BOSTON JIHADIST DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV GETS THE DEATH SENTENCE

The verdict is in for the savage who murdered and maimed people at Boston's marathon: he gets the poison syringe:

BOSTON— Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a former college student who along with his brother planted twin bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, was sentenced to death Friday for his role in the 2013 attacks that killed three people

The jury deliberated for more than 14 hours before reaching its decision.

Standing at the defense counsel’s table between his lawyers, Mr. Tsarnaev showed no emotion as the decision was read. Onlookers in the courtroom included the parents of 8-year-old Martin Richard, the youngest victim.

The grim-faced defense team left the courthouse in silence and declined to answer questions. Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz said the trial showed that “we are not intimidated by acts of terror or radical ideals.”

Tsarnaev fully deserves what he'll hopefully get. He should get worse than poison - a shotgun blast that disintegrates his head at close range would be an even better way to get rid of him.

STABBING ATTACK THWARTED IN SILWAN NEIGHBORHOOD

Another terrorist attack that was stopped:

The Shin Bet and Jerusalem Police prevented a stabbing attack on a Jewish security guard in east Jerusalem, according to a statement by the security agency on Thursday.

The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) said that earlier this month they and the Jerusalem Police arrested three suspects – Muhammad Nasser Ahmed Abassi, 21, Murad Muhammad Uda Kustiro, 23, and a minor – on suspicion of plotting an attack on security guards stationed outside of Beit Ovadia, a Jewish building in the mainly Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan.

The Shin Bet said Abassi confessed to having the minor carry out surveillance on the house ahead of a planned shooting attack. Abassi later decided that a stabbing attack had more potential to work, so he acquired a knife and axe and stashed them at his house and his grandfather’s house, the Shin Bet said.

He also admitted to making pipe bombs and Molotov cocktails which were used against Israeli police during recent rioting in east Jerusalem.

According to the Shin Bet, Abassi is affiliated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, while the other two are not linked to any group.

It doesn't make much difference whether they're part of a terrorist cell or not. The problem is that the criminals worship the Koran.

HARRY MARYLES ADDS INSULT TO INJURY

I once thought Chicago-based rabbi Harry Maryles was a pretty good blogger on many pressing issues. There were some points on which I disagreed with him, but overall, he did seem to be on the mark with many topics.

Unfortunately, he's now thrown away much of what I would like to appreciate about him for the sake of attacking Pamela Geller (and by extension, Robert Spencer), by accusing her of being an inciter, and otherwise letting jihadists off the hook:

I don’t know whether Pamela Geller is a fool or just plain evil. But one thing she is for sure is wrong. And I am outraged by her tactics.

But you're not outraged at the twosome who tried to murder people at the convention, Maryles?

There are few rational people in the world that justify what these 2 terrorists tried to do. Including the vast majority of Muslims. They were unquestioningly evil - despite the fact that they believed they were defending the honor of Islam. But does that make what Pamela Geller did OK? Not in my view.

Uh oh. Here's where he goes soft as mud on Muslims as a whole, and ignores what's said about how there may be moderate Muslims, but no moderate Islam. It gets worse:

The attack was precipitated by Ms. Geller and friends by basically spitting in the face of Islam and calling it free speech. She may have that right. Free speech is protected in this country no matter how hateful it is. Unless it can cause harm to the public. Like yelling ‘Fire’ in a crowded theater when there is no actual fire. The question is, was that the case here? Was what Ms. Geller did here comparable to that?

Gee, what about all the times when Islamofascists did worse than spit, by murdering Jews in the name of the Koran? Maryles misses the point by galaxies - Geller and company were trying to send a message that they will not let Islamic violence silence or intimidate free people. They were also running the contest as a special form of support for those murdered in the name of jihad, like Charlie Hebdo's contributors. And instead of appreciating the idea they had in mind, all he can do is say just what the left would want to hear? Maryles is one of the dumbest people I've ever known.

The event she and others hosted was a contest to see who would create the best caricature of the Islam’s founder, Muhammad. Drawing images of Muhammad is at the very least frowned upon if not outright forbidden by Islamic law. And if it is done in any kind for disrespectful way, it is a cause of great outrage.

Which will inspire a few of the Jihadists among them to try and murder those who do . By now that is no secret. That’s what precipitated the massacre at the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo last January in France. Over the years they had published a series of embarrassing caricatures of Muhammad. And they were not the first to experience terror as the result of insulting Islam’s founder.

