THE DEFINING QUOTE OF THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY

I am not making this up.  I am quoting straight from the article at cnn.com.  Today, Barack Obama said this about ISIS – which has been in existence for four years, which has grown exponentially over the past year right in front of his face, which currently controls enough money and land to declare a state of its own, which continues to...

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A Q&A YOU WON\’T BELIEVE

Here, pulled from an incredulously written article at thelid.com, is a Q&A between the hard-left, Ronan Farrow, who hosts a virtually unwatched afternoon show on (where else?) MSNBC, and Philip Agnew, a Black activist and Executive Director of something called Dream Defenders, who is one of the organizers of a day that students will walk out of class (just what students...

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THE AUTO BODY AD OF THE DECADE

Apropos of nothing political…. This actual TV ad was sent to me by our pal Toy Insurance Bob.  See if you think it is as entertaining as I do: And we all thought Sister Sledge was gone…  Ok, back to politics – where the we have hundreds of people in congress with sledgehammers, who don\’t stop after a few shots, but continue until they\’ve...

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THE QUOTE OF THE DAY

Today\’s quote, and it is a beauty, comes to us from ismail haniya, hamas\’s former Prime Minister, who – brave, courageous Gazan that he is, has just came out of hiding now that the cease-fire is in effect. Here, in front of a cheering crowd of 10,000 celebrants, is what haniya said about the just-ended (more likely...

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ZARA: IDIOTS, ANTI-SEMITES OR BOTH?

zara is a Spanish-owned international clothing retailer. And its people are either idiots, anti-Semites, or both. Take a good look at this item, which – incredibly – zara put out as a children\’s t-shirt.  See if it reminds you of anything from the World War II era: For readers who are drawing a blank (and I\’m sure there...

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SOFTLY AS OUR ECONOMIC GROWTH LEAVES US

Softly, I will leave you softly For my heart would break if you should wake and see me go Those lyrics are from the terrific love (or, more exactly, end of love) song, “Softly As I Leave You”.  It was recorded by Frank Sinatra in June, 1964, a half century ago. I bet Frank did not have an inkling that he could as easily have been singing about the media...

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RUSSIA INVADES THE UKRAINE

Two sure signs that Russia is about to invade The Ukraine: 1) In addition to the 20,000 Russian troops in Crimea, tens of thousands more have massed at the Ukrainian border 2) vladimir putin says he isn\’t going to do so. Now:  who is going to stop him?  Barack Obama?  You\’re kidding, right? The European Union?  Not without a strong USA in the lead...

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A FLIP-FLOP I CAN LIVE WITH

The Yankees are playing the Detroit Tigers tonight. Pitching-wise the matchup was decidedly unpromising.  The Yankees sent out rookie Shane Green, against the Tigers\’ David Price – a Cy Young Award winner with a .634 lifetime won-lost percentage. So it was not much of a surprise that, after four innings, the score was 8-1. But very surprisingly, it was the...

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TELEFRAUDULISM

By now, just about everyone knows that Robin Williams, though astoundingly talented, was also a very troubled man who fought addictions to drugs and liquor, had a somewhat checkered personal life (three wives), and committed suicide – possibly due, in part, to learning he had Parkinson\’s disease. What a great opening for a telefraudulist to try and extract money from the faithful...

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WAS CNN PUNKED BY HOWARD STERN?

For a full day, CNN has been playing an audio recording which, allegedly, picks up Darren Wilson\’s gunfire at Michael Brown.  If the audio is real, it sounds as if Wilson shot about 10 times, in two different bursts. Except… It may be a hoax recording, and CNN may have been punked…with strong suspicion that the source of the hoax is either Howard Stern or one of his...

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TALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN

Thank you Abdel el-Sisi and the Egyptian army. As you may remember, President Obama worked triple overtime to remove Hosni Mubarak from office.  This resulted in Egypt electing Mohamed Morsi, a hamas-supporting Muslim brotherhood fanatic, to become President.  But when Morsi decided to govern as if what limited freedom Egyptians have ended the day he took...

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STATING (WHAT SHOULD BE) THE OBVIOUS ABOUT MICHAEL BROWN AND DARREN WILSON

There are people who believe that Michael Brown was a young thug who butted up against a police officer, threatened him, went after him, and got what he deserved. That might be true. There are people who believe that Officer Darren Wilson was a rogue cop, maybe with a tick up his tail for Black kids, who started up with one, got a bit of a rise out of him, and seized the opportunity to gun him...

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THE QUOTE OF THE DAY

Today\’s quote comes to us from Sami Abu Zuhri, a hamas “spokesperson”, speaking at a press conference in front of Gaza\’s Shifa Hospital – the same hospital hamas had such regard for that it launched rocket attacks from its grounds just weeks ago: “Wehave won…what no Arab army has done. We have defeated them” Gaza is in ruins.  If you...

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THE GAZA CEASE-FIRE: WHO WON AND WHO LOST

Assuming the latest cease-fire between Israel and hamas-controlled Gaza holds, therefore the current round of fighting is over, you will be seeing/hearing/reading a lot about who “won” and who “lost”. The answer depends on what you are talking about. If you are talking about peace, no one is a winner: -Much of Gaza is reduced to rubble.  hamas\’s only...

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