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  1. “The Ugly Truth About Christian Genocide | Ezra Levant and Stefan Molyneux” Stefan Molyneux – August 6, 2017

  2. “Runaway German schoolgirl, 16, faces execution for joining ISIS as new video reveals the moment she was captured by baying soldiers in Mosul”
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4767316/Moment-brainwashed-German-schoolgirl-captured-Iraq.html#comments

    “Wenzel, who converted to Islam as a 15-year-old schoolgirl in her hometown of Pulsnitz in eastern Germany last year, ran away from home to join the fanatics after being groomed online by an ISIS recruiter. ”

    “She flew to Istanbul, was smuggled into Iraq, marred a Chechen fighter who was killed and ended up in Mosul where an estimated 25,000 Isis volunteers died in the battle to retake the city.”

    “Last month’ Linda’s father spoke for the first time of his joy at learning his daughter was alive in Iraq while Linda has told reporters she regrets having joined the terror group.”

    Linda’s Socialist father… I wish he were put in prison for allowing a minor to be seduced. Where were the deconstruction talks each day after her school’s indoctrination classes? Mapa.

  3. Emmanuel Macron’s plan to tackle migrant crisis crushed by his OWN government (express, Aug 7, 2017)
    http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/837850/Emmanuel-Macron-Mediterranean-Libya-France-European-Union

    “EMMANUEL Macron’s meddling in the Mediterranean migrant crisis has landed him in hot water all over again – this time with his own Government.

    European Union leaders were left reeling when the French president unveiled designs to have France solve the mass migration issue between Libya and Italy.

    Without consultation with Italy – the main destination for African migrants – Mr Macron announced he would open refugee camps in migrant hotspots in Africa to try and allocate genuine refugees before they make the deadly journey across the Mediterranean.

    He wanted to set up clean and safe camps abroad to end the burden on the EU as thousands arrive every week.

    However, undermining Italy infuriated Rome after leaders spent months trying to arrange help and migrant sharing with other EU nations.

    Now, the pioneering promise has been slapped down in Paris.

    French Interior Minister Gérard Collomb said such plans are extremely far off.

    He said: “That type of initiative cannot be currently considered in Libya, due to the country’s situation.”

    The minister said France will step up in the fight against migration through illegal channels.

    Mr Collomb said instead the government would try to “reconcile efficiency with generosity” in dealing with asylum requests.

    He wants to deal with immigration in a controlled way – taking more in, but slowly…”

  4. MIGRANT CRISIS: Chaos as 100 try to break into EU by storming Spanish border fence (express, Aug 7, 2017)
    http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/837875/migrant-crisis-news-Cueta-africa-Spain

    “DOZENS of sub-Saharan migrants crossed into Spain from Morocco in the early hours this morning after running through a border gate into the enclave of Ceuta, emergency services said.

    Migrants frequently attempt to storm the borders of Spain’s two enclaves in northern Africa, Ceuta and Melilla, often clambering up fences which are up to six metres tall and topped by razor wire.

    On Monday a group of more than 100 migrants ran through one gate in the fence usually used as a border control, surprising Moroccan and Spanish security forces, a witness told Reuters.

    The Red Cross said it had assisted 186 people following the morning rush across the border, adding four migrants were taken to hospital.

    Once inside Spain’s enclaves, migrants are usually taken to temporary shelters and later moved to the Spanish mainland, or returned to their country of origin.

    Many migrants try to enter Spain as a means of reaching other parts of Europe. Arrivals through Ceuta and Melilla, as well as the number of migrants attempting to cross into Spain by sea from North Africa has risen this year, although the route between Libya and Italy remains the most popular.

    The Red Cross said last week it had attended 7,400 migrants crossing into mainlaind Spain and Ceuta and Melilla so far this year, up from 3,600 in the same period a year ago…”

  5. EU looks to pull £4.3bn from Turkey in backlash against hardline politics (express, Aug 7, 2017)
    http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/837941/Turkey-EU-news-latest-pre-accession-aid-G-nther-Oettinger

    “THE cash-strapped European Union (EU) is set to withdraw its promise to hand £4.3billion in pre-accession aid to Turkey in a bid to bridge the financial gap left by Brexit.

    Günther Oettinger revealed it is very “unlikely” the money, designed to bring Europe and Turkey closer together, will be paid to Ankara as tensions deteriorate between both countries.

    The move is likely to push back Turkey’s long-standing membership bid, with official negotiations to become a member dragging into their 12th year.

    Mr Oettinger, European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources, said: “Against the backdrop of the political development in Turkey, I cannot imagine such projects will continue to be promoted.”

    The savings attempt comes after Germany has put pressure on Brussels to punish Turkey following the arrest of a Turkish-German journalist and a pullout of German troops from a Turkish air base..”

