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 We knew this was coming and now there is no denying that it is here and much worse than we thought. There will be no more protests, just two  well armed opposing sides engaging in fierce all out combat in the streets. Universities have set stage for violence to continue Violent gangs of left-wing radicals known as “antifa” have been attacking Christians or conservatives whom they consider “racist” or “fascist.” But, now, some conservatives are organizing in self-defense , and the war is erupting in the streets. The focal point is Berkeley, California, home of the free speech movement and now the site of repeated battles between antifa and conservatives. A lawsuit was filed  against the University of Berkeley  to force the school to allow author and conservative columnist Ann Coulter to speak. It came only weeks after the “Battle of Berkeley” in which a “free speech rally” featuring Lauren Southern, Brittany Pettibone and other conservative and libe...

Warfare has entered a new era for which America is ill prepared and poorly armed. The U.S. has never been very good at winning the war of words, and in this new cyber age, that weakness is deadly. Our military supersedes all others, but new and insidious fronts have opened in this information age and words have become lethal weapons.. Additionally, all of our public services are computer driven. Our lack of defense on this front is frightening. Either Congress gets its act together and unites on strengthening this front, or the nation will remain vulnerable to a disaster that can lead to catastrophic upheaval by the a populace struggling to survive. Does that sound over the top? Does anyone really want to test that concept. Only the enemy within will benefit. Excerpt: "We are hamstrung by a myriad of reasons, to include lack of accountability and oversight, bureaucracy, resulting in insufficient levels of resourcing and an inability to absorb cutting-edge information and ...

Mission statement from Sons Of Odin American FB page: "We call on those in the 'Sons of Odin' viking community, with 'Balls' as well as a 'Viking' Beard', to join our collective in a valiant quest for victory from the invasion of Islamisation and its threat to our way of life. We are preparing to defend ourselves from the invading Muslims and are forming cells to organize neighborhood watch patrols to counter the sharia patrols and help reduce the Muslim attacks on females etc! Please help by sharing our page and inviting your friends to join us, THANK YOU! The Sons Of Odin International Collective (Sons Of Odin IC) is an independent organization's not associated with other organizations such as Sons of Odin MC (Motor Bikers Club) or Sons of Odin AC (Auto Club) etc. However, their, members are welcome to join us if they are campaign activists." As in Europe, they have chapters throughout the America. Are we surprised?  When t...

Well now, the cat is completely out of the bag and hissing. Oh, and one other thing, Communism by another name is Globalism. People’s World , the bilingual news site of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), reports on April 19, 2017, that CPUSA “has been receiving membership requests ever since Donald Trump was elected President.” Emile Schepers, CPUSA’s International Secretary and an anthropologist by profession who was born in South Africa, told Granma International that “Although the phantom of the McCarthy era still looms across the U.S., there is growing interest in communist ideas. The global financial crisis affected many people and left the sense that today’s youth are worse off than their parents. Neither recent Democratic nor Republican administrations have been able to resolve the serious problems affecting the majority of the country’s citizens. Although the United States is in no way experiencing a pre-revolutionary situation in the communist sense, capitalism...

The Civil War is now full fledged in the streets! There has been blood and there will be more to come! DOMESTIC TERRORISTS? Has The Time Come To Classify The ‘Protest’ Group As Criminal? If they had Tea Party affiliations, we’d be talking about this EVERY day. Harrowing video footage taken by Southern’s crew showed Antifa street fighters throwing bricks and M-80 explosives into the crowd, as well as assaulting Trump supporters. Other footage released by someone present at the event showed one Antifa thug hit a Trump supporter over the head with a bicycle chain and lock. In one interview, ‘Base Stick Man’ as he’s come to be known told listeners about real nature of the violence. People are getting stabbed. One woman had a carburetor thrown at her, and it tore up her face. Another man needed more than a dozen stiches. They have taken quarter sticks of dynamite, dropped them into empty wine bottles, and have lobbed them into the crowds. These are not just rowdy students w...

