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"Without a rifle you are nothing, worthless, you are waiting for death, any minute, any second." - Aron Bielski "My father sent my mother a revolver as a gift, which for her was the symbol of what any young girl wants in a marriage, this was for her the means to stay alive, to kill herself or to die fighting." -- Assaela Bielski Kurt Hofmann comments on the latest kerfluffle between the ADL and other professional citizen disarmament advocates and NRA board member Scott Bach. Bach is being pilloried "for expressing surprise in a phone interview on NRA News...

Voice PSA: public_svc1 Text: “The following is a public service announcement: Millenials, if you no longer live in your parents’ basement; if you actually have a job and more importantly, if you voted for Obama, remember, “ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” Enroll at healthcare.gov today and fill in the blanks for the NSA. Thank you.”

On this day in 1777, General George Washington led his Continental Army into Valley Forge for what would be a brutal winter encampment where approxomately 2,500 soldiers would eventually perish due to exposure, disease and starvation. However, the remaining men in the Army would eventually leave Valley Forge a better army, due in part to increased and unified training during the winter, along with the knowledge that France had joined the American effort to defeat the British. In their honor, we raise the Betsy Ross flag along with our own modern Stars and Stripes, which would have been impossible today...

It’s one of the most blatant examples of Soviet-style media disinformation and manipulation I’ve ever seen, here in the West, in my life: A prominent, big-city newspaper deliberately distorting/omitting a salient detail of an important news story, in order to provide cover for the evil school of economic thought that their editors share with yet another crazed, violent attacker of innocents. It’s bad enough that we’ve already seen numerous examples of the democrat-run mainstream media trying to smear the Tea Party & conservatives by falsely, shamelessly attempting to associate various mass-shooters and terrorists with conservative philosophy and politics (while, in...

In 1787, on this date, New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the United States Constitution and join the Union, joining Delaware and Pennsylvania in the new United States. Today, we raise the New Jersey state flag and the Betsy Ross flag in their honor.

IN DREAMS In dreams my hair is long againMy legs and arms are strong againI can hear the music 'round aboutAnd hear the children laugh and shoutI can play and make that Flyer goAnd make angels in new fallen snowOn the steps outside, stop on each rungCatch frosty snowflakes on my tongueSwing the baby 'round and 'roundUntil we both fall dizzy on the groundGiggling and shivering but never coldThe child in me never growing oldBut it's love, always love, that warms the soulStill strong though I'm no longer wholeWhen the sun so rudely awakens meAnd when my dream has...

The world has changed considerably in the past 110 years, since that day in 1903 when Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. On this anniversary of the first powered flight, we raise the North Carolina flag in honor of this historic day.

On December 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights was ratified by the Old Dominion – the Commonwealth of Virginia – enabling the Bill of Rights to hit the necessary three-quarters requirement for passage. With Virginia’s ratification, the Bill of Rights was now a part of the Constitution of the United States. Both how we came to this point, and the reason it was done, tell us a great deal about the Founding Era. To better understand where we are today, let’s take a moment to look back, and remember 18th century America… and return to the present, and ponder how...

(Black News) Mark Ciavarella Jr, a 61-year old former judge in Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison for literally selling young juveniles for cash. He was convicted of accepting money in exchange for incarcerating thousands of adults and children into a prison facility owned by a developer who was paying him under the table. The kickbacks amounted to more than $1 million. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has overturned some 4,000 convictions issued by him between 2003 and 2008, claiming he violated the constitutional rights of the juveniles – including the right to legal counsel and the...

On this day in 1791, the Virginia General Assembly became the ninth state legislature to ratify the Bill of Rights, which made the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution law of the new nation. Many of our personal freedoms we take for granted today - freedom of speech, the press, assembly and religion, the right to bear arms, and other rights - began on this day in 1791 following Virginia's vote.

All right, before you get your freckles in an uproar by reading that title and making a quick, errant assumption about me, let me clarify a few things. I’m a bible believing, spirit filled Christian. I am not an atheist sympathizer. I do not doubt my faith, nor do I have any doubts about the deity of Jesus Christ. He is my Lord and Savior, and I believe the world is lost without Him. For years I celebrated Christmas. But last year, I decided to stop celebrating it. Something awoke in me, and I just felt turned off by the...