  6. UK: Acid Attacks Now at ‘Epidemic Levels’, Says Burns Surgeon (breitbart, Aug 7, 2017)
    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/07/acid-attacks-now-epidemic-levels-says-essex-burns-surgeon/

    “A burns surgeon who treats many acid attack victims coming out of East London has suggested that the proliferation of such crimes is now at epidemic levels.

    Dr Martin Niall, a burn surgeon at Mid-Essex Hospital, told National Public Radio (NPR) in the U.S. that acid attacks in Britain “are now at levels that one of my colleagues described as epidemic”.

    He added: “Everyone, ourselves included, has been shocked by this emerging threat to public health.”

    In terms of attacks per head of population, London is now the acid attack capital of the world, with a 74 per cent rise in assaults — from 261 to 454 — between 2015 and 2016.

    Hundreds of attacks have already been logged for the first few months of 2017. Twelve people suffered burns and in some cases lost their vision after an attack in a Hackney nightclub at Easter, and two moped-mounted teens attacked five people around London in under 90 minutes in a July crime spree…”

  7. Top British Universities ‘Discriminating’ Against UK Students For Big-Money Foreign Applicants (breitbart, Aug 7, 2017)
    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/07/top-british-universities-discriminating-uk-students-big-money-foreign-applicants/

    “Many of Britain’s universities have been found to select overseas applicants over British students, with the large fees that can be charged to foreign applicants playing a part in the shift.

    Some of the countries’ top higher learning institutions including Oxford and Cambridge, prefer to recruit foreign students with poorer qualifications to British ones, a Sunday Times study reports.

    23 of the Sunday Times’s top 50 universities were found to have substantially cut British undergraduate numbers since 2008.

    The number of British undergraduates across all universities has fallen since 2008, despite 17% more applications being made, while the numbers of non-EU students, who can pay up to four times more than British and EU ones, has risen by 39%.

    The investigation revealed that thousands of overseas students are being granted ‘fast-track’ admissions to leading British universities without A-levels or equivalent qualifications from their own countries, only being required to complete short foundation courses lasting as little as six months.

    The courses, which typically cost between £15,000 and £23,000, are offered by private companies that have struck partnership deals with dozens of universities and promise foreign students a ‘guaranteed’ university place upon completion.

    ‘Don’t meet the entry requirements to apply directly to university? We can help,’ states INTO, one of the companies offering the courses, and offers ‘100% guaranteed progression to university.’

    Another company, Study Group, is also heavily promoted by its agents in Singapore as offering a ‘100% guaranteed University place.’

    All Universities that cut British undergraduates with the exception of Oxford and Imperial College College London, admitted to taking in students via these short foundation courses…”

  8. British Universities Warned Growth of ‘Safe Spaces’ is Damaging Free Exchange of Ideas (breitbart, Aug 7, 2017)
    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/08/07/british-unis-safe-spaces-censorship/

    “British universities must take action to halt a growing climate of censorship on campus, Baroness Ruth Smeeth has said, warning that authorities are pandering to the demands of “ever more censorious students.”

    The crossbench peer slammed lecturers and university authorities for “bowing to students’ whims’ over demands for “trigger warnings” and “safe spaces” — practices she said have “already infected” British institutions, after wreaking havoc on the international reputations of universities in the U.S.

    Baroness Deech, who served as the first independent adjudicator for higher education — the highest office dealing with student complaints — before retiring in 2008, asserted that “freedom of speech within the law should be protected, especially in universities.

    “Yet the university authorities are complicit in allowing the free exchange of ideas to be closed down, and students are ever more censorious,” she wrote in a letter to The Times…”

  9. Turkey & Qatar stage military drills amid Gulf diplomatic crisis (RT, Aug 7, 2017)
    https://www.rt.com/news/398854-turkey-qatar-military-drills/

    “Turkey and Qatar have staged joint military drills showcasing their strategic alliance, according to Qatari media. It comes after Turkish troops moved into Qatar following a diplomatic and transport blockade imposed against Doha by several Arab countries.

    The drills were aimed at preparing Qatar’s military to defend “vital economic, strategic and infrastructure facilities,” Al-Sharq newspaper reported, as quoted by Reuters…”

    • Sounds like there’s some Iraqis who actually want to live.

      Too bad there isn’t real-time (i.e., gunsight) footage of them capping Daesh maggots.

  10. Iran signs its biggest-ever car deal with France’s Renault (abcnews, Aug 7, 2017)
    http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/iran-signs-biggest-car-deal-frances-renault-49072554

    “Iran signed the country’s biggest-ever car deal with French multinational automobile manufacturer Groupe Renault on Monday to produce 150,000 cars, beginning in 2018.

