Tuesday Afternoon - The Front Page Cover

[Rudy Tirre]

 

"I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened"

 

Featuring:

Dems facing choice

between nObama, Netanyahu

Matt Fuller

 

"Rise up together as one voice"

"Be careful where you stand"

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 GOP CONFIDENCE GROWS WHILE DEMS GET JITTERS  
Fox News polling guru Dana Blanton writes: “…by a 10-point margin, more Republicans are looking forward to the 2016 campaign than dreading it. That’s the opposite of how they felt about the start of the 2012 campaign in 2011. At that time, they were more likely to say they were dreading the race by 10 points. The poll finds the same reversal of sentiment among Democrats. They were looking forward to the 2012 campaign by 8 points, while now they say they are dreading the start of the 2016 campaign by 5 points. Republicans might be looking forward to 2016 because they are more confident about their party’s chances. Fully 78 percent of Republicans think the GOP candidate is going to win the next presidential election, while just 63 percent of Democrats feel that way about their party’s candidate. The results are almost the same when the hypothetical race is between a generic Republican and Democrat Hilly Clinton: 76 percent of Republicans say their candidate will win, while 67 percent of Democrats think Clinton will prevail.”  -Fox News 

 CNN Talkinghead: 'Our Rights Do Not Come From God'  

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo debated Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore over rights and marriage, particularly regarding the recent kerfuffle over same-sex marriage in the Heart of Dixie. When Moore explained that marriage is a matter of law and rights that come from God, Cuomo vehemently disagreed. "Our rights do not come from God, your honor, and you know that. They come from man," Cuomo insisted. Later he added, "That's your faith, that's my faith, but that's not our country. Our laws come from collective agreement and compromise." What utter hogwash. As Moore aptly noted, the Declaration of Independence is the law of the land, and it begins, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..." But Cuomo isn't just mistaken. He and his deceased father, Mario, and his brother Andrew, former and current governors of New York, hold a typical leftist view that government and not God creates rights. Therefore, those rights are subject to the whims of politicians because, as Chris Cuomo insisted, "Times change. Definitions change." Such views are dangerous and completely antithetical to the foundation of our country. More...  -The Patriot Post  

 Last Summer, nObama Partied With Terrorists  

By what we can gather, the wedding Barack nObama attended last August was the bomb. The wedding between MSNBC anchor Alex Wagner and Sam Kass, a former White House chef, was kept hush-hush -- probably because nObama was there with his pals and members of Weather Underground, Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn. The Leftmedia rag Gawker, which got the scoop, reports pair, who cavorted with leftist terrorists that bombed federal buildings in the '70s, "were likely invited due to their connection to Kass. Though the nature of their relationship with him is unclear, Kass resided for several years in Chicago, where Ayers and Dohrn live, and appear to have close mutual friends. In 2012, for example, the trio attended the same 22-guest wedding at a San Francisco art gallery." Furthermore, it's unlikely nObama ignored the duo, as he started his 1995 Illinois Senate bid from their house. This is further evidence that nObama considers himself above scrutiny, as he doesn't have a re-election to win. But imagine the resulting 24-hour outrage machine if George W. Bush had a friend who bombed abortion clinics. More...  -The Patriot Post  

 IRS to Give Tax Benefits to Illegals 

The administration that says this year's tax refunds will be delayed has enough time to give tax benefits to illegal immigrants. In a House hearing, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said the IRS will start paying refunds to amnestied illegals. Koskinen said, "To be eligible for the earned income tax credit, you have to work. ... To be able to apply for it, you have to have a Social Security number." Barack nObama's executive amnesty gives illegals Social Security numbers, though the nObama administration never estimated the impact of the program. As Koskinen put it, "I haven't talked to the White House about this at all." In response to this admission, Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) told Koskinen, "That's just outrageous. If Congress had passed a law doing exactly what the president did, we would have had not only an estimate of the costs, but we would have also been required to propose ways to pay for the programs. This is just another example of the administration operating outside the rule of law." Furthermore, nObama's action muddles the line between citizen and non-citizen, all in a cynical play for more Democrat votes. More...   -The Patriot Post  

 Don't Worry, We Still Have Six Middle East Embassies  

Despite the closure of the U.S. embassy in Yemen, which follows the abandonment of embassies in Syria and Libya, the nObama State Department says not to worry. A reporter asked State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki, "Is there a broader concern that you're being -- the U.S. is being run out of town in the Arab world?" Pish posh, she responded: "We certainly don't look at it in that way. I would remind you that we were not the only country that moved our staff out of Yemen last night (so did the UK and France), and we have to take precautions to protect the men and women who are serving on our behalf. There's no question that in each of the countries you've mentioned there's a great bit of volatility, but that's -- the fact is that that's what's happening on the ground. It's not a reflection of the United States and our engagement. It's a reflection of the trouble and challenges happening in these countries." On the contrary, it absolutely is a reflection of Barack nObama's failed foreign policy.  