Excuse me? Here's where a flaw turns up: EVERY way Muhammed were to be drawn is considered disrespectful to Muslims. In the mind of an Islamofascist, drawing Muhammed at all is haram (taboo). The most telling sign Maryles is badly informed (and uses the wrong booleans - "for" instead of "of"). And he doesn't make it any better when he dismisses Charlie Hebdo's caricatures as mere embarrassments.

What possible motive could she have had in holding a competition like this? Protecting free speech? Free speech was doing just fine before she started disparaging other religions. By holding this competition she is perceived even by decent Muslims to be spitting in their face! It is pure folly to do that, not only because you are daring extremists to massacre you, your fellow organizers and participants... but because it is reprehensible to publicly disparage the icons of other religions. It spreads hate and generates retaliation from Jihadists all too eager exact revenge. Which is what happened at Charlie Hebdo in France. And was attempted in Garland, Texas.

Oh really, is it? You have cases of gays and lesbians suing Christian businesses for daring to object to their lifestyle and mentality, while otherwise ignoring Muslim businesses for the same. And, you have CAIR suing writers for exposing their own evil deeds. What else doesn't Maryles understand in his poor education? What he's doing is just what evil misogynists who believe women are to blame for sexual assault because of how they dress or look. In fact, one of the commenters asked:

Here's a similar question:

Suppose signs were posted in a predominantly muslim neighborhood in America that warned that any woman wearing shorts or a tank-top would be subject to beating. Suppose that women have been beaten and murdered when they ignored the signs. Would not the proper response to that be to keep organizing marches through the town with women wearing shorts? Until it became clear that it was safe for them to do it even when alone? Would you consider it wrong to organize that march?

Set aside the issue of whether Geller is self-serving, unlikable or unintelligent, and tell me whether you would call the 'women in shorts' marches evil, despicable, and reprehensible, or whether the marches would be exactly what's needed.

Yes, I want to know what this two-face would say if women were to protest a horrific murder/rape with a special march through a Muslim neighborhood. Maryles is the same man who allegedly finds Haredi extremism reprehensible, but his comments about Geller's contest put that in doubt.

Clifford May had a much better argument than Maryles, and said:

There can be no exceptions to protect the sensibilities of those perceived as "marginalized, ‎embattled, and victimized," nor to mollify Islamic State terrorists -- who have issued a ‎communiqué threatening to "slaughter" Geller -- and such characters as Anjem Choudary, ‎the British Muslim activist who on television last week asserted that by now everyone should ‎understand that drawing Muhammad "carries the death penalty in Islam." His further ‎implication: Islamic law now applies to everyone everywhere. Obey or die.‎

Is that what Maryles wants people to think he favors? For now, I've concluded that most of his arguments on extremism in the Haredi world are unconvincing, and most of his tone way too soft.

TERROR ARRESTS IN BRITAIN CONTINUE TO SURGE

SINCE 2013 THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE.

THE POLICE HAVE NEVER BEEN SO BUSY WITH REGARD TO TERROR.

THE GLOBAL SITUATION IS THE SAME.

WORSE THAN EVER.

THIS IS THE RESULT OF OBAMA'S POLICIES.

NOTHING WILL IMPROVE UNTIL OBAMA IS GONE AND THERE NEW LEADERSHIP HERE AND IN FRANCE.

IF MARINE LE PEN IS ELECTED, AND IF GREECE EXITS THE EU AND IF THE UK VOTES TO LEAVE THE EU, THEN THIS WILL LEAD TO THE DEMISE OF THE EU AND END THEIR SUICIDAL OPEN BORDERS POLICIES.

AND MAYBE THEN, EUROPE AND THE USA CAN RELAUNCH A MORE ROBUST AND SUCCESSFUL COUNTERATTACK.

What should be taboo in the USA - and what shouldn't be...

ta-boo: adjective - something prohibited or restricted by social custom.

In a constitutional republic such as the USA, abridging free speech should always be taboo and insulting a "religion" should never be taboo.

The taboos of religions whose basic tenets are anathema to democracy and secularism, such as Islam - should never be respected - least of all when they use threats of violence to try to enforce their taboos - as islamists have done and continue to do daily.

Respecting islam's taboos because of threats by islamists only encourages them to threaten us more as it rewards their threats.

Appeasing them by attacking people, like Geller, who don't respect their taboos also encourages the islamists to threaten us more.

Nobody has the right to take away our liberty or our lives.

I won't surrender mine.

Please don't surrender yours - for any reason, and by implication say I should too.

Our innate and G-d-given liberty - for centuries limited by tyranny - was recovered for us only by the enormous sacrifices of millions who lived and fought before we were ever born.