    The €660 million — or $778 million — deal follows the lifting of international sanctions after Iran’s 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers. It also comes just days after new U.S. sanctions on Iran were signed by President Donald Trump. The U.S. legislation also imposed new sanctions on Russia and North Korea.

    During the ceremony in Tehran, Iran’s Minister of Industry Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh said the deal with Renault would “establish a research and development center for designing” in the country.

    A Renault executive, Thierry Bolloré, said it would help transfer technology to Iran…”

    • Iran: Renault signs €660 mln deal to produce 150,000 cars a year in Iran
      A three-way contract worth €660 million ($777 million) was signed between French car maker Renault, the Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO), and holding company Partov Negin Naseh in Tehran on Monday.

      Under the deal, the French car manufacturer will produce 150,000 vehicles a year in Iran, adding to its current output in the country. It will also establish customer service centres around the country. A further phase of automobile production is scheduled to follow in 2019.

    • Iran: Homemade missile successfully destroys target covered in US flag

      A homemade missile was successfully tested under the supervision of military officers in the rural village of Kiasar, Mazandaran Province, on Sunday. The target of the missile was draped in a US flag at the time of impact.

      SOT, Engineer behind missile (Farsi): “We have been doing this missile work for three years and each time we fix the bugs and we are showing a part of the work.”

      SOT, Engineer behind missile (Farsi): “We have missiles with higher capabilities than these missiles and god willing we will present them in the coming years.”

      SOT, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force Brigadier (Farsi): “The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, as the biggest power in the region, supports the government and prays to allah the government can stand against greedy enemies, especially the US.”

  11. BREITBART – McMaster Worked at Think Tank Backed by Soros-Funded Group that Helped Obama Sell Iran Nuclear Deal

    TEL AVIV — White House National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster served at a UK-based think tank financed by a controversial, George Soros-funded group identified by the Obama White House as central in helping to sell the Iran nuclear deal to the public and news media.

    From September 2006 to February 2017, McMaster is listed as a member of International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), where he served as consulting senior fellow. The IISS describes itself as a “world-leading authority on global security, political risk and military conflicts

    The IISS has been supportive of the Obama administration-brokered 2015 nuclear accord with Iran, and the group has repeatedly hit back against charges that Tehran has violated the agreement.[…]

    more

    http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2017/08/06/mcmaster-worked-think-tank-backed-soros-funded-group-helped-obama-sell-iran-nuclear-deal/

  12. Immigrant family BANNED from leaving the country after they were overheard planning to genitally mutilate their toddler, two, on a trip to their home country

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4766186/Immigrant-family-travel-ban-genitally-mutilate-daughter.html#ixzz4p5gWGElm

    “The girl’s mother revealed to the court she herself had been circumcised as a child because, in their country, it is believed girls are ‘naughty’ if they’re not ‘cut.'”

    • The advice given to girls old enough to have a clue as well as those who fear a forced marriage:
      – Put a spoon into your knickers. It’ll set off the metal detectors, and the security personnel will separate you from your parents. Speak out!

  13. Iraq: Separated children of foreign IS fighters taken to Baghdad shelter

    Several children, whose parents had allegedly come to Iraq from Chechnya and Kazakhstan to join the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL), were visited in the Al-Salihiya shelter, in Baghdad, Monday. The visit was made possible with the assistance of the Russian Embassy in Iraq, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry and the Red Crescent.

    Some 35 to 40 Russian children and up to 100 children from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) have reportedly been placed in shelters in the Iraqi capital. A number of children have also been placed in shelters in Mosul and Kurdistan area.

    Iraqi Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Mohamed Shia Al-Sudani noted that “some of the children came with foreign fighters and others were born after the formation of families” before adding that the Iraqi Ministry “cooperates with the security services and the organisations, especially the UNICEF, through the department that takes care of children and disabled people.”

    In the last two weeks, two children were returned to Russia. One of the children, Bilal Tagirov, was just two years old when his father kidnapped and took him to Syria in October 2015 to fight for IS.

    • Sharia law doesn’t permit legal adoptions.
      Put these kids up for adoption by Christian families in Russia. That’s their only chance.

      I’d kill them before sending them back to tardish extended family in Caucasus hellholes.

  14. India kills five militants in Kashmir – army spokesman (reuters, Aug 7, 2017)
    http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFKBN1AN23Q

    “The Indian Army killed five militants on Monday who were trying to enter from Pakistan across a disputed Kashmir frontier, an Indian defence official said.

    India and Pakistan have been in a confrontation for decades across the Line of Control (LoC), the de facto border separating parts of Kashmir held by both countries.

