Arbin draws fire following release of email

Captain becomes bullseye after ‘Target’ note to staff 

forwarded to metro media

It may have been an error of perception rather than intent for Ocean  City Beach Patrol Capt. Butch Arbin, after an email he sent to his staff and later forwarded to metro daily newspapers touched the nerves of advocates, pundits and at least one of his subordinates.

Arbin, a member of the beach patrol for 40 years and captain for almost 20, sent a reminder to staff on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. apparently in response to a complaint that some male members of staff were using the restrooms marked for females.

The email reads, “WE are NOT Target. USE the locker room that corresponds to your DNA. IN plain words Males use the Men’s locker room ONLY! Females use the Women’s locker room ONLY! If you’re NOT SURE go to Target.”

The idea to use Target may have been a continuation of a conversation between Arbin and staff during a training session, according to a senior member of the Beach Patrol.

Sgt. Colby Phillips, a Beach Patrol veteran of 23 years, said she was told in a meeting of sergeants and crew chiefs following the release of the email that the episode started among the rank and file in Arbin’s presence. She was not present at the time.

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Arts Commission OKs Plan For Higher White House Fence

WASHINGTON (AP) — A plan to increase the overall height of the fence surrounding the White House by approximately 6 feet, about doubling its current height, won preliminary approval from a Washington arts commission Thursday.

The move follows high-profile security breaches at the executive mansion over the past two years. The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts gave its concept approval Thursday to the new design, which also includes thicker and stronger metal fence pickets. The new design still must be reviewed by a second commission, the National Capital Planning Commission. The final design also must win approval from both commissions.

Secret Service and National Park Service officials said in a statement that they hope to begin constructing the new fence by 2018.

The plans follow several fence breaches. In September 2014, a Texas man, Omar Gonzalez, managed to scale the fence, enter the executive mansion and run deep into the building. Gonzalez, who was found to be carrying a folding knife, was ultimately sentenced to 17 months in prison. The security breach prompted officials to put up a second, shorter barrier several feet in front of the fence and to restrict people from entering the space in between the two barriers. Signs tell visitors: “Restricted area” and “Do not enter.” The Secret Service polices the area.

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Southern Baptists: Confederate Flag Symbolizes Hatred, Racism, Christians Shouldn't Display It

Southern Baptists, saying the Confederate flag is perceived as a "symbol of hatred, bigotry and racism," urged at their convention on Tuesday that Christians stop displaying the battle banner that offends millions of people.

The resolution, originally presented by African-American Pastor Dwight McKissic, had stirred debate and led to at least one call to withdraw it. The version presented to thousands of delegates to the denomination's annual meeting in St. Louis was less strongly worded, reported The Associated Press.

Despite some opposition on Tuesday from delegates who thought even the more conciliatory version was divisive and political, delegates voted by a wide margin to strengthen the language. They removed a sentence saying that the flag serves for some as a memorial to loved ones who died in the Civil War and not as a racist symbol.

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At Pulse Memorial, Obama Blasts Republicans For Arming Terrorists

Standing at the memorial for the victims of the terrorist attack at a gay night club in Orlando, Florida, President Barack Obama implicitly blamed Republicans for the attack because they blocked gun control laws.

Obama referred to both attackers in San Bernardino and Orlando as “homegrown” and “lone wolf” terrorists who had access to guns, comparing them to other mass shooters on American soil.

“Our politics have conspired to make it as easy as possible for a terrorist — or just a disturbed individual to like those in Aurora or Newtown — to buy extraordinary powerful weapons, and they can do so legally,” he said.

Obama flew to Orlando this afternoon and was joined by Vice President Joe Biden. The pair went to the Orlando Magic arena to meet the families, about two miles from the night club where the attack occurred.

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Connecting with Spirit Psychic Seminar Poplar Hill Mansion

Psychic, Dr. Carol Polio will present a seminar on Connecting with Spirit at Poplar Hill Mansion on Saturday, August 27th 2016 from 10:00 am -3:00 pm. Dr. Polio will discuss the history and science of parapsychology, psychic abilities, growing up psychic, and historical figures who were gifted. Learn about technology used in paranormal investigations, what’s real on T.V. and what’s not and participate in a hands on paranormal investigation of Poplar Hill Mansion. Lunch of ham or turkey on Kaiser roll, carrot soup, brownie and iced tea will be included. Cost is $30.00 RSVP as seating is limited. 
Please contact Aleta Davis at 410 749 5168 or allmanor@comcast.net for more information. Proceeds will go toward the preservation of Poplar Hill Mansion, Salisbury’s oldest documented and only Federal House museum. Donations of non- perishable foods for Joseph House food pantry are greatly appreciated.

www.poplarhillmansion.org

WH Spokesman: 'Our Country Is Safer Than It Was 8 Years Ago'

"The president does believe it is important that his successor is somebody who recognizes that our country is safer than it was eight years ago, that we enhanced our standing around the world, that we've strengthened our alliances -- that we have refined and improved and strengthened our homeland security," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters on Tuesday.

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BREAKING: Florida sheriff says body of toddler in alligator attack has been found

Lake Buena Vista, Florida (CNN)The 2-year-old boy who witnesses said was pulled by an alligator into a lagoon near a Walt Disney World hotel has been found dead by the Orange County dive team, Sheriff Jerry Demings said at a Wednesday news conference.

The body of the boy, Lane Graves, was found intact about 1:45 p.m., not far from where the boy was grabbed Tuesday night, Demings said.

He likely drowned, Demings said.
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From the Facebook page of Joshua Corsa, M.D., Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, Florida.

From the Facebook page of Joshua Corsa, M.D., Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, Florida.

