While attending two events Thursday, a few cool people were encountered and, therefore, the ability

to check-out [and yall to vet] the backlog the entire set of Action-Items generated since December
has been again provided without risking spamming, recalling the fact that each is < 2 megs [I, II, III, IV,
V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII,
XXVIII, and XXIX]; they can be searched for key-words. {The prior six months entries [anti-BHO] will be
added [focusing on BHOs Scandal-Sheet and the effort to defund ObamaDontCare, spotlighting Cruz].}
More than 3600-pages have been composed during the past year, and the reader is invited to ID any
internal contradiction [for there arent any!], for the secondary-goal has been consensus-development.

At the first event, sponsored by the Republican Jewish Coalition, Aryeh Green [who
grew-up in Lower Merion before moving to Israel, three decades ago], the [mis]use of
linguistics was probed before an audience that included the always-brilliant Colin Hanna
[who related an anecdote that illustrated why he feels Marco Rubio shouldnt be
rejected as a POTUS-16 candidate simply due to his having been mesmerized by
Schumer when mistakenly co-sponsoring the Senates Amnesty bill]; others told me that
Ted Cruz may play into the hands of the media as illustrative of a divisive GOP. Yet,
contrariwise, Cruz seems to be on-point and well-pondered and Rubio seems childlike
and unimaginative; furthermore, Cruzs father could help ensure evangelicals support
the GOP enthusiastically and Cruz would be well-positioned to entice Hispanics who
harbor baseline-conservative morals. Nevertheless, these observations are conveyed for
two major reasons: [1]to entice yall to hear Cruz @ the National Constitution Center
for, Im told, the response during the past 48-hours has prompted relocation from the
auditorium to the portico, and [2]to try to ID any quotation that is problematic. And,
once it has been determined that hes the ONLY potential-candidate who fills-this-bill
[regarding domestic/foreign-policy], then that conclusion should be allowed to go-viral.

After the first event, the RJC promoted future events [in D.C. and in
Vegas] intended to help a MAJORITY of AMERICAN JEWS recognize
major GOP-achievements, despite the claim that the Dems are
engrained within the Jewish community; one hopes that any affinity for
Eretz Yisrael implanted if/when they were Bar/Bat Mitzvahed might be
teased-out by awareness of the fact that the only real restraint upon
BHOs anti-Zionism has been Congress [mostly Rs, some Ds].

At the second event, Chris Stigall [who, on behalf of WCAU-1210, will introduce Cruz]
spoke of the Tea Party Movements intent to fight Big Government Elitism, both on the
battlefield of personal rights and within business-oriented contexts; a packed-house
listened for 90-minutes [ the length of his typical show] as he applied these principles
while discussing everything from Corbett to Islamism. In many respects, he told us what
most of us already knew, but his delivery-style channeled the deeply-harbored feeling
of urgency that he tries to capture while starting each day with info he largely accrues
via Tweets]. He is not home-grown, but he has quickly gained a local feel and was able
to capture an audience of like-minded individuals by straight-talk; perhaps the most
vital way his candor emerged was when he passionately acknowledged his ability to be
free from any management-constraints when determining the direction of his efforts.
Ultimately, hes optimistic for a Senatorial-flip and enhanced acceptance of the Right.



After the second event, ways to help the GOP in its GOTV [get out the
vote] efforts were noted. In the parking-lot [where most business
gets done!], quiet discussion ensued as to how to help the Bucks-GOP
anoint the optimal successor to Mike Fitzpatrick for, despite background
reassurances to trusted-friends and quality-speechessuch as last
weeks in Doylestownhis voting-pattern channels everything Boehner
desires. {And, when Boehner predicts BHO will get his Amnesty-vote
in 15, one wonders what Mike would do, absent his having articulated a
strong secure-the border FIRST posture; also, when Kevin McCarthy
Outlines GOP Fall Agenda and omits-mention of the major
conservative agenda-point (not reauthorizing the Export-Import
Bank), one wonders whether Mike will side with Boehner vs. Chairman
Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) of the Financial Services Committee upon which
he serves.}

Promised to a few of them were two items. First, those who wish to hear a succinct
summary of key Congressional concerns are invited to listen to the Heritage Foundation
every Monday from 5:30-6:00 p.m. via its Sentinel phone-conference by either dialing
1-800=757-3718 or by [after having registered on the web-site of Heritage Action]
awaiting a phone call to wherever you may be @ that moment. Second, the lynch-pin
regarding the battle against the Islamic State has become helping the Kurds, an effort
that had been started a half-decade-plus ago [after having thunk-of-it after the Gulf War
[in 91]; the original article was published inter alia in the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
[The Road To Iran Runs Through Kurdistan - And Starts In Syria]now defunctand was
reprinted last year [picked-up by Ted Belman without my knowledge] in Israpundit, and
more recent op-eds appeared last year [The Kurds can lead a reborn Syria, at peace with
all of her neighbors] and a few months ago [America Must Recognize Kurdistan].