Today, in 1799, George Washington died at his Mount Vernon home. He was remembered by Congressman Henry Lee with these famous words: "First in war—first in peace—and first in the hearts of his countrymen, he was second to none in the humble and enduring scenes of private life; pious, just, humane, temperate, and sincere; uniform, dignified, and commanding, his example was as edifying to all around him as were the effects of that example lasting...." Today also marks the statehood of Alabama, the 23rd state to join the Union.

Some of the most respected prognosticators in the financial world are warning that what is coming in 2014 and beyond is going to shake America to the core. Many of the quotes that you are about to read are from individuals that actually predicted the subprime mortgage meltdown and the financial crisis of 2008 ahead of time. So they have a track record of being right. Does that guarantee that they will be right about what is coming in 2014? Of course not. In fact, as you will see below, not all of them agree about exactly what is coming...

Today is recognized as the birthday of the United States National Guard. Thank you to all who serve our country and protect its citizens! According to the National Guard Bureau, the Guard is a direct descendant of the militias of the 13 colonies, tracing its history back more than 375 years. (img src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WrIxswdntX0/Uqr2fj6pV7I/AAAAAAAAALE/cJaj0h8faio/s1600/Standard+50+Star+Flag+With+Army+National+Guard+Logo.jpg”>

On Wednesday night Megyn Kelly declared on her Fox News show that both Santa Claus and Jesus were white. Discussing a piece in Slate by Aisha Harris about a black versus white Santa, Kelly that "just because it makes you feel uncomfortable it doesn't mean it has to change."

Dan from Squirrel Hill's Blog Obama says we should raise the minimum wage, but barackobama.com advertises for “unpaid� interns In February 2013, Obama said:“Tonight, let’s declare that in the wealthiest nation on Earth, no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty, and raise the federal minimum wage to $9.00 an hour. This single step would raise the incomes of millions of working families. It could mean the difference between groceries or the food bank; rent or eviction; scraping by or finally getting ahead. For businesses across the country, it would mean customers with more money in their pockets....

There once was a popular Indian teacher named Papa G, who drew students from far and wide. People flocked to see him and hear his words of wisdom. One lucky man who was able to attend one of his retreats spoke to Papa G, with camera in hand. The visitor asked the guru what he’d like to say to the multitudes all around the world vying to come to India to see him. Papa G smiled an impish grin and said, “Stay home.” Papa G’s words remind me a bit of Dorothy, who journeyed all around Oz, only to find...

This will be the skeleton key for unlocking health benefits... To an unbiased observer, it should be clear that 70 – 90% of the civil servants (not including elected officials) in this country are likely ardent supporters and card carrying members of the Democrat party. The next time you are at the DMV, for example, try to identify the person there that is likely to vote Republican or even as an independent; good luck with the exercise. To the point, however, these people know and need not be told what’s in their interest and naturally, it is the continued existence...

Dan from Squirrel Hill's Blog Reuters says Obama’s nominee to head the IRS has “little tax experience� Reuters reports:WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Senate panel hearing on President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Internal Revenue Service was set to resume Wednesday after it was abruptly halted on Tuesday at a Republican senator’s request, committee aides said.John Koskinen, a 74-year-old lawyer with little tax experience chosen by Obama to take over the beleaguered IRS, traveled up to Capitol Hill to face the Senate Finance Committee, but the session did not last long.Well hey – it’s just the IRS. Why should the person...

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As you may know, we live in a time of rampant, powerful deception. Many people who have no regard for God, Who made them and sent His Son to save them, have chosen to reject Him. In so doing, they have received an ever-darkening, depraved mind, given to all kinds of deception. We see this in few places more clearly than in members of the radical homosexual movement. Let me reiterate here, as I have said in this space before, when speaking of the people of this movement and its agenda, I am referring to the militant activists who aggressively...

Nelson Mandela: Israel Is Terrorist and Islamic Arabs Are Innocent By Julio Severo If you believe the leftist Christian press, Nelson Mandela was… a Christian! Sheer indoctrination by the mainstream secular media? No doubt. The secular press has portrayed Mandela as a hero. A major Protestant news site in Brazil published a list of nice quotes by Mandela. By reading exclusively these nice quotes, you could say that he was a hero and even a Christian. Yassir Arafat and Nelson Mandela Yet, what about the other quotes? Since the mainstream media and even the Christian press will not show...