These are my work shoes from Saturday night. They are brand new, not even a week old. I came to work this morning and saw these in the corner my call room, next to the pile of dirty scrubs.
I had forgotten about them until now. On these shoes, soaked between its fibers, is the blood of 54 innocent human beings. I don't know which were straight, which were gay, which were black, or which were hispanic. What I do know is that they came to us in wave upon wave of suffering, screaming, and death. And somehow, in that chaos, doctors, nurses, technicians, police, paramedics, and others, performed super human feats of compassion and care.
This blood, which poured out of those patients and soaked through my scrubs and shoes, will stain me forever. In these Rorschach patterns of red I will forever see their faces and the faces of those that gave everything they had in those dark hours.
There is still an enormous amount of work to be done. Some of that work will never end. And while I work I will continue to wear these shoes. And when the last patient leaves our hospital, I will take them off, and I will keep them in my office. I want to see them in front of me every time I go to work. For on June 12, after the worst of humanity reared its evil head, I saw the best of humanity come fighting right back. I never want to forget that night.

Dr. Joshua Corsa M.D, EMT-P
Orlando Regional Medical Center
Senior Resident, Department of Surgery

Orlando Health Pulse Orlando

David Allan Coe Is Now A Convicted Felon

David Allan Coe is in trouble with the law.

The 76-year-old country crooner has been ordered to pay the Internal Revenue Service almost $1 million after he pleaded guilty to tax evasion and failing to pay $466,000 in back taxes, interest and penalties, Page Six reported Tuesday.

“Mr. Coe chose to impede and obstruct the due administration of the IRS in an effort to brush aside his duty to file and pay taxes and is now a convicted felon,” an IRS agent told the Post.

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What Now?

Mr. President, You Disgust Me

I’ve known for eight long years what a poor excuse for a man we have as a President.

I’ve known for eight long years what a deep dark hole he is leading this country down. I’ve known for eight long years that he is either mentally unstable, incredibly ignorant, or an extreme Muslim sympathizer like we’ve never seen in the White House.

I hope other Americans are waking up after the pathetic Presidential address to the nation about the Orlando Islamic terror attack.

It’s time to talk frankly. Obama’s speech was the most insulting, revolting & embarrassing speech EVER by an American president. It made me sick to my stomach.

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Former Delaware State Workers Indicted and Arrested For Theft From Aid Program

Attorney General Matt Denn announced today the arrests and indictments of seven former state of Delaware employees for theft of federal money. All seven were employed by the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), and were responsible for issuing Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards, and three previous arrests were also related to the same investigation.

Two of the defendants were indicted and arrested last week, two others were indicted and remain at large, one was indicted and arrested previously and still faces charges, and two have already been convicted and sentenced.

Based on internal audits conducted by DHSS’s Audit and Recovery Management Services, investigators learned of fictitious and unauthorized EBT accounts created by Division of Social Services case workers responsible for case creation and maintenance, with each of the fraudulently created cases issued varying amounts of food benefits in the form of EBT cards. The investigation revealed that the fraudulent EBT cards were delivered to State Service Centers in New Castle and Kent County, and intercepted by the suspects working at those locations. Once intercepted, the cards were personally used or sold at a discount.

These indictments are the result of a months-long joint effort of prosecutors and investigators from the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, Fraud Division and the Office of Civil Rights and Public Trust, along with the DHSS Audit and Recovery Management Services. The investigation eventually revealed more than $959,000 in total fraudulent benefits issued by several state workers.
“This case is part of an intensified focus our office is trying to bring to fraud being committed against the state’s public benefit programs,” Attorney General Matt Denn said. “These arrests come as the result of an in-depth investigation, supported by many agencies. We appreciate the cooperation from the Office of the Inspector General and the Audit and Recovery Management Services. From the Department of Justice, I specifically want to thank Deputy Attorneys General Matt Frawley, Phillip Casale, Allison Reardon and Dennis Kelleher, along with Special Investigators Robert Irwin, Brittney Ketler, Frank Robinson, and John Ciritella.”

Indicted and arrested last week were:

• Detrich Simmons-Heath, 54, of Chestertown, Maryland – charged with Theft over $100,000, Forgery First Degree, Falsifying Business Records, and Official Misconduct. Released on $6,000 unsecured bond.
• Kamilah Laws, 39, of Wilmington – charged with Theft over $50,000, Forgery First Degree, Falsifying Business Records, and Official Misconduct. Released on $5,000 unsecured bond.

Indicted last week and still at large are:

• Jo Ellen Edwards, 61, of Felton – charged with Theft over $100,000, Forgery First Degree, Falsifying Business Records, and Official Misconduct.
• Shirlene Davis, 29, of Newark – charged with Theft over $100,000, Forgery First Degree, Falsifying Business Records, and Official Misconduct.

Previously indicted, charges pending:

• Nicole Stevens, 43, of Dover, was arrested in November 2015 on charges of Theft over $1,500, Official Misconduct, Forgery First Degree, Falsifying Business Records, and four counts of Unlawful Use of a Payment Card for stealing $8,092.

Previously convicted and sentenced:

• Allison Rivera, 49, of Dover, pled guilty to Theft over $1,500, Unlawful Use of a Payment Card, and Falsifying Business Records, and was sentenced in April 2016 to two years of Level II probation, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $27,751.58.
• Angelette Brown, 45, of Camden, pled guilty to Theft over $1,500, Unlawful Use of a Payment Card, and Official Misconduct and was sentenced to April 2016 to two years of Level II probation, ordered to do 240 hours of community service, and forced to repay the $15,957 she took.

In all cases, defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

Large Fight in Ocean City Results in Seven Arrests

OCEAN CITY, MD – (June 14, 2016): On June 11, 2016, at approximately 11:40 p.m. Ocean City police responded to the area of Worcester Street and the Boardwalk for a report of a fight involving two groups of individuals.

Upon arrival, officers noticed the individuals yelling obscenities and enticing each other to fight. Their actions began to draw a large crowd of approximately 100 onlookers. Officers attempted to arrest the two primary instigators and both resisted. At this time, several members of the groups became uncooperative and several more officers were dispatched to the area to assist. Numerous individuals resisted, at which time officers targeted the subjects with conducted electronic weapons, commonly known as TASER’s, to gain compliance and disperse the crowd.