 -The Patriot Post  

1.

 Methane Madness: Belching Cows, Fracking, nObama’s EPA Mandates  

(William F. Jasper) - Is methane an even worse climate villain than CO2? In the run-up to this year’s UN Paris Summit on global warming, President nObama, radical NGOs, and professional alarmists in the media are hyping the “threat” that methane (CH4)...supposedly presents to the planet. In January, President nObama announced plans for new EPA mandates aimed at cutting methane emissions by nearly one-half over the next decade. Hence, the federal regulators are busily crafting and ordering new limits on emissions from cows and other gassy critters, manure piles, landfills, sewers, and motor vehicles, etc. But the main targets, of course, are the coal, oil, and natural-gas industries. Coal and oil, especially, have been in the crosshairs, while, until recently, natural gas was the darling of environmentalists, who promoted it as the “clean energy” alternative to its “dirty” hydrocarbon cousins. However, now that natural-gas production has taken off and is actually replacing significant amounts of coal and oil, its erstwhile champions have turned on it with a vengeance.       http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/20114-climate-hysteria-and-methane-madness-belching-cows-fracking-and-obama-s-epa-mandates?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_campaign=fb8d9993b1-The_Editors_Top_Picks_3_12_143_12_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8ca494f2d2-fb8d9993b1-289778381

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 GOOD NEWS: nObama’s Exchanges are in Trouble  

(Twila Brase, RN, PHN) - A whopping $4.8 billion has been spent to build this national system. The exchange system -- a central server (Federal Data Services Hub), a federal website (Healthcare.gov) and state-based feeder websites (MNsure, Covered California, etc.) – has been funded through federal grants to states...and by federal diversion of ACA funds to build Healthcare.gov. nObama and Congressional Democrats did not appropriate funding for a federal exchange because they wanted to keep ACA costs under $1 trillion and they expected states to build and fund the entire structure. But 36 states wisely said no to the high costs and federal control. The total spent is expected to rise to $6.2 billion at in 2015, according to an analysis released February 2 by Inside Health Policy. nObama is desperate for cash. His proposed 2016 Budget:       http://www.cchfreedom.org/cchf.php/1003#.VN9eOsJ01uS

 3.

 Senator Says No More IRS Funding Until Trust Is Restored  

(Rick Wells) - The scandal at the IRS regarding the targeting of conservative groups and individuals remains in a state of suspended animation and perpetual obstruction from within the agency and the White House, even as new information of questionable hiring practices are emerging...An Inspector General’s report acknowledged on Thursday that hundreds of former employees who had performed poorly or had other negatives such as integrity and security questions in their employment histories have been rehired by the agency. In addition to their current difficulties, IRS officials are responsible for the oversight and implementation of nobamacare.  Also on the immediate horizon is the implementation of the nObama illegal dictatorial amnesty,  the impact to the agency from that action is still unknown. With all the earmarks of a seriously mismanaged bureaucratic black hole, Director John Koskinen is asking for more money. If something in Washington isn’t working, the typical solution is to throw more taxpayer money at it. Koskinen’s hand is out, his agency needs to make ends meet. Ohio Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) says he won’t support any more funding for the IRS until they restore some element of trust.       http://www.rickwells.us/senator-says-irs-funding-trust-restored-internal-problems-addressed/

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 Failed ISIS raid tests US forces in Iraq  

(FoxNews.com) - A small band of ISIS fighters mounted a bold, dawn attack Friday on an air base in Iraq where U.S. forces are training troops, in what experts believe may have been a probe that could foreshadow a coming clash involving Americans...All eight Islamic State fighters were killed by Iraqi forces in the 7:20 a.m. raid on Ain al-Asad air base in the western province of Anbar, and none of the 400 U.S. military personnel at the base were involved, according to officials. Sources rejected reports that the militant fighters, who killed at least two Iraqi troops, had infiltrated the base wearing Iraqi army uniforms. “It was a regular ISIL attack,” a senior defense official told Fox News. “It happened at the gate about 3 kilometers from where U.S. forces are. We sent drones and Apaches [attack helicopters], but it was all over before they arrived and neither fired a shot.” Things can change as days go by.      http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/02/13/failed-isis-raid-tests-us-forces-in-iraq/

