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29 April 2012
28 April 2012
From Reuters...
Verbatim Post
Al Qaeda Incapable Of New Mass-Casualty Attack, U.S. Officials Say
By Mark Hosenball
WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's core organization is likely incapable of carrying out another mass-casualty attack on the scale of Sept. 11, 2001, U.S. intelligence and counter-terrorism officials said on Friday.
U.S. government experts also believe that the likelihood of an attack using chemical, biological, atomic or radiological weapons over the next year was not high, said Robert Cardillo, deputy director of U.S. National Intelligence.
Cardillo and other U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, described these assessments on a conference call with journalists billed as an opportunity for government experts to voice their assessments of al Qaeda's potency a year after the killing of Osama bin Laden in a U.S. commando raid.
Cardillo said the al Qaeda "core" organization that bin Laden created has suffered strategic setbacks due to the outbreak of "Arab Spring" protests and rebellions in Islamic countries, which have not spread great sympathy for al Qaeda's hardline and violent brand of Islam.
More worrying to U.S. counter-terrorism officials and their allies abroad is the possibility of home-grown extremists, or "lone wolves," who are radicalized over the Internet or in small cells, but who also now are being given encouragement by media outlets connected to al Qaeda and its affiliates.
While they were unwilling to declare that al Qaeda was on the brink of "strategic defeat," the U.S. officials did say they believed the central organization founded by bin Laden simply was not capable today of marshalling the kind of resources and planning that went into the deadly suicide airplane hijackings of Sept. 11, 2001.
The officials said that the United States regards four al Qaeda spinoffs or affiliates as still posing threats of greater or lesser degree to U.S. interests.
Most deadly, the officials said, was Yemen-based al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which U.S. officials believe was behind unsuccessful but imaginative attempts to attack continental U.S. targets over the last 18 months using airplane-borne bombs stashed in a passenger's underwear and in photocopier ink cartridges.
Al Qaeda in Iraq, which arose in the wake of the 2003 U.S. invasion to oust Saddam Hussein, remains a potentially lethal presence in that country and may be expanding its activities into neighboring Syria, though officials did not indicate they believe it poses much of a threat to U.S. interests outside that region.
U.S. officials said they regarded al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), an affiliate based in North Africa, as largely a criminal organization engaged in kidnapping Westerners for ransom. But they said they were concerned such tactics could evolve into more spectacular kidnappings intended to win publicity for militant causes.
U.S. officials said that after a period in which their struggle became a magnet for disillusioned Islamic youths in both the United States and Europe, al Qaeda's Somali affiliate, al Shabaab, has seen a measurable falloff in Western recruiting and support.
On balance, a counter-terrorism official said, it was "clear we've made progress towards defeating al Qaeda the organization," though elements of both the ideology and the organization certainly remain, including "a number of active networks in the United Kingdom." (Editing by Eric Beech)
Article here
Reread paragraph 5, re-posted below.:
"More worrying to U.S. counter-terrorism officials and their allies abroad is the possibility of home-grown extremists, or "lone wolves," who are radicalized over the Internet or in small cells, but who also now are being given encouragement by media outlets connected to al Qaeda and its affiliates."
Might this statement reasonably be interpreted to mean that anyone who has an opinion and expresses it "over the internet" could be considered a terrorist? How about a group of individuals that might get together to discuss common interests?
Let me modify paragraph 5 ever so slightly:
"More worrying to U.S. counter-terrorism officials and their allies abroad is the possibility of home-grown extremists, or "lone wolves," who are radicalized over the Internet or in small cells."
See what I mean?
I think that if you aren't concerned, you should be. Just sayin'...
Big Sis and the .gov need a bogeyman, ya know. Its what puts bread on their tables. It keeps them in power. It allows them to extend their control.
Whom will they decide are the new threat?
The list is long, but distinguished. :)
The ground work is being laid. The finishing touches are being implemented. I wonder who they'll target first?
Do you think you can stop it? LOL. Not happenin', friends. It now has a life of its own.
Stay safe.
27 April 2012
Sage words...
"Man has forgotten God, that is why this has happened."
~~Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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26 April 2012
Nothing weird about this...
Outrage as Egypt plans 'farewell intercourse law' so husbands can have sex with DEAD wives up to six hours after their death
By Lee Moran|
Egyptian husbands will soon be legally allowed to have sex with their dead wives - for up to six hours after their death.
The controversial new law is part of a raft of measures being introduced by the Islamist-dominated parliament.
It will also see the minimum age of marriage lowered to 14 and the ridding of women's rights of getting education and employment.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2135434/Outrage-Egypt-plans-farewell-intercourse-law-husbands-sex-dead-wives-hours-AFTER-death.html#ixzz1tBj8Isfn
If they are considering making it law, there must be a reason. Apparently some Egyptian men want to defile the corpses of their wives. Why else would they propose such a law?