Ocean City police made a total of seven arrests during this incident:

• Kameron J. Christopher, 18, of Delmar, DE
  • Disorderly conduct
  • Resisting arrest
  • Second degree assault
• Allen D. J. Nelson, 19, of Salisbury, MD
  • Resisting arrest
  • Obstructing and hindering
• Luis A. Pirela Linares, 20, of Salisbury, MD
  • Obstructing and hindering
  • Resisting arrest
• Aaron G. Waples, 19, of Berlin, MD
  • Disorderly conduct
  • Resisting arrest
  • Second degree escape
• Jakhai N. Woodard, 18, of Berlin, MD
  • Second degree assault (2 counts)
  • Resisting arrest
  • Disorderly conduct
• A 16-year-old male of Delmar, DE
  • Second degree assault
  • Disturbing peace/hindering passage
• A 15-year-old male of Snow Hill, MD
  • Disorderly conduct

 
The two juveniles were released to their parents. The additional six arrestees were seen by a Maryland District Court Commissioner. Christopher and Woodard were transferred to the Worcester County Jail on $5,000 bond. Waples was transferred to the Worcester County Jail and held without bond. Nelson and Pirela Linares were released on personal recognizance. 

A Viewer Writes: Subject: Unbelievable Waste of Public Resources

This poor man had to be subjected to a roadside interrogation for over a half an hour while three Wicomico officers deemed it necessary to waste the taxpayers money on not one but two backup units on a man that was hardly 5 feet 7 inches tall. The least they could have done was to direct traffic around the dangerous situation they had created for an over extended length of time. ..they were too busy chatting...As evident by the photos, leaving the suspect hanging out inside the officers window unattended, there was no need for backup...

Obama to use Terror Attack to Seize Guns

President Obama is not ruling out issuing more executive actions to curb certain types of gun sales, his top spokesman said Monday, even though he’s not aware of any additional steps the president can take under his current authority.

“The president has taken substantial executive actions using as much executive authority as he can,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said. “I’m not going to rule out additional steps … he’s not going to hesitate to act.”

After the bloody jihadist attack in an Orlando Sunday, Obama’s first comments were not to condemn Islamic terrorism but to put the blame on the availability of guns in America.

The president told the nation Sunday’s attack was a “further reminder of how easy it is for people to get their hands on a weapon that lets them shoot people in a school, or a house of worship, or a movie theater, or in a nightclub, and we have to decide if that’s the kind of country we want to be.”

Source: World Net Daily

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I'm Sorry

Teen on way to see Beyonce hit by dirt bikers in Baltimore

BALTIMORE – A Fairfax County high school senior is recovering at a hospital after getting hit by a dirt bike on her way to a Beyonce concert in Baltimore Friday evening.

The student, just a week or so away from graduation, went to Baltimore with a friend with plans to see Beyonce perform at M&T Bank Stadium.

While crossing a street in the 400 block of East Pratt Street along Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, she was hit by a group of dirt bikers.

Her father told the Baltimore Sun the group had come out of nowhere while they were in the crosswalk. He said his daughter suffered some “substantial injuries.”

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SPD Press Release 6-13-16 (Shoptlifting)

Your Safety

Isn't Social Media Great...

So I am again embarrassed for humanity...as I was in Easton by the airport, at which time this suv from dc decided apparently she really had to go and couldn't hold it no more, even if she was in the middle of Route 50!!! With 3-4 kids in the car...speachless

The Problem Is Not Guns!

Who Agrees?

Orlando shooting suspect’s father hosted a political TV show and even tried to run for the Afghan presidency

The father of Omar Mateen, identified by police as the man behind the carnage at an Orlando nightclub early Sunday morning, is an Afghan man who holds strong political views, including support for the Afghan Taliban.

Seddique Mateen, who has been referred to as Mir Seddique in early news reports, hosted the “Durand Jirga Show” on a channel called Payam-e-Afghan, which broadcasts from California. In it, the elder Mateen speaks in the Dari language on a variety of political subjects. Dozens of videos are posted on a channel under Seddique Mateen's name on YouTube. A phone number and post office box that are displayed on the show were traced back to the Mateen home in Florida. Mateen also owns a nonprofit organization under the name Durand Jirga, which is registered in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

In one video, Mateen expresses gratitude toward the Afghan Taliban, while denouncing the Pakistani government.

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Muslim Shooter in Orlando Was a Registered Democrat

Major Muslim Terrorists Makes This Declaration To All Americans

Editor's Note: The article below is from 3 days ago.

Major Muslim Terrorists Makes This Declaration To All Americans: We Are Coming After You, We Will Attack Florida And Slaughter Americans There

ISIS Muslim terrorists released a statement on their plan to attack Florida, and even put out a list with the names of people in Florida that they plan on killing. According to one report:

A pro-Isis group has released a hit list with the names of more than 8,000 people mostly Americans.

More than 600-people live in Florida, and one security expert believes that many of those targeted live in Palm Beach County and on the Treasure Coast.

The “United Cyber Caliphate” that hacked U.S. Central Command, 54,000 Twitter accounts and threatened President Barack Obama is the same pro-Isis group that’s reportedly created a “kill list” with the names, addresses and emails of thousands of civilian Americans.

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UPDATE: "There are 50 casualties" in mass shooting at Orlando nightclub

Islamic terrorism tie eyed in Orlando gay bar shooting

ORLANDO, Fla. - A shooting and hostage situation early Sunday morning at a Florida nightclub -- which describes itself as "Orlando's hottest gay bar" -- left multiple people dead, including the gunman, officials say.

Sources have confirmed to CBS News that authorities are investigating whether the suspect, who has been named as Omar Mateen, had ties to Islamic terrorism. Mateen is a U.S. citizen with no apparent criminal history, according to sources.

Orlando Police chief John Mina said "around 20" people are believed dead inside the nightclub, although he and others were hesitant to provide firm numbers as the situation was still being assessed early Sunday morning.

Local hospitals report receiving at least 42 patients from the incident.

A U.S. intelligence source told CBS news senior investigative producer Pat Milton that Islamic terrorism is being investigated as a possible motive in the shooting due to several indicators including the style of the attack, which had similarities to the attacks in Paris in November 2015 and Brussels in March. The gunman put up a protracted gun battle with police and was heavily armed, the source said.

