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Saturday, June 05, 2010

OBAMA NEVER SMILES MORE BROADLY THEN WHEN HE EMBRACES AN ANTISEMITE

THE LAST ONE IS OBAMA AND CODE PINK FOUNDER
AND GAZA FLOTILLA ORGANIZER JODIE EVANS

IT'S TIME WE OPENLY SUPPORTED THE KURDS

UNLIKE THE SO-CALLED PALESTINIANS (WHO ARE JUST YOUR AVERAGE ARAB-MONGREL), THE KURDS HAVE THEIR OWN LANGUAGE, HISTORY AND CULTURE.

IT'S TIME THE KURDS HAD THEIR OWN COUNTRY.

WE SHOULD SUPPORT THEIR RESISTANCE AGAINST THEIR TURKISH OVERLORDS.

FREE KURDISTAN!

AND THEY CAN TAKE AS MUCH OF TURKEY AS THEY LIKE.

Friday, June 04, 2010

WEEKEND FUNNY

I love baseball! I come by that love of baseball naturally, I suppose. My father, born in 1911 and denizen of sandlot baseball, was actually offered a job as pitcher for the New York Yankees by a pro-ball scout way back when. Dad turned down the offer as he was such a homebody and the part-time caregiver for his own father.

Anyway, when I saw the video below over at Right Truth, I knew that I just had to post it:

For the record, the original classic poem "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer:

The Outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day:
The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play.
And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same,
A sickly silence fell upon the patrons of the game.

A straggling few got up to go in deep despair. The rest
Clung to that hope which springs eternal in the human breast;
They thought, if only Casey could get but a whack at that -
We'd put up even money, now, with Casey at the bat.

But Flynn preceded Casey, as did also Jimmy Blake,
And the former was a lulu and the latter was a cake;
So upon that stricken multitude grim melancholy sat,
For there seemed but little chance of Casey's getting to the bat.

But Flynn let drive a single, to the wonderment of all,
And Blake, the much despis-ed, tore the cover off the ball;
And when the dust had lifted, and the men saw what had occurred,
There was Jimmy safe at second and Flynn a-hugging third.

Then from 5,000 throats and more there rose a lusty yell;
It rumbled through the valley, it rattled in the dell;
It knocked upon the mountain and recoiled upon the flat,
For Casey, mighty Casey, was advancing to the bat.

There was ease in Casey's manner as he stepped into his place;
There was pride in Casey's bearing and a smile on Casey's face.
And when, responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his hat,
No stranger in the crowd could doubt 'twas Casey at the bat.

Ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt;
Five thousand tongues applauded when he wiped them on his shirt.
Then while the writhing pitcher ground the ball into his hip,
Defiance gleamed in Casey's eye, a sneer curled Casey's lip.

And now the leather-covered sphere came hurtling through the air,
And Casey stood a-watching it in haughty grandeur there.
Close by the sturdy batsman the ball unheeded sped-
"That ain't my style," said Casey. "Strike one," the umpire said.

From the benches, black with people, there went up a muffled roar,
Like the beating of the storm-waves on a stern and distant shore.
"Kill him! Kill the umpire!" shouted someone on the stand;
And its likely they'd a-killed him had not Casey raised his hand.

With a smile of Christian charity great Casey's visage shone;
He stilled the rising tumult; he bade the game go on;
He signaled to the pitcher, and once more the spheroid flew;
But Casey still ignored it, and the umpire said, "Strike two."

"Fraud!" cried the maddened thousands, and echo answered fraud;
But one scornful look from Casey and the audience was awed.
They saw his face grow stern and cold, they saw his muscles strain,
And they knew that Casey wouldn't let that ball go by again.

The sneer is gone from Casey's lip, his teeth are clenched in hate;
He pounds with cruel violence his bat upon the plate.
And now the pitcher holds the ball, and now he lets it go,
And now the air is shattered by the force of Casey's blow.

Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout;
But there is no joy in Mudville - mighty Casey has struck out.

CAN WE GET THE IDF TO SET UP A BLOCKADE ON OUR MEXICAN BORDER?

Just asking...

DOUBLE MURDER IN BELGIAN COURT, AND THE SUSPECT IS IRANIAN

A gunman shot dead a judge and a clerk in a Belgian courtroom, and has luckily been captured. He's of Iranian background:

BRUSSELS (AFP) – Belgian police have arrested a suspect after a man pulled a gun during a Brussels court hearing and shot dead a woman judge and court clerk before fleeing, the public prosecutor's office said Friday.

"A suspect has been questioned and identified," Jean-Jacques Meilleur, spokesman for the Brussels public prosecutor, told AFP after Thursday's double murder.

