-right-abortion-alabama-legislature-looks-amend-state-constitution/

WATCH: Planned Parenthood VP Refuses to Say If Abortion Kills a Human

Posted by William M. Finley on March 17, 2017 at 7:37am

WATCH: Planned Parenthood VP Refuses to Say If Abortion Kills a Human

March 14, 2017/by Claire Chretien

During an interview with FOX News’ Tucker Carlson, the executive vice president of Planned Parenthood repeatedly refused to answer whether abortion ends a life.

Carlson pressed Dawn Laguens about her thoughts on abortion extinguishing a fetal heartbeat and whether a fetus whose sex is different from his mother’s is part of the mother’s body. She didn’t answer Carlson’s questions directly, instead repeating unrelated pro-abortion talking points.

“If you can hear the fetal heartbeat, and then it’s extinguished, what do you think of that? Is that a big deal or not to you? And if not, why not?” asked Carlson.

“Well, I take seriously all of the healthcare work that we provide at Planned Parenthood,” Laguens replied. “I believe in safe, legal abortion. I believe it’s up to each woman and individual.” (Read more from “WATCH: Planned Parenthood VP Refuses to Say If Abortion Kills a Human” HERE) also to see video http://joemiller.us/2017/03/watch-planned-parenthood-vp-refuses-say-abortion-kills-human/

Warmonger John McCain Says This Huge Politician Is Working for Putin

Posted by William M. Finley on March 17, 2017 at 7:28am

Warmonger John McCain Says This Huge Politician Is Working for Putin

March 17, 2017/by Daniel Lang

Ever since Trump took the White House, the establishment has been dredging up old Russophobic fears to attack anyone who doesn’t toe the party line. It seems like anyone in power who offers a different opinion is immediately labeled a Russian agent and accused of having ties to Putin. These accusations are now being thrown around so flippantly that they are losing their power and meaning.

Take for instance what recently happened on the Senate floor between Rand Paul and John McCain. While McCain was arguing in favor of letting the nation of Montenegro join NATO, which obviously would stoke more tensions between the US and Russia, he criticized Senator Paul for not backing the bill by saying that “You are achieving the objectives of Vladimir Putin,” and that if anyone opposes the bill, “they are now carrying out the desires and ambitions of Vladimir Putin and I do not say that lightly.”

Rand Paul responded by raising an objection, and leaving the room without saying a word. McCain then doubled down on his hysterical rhetoric. “The only conclusion you can draw when he walks away is he has no argument to be made. He has no justification for his objection to having a small nation be part of NATO that is under assault from the Russians. So I repeat again, the senator from Kentucky is now working for Vladimir Putin.”

Methinks this doddering old warmonger needs to be put out to pasture. (For more from the author of “Warmonger John McCain Says This Huge Politician Is Working for Putin” please click HERE) http://joemiller.us/2017/03/warmonger-john-mccain-says-huge-politician-working-putin/

Listen: President Trump Is Not Safe in the White House

Posted by William M. Finley on March 17, 2017 at 7:12am

Listen: President Trump Is Not Safe in the White House

March 13, 2017

/by Dan Bongino

In this episode, I address the disastrous security failure at the White House this weekend and what can be done to ensure it doesn’t happen again. I also discuss the Trump budget and the reasons liberals, and interest groups, are fighting it. (For more from the author of “Listen: President Trump Is Not Safe in the White House” please click HERE) http://joemiller.us/2017/03/president-trump-not-safe-white-house/

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Posted by Rudy Tirre on March 17, 2017 at 7:00am

The Front Page Cover

The Events of the Week -- Featruring:

Is the U.S. Considering a

Military Attack on North Korea?

by libertyplanet.com

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Top Headlines

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Schumer, who voted for the border wall in 2006, now threatens a government shutdown over funding it. (The Daily Signal)

GOP senators say House health bill won't pass without changes. (The Wall Street Journal)

White House seeks to cut billions in funding for United Nations. (Foreign Policy)

Trump to ease liar-nObama-era rule on auto fuel economy standards. (The Washington Times)

Congress demands investigation into liar-nObama administration meddling in foreign elections. (The Washington Free Beacon)

Senate Judiciary Committee demands all records on FBI plan to pay British ex-spy who made "Russia dossier" on Trump. (CNS News)

Study debunks oft-cited research alleging voter ID laws are racist. (LifeZette)

Tennessee sues federal government over "refugee" resettlement, citing violation of the Tenth Amendment. (CNS News)