Elenor Parker was one of my favorites and now she's gone.

With plummeting temperatures, the threat and promise of snow, and the turning of pages of the calendar, we are fully into the Christmas season. We hear Christmas hymns and other holiday songs on the radio, in TV commercials, at school and church pageants. But I wonder if we are all sufficiently aware of some of the deep historical meanings behind some of our favorite carols. For example: The Top Five Christmas Songs Associated with Major Historical Events 1: During the long, cold winter of 1979-1980, the Hunt Brothers famously attempted to corner a precious metals market. Remember those days? And...

Dan from Squirrel Hill's Blog Here are some of my favorite Christmas songs Darlene Love – White Christmashttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BVYDdl2M0AThe Ronettes – Frosty the Snowmanhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76sh1BWCQScThe Crystals – Santa Claus is Coming to Townhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7wD2XKFTZAThe Ronettes – Sleigh Ridehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXlsWB1UMcEDarlene Love – Marshmallow Worldhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al896JFvQNgThe Ronettes – I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claushttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIw0GvucbXMThe Crystals – Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLptF1HaM9kDarlene Love – Winter Wonderlandhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAC3jp8Z5c4The Crystals – Parade of the Wooden Soldiershttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCvf5UABApgDarlene Love – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1cqGi8LCYoMariah Carey – All I Want for Christmas Is Youhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXQViqx6GMYDaryl Hall and John Oates – Jingle Bell Rockhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AvocRz288MThe Pretenders – 2,000 Mileshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SkWIqQ3oLYWeird Al Yankovic – Christmas At Ground Zerohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t039p6xqutUVince Guaraldi...

If I were going to write a dictionary, I might include this: vit·ri·ol·ic (adjective) 1.filled with bitter criticism or malice. 2. Example: read comments on YouTube. Unfortunately, YouTube does not have a corner on bitter criticism and malice. I can read it in the comments sections of almost every Internet blog and newspaper throughout this country. Sometimes it’s not easy to overlook some of the comments, but because of them, we need to thoughtfully consider our responses. We might give the most rational, well-constructed, evidence-filled line of reasoning. We might show from the evidence, from the premises, from the arguments,...

==================== HONEST REDNECK SWEAT ==================== [Verse 1] It's been another hard workin' day With my neck burned from the sun Out in these fields of the north forty And I know I must work before having fun; I plowed, I planted, and I pulled weeds Looking to the harvest that will come, And now I'm home to my dear family And embrace my wife and daughter and son! [Chorus] Oh Lord, when it's time for my reward Look at this honest redneck sweat; I may not have been the world's big shot But I tried not to forget That my...

Dan from Squirrel Hill's Blog Harry Reid, Barbara Boxer, and several other Democratic Senators who voted for Obamacare, have exempted their own staff from Obamacare Yahoo News reports:Harry Reid exempts some of his Senate staff from Obamacare exchangesOne of the biggest public supporters of the Affordable Care Act has reportedly decided that some of his staff should be exempted from the new law.CNN reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is the only top congressional leader to exempt some of his staff from having to buy insurance through the Affordable Care Act exchanges.Yahoo News has reached out to the offices of...

A couple decades ago I was talking with a Christian friend about the vicissitudes of life, and about the maddening corruption and treachery we saw all around us. “This world is hopeless,” my friend said conclusively, in spiritual summary of what we’d discussed. I recognized his attitude as a core feature of orthodox Christian doctrine, which assesses a fallen world, full of sin, and resignedly accepts that fallen man is simply incapable of improving conditions. Incapable, that is, beyond temporary intervals of marginal revival and renewal, however worthwhile and glorious. Hoping for some kind of man-made, permanent solution to evil,...

Why isn't Obama firing anyone for the failed health care website? Could it be that if he fires someone, that someone will spill the beans on how large a part Obama himself played in the incompetent roll-out of the plan? Obama is too vulnerable to fire anyone. Maybe he should fire himself? No, it wouldn't work. His whole staff would then feel free to tell the truth. We must remember that he never fired anyone with the IRS scandal or Benghazi, either. If you work for Obama, you have a lifetime position. Unless you're murdered by the incompetency of your...