A judicial source said that the suspect was a 47-year-old Iranian man who had been identified by witnesses of the courtroom drama that shook Belgium. He reportedly said he had been motivated by revenge.

The prosecutor's office would hold a press conference at 0900 GMT.

Police approached the man in a Brussels park on Thursday evening in order to check his identity, but he pulled out a gun and began shooting in the air, the source said.

The man was wounded by police, arrested, and later identified as a suspect in the killings.

On Thursday morning a man, who had been present throughout the hearing, "pulled out a firearm, a revolver, and fired at the judge and her clerk, killing both," said Jean-Jacques Meilleur, spokesman for the Brussels public prosecutor.

The tribunal had been hearing a family and neighbour dispute case when the shooting happened. The tribunal is close to the imposing Palace of Justice in the heart of the Belgian capital.

The assailant "was briefly pursued by one of the lawyers present but he managed to flee on foot down one of the roads in the area," Meilleur added. A major search was launched for the gunman.

The victims were 60-year-old magistrate Isabelle Brandon and her court clerk Andre Bellemans.

A minute's silence was observed by judges and lawyers in the Palace of Justice later in honour of their deceased colleagues, with some members of the judiciary visibly shocked at the events.

Security in judicial buildings and prisons in Belgium has long been a source of concern, with many escapes in recent years.

Last August, masked men helped three suspects escape the Palace of Justice, taking prison guards hostage in the process.

Around the same time there was a spectacular escape from a prison in the north with the use of a hijacked helicopter.

Just days ahead of snap legislative elections on June 13, the justice minister said he would stop campaigning and called for a debate on security, while ruling out placing security cameras in all courtrooms.

The ending line gives reason to wonder if Belgium doesn't have any proper security for their courtrooms, and I'm not just talking about camera tech. What about the metal detectors and guards who actually search people before entering?

This article also obscures the problems with jihadism in Belgium, which likely played a role in this tragic case, as well as the several other crimes hinted at here. Sadly, it shouldn't surprise that the AFP would refuse to get in deeper.

Thursday, June 03, 2010

ANOTHER GOOD GOP OMEN: JUPITER HIT BY METEOR

AN AMATEUR SAW IT STRIKE - WITH A FLASH!

THE LAST TIME A MAJOR STRIKE WAS WITNESSED?

1994.

HMMM...

GAZAN "PEACE ACTIVISTS" RAID AND CLOSE NGO'S

JPOST:

Hamas’s security forces on Monday and Tuesday raided the offices of several non-governmental organizations in the Gaza Strip and confiscated equipment and furniture, drawing sharp condemnations from human rights groups.

The sources said the raids were carried out by agents belonging to Hamas’s Internal Security apparatus without court permission.

Hamas spokesmen in the Gaza Strip on Thursday refused to comment on the raids.

After conducting a thorough search of the offices of the organizations, the Hamas security agents confiscated files, documents, computers, fax machines and other equipment.

The agents also informed the managers and workers of the organizations of the Hamas government’s decision to close them down indefinitely.

The Gaza-based Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights expressed outrage over the raids and called on the Hamas government to open an investigation.

... The UN’s special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, Robert Serry, expressed deep concern over the raids and closure of the NGO offices.

“This targeting of NGOs, including UN partner organizations, is unacceptable, violating accepted norms of a free society and harming the Palestinian people,” he said. “The de facto [Hamas] authorities must cease such repressive steps and allow the re-opening of these civil society institutions without delay.”

NOBODY WHO ACCEPTS THE REALITY THAT HAMAS IS A TERRORIST GROUP IS SURPRISED BY THESE ACTIONS.

THE ONLY FOLKS WHO ARE SURPRISED ARE THE DUPES, DHIMMIS AND LEFTISTS WHO THINK THEY CAN WORK WITH THE JIHADISTS BECAUSE THEIR BOTH ANTI-WEST.

IT'S NO MERE COINCIDENCE THAT THESE RAIDS OCCURRED TODAY - AND THAT MORE KASSAMS HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED FROM GAZA INTO ISRAEL:

TURKEY AND THE IHH AND HAMAS ARE FEELING EMBOLDENED BECAUSE IT SEEMS RIGHT NOW THAT THE FLOTILLAGANDA WORKED AND THAT ISRAEL HAS TAKEN THE BRUNT OF THE BAD PR.

APPEASEMENT ALWAYS ONLY ENCOURAGES MORE BAD BEHAVIOR.