Despite warnings of and news about the true nature of Islamism, it appears to be marching on within our institutions unrestrained. Why on earth would the City University of New York’s Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy invite the Islamist terrorist supporter Linda Sarsour to be their commencement speaker for this years graduating class? What could she possibly contribute to this area? On the face of it, this appears to be a PC Dhimmie move for "inclusion" or whatever. It defies all reason and logic. It is so egregious that Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) expressed outrage that radical Sharia advocate Linda Sarsour has been invited to give a CUNY commencement speech and is calling for Governor Cuomo to intervene. Quote from Pam Geller: "The left’s chokehold on the nation’s most powerful institutions continues despite a Trump presidency and a Republican Congress, but this is a step too far. My colleagues and I are blacklisted from speaking at almost...

Sean Hannity threatens legal action after allegations of sexual harassment by former contributor Debbie Schlussel By Joe Newby - April 24, 2017 While appearing on the Pat Campbell Podcast Friday, former Fox contributor Debbie Schlussel accused Fox News personality Sean Hannity of sexual harassment, claiming that he repeatedly invited her to his hotel room.  Hannity responded angrily, threatening legal action. “He had some event at a bookstore where he signed his book for people standing in line. He asked me to come meet him at this book signing,” she said.  “So I met him there and it was very awkward. He had me stand up there with him while he signed books and I felt very weird. These people don’t know me and they didn’t come for me to sign their books. So then I left to get ready for the show and he said, ‘Why don’t you come back with me to my hotel?’ and I said no, I have to get ready for the show.” Schlussel, the New York Daily News reported, did n...

The Democrats are going to get more Muslim candidates running because they know that that way Muslims will vote in a bloc for all their candidates, and they’ll be able to keep their corrupt hold on power. They also say they want to fight islamofauxbia, but they will discover that they will never eradicate suspicion of Islam as long as jihad terror attacks continue. And they will. “Training Hopes to Build ‘Pipeline’ for Muslim Candidates After Trump Election,” by Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil, NBC News , April 13, 2017 (thanks to Creeping Sharia ):

An enemy of his own people by allowing chaos and violence to  rule unchecked. The following has several links on the issue.   WOW! BERKELEY MAYOR Who Allegedly Told Police To “Stand Down” Is Part Of Antifa Terrorist Group   By 100% FED Up - Americans were stunned when they were told the police officers were allegedly told to “stand down” and allow violent Antifa and Democrat rioters to attack students who came to hear schedule speaker and gay conservative Milo Yiannopolous at Berkeley College in February. It turns out that the mayor who was accused of telling the police to stand down may have had a motive for allowing conservatives to be threatened and physically harmed. Here’s the description of BAMN from their Facebook page : BAMN – Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary We Are Change – Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin, who many have speculated was behind stand down order...

The first of the following two articles details Brennan's activities and the second one gives a list of those now known to have been administration targets. Undoubtedly, there are many more unknown. Excerpts:   Confirmed: Former CIA chief John Brennan colluded with foreign spies to defeat Trump Anyone with a single functioning brain cell (a group that unfortunately does not include Democrats) knew from the jump that there was ZERO collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. That did not, however, keep the liberal shills in the mainstream media from parroting the mantra during every broadcast that Trump was in bed with the Russians. The spying on the Trump campaign was clearly unethical, immoral, and illegal. But, how to find the smoking gun? Democrats are very good at secrecy, corruption, and conspiracy, all playing a key role in Barack Hussein’s mission to keep Trump out of the White House. Proving the corruption, illegality, and conspiracy would not b...

Soros not only funds seditious activities in America, but in foreign nations as well. "You can’t make this stuff up. We are funding the black hand. Our government is so huge, our taxes so burdensome, that we have lost control – we, the people, have lost control. We fund terrorists, we fund seditious universities, we fund the single most evil human being on the planet – George Soros." Judicial Watch Sues State Department and USAID for Records about Funding and Political Activities of George Soros’ Open Society Foundation – Macedonia USAID website reports it gave $4,819,125 in taxpayer money to Soros’s Open Society Foundation – Macedonia between from 2012 to 2016 (Judicial Watch – Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for records and communications relating to the funding and political activities of the Open Soci...

