Hillary Clinton is the DNC's New Messiah, Booing the Creator, God Almighty

Democrats heckle preacher during opening prayer

July 26, 2016

Todd Starnes - Monday night in Philadelphia the Democrats opened their proceedings with a word of prayer -- from a Christian minister. Now that in and of itself was a miracle -- right up there with the water getting turned into wine.

But when the preacher offered a blessing upon Hillary Clinton, all you-know-what broke loose.

“We have an opportunity, oh God, to give undeniable evidence to our commitment to justice and equality by nominating Hillary Rodham Clinton as our candidate for the highest office in the land, Rev. Cynthia Hale prayed.

They literally heckled the poor lady – booing and jeering right in the middle of her petition to the Almighty. At some point the jeers turned into chants for Bernie Sanders, “Bernie, Bernie…”

To be clear -- they were not chanting the name of Jesus Christ the Savior -- they were chanting the name of Bernie Sanders the socialist.

They turned a moment of quiet meditation and reflection into UFC Fight Night.

Was it too much to assume the Democrats would show a little bit of reverence?

Then again -- I was at their convention in 2012 -- when they not only booed God -- but they tried to vote the Almighty out of their party platform.

That’s not to say the Democrats are not religious.

I personally observed vendors in Charlotte selling Obama prayer shawls and artwork that depicted the president as Jesus Christ.

In other words, the DNC only had room for one deity – but their King of Kings was not the same one we worshipped on Sunday.

I also recall Charlotte being inundated with heavy thunderstorms not too long after their act of public sacrilege. The same thing happened Monday in Philadelphia.

I'm no theologian -- but it sounds like the Almighty might be trying to send a subtle message to the liberals.

So all you Democrats, listen up!

The next time you guys pray -- bow your heads, close your eyes -- and stop acting like a bunch of godforsaken, no-account heathens who don't have the sense God gave a goose.

The Next War Between Israel and Lebanon Will Be Only a Matter of Time and Will Be More Destructive Than Ever Before

Israel 'readier' for new Hezbollah war

July 12, 2016

BBC News - Some Israelis refer to the war with Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah 10 years ago as a national trauma. Its civilians in the north of the country came under attack and Israel hit back hard, bombing Lebanese towns and infrastructure.

It was a conflict many feel Israel was not prepared for. Thirty-three days after it was triggered by a deadly cross-border attack by Hezbollah, it ended with a ceasefire.

Hezbollah was damaged, but rebuilt over the past decade with the help of Iran and Syria. Israel says the group's firepower is now much greater than before the war.

"Now they have more than 120,000 rockets and missiles," says General Yaakov Amidror, a former national security advisor, now with the Begin-Sadat Centre for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University near Tel Aviv.

"It's a huge number that you don't find in any country in Europe for example. When you see all these efforts, you ask yourself one question - what for?"

The Israeli military sees Hezbollah as a stronger, more professional fighting force and says it should be treated as an army - and it has had to raise its game.

"The military is such an important issue in Israeli society, there are very high expectations," says defence journalist Amos Harel.

He says in 2006 the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were not equipped for conflict with Hezbollah "because they were so busy fighting the second intifada [Palestinian uprising] in the West Bank and in Gaza. We need our reserves to be more ready and all of this has been done and there's been quite a lot of operational changes."

Taxpayers are Held Liable for Underfunded Government Pensions (More Tax Hikes and Spending Cuts); Nationally, State and Local Government Pensions are Short $4.8 Trillion

Coming Tax Hikes For Government Pensions, How Much Will You Pay?

July 22, 2016

Forbes - Decades of generous pension increases made to government employees by politicians are looming larger on state and local government balance sheets across America.

Days ago, Ted Eliopoulos, head of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), announced that he earned 0.61 percent in the prior year on a $300-billion-dollar investment fund—California’s worst year since the stock market meltdown in 2009. CalPERS expects to earn 7.5 percent annually on its investments.

Last year, the nation’s largest state and local pension fund returned 2.5 percent; the year before, 1 percent. CalPERS’ 20-year return now comes in at 7.03 percent and will likely drop further.

Why should you care what CalPERS or your home state counterpart makes on its investments? Simple: if you’re a taxpayer, you’re on the hook to make good on the promises politicians have made with the government employee unions that helped elect them.

When CalPERS belatedly and prudently lowered its expected rate of return from 7.75 percent to 7.5 percent in 2012, the state of California was hit with an extra $167 million annually to make up for the reduced expectation of investment income. Local governments, including school districts, where hit with even larger costs. Instructively, CalPERS leaders wanted to further reduce expectations of future earnings, to 7.25 percent, but school districts and other government entities pushed back, saying such a move to reflect economic reality would hit their budgets even harder—instead, best to kick the can down the road.

