Video: President Bush first pitch perfect after 9/11

Opening World Series Pitch after 9-11-01.

 Almost 14 Years Ago

Most people are not aware that a secret service guy dressed as an umpire the night President Bush threw out the first pitch during the 2001 World Series at Yankee Stadium.

UK: Armed Forces Day - Soldier ON!

Armed Forces Day 2015


Despite the murderous attacks yesterday by the terrorist thugs of ISIS, this article shows just how stooopid they really are:

Public urged to attend Armed Forces Day events after 'Isis plot foiled'


 The Sun reports it tipped off authorities about planned London bomb attack after Isis leader recruited undercover investigator from newspaper

27 June 2015

Grenadier Guards undergo drill and music rehearsal in London ahead of Armed Forces Day on Saturday. Photograph: Lynda Bowyer/Demotix/Corbis



Police have encouraged the public to attend events as normal after it was reported that an Armed Forces Day parade had been targeted by Islamic State(Isis).



An intended suicide bombing of a parade in south London on Saturday would have targeted soldiers from the same unit as murdered soldier Lee Rigby, according to The Sun.



The plot to explode a pressure-cooker bomb – to kill soldiers and bystanders on the route – was revealed after one of its leaders in Syria unwittingly recruited an undercover investigator from the newspaper to carry it out, the report said.



It is alleged that a figure in Isis, whom it named as Junaid Hussain from Birmingham, told the investigator: “It will be big. We will hit the kuffar(unbelievers) hard InshAllah. Hit their soldiers in their own land. InshAllah. Soldiers that served in Iraq and Afganistan will be present. Jump in the crowd and detonate the bomb.



“They think they can kill Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan then come back to the UK and be safe. We’ll hit them hard InshAllah.”...

Of course, morons like Anjem Choudary had to chime in on the numerous attacks yesterday - via twitter.


 Whatever.  Go read the rest of the above article here.

To all our Military?  THANK YOU for your Service.

Soldier ON!!!

Israel halts defence talks with US pending Iran deal

From Israel National News:

Israel Freezes Defense Aid Talks with US Pending Iran Deal

 
Senior officials in Defense and Foreign Ministries decide to suspend talks with US on security aid until after Iran deal is finalized.

By Cynthia Blank
June 25, 2015

A joint meeting of senior representatives in the Defense Ministry, Foreign Ministry and Prime Minister's Office resulted in the decision to temporarily suspend dialogue with the United States regarding defense aid to the Jewish state.


The freeze will remain in place until the conclusion of talks between Iran and P5+1 world powers on Tehran's nuclear program, if not later.


The main reason for suspending the dialogue, officials told Walla! News, is the mounting tension between the White House and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's government.

[...]
Other officials though have suggested Israel may prolong the freeze until a new US president is inaugurated in early 2017, thereby avoiding contact with current US President Barack Obama, whose relationship with Israel has been contentious.   [emphasis mine]

Yes, there is more here.

From Jerusalem Post:

Oren: Obama intentionally abandoned core principles of Israel's alliance with America

After years of 'diplomatic' reticence former envoy to the US removes the gloves.
In polite diplomatic circles, former ambassador to the US Michael Oren is the Israeli envoy to love, current ambassador Ron Dermer the one to hate.

[...]

Now no longer a diplomat, but a Kulanu MK, Oren has taken the gloves off. That much is evident in excerpts that have emerged from Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide – his upcoming book about his tenure as ambassador to Washington from 2009-2013 – and as he speaks and writes more about those tumultuous years as part of promoting the book.

In an op-ed piece Tuesday in The Wall Street Journal, entitled “How Obama Abandoned Israel,” Oren wrote that US President Barack Obama had intentionally abandoned two key principles of the American- Israeli alliance: that there be no public daylight between the two states, and that there be no surprises.

While both Netanyahu and Obama have made mistakes in the relationship, only one – Obama – “made them deliberately,” Oren wrote....

There is more, which adds balance to the above comments, here.

Video: "The IRS is lying" says Issa

Really?  IRS lied?  Colour me shocked - or NOT!  Take a look:

Jun. 16, 2015 - Rep. Darrell Issa sounds off on the tax agency’s refusal to hand over 6,400 recovered Lois Lerner e-mails.


More recently, Twitchy.com has this:

When Lois Lerner’s hard drive crashed, it really crashed: An ‘impact of some sort’ turned it to scrap


June 25, 2015

[...]

