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Report: IDF Destroys Iranian Missiles Meant for Hamas

A weekend report said that Israel destroyed a warehouse in Sudan that contained Iranian missiles, destined for Gaza.

A report in London-based Arabic language newspaper Al-Arab  Monday said that Israeli planes over the weekend destroyed a warehouse in Sudan that was holding a large number of long-range Iranian missiles. The missiles belonged to Hamas, and were to be used against Israel after they were smuggled into Gaza.
According to the report, eyewitnesses said they saw a “huge explosion” after planes flew over the building. Six people were injured in the attack, witnesses said. The resulting blaze required the services of large numbers of firefighters, they added.
Sudanese officials confirmed that there was an explosion, but denied any connection to weapons or missiles. The officials did not accuse Israel of the attack, but did say that it was carried out by “foreign forces.”
There has been no independent confirmation of the story, which did not appear in any other publication. Israel has not commented on the story.
In October of 2012, Sudan claimed that Israeli airstrikes caused an explosion and fire at a military factory south of the capital, Khartoum, killing two people.
Israel refused all comment on Sudan's accusation about the factory blast, though a top Israeli defense official said Sudan "serves as a route for the transfer, via Egyptian territory, of Iranian weapons to Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists."
Iranian warships regularly dock in Port Sudan, in what Khartoum describes as “routine” visits. Khartoum has denied Iranian involvement in weapons manufacturing and has accused Israel of "spreading fabricated information".

John Kerry caught appearing to mock Israel’s ‘pinpoint’ operation in Gaza

Secretary of State John Kerry was caught on a hot mic on Fox News Sunday apparently disparaging Israel’s claim to be conducting a “pinpoint” operation in Gaza.
Host Chris Wallace explained that while Kerry spoke with an aide between his interviews with multiple Sunday shows, a microphone picked up his rather candid remarks in what Wallace called an “extraordinary moment of diplomacy” about the violence there.

“It’s a hell of a pinpoint operation,” Kerry said. “It’s a hell of a pinpoint operation … We’ve got to get over there. Thank you, John. I think, John, we ought to go tonight. I think it’s crazy to be sitting around.”
Wallace asked him after playing the recording whether he was upset that the Israelis were going too far, and Kerry appeared to go into damage control mode.
“I think it’s very, very difficult in these situations, obviously very difficult, Chris,” Kerry said. “You have people who’ve come out of tunnels. You have a right to go in and take out those tunnels. We completely support that, and we support Israel’s right to defend itself against rockets that are continuing to come in. Hamas has started this process of rocketing … It’s disgraceful. It’s tough to have this kind of operation.”
This isn’t the first time Kerry has been caught criticizing Israel when he didn’t think others were listening. The Daily Beast reported in April on Kerry warning a closed-door meeting of world leaders that Israel could become an “apartheid state” soon if a peaceful, two-state solution wasn’t reached.

Ricky Perry Says Texas Will Secure Its Own Border

All across the border action is being taken as citizens peacefully demonstrate their opposition to the lack of security at our country’s southern border.

Finally someone is saying ‘Enough is enough.’

Rick Perry told Glenn Beck that Texas will no longer wait for the Obama administration to do anything about its borders and will handle its security alone.

“We’ve been able to shut down illegal activities in certain sectors with our different operations that we’ve had,” Perry said on The Glenn Beck Program Thursday. “But I think there’s a point in time where you say, ‘You know what? This 1,200 mile border has to be secured.’ And if there is a people and if there is a place that it can happen, it will be Texas.”

Perry said that most have been focusing on the tens of thousands of unaccompanied children crossing into America when discussing the border crisis. And while he said what they are going through is a “tragedy,” it is important to remember that the children only make up about 20 percent of all the illegals flooding America’s borders.

“80 percent of those coming across, we don’t know who they are,” Perry said. “In Katy, Texas yesterday an individual was apprehended who had murdered an individual in Louisiana.”

The also two discussed a 9-year-old girl who was recently molested by an illegal immigrant in Texas, and Perry said there have been roughly 3,000 murders by illegals in the past six years.

“That’s unacceptable, and that’s the reason that we have to secure that border,” Perry said.

It’s Been Almost 2 Years Since The Obama/Romney Debates; This is Where We Are

What’s happened since the 2012 election has shown a lot of people that Mitt Romney’s warnings about what would happen if Barack Obama was re-elected has come sadly true.

