Monday, January 26, 2015
SHOCKER! Snow in Central Mexico & 2nd "Rare" S.W. USA Snowstorm (46) - YouTube
VIDEO LINK: Mini Ice Age 2015-2035 | Snow in Central Mexico & 2nd "Rare" S.W. USA Snowstorm (46) - YouTube
John McCain Taunts ‘American Sniper’ Critics - Breitbart
Warner Bros. Pictures
BY CHARLIE SPIERING
U.S. Navy Veteran Sen. John McCain praised Clint Eastwood for his film “American Sniper” and chided critics for lashing out against the film.
“It is deeply regrettable that obsessive critics of U.S. foreign policy have sought to disparage this film and denigrate the memory of a noble American warrior,” McCain said in a statement.
The senior Arizona Senator celebrated the fact that Americans are embracing the film in spite of liberal critics such as Michael Moore.
“Fortunately, their pettiness has not stopped millions of Americans from seeing American Sniper, and hopefully in the process, gaining a greater appreciation for the service and sacrifice of America’s military service members and their families,” he said. (CONTINUED)
FULL ARTICLE HERE: John McCain Taunts ‘American Sniper’ Critics - Breitbart
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Good Shepherd Church African Evensong Closing Piece by Dance Dimensions - YouTube
The local Hampton Roads dance troupe, Dance Dimensions, performed traditional African dances for this service. This is their closing number.
Background:
Sunday, January 25, 2015 marked a wonderful Evensong of African liturgy and music at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Norfolk, organized by Women to Women (Southern Diocese), a local church group that works directly with women in the DR Congo to ease their suffering and empower their lives. The Congo has one of the worst records of abuse against women anywhere, so groups like Women to Women provide valuable physical, emotional and spiritual support.
Good Shepherd Church African Evensong Closing Piece by Dance Dimensions - YouTube
Friday, January 23, 2015
THE REBEL PUNDITS ANSWER OBAMA'S State of the Union 2015 - YouTube
The Rebel Pundits, who speak out for the Black community in Chicago, have their own video reply to Obama's 2015 State of the Union speech:
VIDEO LINK: Chicago Unchained: The State of the Union 2015 - YouTube
VIDEO LINK: Chicago Unchained: The State of the Union 2015 - YouTube
Thursday, January 22, 2015
SEE 24 DAYS! New French film about barbaric anti-Semitic murder strikes a painful chord | Haaretz
The 2006 kidnapping and murder of Ilan Halimi, who is pictured here, is the subject of '24 Days,' from director Alexandre Arcady. (Courtesy of Stephanie Yin) Photo by JTA
I highly recommend this riveting 2014 film, 24 Days, now making its way through various Jewish film festivals. I just saw it at the the 22nd Annual Virginia Festival of Jewish Film at the Naro Cinema in Norfolk. Following is an Israeli article from last year on it. Buy it online or rent it if you must, but see this movie that has become more timely than ever after the recent terrorist attacks in Paris.
FROM HAARETZ, JULY 8, 2014:
For Israeli audiences, this scenario may sound horrifyingly familiar. A young man is kidnapped and brutally tortured. He meets his bitter end when his perpetrators drag him to a forest, douse him with gasoline and set him on fire.
Except this didn’t happen last week, but eight years ago – and in a place far away. The victim was Ilan Halimi, a 23-year-old Parisian Jew whose murder has come to symbolize the rise of anti-Semitism in modern-day France. (CONTINUED)
FULL ARTICLE HERE: New French film about barbaric anti-Semitic murder strikes a painful chord - Jerusalem Film Festival 2014 - Israel News | Haaretz
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
SLANDERING A HERO: Kyle Derangement Syndrome | National Review Online
With the release of Clint Eastwood’s Chris Kyle biopic American Sniper, based on the life of America’s deadliest marksman, the Left has been eager to take potshots at the late Navy officer and Iraq veteran. By deceptively quoting Kyle’s 2012 autobiography (also entitled “American Sniper”), they have gained traction for questionable interpretations and outright lies. Here are the three most egregious falsehoods, and the truth his critics have willfully ignored. (CONTINUED)
FULL ARTICLE HERE: Kyle Derangement Syndrome | National Review Online
Monday, January 19, 2015
Sunday, January 18, 2015
German Embed Reporter: ISIS Plans On Killing 'Hundreds of Millions' in 'Religious Cleansing' - Breitbart
JORDAN SCHACHTEL18 Jan 2015
Jurgen Todenhofer, the first Western reporter to embed with Islamic State fighters and not be killed in the process, spoke to Al Jazeera about his time with the terror group.