Lois Lerner says her hard drive crash was "due to an impact of some sort." ...[...]
Democrats really have some terrible luck with their technology. The Internal Revenue Service claimed in 2014 that it had lost two years’ worth of emails from Lois Lerner, the former IRS official accused of specifically targeting conservative groups for extra scrutiny and review to the point of harassment.
Asked if Lerner had a Blackberry or iPhone while she was working at the IRS, Commissioner John Koskinen just couldn’t say. Some intrepid digging, though, showed that Lerner did indeed have a government-issued Blackberry — which “was removed or wiped clean of any sensitive or proprietary information and removed as scrap for disposal” after Congress had started its probe into IRS wrongdoing.


Imagine our non-shock to learn today that when Lerner’s hard drive crashed, it really crashed. As The Daily Caller reports, it was destroyed by “an impact of some sort,” like somebody hitting it or smashing it, and its pieces were sold for scrap.


The news comes from today’s House Oversight Committee hearing on the emails....

Go check out more of the must read incredulous tweets here.

UK: Brum Cops knew about muslim rape gangs - did nothing

This is a story that has been known about by the authority for years.

From JihadWatch:

UK cops knew Muslim rape gangs were targeting schools 5 years ago, did nothing24 June 2015


“The predominant offender profile of Pakistani Muslim males… combined with the predominant victim profile of white females has the potential to cause significant community tensions.” In other words, don’t say anything about this, because if you do, you’ll be charged with “racism.” The British authorities, all over the country, let the Muslim rape gangs — which were operating according to the Qur’an’s permission of men to take sex slaves (4:3, 4:24, 23:1-6, 33:50) — operate with impunity. Better societal death than charges of “Islamophobia.” Carve that on Britain’s tombstone.



Britannic Death Watch Update: “Police knew grooming gangs were targeting Birmingham schools five years ago but did not alert public,” by Jeanette Oldham, Birmingham Mail, June 24, 2015:


West Midlands Police knew five years ago that Asian grooming gangs were targeting children outside schools across the city – but failed to make the threat public.


Documents obtained by the Birmingham Mail show the force were aware pupils were at risk of child sexual exploitation (CSE) back in 2010.



The confidential report, obtained under a Freedom of Information Act, also shows police were worried about community tensions if the abuse from predominantly Pakistani grooming gangs was made public....

Many more disturbing details here. 

UK: RAF pilot earns Air Force Cross for 'great courage'

Heroes DO walk ( and fly) among us!

Published on Jun 25, 2015An RAF pilot who averted a major disaster after narrowly avoiding a crashed jet on a runway has been awarded the Air Force Cross for his bravery.


Flight Lieutenant Timothy Eddy was given the award at Buckingham Palace following the incident in South Sudan.


In this YouTube exclusive Forces TV speaks to the man himself about the mission.

Forces TV:

Iran nukes: Kerry desperate for a deal - any deal

(source)

As the June 30 deadline approaches for Obama and Kerry et al to prove their historic statesmanship, the stench of  their desperation has been noted.

From Jerusalem Post:

For Kerry, Iran deal would be a legacy hit after many misses

By REUTERS
06/24/2015

 Critics and supporters of Kerry agree that an Iran deal would seal Kerry's legacy despite his earlier failures.


Washington - If US Secretary of State John Kerry pulls off a nuclear deal with Iran, it will be a singular achievement in a long career in which the grand prize has eluded him.

His 2004 presidential election loss, lack of legislative monuments despite 28 years in the Senate, and failure, like many before, to bring peace to Israelis and Palestinians have contributed to a view that he struggles to seal major successes.

The 71-year-old has expended remarkable energy in pursuit of what would be an historic agreement with Iran, flying tens of thousands of miles and holding dozens of meetings with his Iranian counterpart. He plans to attend the possible last stage of the nuclear talks in Vienna ahead of a June 30 deadline, despite breaking his leg late last month.

[...]

Still, critics say he has broken some classic rules of negotiation, overshadowing the principal US negotiator Wendy Sherman; meeting Iranians regularly rather than holding himself in reserve; and exuding an air of eagerness for a deal.

Veteran negotiators say Kerry's willingness to meet the Iranians so often makes it look like he is chasing a deal, rather than intervening only when the toughest issues remain.

"Being secretary of state by odometer is a very false measure," said Richard Armitage, a deputy secretary of state under Republican President George W. Bush.

"The administration is too eager," added Armitage. "Iranians can smell this.  [emphasis mine] And if the secretary of state is willing to airmail himself in at the 11th and a half hour every time, what incentive is it for the Iranians to give you their bottom line?"...

Good question. Read much more here.  

It is the Iranians who continue to scream their historical refrain "death to America," while Obama continues to assert that - under his watch - America is more respected on the world stage.

I suppose Iran didn't get that memo.

Stay tuned...

Related: Iran stored nuclear equipment in Sudanese arms factory destroyed by Israel in October 2012: Saudi memo