Under pressure to boost earnings, state pension fund managers may increasingly turn to riskier investments. For instance, CalPERS had almost $30 billion invested in private equity funds which provided its strongest long-term return at 14.4 percent over five years. But, high returns mean high risk and, in the case of government pension funds, taxpayers are liable to make up any shortfall in pension obligations due to investment losses.

While CalPERS’ pension investment earnings were declining in 2012, a parallel debate arose over imposing a $9 billion “millionaire’s tax” over seven years, ostensibly to fund schools. Proposition 30, a November 2012 ballot initiative, was primarily funded by labor unions, with the powerful California Teacher Association alone chipping in $11.4 million of the $67.1 million spent to support passage. The initiative was sold as being “for the children” but its real purpose was to boost government support for badly underfunded teachers’ pensions. The ballot measure passed with 55.4 percent, but had it failed, teacher layoffs were threatened as school districts would have had to cut current employees to pay for past employees’ pensions to the tune of $2 billion per year. 

Nationally, the state and local government pension shortfall is estimated at $4.8 trillion, according to the U.S. Pension Tracker at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, run by Joe Nation, PhD, my former colleague in the California State Assembly. This equates to $41,219 per household, a sum that will come due in the form of higher taxes over the next 30 years as government workers retire—unless investment returns pick up or government services are cut significantly to pay for pension promises.

The three states with the largest potential government pension problem are Alaska, Illinois and California. The three states that have been the most prudent in not over-promising and under-funding government pensions are North Carolina, Indiana, and Tennessee.

Wikileaks Releases Emails from Top Democratic National Convention Officials

Emails Released by WikiLeaks Appear to Show DNC Trying to Aid Hillary Clinton

July 23, 2016

Good Morning America - Just days before the Democratic National Convention, Wikileaks has released emails from top DNC officials that appear to show the inner workings of the Democratic Party and what seems to be them attempting to aid the Hillary Clinton campaign during the primaries.

Several of the emails released indicate that the officials, including Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, grew increasingly agitated with Clinton's rival, Bernie Sanders, and his campaign as the primary season advanced, in one instance even floating bringing up Sanders' religion to try and minimize his support.

“It might may [sic] no difference, but for KY and WA can we get someone to ask his belief,” Brad Marshall, CFO of DNC, wrote in an email on May 5, 2016. “Does he believe in God. He had skated on saying he has a Jewish heritage. I read he is an atheist. This could make several points difference with my peeps. My southern baptist peeps woudl draw a big difference between a Jew and an atheist.”

Amy Dacey, CEO of the DNC, subsequently responded “AMEN,” according to the emails.

During the primary battle, Sanders and his supporters accused both the party and Wasserman Schultz of putting their thumb on the scale for Clinton and these emails may indicate support for those allegations.

Sanders called for Wasserman Schultz to step down, and in an April 24 email she received with an article detailing Sanders talking about the DNC being unfair to his campaign, the chairwoman responded,

“Spoken like someone who has never been a member of the Democratic Party and has no understanding of what we do.”

After the Nevada Democratic Convention, where things got out-of-hand over a delegate fight, Wasserman Schultz called Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver a “damn liar.” In another instance, she referred to him as an “a--," according to the emails.

The DNC did not respond to requests for comment. The Clinton campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver told ABC News he was reviewing the documents.

The leak exploded on social media with Sanders supporters expressing anger and frustration that the emails appeared to suggest the party was colluding with the Clinton campaign and plotting against the senator. Some even called on Sanders to revoke his endorsement of the presumptive Democratic nominee.

California Cop Who Killed Unarmed Man Retires on Disability After Eight Years of Service and Will Receive $71K Pension Plus Cost of Living Increases Tax-free for Life

Richmond cop who killed unarmed man to receive tax-free compensation for life

July 23, 2016

The Mercury News - The police officer who shot and killed an unarmed man during a brief scuffle in 2014 has retired from the agency but will continue to collect half of his final salary tax-free for the remainder of his life.

Officer Wallace Jensen, 33, who worked at the police department for eight years, received industrial disability retirement, effective this April, said police Chief Allwyn Brown.

Jensen stands to earn $70,700 annually from the disability retirement, according to CalPERS, and will be eligible for cost of living increases.