Todenhofer lived side by side with the jihadist fighters for ten days in the Islamic State-stronghold city of Mosul, Iraq. He was accompanied only by his son, who served as his cameraman.
“I always asked them about the value of mercy in Islam,” but “I didn’t see any mercy in their behavior,” explained Todenhofer. He added, “Something that I don’t understand at all is the enthusiasm in their plan of religious cleansing, planning to kill the non-believers… They also will kill Muslim democrats because they believe that non-ISIL-Muslims put the laws of human beings above the commandments of God.”
The German reporter then elaborated on how shocked he was about how “willing to kill” the ISIS fighters are. He said that they were ready to commit genocide. “They were talking about [killing] hundreds of millions. They were enthusiastic about it, and I just cannot understand that,” said Todenhofer (CONTINUED)
FULL ARTICLE HERE: German Embed Reporter: ISIS Plans On Killing 'Hundreds of Millions' in 'Religious Cleansing' - Breitbart
Saturday, January 17, 2015
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Miss Veteran America | Women In The Fight, Ep. 1 - YouTube
Awesome!!
Meet 'the women beyond the uniform' at the 2014 Miss Veteran America competition. Find out how walking the runway helps support homeless female veterans and their children. For more subscribe: http://themghty.co/1jX7s5q
VIDEO LINK: Ms. Vet America | Women In The Fight, Ep. 1 - YouTube
Meet 'the women beyond the uniform' at the 2014 Miss Veteran America competition. Find out how walking the runway helps support homeless female veterans and their children. For more subscribe: http://themghty.co/1jX7s5q
VIDEO LINK: Ms. Vet America | Women In The Fight, Ep. 1 - YouTube
Monday, January 12, 2015
OPINION: Our Muslim President?
by Alan CarubaNo, I cannot prove that Barack Obama is a Muslim, but a review of his public life from the days he was campaigning to be an Illinois Senator through his years as President have raised a lot of questions, including a notable slip of the tongue during a television interview when he referred to himself as a Muslim. (continued)
FULL ARTICLE HERE: OPINION: Our Muslim President
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Going Deep and Dark in the Blue Grotto, New Year's 2015 - YouTube
The light disappears pretty fast in the Blue Grotto the deeper you go, so I had to take advantage of all light sources to produce this video.
Background:
A Lynnhaven Dive Center (Virginia Beach, VA) contingent went diving in Florida around and about Crystal River City south of Gainsville during New Year's week. On our last day, 1/02/15, we dove at the largest clear water cavern in the state, the beautiful Blue Grotto in nearby Williston.You can check out their website: http://www.divebluegrotto.com/index.php/the-blue-grotto
VIDEO LINK: Going Deep and Dark in the Blue Grotto, New Year's 2015 - YouTube
Background:
A Lynnhaven Dive Center (Virginia Beach, VA) contingent went diving in Florida around and about Crystal River City south of Gainsville during New Year's week. On our last day, 1/02/15, we dove at the largest clear water cavern in the state, the beautiful Blue Grotto in nearby Williston.You can check out their website: http://www.divebluegrotto.com/index.php/the-blue-grotto
VIDEO LINK: Going Deep and Dark in the Blue Grotto, New Year's 2015 - YouTube
The Amazing Adrian Carton de Wiart: The Unkillable Soldier
Carton de Wiart served in the Boer War, World War One and World War Two. In the process he was shot in the face, losing his left eye, and was also shot through the skull, hip, leg, ankle and ear.
In WW1 he was severely wounded on eight occasions and mentioned in despatches six times.