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WICOMICO DRUG DEALER CONVICTED OF MULTIPLE FIREARM AND DRUG FELONIES

On June 17, 2016, a Wicomico County Circuit Court judge sentenced Jermaine Alexis Peters, age 34, of Wicomico County, Maryland, to 75 years of active incarceration for various felony gun and drug offenses.

The total sentence imposed was 111 years, with 75 years being active incarceration within the Maryland Department of Corrections with 25 of those years being a mandatory sentence with limited possibility for parole. The Court also ordered $118,762.26 which was seized from Peter’s home be forfeited to the Wicomico County Narcotics Task Force.

The events at issue stem from a Search and Seizure warrant which was executed on October 13, 2015, at 1402 Chateau Drive, Salisbury, Maryland. When officers arrived at that address to execute the warrant, Peters was located on the back porch and a female was located in the living room of the home. Officers searched a dresser in the master bedroom of the home where they located two stolen handguns which were loaded with ammunition, numerous gun magazines containing live ammunition and several boxes with additional live ammunition. In the master bedroom closet, officers located a rifle and a shoe box which contained a large amount of U.S. currency. The total amount of U.S. currency recovered from the home and Peter’s person was $118,762.26. Officers also located over one kilogram of heroin in a nightstand located in the master bathroom. The street value of the heroin was estimated to be over $700,000.00.

On May 3, 2016, after a one day trial, a Wicomico County jury convicted Peters of possession of a large amount of heroin, possession with the intent to distribute heroin, possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking offense, two counts of a felon being in possession of a regulated firearm, possession of a stolen firearm and numerous other offenses related to the events of October 13, 2015.

Peters has multiple prior convictions including felony drug and firearms convictions. At the time of this offense, Peters was on parole for possession with the intent to distribute a narcotic.

Wicomico County State’s Attorney Matthew A. Maciarello commended the Wicomico County Narcotics Task Force and the Maryland State Police Gang Enforcement Unit for their work in the investigation and prosecution of this case. Mr. Maciarello also thanked Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Patrizia J. Coletta who prosecuted Peters.

For more information or for an interview please call the Office of the State’s Attorney at (410) 548-4880 or visit www.wicomicosao.com

Have You Seen This Teen?

http://www.missingkids.com/poster/NCMC/1269803/1/screen

 Last seen in Ocean City Maryland.  MAY be camping at Frontier Town.

Major American Magazine Goes to War Against Gun Rights

In the wake of a terrorist attack by a radical Islamist, liberals have decided that law abiding, Christian Republican gun owners are to blame. Leading the charge to completely ignore the whole radical Islam thing and go about stripping your right to bear arms? People Magazine. Yes, really.

The typically apolitical, mainstream, light fare celebrity gossip rag known for its annual "Sexiest Man Alive" competition is putting all its intellectual heft behind getting people who think Jenny McCarthy is an authority on the medical causes of autism to call Congress and take away your rights. Because the best way to affect rational, common sense change in America is by marshalling a bunch of people who think due process is a three step Kardashian endorsed skin care regimen.

Their nonsense list is here. Use it. Call every member you can, and tell them that the proper response to an Islamic terror attack on American soil is NOT to render law abiding Americans defenseless. Demand they stand up for your right to defend yourself, your friends, and your family(we've attached a petition to do the same, if a phone call is too time consuming).

If you're not inclined to support their opportunistic, gun grabbing political stunt, here's another option: contact People Magazine. Follow that link to a list of top media contacts at People. Tell them to stick to shallow celebrity gossip, and leave your rights alone.

Source: AAN

Congressman Has a Message Liberals Need to Heed About Radical Islam

A Republican congressman is warning Democrats: Don’t pander to the Muslim community for votes, because “if it had its way, [it] would kill every homosexual in the United States of America.”

The comments came from Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., who was interviewed on WAPI radio’s “Matt & Aunie” show in Birmingham, Alabama, after Orlando Muslim shooter Omar Mateen massacred 49 people at a gay nightclub and injured 53 more.

“Matt and Aunie” host Matt Murphy noted that the left appears to overlook Islam’s murderous hatred toward homosexuals when Democrats seek votes from the Muslim community.

“The left seems to run away from the reality [of] this anger and almost hatred toward homosexuality and freedom of choice,” he said.

Source: World Net Daily

Clinton Corruption & Hypocrisy, Trump Brothers, Obama Traitor?

Paul Ryan threatens to sue Trump over immigration ban

Obama on pace to open doors to 1 million Muslims by 2017

President Obama, in the first six years of his administration, issued 832,014 green cards to migrants from nations that were predominantly Muslim in make-up, a dazzling number that’s left Republican critics shaking their heads and wondering: How much more can this nation take?

As Breitbart reported, citing a chart from the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, Obama has overseen a tremendous surge in immigration numbers from mostly-Muslim nations, some of which aren’t exactly on friendly terms with America. By the numbers, the White House has, between fiscal 2009 and fiscal 2014, given out green cards to 102,000 from Pakistan; 102,000 from Iraq; 90,000 from Bangladesh; 85,000 from Iran; 56,000 from Egypt; and 37,000 from Somalia.

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Donald Trump prepared to go it alone if GOP won't get on board

GOP leaders have yet to abandon Donald Trump, but the presumptive Republican presidential nominee said this week he’s ready to kick them to the curb and go it alone against Hillary Clinton if they don’t man up.

In some of his most dismissive comments yet, Mr. Trump said other Republicans need to either get behind him or “just be quiet” — adding to the increasing heartburn among Republicans, particularly those on Capitol Hill whose electoral fortunes are tied to the erratic billionaire.

“You can’t make this up sometimes,” House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said at a press briefing Thursday on Capitol Hill.

Mr. Trump’s admonition came after several weeks of chiding from fellow Republicans who decried his proposal for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the U.S., and who said his attacks on a federal judge’s ethnicity were unbecoming. Mr. Ryan had called it “the textbook definition of a racist comment.”

“The Republicans, honestly, folks, our leaders, our leaders have to get tougher. This is too tough to do it alone. But you know what? I think I’m going to be forced to. I think I’m going to be forced to,” Mr. Trump said on Wednesday.

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Washington Post: Paul Ryan and Hillary Clinton Could Strike Deals

The Washington Post reportsthat there are many issues where “Hillary Clinton and Paul Ryan could make a deal.”