Necrophilia. How can a mental disorder become law? When sick minds make the laws.
This is the government that obama is backing.
Sick.
Stay safe.
25 April 2012
Testing...
Also, something I read today: "As a former fetus, I oppose abortion".
I also read that large numbers of young people are unemployed or under-employed and are disillusioned with obama and that they no longer support him. That's good news (I think :)
One of my co-workers had nose surgery a couple of months ago to correct a previously broken nose and, during the same surgery, had his sinuses "scraped" to clear up a long term sinus infection. He had a follow up exam a couple of weeks ago and it was discovered that the sinus infection isn't completely cleared up. His doctor prescribed one of those breathing machines that you use at night. It mixes a steroid and an antibiotic in a stream of air that you breathe through a face-mask while you sleep. Anyway, the only company who sells this particular machine and the meds that go with it is located in the People's Republic of California. He has been playing phone tag with this company since the doctor prescribed the machine and meds two weeks ago. They finally talked today and the gal in California asked Mike if he had insurance. He replied that he did. She then told him that the machine and meds will cost him $473 and that his insurance will pay it all. She then told him that if his deductible has not been met that the insurance company would pay any balance remaining after his deductible had been met. If he didn't want to claim it on his insurance and have it go toward his deductible he could get the machine and the meds for a one time payment of $178.
Let me get this straight... If you claim it against your insurance it will cost $473, but if you pay it out of pocket it will cost you $178.
Let me rephrase that: If your insurance company pays for it the cost is $473. If you pay for it yourself the cost is $178.
Do you see anything wrong with this picture?
Is the nebulizer provider charging $295 to file the insurance claim, or is the insurance company willing to pay $295 more than the patient would pay out of pocket if he didn't file an insurance claim? Either way, they are willing to pay the whole thing. Maybe the nebulizer people are ripping off the insurance companies?
I told him to pay the $178 then file it with our insurance company so that it will (still) go toward his deductible. (We have a "High Deductible HSA" plan and his deductible has not been met this year. He'll be out $178 instead of $473 and he gets the same machine and meds.)
Oh well. Seems like the insurance companies are just as free and easy with our money as the government is. I still can't figure out why insurance is so expensive. :)
Stay safe.
24 April 2012
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18 April 2012
Adrienne's place...
Ann Barnhardt on the Secret Service...
I guess we now know why the Secret Service hasn't done anything about the usurper non-American Obama. They're all a bunch of moral degenerates without any honor or integrity. This culture has been duped by the Marxist cultural and media infiltration into believing that a person's sexual conduct doesn't matter. Well, it does. It is reported today that the unofficial motto among married Secret Service agents is "Wheels up, rings off."
Read the rest here.
I agree with Adrienne... "well said, Ann."
Stay safe.
17 April 2012
16 April 2012
15 April 2012
Back home...
Judy and I spent last week traveling through Indiana and Ohio with a side trip to Charleston, West Virginia.
USAF National Museum in Dayton, Ohio
Thanking those who, at great personal risk, helped.
David P. and Naomi :)
60 tires on the trailer, 14 on the tractor.
Memorial to Merchant Marines in Ashtabula, Ohio
Draw bridge in Ashtabula
We left with no particular agenda in mind. My wife's family moved to Wisconsin, and some eventually to Iowa, through Ohio and Indiana. We did what we often do on vacation, which is to search cemeteries for ancestors. She enjoys that a lot more than I do, but hey, she puts up with the things I like to do. :)
Along with the cemeteries, we saw a lot of covered bridges in extreme northeast Ohio as well as Lake Erie at Ashtabula. It was a good trip.
On Friday we took a side trip to see my old friend David P. in Charleston, West Virginia. David was a Cobra pilot in the Army with my younger brother until an accident left him paralyzed from the waist down. It doesn't slow him down much. He competes in marathons and triathlons and is currently taking care of his 2 year old grand daughter while her mother is at sea and her daddy (David's son) is at a military training school. Both are Marines. David is a proud father! Anyway, it was great to see David and Naomi as well as David's sister.
We headed back to Iowa on Friday night with stops in Indiana on Saturday to do some more "cemeteryin'" and to see Brigid of Mausers & Muffins fame. What a wonderful lady! We had a totally enjoyable 2 hour conversation on many topics, but seemed to keep drifting back to aviation. Common interest, I guess. Also got to meet her famous dog, Barkley. What a treat!
It's good to be back home but it was a great vacation.
Stay safe.
Paul Harvey...
A Paul Harvey broadcast from around 1965. (correct me if I'm wrong on the date) You can listen to a version that hasn't been "digitally clarified" on YouTube.
...good day.
Stay safe
13 April 2012
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