The Calm Before the Jihadi Storm

The same U.S. policies that helped created al-Qaeda in Afghanistan in the 1980s are today creating many al-Qaedas in many Muslim countries, promising to deliver future terror strikes that will make 9/11 seem like child’s play.

To understand this dire prediction, we must first examine the United States’ history of empowering Islamic jihadis—only to be attacked by those same jihadis many years later—and the shortsightedness of American policymakers, whose policies are based on their brief tenure, not America’s long-term wellbeing.

In the 1980s, the U.S. supported Afghani rebels—among them the jihadis—to repel the Soviets. Osama bin Laden, Ayman Zawahiri, and countless foreign jihadis journeyed to Afghanistan to form a base of training and planning—the first prerequisite of the jihad, as delineated in Sayyid Qutb’s Milestones.
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Rotting, Decaying And Bankrupt – If You Want To See The Future Of America Just Look At Detroit

Eventually the money runs out. Much of America was shocked when the city of Detroit defaulted on a $39.7 million debt payment and announced that it was suspending payments on $2.5 billion of unsecured debt, but those who visit my site on a regular basis were probably not too surprised. Anyone with half a brain and a calculator could see this coming from a mile away. But people kept foolishly lending money to the city of Detroit, and now many of them are going to get hit really hard.

Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr has submitted a proposal that would pay unsecured creditors about 10 cents on the dollar. Similar haircuts would be made to underfunded pension and health benefits for retirees. Orr is hoping that the creditors and the unions that he will be negotiating with will accept this package, but he concedes that there is still a "50-50 chance" that the city of Detroit will be forced to formally file for bankruptcy.

But what Detroit is facing is not really that unique. In fact, Detroit is a perfect example of what the future of America is going to look like. We live in a nation that is rotting, decaying, drowning in debt and racing toward insolvency. Already there are dozens of other cities across the nation that are poverty-ridden, crime-infested hellholes just like Detroit is, and hundreds of other communities are rapidly heading in that direction. So don't look down on Detroit. They just got there before the rest of us.

The following are some facts about Detroit that are absolutely mind-blowing...

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TV Viewers Weary Of Nudity And Obscenity Look For Decency From FCC Nominee

The future of long-standing government bans on obscenity and nudity on the airwaves soon could become much clearer as President Obama’s pick to head the Federal Communications Commission faces a Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday — one day before the public comment period on the policy ends.

Groups battling indecent content on television are urging members of theSenate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee to press FCC nominee Tom Wheeler about his views on decency standards.

They also are calling for supporters to denounce an FCC proposal to pursue only “egregious” decency violations, saying that change would open the floodgates for partial nudity and rampant profanity during prime time.

“If you think TV is bad now, just wait until the FCC all but sanctions nudity and profanity, permitting both as long as they are ‘isolated,’ whatever that means,” Patrick A. Trueman, president and chief executive of Morality in Media, said in a recent email to supporters.
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Man Ate In Restaurants, Refused To Pay: Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison

Authorities don’t know why an Illinois man skipped out on his tabs at two restaurants. Was he broke? Was the food terrible? We don’t know. What we do know is that twice in a period of two months, he ordered a nice meal at a restaurant, then simply told waitstaff that he couldn’t pay and waited for the police to arrive.
The problem is that eating a $70 steak dinner you don’t want to pay for carries a theft charge. Normally, a theft that small would be a misdemeanor, but the meal-napper had enough of a criminal record that he was charged with a felony. Originally, he was charged with burglary because he walked into the restaurant planning not to pay. He could have received a prison sentence of up to sixteen years.

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American Powerhouse Goes Full Throttle Vs. IRS

From “No taxation without representation” at the Boston Tea Party in 1773 to “No taxation without an investigation” of the IRS at Washington, D.C., in 2013.

Patriots arriving from around the nation will be able to attend two tea parties at the Capitol on Wednesday.

The “Audit the IRS Rally” organized by the Tea Party Patriots, running from noon to 3 p.m., will demand a full investigation of the agency’s harassing of conservative groups.

The Tea Party Patriots’ co-founder and national coordinator, Jenny Beth Martin, told WND: “We want to make sure the IRS and the employees of the IRS understand that we expect them to be public servants, which is their job, and not to infringe on our constitutional rights or to use the IRS as a political weapon against citizens. So, we are standing up now to make sure this never happens again.”
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BREAKING NEWS: House Approves Bill To Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks

In a 228 to 196 vote, the House passed a bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks, but it is unlikely the bill will be considered by the Senate.

From Fox News

A Letter To The Editor: "Smokescreen"

Isn't it amazing how the MSM ignored Fast and Furious, Benghazi, the IRS, and DOJ persuit of the press scandals? Then the NSA comes out and they jump all over it. Could this be a misdirection play to take the focus off the real scandals? Just when it seemed at every turn the regime seemed to be stepping into dog poop at each presser, suddenly a "leak" occurs in the NSA where almost all Americans calls were tracked to look for patterns, to presumably prevent terrorist attacks. Suddenly the press is aghast! Even the DOJ press scandal did not get the press so worked up. People died at Benghazi. The press was targeted in a wholesale fashion in the DOJ scandal. The IRS was used for political advantage. None of pricked the ears of the main steam media!