Student loan defaults are surging, study finds. (Associated Press)

Congress passes legislation to undo liar-nObama restrictions on drug tests for unemployed. (Washington Examiner)

Humpday Humor: Disrespect our flag? Here's a challenge for you! (Video)

Policy: How the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals is trying to kill the Second Amendment. (America's 1st Freedom)

Policy: America's way ahead in Syria. (Critical Threats)

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US ‘Outraged’ by UN Report That Accuses Israel

of Establishing ‘Apartheid Regime’...

by Barney Breen-Portnoy

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US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley

{algemeiner.com} ~ The United States expressed outrage on Wednesday over a report published by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) that accused Israel of establishing an “apartheid regime”... that “dominates the Palestinian people as a whole.” “That such anti-Israel propaganda would come from a body whose membership nearly universally does not recognize Israel is unsurprising,” American UN Envoy Nikki Haley said in a statement. “That it was drafted by Richard Falk, a man who has repeatedly made biased and deeply offensive comments about Israel and espoused ridiculous conspiracy theories, including about the 9/11 terrorist attacks, is equally unsurprising.” “The United Nations Secretariat was right to distance itself from this report, but it must go further and withdraw the report altogether,” Haley went on to say. “The United States stands with our ally Israel and will continue to oppose biased and anti-Israel actions across the UN system and around the world.”... https://www.algemeiner.com/2017/03/15/us-outraged-by-un-report-that-accuses-israel-of-establishing-apartheid-regime-that-dominates-the-palestinian-people/

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Michael Savage left bloodied,

shaken in public assault

by wnd.com

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{wnd.com} ~ On the day he launched his new book about the fierce, sometimes violent, opposition to Donald Trump, radio talk-show host Michael Savage was assaulted by a stranger at a San Francisco Bay Area restaurant... Savage, with his dog, Teddy, was finishing up dinner Tuesday night at Servino Restaurant in Tiburon, California, north of San Francisco, when the unnamed assailant charged up to Savage and began yelling, reported local media blogger Rich Lieberman. The attacker kicked the poodle out of the way, grabbed Savage and threw him to the ground, according to an eyewitness. Savage was not seriously hurt, but the incident left him bloodied and shaken, Lieberman said... http://www.wnd.com/2017/03/talk-radio-superstar-left-bloodied-shaken-in-public-assault/

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Mark Levin Furious At Judicial Tyranny Of Soros,

ACLU Black Robe Subversives

by Rick Wells

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{rickwells.us} ~ Mark Levin is furious as are many of the rest of us. President Trump modified his Terrorist Travel Ban Executive Order in order to accommodate the anti-American activists in black robes... Still, after meeting the conditions they established, another criminal bench activist defied the Constitution and ruled that he doesn’t have the authority. That “so-called” judge is one piece of excrement versus the Constitution, but the intent on the left appears to be to lure Trump into defying the ACLU “so-called” judge’s ruling, baiting him into an excuse to argue for impeachment. First, President Trump needs to lower the refugee cap to whatever number has been imported as of today, that will stop any more terrorists from coming in through that route and the judges can hardly argue that he doesn’t have that authority since liar-nObama was steadily increasing it throughout his tenure and Trump has already dropped it once. But back to Levin, he declares, “We have, ladies and gentlemen, rogue District Court judges now, rogue courts, rogue, r-o-g-u-e, rogue. We have judicial anarchy taking place right now, ladies and gentlemen. Where judges are seizing plenary authority from the President of the United States to keep this nation safe, to control our borders and to determine the nature of our immigration into this country.”... http://rickwells.us/mark-levin-furious-judicial-tyranny-soros-aclu-black-robe-subversives/

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atxR7eIU6iM

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liar-nObama Used British Spy to Watch Donald Trump

by Thomas N | Featured Commentator

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{thepoliticalinsider.com} ~ On Fox News’ Fox & Friends, we have a bombshell claim into President Donald J. Trump’s reports that former president Barack liar-nObama wiretapped and monitored the Republican’s presidential campaign... The House Intelligence Committee has been tasked to look into the matter, but now we’re learning that liar-nObama may have found a shocking way to cover his tracks: use a British spy! As Judge Andrew Napolitano explains, even if liar- nObama really did spy on Trump, there may be no actual way to prove it. He explained that there are laws which give the president sweeping authority to conduct surveillance in the United States even without warrant or suspicion... http://thepoliticalinsider.com/fox-and-friends-bombshell-barack-obama-spy-on-trump-used-british-agent/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Fox-News-Drops-BOMBSHELL-This-is-Who-Obama-Used-to&utm_campaign=TPI_031617_Newsletter&source=CI