 by Robby Bowling The Practical Reality never seems to Match the Illusions or Optics, do they?  Something is always amiss & it seem's we can't or won't follow the lines of disinformation too well...Too much Blather & too little Substance... Preachers, teachers, Parents, Friends & Lovers are always QUICK to "Insinuate" or "Imply" to everyone that we should "Always Do the Right Thing!"...We should always, in the end, be "Kind & Giving" to those who have less & for that matter, always be "Kind & Giving" to those who don't need it....It's I guess,"KARMA" & that "Make yourself feel better thing....And let's add to it that 'This Retched World" has always been at WAR with something, someone including "Family Feuds, Warring Country's, Warring Nationalities, the War between the Sexes (Straights, Homosexuals & Transsexual) & the Wars between Religio...

The number of Western, leftist, female, useful idiots who support Sharia and Islamism is staggering. Are they really so dense as to not recognize Islamist doublethink, or are they conniving globalists seeking to destroy Western Civilization in order to establish elitist control. It is either one or the other. “Easy to kill women”: Three honor killings in three weeks in ONE PROVINCE in Afghanistan By Pamela Geller - Honor killing, child marriage, forced marriage, rampant suicide among women – why is all this happening? Because of Islamic texts and teachings allowing for wife-beating, polygamy, the subjugation and brutalization of women, the sanctioning of child marriage and honor killing, and more. Yet Islam is not mentioned in this France 24 exposé. The West is in total denial about the causes of these problems as it continues to import them into its own countries. “The place in Afghanistan where it’s “easy to kill women”, by Masouma Anvari, France 24 , April 13, 2017:

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly / Getty Images Does the average citizen truly understand the threat this nation is under? How long will it be until, just like Israel, we will experience daily terrorist attacks on American soil? Apologist for Islamism take note, as kefirs, you will not be spared should hijrah achieve its goal--cultural conquest by migrant invasion. Terrorists inside America plotting attacks 'each and every single day' by: Adam Kredo Federal authorities have open investigations into radical Islamic terrorists in all 50 states, according to the Department of Homeland Security, which is warning that the threat of terrorism in the United States has reached an all time high with radicalized individuals in the country plotting to strike "each and every single day." The FBI has "open terrorist investigations in all 50 states," according to DHS Secretary John Kelly, who disclosed on Tuesday that there have been at least 37 "ISI...

Islam's 'manufactured refugee crisis' revealed 'It's different from what the mainstream media will tell you' The entire Western world is being swamped by an Islamic invasion. But Muslims aren’t coming in uniforms and carrying guns. They’re arriving en masse with the assistance of Western governments. Some call it refugee resettlement. Others simply believe it is just immigration. Few are willing to call it what it is – an “act of conquest,” according to traditional Islam. One of those few is Paul Nehlen, producer and director of the new documentary “Hijrah: Radical Islam’s Global Invasion.” Nehlen is best known as the populist Republican who challenged House Speaker Paul Ryan in a primary campaign in 2016. In “Hijrah,” Nehlen provides a compelling examination of the issues surrounding immigration and terrorism he discussed during his bid for office. Nehlen claims establishment media are complicit in covering up the truth about what Islam truly ...

We are in a state of crisis and obviously not everyone realizes it. The underpinnings of our culture are slowly decaying by way of an external enemy slowly eating away at its foundation, the internal enemy within encouraging it, the apologists mistakenly excusing it, and the unaware blindly pursuing their own lives with no concept of the event horizon that is moving ever closer. Excerpts from the following post address the matter with links to the entire articles. If you value the American Constitution and way of life, prepare to be outraged. Why is the Dept. of Education Promoting Islam to School Kids? by Dan Miller "The U.S. Department of Education has proselytized in our public schools on behalf Islam for many years through its “Access Islam” program. Federally funded, it is directed at children in grades 5 through 12. The Christian Action Network recently demanded that President Trump’s recently confirmed Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos, terminate the program. Accordi...