BREAKING: Governors and Mayors Unite Against Barack Obama

Local communities, especially those located in border states, have just about had enough of Barack Obama’s manufactured immigration crisis.
The federal government is dumping thousands of illegals in these communities, demanding that they provide them with food, shelter, and other forms of care.
This is eroding public funds and other limited resources, putting an unnecessary strain on the economy and making a lot of people very angry.
As the pressure mounts on border states, the government is attempting to fan out across the country to find places to house illegals, but these communities are joining the fight and pushing back against the Obama administration.
Local mayors have been  joining forces with state governors to create bans preventing illegals from being dropped in their areas, and protesters have taken to the streets, voicing their concerns and often stopping the federal government in their tracks.
via NewsMax:

As the federal government seeks to provide temporary shelter for the tens of thousands of illegal Central American children that have flooded over the southern United States border, local communities are pushing back.
“Governors and mayors have the right to know when the federal government is transporting a large group of individuals, in this case illegal immigrants, into your state,” Nebraska GOP Gov. Dave Heineman, told the Journal.
Beyond vociferous opposition among communities closest to the border, protest has fanned out across the country. In Escondido, California, the planning commission denied a permit to convert a former nursing home into a youth shelter after residents protested, according to the Journal. In Murrieta, California, protesters blocked buses carrying migrants.
A proposal to place immigrant children in Greece, N.Y., was also axed after residents protested, as was a plan by the Department of Health and Human Services to put undocumented children at a former Army Reserve facility near Westminster, Maryland.
At the National Governors Association meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, this weekend, governors raised concerns over the cost of housing children in their states, according to the Journal. And a few communities that have not even been approached for relocations have taken preemptive steps to block it, passing ordinances banning newly arrived immigrants from being placed in their towns.
Residents in Richmond, Virginia, were among the earliest to protest the opening of a shelter to relocate children.

Awesome. This border crisis is awakening patriots all over the country to rise up and defend their rights, something liberals probably didn’t intend to happen at such an incredible rate.
Hopefully, despite the best efforts of the federal government, these protests will continue to spread around the country, with local and state officials working hand-in-hand to put a stop to this crisis and return some of the power to the American people.
Please share this article on Facebook and Twitter if you support mayors and governors working together to end the border crisis.

$2.4 million spent for Joe Biden’s World Cup trip

New reports indicate that Vice President Joseph R. Biden and his entourage enjoyed a luxurious hotel stay during the World Cup Tournament, totaling over $2.4 million.
Mr. Biden and his entourage visited Brazil in June to attend the World Cup game between the U.S. and Ghana, and to meet with the president and vice president of Brazil.
The cost for the hotel space alone for Mr. Biden and his entire entourage for one night was estimated at $2,245,343.30 the Weekly Standard reported Thursday.
The main entourage stayed in the Royal Tulip Hotel, located next to the Brazilian president’s house, while the rest of the group was spread across three other luxurious hotels ranging from roughly $28,000 to $180,000 a night.
However, reports claim that Mr. Biden did more than just vacation in Brazil. His trip may have been an attempt to repair damage caused by the National Security Agency spying practices involving the Brazilian president.

Five Years Later, Jon Voigt’s Unsettling Predictions Have Come True

Jon Voigt is a famous actor, and almost more famous because of his famous daughter, Angelina Jolie.
Five years ago he made waves by speaking out against the fledgling Obama administration and its proposed policies. It was shocking to most people, because hollywood actors are typically liberal leaning. Just the fact that a great established actor would stand up publicly and rail against Obama was an amazing thing five years ago.
In an exclusive sit down with Gov. Mike Huckabee, Voigt, lists his grievances once more. He touches on everything from the current witch hunt of Dinesh D’Souza, immigration, Hobby Lobby, and the current overthrow of Iraq.

“Five years ago, I stated that Obama would take the country apart piece-by-piece, that he would cause a civil war in this country…In hindsight we can see how many things have come to pass.”

Boehner Says He Will Not Defund Obama’s Executive Orders

CNS News hit the nail on the head recently when one of their reporters asked Speaker of the House Boehner about his plans in regards to Obama’s Executive Orders.
They asked:

“You’ve said you disagree with calls to impeach the president over abuse of power via executive actions. But under the Constitution the House actually has the power of the purse. So, if the President takes actions that exceed his Constitutional authority, will you withhold funding for those actions in the next must-pass appropriations bill?”

To which Boehner replied:

“There’s a lot of ways to deal with this issue,” Boehner responded. “But we’ve got a Republican House and we’ve got a Democratic Senate. And there are a lot of things we’ve passed here that the Senate clearly has not passed.
“Now, when it comes to that issue, some of these actions that you could defund, there clearly isn’t, I wouldn’t guess, an appetite in the United States Senate to withhold those funds,” Boehner continued. “That’s why we’ve decided that the more direct approach of suing the president is the right path to go down here.
“Listen, I’m for upholding the Constitution,” said Boehner, “and I’m for protecting the interest of the House vis-à-vis the power grab that’s going on by the White House. And while he has the authority to issue executive orders, he does not have the authority to unilaterally change laws in our country, which he has done.”