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAn6V3_r2TI

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Congress Considers Bill to “Stop Arming Terrorists”

by Alex Newman

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{thenewamerican.com} ~ A bipartisan bill to prohibit U.S. taxpayer funding and arming of terrorist groups and their associates is making progress in Congress, most recently having a companion bill introduced in the Senate by popular liberty-minded U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.)... The legislation, originally sponsored in the House by Democrat Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, takes aim at lawless U.S. government “regime change” schemes overseas that often involve providing money, weapons, training, and other support to savage terror organizations. High-profile voices on both sides of the aisle have joined forces to get the bill passed into law. Of course, aiding designated terror groups is already a serious crime, but for whatever reasons, the laws have not been enforced against federal officials. In particular, the new legislation, known as H.R. 608 in the House, bans the provision of any assistance by the federal government to al-Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, and the Islamic State, sometimes known as ISIS, ISIL, or Daesh...This should of been done years ago. https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/25588-stop-arming-terrorists-act-would-end-u-s-funding-for-terror?utm_source=iContactPro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TNA+Top+Daily+Headlines&utm_content=TNA+Top+Daily+Headlines+Mar+15+17

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Is the U.S. Considering a

Military Attack on North Korea?

by libertyplanet.com

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{libertyplanet.com} ~ For years, the Hermit Kingdom of North Korea has been a thorn in the side of the United States, South Korea, Japan and even to an extent North Korea’s main enabler, China. The highly unpredictable and rash actions by North Korea’s enigmatic dynasty of authoritarian dictators have at times rattled, distressed, and shocked the leadership of Western powers for decades.

But with its latest moves, the world’s most possibly isolated and extreme regime may have pushed a bit too far and angered President Trump, South Korea or both enough to make the case for military action.

Although it’s acknowledged that North Korea has an active nuclear weapons program and has had several successful nuclear weapons tests, it’s estimated that the country possesses a dozen or so working nuclear warheads.

North Korea has bragged that it’s working on long-range missiles that will one day be able to carry a nuclear warhead to the East Coast of the United States. This is not the case at the current moment, and there’s even some debate about whether North Korea’s nuclear bombs will fit into the nose cone of its existing missiles, despite photos that the Kingdom has claimed show North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un posing with a nuclear weapon small enough to do just that.

Besides its nuclear tests and its medium-range missile tests, four of which landed unarmed missiles in the sea uncomfortably close to the main island of Japan recently, the Hermit Kingdom in 2016 managed the launch of a satellite. This, Western analysts say, was a cover for the development and testing of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) technology, a violation of UN Security Council resolutions that President Trump has said he will not allow.

“It won’t happen!” tweeted the president recently in reference to North Korea’s pronouncements that the country is in the final stage of development of such weapons. Trump, who considers North Korea the U.S.’s “greatest immediate threat,” has had limited conversations with China’s leaders, in which he reportedly told them, “You gotta work on North Korea.”

For some time, China has been the key to getting North Korea to ease up on its provocative rhetoric and actions. China has long been a buyer of North Korean coal and other exports from the rogue nation, as well as providing it food and energy aid.

China has traditionally always feared the collapse of its smaller neighbor, which could lead to a disastrous tide of Korean refugees fleeing into the Chinese state and even worse, a unified Korea that would be allied with the United States.

China has protested the upcoming deployment of an American Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system in South Korea which could potentially shoot down North Korean ICBMs.

But on the other hand, China has been getting the sharp end of the stick from the Kim Jong-Un government via North Korea’s recent missile tests, which took place during the Chinese government’s annual People’s Congress and angered Chinese leaders.

Making matters worse all around is the recent assassination, almost assuredly attributable to North Korea of Kim Jong-Un’s half-brother Kim Jong Nam in Malaysia. Security camera footage shows two women at Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur International Airport smearing a poisonous substance on Nam’s face, causing him to collapse and die just hours later.

This seemingly unprovoked attack comes on the heels of reported executions of a number of North Korea’s top government officials including other relatives of Kim Jong-Un in what some veteran North Korea watchers have termed a “consolidation of power.”

Allegedly, many of the execution methods in these cases were brutal, including the use of wild dogs and anti-aircraft weapons to murder the offenders, some of whom were accused only of falling asleep at meetings led by Kim or embarrassing him for his lack of intimate knowledge about military affairs.

