National Review – by Rich Lowry

From the Washington Post the other day:

[Campaigns in Somalia and Yemen]  have dragged on for years and involve far smaller and less-well-financed adversaries than the Islamic State. Although Obama promised a “steady, relentless effort” in a nationally televised address Wednesday night, he also said that “it will take time to eradicate a cancer like ISIL,” using a common acronym for the Islamic State.    Continue reading “President Obama Over-Ruled His Commanders on Ground Troops”

Let’s see how this works out.

KRGV 5 News

McALLEN – Law enforcement officials and city leaders from across the Rio Grande Valley are preparing for what they say could result in tense moments or violence.

Officials say they received word that members of a militia are threatening to block ports of entry.   Continue reading “Militia Threatens to Block Traffic at International Bridges”

The White House is pictured. | AP PhotoPolitico – by SEUNG MIN KIM

White House chief of staff Denis McDonough pledged to Latino lawmakers during a private meeting Thursday that President Barack Obama will take executive action on immigration before the holidays are over – an effort to soothe lawmakers furious about the administration’s move to hold off on action.

The timeline was described by several members who attended the meeting and, substantively speaking, isn’t different than the end-of-year pledge made by the White House when it moved to delay executive action on immigration until after the midterm elections.   Continue reading “W.H. talks immigration with Latino lawmakers”

Washington Post – by Craig Timberg

The U.S. government threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day in 2008 if it failed to comply with a broad demand to hand over user communications — a request the company believed was unconstitutional — according to court documents unsealed Thursday that illuminate how federal officials forced American tech companies to participate in the National Security Agency’s controversial PRISM program.

The documents, roughly 1,500 pages worth, outline a secret and ultimately unsuccessful legal battle by Yahoo to resist the government’s demands. The company’s loss required Yahoo to become one of the first to begin providing information to PRISM, a program that gave the NSA extensive access to records of online com­munications by users of Yahoo and other U.S.-based technology firms.   Continue reading “U.S. threatened massive fine to force Yahoo to release data”

ABC News – by Will Weissert

Federal authorities want to build a new South Texas immigration lockup for families amid an unprecedented surge in the number of youngsters pouring across the U.S. border, a federal official said Thursday.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is proposing a residential center in the town of Dilley, about 70 miles southwest of San Antonio, agency spokeswoman Adelina Pruneda said.   Continue reading “Federal officials propose Texas immigration lockup”

Breitbart – by Dr. Susan Berry

Questions surround a Washington, D.C. conference whose stated purpose was to gather lawmakers, Eastern and Western churches, community leaders and a variety of Christian groups to confront the problem of genocide being perpetrated against Christians by ISIS.

According to Alana Goodman, writing at the Washington Free Beacon, In Defense of Christians (IDC) was funded by a controversial Clinton donor that featured pro-Hezbollah and pro-Assad speakers.   Continue reading “‘In Defense of Christians’ Summit Features Supporters of Hezbollah”

Breitbart TV

Thursday on CNN’s “The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer,” Obama White House National Security Adviser Susan Rice said the president’s actions against ISIS are “very different” from America being at war.

Rice said, “I don’t know whether you want to call it a war or sustained counterterrorism campaign. I think, frankly, this is a counterterrorism operation that will take time. It will be sustained. We will not have American combat forces on the ground fighting as we did in Iraq and Afghanistan which is what I think the American people think of when they think of a war. So I think this is very different from that. Continue reading “Susan Rice: This Is ‘Very Different’ from a War”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

HOUSTON, Texas — Three Mexican citizens, who are present in the United States illegally, have been arrested in conjunction with the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl near the campus of Southern Methodist University (SMU). The three men were arrested on Wednesday morning after the van they were driving was stopped by SMU police officers who noticed the vehicle driving erratically.   Continue reading “Dallas PD Confirms Illegal Aliens Kidnapped and Assaulted Minor Female Near SMU”

Dallas News – by Todd J. Gillman

WASHINGTON — The government of Mexico took Gov. Rick Perry to task on Thursday for sending National Guard troops to the border.

In a terse statement issued by the embassy in Washington, Mexico said it “deeply rejects and condemns the deployment.”

And it accused the governor of taking the actions to further his political ambitions. Perry has been a frequent visitor to Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina as he prepares for a second presidential run, in 2016.   Continue reading “Mexico condemns Perry for “political” border deployment of troops”

Biz Beat Blog – by Maria Halkias

RadioShack said Thursday that it may have to file bankruptcy to reorganize its business.

The company’s earnings report showed sales dropping 20 percent and its loss doubling year-over-year in the second quarter.

CEO Joe Magnacca said this morning in a press release that the company is looking for more capital needed for turnaround efforts he started 18 months ago.   Continue reading “RadioShack reports Q2 sales down 20%, says bankruptcy may be necessary”

Over 100 Reported Cases of Dengue Fever in Nuevo Laredo KGNS – by James Johnson

So far this year Nuevo Laredo has seen over a hundred cases of people being infected with the mosquito transmitted disease, dengue fever. City of Laredo health department director, Hector Gonzalez says they’re monitoring the situation.