Those who accuse Boehner of being a RINO, Republican In Name Only, are pretty justified with this type of response from the Speaker.
Suing the President has definitely ignited the base, but it just has a hollow feel of showmanship, that nothing will really come of this action. But actually utilizing the powers invested in him don’t seem to be his cup of tea. Big Brother would be proud of his Doublespeak when he skirts the issues and then tells the crowd he’s all for upholding the Constitution. And we ask, “You’re for upholding it to a flame to catch fire?”
Also be weary of the crowd that doesn’t think that pursuing impeachment of the President is a valid action.

U.S. to Give Iran Another $2.8 Billion, Concedes Enrichment

The United States will give Iran access to another $2.8 billion over the next several months and appears to have conceded to Iran’s demand that it be permitted to domestically enrich uranium, the key component in a nuclear weapon, according to senior Obama administration officials.
In exchange for agreeing over the weekend to extend nuclear talks until late November, Iran will be given another $2.8 billion in unfrozen assets, the White House told reporters over the weekend, after President Barack Obama decided to extend the talks past their July 20 deadline.
The United States already returned to Iran $4.2 billion in unfrozen oil assets during the past six months of the interim nuclear deal and has now agreed to provide another $2.8 billion in exchange for an extension in the negotiations.
White House officials also appeared to admit that U.S. negotiators have told Tehran that they will allow it to preserve some of its domestic enrichment capabilities, something that Congress has opposed.
“As part of the JPOA [Joint Plan of Action] extension, Iran will be allowed access in tranches over the next four months to $2.8 billion from its restricted overseas assets,” a senior administration official told reporters on a conference call over the weekend. “Those assets, which are largely unavailable to Iran, are more than $100 billion.”
These frozen assets have “actually increased” over the last six months due to increased oil revenues flowing into Tehran as a result of sanctions relief provided by the United States.
“So they will get access to $2.8 billion from these restricted accounts, which is the pro-rated amount of the relief that was provided in the [Joint Plan of Action] period, which had been $4.2 billion,” the official said.
The United States also will continue to provide Iran with sanctions relief, including the suspension of sanctions on automotive imports, petrochemical exports, and gold trades, according to the White House.
Regional experts continue to worry that the ongoing sanctions relief will allow Tehran’s economy to recover and build up a resilience to any further sanctions that may be passed in the future.
Iran earned around $25 billion from oil sales during the six months of the nuclear accord, though much of that money remains in frozen accounts, the White House officials said.

Biden: ‘Gates has been wrong about everything’

Vice President Biden returned fire at Robert Gates in a New Yorker profile on Monday, criticizing the former Obama Defense secretary as having been “wrong about everything” through his career.

“Bob Gates has been wrong about everything!” Biden said. “Bob Gates is wrong about the advice he gave President Reagan about how to deal with Gorbachev! That he wasn’t real. Thank God the president didn’t listen to him.”The vice president went on to say Gates had erred in his assessment of the Balkans and the Vietnam War, “for Christ’s sake.”
“You go back, and everything in the last 40 years, there’s nothing that I can think of, major fundamental decisions relative to foreign policy, that I can think he’s been right about,” Biden concluded.
“I can hardly wait — either in a presidential campaign or when I’m out of here — to debate Bob Gates,” Biden said. “Oh, Jesus.”
The comments came as a direct rebuke to comments Gates made both in his memoir and during the subsequent book tour, when he memorably hit Biden as "wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades."
“The vice president, when he was a senator — a very new senator — voted against the aid package for South Vietnam, and that was part of the deal when we pulled out of South Vietnam to try and help them survive,” Gates told NPR.
“He said that when the shah fell in Iran in 1979, that that was a step forward for progress toward human rights in Iran,” Gates continued. “He opposed virtually every element of President Reagan's defense build-up. He voted against the B-1, the B-2, the MX and so on. He voted against the first Gulf War. So on a number of these major issues, I just frankly, over a long period of time, felt that he had been wrong.”
Biden said Gates made the comments because he was “upset” the vice president had “questioned the military.”
“Well, I believe now, believed then, that Washington and Jefferson were all right: War is too important to be left to generals,” Biden said. “It is not their judgment to make! Theirs is to execute. So I think you’ve seen a President who is loyal and supportive of the military but realizes he’s the commander in chief.”
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