    “Five terrorists were killed today by the army in the Machil sector of the LoC, where a major infiltration attempt by terrorists has been foiled,” Colonel Rajesh Kalia, a Defence Ministry spokesman, told Reuters…”

  15. Qaeda Militias Dislodged from Yemen’s Oil-Rich Southern Province (aawsat, Aug 7, 2017)
    https://english.aawsat.com/asharq-al-awsat-english/news-middle-east/qaeda-militias-dislodged-yemens-oil-rich-southern-province

    “Ultra-hardline fighters linked to the terror group Al Qaeda were driven out from an oil-rich southern province of war-ravaged Yemen in the face of an assault by an elite US-backed government force, AFP cited a military official on Monday.

    Special forces, trained by the United Arab Emirates and backed by the United States, on Wednesday had launched a “major operation” against the terrorists in Shabwa province.

    Residents of an Abyan town near the Shabwa border said they counted at least 45 cars carrying armed AQAP militants through fleeing into their district.

    The Shabwa operation was conducted “under the supervision of the UAE military and with the support of US military advisers who are not present in the field,” another high-ranking officer said.

    He said the troops were Yemenis who were “trained for months” by UAE forces in Mukalla, in the Hadramawt province further east.

    Several hundred well-armed and well-equipped soldiers make up Yemen’s “elite force” in Shabwa, the official added.

    The province is home to several oil and gas fields, as well as Yemen’s only gas terminal Belhaf which was operated by French group Total until the company withdrew in 2015.

    The oil giant pulled out of Yemen as the conflict intensified and a Saudi-led Arab military alliance, including the UAE, intervened on the side of the UN-backed government against Iran-aligned Houthi insurgents.

    AQAP’s Shabwa stronghold has also been a focal point in a long-running American-led drone war which has intensified since President Donald Trump took office in January.

    A US air raid on the province in June killed AQAP emir Abu Khattab al-Awlaqi, according to the Pentagon.

    The province has been the site of AQAP attacks in recent months, with the Yemen government reporting seven soldiers killed there last week in a suicide attack on a new military outpost.”

  16. Billionaire Saudi prince ‘to invest $800 million’ in Egyptian tourism (alaraby, Aug 7, 2017)
    https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2017/8/7/saudi-prince-to-invest-800-million-in-egyptian-tourism

    “Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is set to invest more than $800 million in hotels in Egypt, the investment ministry in Cairo said on Monday.

    In May, the Egyptian parliament adopted a new law aimed at attracting investment in the struggling economy.

    Bin Talal told Egyptian Investment Minister Sahar Nasr that he would invest in hotels in several locations across Egypt.

    The investment would include expanding the Four Seasons resort in Sharm el-Sheikh in the southern Sinai, transforming it into “the biggest resort in the world”, the investment ministry said.

    New hotels would also be built in the Mediterranean town of El-Alamein and in Madinaty east of Cairo.

    The ministry said the amount of Saudi investment was “expected to surpass about $800 million”, and the projects would be carried out with Egyptian real estate developer Talaat Moustafa Group…”

  17. Having been homeless oce,
    #NotInMyName

    Middle Class Tent City vs Real Homeless of Sydney

    Rebel Media

  18. “More than 200,000 people have signed an petition against the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron being given a formal position as the country’s First Lady.

    The online petition calls for a stop to the plans to create a ‘First Lady’ public office, which would see Brigitte Macron, 64, support the president as part of his administration.

    President Macron, 39, promised to create the office for his wife Brigitte, 64, on the campaign trail ahead of his victory in May.”
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4768476/Petition-stop-Mrs-Macron-France-s-Lady.html#comments

  19. Israel’s Arrow 3 Is Perfect for Japan’s Missile Defense Needs

    Should Japan buy the Arrow 3 missile defense system from Israel? Would Israel sell it to Japan? Japan has the U.S. THAAD system, the Patriot PAC-3, and the Aegis naval BMD, but none of these systems are ideal in the face of the North Korean missile threat.

    The THAAD air defense system can only tackle missiles in the terminal phase of their flight and its tests have only been partially successful. The Israeli Arrow 3 system is the only ballistic missile defense system that has shot down an enemy rocket hundreds of miles from where it was launched. It can hit an enemy missile outside the atmosphere, above 100 km., and has a special type of hit-to-kill system that does not have the limitations of THAAD. It is perfect to meet Japan’s requirements for missile defense.

    Yet Israel rightly worries about any compromises to its strategic systems, and Japan has a poor internal security infrastructure that is not good enough to provide the needed assurances to either the U.S. or Israel.

