About Our Frienemies ....

                                        
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We are at War on Our Southern Border

A new report by Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey (Ret.) and Gen. Robert H. Scales Phd. (Ret.) says just that:

Texas Border Security:  A Military Assessment --
http://www.texasagriculture.gov/vgn/tda/files/1848/46982_Final%20Report-Texas%20Border%20Security.pdf

To Wit:

Woman murdered over social media anti-drug lord advocacy --
http://www.tgdaily.com/security-features/58718-woman-murdered-over-social-media-anti-drug-lord-advocacy

Bag of Severed Heads Left Near Mexican School --
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/weird/Bag-of-Severed-Heads-Left-Near-Mexican-School-130701343.html 

Attacks on Border Patrol Agents ‘Relatively Stable’--at More Than 1,000 Per Year, Says DOJ:
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/attacks-border-patrol-agents-relatively-stable-more-1000-year-says-doj

Two Powerful Cartels Dominate in Mexican Drug War:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/10/01/2-powerful-cartels-dominate-in-mexico-drug-war/?test=latestnews 

House Republicans Request Special Counsel to Probe Holder on 'Fast and Furious' --
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/04/house-republicans-to-request-special-counsel-to-probe-holder-on-fast-and/

LAT -Fast and Furious weapons were found in Mexico cartel enforcer's home --
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-atf-guns-20111009,0,6431788.story?track=rss

Israel is Very Close to the Chute ....

The Ikhwan has succeeded at last; they have returned the Caliphate to Cairo after 400 years in absentia --

See:

Rashid Khalidi at The Nation:  The Arab Spring --
http://www.thenation.com/article/158991/arab-spring
(bio of the author here:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashid_Khalidi )
Rashid Khalidi and Edward Said: Barack Obama’s Good Friends --
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/5967

Palestinians Set Bid for U.N. Seat, Clashing With U.S. --
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/17/world/middleeast/Abbas-Security-Council-United-Nations-Vote.html

Wikipedia - The Society of the Muslim Brothers --
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood

Israel: Jennifer Rubin at the WaPo --
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/a-un-vote-a-loss-for-israel-and-a-humiliation-for-the-us/2011/03/29/gIQAQ4pfUK_blog.html

U.S. met with Egypt Islamists: U.S. diplomat --
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/02/us-egypt-usa-brotherhood-idUSTRE7910J420111002

Yom Kippur drill: IDF simulates war call-up --
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4132399,00.html

AP via Daily Caller: Christians fear Islamist pressure in Egypt --
http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/08/christians-fear-islamist-pressure-in-egypt/

Reuters - Egypt Christians vent fury after clashes kill 25 --
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/10/us-egypt-copts-clashes-idUSTRE7981Q220111010

CNS - Only One Jewish Resident Left in Afghanistan, Says State Department --
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/only-one-jewish-resident-left-afghanistan-says-state-department

WaPo - Smuggled Libyan weapons flood into Egypt --
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/smuggled-libyan-weapons-flood-into-egypt/2011/10/12/gIQA2YQufL_print.html

YNet - US fears unilateral Israeli strike on Iran --
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4141689,00.html

Europe is Headed Down the Chute ...

... and will take the Rest of the West with it  ....

EU warned of credit crunch threat, French banks hit --
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/14/us-eurozone-idUSTRE78B24R20110914

More:

Geithner warns EU of ‘catastrophic risk’ --
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6006de50-e061-11e0-ba12-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1YJ2tKUZW

Richard Fernandez -- ‘Fear Is Coursing through the Corridors of Brussels’ --
http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2011/09/14/fear-is-coursing-through-the-corridors-of-brussels/

Moody’s downgrades Italy’s debt rating --
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/90061923?Moody%26%23146%3Bs%20downgrades%20Italy%26%23146%3Bs%20debt%20rating

The Telegraph:  World facing worst financial crisis in history, Bank of England Governor says --
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/8812260/World-facing-worst-financial-crisis-in-history-Bank-of-England-Governor-says.html

The Telegraph:  An entire system of global trade is at risk --
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/8813441/An-entire-system-of-global-trade-is-at-risk.html

Reuters - Berlin, Paris vow new crisis plan as global pressure builds --
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/09/us-eurozone-idUSTRE7953D520111009

MailOnline - (John) Major: This is our chance to win back power from the EU --
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2047052/John-Major-We-use-eurozone-debt-crisis-grab-powers-Brussels.html

The Telegraph - German push for Greek default risks EMU-wide 'snowball' --
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/8819195/German-push-for-Greek-default-risks-EMU-wide-snowball.html

Reuters - G20 tells euro zone to fix debt crisis in eight days --
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/15/us-g-idUSTRE79C74G20111015

Reuters - European Banks Sink on Greek Vote Bombshell --
http://www.cnbc.com/id/45114081

And now, The Death Rattle:
AFP - EU demands right to dictate national budgets --
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/eu-launches-bid-rewrite-eurozone-budgets-032511566.html

Fleet Foxes -- Ragged Wood

Of Birds and Bats -- & Leftist Idiocy ....

San Francisco Explores ‘Bird-Safe’ Building Standards:
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/09/13/san-francisco-explores-bird-safe-building-standards/

Wind Turbines Kill Bats Without Impact:
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/08/25/wind-turbine-bats-02.html

Windmills Are Killing Our Birds:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203706604574376543308399048.html

Extra special bonus --

San Francisco Considers Ban on Goldfish as Pets to Prevent Their 'Inhumane Suffering' ....  

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/16/san-francisco-wants-to-ban-goldfish-to-prevent-their-inhumane-suffering/#ixzz1XtRbaoRE

EMP Attack Disables Cruise Ship?

http://info.themicroeffect.com/?p=957

Following on the heels of this:
CBS - LA -- Pentagon Can’t Explain ‘Missile’ Contrail Over SoCal Sky:
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2010/11/09/pentagon-cant-explain-missile-off-california/

CBS2 - NYC: Big Apple Has Its Own Army, Navy, Tanks, & Submarine

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/09/08/exclusive-elaborate-new-york-city-post-911-security/