Illustrating the damage due to porous borders, consider excerpts from Drudge/Breitbart on Illegals:

Nearly 1 in 10 California workers are illegals
26% of CA Immigrants Are Illegal
An intelligent thinker in todays American left, wrote an article in TNR yesterday encouraging
Obama to immediately implement his plan to enact amnesty via executive fiat, instead
of waiting until after the elections, claiming its desirable both for its import and for its
politics.
Hispanics set to become Austin's largest ethnic group
Obama Hid Steady Inflow Of Central American Migrants
MAPS: Where 37,000 illegal minors went......and where feds are hiding tens of thousands more
All job gains in NC since 2000 went to immigrants
Feds signed agreement with Mexico to protect workers 'regardless of status'
FLASHBACK: Mexican President declared USA 'the other Mexico'
ATTKISSON: OBAMA ADMIN REFUSING TO TELL CONGRESS WHERE ILLEGAL CHILDREN WENT
OBAMA STONEWALLS ON WHEREABOUTS OF ILLEGAL MINORS
Horowitz: ISIS Raises the Stakes of a Porous Border - During his Labor Day speech on Monday,
Obama attempted to invent a new constitutional right one that should alarm all
conservatives, especially during this time of grave national security concerns; as he


ticked off his litany of principle rights he supports, such as womens rights and civil
rights, he added an item to the list immigration rights.
NumbersUSA: Republicans Starting to Articulate Amnesty Harms Americans - The border crisis
and Republican candidates beginning to connect the dots on amnesty harming
Americans have been two of the factors driving recent polls and causing concern among
Democrats in tough elections, according to NumbersUSA president Roy Beck.
GOP Rep: No Reason To Think Obama Would Be More Trustworthy On Immigration Next Year
Texas Border County Teaches Residents Proper Firearm Use Due to Home Invasions
Texas Tea Party Leaders Release Plan to Secure Border, Criticize Perry
Cruz to Introduce Bill to Prevent Americans Who Join ISIS from Returning
Pew Report: 50% of illegal Immigrants Have Been in US at Least 13 Yrs
MEXICAN NATIONAL PLEADS GUILTY TO DRUG TRAFFICKING AFTER CROSSING 7 TIMES!
Border Patrol Agents Speak Out Against Being Assaulted by Aliens
State Dept. Spox Attacks Bill O'Reilly
Truck loaded with illegals leads TX cops on high speed chase...For more than 100
miles...Underage driver...Eleven in custody, five on the run...
Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Only Military on the Border Can Stop ISIS
Kevin McCarthy on Islamic State: If Obama Won't Act, Republicans Will
FEINSTEIN WARNS SILICON VALLEY THAT ISIS IS COMING TO U.S.

BHO probably wont order blanket-amnesty until after the mid-terms:

Immigration 'Off the Table Through the Elections'
Poll: Majority of Dems Opposed to Obama Exec Amnesty
GUTIRREZ TELLS DEMOCRATS OPPOSED TO OBAMA'S EXECUTIVE AMNESTY: 'STEP ASIDE'
Senate Democrats urge President to delay immigration order
HARRY REID: 'Confident He's Going to Do Something'
Pew: Americans Want Better Border Security, Enforcement Of Immigration Laws
Voters Strongly Oppose Obama's Amnesty Plan for Illegal Immigrants
POLL: 63% DISAPPROVE OF WORK PERMITS FOR ILLEGALS

People are beginning to recognize the potential for a wave Senatorial election:

FiveThirtyEights Senate Model Is Back And It Gives Republicans The Edge
You'd have to bet on the GOP because three Democratic-held seats are already gone,
and party strategists see seven more teetering on the edge, compared with just two for
Republicans; that leaves no fewer than nine very close races.
Outrageous and False, Democratic Attack Ads Reek of Desperation - The 2014 cycle has
been an interesting one so far. For example, Republican Senate candidates are normally
the ones who end up embarrassing themselves, but not this time. Thats a shocking
development in and of itself.
GALLUP: JOB APPROVAL ALL-TIME LOW
Red-State Dems Flee Obama over Gun Control and Healthcare
Landrieu Campaign Denied Receipt of Subpoena One Day After Her Lawyers Filed
Response With Court
Obama's diminishing job approval in Iowa may be contributing to the state's tight U.S.
Senate race


In a boost for Republicans and Kansas GOP Sen. Pat Roberts, the Democrat who
attempted Wednesday to drop out of the three-way race against the three-term
incumbent must remain on the ballot, the state's top election official ruled Thursday.
Using Triangulation To Win The Senate is advised by Dick Morris
Brown Lead Over Kashkari Shrank to 16 Points
Watching the California Media Watch the Gubernatorial Debate
Debate: Fiery Kashkari Won on Points; Brown Resorted to Low Blows
Kashkari Ripped Brown for Ties to Teachers Union in Video Released Ahead of Debate
Voters Are The Losers As Brown And Kashkari Have Only ond Debate