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Man Charged with DUI...On Shopping Cart

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - A 63-year-old man was pulled over and arrested for allegedly driving a motorized shopping cart while under the influence of alcohol. A grocery store employee called police after seeing the suspect, Merrill Moses, drive into parking lot traffic. When an officer arrived at the scene, an employee was holding onto the cart so that Moses could not escape.

A preliminary test came back showing the suspect’s breath-alcohol at about four times the legal limit.

In addition to DUI, Moses was charged with shoplifting and refusing to take an official sobriety test. His basket contained unpaid items including chocolate chip cookies and Betty Crocker cake mix. 
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A Good Friend

A guy brings his best buddy home for dinner.

His wife screams, "You -------! My hair & makeup aren't done, the house is a mess, the dishes aren't done, I'm still in my pajamas and I can't be bothered with cooking tonight!
Why the hell did you bring him home?"
"Cause he's thinking of getting married".

Delaware's First Straight Divorce?

And here we've been waiting to see who in Maryland or Delaware would be the first Gay Marriage Couple to Divorce. Instead, we now have a different kind of divorce on our hands.

I just thought I'd let Mayor Houlihan, (left) know that the Delmar article today has been viewed by 5 times more people than any other Post for the past 24 hours. To top it off, we surpassed yesterday's numbers/hits by 6:00 PM already.

When you purposely step on a hornets nest, don't think your immune to the sting. Mayor Carl Anderton isn't really that tall, (right) he's wearing heels. LOL

Man Hurt At Camden Yards Moves To Rehab Facility, Lawyers Looking For Witnesses To Incident

A Maryland man hurt in a fight during a Baltimore Orioles game last month has moved to a rehab facility, and his lawyers said Monday they are looking for anyone who may have witnessed the exchange.

The family of 25-year-old Matthew Fortese, a doctor who treated him and his lawyers held a news conference Monday in Baltimore. The doctor said Fortese has moved to an in-patient rehabilitation facility and is working with physical, occupational and speech therapists.

Fortese’s brother, Jimmy Fortese, said his brother is learning again how to talk. Jimmy Fortese said his brother is “starting to understand things a little more, starting to ask some more questions, starting to recognize some people more, but then in the next breath he could say something totally off the wall that makes no sense.”
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Bob & Jim

Bob: "Did you hear about the Obama administration scandal?"
Jim: "You mean the Mexican gun running?"
Bob: "No, the other one."
Jim: "You mean SEAL Team 6 Extortion 17?"
Bob: "No, the other one."
Jim: "You mean the State Dept. lying about Benghazi?"
Bob: "No, the other one."
Jim: "You mean the voter fraud?"
Bob: "No, the other one."
Jim: "You mean the military not getting their votes counted?"
Bob: "No, the other one."
Jim: "You mean the president demoralizing and breaking down the military?"
Bob: "No, the other one."
Jim: "You mean the Boston Bombing?"
Bob: "No, the other one."
Jim: "You mean the president wanting to kill Americans with drones in our own country without the benefit of the law?"
Bob: "No, the other one."
Jim: "You mean the president arming the Muslim Brotherhood?"
Bob: "No, the other one."
Jim: "The IRS targeting conservatives?"
Bob: "No, the other one."
Jim: "The DOJ spying on the press?"
Bob: "No, the other one."
Jim: "Sebelius shaking down health insurance executives?"
Bob: "No, the other one."
Jim: "The NSA monitoring our phone calls, e-mails and everything else?"
Bob: "No, the other one."
Jim: "The president's ordering the release of nearly 2,000 illegal immigrants from jails and prisons and falsely blaming the sequester?"
Bob: "No, the other one."
Jim: "The president's threat to impose gun control by Executive Order in order to bypass Congress?"
Bob: "No, the other one."
Jim: "The president's repeated violation of the law requiring him to submit a budget no later than the first Monday in February?"
Bob: "No, the other one."
Jim: "The president's unconstitutional recess appointments in an attempt to circumvent the Senate's advise-and-consent role?"
Bob: "No, the other one."
Jim: "The State Department interfering with an Inspector General investigation on departmental sexual misconduct?"
Bob: "No, the other one."
Jim: "HHS employees being given insider information on Medicare Advantage?"
Bob: "No, the other one."
Jim: "Clinton, the IRS, Clapper and Holder all lying to Congress?"
Bob: "No, the other one."
Jim: "I give up! ... Oh wait, I think I got it! You mean that 65 million low-information voters stuck us again with the most corrupt administration in American history?"
Bob: "THAT'S THE ONE!"

