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  • 'Go back to Isra-Hell, you're not wanted in London'

    08/24/2016 4:20:45 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 25 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 24/8/16 | David Rosenberg
    Two cases of anti-Semitic harassment were reported in London earlier this week, with groups of men threatening Jews and hurling vile insults. Both incidents occurred on Monday in the neighborhood of Newham. In the first instance, a haredi family walking down the street was accosted by a man of African descent, who cursed them and demanded they leave the area. “F---ing Jews, go back to Isra-Hell. Don’t come around here. Go to Stamford Hill [a neighborhood with a large Jewish population], you’re not welcome.” Later that day, a 31-year old Jewish man was harangued by a group of men in...
  • The Clinton Foundation Was a Laundromat for Cash:

    08/24/2016 3:44:04 PM PDT · by Kaslin · 7 replies
    Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | August 24, 2016 | Rush Limbaugh
    BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: I did a test discussion on this with Mr. Snerdley before the program started. Sometimes I do that. You know, people test-market products. I sometimes test-market topics. Mr. Snerdley came in at the appointed time to do some things, around 30 minutes before the program begins, so I hit him with a question. I said, "Mr. Snerdley, look at the Clintons. That's the other big story is that half the people Hillary met with paid her for the privilege. Half of the people, while she's secretary of state, half the people, if not more, paid her, paid...
  • Afghani Asylum Seeker Arrested for Raping 4-Year-Old Boy In Bathroom Stall

    08/24/2016 3:37:01 PM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 44 replies
    Constitution.com ^ | August 24, 2016 | Bethany Blankley
    The Holsteinischer Courier reports that a 4-year-old boy was raped by a 22-year-old Afghani asylum seeker in a bathroom at a migrant camp in the town of Boostedt, in the nothern German Schleswig-Holsten region. The is the latest in a what has become a long and unending pattern of migrants sexual assaulting women and children throughout Germany and Europe. The Afghani man didn’t even try to hide the abuse, as he put his and the boy’s shoes outside the bathroom door. When the father saw the two pairs of shoes he opened the door and found his son, with his...
  • I'm Just Giving You the Lay of the Land on Trump, But I'm Not Suggesting Anything

    08/24/2016 3:16:04 PM PDT · by Kaslin · 32 replies
    Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | August 24, 2016 | Rush Limbaugh
    BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: The lead story in the Drive-By Media, there are two lead stories. The first lead story is that Trump is softening on immigration. The Drive-Bys are attempting to say that Trump is doing what everybody knew he was gonna do, and that is he's not gonna build a wall and he's not gonna deport a bunch of people, and all that talk during the primaries and all that talk in the early stages of the presidential campaign about the building the wall and sending people home was never gonna happen. The Drive-Bys say, we told you, and...
  • Muslim Population in Latin America Grows 25% Amid Radicalization Concerns

    08/24/2016 3:13:26 PM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 9 replies
    National Security (Breitbart) ^ | August 24, 2016 | Edwin Mora
    Islam had an estimated 3 million adherents in Latin America and the Caribbean as of the end of last year, marking an increase of nearly 25 percent from the 2.3 million who were residing there in 2010, a Breitbart News analysis of U.S. Department of State (DoS) data shows. Among the Muslims in the region are people who emigrated from Muslim majority countries – including Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, and Pakistan – and locals who converted. Most of them are recent migrants and descendants of those who made the journey years and even generations ago, namely Palestinians, among others....
  • Doctors Sue Obama Administration for Forcing Them to Perform Gender Transition Procedures

    08/24/2016 2:25:53 PM PDT · by milton23 · 35 replies
    Daily Signal ^ | 8/24/16 | Kelsey Harkness
    Five states and a group of religiously-affiliated hospitals and physicians are suing the Obama administration over a federal mandate that forces doctors to perform gender transition procedures on adults and children against their medical judgment. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in a Texas federal court, attempts to roll back a rule imposed by the Department of Health and Human Services in May that expanded the interpretation of “sex” under the Affordable Care Act to include “gender identity.” In doing so, the Obama administration added transgender people to the list of protected classes under the Affordable Care Act, which states that individuals...
  • Under Obama’s New Enforcement Program, Fewer Illegal Immigrants Being Captured for Deportation

    08/24/2016 2:24:27 PM PDT · by milton23 · 5 replies
    Daily Signal ^ | 8/24/16 | Josh Siegel
    Under a revamped Obama administration program intended to encourage greater cooperation from local law enforcement agencies in helping deport illegal immigrants who the government considers “a danger” to public safety, fewer people are being taken into custody for eventual removal from the country. In November 2014, the administration introduced the Priority Enforcement Program (PEP), a less demanding version of a previous system that had been accused of violating immigrants’ civil rights, and did not differentiate between low-level and serious offenders. The old program, called Secure Communities, influenced a number of local jurisdictions — known as “sanctuary cities” — to not...
  • The Anatomy of a Deception