Wendy Davis (D Future MNSBC Host) waffled on naming her favorite football team
DISPUTE OVER TEXAS' VOTER ID LAWS HEATS UP AS TESTIMONY BEGINS

GOP Roadmap to Victory: Become the Party of the Middle Class

The GOPs POTUS-16 competition continues to rage [quietly]:

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay decried The Criminalization of Politics as
manifest by the Travis County District Attorneys Office and their history of criminalizing
the political process. Travis County successfully removed DeLay from House leadership
by getting an indictment against him. His conviction was later reversed by an appellate
court. Now, Texas Governor Rick Perry faces the political wrath from this office where
the District Attorney continues the practice of attempting to achieve through the
criminal courtroom what Dems have been unable to achieve in the statewide ballot box
the removal of a Republican from the Governors Mansion.

Better than 50% Chance Jeb Bush Runs for POTUS

Wall Street analysts at Fitch Ratings today downgraded New Jersey's bond rating for the
second time this year, citing the state's poor economic performance, Gov. Chris
Christie's rosy revenue forecasts which failed to materialize and his decision to
plug the resulting budget gap by cutting $2.4 billion in funding for the state's strained
pension system.

Chris Christie loses a big Atlantic City bet [for he had poured $ into Revel], posing
another challenge for 2016 run; also, CHRIS CHRISTIE TOLD REPORTERS TO BACK OFF ON
IMMIGRATION QUESTIONS.

[Among Dems: Hillary said Climate Change Is Most Urgent, Consequential Challenge
We Face.]

The media continue to defend BHO:

NBCNEWS 'MEET THE PRESS' TO HOST OBAMA
Page Six reported that newly revamped "Meet the Press," which launches this upcoming
Sunday with Chuck Todd as moderator, chose Joe Scarborough to be the "right-leaning
voice" in the role of a regular panelist. Other regular panelists will include anyone
familiar with the hard-left MSNBC [Andrea Mitchell and Luke Russert]; exemplifying this


characterization, MSNBC's Luke Russert said Michael Sam Not on Active NFL Roster
'Because He's Gay.' Assigning Scarborough the role of the "right-leaning voice" is
egregious for he has increasingly become of an insufferable blowhard on his own
"Morning Joe"; this "right-leaning voice" pushes for gun control, amnesty, boycotts of
companies that don't want to pay higher taxes, accused Israel of out-and-out war
crimes, loathes the Tea Party, and is currently the only person in Americaright or left--
who sees Obama's foreign policy fecklessness as brilliant, a sort of 5
th
-level game of
Chess that only dogs can hear.
From tampon earrings to mocking Romneys grandson, MSNBCs Melissa Harris-Perrys
show is the place for buffoonish, boiler-plate liberal lunacy in America.
Dan Rather Scandal Movie 'TRUTH' Gets Greenlight
Michael Loftus is Launching a New Conservative Comedy Show

BHOs Scandal-Sheet continues to expand [and one wonders if Todd will probe any with BHO]:

Benghazi survivors break silence relating The untold story about what happened in Benghazi;
their BLOCKBUSTER BENGHAZI BOOK REVEALED SOURCE OF 'STAND DOWN' ORDER, claiming
the team was delayed from responding to the attack by the top CIA officer in Benghazi, whom
they refer to only as Bob.
GOHMERT: OBAMA ADMIN HUSH TACTICS ON BENGHAZI 'VERY INSIDIOUS'

HOLDER accused of hiding figure in IRS probe
Rep. Chaffetz 'more fired up than ever' over IRS emails
Can Americans trust the IRS?
Obama administration strategy on IRS delay, derail, deceive
Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys for the IRS finally admitted in a phone conversation to
Judicial Watch that Lois Lerners emails werent missing after all.
IRS SAYS IT HAS LOST EMAILS FROM 5 MORE EMPLOYEES

HEALTHCARE.GOV HACKED! [July breach was only discovered last week and, as a result,
Issa Subpoenaed Obamacare Official; it may be recalled that it was noted that Software
was/is vulnerable to cyberattack

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Received Over $100,000 Before Pushing Comcast Merger

People are beginning to recognize the inherent dangers in BHOs Common Core:

Gutfeld: Common Core is like a hangover
Assault on Common Core Keeps Coming: Research Called Into Question, Content Found Lacking
Common Core Teaches Kids New Way To Add 9 + 6 That Takes 54 Seconds
NYT: Yeah, the New AP U.S. History Curriculum Is Biased. So What?
News Station Features Common Core 'Homework Helper' Tips for Parents
Carnegie Corporation: Common Core Will Double High School Dropout Rate
TEXAS PARENTS STUNNED BY COMMON CORE MATERIALS COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL

People are beginning to recognize the inherent dangers in BHOs Economy-management:

RECORD 92,269,000 AMERICANS NOT WORKING


Black Unemployment Hit 11.4%
Record Number of Foreign-Born Hold Jobs in USA
Fast-food-workersprompted by the SEIUare striking for higher wages

People are beginning to recognize the inherent dangers in BHOs [Reverse-]Racism:

Elizabeth Warren: Race a Core Factor in Michael Brown Shooting
Holder Launches Civil Rights Investigation of Ferguson Police
Dept. of Justice: Investigation into Trayvon Martin's Death Still Active
Donte Stallworth [a former NFL wide receiver] was hired by HuffPo, despite his having
used his Twitter account to spread provably-false conspiracy theories about the
September 11
th
, 2001, attacks on the World Trade CenterPoynter; when asked why,
Huffington Post's Washington bureau chief Ryan Grim said, That doesnt represent how
he thinks today. You know, that was five years ago, and people say dumb things, but
that shouldnt define him. Except it wasn't just five years ago for, less than a year ago,
in November, Stallworth was still spreading his 9/11 Trutherism.
OBAMA INTERIOR SEC: REDSKINS NAME CHANGE NOT TOP PRIORITY FOR NATIVE
AMERICANS

A colorful exchange occurred on PoliticsPA, triggered by a report on the PA-Gov race by a GOP-oriented
Harper Poll [Wolf 52 Corbett 41]; in response to Chris Martinez [the race aint over bcause the electon
aint happning for anuther 2 mnths. and goevnor corbit gonna move up on the poles and he gonna win in
a land slide, that is gonna be whut happens elcton day], David Diano averred, Corbett couldnt move
up a poll in a strip club if his g-string was on fire. Noting that Poll scenarios are poles apart, as people
gain an appreciation for how urgent it is to loosen the grip of public-sector unions over Harrisburg,
people could support the re-election [e.g., NEPA's municipal pensions grow more distressed]; indeed,
Chris Stigall was happy with Corbett when the budget had been red-lined (removing legislative perks),
but was unhappy when Medicaid-expansion was approved (despite its privatization). Also, noting that
State Rep. Mike Vereb (R) backs medical marijuana [noting also that the Berkeley City Council in
California unanimously ordered medical marijuana dispensaries to donate 2% of their stash to patients
making less than $32,000 a year], the GOP could run against intrusive government [a national theme]
sensibly, as Corbett turns up the volume. It should be noted that the LIQUOR BOARD PAID A RECORD
$526M TO STATE [reflecting the need to be cautious when privatizing this cash-cow]. And reminding the
bipartisan electorate of Corbetts involvement with the sordid Sandusky-affair [slow to investigate in 10,
quick to fire JoePa in 11], a New Sandusky abuse suit was filed, as PENN STATE HOPES MITCHELL
REPORT WILL YIELD MORE RELIEF FROM NCAA SANCTIONS and BOBBY BOWDEN opined that the NCAA
should GIVE PATERNO HIS WINS BACK.

As the NFL-season starts, McNabb couldnt resist dissing Philly when he declared Foles is
not a franchise quarterback; in my view, this was reminiscent of all those ground-balls
thrown while in Philly, compounded by the GI-upset he himself exhibited physically [and
disseminated during the second half of the Super Bowl, psychically, to Iggles-fans].

Lest we forget, Joan Rivers was honored across-the-board; perhaps the best line was
from Seth Meyers said [who also noted that, during her Late Night appearance last
month, Rivers told more jokes faster than any guest he'd had on]: "I wish she were here
right now, because if she were here right now, she would make a joke about how she
just passed away and she would get away with it, because it would be really funny."


When her legacy was challenged [gently, on Facebook] by noting her blue-streak,
readers were reminded that she merited respect for her capacity to reinvent herself,
and for how she built upon fellow-travelers [e.g., Lenny Bruce and George Carlin].

Just blogged @ the WSJ in reaction to Peggy Noonans Blog:

[typo-alert: "meant" instead of "mean" in 6th-to-the-last 'graph]

Regardless of their personal politics [I agree with Joan's, disagree with
Madonna's], people who have the ability to reinvent themselves merit
particular respect.

*

Regarding the double-comment of Susan D. Harris, attacking Peggy
Noonan: [1]the very fact that this is published as her weekly WSJ-
column contradicts the claim that she's propped-up solely by Drudge;
and [2]the very fact that she specified Joan's political views [for it's
untrue that "she already told us all that"] is probably what provoked the
perception of snobbery.

One suspects that Ms. Harris disagrees with Joan and, thus, has dipped
into an ad-hominem charge instead of refuting assertions; indeed, what
she perceives as elitism is certainly manifest by BHO, and Joan's
reaction thereto [noting the Vegas-generated observations] actually
mirrors the "atmospherics" of Noonan's essay [mainstreaming a certain
dignity, counterpointing the overt view of Joan's "blue"-streak].