Having previously lost an eye and a hand in battle, Carton de Wiart, as commanding officer, was seen by his men pulling the pins of grenades out with his teeth and hurling them with his one good arm during the Battle of the Somme, winning the Victoria Cross. (CONTINUED)
FULL ARTICLE HERE: BBC News - Adrian Carton de Wiart: The unkillable soldier
Monday, January 5, 2015
Hottest year ever? Giant clam reveals Middle Ages were warmer than today | Watts Up With That?
Two recent papers, one is in Earth-Science Reviews and the other is in Chinese Science Bulletin, have studied key chemical contents in micro-drilled giant clams shells and coral samples to demonstrate that in the South China Sea the warm period of the Middle Ages was warmer than the present.
The scientists examined surveys of the ratio of strontium to calcium content and heavy oxygen isotopes, both are sensitive recorders of sea surface temperatures past and present. The aragonite bicarbonate of the Tridacna gigas clam-shell is so fine-grained that daily growth-lines are exposed by micro-drilling with an exceptionally fine drill-bit, allowing an exceptionally detailed time-series of sea-temperature changes to be compiled – a feat of detection worthy of Sherlock Holmes himself.
By using overlaps between successive generations of giant clams and corals, the three scientists – Hong Yan of the Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Willie Soon of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Yuhong Wang of Fudan University, Shanghai – reconstructed a record of sea-surface temperature changes going back 2500 years.
The Roman and Mediaeval Warm Periods both showed up prominently in the western Pacific and East Asia. Sea surface temperatures varied considerably over the 2500-year period. (CONTINUED)
FULL ARTICLE HERE: Hottest year ever? Giant clam reveals Middle Ages were warmer than today | Watts Up With That?
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Kudos to Sisi: Egyptian President Calls for ‘Religious Revolution’ in Islam | Washington Free Beacon
JERUSALEM—In a speech on New Year’s day, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called for a “religious revolution” in Islam that would displace violent jihad from the center of Muslim discourse.
“Is it possible that 1.6 billion people (Muslims worldwide) should want to kill the rest of the world’s population—that is, 7 billion people—so that they themselves may live?” he asked. “Impossible.”
Speaking to an audience of religious scholars celebrating the birth of Islam’s prophet, Mohammed, he called on the religious establishment to lead the fight for moderation in the Muslim world. “You imams (prayer leaders) are responsible before Allah. The entire world—I say it again, the entire world—is waiting for your next move because this umma (a word that can refer either to the Egyptian nation or the entire Muslim world) is being torn, it is being destroyed, it is being lost—and it is being lost by our own hands.” (CONTINUED)
FULL ARTICLE HERE: Egyptian President Calls for ‘Religious Revolution’ in Islam | Washington Free Beacon
Drift-Diving Down the Rainbow River, Florida on New Year's 2015
A Lynnhaven Dive Center (Virginia Beach, VA) contingent went diving in Florida around and about Crystal River City south of Gainsville during New Year's week. On New Year's Day our second stop was at K.P. Hole Park on the Rainbow River to hop a pontoon boat that would take us a mile and a quarter upstream for a drift-dive back to a rendezvous point an hour or so later.
Rainbow Springs is the core of Rainbow Springs State Park with numerous vents that issue 400 - 600 million gallons of crystalline water daily and create the Rainbow River, which has great visibility and plenty of underwater wildlife and vegetation. A great dive!
Rainbow Springs is the core of Rainbow Springs State Park with numerous vents that issue 400 - 600 million gallons of crystalline water daily and create the Rainbow River, which has great visibility and plenty of underwater wildlife and vegetation. A great dive!
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Diving Devil's Den Florida on New Year's Eve 2014, Video No. 1 - YouTube
I went on a four day diving trip with Lynnhaven Dive Center (Virginia Beach, VA), starting with Devil's Den near Williston, Florida, south of Gainsville, on New Year's Eve. Here is the first video from the first dive I made. Devil's Den is a karst window, in which the roof over a subterranean river has collapsed, exposing the water to the open surface, It's considered a cavern in commercial travel parlance, with rock formations millions of years old. It does have caves that extend even deeper than the cavern area depth of 60 plus feet, but those are off-limits to the public, too dangerous for anyone but certified cave divers. I shot this with a SeaLife DC600.