    One way to disrupt North Korea’s missile testing program is to shoot down its test flight missiles. THAAD may not be able to do the job, nor will Aegis and certainly not Patriot. Israel’s Arrow 3 is the only defensive system around that is likely to knock out North Korea’s test flights.

    http://www.atimes.com/article/japan-need-israeli-arrow-3-interceptor-missile/

  20. WATCH: Israeli-made system aims to make the IED threat history

    After three years of development, Israel Aerospace Industries has begun testing its Counter Improvised Explosive Device and Mine Suite mobile system.
    The system can identify, locate and destroy improvised explosive devices and mines before troops even reach them.

    According to project manager Reuven Y., the system, which is not yet operational, “is a new concept that doesn’t exist anywhere else in the world. It is a breakthrough technology against IEDs.”

    Primarily intended for patrols during routine security missions on Israel’s borders, CIMS created by Elta, one of IAI’s subsidiaries, can detect both surface and underground IEDs, mines and roadside bombs.

    “The CIMS suite was designed under the premise that no one sensor can provide the adequate probability of detection and low false-alarm rate required by today’s operational needs,” read a 2014 statement by IAI when the system was first unveiled.

    With an above-surface detection system, and underground mine and IED detection system, CIMS can be installed on a number of tactical combat vehicles including tanks, APCs and even unmanned vehicles.

    It can be operated day or night and in any weather condition and environment.

    http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/IAI-begins-testing-phase-of-its-breakthrough-IED-detecting-system-501543

  21. Iran Exporting Radical Islam to Latin America

    Since the 1980s, Iran has worked diligently to create the infrastructure for both overt and covert operations in the Western Hemisphere. Iranian preachers and their local enablers have gained footholds in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, and Peru.

    Edwar Quiroga Vargas, a Peruvian who converted to Shi’a Islam, has opened six Shi’a Islamic cultural centers across Peru and has sent 25 students for training in Iran. The centers promote a radical agenda across Latin America and glorify the terror organization Hizbullah. Iranian-backed Spanish-language media such as HispanTV also spread revolutionary themes.

    Ultimately, Iran threatens the national security of the U.S. and its allies with its spread of anti-Zionist hatred and Islamic revolutionary rhetoric to the Western Hemisphere.

    http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/emanuele-ottolenghi-irans-top-export-to-latin-america-radical-islam/

    • From the above:

      Inkarri-Islam perfectly encapsulates the Iranian strategy of blending traditional indigenous teachings with revolutionary Shi’a Islam by capitalizing on loose parallels in historical narratives. By juxtaposing similar narratives like Shi’a Muslim’s belief in the return of the Mahdi with indigenous myths such as the return of the Inca, Quiroga built his cultural center a façade of legitimacy while pursuing a radical agenda on Iran’s behalf. As seen in its mission statement, Inkarri-Islam calls for the liberation of the Incas from “Zionist colonization” and hopes that the “cleansing and extinction of the Zionist state” will propitiate the rise of their political redeemer.

      Worth full read.

  22. Turkish State-Owned Network Airs Television Drama Series Depicting Jews As Murderous And Conspiratorial

    The Turkish television drama series Payitaht: Abdulhamid (roughly, “Sultan Abdulhamid”) began airing on February 24, 2017, on the Turkish state-owned TRT 1 television channel. The series comprised 17 episodes; the final episode aired June 23. According to the TRT 1 website, the series, which is set in the period from 1896 to 1909, aims to show “within the framework of the events of the last 13 years of the period of Sultan Abdulhamid II, while the Western states seek to design a ‘new century’ for themselves… the story of the valiant man [i.e. the sultan himself] who stands against them.”

    One alleged plot against the sultan that is depicted in the series is that of Theodor Herzl, and of Jews in general, is their pursuit of the establishment of the state of Israel, and their scheming, deception, and cruelty in attempting to achieve this end. In the series, a ruthless Christian priest-turned-assassin, Hiram, helps Herzl stir up revolt in Istanbul, and British spies pose as Arabs in an attempted false-flag attack against Jews, planned by Herzl.

    https://www.memri.org/reports/turkish-state-owned-network-airs-television-drama-series-depicting-jews-murderous-and
    Turkish news outlets have published numerous articles explaining historical inaccuracies in the series, pointing out errors regarding such fine points as the pronunciation of certain Ottoman Turkish words, Ottoman ceremonies and the music that accompanied them, and how Ottoman sultans ate their meals.[2] Such discussions demonstrates the seriousness with which the series was understood as history by the Turkish public.

    The state-owned TRT 1 television network belongs to the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, which, according to a 2014 report, received approximately 95 percent of its funding from the Turkish government and the remaining 5 percent from advertising that year.[3] TRT 1 is not only a state-owned channel; it was the first television channel in Turkey, having been founded in 1968, and was the only channel in the country until 1986.