For countries such as China and the U.S., the Malaysian assassination may be the last straw as far as patience with the North Korea’s international antics. Some sources have speculated that Kim Jong Nam may have been a potential new “leader-in-waiting” to assure a smooth continuation of government for North Korea if a “decapitation strike” were to be launched.

It’s been reported in the Wall Street Journal that several weeks ago Deputy National Security Advisor K.T. McFarland called a meeting of U.S. defense officials to ask for new proposals to present to President Trump regarding what should be done about the world’s most unpredictable nation.

McFarland reportedly asked for plans and concepts that were significantly “outside the mainstream,” which could indicate that active plans for a military strike may be being drawn up. Said the Journal, “U.S. officials have underscored the possible military dimensions of their emerging strategy in recent discussions with allies, according to people familiar with the talks.”

Whether the U.S. is merely rattling its saber or is serious about dealing with Kim Jong-Un in a way that is final and irrevocable is an open question. But as always, the capacity for North Korea to commit national suicide — say, via an atomic strike on Seoul — should not be underestimated.

For the U.S., China, Japan and other Asian nations, this is the “between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place” quandary that has always made the use of military force too risky to actually consider.

Of course, just one nuclear bomb would not destroy all of Seoul, no more than it would New York City. But surely, it would change the world in ways that we probably cannot anticipate and could create the risk of military confrontation or escalation elsewhere in the world that we would not wish to invite.

At the end of the day, diplomacy is surely the more favored option; fortunately, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is due to visit Japan, China and South Korea in the coming days. But the tortured history of diplomacy with two-faced North Korea has proven that up until now, U.S. leaders have been taken for a ride by North Korea’s three successive Kims time and time again.

We can only hope that without taking too much risk, President Trump can end this streak of mediative weakness once and for all.

http://www.libertyplanet.com/articles/is-the-u-s-considering-a-military-attack-on-north-korea/

Mad Maddow Goes Mad Cow

Posted by Craig Andresen on March 17, 2017 at 4:08am

By Craig Andresen – Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio

Liberal Derangement Syndrome now has a poster boy…Rachel Maddow from MSNBC…and if any but liberal loons were in charge of the mainstream media, Maddow’s broadcast on Tuesday night would officially be listed in a coroner’s report as a suicide.

For hours before going on the air, poster boy Maddow hyped her show by claiming that at 9pm eastern time, she would be releasing President Trump’s tax returns, and she punctuated her hype with the word, “seriously.”

No kidding…”seriously.”

“BREAKING: We’ve got Trump tax returns. Tonight, 9pm ET. MSNBC. (Seriously).”

Obviously, Maddow is desperate, as is MSNBC as a whole, to get a ratings point ahead of that of a three day old wiener on a gas station weenie roaster. Maddow claimed that an investigative reporter, who turned out to be David Cay Johnson, a Pulitzer Prize winner, had found…in his mailbox…

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Barry Donadio's "Public Security LLC" Conducts Another Hiring Surge For 2017

Posted by Barry Donadio | Celebrity Author on March 16, 2017 at 7:03pm

Barry Donadio said "We are hiring again!"

He is the President of the private security and investigation firm "Public Security LLC". The company is licensed in Maryland, Washington D.C. and New York. It is also a registered business in Virginia and is currently seeking registration in Pennsylvania. The company is a U.S. Government Contractor and is registered to do business with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

You may recall that Public Security LLC hired 65 Marylanders in November 2016.

Public Security LLC was formed in New York in August of 2012 and has been growing ever since. They have proven themselves to be trusted and able to complete security protective missions to include a deployment to the recent Baltimore riots.

Mr. Donadio explained that his company needs people that are worthy of trust and confidence. "Trust is our most important trait" said Mr. Donadio.

The paragraphs below are taken from the Public Security LLC website.

SECURITY AGENT(ARMED)(UNARMED)

Duties: Physical security, outer perimeter executive protection, marked vehicle patrols, bike patrols, foot patrols, entry control, counter insurgency, anti-terrorism, confront and stop active shooter threats.

PREFFERED

*Former or current Police Officer.

*Active U.S. Military

*U.S. Military Veteran

*Former of current Park Ranger, Bailiff, Public Safety, Corrections

*Former or Current Special Patrolman or Special Police

*Former or Current Code Enforcement, Harbor Master, University Police

*Licensed Security Professional

REQUIRED:

All Security Officer Applicants are required in the very least to have submitted their license to be a Security Officer in the state that they will operate in.

MARYLAND STATE POLICE SECURITY LICENSING SITE

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