If memory serves, she recently lamented a decrease in personal vaginal-
secretions; who else in show-biz has even approached such a topic?

On the culture-wars front, a Federal Judge Upheld the Right of Louisiana Citizens to
Preserve One Man-One Woman Marriage, countering trends in other states that were
triggered by the SCOTUS-decision in 13. Also, a FED COURT GRANTED An APPEAL IN
ABORTION CASE BUT ALLOWED CLINICS TO STAY OPEN, the PRODUCERS OF GOSNELL
ABORTION FILM HIRED WRITER ANDREW KLAVAN, and Sandra Fluke went on another
Birth Control Rant.

People are beginning to recognize the inherent dangers in BHOs acceptance of the Islamic State:

Former President Bush forewarned Americans about leaving Iraq in a speech written by
Marc Thiessen [discussed on FNCs The Kelly File] and met with scorn [currently!] by
The Daily Kos
U.S. Fears ISIL Smuggling Nuclear and Radioactive Materials
FBI: Cuban Intelligence Aggressively Recruiting Leftist American Academics as Spies,
Influence Agents
Krauthammer: Obama 'threw away the victory' in Iraq
Obama Cannot Bring Himself To Say Islamic: Krauthammer Lamented


Will moderate Muslim leaders condemn ISIS?
STATE DEPT: WE WON'T 'BE RESTRICTED BY BORDERS' FIGHTING ISIS
Obama signaled no major action against ISIS
The Myth of the Tiny Radical Muslim Minority
The Only Answer to the Evil of ISIS: Eliminate it By Force
Rise of Islamic State puts stop to Republican's anti-interventionist mood
Former Special Ops adviser on homegrown ISIS threats
Commitments on Three Fronts Test Obama's Foreign Policy
New ISIS threat: America's electric grid
Al Franken Criticized Obama's Lack of ISIS Strategy
Fournier: Obama's ISIS Remarks 'Passive,' 'Unsettling'
Sotloff Family Furious with White House and The NYT Buried It
ISIS Launched World War That Could Unite Rival Powers
CAPTURED ISIS SUICIDE BOMBER: SYRIA OVERFLOWING WITH JIHADISTS 'FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD'
GUTFELD ON OBAMAS ISIS TACK: 'SELENA GOMEZ HAS MORE TESTOSTERONE'
Islamic State using leaked Snowden info
Senator Udall: ISIS Not 'An Immediate Threat to the Homeland'
Libertarianism Is Incoherent Foreign Policy, 'Bush Doctrine" Little Better {Disagree with
latter; surge worked.}
WSJ: ISIS'S CRUELTY TOWARD WOMEN GETS SCANT ATTENTION
Top Democrat Demands ISIS Strategy from Obama, Kerry - New York Rep. Eliot Engel,
the House Foreign Affairs Committee's ranking Democrat, said during a conference call
with reporters that he and Republican committee chair Rep. Ed Royce plan to call
hearings this month to oversee the president's airstrike campaign against the Islamist
group in Iraq and bring some focus to the White House's strategic thinking.
A former top official at the National Security Agency said the Islamic State terrorist
group capitalized on voluminous leaks from former NSA contractor Snowden and is
exploiting the top-secret disclosures to evade U.S. intelligence and to spread
propaganda.
The man believed to have 'decapitated' 82-year-old Palmira Silva in a suburban garden
in North London has been informally identified by locals as a 25-year old recent 'Muslim
convert.'
Beware America, They Are Coming For Us Lt. Gen. McInerney once again called for
the United States to move to DEFCON 1, which is our highest state of readiness and
implies an attack on the homeland is imminent; not only did call for this move a second
time, he expanded on what he knows and the capabilities that ISIS has. [Remember that,
last week, he predicted the revelation that the Islamists in Libya have 11 airplanes; also,
a few years ago, following his speech to the annual meeting of the Association for the
Study of the Middle East and Africa, he told me it would take ~6 months to institute a
naval blockade of Iranthat could prove effective both in stopping exports of weapons
(to Hamas, for example) and in stopping imports of refined oil (energizing their nukes).]
Some Christians Arm as Mideast Perils Mount
Turkish Official: Christianity More of a 'Culture' Than a Religion
[Wealthy French Jews Fleeing anti-Semitism]
[Spain Considers Banning Burqa]
Its Back to the Future for [vindicated] Geert Wilders: New Prosecution being Readied



People are beginning to recognize the inherent dangers in BHOs acquiescence to Putin:

Ukrainian Protesters Kept Away As Thousands Of Police Descend On Wales For NATO
UPDATE: Russia Detained Estonian Officer, Raising Tensions
European Battle Lines Drawn As NATO Backs Estonia And Abandons Georgia
Talk is cheap and that is exactly what Obama provided
Paris Suspended Delivery of Warship to Russia Over Ukraine
Ukraine Signs Cease-Fire With Pro-Russia Rebels
The sad reality is that Vladimir Putin is winning in Ukraine

"The world needs a mighty U.S. military," per Mitt Romney: "Russia
invades, China bullies, Iran spins centrifuges, the Islamic State (a
terrorist threat 'beyond anything that we've seen,' according to the
defense secretary) threatens - and Washington slashes the military. All
arguments advanced to justify the decimation of our defense are wrong.
The real reason for the cuts: Politicians, and many of the people who
elect them, want to keep up spending here at home.