Only police and firefighters are eligible for industrial disability retirement, which must be signed off by a doctor, according to Kim Greer, a risk assessment manager for the city. Recipients can begin collecting payment the first day they are no longer employed. Sworn personnel can also qualify for a cash payment from the city for their injury.

Brown would not specify the nature of Jensen's disability.

On Sept. 14, 2014, Jensen responded to a nuisance call at a local liquor store, tried to apprehend a young, intoxicated man, scuffled with him when he resisted arrest and fired his gun three times, striking the 24-year-old man in his chest. Jensen told investigators that the man, Richard "Pedie" Perez, was reaching for his gun, and fearing for his own safety, he shot him. But at least four eyewitnesses have disputed the officer's version, saying the young man was only trying to get away.

Several phone calls and an email to Jensen have not been answered.

In February, the city settled with the Perez family, paying $850,000 without acknowledging responsibility for his death. An independent investigation authorized by the city cleared Jensen of wrongdoing, as did a criminal probe by the Contra Costa District Attorney's Office.Despite that, the shooting remains a flash point in the community, fueled in part by the Perez family and their supporters, who insist that the officer be held criminally liable. The Perez family has continued to lobby the Richmond Police Department and the Contra Costa District Attorney's Office to release their investigative findings, including a copy of the police report of their son's shooting and a text he sent minutes before being shot, which they have never received.

"That's one of the reasons we settled because we wanted the information to be made public," said Rick Perez, Pedie's father. "For the most part, it hasn't been."

Deputy District Attorney Barry Grove said there is no law requiring agencies to provide police reports to families of victims.

Earlier this month, Contra Costa District Attorney Mark Peterson issued a rare, seven-page report explaining the course of the investigation, in which he maintained that the Perez case was carefully reviewed and that police officers are not given preferential treatment in criminal investigations.

"Our office is willing to file and able to file criminal charges against police officers when it is appropriate to do so," Peterson wrote, adding that he prosecuted three officers in 2014 who pleaded guilty to felony charges, one for use of lethal force, one for stealing naked photos from someone's phone and one for a burglary. All three are no longer employed in law enforcement.

Miami Cop Shoots Unarmed Black Therapist of White Autistic Man

Miami police union president: Cop fired weapon to protect unarmed black man, but missed

July 22, 2016

Reuters - The North Miami police officer who shot an unarmed black man earlier this week was actually aiming for the autistic man in his care, according to the local police union’s leader.

John Rivera, president of Dade County Police Benevolent Association, said the officers on the scene thought the autistic man’s toy was a gun and that he intended to harm Charles Kinsey, a behavioral therapist at a nearby assisted-living home.

“Many officers thought the white male had a firearm. Only much later when we’re able to Monday-morning quarterback do we find out that it’s a toy,” Rivera said at a press conference Thursday. “Only much later do we find out that the individual was autistic. The officers on the scene did not know that.”

The cop took aim at the autistic man on Monday because he thought Kinsey’s life was in danger, but missed and accidentally struck the caretaker instead, he said.

A video showing Kinsey, 47, lying on the ground with his hands in the air explaining the situation to the officers sparked immediate backlash after it was released Wednesday. Supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement and many others were outraged that Kinsey was shot even though he was complying with the officer’s demands.

Rivera said whoever recorded the video was much closer to the mental-health care worker than the cops and could therefore hear what he was saying much better.

“Folks, being a police officer has always been difficult and lately it’s been more difficult, more challenging. Sometimes police officers do wrong and we let the system work,” he said. “And sometimes police officers are right and we still crucify them. And sometimes police officers make mistakes because at the end of the day, they’re not computers, they’re not robots, they are God’s creation.”

The North Miami Police Department said the officers were responding to a 911 call from a man who was threatening to commit suicide with a gun.

According to Rivera, the incident should not be viewed through the lens of the heightened tension surrounding law enforcement and African-American communities this summer. Distrust of police officers grew throughout the nation this month after officers shot and killed Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La., and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, a suburb of St. Paul, Minn.

Rivera argued that the North Miami incident is unlike the other ones because this time the cop thought of Kinsey as a possible victim worthy of protection — not the suspect.

“This really is a simple yet tragic case,” he said. “You had a bunch of officers doing their job, responding, helping the public. And one officer, like many others, thought that Mr. Kinsey’s life was in danger. He tried to do something about it.”

Rivera repeatedly pleaded for the news media and politicians to share the facts without editorializing the event into something it is not. He accused the media of sensationalizing the story.

