The executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police criticized President Obama Thursday for his remarks about law enforcement in Ferguson, Mo. “I would contend that discussing police tactics from Martha’s Vineyard is not helpful to ultimately calming the situation,” director Jim Pasco said in an interview with The Hill. ——————————————————– The U.S. intelligence community thinks the Islamic State has an incentive to conduct a major terrorist strike against U.S.
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August 15, 2014
Michael Brown, strong-arm robbery suspect [Darleen Click]
There are still two, distinct stories about how the actual shooting of Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson occurred. The police maintain it was after Brown struggled with Wilson for the officer’s gun. The other story is that Brown was shot while his hands were up and he was surrendering. There is no overlap between these stories, so while I have followed the events, I have refrained from commenting because
August 14, 2014
Outlawing Liberty [Darleen Click]
Reason Related — Liberty v License A fun fact: The emergency medical technician (EMT) responsible for aiding the victim of a car accident undergoes, on average, 33 days of training. The cosmetologist whose salon that driver just left studied for 372 days. That the typical rescue worker requires fewer hours of training than the typical manicurist, barber, and interior designer is the upside-down result of occupational licensing, the wormhole of
August 13, 2014
Guerrillas in our midst [Darleen Click]
Islamist front-group CAIR has decided that what is in the “best interests” of the Muslim community is helping home-grown jihadists by outing informants An Islamic rights organization [sic] has asked for the public’s help in gathering information about a secret FBI informant whose claims led to a homegrown terrorism conspiracy indictment, with trial set to start Tuesday, Aug. 12, in Riverside for two Inland men charged with plotting to meet
August 11, 2014
RIP Robin Williams [Darleen Click]
BREAKING Academy Award-winning actor and comedian Robin Williams died Monday in a suspected suicide, the Marin County Sheriff’s Office said. He was 63. Williams’ career was uneven, a few clunkers amongst some very enjoyable films. I remember his appearances on Johnny Carson as both epic and maniac. How tragic his exit, and especially sad for his family. Condolences and prayers for them. *************************************************
August 11, 2014
Monday morning, coming down
Have a handyman over taking care of hanging new curtain rods, touching up the dry wall, and recaulking the tub in the master bath as my I work on removing and replacing a broken wall mount microwave, re-anchoring the drain spout, re-screening the sliding screen door, and sanding, staining, and then applying a coat of polyurethane the banisters. Packing is coming along slowly but surely, but the big push is
August 10, 2014
Israel rolls out exoskeleton — Pfffft bet they stole it from the Arabs Palestinians [Darleen Click]
… cuz everyone knows that Gaza is the center of intellectual freedom and inventive prowess … Post by The Jewish Standard.
August 10, 2014
What is the difference between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism? [Darleen Click]
Nothing. Less than a week ago we wrote about how The anti-Semitic shame of Malmö, Sweden continues with attack on Rabbi. It’s part of an outburst of open, unabashed anti-Semitism throughout Europe and the world, but particularly Europe, under the mask of opposition to Israel’s Gaza war. This trend did not start with the Gaza war. We covered almost exactly a year ago how many parts of Europe were becoming