The Right Stuff In The Morning
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
In the news today: At least 126, mostly young teens, were killed during a Taliban attack on a Pakistani school; the Senate confirms Obama's anti-gun surgeon general pick; Khalid Sheikh-Mohammed predicted the torture backlash; poll has Romney over Jeb, with the two ahead of all others; Newtown families sue rifle maker; and the 11 worst campus political correctness moments of 2014.
Keith
At Least 126 killed in Taliban attack on school . . . At least 126 people, most of them children, were killed on Tuesday when Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, taking hundreds of students hostage in the bloodiest insurgent attack in the country in years. All of the militants in Tuesday's school attack in northwest Pakistan have been killed, Peshawar police said. Outside, as helicopters rumbled overhead, police struggled to hold back distraught parents who were trying to break past a security cordon and get into the school. Taliban had 300 to 400 people under their custody at one point. Most of the deal appear to be between the ages of 12 and 16. CNN
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Obama doesn't know "who we are as Americans" . . . “Some of the actions that were taken were contrary to our values,” puffed the president upon the release last week of the Senate report on the extra-strenuous techniques – actually, torture – used during the Bush administration. According to the just-released survey, which doubtless won’t get much play on . . . CBS . . . the number of Americans who think “water boarding and other aggressive interrogation tactics” are “sometimes justified” solidly exceeds those who think they are not justified, 49-36 percent. White House Dossier
Senate confirms Obama's anti-gun surgeon general . . . The Senate narrowly confirmed a new surgeon general whose nomination was delayed for months in a fight over his comments alleging that guns are a public health issue. The confirmation represents a victory for gun-control advocates, even as recent polling has shown Americans moving in the other direction toward gun-rights protections. National Journal
Obama thanks troops for service in Afghanistan . . . Obama marked the end of combat operations in Afghanistan with a trip to a joint military base in New Jersey, where he thanked the troops for their sacrifice and said every one of them should be proud of what they accomplished there. Washington Examiner
BET host: Obama gives too much time to Hispanics . . . The BET host who interviewed Obama last week complained that the president has given Hispanic media outlets more attention than black outlets during his presidency. Breitbart
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9/11 mastermind predicted torture backlash . . . Dr. James Mitchell, a former U.S. Navy psychologist reportedly involved in the interrogation of suspected 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said, "Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told me personally, 'Your country will turn on you, the liberal media will turn on you, the people will grow tired of this, they will turn on you. And when they do, you are going to be abandoned.”" The Blaze
Interesting to see how well they study their enemy - us. One of our greatest weaknesses is that we fail to fully understand our enemies and we underestimate their evil intent.
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Cruz stands his ground after angering Senate . . . Republicans and Democrats found something to agree on: their dislike for Sen. Ted Cruz, who forced a rare weekend session for the Senate. But rather than back down, Cruz opted to call out Washington politicians. “Too many politicians in Washington don’t believe we can stand and fight,” Cruz said. “Enough is enough,” he told Hannity. The Daily Signal
Cruz tries to appeal to moneyed moderates . . . Earlier this month, the senator slipped away to Los Angeles for a series of meetings with top GOP donors, a trip that included a dinner at the California Club with a group of some 20 Republicans who served as bundlers for Mitt Romney in 2012. National Journal
Calculating Cruz?
Clinton quiet as Warren rises . . . Hillary Clinton and her allies were quiet while Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led a Democratic uprising in the Senate over changes to the Wall Street reform bill that were included by Republicans in a $1.1 trillion government-funding bill. The reason for Clinton’s silence, some of her staunchest supporters say, is that she likely supported the spending bill — even if she didn’t want to go on record with that support. The Hill
Poll puts Romney, Jeb on top . . . Romney has the support from about 19 percent of Republican voters, with Jeb Bush receiving 14 percent. The former governors were followed by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Gov. Mike Huckabee, both with 9 percent. Ben Carson received 8 percent. The Hill
Another red state expands Medicaid . . . Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Haslam became the latest red-state governor to approve a twist on Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion Monday. The Hill
Hard to turn down all that federal loot.
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Sydney shooter embraced radical Islam . . . Evidence has surfaced on social media that jihadi hostage taker “Sheikh” Haron had previously displayed radical views, had deep connections with the Muslim community in Sydney, and expressed an unapologetic devotion to radical Islam. Breitbart
Fatah calls for more violence . . . The military wing for Fatah, the Palestinian political party that controls the West Bank, is calling on its supporters to expand the Intifada against Israel and suggesting that an Israeli official be assassinated as retribution for the death of Palestinian Authority minister Ziad Abu Ein last week. Washington Free Beacon
These are the moderates, folks. Not Hamas.
Baghdad Vicar: ISIS beheaded four Christian children . . . Reverend Canon Andrew White, head of the only Anglican church in Iraq, described in a recent interview some of the atrocities committed against Iraqi Christians by the Islamic State, including the beheading of four children who refused to convert to Islam and told their killers, “We love Yeshua [Jesus], we have always loved Yeshua.” CNS News
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Newtown victim families sue rifle maker . . . The families of nine people killed in the Newtown school massacre filed a lawsuit against the maker and sellers of the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle used in the shooting, saying the gun should not have been sold for civilian use because of its overwhelming firepower. Associated Press
Top 11 campus political correctness debacles of 2014 . . . In March, a feminist studies professor at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) assaulted a 16 year-old pro-life activist who was displaying literature on campus. In 2014 it was discovered that in order to graduate from the University of Michigan, a student must first take a course to learn how racist and intolerant the United States is toward minorities and different ethnicities. Breitbart
Campus turns on Muslim conservative over satire . . . A Muslim conservative who took on political correctness at his college campus found out just how angry the very folks he was lampooning can get. Omar Mahmood, a junior majoring in literature and anthropology at the University of Michigan, lost his job as a writer for the main campus newspaper and saw his front door tattooed with angry and profane messages after he wrote a satirical column dubbed "Do the Left Thing" for another publication. Fox News
Taxpayer-funded poet assaults cops . . . A CUNY professor whose poetry includes the line “F–k the police” was busted early Sunday for allegedly attacking two NYPD lieutenants who tried to stop him from tossing a garbage can on cops from an elevated Brooklyn Bridge walkway. New York Post
Honestly, I don't remember Shelley or Keats ever pulling a stunt like this . . .
Apple uses anti-American song in ad . . . Uses song in ad that had lyrics - which Apple omitted - like, "You better burn that flag Cause it ain’t against the law! The Blaze
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