THE WEST'S WEAK RESPONSE TO THE FLOTILLA RAID EMBOLDENS THE JIHADIST AND IRAN AND NORTH KOREA.

AND THE KGB.

BETTER BRACE YOURSELVES.

THE WORST IS YET TO COME...

SURPRISE! SURPRISE: MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD BACKS EL BARADEI - IRAN'S IAEA ENABLER - TO CHALLENGE MUBARAK

BBC:

Muslim Brotherhood says it will back ElBaradei campaign

Egypt's biggest opposition group has said it will back the former UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei's political change campaign, reports say.

The Muslim Brotherhood failed to win any seats in elections to the upper legislative house on Wednesday.

It alleged the vote for the Shura Council had been rigged.

Mr ElBaradei has launched a campaign for political change in Egypt, but has not officially declared he will contest elections next year.

The Muslim Brotherhood said it would help Mr ElBaradei collect signatures in his efforts to gather a million names to demand changes to the constitution and emergency laws, news agency Reuters said.

IT TOOK VIOLENCE - AND APPEASEMENT FROM LIBERAL JIMMY CARTER - FOR THE JIHAD TO TAKEOVER THE SHAH'S IRAN IN 1979.

IN TURKEY, THE AKP DID IT BY STEALTH AT ELECTIONS AND IN JUDICIAL AND MILITARY PURGES OVER 8 YEARS.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD WILL TRY THE AKP ROUTE... WITH THE HELP OF EL BARADEI, THE FELLA WHO RAN THE IAEA AND LET NORTH KOREA AND IRAN AND LIBYA AND SYRIA ( THE OLD AXIS OF EVIL! THE NEW ONE INCLUDES TURKEY!) GET AWAY WITH "MURDER".

THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD KNOWS THIS MAN WELL.

AND ANYONE WHO CONTINUES TO THINK EL BARADEI IS PRO-WEST OUGHT TO HAVE HIS HEAD EXAMINED.

STAY TUNED...

NOW ERDOGAN MAKES A FASCINATING FREUDIAN SLIP...

ERDOGAN'S FM MADE A REVEALING FREUDIAN SLIP EARLIER IN THE WEEK: HE CALLED THE FLOTILLA RAID "TURKEY'S 9/11".

WE BELIEVE THIS REVEALS THAT TURKEY WANTS TO DO WHAT THE USA DID AFTER 9/11: INVOKE NATO ARTICLE 5, REQUIRING THAT NATO ACT TO DEFEND TURKEY AGAINST ISRAEL.

NOW ERDOGAN HAS MADE A FREUDIAN SLIP.

ERDOGAN SAID THAT "ISRAEL IS ABOUT TO LOSE ITS BEST ALLY ON THE MIDDLE EAST." MEANING TURKEY.

ONLY UP UNTIL HE SAID THAT HE HAD LONG ARGUED THAT TURKEY BELONGS IN THE EU AND IS PART OF EUROPE!

WHICH IS IT?

THE MORE RECENT STATEMENT REVEALS WHAT ERDOGAN ACTUALLY BELIEVES: HE SEES ISLAMIST TURKEY AS PART OF THE MIDDLE EAT, NOT EUROPE.

AND UNDER THE AKP TURKEY OS MORE ALIGNED WITH IRAN AN AL QAEDA THAN THE USA AND NATO.

WE SHOULD TREAT THEM ACCORDINGLY.

AND IF OBAMA WON'T, THE WE SHOULD VOTE GOP THIS NOVEMBER!

ANOTHER COUPLA BIGGIES FINALLY SEE WHAT I SAW IN JANUARY: TURKEY IS NO LONGER AN ALLY OF THE WEST

WE SAID IT BEFORE ANYONE ELSE - IN JANUARY, AND MANY TIMES SINCE.

NOW OTHERS ARE SEEING THE LIGHT -

SEE A DAILY BEAST PIECE HERE.

AND BARRY RUBIN HERE.

CAROLINE GLICK HERE.

THE WSJ HERE.

UPDATE: EVEN ANTHONY WEINER SEES THE TRUTH ABOUT TURKEY NOW - AND CRITICIZES OBAMA FOR NOT SEEING IT.

UPDATE: VDH IS SAYING IT AGAIN TODAY - TWO DAYS IN A ROW:

Turkish ambitions are growing antithetical to our own.

HE ALSO QUESTIONS - AGAIN - WHY TURKEY SHOULD REMAIN IN NATO.

REGULAR READERS KNOW THAT I SAID IT MONTHS AGO WHEN NO ONE ELSE WAS SAYING IT. NOBODY ANYWHERE.