    08/24/2016 2:22:00 PM PDT · by Kaslin · 5 replies
    American Thinker ^ | August 24, 2016 | Sarah N, Stern
    The media and much of the Republican establishment have caught on to only part of a story about a shady deal that the Obama administration made with the Islamic Republic of Iran, a deal that took a rather labyrinthine and bizarre form. What they are talking about is bad enough, which involves paying a ransom for hostages, opening up Americans to kidnappings and imprisonment whenever they travel abroad. The part of the story that they are missing, however, is that what the administration did was highly illegal, according to statutes we still have on our books. On August 3rd, a...
  • ISIS Tosses Four More Gay Men from Top of Mosul Building (kids brought out to watch)

    08/24/2016 2:10:34 PM PDT · by drewh · 68 replies
    Iraqi News/Religion of Peace ^ | Aug 24th, 2016 9:14 | Jim Hoft Aug 24th
    ISIS hurled several gay men from the op of Mosul’s tallest building recently. Of course, the kids were brought out to witness the gory execution. via Religion of Peace: Four men were thrown to their deaths after being found guilty of homosexuality and sodomy in the Nineveh province in Iraq. Two of the men were allegedly part of the ISIS organisation. The men were thrown from the top floor of a former insurance company’s offices in Mosul. The location is apparently used often for such executions. A local source told IraqiNews.com that “ISIS members executed four people, including two of...
  • Calling Hillary 'Mrs. Clinton' is sexist, say Georgetown Dems

    08/24/2016 1:58:14 PM PDT · by Zakeet · 54 replies
    Campus Reform ^ | August 23, 2016 | Christian Spencer
    "Referring to Hillary as 'Mrs. Clinton' diminishes her accomplishments by specifically attaching her to Bill and subtly diverting attention to her famous husband and his administration ... it makes her appear as if she retired after serving as First Lady and retreated to Arkansas to stereotypically sip sweet tea on her front porch, instead of then becoming a [U.S.] Senator and Secretary of State."
  • The Enemy Is Us

    08/24/2016 1:58:09 PM PDT · by Kaslin · 13 replies
    American Thinker ^ | August 24, 2016 | Peter Gemma
    Your government is on red alert: between 2006 and 2014, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), an agency of the Department of Agriculture, spent nearly $4.8 million to purchase shotguns, propane cannons, liquid explosives, pyro supplies, drones, thermal imaging cameras, and more. APHIS describes itself as “a multi-faceted Agency with a broad mission area that includes protecting and promoting U.S. agricultural health, administering the Animal Welfare Act, and carrying out wildlife damage management activities.” Liquid explosives and shotguns are apparently necessary to carry out its “broad mission.” This is one of many revelations found in a new investigative...
  • CNN's Charles Blow: Trump 'Bigotry' Is 'Urinating on' Blacks, 'Telling Them to Dance in the Rain'

    08/24/2016 1:57:40 PM PDT · by drewh · 54 replies
    Newsbusters ^ | August 24, 2016 2:30 PM | Brad Wilmouth
    CNN's Charles Blow: Trump 'Bigotry' Is 'Urinating on' Blacks, 'Telling to Dance in the Rain' By Brad Wilmouth | August 24, 2016 | 2:30 PM EDT Appearing as a panel member on Wednesday's New Day, liberal CNN political commentator and New York Times columnist Charles Blow ranted about Donald Trump's recent appeals to black voters as being "the most horrible type of bigotry," as he hyperbolically asserted that "It is the kind of bigotry that says, 'I will knock you down while I pretend to pick you up.' It says that 'I am not talking to you, I'm talking to...
  • RCMP allows Muslim women Mounties to wear hijab

    08/24/2016 1:57:37 PM PDT · by 2nd amendment mama · 45 replies
    CBC.ca ^ | 8/24/2016 | Kathleen Harris
    New policy aims to better reflect diverse communities and recruit more Muslim officers The Mounties have adopted a new uniform policy to allow female Muslim officers to wear the hijab.Scott Bardsley, spokesman for Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, confirmed that RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson recently approved an addition to the uniform policy to allow women officers to wear the head scarf "if they so choose." Guide to Muslim headressMounties work to recruit more Inuit officers "The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is a progressive and inclusive police service that values and respects persons of all cultural and religious backgrounds," Bardsley said in an email.Male members of the Sikh...
  • RIO 2016: Empty seats, green pools, chaotic transport and disgusting accommodation [tr]