Following Ryan’s endorsement of Donald Trump, the Washington Post seemed to suggest that there are several major issues on which Ryan appears to be more aligned with Hillary Clinton than he is with the presumptive GOP nominee.

Indeed, since issuing his tepid endorsement of Trump, Ryan has made repeated declarations in high-profile media appearances that would seem to undermine the Republican Party’s new standard-bearer.

“Paul Ryan doesn’t think he has a chance of achieving his ambitious conservative goals if Hillary Clinton is in the White House. That was a crucial reason that he offered his support to Donald Trump,” the Washington Post writes. Yet “there are good reasons to think that Clinton and Ryan might be able to reach compromises if she is elected. There are at least five major areas in which she and the speaker could find common ground.”

“Criminal justice” is one of the five major issues highlighted by the Washington Post.

Paul Ryan has championed proposals that would slash sentences for convicted felons and release them from prison early. The Post notes that the Ryan-championed House bill won praise from liberal activists.

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Paul Ryan to Sue a Future Pres Trump Over Muslim Migration Pause

In a sit-down interview with the anti-Trump publication the Huffington Post, House Speaker Paul Ryan suggested that he might sue President Trump if he were to enact a temporary pause on Muslim migration into the United States.

The Huffington Post writes:

In a sit-down interview in his ceremonial Capitol Hill office on Thursday, Ryan told The Huffington Post that Trump does not have “a blank check” with his endorsement… On the topic of Trump’s proposed Muslim ban and his statements that he could enact such a policy without Congress, Ryan noted that Republicans were releasing part of their agenda on executive overreach that very day, and, in news that’s sure to please Trump, Ryan suggested that he and the House of Representatives were prepared to sue a Republican president if need be.

“I would sue any president that exceeds his or her powers,” Ryan said.

It’s unclear, however, if Ryan thinks Trump enacting a ban on Muslims entering the country would actually exceed presidential powers. “That’s a legal question that there’s a good debate about,” Ryan said, pointing to the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act.

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How Obama's failed leadership is literally killing us

Attacks can only be stopped by a competent commander in chief

The most recent Islamic act of war, in which self-professed Islamic State jihadi Omar Mir Seddique Mateen slaughtered 49 people and injured scores of others at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., should be a game changer. The deadliest attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001, should finally convince our leadership that dealing with the Islamic threat must no longer be business as usual.

Don’t hold your breath.

President Obama has run national security policy only to serve his leftist agenda, not American interests and security. After nearly eight years of deliberate U.S. inaction and impotence, the Islamic State now leads the global jihad, including within our own borders. And it should surprise no one that the president will never fight the war in any meaningful way.

Nor will Hillary Clinton, who worked in lockstep with Mr. Obama during the years she served as secretary of state and still believes in his failed approach.

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Orlando Killer's Father "Knew Obama"? Schmoozed In Washington, Sought Afghan Presidency

Close enough to raise your hackles about what is really going on.

Mateen’s father, Seddique Mateen, apparently visits the Capitol frequently, take pictures in front of the State Department and White House press room, and likes to pose with Congressmen, especially from the Foreign Affairs Committee.

There are also rumors, though they are unconfirmed, that Seddique Mateen has also met with President Obama.

His activity at the State Department and Foreign Affairs Committee also suggest possible liaisons with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and current Secretary of State John Kerry, along with other U.S. politicians.

Picture of him were posted to his Facebook account:

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It Wasn’t Just the Orlando Killer

One of the many unexplained (at least not officially) anomalies of the persons claimed to have carried out the Boston Marathon bombings is the presence of  key CIA figure in the direct family of the accused brothers.

Ruslan Tsarnaev, the outspoken uncle of the brothers was married to Samantha A. Fuller until 2004. Samantha’s father is Graham Fuller, the senior CIA person who was the architect the Afghan Islamic fundamentalist Mujahideen war against the Soviets. He is also involved in creating a global jihad network, presumably acting on behalf of CIA interests.

Ruslan Tsarnaev, who changed his name to Ruslan Tsarni, lives in a posh Washington DC suburb of Bethesda Maryland. He has worked in the past for companies tied to Dick Cheney’s Halliburton as well as a “consultant” in Kazakhstan with the State Department’s USAID which has been identified as a CIA front. [1]Take it all in The two brothers, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, accused though never proven in a court of law to have been responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings, had an uncle, the same uncle who agreed to bury the remains of the one dead brother. This uncle was married to the daughter of Graham Fuller, one of the most important CIA architects of using Islamic Jihadists/terrorists against the USSR during the Cold War and after, throughout Central Asia, including Chechnya and Kazakhstan.Coincidence?

The Fuller CIA Link

The discovery of the connection between a very senior CIA official, Graham Fuller, to the uncle of the accused Boston bombers was more than a bit embarrassing for Fuller. He took what for a professional CIA agent was an extraordinary step of issuing a public denial. In an exclusive interview on what reportedly is a CIA-linked website, “Back Channel—Al-Monitor,” Fuller hurriedly denounced media links of his CIA connection to the bombers’ uncle: “…possible connections between Ruslan and the Agency through me are absurd.” [2] Fuller then went on to admit, “Samantha was married to Ruslan Tsarnaev (Tsarni) for 3-4 years…They also lived in our house in [Maryland] for a year or so…”

Fuller went on to claim Ruslan was “homesick” for Chechnya, and that his English was “shaky,” yet after the Boston bombings, a very English-fluent Ruslan gave a press conference from his posh Maryland home denouncing his nephews.

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Paul Ryan Lies to O’Reilly: Says He Passed Bill to Pause Somali Refugee Program

In a Wednesday interview with Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly, House Speaker Paul Ryan made a demonstrably false declaration about his efforts to pause the Somali refugee program.

During the interview, O’Reilly criticized Ryan for failing to message on immigration controls and asked Ryan specifically about the Somali refugee crisis in Minnesota.

O’Reilly: “We have a Somali problem up in Minneapolis-St. Paul. [We] have a problem there and those are refugees from Somalia. And if, God forbid, some refugee comes in and blows people up, it’s going to be grisly.”