Robert Reich, former Labor Secretary in the Clinton administration, spoke candidly about health care at UC Berkeley on October 26, 2007. In this video he reveals what an honest politician would say, but doesn't for fear of not winning an election. In part: "... [W]hat I'm going to do is I am going to try to reorganize [the American health care system] to be more amenable to treating sick people. But that means you -- particularly you young people, particularly you young healthy people -- you're going to have to pay more. And by the way, we are going to...

Dan from Squirrel Hill's Blog Obama asks us to “forget� his broken promise to reduce annual premiums by $2,500 In February 2008, Obama said:“We are going to work with you to lower your premiums by $2,500. We will not wait 20 years from now to do it, or 10 years from now to do it. We will do it by the end of my first term as president.”However, by the time his first term was over, family premiums had gotten bigger, not smaller. The increase was $3,065 per family.Afterward, the Obama administration chose a video called “Forget About the Price Tag�...

Some of us are old enough to remember "perestroika." It was Premier Gorbachev's desperate move to reform the USSR or save a system that was falling apart dramatically. Perestroika did not work. It did not make the centrally planned Soviet economy any better at putting food on the table or manufacture tractors. Perestroika failed. And so will the latest effort by President Obama to save ObamaCare.

  Tally of Banks Sinks to Record Low... Small Lenders Having Hardest Time With NEW RULES...GUARDIAN: We Have Published 1% of Snowden Leak...Obamacare widens GOP territory in battle for Senate... Doctors rush in... Paul Ryan plays in primary... Scott Brown drafted to run in NH...Momentum Rising In Israel To Let Jews Pray At Holy Muslim Temple Mount...

Anti-Israel Activist Speaks at Open Doors Brazil “Bishara Awad is interestingly silent about Muslim persecution of Christians in Palestine. There were large numbers of Christians in Palestine just a few decades ago, but they are disappearing. Will Awad say that the culprit is ‘Israeli occupation’?” By Julio Severo In early May 2013, Palestinian Christian author Walid Shoebat warned that “Jesus at the Check Point” would soon be speaking at a church near you. “Jesus at the Check Point,” which is a “Christian” organization with a socialist twist, is touring the United States to muster support to alleviate “Christian Persecution.”...

by John UrbanTop Right NewsNew York City authorities aren't waiting for their new Marxist mayor Bill DeBlasio to take office in order to issue totalitarian gun-grabbing edicts. New York City last week started sending out dire notices to residents who own guns that now violate new ammunition capability laws, demanding they relinquish their weapons — and even though the notifications may just be standard police procedure, the text will come as a shock to most Americans aware of our 2nd Amendment right to bear arms. At issue: Weapons that hold more than five rounds of ammo. That's right...FIVE! One such...

The Chinese Defense Ministry last week expanded its Air Defense Identification Zone in the East China Sea, unilaterally increasing its claim on the Japanese administered Senkakus Islands. China is demanding that any aircraft in the Zone must identify themselves and obey air traffic control from Beijing. Any “threats” over the disputed area will be identified, monitored, or engaged according to Chinese policy. Past history has included verbal threats and close formation ramming by outdated fighters. U.S. Response China and Japan both claim ownership of the islets known as the Senkakus while China identify them as Diaoyu. Located in the middle...

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Late at night, in the middle of a weekend before a national holiday, Secretary of State John Kerry sat down in Switzerland, and reversed generations of foreign policy direction. Representing the Obama administration (since no treaty is final until ratified by the U.S. Senate, and this one won’t be, at least not in its current form), Secretary Kerry agreed on a new and dangerous path in our relationship with Iran. Iran has long argued – in English – that it has a right to develop nuclear power – and that case can indeed be made – but the West has...

As I sat to write this post, I thought about Thanksgivings past. My childhood Thanksgivings in the 1960's included aunts uncles and cousins. There was turkey, stuffing and arguments. In my house, where I tried to do things differently, we had turkey, stuffing and tense discussions. So for me today, Thanksgiving makes me think of: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was...