It is our sacred duty to defend these rights and their sacrifices against all creeds and tyrants who would have us live in chains.

Today, the chief enemies of liberty are islamism and leftism - ideologies that often work together.

PC and islamism both seek to limit our liberty, and both must be fought.

When confronted by either, never give in.

Fight them in behalf of all who died so that we might enjoy our liberty, and for all our children and children's children who will continue enjoy it in the days to come only if we defend it here and now.

HAS POPE FRANCIS JUST SEALED THE VATICAN'S FATE?

AP:

The Vatican officially recognized the state of Palestine in a new treaty finalized Wednesday, immediately sparking Israeli ire and accusations that the move hurt peace prospects. The treaty, which concerns the activities of the Catholic Church in Palestinian territory, is both deeply symbolic and makes explicit that the Holy See has switched its diplomatic recognition from the Palestine Liberation Organization to the state of Palestine. The Vatican had welcomed the decision by the U.N. General Assembly in 2012 to recognize a Palestinian state and had referred to the Palestine state since. But the treaty is the first legal document negotiated between the Holy See and the Palestinian state, giving the Vatican's former signs of recognition an unambiguous confirmation in a formal, bilateral treaty. "Yes, it's a recognition that the state exists," said the Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi. 

The Israeli Foreign Ministry said it was "disappointed."
"This move does not promote the peace process and distances the Palestinian leadership from returning to direct and bilateral negotiations," the ministry said in a text message.

THE BIBLE: GENESIS 12:3 -

I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you, I will curse. 

THE POPE - WHO BELIEVES IN THE BIBLE AND THAT THE WORD OF THE LORD IS TRUE - HAS JUST BROUGHT THE DISPLEASURE OF THE LORD UPON HIS HOUSE.

PERHAPS IT WILL COME VIA ISIS.... THEY HAVE THREATENED AS MUCH.

Avi Green adds:

It looks like the Vatican and its current Pope could not be trusted to realize they'll only be encouraging Islamofascists with their dhimmi steps. And all the while they fail epically to speak in clear defense of Christians in Muslim countries who're now being persecuted by the ummah. I can't respect Pope Francis if this is how he's going to conduct his business. No wonder faith in Christianity may be fading among various world publics disillusioned when they realize the leaders are weaklings. The dhimmis are only causing discouragement.

JIHADISTS ARE THE OBSCENITY, NOT PAMELA GELLER

Peter Wehner at Commentary comes to Geller's defense over the Muhammed cartoon contest, and notes how horrific it is that a blame-the-victim narrative is being employed:

The storyline isn’t about the rise of ISIS-inspired terrorists on the American homeland; it’s on Ms. Geller’s provocations. One cannot help but sense in the coverage that many journalists believe Ms. Geller had this coming. After all, she was using “fighting words” and “hate speech.” The logic of Ms. Geller’s critics goes like this: Ms. Geller was doing something she knew would provoke a violent response and therefore she (the intended victim) is the person to blame. Women are unfortunately all too familiar with this kind of ugly storyline. [...]

I find it rather stunning that those whose profession depends on freedom of speech are so eager to cater to those who are undermining it. The thinking of many in the political class seems to be that if cartoons are deemed offensive and off limits by jihadists, then the cartoons are offensive and off limits. Ms. Geller, however imperfect she may be, decided she wouldn’t go along with this game. She wouldn’t play by jihadi rules. If the demand by Islamists is you can’t draw cartoons of Muhammed, her response was: Oh yes we can. Certainly in America we can.

And those who really, truly do value free speech would do well to defend the right to draw pictures of figures who're supposedly off limits for illustration. The mindset now being employed by the MSM is the same kind used to blame rape victims by claiming they had it coming because they were beautiful and/or how they dress, which is not true at all.

GERMANY SELLS MORE SUBS TO ISRAEL AS IRAN RATCHETS UP THEIR GENOCIDAL RHETORIC

IN PART BECAUSE OF THIS RHETORIC FROM IRAN, GERMANY DID THIS.

MEANWHILE, OBAMA ENABLES IRAN'S NUKE PROGRAM...

UH-OH: USA HOUSING MARKET CONTINUES TO SLOW, SHRINK

HOUSING USED TO BE A MAJOR SOURCE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR THE WHOLE USA ECONOMY.

IT'S STILL NOT DOING VERY WELL.

MEANWHILE, IN EUROPE, GERMANY'S ECONOMY IS SLOWING, AND THE REST OF EUROPE IS BARELY EKING OUT ANY GROWTH.