MY ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY WAS WAY AHEAD OF ALL THOSE FAMOUS PUNDITS.

ALL OF THEM.

UNFORTUNATELY OUR PRESIDENT IS SIDING WITH TURKEY.

THIS DOESN'T SURPRISE ME:

THE FLOTILLA WAS AN ALINSKY OPERATION FROM DAY ONE - IT WAS EVEN ORGANIZED WITH HELP FROM AYERS AND CODE PINK.

SO I THINK OBAMA WAS IN THE LOOP FROM THE START.

TURKEY IS RUN BY THE AKP WHICH IS NOW ALLIED TO THE IHH WHICH IS ALLIED TO HAMAS AND HIZBALLAH AND AL QAEDA. AND THE IHH IS ALLIED TO THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD.

THIS MAKES TURKEY PART OF THE ENEMY CAMP, NO LONGER OUR ALLY.

WE SHOULD TREAT THEM THAT WAY.

AND IF OBAMA IS APPEASING TURKEY THEN HE IS IN EFFECT APPEASING AL QAEDA.

WE CAN DEFEAT TURKEY AND OBAMA AND THE ALINSKY LEFT THIS NOVEMBER: VOTE GOP.

UPDATE: MORE PROOF TURKEY IS PART OF THE AXIS OF EVIL HERE.

This Week On The Gathering Storm

Listen to The Gathering Storm Radio Show, hosted by WC and Always On Watch. The show broadcasts live every Friday beginning at noon, Pacific Time.

The call-in number is (646) 915-9870.

Callers welcome!

Our scheduled guest is Alec Rawls.

Listen to the June 4, 2010 edition of The Gathering Storm Radio Show, live or later, by CLICKING HERE.

UPCOMING SHOWS
June 11: IQ al Rassooli
June 18: Midnight Rider
June 25: IQ al Rassooli

NO SURPRISE HERE: TRAITOROUS OBAMA JOINS ANTI-ISRAEL/ANTI-BLOCKADE CHORUS

OBAMA HATES ISRAEL.

JEWS WHO SUPPORT OBAMA ARE JUDENRAT.

MORE PROOF:

New Israeli Tack Needed on Gaza, U.S. Officials Say

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration considers Israel’s blockade of Gaza to be untenable and plans to press for another approach to ensure Israel’s security while allowing more supplies into the impoverished Palestinian area, senior American officials said Wednesday.

The officials say that Israel’s deadly attack on a flotilla trying to break the siege and the resulting international condemnation create a new opportunity to push for increased engagement with the Palestinian Authority and a less harsh policy toward Gaza.

“There is no question that we need a new approach to Gaza,” said one official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the policy shift is still in the early stages. He was reflecting a broadly held view in the upper reaches of the administration.

Israel would insist that any approach take into account three factors: Israel’s security; the need to prevent any benefit to Hamas, the Islamist rulers of Gaza; and the four-year-old captivity of an Israeli soldier held by Hamas, Staff Sgt. Gilad Shalit.

Since the botched raid that killed nine activists on Monday, the Israeli government has said that the blockade was necessary to protect Israel against the infiltration into Gaza of weapons and fighters sponsored by Iran.

THE RAID WASN'T BOTCHED.

THE IDF SUCCEEDED IN SEIZING ALL THE SHIPS.

ONE SHIP HAD INTENDED VIOLENCE TO GET DAMAGING PROPAGANDA AGAINST ISRAEL - AND OBAMA AND THE MSM ARE DOING THEIR PART TO MAKE SURE THIS IS THE CASE.

IF OBAMA LIKED ISRAEL AND HATED THE JIHADIST ENEMY AND REALLY WANT GLOBAL JIHAD DEFEATED, THEN HE WOULD BE PUTTING PRESSURE ON TURKEY AND THEIR ALLIANCE WITH IRAN AND THE IHH AND THRU THE IHH AL QAEDA.

BY FAILING TO PRESSURE TURKEY OBAMA IS IN EFFECT AIDING THE ENEMY. NOT JUST HAMAS, BUT IRAN AND AL QAEDA.

OBAMA IS GUILTY OF TREASON AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS ALL TRAITORS ARE.

UPDATE: BY BLAMING ISRAEL THE MSM IS CARRYING WATER FOR THE GLOBAL JIHAD. THIS IS TRAITOROUS, TOO.

Wednesday, June 02, 2010

QUESTION: WILL PRESIDENT BIDEN RUN FOR RE-ELECTION IN 2012?

OR WILL HE CEDE THE NOMINATION TO VICE PRESIDENT HILLARY?

JUST ASKING.