Beat Whitey Night, Polar Bear Hunting, The Knockout Game…it’s about time the major media began to scratch the surface of this long-occurring practice. It is, after all, merely the internet-video-driven, plainly visible tip of a much larger and deeper iceberg, which has been around for many years. We can argue endlessly about the causes of it, but the fact remains that for several decades, blacks have been statistically far more likely to do horrible violence to non-blacks than the other way around. But you’d be unlikely to know that unless you get your intelligence from somewhere other than establishment information...

Dan from Squirrel Hill's Blog Video shows Syrian terrorist, funded with U.S. tax dollars, cutting out and eating the heart and liver of his dead enemy The video at this link is very graphic, but it’s good that someone has documented it.Actually, the link is a news article with an embedded video. You can read the article without actually watching the video if you want.The first minute of the video is Glenn Beck criticizing Republicans and Democrats for funding this atrocity. The next 10 seconds is a warning about how graphic the video is. The graphic part starts at about the...

Some years ago, America learned of the popularity of the “Knockout Game.” Black teens either sucker punch or taze a white male (or female), a clean knockout scoring one point for the perp. Since that time I’ve searched the web–the national media has ignored news of the Game for obvious reasons–hoping to find the story of a black thug who happened to choose the wrong victim. That story has finally appeared! In Lansing, Michigan, Black teen Marvel Weaver decided to taze a White father who was

A Virginia woman with kidney cancer learned recently that the Affordable Care Act has forced the cancellation of her employer-provided health insurance coverage. Debra Fishericks, who has worked for Atkinson Realty in Virgina Beach, Va., for more than a decade, said the premiums she paid under her company’s health insurance plan were more than reasonable, according to a CBS News report that aired on WDBJ-TV. However, the company was informed recently that its plans did not conform with President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, so the company was forced to cancel them. “We were happy, we had great insurance. We...

Luiz Mott: Homosexuals Are Eunuchs “If your sexual organ causes you to sin, cut it off.” By Julio Severo “Homosexuals are modern eunuchs,” said Luiz Mott, considered the father of the homosexual movement in Brazil. In what sense exactly are eunuchs and homosexuals equal, according to Mott? Did eunuchs only want men? Luiz Mott and statue of a naked baby Eunuchs were castrated men who worked in the palaces of some countries. Daniel, the prophet in the Bible, had been brought as a young man to the palace of Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. There, he was castrated to work as...

The Blue Ridge Blog Life, Love and Liberty South of The Mason-Dixon Line MenuSkip to content LibertyLifeLoveTechnologyBeliefsBusinessUncategorized Obama and Me Leave a reply Some people who read my posts have somehow come to the conclusion that I hate Barack Obama, or that I am some right-wing, bomb-throwing anarchist Tea-Partier who is a closet racist at heart. But people who believe that are not paying attention, are not reading the news, and are not thinking. They have not read Mr. Obama’s books, as I have. They have not lived through eleven presidents, as I have. And they completely ignore the mounting...

Dan from Squirrel Hill's Blog “Education� majors accuse UCLA professor of racism for correcting their spelling and grammar Here’s another reason why the “education� major should be abolished. Over at UCLA, approximately 25 “education� majors staged a sit-in, after accusing their professor of racism because he corrected their spelling and grammar. K-12 education would be far better in this country if the “education� major was abolished, and classes were taught by people who had degrees in the subject that they were teaching. Students who major in English literature understand the importance of proper spelling and grammar, and would never think that...

“If some animals are good at hunting and others are suitable for hunting, then the Gods must clearly smile on hunting.” - Aristotle Last week the animal right activists went into full doofus mode when the happy huntress, Melissa Bachman, posted pics on Facebook and Twitter of a lion she shot on her recent safari to South Africa. Being the most unhinged bipeds sucking air right now on God’s green earth, the anti-hunting lunatics, in a full-on hissy fit, demanded that Bachman be banned from South Africa for legally hunting a lion and stimulating their needy economy. In addition, they...

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Reflections on the succession process, on the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination The historians of ancient Rome – both contemporary and throughout the ages since – have written a great deal about the difference between “bad emperors” and “good emperors.” Nero and Caligula, for example, were off-the-charts terrible, while Augustus, Trajan, Antonius Pius, Hadrian, and Marcus Aurelius were terrific. Of the dozens of emperors in Rome’s long-lasting empire, why were some good and others bad, when they all tended to have similar education, family background, ethnicity, experience, and military background? One of the theories was adoption vs. birth. Not...