Ryan replied by explaining that he passed a bill to pause the refugee program. Ryan said: “Right. Right. That’s why– just so you know that’s why we passed a bill pausing this refugee program, because we don’t think the refugee program works. That’s why we don’t want it to continue right now.”

However, Ryan did no such thing. The bill Ryan championed did not in any way pause the Somali refugee program– it applied solely to refugees from Syria and Iraq.

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A Conversation About America’s Future

On June 21, 2016, My Faith Votes is co-sponsoring a meeting in New York City with hundreds of Christian leaders from across the nation and the GOP presidential candidate, Donald Trump. The event will facilitate a conversation to allow faith leaders to better understand Mr. Trump as a person, his position on important issues and his vision for America’s future, while also enabling him to better appreciate matters of importance to the faith community. In and through this meeting, we seek unity of spirit within the Church in America. We believe this can only come if this event is covered in prayer.

We ask for your prayer support for the event and all the participants who will be attending this gathering. Thank you for your prayers.

As a non-partisan organization dedicated to seeking truth, My Faith Votes intends to invite the Democratic presidential nominee to a similar event.

Pledge to Vote

In 2012, more than 25 million Christians who were registered to vote chose not to vote in the Presidential election. As Christians, we must reject the apathy and discouragement we may feel in this election cycle. Choose today to act on your faith to influence our culture through your vote. Together we are millions strong.
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Obamatrade cost GOP congressman his job

The populist uprising against phony “free trade” and Republicans who love it has taken its first scalp.

Rep. Randy Forbes, GOP establishment stalwart and longtime Obamatrade supporter from Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District, will soon be unemployed. Voters rejected him in favor of his primary opponent Scott Taylor, who stridently opposed Obamatrade.

Taylor blasted Forbes for voting to give President Obama fast track authority to ram through Congress the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a sweeping 12-nation international regulatory pact that would merge our economy with some of the poorest and most repressive on earth.

This move was especially hypocritical for Forbes, chairman of the House Prayer Caucus. Obamatrade would give special economic privileges to countries that persecute Christians, including Vietnam, Malaysia and the Shariah-law regime of Brunei.

After his disastrous vote for fast track, Forbes tried to tap dance around the Constitution-shredding, religious-liberty-trampling Obamatrade agreement.

In a letter to constituents, Forbes recycled the party establishment’s globalist talking points, saying free trade is “crucial to our economy” and to “our future as a country.”

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Illegal families surge across border; 2016 already worse than 2015

The number of illegal immigrant families jumping the border so far this fiscal year has already topped all of 2015, according to Homeland Security statistics released Friday that show the administration’s border problems continue to grow.

Some 6,788 people traveling as families were caught on the southwest border in May — a leap of more than 20 percent over April, and putting the total for the first eight months of the fiscal year at nearly 45,000.

That’s already well above the 2015 yearlong total of fewer than 40,000, though it’s short of the record pace set in 2014, when a massive surge exposed massive holes in the U.S. immigration system.

Federal and local authorities have struggled to explain the latest surge in families, but a government lawyer gave one explanation to a federal judge earlier this month, saying that the Obama administration’s own lax enforcement policies, set in part by the courts, have enticed ever more people to make the harrowing journey.

The Justice Department’s immigration-law expert even told the judge that Illegal immigrants are abducting children on their trip north, hoping to pose as families to take advantage of the lax policies.

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How China's navy rapidly modernized to rival the US's

A recent report from the USCongressional Research Servicedetails how China's navy, the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), has undergone a stunning modernization push that puts it near parity with the US.

In fact, China's military posture and prowess in the Western Pacific presents the US with a challenge unseen since the end of the Cold War.

By perfecting deadly ballistic and cruise missiles, by buying and designing submarines, planes, and surface ships, by cracking down on corruption and improving internal organization and logistics, the PLAN presents US naval planners with plenty to think about going forward.

Though few expect a military conflict to emerge between the world's two biggest economies, China's brinkmanship in the South China Sea has lead observers to describe their strategy of escalation as a kind of "salami-slicing," or steadily taking small steps to militarize the region without taking any one step that could be viewed as a cause to go to war.

However, the US military, with its global network of allies, doesn't have the luxury of choosing which conflicts to get involved in, and therefore must take every threat seriously.

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The US dropped 67 nuclear bombs on this tiny island nation — and now it's far more radioactive than we thought

More than 60 years after the US dropped dozens of nuclear bombs on the Marshall Islands, residents of the tiny nation still may not be able to return.

Radiation levels in some areas of the country are almost double what is deemed safe for human habitation, according to a new Columbia University study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Between 1946 and 1958, the US tested 67 nuclear weapons on the Marshall Islands, a chain of atolls in the Pacific Ocean with a population of just 52,000.

The most famous test, the "Bravo shot," was dropped on Bikini Atoll in 1954 and was 1,000 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

Residents of the atoll were displaced, and today it remains uninhabited.

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Russia's track and field team has been barred from the Rio Olympics

The global governing body for track and field has barred the Russian track and field team from the Summer Olympics in Rio because of widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs and a lack of effort to clean up their athletes, according to the New York Times.

Ultimately, the fate of the team will be determined by the International Olympic Committee. However, as the Times notes, the IOC typically defers to the governing bodies of individual sports.

Russia has been banned from international competitions for the past seven months after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accused Russia of what the Times describes as "an elaborate government-run doping program."

There is some feeling that the IOC could still allow athletes to compete who have never tested positive. However, whistle-blowers have alleged that many of the steroid users have never tested positive.

This would be the first time that an entire nation was barred from an Olympic sport because of doping.

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Chris Christie's 'Right to Carry' Plan Blocked

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's plan to expand the categories of people allowed to carry handguns in public in The Garden State has been blocked by Democratic lawmakers, The Record reports.

The State Assembly passed a resolution putting the brakes on Christie's proposal, 46-29 by a partisan vote of Democrats versus Republicans. Since the same resolution was approved by the state Senate in May, Christie will be unable to veto it.​

Thursday's assembly vote came four days after a heavily-armed gunman opened fire in a crowded Florida nightclub, killing 49 and injuring 53.