WITH A STROKE OF THE PEN, OBAMA JUST RASIED THE DEBT AGAIN

OBAMA DECIDED OUR TAX DOLLARS SHOULD PAY FOR THE HEALTH BENEFITS FOR HOMOSEXUAL PARTNERS.

SINCE THE FED GOV PAYS 75% OF THE COSTS OF THE BENEFITS THAT MEANS WE ARE ON THE HOOK FOR HIS LARGESS WITH GAYS AND GOVERNMENT UNIONS.

THAT'S HOW IT WORKS:

POLITICIANS USE OUR MONEY TO PAYOFF THEIR FACTIONS AND FRIENDS.

OBAMA IS NO DIFFERENT THAN ALL THE OTHER SLEAZEBALLS IN HIS PARTY.

IT'S JUST HOW THEY PLAY IT IN CHICAGO.

IT'S DISGUSTING.

WE CAN STOP IT THIS NOVEMBER: VOTE GOP.

Churchill memorabilia sets a record at auction

BBC:

One of the largest collections of Sir Winston Churchill memorabilia, including an unsmoked cigar, has sold for nearly £600,000 at auction.

The items were sold by US publishing magnate, Steve Forbes, who amassed them over three decades.
... Forbes who gathered the collection, is chief executive of Forbes Inc and the grandson of Forbes magazine founder BC Forbes.

He said he was parting with the collection because his family did not share his passion for it.

SADLY - FOR THE FREE WORLD - IT SEEMS THE PASSION FOR CHURCHILL AND RECOGNITION OF HIS ENORMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO WESTERN CIVILIZATION IS BEING FORGOTTEN AND DELIBERATELY BLOTTED OUT BY THE POSTMODERN ANTI-WEST MULTI-CULTI LEFT.

SIGH.

WHICH LASTED LONGER: BJ CLINTON'S "ENCOUNTER" WITH MONICA OR HIS CHAT WITH SESTAK?

HIS CHAT WITH SESTAK LASTED 30-60 SECONDS, ACCORDING TO SESTAK.

(SPOKESMEN FOR BJ CLINTON SAY IT LASTED LONGER AND WAS GOOD FOR HIM.)

MONICA! OH MONICA: PLEASE TELL US:

DID BJ CLINTION LAST LONGER THAN A MINUTE WITH YOU?

IS TURKEY ABOUT TO SCREW US IN AFGHANISTAN, TOO?

JP/AP:

The UN Security Council will visit Afghanistan later this month to evaluate the current situation on the ground, the council president announced Wednesday.

... the exact focus of the trip was still being discussed, but "the main proposal will be to have an evaluation of the current situation in political, economic, social terms and also on security matters."

... Last year, the council also authorized the mission to strengthen and expand its presence throughout the country to promote good governance and the rule of law.

... UN diplomats indicated it would likely begin around June 19. The mission will be led by Turkey's UN Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, whose country has primary responsibility for Afghan matters in the Security Council.

I PREDICT THAT THE TURKISH ISLAMISTS WILL CALL FOR POWER-SHARING WITH THE TALIBAN AND AN END TO US MILITARY INTERVENTION.

STAY TUNED...

UNREAL: HOLLWAY MURDER SUSPECT SOUGHT FOR SIMILAR MURDER LAST WEEKEND IN PERU!

UNREAL:

A young Dutchman previously arrested in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway is the prime suspect in the weekend murder of a Peruvian woman, police said Wednesday.

Joran van der Sloot is being sought for Sunday's killing of 21-year-old Stephany Flores in a Lima hotel, police chief Gen. Cesar Guardia told a news conference.

He said the suspect crossed into Chile the next day by bus.

The Dutch government said Interpol has issued an international arrest warrant for van der Sloot.

This woman in Peru would be alive if they'd have arrested and convicted this disgusting slime ball.

TURKEY DOESN'T BELONG IN NATO: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS SCOOPS VICTOR DAVIS HANSON BY MONTHS

VDH TODAY:

At the present rate, Turkey has about as much business in NATO as Greece does in the EU.

... The problem with both the EU and NATO is that, while there is always much gala celebration about who gets in and under what particular conditions, there is almost no attention given to the circumstances under which a member gets out of either organization.

WE HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS SINCE JANUARY. AND HERE IN JANUARY, AGAIN.

AND MANY TIMES SINCE.

TURKEY UNDER THE ISLAMIST AKP IS CLOSER TO IRAN AN SYRIA AND RUSSIA THAN NATO AND THE USA.

THEY SCREWED US AND THE WEST DURING THE IRAQ WAR; THEY ARE SCREWING US AGAIN.