I'D GUESS WE ARE HEADED FOR A GLOBAL RECESSION.

DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN MAKES A VEILED THREAT TO GOP: "NICE COUNTRY YOU GOT THERE...."

THIS IS WHY ANN COULTER WROTE A BOOK CALLED Demonic, how the liberal mob is endangering  America:

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON:

Dem Rep: GOP’s Budget Could ‘Lead to Violence,’ People Rising Up Like in Baltimore

THE DEMOCRAT PARTY IS THE PARTY OF THE MOB.

GLOBAL BOND SELL-OFF DRIVES EUROPEAN STOCK MARKETS DOWN

REUTERS:  

European shares fell sharply in morning trading on Tuesday as a sell-off in global bond markets led investors to trim their risk exposure.The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index was down 1.6 percent at 1,570.88 points by 0836 GMT and Germany's DAX fell 1.8 percent, with investors trimming their trading equity positions following a sharp rise in bond yields.
"It's a matter of concern for the market," Ian Richards, global head of equities strategy at Exane BNP Paribas, said.
"When any particular asset class goes through periods of extreme volatility in a short space of time, people feel the pressure to take their risk exposure lower. Of course, there is an overlap from what may be a bond market event into the equity space."
German Bund yields rose as a global sell-off in bond markets resumed. The sell-off has puzzled investors and analysts since the end of April. Traders have blamed it on a rise in inflation expectations, higher oil prices, and restricted liquidity, but the full picture is far from clear.
"Should the weakness in bonds and emerging market currencies continue to intensify in the days ahead, it will be just a matter of time till major stock markets around the world will come under additional pressure also," said Markus Huber, senior analyst at Peregrine & Black.

WHAT CANNOT GO ON FOREVER WON'T.

THE GLOBAL STOCK MARKETS RISE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN THE RESULT OF CENTRAL BANK INTERVENTIONS, AND NOT BASIC ECONOMIC GROWTH.

THIS GLOBAL BOND SELL-OFF COULD SIGNAL THAT THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END...

SARA NETANYAHU FIGHTS BACK AGAINST CORRUPT EX-EMPLOYEE

The prime minister's wife has gone to court to testify against Meni Naftali, the former employee at the PM's residence who betrayed her, backed by a hostile press:

Sara Netanyahu, the prime minister’s wife, claimed in court Sunday that the publisher of the Yedioth Ahronoth daily was backing a former caretaker at the Prime Minister’s Residence who is alleging that she mistreated employees.

“There’s a very strong media figure behind Menny Naftali,” Sara Netanyahu said — referring to Arnon Moses of Yedioth — when she took the stand to answer allegations made by Menny Naftali, the former caretaker, in a NIS 1 million ($258,000) civil suit.

“For over a year, I’ve been dragged through the mud publicly by Menny Naftali with support from the media,” Netanyahu claimed.

Asked about Moses later in the hearing, she said, “He’s like [the character in] Harry Potter, he who cannot be named,” referring to the villain Lord Voldemort in the popular book series.

Sunday’s hearing marks the first time Netanyahu has publicly addressed Naftali’s allegations. She said he was seeking to extort money from the state’s coffers.

Netanyahu also said that for the last 18 months Naftali “threatened and blackmailed” the Prime Minister’s Office and claimed she had text messages to prove it.

She told the court that while he was working for her family, Naftali often spoke crudely and was physically abusive to her children and their friends when they visited. She said that a fear of negative media attention prevented her from firing him earlier.

So in earlier times, he counted on her reluctance to stand up to him because she was afraid of media backlash over peanuts. He is truly disgusting, and so too is the Yediot publisher's willingness to back him. I hope she wins this lawsuit and makes clear to the leftist screwballs that this cannot go on. More about this case over here.

DICK CHENEY USED SECRET PERSONAL EMAIL SERVER AND DELETED 30,000 EMAILS...

What if Cheney did anything Hillary did?

If Cheney used a private server, deleted 30,000 emails claiming they were private, did nothing while an ambassador was murdered by terrorists except lie about it, and if his wife's charity  took $145 million from a company doing business with the federal government then there qould bw incessant demanda from the media for an FBI investigation and the appointment of a special prosecutor.

But Hillary gets a pass from the left and the mass media they control.

She and Bill get a pass because the left has only one principle:

Get and maintain power in order to loot the nation and divvy up the spoils with members of the machine.

Whoever presents themselves as someone likely to be able to help achieve this is absolved in advance and after the fact for any and all crimes.

Only turning against the machine is unforgivable.