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Rush Limbaugh: Liberals Accept Men as Women, But Not Terrorists as Muslims

Liberals are perfectly happy to accept a man who "presents" as female as a woman and vice versa, but they won't admit a terrorist who "presents" as Muslim is indeed a Muslim, says talk radio host Rush Limbaugh.

Limbaugh was referring to liberals in government and media saying the attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando over the weekend was because of Republican opposition to same-sex marriage and other issues rather than inspired by radical Islamists. Omar Mateen, whose shooting rampage left 49 dead and 53 injured, pledged allegiance to ISIS during the shooting.

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NASA's Mars Recruitment Posters Look Retro, But Eye Future on Red Planet

NASA has launched a playful series of Mars recruitment posters aimed at enticing people to explore the Red Planet.

The retro posters resemble those used by the U.S. government to recruit people into the military during World War I and are available to download from NASA's website.

"Mars needs YOU!" the website touts. "In the future, Mars will need all kinds of explorers, farmers, surveyors, teachers . . . but most of all YOU! Join us on the Journey to Mars as we explore with robots and send humans there one day."

The posters encourage people with a variety of interests to explore the planet to grow gardens, work the night shift on one of the planet's moons, and hike the solar system's largest canyon, Valles Marineris.

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Auschwitz Guard Convicted on 170,000 Counts

DETMOLD, Germany — A 94-year-old former SS sergeant who served as a guard at Auschwitz has been found guilty of more than 170,000 counts of accessory to murder for helping kill 1.1 million Jews and others at the Nazi death camp.

The Detmold state court sentenced Reinhold Hanning to five years in prison, though he will remain free while any appeals are heard.

Hanning showed no reaction as the judge, Anke Grudda, read her justification for the verdict and sentence.

"You were in Auschwitz for two and a half years, performed an important function. ... You were part of a criminal organization and took part in criminal activity in Auschwitz," she said.

Several elderly Auschwitz survivors testified at the trial about their own experiences, and were among 58 survivors or their families who joined the process as co-plaintiffs as allowed under German law.

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51 US Diplomats Blast Obama on Syria, Urge Military Strikes

More than 50 State Department diplomats have signed an internal memo critical of U.S. policy in Syria, calling for military strikes against President Bashar al-Assad's government to stop its persistent violations of a civil war ceasefire.

The "dissent channel cable" was signed by 51 mid- to high-level State Department officers advising on Syria policy.

It calls for "targeted military strikes" against the Syrian government in light of the near-collapse of the ceasefire brokered earlier this year, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing copies of the cable it had seen.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, visiting Copenhagen, told Reuters on Friday: "It's an important statement and I respect the process, very, very much. I will ... have a chance to meet with people when I get back (to Washington)."

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Somerset County Sheriff's Office Reports Most Recent Arrests

Bella Hambrick of Eden, arrested 6-4-16 on a civil body attachment. Hambrick was later released on personal recognizance.

Ahmed Abdelhameed Ali of Princess Anne, arrested 6-4-16 on a civil body attachment. Ali was later released on personal recognizance.

William Franklin Dize of Crisfield, arrested 6-4-16 on a civil body attachment. Dize was later released on personal recognizance.

Quanteir Dianne Braxton of Princess Anne, criminal summons served 6-4-16 for 2nd degree assault, and malicious destruction of property. Braxton was later released on signature pending court actions.

Joe Lydell Robertson of Princess Anne, arrested 6-5-16 on a civil body attachment. Robertson was later released on personal recognizance.

Trudy Lynn Fitzgerald of Princess Anne, criminal summons served for 4th degree burglary. Fitzgerald was later released on signature pending court actions.

Bruce Wayne Hastings Jr. of Princess Anne, arrested 6-9-16 for 2nd degree assault, and reckless endangerment. Hastings was later held on a $10,000 bond. The arrest was the result of a domestic assault investigation in Princess Anne.

Perry Dwayne Dorman Jr. of Crisfield, arrested 6-13-16 on a warrant for failing to appear in court. Dorman was later released after posting bond.

Steven Kirwin Ent of Princess Anne, arrested 6-13-16 on a warrant for violation of probation. Ent was later held on a $20,000 bond.

Beverly Yvonne Lake of Crisfield, arrested 6-14-16 on warrants for 3rd degree burglary, 4th degree burglary, and malicious destruction of property. Lake was later released on personal recognizance.

Leonard Thomas Ward 3rd of Westover, criminal summons served on 5-26-16 for telephone misuse. Ward was later released on signature pending court actions.

WHO no longer says coffee can cause cancer

Since 1991, coffee has been saddled with the label, “possibly causes cancer.” As of June 15, coffee got a clean bill of health.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer – or IARC – is the WHO agency that evaluates evidence and scientific research on cancer. In 1991 the agency classified coffee as a category 2B carcinogen, which, in effect, labeled it as “possibly causing cancer” in the human bladder.

Twenty-five years later, another IARC group of scientific experts met to assess the body of published scientific literature on whether coffee can cause cancer. This working group, including 23 experts drawn from around the world, and seven observers, met May 24-31, 2016 to evaluate the carcinogenic effects of “coffee, mate, and very hot beverages.”

This time, based on the available scientific literature, the expert group decided that the weight of evidence supported a downgrading in the classification. As of June 15, 2016, coffee is now considered in Group 3, or “not classifiable as to its carcinogenicity to humans.” For coffee lovers, this is reassuring news.

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DHS Hazards a Guest with Expired Visas

What exactly is Homeland Security doing when it isn't busy labeling conservatives terror threats or dishing out sex change drugs to illegals? Not its job, according to a stunning new report. Days removed from the worst radical Islamic attack on U.S. soil since 9/11, officials have been stunned to learn that DHS may be unintentionally laying the groundwork for another.

In what could be the worst crisis no one knows about, hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals who came to the United States for a limited time have grossly overstayed their visas, Congress is learning. On Tuesday, a House subcommittee was blown away to learn that 527,127 visitors who were supposed to leave in 2015 didn't. These "visa overstays," as they're called, are defined as any "nonimmigrant who was lawfully admitted to the United States for an authorized period but stayed in the United States beyond his or her lawful admission period." Now, the problem is so out of control, CNSNews reports, that as many as 60 percent of the people who are in America illegally are "overstayers."