Many events in England mirror trends in America [equating the UKIP with the Tea Party Movement and,
thus, the view that Cameron is too liberal on multiple-frontsnotwithstanding tough-talk]:

New Russia Sanctions Could Be Lifted If Ceasefire Agreed: UK
Hong Kong Democracy Activists Blast 'Shameful' Britain - Hong Kong democracy activists
hit back Friday at comments from Britain welcoming Beijing's plans for limited voting
rights in the southern Chinese city, describing them as "shameful" and "cowardly".
To the Ramparts in Great Britain: UKIP's Nigel Farage and His fight for Freedom
Conservative Mayor Barred By Left From Meeting Obama And Cameron At NATO - The
Conservative Mayor of Newport was barred from greeting dignitaries at the NATO
summit in a politically motivated snub today. Despite tradition dictating that the Mayor
always meets foreign leaders, Cllr Matthew Evans was not invited, replaced by the
Labour Leader of the Council.
Prime Minister's Terror Plan 'a Ploy to Distract from UKIP' Says Labour - David Cameron's
anti-terror plans have come under attack following claims he made the announcement
on Monday simply to distract from the news of Conservative MP Douglas Carswell
joining UKIP.
The Ashya King Case Is the Tipping Point for Britain to Re-Assess Its Entrenched, Left
Wing Religion: The NHS This case was mentioned three times during Prime Ministers
Questions yesterday, inasmuch as the case of the five year old boy [whose parents were
arrested trying to get him the treatment that they wanted for his brain cancer] has
raised a lot of questions: about the role of the police in the affair; about the legitimacy
of the actions of the Crown Prosecution Service, and whether the European Arrest
Warrant (EAW), introduced to prevent terrorism, has been grossly misused.
Farage: Int'l Rules Will Prevent UK From Keeping Militants Out
UKIP RISING: Farage, Murdoch Meet Privately in NYC...
UKIP LAUNCH MASSIVE DEFECTION CAMPAIGN TO PERSUADE MORE MPS TO JOIN
Jewish Board Prez urged to resign over 'Beyond Astounding' [by commentator Melanie Philips]
Joint Statement with Muslim Group because, per The Jewish News, it gives equal weight
to anti-Semitism and Islamophobia; it supports the claim that Israel has been targeting


civilians in Gaza; and that it gives a British Muslim group a veneer of respectability,
despite its being linked to a number of radical Islamists.

In Rotherham, England, 1400 young girls were routinely raped over
more than a decade while authorities turned a blind eye. Why did they
turn a blind eye? The authorities were so concerned with
multiculturalism they could not bring themselves to do anything about a
systemic and widespread culture of rape gangs in the area.

The gangs were, if you read most press accounts, Pakistani men. In fact,
there were Bangladeshi men, Afghani men, and others involved. But you
will not find many references of the word muslim except in pieces
warning about a possible backlash against the muslim community. This
New York Times piece is a good example. The words muslim and
Islam do not appear, just he victims identified in the report were all
white, while the perpetrators were mostly of Pakistani heritage.

Ironically, the British Home Secretary, Theresa May, said the monstrous
crime went on so long because of institutionalized political
correctness. People would not take action because they did not want
to rock the multicultural boat. Anyone who dared do so would be
labeled a racist. Even now, despite Theresa Mays statement, the press
dares not use the m word.

In local news, Residents are being ousted from Jenkintown high rise, the Colonade [near my home]; this
was the Benson East and Benson Manor complex, built by Bens son [named by Benjamin Fox, the
father of Jon David Fox, former Congressman, and former HQ of WIBF].