More tidbits: Devil's Den is also recognized as a prehistoric site. by the State of Florida because of the many varied fossils found in the cavern and adjoining caves, including the bones of a human male dating to 7500 B.C. A partial mastodon skeleton was also recovered and put on display at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC. Other remains include Pleistocene species such as ground sloths, camels, horses, dire wolves, bog lemmings, Florida spectacled bears, saber-toothed cats, and peccaries.
VIDEO LINK: Diving Devil's Den Florida on New Year's Eve 2014, Dive No. 1 - YouTube
More tidbits: Devil's Den is also recognized as a prehistoric site. by the State of Florida because of the many varied fossils found in the cavern and adjoining caves, including the bones of a human male dating to 7500 B.C. A partial mastodon skeleton was also recovered and put on display at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC. Other remains include Pleistocene species such as ground sloths, camels, horses, dire wolves, bog lemmings, Florida spectacled bears, saber-toothed cats, and peccaries.
VIDEO LINK: Diving Devil's Den Florida on New Year's Eve 2014, Dive No. 1 - YouTube
Monday, December 29, 2014
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Friday, December 26, 2014
Thousands Attend 8-hour Wake for Slain NYC Officer
Thousands of uniformed police officers from New York City and around the country gathered Friday at the solemn, eight-hour wake of a city policeman who was killed along with his partner in a brazen daytime shooting a week ago.
Mayor Bill de Blasio, who had been criticized by the police union for his handling of protests critical of officers, briefly attended Officer Rafael Ramos' viewing at the Christ Tabernacle Church in Queens, where Ramos was brought in a flag-draped casket and viewed in full dress uniform.
"Dad, I'm forever grateful of the sacrifices you made to provide for me and Jaden," Ramos' son, Justin, said during the wake, referring to his younger brother, as officers gathered in the street watched on giant television screens. (CONTINUED)
FULL ARTICLE HERE: Thousands Attend 8-hour Wake for Slain NYC Officer
France’s Anti-Semitic Nightmare | FrontPage Magazine
The Land of Enlightenment is fast becoming the land of darkness for France’s Jewish citizens.
And many in the French Jewish community have been aware of this sad situation for some time, a realization that was reinforced by the attack on two synagogues by Muslim rioters in Paris last summer during the Gaza conflict. But the latest shocking, anti-Semitic crime that occurred early in December in the same city has deepened the community’s feeling that the possibility of living peaceful lives with a Jewish identity in France is rapidly disappearing. (CONTINUED)
FULL ARTICLE HERE: France’s Anti-Semitic Nightmare | FrontPage Magazine
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
The Monsters Who Screamed for Dead Cops - The Daily Beast
The Monsters Who Screamed for Dead Cops
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| Evidence from photos, video, social-media posts and interviews suggests it was a single group, desperate to ‘turn up the anger’ at otherwise-peaceful protests. |
A little over a week ago, a group of people marched down the streets of Manhattan and called for police to be killed. But exactly who cried out for violence has been something of a mystery as New York goes through its most tense moment in more than a decade.
Evidence from photos, videos, social-media posts and interviews suggest that a group—the New York chapter of the Trayvon Martin Organizing Committee, or TMOC—might have been involved. There is no definitive proof that TMOC led the call for dead cops, but there is a web of circumstantial ties with the group at its center.
TMOC’s own social-media posts put them near the scene of the cry for police blood. Some of the slogans used that night—including “arms up, shoot back!”—are the same as the ones used by TMOC. And recently TMOC has been soliciting money for the legal defense of people it calls its “comrades” who were arrested for allegedly assaulting police officers on the Brooklyn Bridge, just hours after the “dead cops” chant was recorded. (CONTINUED)
FULL ARTICLE HERE: The Monsters Who Screamed for Dead Cops - The Daily Beast
Monday, December 22, 2014
R.I.P.JOE COCKER -With A Little Help From My Friends- 1969 Woodstock.. - YouTube
Rest in peace, Joe Cocker. You were the best!
VIDEO LINK: JOE COCKER -With A Little Help From My Friends- 1969 Woodstock.. - YouTube
VIDEO LINK: JOE COCKER -With A Little Help From My Friends- 1969 Woodstock.. - YouTube
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