January 2, 2016 – 7:16 am
The Washington Post’s Editorial Board, which features members who live in neighborhoods which will never see placement of even small numbers of these “Syrian” refugees, is in high dudgeon over the growing rejection of the refugees in Europe Europe cannot allow xenophobia to overpower its response to refugees CHANCELLOR ANGELA Merkel of Germany walks a […]
December 31, 2015 – 7:03 am
The suggestion to subject Middle Eastern refugees to lie detector tests was brought up mid-December. Now, it’s part of actual legislation (The Hill) A House lawmaker wants to require Syrian and Iraqi refugees to complete lie detector tests before being allowed to enter the country. Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) has introduced legislation that would require […]
December 29, 2015 – 7:14 am
Did you catch this yesterday? (ABC News) An Ohio Grand Jury has declined to indict two police officers in the death of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy who was shot dead by a Cleveland police officer last year, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty said today. (snip) Tamir was holding a toy gun when he was […]
December 21, 2015 – 7:02 am
He can’t help himself in blaming the gun, rather than the gang culture (NBC News) As Knoxville, Tennessee, continued grappling with the killing of rising high school football star Zaevion Dobson, President Barack Obama took to Twitter to repeat his call for stricter gun control laws. “Zaevion Dobson died saving three friends from getting shot,” Obama wrote […]
December 20, 2015 – 3:36 pm
Well, I bet you didn’t see this one coming No, There Has Not Been a Mass Shooting Every Day This Year This inflated stat all over the media isn’t just misleading—it’s stirring undue fear. Take a moment to consider what type of violent event that headline just brought to mind. The places and horrifying attacks […]
December 16, 2015 – 8:56 am
The WP’s Scott Clement highlights a few other things in the poll prior to the information on guns Over three-quarters of Americans doubt the nation’s ability to stop “lone wolf†terrorist attacks by individuals acting on their own, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Despite widespread doubts about security, the poll finds fears of […]
December 9, 2015 – 8:04 am
Let me start off by saying that I do not support Trump. I found his comments on Muslims to be idiotic from a political point of view. There’s an old saying going back to Napolean: “Never interfere with your enemy when he is making a mistake.†We should not think of Obama as the enemy, […]
December 8, 2015 – 3:07 pm
But, hey, we can totally trust Iran to uphold the provisions of the deal Mr. Obama struck with them. Even though it has no force of law (Fox News) Iran has carried out a new medium range ballistic missile test in breach of two United Nations Security Council resolutions, a senior U.S. official told Fox News on […]
December 8, 2015 – 10:19 am
Have you ever wondered why things like this, the whole “hate crime” genre, seems to happen mostly in areas chock full of Democrats and run mostly by Democrats? (Philly.com) Philadelphia police, the FBI, and the city’s Human Relations Commission launched investigations Monday after a worker at a North Philadelphia mosque found a severed pig’s head […]
December 6, 2015 – 7:42 am
He’ll surely tell us to remain calm, all is well (CNN) President Barack Obama on Sunday night will deliver a rare Oval Office address about terror threats in the aftermath of the San Bernardino, California, shootings that claimed 14 lives. CNN and other networks will broadcast it live at 8 p.m. ET. The White House […]