The Goldberg File
By Jonah Goldberg
September 5, 2014

If you replace the phrase "the international community" with "the Klingons" it often
makes more sense. The Islamic State can only be defeated if the Klingons are resolute.
America can't do this alone we need the Klingons. Why don't the Klingons handle this
one?
Here's Obama at that press conference in Estonia:
. . . we know that if we are joined by the Klingons we can continue to
shrink ISIL's sphere of influence, its effectiveness, its financing, its
military capabilities to the point where it is a manageable problem. And
the question is going to be making sure we've got the right strategy, but
also making sure that we've got the international will to do it. This is
something that is a continuation of a problem we've seen certainly since
9/11, but before. And it continues to metastasize in different ways.
And what we've got to do is make sure that we are organizing the Arab
world, the Middle East, the Muslim world along with the Klingons to


isolate this cancer, this particular brand of extremism that is, first and
foremost, destructive to the Muslim world and the Arab world and
North Africa, and the people who live there. They're the ones who are
most severely . . . [blah blah blah]
Now, I know what you're going to say: "But the Klingons don't exist!"
And my reply would be, "Neither does the international community!"
But, here's the thing, if the Klingons existed they really would be useful in crushing the
Islamic State, deterring Putin, etc. I mean how awesome would a giant bird-of-prey
hovering over the Kremlin look? It's entirely unclear that if the international community
existed it would be of much use.
Besides, I've seen Klingons. I know what a Klingon looks like. I know what their language
sounds like (mostly like a Hungarian choking on a chicken bone). I know a bit about their
codes, customs, and beliefs. Heck, I've even seen pictures of a Klingon wedding. I've
never seen an international-community wedding.
Now hold on, you say. There's the U.N., the EU, the Apple Dumpling Gang at Davos.
There's the World Bank and the IMF, the African Union and the International House of
Pancakes. Every time I turn on the NewsHour, I see cookie-pushers in pinstripe suits
sitting around plates of clever cheese and expensive bottled water having weighty
discussions about things of International Weightiness. Isn't that the international
community? Meanwhile, those "Klingons" you see are just a bunch of actors and
weirdoes playing make-believe.
To which I respond: And just what the Hell do you think the cookie-pushers are? John
Kerry is the U.S. secretary of state. (He's also a human toothache, but that's another
matter.) That is who he is. That title doesn't come with dual citizenship in the
international community. And whenever he pretends otherwise he's doing exactly that:
pretending, playing make-believe, acting every bit as much as a bat'leth wielding
chiropodist from Scarsdale. The difference is that the chiropodist knows he's just
pretending. It is not at all clear that John Kerry understands that the international
community is a convenient fiction.
The trouble with the phrase "international community" is that the first word negates the
second. There is, of course, an international sphere or realm or space. But those words
don't imply a kind of civil society. Domestically there's this whole ecosystem of
institutions, customs, and people who interact with one another. Internationally there
are nation-states, which have relations with each other, sometimes via institutions and
alliances, a few non-state actors (both good and bad), and then there are animals,
gravity, clouds, rainbows, and other things that are blind to the Westphalian system of
nation-states. And that's it. Domestically there's a thick atmosphere, like an ocean
teeming with life, called civil society, which is itself made up of communities.
Internationally it's a vacuum, like in space. No one would talk about interplanetary
atmosphere.
("Oh yeah," you respond, "What about the platonic aether and solar radiation and dark
matter!?" To which I reply, "Shut up.")


Welcome to the Interregnum
I was on an AEI panel on the legacy and lessons of Caesar Augustus; I was in on the first
discussion, which was about the problems of today. My co-panelist, Jakob Grygiel of the
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) likened the current global
environment to what used to be called the Interregnum.
Historically, the Interregnum which I choose to capitalize here not out of fidelity to
grammar but for dramatic flair was the period between kings. ("Inter" means
between, regnum means reign, a burning sensation when you pee means you
misbehaved on that business trip to Reno.) You don't have to be a fan of Game of
Thrones to understand why this is a dangerous period. Succession to the throne is in
doubt. Ambitions manifest themselves as opportunities present themselves. Loyalties
become unclear. Irons get struck when they are hot. Clichs become dramatically
relevant. When a system is structured around the power and authority of a single
individual, it's wholly understandable that it will go into crisis when that individual
disappears and it's not immediately clear who will replace him.
Grygiel's point is that the Obama administration has wittingly or unwittingly sent the
signal that our reign as the enforcer of the Pax Americana is over. Or, less starkly, we
have sent the signal that it might be over. This is an important distinction. When it
comes to power politics, perception matters as much as reality. Vladimir Putin, the
Chinese Politburo, the Islamic State, Assad, the Iranians, Solomon Grundy, the stinking
Diaz Brothers, Simon Bar Sinister, and that sweet-smelling cloud that steals your
hemoglobin are all going to test America and the system around it to see how much
they can get away with. It's like Gandhi's famous advice about going to prison. "On the
first day, find the biggest, meanest-looking MoFo you can and beat the crap out of him.
That will send the signal no one should mess with you." ("Um, are you sure that was
Gandhi? Remember Aristotle's warning: 'Some quotations on the Internet are
unreliable.'" The Couch).
The reason this is such a dangerous moment is that the mere act of testing the system
encourages others to test it as well. In prison, when you're a pushover for one guy,
everyone gets the idea that they can take the apple brown betty off your lunch tray. It's
also how riots and lootings start. One person smashes a window on the hunch he can
get away with it. Others watch. When nothing happens to the smasher, the idea
becomes contagious.
This gets us to the heart of the damage Barack Obama has done. A superpower can
cruise on perception for a very long time. Perception is relatively inexpensive. Sure, you
gotta float some ships around. Yeah, you might have to run some military exercises. But
as long as people think you're sustaining a Pax Americana you are, in fact, sustaining a
Pax Americana. But once you let that perception waver, you're suddenly faced with a
terrible set of choices. You can't tell the world you're still in charge, you have to show
them. If you just talk about red lines and then do nothing to enforce them, further talk
becomes worse than useless, it becomes provocative. If you opt to demonstrate your
power, you risk failing and confirming weakness. You also risk a horrible escalation as
the bad actors respond not with surrender but with even more testing. Does anyone
think Putin would be the first to blink at this point if Obama sent troops to Ukraine?