Smyrna Man Arrested For Sexual Abuse Of A Child

Location: 1400 block of Paddock Road, Smyrna, DE

Date of Occurrence:
July 2011 through June 2013

Victim:
6-year-old female

Defendant, Charges, and Bail Information:
Michael A. Connor, 30, of Smyrna, DE (photo attached)
Attempted Rape First Degree
Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child
Committed to Howard R. Young Correctional Institute on $160,000 cash bail

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Smyrna – A 30-year-old Smyrna man was arrested yesterday after an investigation revealed he had been sexually abusing a child for more than a year at his home in the 1400 block of Paddock Road.

The investigation began on June 11 when a relative of both Michael A. Connor and the 6-year-old female victim contacted State Police. This relative reported that Connor and the victim were in a room together in Connor's home, and when the relative tried to enter Connor pushed the door shut.

Shortly thereafter the relative asked the victim about what had occurred in the room, and the victim disclosed that Connor had tried to perform a lewd act on her. After being contacted by the relative, detectives facilitated an interview with the victim that resulted in the victim revealing that Connor had been sexually abusing her since July 2011.

On June 17 Connor was arrested by detectives and transported to Troop 2, where he was charged with attempted rape first degree and continuous sexual abuse of a child. He was committed to Howard. R. Young Correctional Institute on $160,000 cash bail.

‘Cheers’ Star: We Didn’t Need Surveillance When We Were Kids – ‘We Had God’

Actor John Ratzenberger said Friday that when he was a child, there was no need for surveillance, “because we knew God was watching us.”

“When we were kids, we didn’t need security cameras on the telephone poles to watch us, because we knew God was watching us. We don’t need cameras. We had God,” Ratzenberger, who played Cliff Clavin on “Cheers,” said at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference in Washington, D.C.

Ratzenberger also voiced the character Hamm the Piggy Bank on “Toy Story” as well as other supporting roles in Pixar films.

He said the 1962 Supreme Court decision Engel v. Vitale, which ended prayer in schools, resulted in a generation of kids thinking they were “the center of the universe.”

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Summer Reading Kicks Off!

WHAT: Summer Reading Kick Off Music w/Barry Louis Polisar

WHO: Children & Families

WHEN: Wednesday, June 26th at 10:30 am

WHERE: Main Library

SALISBURY, MD – Wicomico Public Library’s Summer Reading Kickoff will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 26th. Come to the Main Library for a musical treat with Barry Louis Polisar. Barry is an author, songwriter, story-teller and poet. A four-time Parents' Choice Award winner, Barry has written songs for Sesame Street and The Weekly Reader. He has been a regular musical performer on The Learning Channel and the star of an Emmy Award-winning television show for children. Barry writes books and poems, visits schools and libraries throughout the United States and Europe. He will bring his guitar and sings songs he has written, read from his books, recite poetry and tell stories--all to demonstrate that there are many different ways to be an author. Join us at the Main Library for this free, fun, family event.

For more information on Barry please visit his website, http://www.barrylou.com/. For more information on this event or other library services, visit us on the web at www.wicomicolibrary.org or call 410-749-3612. All events, classes, and programs are free and open to the public.

You Belong @Wicomico Public Library!

Funeral Held For Md. Girl, 10, Who Police Say Was Raped, Murdered By Family Friend

 

PORT DEPOSIT, Md.-- Friends and family held a funeral Monday for the 10-year-old Maryland girl who police say was raped and murdered by a family friend last week, according to CBS Baltimore.

The station reported that at the time of the murder, Kami Ring was staying with a couple who had become like grandparents to her. Authorities said they found her body near their home.

Police said DNA tests connected the couple's adult son, Richard Madden, who also lived in the house, with the girl's death, reports CBS Baltimore.

"Although the people who Kami called her grandparents certainly may have been well intended, I'm not sure if anybody really knew who Richard Madden was," Adam Rosenburg of the Baltimore Child Abuse Center told CBS Baltimore.

Experts told the station that in 90 per cent of child sex abuse cases, the victims know the perpetrator.
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11 Fire Departments Failed To Match State Funds, Audit Finds

The Maryland Military Department continued to dole out $5.2 million to support fire services in11 local jurisdictions even though they did meet requirements for matching local funding, according to a state audit.

The 11 jurisdictions received a little more than half of the total $10 million in “Amoss” funding for emergency services awarded annually to all 23 Maryland counties and Baltimore City. Auditors found that some of the funds were deposited in brokerage accounts, rather than federally insured banks.

The audit report released last week also found misuse of state credit cards amounting to $107,493 that caused the firing of an employee. The employee used fake invoices to cover for the expenses.
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SAO Groundbreaking Ceremony Cancelled

Good afternoon,

This afternoon’s SAO ceremony has been cancelled due to the weather. A notice will be sent once a new date has been set.

Each State's Highest Paid State Officials - Priorities?