  23. Democrats Who Want to Be President Back Away from Israel

    Senators Booker and Gillibrand signal that they’ll march in step with the radical, anti-Israel Left.

    The shift to the left by Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York demonstrates the power of a party base that is abandoning the Jewish state. Both were once rock-solid supporters of Israel. But both have other priorities these days — they are thinking about running for president in 2020. Their problem is that no one who plans to compete in future Democratic primaries can ignore the growing power of their party’s left wing, which has grown increasingly hostile to Israel.

    The influence of the far left is the only thing that might explain why Booker and Gillibrand are presenting themselves to their party’s base as less than fully supportive of Israel. The context for this development is a sea change in the Democratic party that has been taking shape over the past two decades.

    http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450209/cory-booker-kirsten-gillibrand-move-left-signal-palestinian-sympathies

  24. Following troubling revelations and concerns raised about National Security Adviser Gen. H.R. McMaster, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) announced it has undertaken a review and analysis of the top White House official’s positions, actions, and statements on Israel.

    “Zionist Organization of America (‘ZOA’) issues the following statement in response to several media inquiries regarding General Herbert Raymond ‘H.R.’ McMaster’s tenure as President Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor,” ZOA said in a statement on Monday morning.

    “ZOA’s leadership is currently undertaking a comprehensive review of all publicly available facts and statements. Morton Klein, national president of ZOA, will be issuing a full statement later this week.”

    http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/07/exclusive-zionist-organization-of-america-launches-comprehensive-review-of-h-r-mcmaster-israel-history/
    …..
    ZOA is the ONLY major American Jewish organization that’s pro-Israel.
    ALL the rest belong to the venerable caste of ‘Court Jews’. Think FDR-days.

  25. Trump and Kushner Push Back on Right-Wing Campaign to Fire McMaster, for Now

    President Trump and his son-in-law/senior adviser Jared Kushner are both pushing back on a widespread campaign to convince Trump to fire his national security adviser, H.R. McMaster. That campaign — which may include some top White House officials, but has primarily been conducted by nationalist, right-wing organizations and news sites — has sought revenge on McMaster for his ousting of four conservatives from Trump’s national security council, as well as for his opposition to simply voiding President Obama’s Iran nuclear deal without a backup plan.

    The #FireMcMaster campaign has proliferated on social media, too, including among Russian Twitter bots. As far as the anti-McMaster effort’s chances, there had been reports that Trump was thinking about pulling McMaster from the NSC to put him in charge of the war in Afghanistan, but on Friday night, in a rare, clearly concerted effort for this White House, both the president and Kushner released statements expressing their support for McMaster.

    http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/08/trump-and-kushner-are-protecting-mcmaster-for-now.html
    …..
    Looks like we’re cooked.

  26. Opposing groups clash in violent protests near downtown Portland; 3 arrested

    PORTLAND, Ore. —

    Several opposing marches and rallies quickly turned violent Sunday afternoon at Portland’s Waterfront, as police appeared to take a hands-off approach.

    Participating groups included “Patriot Prayer,” which is led by Joey Gibson. They gathered at the Salmon Street Springs Fountain at 2 p.m. while a peaceful event, the Rally for Freedom, Solidarity, and Justice, was held at the Oregon Memorial Marine Park nearby at the Waterfront.

    Members of “Antifa” initially showed up the peaceful rally, but quickly made their way to the Patriot Prayer “Freedom March” several blocks away. The two groups quickly clashed. Several violent fights were witnessed by KATU News crews throughout the area, but as opposed to previous protests, there was little to no police presence breaking up the groups.

    http://katu.com/news/local/opposing-protests-planned-for-portland-waterfront-sunday

    Patriot Prayer, Antifa face off in violent protest
    Punches were thrown, fights broke out and people were tossed on the ground

    PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — With the Waterfront Blues Festival in progress just blocks away, what started as a demonstration billing itself as a “peaceful prayer” erupted in violence downtown Friday evening.

    Two clashing groups of protesters faced off once again — each claiming their First Amendment right of free speech. Punches were thrown, fights broke out, people were tossed on the ground and American flags were burned and used as weapons over the course of 2 hours.

    http://koin.com/2017/06/30/patriot-prayer-rally-counter-protest-set-for-friday/

    Video at second site.

    • There haven’t been many rallies for Antifa to try and breakup this year, wait until next year with the election rallies.

      Of course when the President orders the troops into North Korea we can expect them out destroying everything they can get their hands on as a protest.

  27. We Don’t Have a Leakers Problem, We Have a Left Problem

    Paul Ryan and Deputy AG Rosenstein have taken care to distinguish leakers (bad) from journalists (good). The leakers are bad. But the journalists just might be committing a public service.