  Excellent article packed with detailed information on the entire matter British Role Confirmed in Trump Spying Scandal by Accuracy In Media on April 17, 2017 A Special Report from the Accuracy in Media Center for Investigative Journalism; Cliff Kincaid, Director.   The British Guardian posted a report on April 13 claiming that its sources now admit that the British spy agency GCHQ was digitally wiretapping Trump associates, going back to late 2015. This was presumably when the December 2015 Moscow meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Lt. General Michael Flynn took place. This runs contrary to the blanket nature of the denial insinuated in GCHQ’s carefully-crafted statement of March 17 claiming it was all “nonsense” and “utterly ridiculous” that they conducted surveillance of “then president-elect” Donald Trump (emphasis added). The surveillance went back a year before he became “president-elect.” President Trump’s claim of being “wire tapped” has been...

Let Us Behold Dems Laughing at White Male Suicides of Despair, After School Tax Exempt Satan Clubs, and Doublethink Regarding Sex Select Abortions. If the extreme Left has its way, we will soon be exhibiting the same cultural rot that Rome, as well as many other great empires, experienced in the last days of their existence. We may already be there and ripe for the globalist picking. Depravity has always existed in human history, but it usually is not openly accepted until precipitous social, military, and political declines begin to occur. Such decay appears to be inevitable, and nations comprising Western Civilization are not exempt. Here is an excellent discussion regarding the issue. One might find the list within the article quite interesting each of which is discussed in detail. Leftist Democrats UNMASKED. Make no mistake, this is representative of their true character Maine Democratic Party members think it's hilarious that white men are committing suicide at rec...

(L-R) Amelia Warren Tyagi, Elizabeth Warren, United States Senator, and Heather McGhee, President of Demos Soros-Funded Group Chaired By Elizabeth Warren’s Daughter Fighting Voter Integrity Lawsuits  Democrats plan to amp up challenges against voter laws BY: Joe Schoffstall An organization funded by liberal billionaire George Soros and chaired by Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren's daughter is fighting lawsuits brought forth by election integrity groups in a number of cities. Demos, a New York City-based progressive public policy organization, is assisting unions in pushing back against election lawsuits filed in North Carolina and Florida. The group is also writing letters of interest in another lawsuit in Pennsylvania. Amelia Warren Tyagi, Warren's daughter, chairs the board of Demos.

One may well be familiar with many of these organizations, but the complete list can be staggering even to those who are aware. Here's the straight skinny with no intro necessary: A. Organizations directly funded by Soros and his Open Society Foundations (OSF): Posted by Dr. Eowyn :  Source: DiscoverTheNetworks.org Advancement Project : This organization works to organize “communities of color” into politically cohesive units while disseminating its leftist worldviews and values as broadly as possible by way of a sophisticated communications department. Air America Radio : Now defunct, this was a self-identified “liberal” radio network. Al-Haq : This NGO produces highly politicized reports, papers, books, and legal analyses regarding alleged Israeli human-rights abuses committed against Palestinians. All of Us or None : This organization seeks to change voting laws — which vary from state to state — so as to allow ex-inmates, parolees, and even curr...

Recording of Secretary Kerry Admitting President Obama Armed Extremists in Syria – And Now Secretary Tillerson and President Trump are Dealing With Consequences….. Posted on April 10, 2017 by sundance On September 30th 2016 the New York Times quietly released a leaked audio recording of Secretary John Kerry meeting with multiple factions associated within Syria. The 40-minute discussion took place on the sidelines of a United Nations General Assembly in New York. The meeting took place at the Dutch Mission to the United Nations on Sept. 22nd 2016: […]  Kerry’s off-record conversation was apparently with two dozen ‘Syrian civilians’, all from US backed opposition-linked NGO’s in education and medical groups  supposedly working in ‘rebel-held’ (aka terrorist-held) areas in Syria. This opposition conclave also included ‘rescue workers’ which can only be ambassadors from the White Helmets , a pseudo NGO which serves as Washingt...