Making matters worse, the Obama administration doesn't seem to care. Last year, a measly 2,456 were deported -- the lowest number ever under President Obama. "That sounds to me like an extension of the administration's amnesty program," Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) argued. "The message they are sending wide and far is: just get into the country. If you're not convicted of a serious crime, you're going to be allowed to stay. You're going to pass go. You're going to get the money. And that is the wrong message to send because it increases more illegal immigration."

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Islamic Radical Refugee Threatens Trump Supporters

Islamic radicals aren't just targeting homosexuals. Now, they're targeting Trump supporters. As CBS News reports:

Denton County deputies, police and security took an Iraqi man into custody at a Denton County courts building after a loud outburst and two run-ins with people previously that had police issuing a warrant for his arrest.

Workers at a Denton IHOP restaurant say 28-year-old Peshwaz Waise came into their restaurant around 6:00 a.m. wearing what they called a turban, clutching a Koran and talking to customers about accepting its message.

“So, I guess he approached the guy with the same message but the guy had on a Trump supporter shirt on,” said restaurant employee Darel Walker. “So I guess that where the issue arose.”

The two started arguing which prompted a call to 911.

“Since the guy, the Trump supporter, was sitting down, a paying customer, the dude was asked to leave,” Walker said. “And I heard it carried on into the parking lot.”

Waise was given a ticket for trespassing. Next, police tell CBS11 Waise headed to this hospital and harassed employees telling one woman if she didn’t take his Koran she would die and that the hospital would go down.

Police say he next showed up at the courthouse yelling in Arabic and wanting to see judges.

“I could hear somebody being pulled out of the courthouse screaming and yelling,” said attorney and witness Philip Ray. “I couldn’t understand what he was saying but it was at a high volume. I couldn’t see who he was but there were many officers around him.”

Other attorneys inside the court building were hustled into safe areas.

“We were told that there had been threats made by this individual to judges and lawyers and that when he walked into the courthouse and they were screaming Arabic and had a turban and was trying to show people copies of the Koran,” said attorney Pete Schulte.

If this gentleman is so frustrated by the political and religious climate in America, he can absolutely go back to Iraq. His low regard for freedom of religion and freedom of speech seems better suited to a place where apostasy is punishable by death.

Source: AAN

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Rt. 50 Into Ocean City Is A Mess

With an accident near Racetrack Rd, (589) and the Bridge into Ocean City going up and down. Rt. 50 is backed up like a parking lot from 589 into Ocean City. If you are considering trying to take the back roads, well, that's not a good idea either, (below). 

Air Force facing deficit of 4,000 maintenance airmen

The Air Force is going through a pilot shortfall, but that’s not the only area where the service is understaffed.

The Air Force is in need of 4,000 maintainers, Gen. David Goldfein told senators during his nomination hearing to be Chief of Staff of the Air Force. Maintainers are airmen who care for military aircraft and their components.

Because of the dearth in staffing, Goldfein said he does not expect the current operating tempo to change over the next four years.

Goldfein said manpower and time are the two greatest limiters to Air Force readiness. Some estimates predict the Air Force will not reach adequate readiness until the mid to late 2020s.

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Orlando Victims Died Because They Were Unarmed - Not Because They Were Gay

Numerous liberty movement analysts and proponents, myself included, have been warning about 2016 and the heightened potential for multiple terrorist events. I have written extensively on the history of ISIS, its proven ties to western governments and the disturbing program to forcefully inject millions of Islamic refugees into western nations in the name of dubious “multiculturalism,” allowing thousands of potential terrorists into our borders without obstruction. The reality is that terrorist attacks of small and medium scale are likely to become a monthly or weekly occurrence in the U.S. and the EU as we close in on the end of the year. Get used to the idea, because this problem is not going to go away while our own governments are aiding and even funding the very psychopaths that they are supposed to be protecting people from.

The recent attack at at gay club in Orlando by a self-proclaimed ISIS advocate, killing at least 49 people and wounding at least 53 more, was not at all a surprise. The scale of the attack should have been expected. No one in the U.S. should have assumed anything less given the number of dead during events in Europe.

What is frustrating, however, is that even though these attacks are highly predictable, very few Americans seem to be preparing in any meaningful way to counter them. In fact, I happened across a clip of establishment mouthpiece Bill O’ Reilly the other day arguing that there “is nothing that we can do” to stop such "lone wolf attacks".

Ostensibly, this is an argument against the inevitable push for more gun control by Leftists in the wake of the Orlando massacre; but it also sets a dangerous and false precedent in the minds of the public. The fact of the matter is, the American people CAN stop the majority of terrorist attacks of this nature anytime they wish, without the aid of government or the implementation of unconstitutional gun control measures.

On the “progressive” side of the debate, of course, their only solution is to promote more gun control. They have a habit of exploiting every tragedy in order to defile the 2nd Amendment and dance in the blood of mass shooting victims while furthering their agendas. They could not care less about the people who died, they only care about the political capital their deaths can buy.

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Judge Napolitano: Why I will always defend the Second Amendment and the right to self-defense

Most of the mass killings by gun in the United States in recent years -- Columbine, Virginia Tech, Aurora, Newtown, Charleston, San Bernardino and now Orlando -- took place in venues where local or state law prohibited carrying guns, even by those lawfully licensed to do so. The government cheerfully calls these venues “gun-free zones.” They should be called killing zones.

As unspeakable and horrific as is the recent slaughter in Orlando, it has become just another example of the tragic consequences of government's interfering with the exercise of fundamental liberties. After a while, these events cease to shock; but they should not cease to cause us to re-examine what the government has done to us.

We know from reason, human nature and history that the right to defend yourself is a natural instinct that is an extension of the right to self-preservation, which is itself derived from the right to live.

Life is the great gift from the Creator, and we have a duty to exercise our freedoms to preserve life until its natural expiration. But the lives we strive to preserve should not be those actively engaged in killing innocent life.

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