    “Leaks are concerning because leaks can often compromise national security, but that’s the problem of the leaker not the journalist,” Ryan said.

    But that’s an odd formulation. The journalist is an American. Compromising national security should concern him. If it doesn’t, should he concern us?

    The leakers and the journalists are not really separate classes. The old formula where the government employee reveals something to a journalist has given way to members of the opposition party in the media and the government coordinating with each other to do as much damage as possible to a Republican administration.

    http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/267500/we-dont-have-leakers-problem-we-have-left-problem-daniel-greenfield

  28. The Last White Democrat President
    Send in the Obama clones.
    August 7, 2017
    Daniel Greenfield
    111

    Bill Clinton was almost certainly the last Southern Democrat to sit in the White House. Obama took Arkansas from a Democrat trifecta to a Republican trifecta. Trump beat Hillary on her husband’s home turf by 60% to 33%. But Bill may also be the last white Democrat to make it to the White House.

    Democrats have three choices in 2020.

    They can try running a white New England leftist like Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren who will appeal to the white college leftist base, they can take a shot at a minority progressive like Deval Patrick or Cory Booker who will bring out the minority vote and the progressives, or they can take a gamble on a general candidate who might still appeal to working class white voters like Joe Biden.

    Obama’s people are pushing Patrick. Valerie Jarrett, Obama’s Ethel Gumm, gushes that Patrick is what “my heart desires.” He’s also what the demographic transformation of the Democrats requires.

    http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/267468/last-white-democrat-president-daniel-greenfield

    • They’re priming that Soros-bot, Kamela Harris.
      If she runs, I won’t survive her campaign without tube-feeding.

  29. Anti-Semitism is an integral part of European culture.

    The level of anti-Semitism in the Visegrad countries differs. In 2014, an ADL study asked 11 basic questions concerning classic anti-Semitic attitudes in a number of countries. It found that 45% of Poles harbor anti-Semitic attitudes. In Hungary the figure is 41%, and in the Czech Republic 13%. No data is available for Slovakia.

    When asked if Jews still talk too much about what happened to them in the Holocaust, 62% of Poles responded yes, with 61% of Hungarians agreeing. 44% of Czech citizens answered affirmatively to the same question.

    In 2004, I interviewed Mark Sofer, then Deputy Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry. At that time the Visegrad countries and several others had just joined the EU. He said: “Conventional wisdom tells us that the accession of these countries to the EU is positive for Israel. For once, conventional wisdom may well be correct.”

    He has indeed been proven correct. These and other central European countries often support Israel in a frequently politically hostile EU. They are also important for Israeli investors.

    Another reason these countries are important not only for Israel but also for European Jewry is that they oppose immigration. The immigrants are to a large extent Muslims from the Middle East. Brussels and the leaders of European countries know well that most Muslim immigrants have been indoctrinated with extreme anti-Semitic propaganda from childhood. An advisor to the European court wants it to reject the challenge by Hungary and Slovakia against the EU European council decision that EU members must take in hundreds of asylum-seekers.

    Yet the EU leaders do not care. The decent thing would have been to vet Muslims immigrating into Europe so that these so-called liberal democracies would not have admitted anti-Semitic immigrants. As this is not the case, the policy of the Visegrad countries not to receive immigrants is preferable. In this way in future at least a few European countries where Muslim anti-Semitic hatemongers will not play a prominent role.

    http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/20840

  30. California Plotting to Defy Sanctuary City Crackdown
    What the radical state attorney general has up his sleeve.

    The Trump administration aims to withhold nearly $18 million in federal grant money from states that offer sanctuary to illegals. California’s attorney general Xavier Becerra is pondering a plan to grab the federal money and still protect those who entered the country illegally.

    A Sacramento Bee report cites a “former Justice Department official familiar with California officials’ thinking.” According to this unnamed official, the federal conditions are “illegal,” and “if Congress wanted these requirements to be part of the grant funding decision, they would have written it into the law.”

    In this view, only Congress has the power to set conditions for grant money, and Becerra should sue the Trump administration to get the funds. According to the Bee report, “one source cautioned” that the attorney general could still change his mind.