Excellent article contains many links on the issue. Ali, a former Muslim, understands completely and explains plainly what Poliical Islam truly is. New Ways of Responding to Extremist Islam by Giulio Meotti "According to one estimate, 10−15 percent of the world's Muslims are Islamists. Out of well over 1.6 billion, or 23 percent of the globe's population, that implies more than 160 million individuals." – Ayaan Hirsi Ali, in her new book, The Challenge of Dawa. That was Ronald Reagan's major achievement in his long war against the Soviet Union: presenting communism as a joke -- exposing the lies of the Soviet regime, exposing the misery under which its people were living, and explaining why Western values were preferable to Communist ones. This is exactly what the West, Hirsi Ali explains, should be doing with radical Islam. Western civilization is a humanist vision in which Christianity integrated Jewish wisdom, Greek philosophy and Roman law...

  4 unconstitutional safe spaces for campus 'snowflakes'  by  Bob Unruh A top legal team in the United States, the Alliance Defending Freedom, whose lawyers regularly appear before the U.S. Supreme Court, is warning Congress that the First Amendment is “not well” on college campuses. “At California State University-Los Angeles, faculty members actually linked arms to prevent students from entering an auditorium to hear a speech from nationally known speaker Ben Shapiro on – ironically – freedom of speech,” the group said this week. The testimony from ADF was delivered to the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, which was addressing First Amendment protections on university and college campuses. The issue, which has been in the news for several years already, erupted again this week. It was the Young Americans for Liberty who were refused recognition by the student government association at Wichita State Univer...

Here are just a few of the many instances of Democrat/Leftist gross duplicity. Hypocrisy on steroids: speech and/or actions acceptable to their side is labeled egregious should the other side engage in such speech or behavior. Doublethink: intolerance=tolerance: free expression is possible only by intolerance toward and the muzzling of all opposition. Then we have projection: accusing their opponents of doing what they themselves do. Enter outright lying: charging their opponents with hate speech and aggressive acts which are completely false. And their bedrock of discourse: the outright denial of the facts, and when unable to logically defend their position, resorting to name calling and personal smears. Excerpts from the following articles show just a few cases where apparent Democrat/Leftist delusion, denial, or outright prevarication run rampant. The Russian straw man: OOPS! The Sickening Truth Slips Out On CNN - Now We Know Why They Continue To Push 'The Russ...

Openly aiding and abetting not just illegals, but illegal criminals as well. One Sterling Example: Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel is issuing IDs to illegals so they can collect welfare without being tracked by the feds by Thomas Madison Powdered Wig Society April 4, 2017 H/T Joe LaVeque Openly, flagrantly violating federal law, Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel is issuing an official Chicago ID, the purpose of which is to allow illegal aliens to receive welfare benefits without being tracked for deportation. In my opinion, not only should federal funding be withheld from Chicago, but Emanuel should be held personally responsible for all welfare payments given to illegals with these new IDs.

by Robby Bowling What is it about he "Septic Tank" we call Washington DC that seems with almost Perfect Frequency turn Everything into Excrement, into Chaos, into Anarchy & eventually everything into DEATH ....If these damn Parasites are LEADERS, if I may ask just where in the HELL are they taking us? I would think most would at least by now "Recognize & Admit" it can't be anywhere GOOD.... Everyday it seems is just like taking a "Laxative" we get a daily dose of "Excrement" only fit for a "Dung Beetle" & the MEDIA , with every Staging Effect, Gimmick, Trick they have with Cameras, Editing,Background Music & Computer Generated Graphics will turn it into Whatever Narrative they Need it to be....That is to Say , Promote their Cause....Lets be honest here they ARE in it "For The MONEY"...They are also in it because they are Believers in the Liberal, Progressive, Socialist,Fascist, Totalitarian, Nazi or Co...

Ben Carson has uncovered half a trillion dollars in bookkeeping errors in Obama’s HUD by Thomas Madison April 5, 2017 So, where is the money? Ben Carson has revealed massive incompetence and possibly corruption in Obama’s Department of Housing and Urban Development, with over half a trillion dollars improperly accounted for. The inspector general (IG) for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) revealed this week that for three straight years, Obama’s HUD staff cooked the books, according to. These morons wouldn’t know a balance sheet from a fitted sheet, reports Blacksphere . HUD’s books are in such bad shape that the IG can’t complete an audit on their second try. Here’s what happened on the first try:

For a party that professes to be for the welfare of the people, the Democrats' actions betray their words. They continue to push for the preceding president's goal of the "fundamental transformation of America". The American Constitution is in mortal danger. If they succeed, the republic will fall and be under the globalist jackboot of oppression. Even if the EU completely breaks up, unlikely, it will not be enough to resist an eventual elitist takeover should America go down. Some of the long term goals of present leftist/Democrat actions appear to be:

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IF true, the events in this post are very troubling to anyone who has put any faith in the FBI. The Obama administration was literally at war with the American citizenry. Some cheered his anti-American stance, others realized with horror what was really happening. Even more appalling was the fact that nothing was ever done to remedy the acts of Obama's lawless administration. He should have been impeached, tried in the Senate and incarcerated for his obvious treason. There are a plethora of posts on the Internet addressing that issue. Here is but one. Hopefully, one way or another justice will be served and those not as yet aware will see the light. Only the hard core anarchists and revolutionaries will be left o fight, and it appears as though, after careful cultivation, their numbers are increasing and coming to fruition. Obama admin FBI agent instructed Garland terrorists to “Tear up Texas.” Agent was present at the attack, watched it happen, did nothing to subdue the sho...

Sigh, another case of "worse than we thought". We "knew" Podesta was sleazy and corrupt. We also knew about his connection to Russian banks through his brother, Tony. However, the amount he raked in is staggering. So, what manner of advice was he giving Hillary as to how to deal with the Russians? Trick question? $35 million! That’s how much John Podesta’s company was paid by the Kremlin! by Thomas Madison H/T Joe LaVeque Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Breitbart editor at large Peter Schweizer, the author of “Clinton Cash,” detailed how the former chairman of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign John Podesta may have violated federal law by failing to disclose stock shares he owned from a Kremlin-funded company....

  by Robby Bowling Do You remember as I do the "Spoiled Rotten Child" (He, She or It) that we all grew up with that had absolutely "No Shame or Self Discipline?" They were the one's who did anything they wanted, when they wanted it? Classic weren't they? They always Forced their hands, didn't they....Something to behold & something to forget! But if you think about it a bit, very Few of these "Privileged Punks, Skunks, Brats, Polecats & Rats" had any particular REAL TALENT....When there's Talent in Play you can See & somewhat understand how it got out of Control...But the Majority of these "Urchins ":where created by Self-Serving Narcissistic Parents that wanted to live their Lives VICARIOUSLY through their Created Little Monsters Johnny, Joanne or The Mule that's of neither Sex....

by Robby Bowling This world, America has an abundance of problems, some inherent , some self made & many waiting in the Shadows, for their moment, to Shine, Shine, Shine ....Every Person, Idiot or Child has a role in this Cycle some call life....And yes, if you want to throw in the "Cliche" that "We're All A Little Broken" fine & while that's true it's meaningless unless we keep trying to Right The Ship that's sinking...On a personal level we look at it as, We Fall Down, We Get Up, We Dust Ourselves Off, Gather Ourselves & Move On to TRY Again....Well that's the way it used to be....I have no Conclusive Idea where today's Culture Stands on that topic....I'm not so sure most of the Ignorant Fools left Standing, Crawling, Slithering & Existing like Parasites know either?....They Might as well be standing in the Middle of the Freeway, Train Tracks waiting to be "Flattened Like a Rodent!"...

James Comey’s Donald Trump investigation overshadowed by tweets   By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times - Tuesday, March 21, 2017 ANALYSIS/OPINION: For a guy who claims to be above or beneath or beside grubby politics in America, FBI chief James Comey sure does manage to insert himself into the seamiest corners of politics and seize the spotlight at the most fraught moments possible. In this past election, Jim Comey was the “Where’s Waldo?” of American politics. First he condemns Lady Dragon Hillary with the most damning exoneration in the history of public prosecutions. Then he slays her in public with just weeks to go before the election — only to ride up on his armor-suited horse in a failed effort to resuscitate her in the final days. As busy as Mr. Comey was in the glare of the klieg lights toying with the helpless and enfeebled Hillary, he was even busier behind the scenes secretly tampering with the election in ways ...