“Nuevo Laredo in particular that’s our neighbor and services as our surveillance sight for us. They’re doing a great job in containing it.”   Continue reading “Over 100 Reported Cases of Dengue Fever in Nuevo Laredo”

Breitbart – by Michelle Moons

Smashed windows marked one of many scenes where about 1,000 federal agents raided Los Angeles Fashion District businesses, seizing roughly $65 million in cash and arresting nine suspects in an alleged money laundering scheme involving Mexican drug cartels.

Raids were executed at 70 businesses, according to the Los Angeles Times. Federal authorities assert that drug organizations use garment district and other businesses to convert drug money into pesos through trade-based laundering.   Continue reading “$65 Million, 9 Arrests in L.A. Fashion District Raid; Mexican Drug Cartels Suspected”

Breitbart – by ASSEMBLYMAN TIM DONNELLY

Borders matter. That became crystal clear this past week, when Tesla picked a location just over the border in Nevada, instead of locating its new battery factory in its largest market, California.  The regulatory and tax burden is significantly lower just over that imaginary line. Where California is punitive, Nevada is welcoming.

Borders matter  Just ask anyone who lives in a city, a town, a country dominated by ISIS.  Once the Islamic Jihadists take over, they have a simple plan: convert or die. It’s that simple. If you live in an area inside of their control, you are not free to practice or not practice your religion. Sharia law becomes the law of the land. That is exactly what our Founders wanted to prevent: state-sponsored religion dictating every aspect of your life.   Continue reading “Why Borders Matter”

Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

MCALLEN, Texas — Federal agents arrested a woman accused of trying to pick up a group of immigrants; she had been arrested previously seven different times on smuggling cases but had never been prosecuted.

According to court records obtained by Breitbart Texas, earlier this week U.S. Border Patrol agents spotted 37-year-old Roxanne Lopez, a U.S. citizen, driving a maroon Mercury Grand Marquis from a levee in the Mission area known as La Lomita towards the Rio Grande in a manner consistent with human smuggling practices.    Continue reading “Seven Time Arrested Human Smuggler Caught Along Texas Border”

Breitbart – by Sarah Rumpf

AUSTIN, Texas — Federal authorities have reported that the final two human smugglers convicted in connection with a stash house in southeast Houston where illegal immigrants were being housed have been sentenced to federal prison. The two men, Jose Aviles-Villa, 32, and Antonio Barruquet-Hildeberta, 46, were arrested in March 2014 after the stash house was discovered with 115 immigrants living in squalid conditions, held hostage and crammed into a less than 1,300 square foot home.   Continue reading “Human Smugglers Who Held 115 Illegal Immigrants in Houston Stash House Sentenced”

LA Times – by Don Lee

It has come down to this for Brian Perry: an apple or banana for lunch, Red Sox ballgames on an old Zenith TV and long walks to shake off the blues.

At 57, Perry has been unemployed and looking for work for nearly seven years, ever since that winter when the Great Recession hit and he was laid off from his job as a law firm clerk.   Continue reading “Long-term unemployed still at record levels”

New York Times – by KATRIN BENNHOLD

STEENOKKERZEEL, Belgium — For Kurt Ryon, the mayor of Steenokkerzeel, a Flemish village 10 miles northeast of Brussels, watching the Scottish independence campaign in the final days before the referendum is like watching a good soccer match. “They were losing for the first half and most of the second half,” he said, “but now we’re in the 85th minute and they could be winning.”

Mr. Ryon, who wants his native Flanders to split from Belgium, is rooting for Scotland to do the same from Britain, and like a faithful soccer fan he has all the gear: a T-shirt from the Scottish pro-independence “yes” campaign, a collection of “yes” pins on his denim jacket and copious amounts of a beer specially brewed by Flemish nationalists to express their solidarity. The label says “Ja!” next to a Scottish flag, Flemish for yes.   Continue reading “From Kurdistan to Texas, Scots Spur Separatists”

michelle obama carrotEAG News – by Kyle Olson

HERSHEY, Pa. – If Derry Township School District board member Andrea Abruzzo had her way, kids would celebrate their birthdays with carrots.

Abruzzo’s district is putting a greater emphasis on “non-food rewards,” including birthday treats.

To that end, Derry Township schools have banned cupcakes or “other snacks.”   Continue reading “School bans birthday cupcakes: ‘Bring carrots’”

Yahoo News – by Cathy Bussewitz

HONOLULU (AP) — The Honolulu City Council approved several measures Wednesday aimed at moving homeless people out of tourist hotspots in Hawaii, including one that bans sitting and lying down on sidewalks in the popular Waikiki area.

But a separate push to prevent homeless people from resting on sidewalks throughout the rest of the island failed.

The council has been under pressure from the tourism industry to act, with hotel representatives saying visitors complain often about safety and human waste.   Continue reading “Honolulu to move homeless people from tourist hubs”