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 ISIS parades 17 Peshmerga Fighters in Cages “To Be Burned Alive”  

(nicedeb) - Heads bowed in terror the orange-clad Kurdish fighters are paraded through streets filled with jeering militants in the latest horrifying video release from Islamic State...In a grim echo of the terrible fate which befell Jordanian pilot Lieutenant Muath al-Kaseasbeh the captives, reportedly Peshmerga fighters, are dressed in orange jumpsuits and shackled in cages. Just as Lt. al-Kaseasbeh was burned alive on camera, IS are planning to do the same with their latest prisoners, according to posts on social media.        https://nicedeb.wordpress.com/2015/02/13/horror-isis-parades-17-peshmerga-fighters-in-cages-through-jeering-crowds-to-be-burned-alive/

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 Holdup on Holder Replacement Loretta Lynch Over HSBC Persecution  

(Matthew Boyle) - Republicans in the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee have stalled the nomination of U.S. attorney Loretta Lynch to replace Eric Holder as President Barack nObama’s Attorney General...and Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)—a member of the committee—says it’s because of her role in not bringing criminal charges in a white collar crime scandal. In December 2012, ABC News’s Brian Ross, Matthew Mosk and Carlos Boettcher reported that HSBC Bank “will avoid a potentially crippling criminal prosecution for its role in moving cash for known terror groups, Mexican drug cartels, and rogue governments such as Iran” because Justice Department officials instead agreed to assess a $2 billion settlement against the bank.       http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/02/12/vitter-holdup-on-holder-replacement-loretta-lynch-over-hsbc-persecution/

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 Kelly File – Calamitous Deterioration In The Middle-East  

(Rick Wells) - Megyn Kelly replays portions of her interview with State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki in which she greatly underplayed the weakness that the regime has shown in the face of Islamic terrorist expansionism and the false narrative that things aren’t as bad as they appear...Since we don’t have access to all of the information they do, the likelihood is just the opposite, that things are in fact much worse than we realize. Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal joins her to discuss the freefall of secular governments around the globe and particularly in the face of rising Middle East jihadists. Stephens notes that we now have two major terrorist threats operating and growing from within the Yemen borders, the Iranian-backed Houthi’s and their Sunni counterparts.       http://www.rickwells.us/kelly-file-calamitous-deterioration-middle-east-president-pretends-everything-great/

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 Congresswoman: 'Man Up' and Overhaul Military Benefits  

(Brendan McGarry) - A U.S. congresswoman implored her colleagues to "man up" and accept the recommendations from a blue-ribbon panel to overhaul military benefits...Rep. Jackie Speier, a Democrat from California and a member of the House Armed Services Committee, praised the recent work of the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission. The panel called for offering troops 401(k)-like retirement plans and military families a choice of commercial health insurance plans in lieu of Tricare, among other proposals. "We've just now have got to inject a little guts into all of us to do the right thing," she said Wednesday during a hearing of the committee's military personnel subcommittee, which received testimony from commission members.      http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/02/11/congresswoman-to-colleagues-man-up-and-overhaul-military.html?comp=7000023435630&rank=8

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 What Actually Causes   American Fear of Islam and   Muslims?  

(Daniel Pipes) - An ambitious 81-page document, Fear, Inc. 2.0: The Islamophobia Network's Efforts to Manufacture Hate in America, just appeared from the Center for American Progress, a liberal Democratic organization...Unlike its first iteration, in which a group with a $40-million annual budget and deep ties to big business had the nerve to claim that seven much smaller institutions were overpowering the country through their financial clout, this one looks at what the alleged "Islamophobia network" actually does. The report, written by Matthew Duss, Yasmine Taeb, Ken Gude, and Ken Sofer, makes for interesting reading. Its premise is that critics of Islamism (1) are really anti-Islamic and (2) have single-handedly distorted a the fundamental American value, namely a "basic respect for the rights of minority groups throughout the country." According to the CAP study, "the views of anti-Muslim actors stand in stark contrast to the values of most Americans." By dint of hard work, however, "a well-funded, well-organized fringe movement can push discriminatory policies against a segment of American society by intentionally spreading lies while taking advantage of moments of public anxiety and fear." This effort "takes many shapes and forms": a general climate, cynical political efforts, and institutional policies. Despite some setbacks, continues the CAP narrative, the network's efforts "continue to erode America's core values of religious pluralism, civil rights, and social inclusion."       http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2015/02/what-causes-american-fear-of-islam-and-muslims

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 Syrian refugee program called 'back door for jihadists'  