    Becerra, a veteran of the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano De Aztlan, was once in contention as a running mate for Hillary Clinton. As a congressman, Becerra blocked funds for the war on terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda, claiming that he wanted to avoid “another Vietnam.” He also voted against a commendation for US troops’ service in Iraq.

    http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/267497/california-plotting-defy-sanctuary-city-crackdown-lloyd-billingsley

  31. Terrorist Tool
    How a young university student in California became a leading mouthpiece of campus anti-Semitism.
    August 7, 2017
    John Perazzo

    Anti-Semites are a dime a dozen on American university campuses nowadays. But Saleem Shehadeh, who graduated from the University of California at Davis in 2015, is a special case unto himself. During his undergraduate years, Shehadeh was heavily involved in the Boycott, Divestment, & Sanctions (BDS) movement, a Hamas-inspired initiative that aims to use public protest and economic pressure to advance the Hamas agenda of permanently discrediting and destroying Israel as a Jewish state. Toward that end, BDS strives to create the false impression that Israel is a habitual human-rights violator guilty of subjecting its Palestinian neighbors to brutal campaigns of “apartheid,” “ethnic cleansing,” “war crimes,” “crimes against humanity,” and “genocide.”

    In support of BDS’s views and objectives, Shehadeh served as the organizing chair of divestment on the UC Davis campus. He was also a member of the local chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), a highly influential organization whose propaganda commonly echoes much of what is said by Hamas jihadists. Indeed, SJP’s principal founder, Professor Hatem Bazian, has quoted approvingly from a famous Islamic hadith which calls for the violent slaughter of Jews and which appears in Hamas’s founding charter.

    http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/267480/terrorist-tool-john-perazzo

  32. State That Can’t Pay Its Bills Gets Obama Holiday
    August 7, 2017
    Daniel Greenfield

    Every proper failed Socialist state needs 2 things.

    1. A corrupt economy running out of money

    2. A cult of personality with a holiday celebrating the Beloved Leader

    Now Illinois has both.

    Illinois is grappling with a full-fledged financial crisis and not even the lottery is safe – with Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner warning the state is entering “banana republic” territory.

    Facing billions in unpaid bills and pension obligations, the state is hitting a cash crunch that is rare even by Illinois standards.

    A top financial official just warned 100 percent of the state’s monthly revenue will be eaten up by court-ordered payments. Rauner is calling a special session of the Democrat-led General Assembly in a bid to pass what he hopes will be the first full budget package in almost three years.

    But wait. It’s not a banana republic yet.

    http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/267501/state-cant-pay-its-bills-gets-obama-holiday-daniel-greenfield

  33. New York and California Dems Show They Can’t Govern
    August 7, 2017
    Daniel Greenfield

    New York and California are the two leading blue states. They have enormous cultural heft and wealth. And yet they’re governed in ways a banana republic would despair of.

    The California legislature is in the middle of a civil war over a single payer socialized medicine bill that didn’t pass because there isn’t enough money in California to pay for its $400 billion price tag. Instead of figuring out a sane health care plan, the nurses’ union, whose disproportionate political power seems in proportion to its fanatical madness, decided to launch a civil war among the Democrats.

    Meanwhile over in New York, Governor Cuomo and Mayor De Blasio are in a race to the very bottom of political trolling. After the governor demanded that New York City help pay for the subway (which magically began falling apart in recent years), the mayor proposed an unworkable tax on the “wealthy” to pay for it. Said tax having to be passed by the state legislature.

    http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/267499/new-york-and-california-dems-show-they-cant-govern-daniel-greenfield

  34. Pence 2020 and the 3 Phases of the Media’s Fake News Trolling
    August 7, 2017
    Daniel Greenfield

    1. The invention of the fake news Pence story had two purposes. A. to feed leftist 25th Amendment coup fantasies and B. to cause internal strife in the White House.

    Once the media planted its fake news story, it could then…

    2. Report on the reaction and run pieces discussing the denials. This gets more mileage out of the original fake news piece. While the denials make it seem as if the story has legs.

    http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/267498/pence-2020-and-3-phases-medias-fake-news-trolling-daniel-greenfield

  35. The Rape and Murder of Karina Vetrano
    And the predictable response of the Racism-Industrial-Complex.
    August 7, 2017
    Jack Kerwick
    64

    On August 2, 2016, 30 year-old Karina Vetrano went for a run.

    It’s the last time that her family would see her alive.

    While going for a routine jog in a park in her Howard Beach neighborhood in the borough of Queens, New York, she was viciously beaten, raped vaginally and anally, and then strangled to death.

    It would be months before the NYP would find her rapist and killer, 20 year-old Chanel Lewis of Brooklyn. Lewis told police: “She didn’t do anything. I was just mad at the time. I beat her to let my emotions out. I never really meant to hurt her. It just happened.”

    As I write this, it is exactly one year later to the day that the Vetranos lost their Karina. Of his family’s emotional condition as of the first anniversary of the unthinkable, the slain woman’s father told Fox News: “We’re not doing good, we’re not doing well at all.” He added: “Other than the fact that we lost our daughter, and our lives have ended, no, nothing else has changed.”

    http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/267478/rape-and-murder-karina-vetrano-jack-kerwick