Obama could do everything right starting today (Stop laughing!) and in a sense it would
still be too late. It's always more expensive to put down a riot than to prevent it. And it's
not entirely clear to me that the American people are willing to pay that price right now.
It's much clearer that this president has no interest in asking them to.
The Indecider in Chief
Everyone mocked George W. Bush for his "I'm the decider" shtick. I never particularly
liked the locution myself. But it did get to the truth of the matter. The president has to
make decisions. These days, even Dianne Feinstein is willing to admit that this president
has problems making decisions. That's all fine and good. But one thing bothers me. A lot
of people don't seem to realize that not making a decision is, itself, a kind of decision.
President Obama's passive aggression (for want of a better term) has never gotten the
attention it deserves. This is, after all, the guy who voted present whenever he could in
the Illinois state legislature not exactly the most high-stakes arena in the world. He's
been voting present on a global scale ever since. As John Fund wrote almost exactly a
year ago:
Since then, further evidence has piled up that Obama is a dithering,
indecisive leader willing to deflect making a decision because of what
many see as political calculation. It's one thing when this happens
domestically, like when his administration delayed meaningful action by
BP and the state of Louisiana to clear up the Gulf of Mexico oil-spill in
2010. It's another when it happens in foreign policy especially in the
Middle East. Obama stood aloof during the Iranian street protests of
2009. In Libya, he delayed a decision for weeks until choosing "to lead
from behind," in the famous words of one adviser. In Egypt, the
administration was caught flat-footed not once, but twice, by uprisings.
If the brakes on your car give out and you're barreling down the road, deciding to wait
until you have better options is every bit as much of a decision as deciding to turn left or
right. Postponing doesn't get rid of the decision tree, it merely changes the available
choices on it. Obama likes to avoid making decisions until events make the decisions for
him.
I tried to make this point on Fox News yesterday. Everyone's talking about what the
president should say. The assumption is that saying something will reflect a policy of
doing something. But that isn't how Obama sees the situation. He wants to say
something that will take the pressure off of him to do something. This has always been
his M.O. When the IRS scandal looks really bad, he says it's a big problem and an
outrage. That takes the pressure off the White House and frees him up from having to
do or say any more about it. Now he dismisses the whole thing as a "phony scandal."
Obama didn't lay out those "red lines" for Syria because he really meant it. He warned
of red lines because doing so liberated him from having to act. When Assad called
Obama's bluff he folded. Obama didn't order the surge in Afghanistan to win, he
ordered the surge in Afghanistan to free himself from the hassle of having to talk or
think about Afghanistan.
Wrapping Your Car Around the Decision Tree


And what is amazing to me is how so many people mistake dithering, buck-passing, and
political cowardice for sagacity and strategic genius. Just last week I mocked the
ridiculous notion that Obama is a "chess master" always thinking ahead of his
opponents. Just this week, Jonathan Alter proves this incandescent idiocy will not die.
He writes: "Obama is what was once called a "long head" -- a leader who patiently tries
to think a few moves past everyone else. This is a good thing. Thinking hard before
reacting is usually the wiser course."
Will someone please provide some examples of where Obama has outthought America's
adversaries? The man cowers behind his desk and his fans hang a sign reading "Genius
at Work."
Various & Sundry
Thoughtfulness is nice and all, but does anyone else miss the days when foreign-policy
liberals thought with their hearts? The Islamic State represents virtually everything
liberals claim to hate slavery, rape, religious fanaticism, war, aggression, torture
and yet they reserve their true rage for Republicans. It's maddening and disgusting, as I
wrote here.
My column today is on how the Islamic State is like a "Foreign Legion for Losers."
Michael Ledeen and Tim Stanley have useful thoughts on why Western losers join Jihad
as well. Oh and here's a great Weekly Standard piece from 2005 by Reuel Marc Gerecht
on the subject.
On Special Report, Steve Hayes discussed why Al Qaeda Wasnt on the Run and raised
the question as why documents retrieved in the bin Laden raid have remained secret.