(Leo Hohmann) - A senior FBI official has admitted the United States is finding it virtually impossible to screen out terrorists that could be hiding among the thousands of Syrian “refugees” heading soon to American cities...The U.S. simply does not have the resources to stop Islamic radicals in Syria from slipping into the country through the State Department’s refugee-resettlement program, said Michael Steinbach, deputy assistant director of the FBI’s counter terrorism unit. Separating legitimate refugees from terrorists was difficult enough in Iraq, where the U.S. had a large occupation force. Even then, the U.S. government’s vetting process missed “dozens” of Iraqi jihadists who slipped into the country posing as refugees and took up residence in Kentucky, according to a November 2013 ABC News report. Why let them in?       http://www.wnd.com/2015/02/syrian-refugee-program-called-back-door-for-jihadists/

Dems facing choice

between nObama, Netanyahu

Matt Fuller

 

     (jewishworldreview.com) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's scheduled address to a joint session of Congress on March 3 is starting to look like a watershed moment for Democrats who find themselves facing a choice: Side with Netanyahu, or follow the lead of President Barack nObama.

     It's an open question whether Democrats will honor a decades-long tradition of bipartisan support for Israel and its leaders, or go with the White House, which has criticized the address as a breach of protocol and a threat to ongoing nuclear talks with Iran. nObama has said he has no plans to meet with Netanyahu during the Washington visit, and Vice President Loose Lips Joe Biden announced he would be out of the country during the address — though exactly where he'll be travelling remains unknown.

     Dozens of Democrats could follow Loose Lips Biden's lead, with Democrats still steaming over Speaker backstabber John Boehner's January invitation to the Israeli leader.

     The White House and other congressional Democrats, most notably Minority Leader Nancy Pulosi of California, have complained the invitation was made without consulting the president. And Democrats have derided the backstabber Boehner invite as an overtly political move — one that has driven a wedge between Republicans and Democrats on the staunchly bipartisan issue of supporting Israel.

     The Israel lobby is detecting the damage this address is already causing and trying to control it. On Tuesday, J Street, an Israeli advocacy group based in Washington, sent a letter to every member of Congress asking them to pressure backstabber Boehner into delaying the Netanyahu speech until after the March 17 elections.

     If members decide the speech is inappropriate, they won't exactly be making an enemy with the powerful Israel lobby. Nor would they be issuing the harshest rebuke of nObama if they ultimately show up.

     Most Democrats are expected to attend. And the White House hasn't been calling for a boycott. Even Pulosi told reporters last week that, "as of now," she plans to be there.

     Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer suggested the decision to attend or skip was up to individual members. A letter from Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chairman Keith Ellison, D-Minn.; Financial Services Ranking Member Maxine Waters, D-Calif.; and Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn.; asking backstabber Boehner to postpone the speech now has close to 20 Democrats signed on, according to an aide familiar with the effort.

     But Hoyer made it clear Tuesday he would attend the address, even though he called the speech fiasco "unseemly," "unfortunate" and "politicized."

"A controversy has been created that didn't need to be," he said.

     Asked if he was happy with how the nObama administration had handled the Netanyahu speech, Hoyer said he was "not unhappy."

     Double negatives aside, neither nObama nor Netanyahu — nor backstabber Boehner or other House Republicans, for that matter — show any signs of backing down.

     The president jabbed the Israeli prime minister Monday for his decision to come to Washington just two weeks before Israeli elections, and nObama warned against using Israel for political gain.

      "The U.S.-Israeli relationship is not about a particular party," nObama said during a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

      "As much as I love Angela, if she was two weeks away from an election, she probably would not have received an invitation to the White House — and I suspect she wouldn't have asked for one," nObama said.

     The president continued that Netanyahu's visit, in the midst of international negotiations over Iran's nuclear program, jeopardizes a potential deal.

      "It does not make sense to sour the negotiations a month or two before they are about to be complete," nObama said. "What's the rush? Unless your view is it's not possible to get a deal with Iran. … That I cannot agree with," he said.

     But Netanyahu, calling the proposed nuclear deal with Iran an "existential issue" for Israel, said Monday he will go ahead with the trip, and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy indicated Tuesday morning that Republicans were standing behind the Israeli prime minister, saying that, "just as anywhere else," there is a "separation" between the House and the administration on this issue.

      "I think it's a need with what's happening in the world today," McCarthy said. "I think it's important that people speak to us."

     Still, there were signs that parties in Israel and in the U.S. were trying to tamp down the furor surrounding the address. Reuters, citing unnamed sources in the Israeli government, reported Monday that officials are considering making the address a closed-door speech to Congress rather than a televised speech in prime time.

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0215/dems_netanyahu_obama.php3