He also read a statement written by the officer who shot Kinsey:

“I took this job to save lives and help people. I did what I had to do in a split second to accomplish that and hate to hear others paint me as something I am not.”

But Hilton Napoleon, the attorney for Kinsey, was not buying Rivera’s version of events.

“I don’t understand if he’s aiming at the autistic kid, how he could miss,” Napoleon said to the Miami Herald. “He had plenty of time to tell my client to move.”

He also questioned why the officers would handcuff Kinsey after he was shot and bleeding from the leg if they were in fact looking out for his safety.

“They handcuffed him after he got shot,” Napoleon said.

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The Temple of the Beast of Revelation is One World Trade Center in NYC

Entire BIBLE END-TIME CHART Explained (In Less than one Hour) by 9Nania (Video Above)



On June 14, 2012, Obama wrote on a steel beam of One World Trade Center: "We remember, we rebuild, we come back stronger!" Under construction since 2006, One World Trade Center surpassed Chicago's Willis Tower as the tallest building in the United States, with a final height of 1,776 feet -- a nod to the year of the Declaration of Independence. On November 3, 2014, One World Trade Center officially opened for business.







On October 1, 2016 a ring in the clouds formed around Jerusalem as the sounding of trumpets could be heard. This phenomenon in the sky over Jerusalem was caught on video on Saturday, October 1, 2016, one day after 70 world leaders attended the funeral of Shimon Peres! Is this prophecy? Or is it manufactured?

Miraculous Phenomenon Over Jerusalem ~ Prophetic Sign, Global Deception or CGI... YOU DECIDE


UN Divides the World into 10 Regional Groupings

TSA, Like All Government Agencies, is a Culture of Unaccountability

TSA staffers testified that senior employees are often not held accountable for misconduct and the TSA office created a hostile work environment by intimidating personnel by abusing integrity testing. “These leaders are some of the biggest bullies in government,” Jay Brainard, a TSA security director in Kansas, told committee. “While the new administrator of TSA has made security a much-needed priority once again, make no mistake about it, we remain an agency in crisis.” [Source]

Disabled Teen Beaten Bloody by TSA Agents

July 2, 2016

PJ Media - For sheer stupidity and incompetence, this incident involving the TSA and a disabled teenage girl suffering from brain cancer who was savagely thrown to the floor when she became confused about a metal detector going off, can't be beat.

Why these bullies weren't thrown in jail is a mystery.

Seventeen-year-old Hannah Cohen was preparing to fly from Memphis to her home in Chattanooga with her parents last year. Hannah was going home following her annual treatments at St. Jude hospital for brain cancer.

When she passed through the metal detectors, setting off an alarm, what happened next will make your blood boil.

Hit and Run:

Her years of treatment left the teenager partially deaf, blind in one eye, and limited in her abilities to walk and talk. She also, according to her mother, can become easily confused.When Hannah went through the metal detector at the airport, an alarm went off. Disoriented by the noise, she did not immediately cooperate with TSA agents who asked to conduct further screening.

Shirley Cohen tried to inform the agents about her daughter's disabilities, she told television station WREG, but airport police kept her away. That's when the situation between Hannah and the TSA officials became violent:

"She's trying to get away from them but in the next instant, one of them had her down on the ground and hit her head on the floor. There was blood everywhere," said [Shirley].

Security personnel arrested Hannah (though all charges against her were later dropped), and what should have been a night of celebration with family and friends because a night of terror and confusion in a jail cell.

A year later, the family is suing the airport, its police, and the TSA for damages, including medical expenses and emotional injuries. According to the lawsuit, they are asking for a "reasonable sum not exceeding $100,000 and costs."

What brave TSA agents we have.  Did they give a medal to the hero who threw the little girl to the ground and busted her head open?

How dysfunctional is the TSA? For starters, turnover is so high that they are hiring unqualified and poorly trained agents. If beefy federal agents can't safely subdue a tiny 17-year-old girl, what would happen if an ISIS suicide bomber was trying to get through the metal detector?

Secondly, management is deficient and incompetent. How is it possible that these trained apes were put on the front line of security at a busy airport?

But the major problem with the TSA is a culture of unaccountability. This was TSA's response to requests for comment on the incident:

The defendants declined to comment, while TSA spokeswoman Sari Koshetz noted in a statement that "passengers can call ahead of time to learn more about the screening process for their particular needs or medical situation."

Yes...they went there. They blamed the victim and her family for not calling ahead before they tried to board the plane.

Incidents like this will spur calls to privatize airport security. But Democrats will have none of it since the union representing TSA employees has become powerful and influential in Washington.