    08/24/2016 1:47:40 PM PDT · by pabianice · 22 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 8/24/16 | Hardman
    Major problems swept under the carpet as Rio successes are praised Poverty and crime continues in the Brazilian capital after athletes leave 'Pot is empty' just two weeks before Paralympics due to begin Standing in a rainy, unfilled stadium on Sunday night, bringing the curtain down on Rio 2016, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, invited us all to admire the emperor’s new clothes. ‘These were marvellous Olympic Games in THE marvellous city!’ the German fencer-turned-lawyer proclaimed. As he and the rest of the IOC head for home this week, it’s easy to picture them sinking...
  • Voting is Always a Gamble: Vote Trump

    08/24/2016 1:40:10 PM PDT · by Kaslin · 7 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | August 24, 2016 | Lee Culpepper
    Considering the incredibly low expectations that many Republicans have for Donald Trump, the man barely needs to do anything to rise above the dismal speculation. Consequently, the odds on Trump paying off over a bonafide communist are clearly worth taking. Let’s just be real. Calling Hillary Clinton a Democrat, a liberal, a progressive, or anything else doesn’t change the fact that she is a communist. That’s just what people are who advocate class warfare, state ownership of all property, gun control, and an egalitarian Utopia. Stating the obvious isn’t a jibe or name calling -- it’s reality. Democrats are rewriting...
  • Checking the National 'Dashboard'

    08/24/2016 1:21:22 PM PDT · by Kaslin · 3 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | August 24, 2016 | Ed Feulner
    You know those polls where they ask people if the country is heading in the right direction? One problem with that question is that it lacks context or detail. What makes us say yes or no? ItÂ’s generally a gut reaction that often has little to do with any actual evidence.And letÂ’s face it. ItÂ’s ridiculous to assume that everything is going one way or the other. At any given time, some things are going well, and others arenÂ’t.Besides, not everything is of equal weight. Think of the various warnings you get from the dashboard of your car. Needing to...
  • French burkini ban puzzles, upsets Muslim fashion designers

    08/24/2016 1:17:27 PM PDT · by C19fan · 62 replies
    World Net Daily ^ | August 24, 2016 | Ritu Upadhyay
    Puzzled — and upset. That’s how some women working in the Islamic fashion industry view the furor in France over burkinis, the body-concealing swimsuit that has been banned in a growing number of seaside towns. “I am quite upset to say the least. Wearing a burkini is not a political statement, rather a choice of dress,” said Rabia Zargarpur, a Dubai-based designer who markets her Rabia Z label of so-called modest fashions online. “For Muslim women, burkinis are a symbol of liberation, not repression. Muslim women who were uncomfortable or unable to swim in mixed pools or beaches are now...
  • State University Now Offers 'Stop White People' Training

    08/24/2016 1:12:16 PM PDT · by Zakeet · 9 replies
    Daily Wire ^ | August 23, 2016 | Pardes Seleh
    The State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton is now offering a course called "#StopWhitePeople2K16" as part of routine training for residential assistants. [Snip] The presenters of the course ... state their purpose is to "help others take the next step in understanding diversity, privilege, and the society we function within," presumably the "white" society they plan to "stop" at the event. The three RAs claim they will give "#StopWhitePeople2K16" course attendees the "tools" to respond to "uneducated people" with "'good' arguments." You know, the people who preach mutual respect, equality under God, and constitutional freedoms. Those people....
  • New Christie Vetoes Call for Shall-Issue Right to Carry & Clean Repeal of Smart Gun Mandate

    08/24/2016 12:57:32 PM PDT · by NewJerseyJoe · 11 replies
    Vetoes Propose Deleting “Justifiable Need” As a Carry Permit Requirement, and Clean Repeal of the Smart Gun Law Mandate with No Strings Attached! “Conditional Veto” Format Would Allow the Legislature To Accept Governor Christie’s Conditions and Immediately Implement Them Please Tell Legislators to Accept Governor Christie’s Conditions! Wednesday August 24, 2016: In a blockbuster announcement today, Governor Christie conditionally vetoed two pieces of anti-gun legislation (A3689 and S816), imposing dramatic conditions that would change them into pro-gun measures establishing shall-issue right-to-carry and repealing New Jersey’s 2002 “smart gun” law mandate with no strings attached. Copies of the vetoes are available...
  • Hulk Hogan's Smackdown Hurts Press Freedom

    08/24/2016 12:54:54 PM PDT · by Kaslin · 25 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | August 24, 2016 | Jacob Sullum
    Nine years ago, Gawker ran a blog post headlined "Peter Thiel Is Totally Gay, People." The item rankled Thiel, a billionaire who had co-founded Paypal and invested early in Facebook but had not yet gotten around to publicly acknowledging his sexual orientation, although he had told people close to him. This week, Thiel finally got his revenge, as Gawker ceased operations, driven out of business by an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit he financed. Whether or not you mourn the loss of Gawker, a website known for its snarky blend of gossip and journalism, its death does not bode well for freedom of...