A timely post about from www.jihadwatch.org about military recruiters.  This follows this post about the Iran deal.

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Pentagon orders Marine recruiters not to wear uniforms in wake of Chattanooga jihad massacre

 By Robert Spencer 52 Comments

Surrender. Instead of telling Marine recruiters to be ready to defend themselves, and instead of allowing military personnel to be armed on military bases, we now have Marine recruiters skulking about in civilian clothes, in fear of attracting the attention of the next mentally ill drug-addicted alcoholic who just happens to be a Muslim who just happens to want to be an Islamic martyr and just happens to read material by Awlaki and just happens to be carrying out an explicit call from the Islamic State, but whose actions have, of course, nothing to do with Islam.
“Marine recruiters told not to wear uniforms after attack,” by Jeff Schogol, Military Times, July 19, 2015:

The military services have taken swift action to increase security after Thursday’s shootings in Tennessee, even closing some facilities and telling Marine recruiters not to wear uniforms in public.
Defense Secretary Ash Cater [sic] approved immediate steps taken by the military branches to increase security and has told the services to get back to him by the end of next week with additional force protection measures, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said in a statement on Friday.
The steps were taken just a day after a gunman attacked two military facilities in Chattanooga, leaving four Marines and one sailor dead. Suspected gunman Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez was killed in the attacks on a joint-service recruiting station and a nearby Navy Operational Support Center.
One of the steps Carter approved was Marine Corps Recruiting Command’s decision to have recruiters not wear their military uniforms for now, a defense official said. The recruiting command also closed down all offices within 40 miles of the facilities in Chattanooga and increased the force protection condition level from “Bravo” to “Charlie.”…

An interesting article from http://www.ucg.org/ about the problem of alcoholism. This follows this post about a misapplication of the Bible to allow deviant behaviors such as homosexuality.  For a free magazine subscription or to get the book shown for free click HERE!
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...You Might Be an Alcoholic

by Janet McGuire Hendershot

Jeff Foxworthy has a routine that goes, "If your porch falls down and kills four of your five dogs, you might be a redneck."
I have a similar scenario to pose to you. If you answer "yes" to any of the following questions, you might be an alcoholic.

• Do you find yourself drawn to TV shows or novels where the main character has a major drinking problem?
• Do you find it necessary to have a drink every evening just to unwind?
• Do you often have a drink of something alcoholic before going out to a party to be sure you are fortified enough to have a good time?
• Do you avoid parties or social gatherings where you know alcohol will not be served?
• Do you need an alcoholic drink to feel comfortable on the dance floor?
• Do you always have alcohol in the house even if you don't drink every day?
• Are you more comfortable with people who drink alcohol socially than those who do not?
• Do you ever drink alcohol in the morning?
• Do you frequent restaurants where alcohol is served rather than restaurants where drinks are nonalcoholic?
• Have you ever made a mark on the label of a bottle of alcohol and told yourself you will drink only to that mark and no more?

Scary, eh? I remember in my drinking days, I used to be drawn to tests like this and think how stupid the questions were. So what if alcohol was a part of my life. It was a part of the lives of everyone I knew. Did I need a different group of friends? No. People who did not drink were boring stick-in-the-muds, maybe religious fanatics. Watch any old black and white movie and see how all the cool characters live life with a cigarette in one hand and a martini in the other. Well, maybe the cigarette ought to go.
Alcohol in America and Europe has become almost patriotic. In Europe, it is hard to get a cup of coffee after five. Beer and wine flow like water, but beg your waitress for a cup of coffee with your evening meal and she will say, "Pardon?" and be sure her English hasn't run amuck. Been there. Done that. I finally settled for "fruit-soft." That they understand and will bring you a glass of whatever it is the kids are drinking.
Alcoholism is a progressive disease. You may be concerned you might have a little obsession with alcohol now, but trust me, if you do, it will only grow into a huge obsession. Alcoholism is not a stagnant entity. It does not reverse itself. It does not exist in a vacuum. It moves forward, day by day, week by week, year by year, decade by decade until it has you totally encompassed in its victory. Then it does a lively "River Dance" on your unconscious psyche.
Now we all know people who can drink like fishes, who party hardy every Saturday night and not miss a beat, have six-packs of booze in their fridges for weeks on end and only have a wine cooler every other Thursday. The rest of the time, they live on Mountain Dew and cold tea. Good for them, though drinking to excess is never a good thing. Don't let them influence you into thinking you can "drink like a fish and party hardy" today and tomorrow pop the top on a Diet Coke. Maybe you can. Maybe you can't. It's the "can't" possibility that can ruin your life. Is it worth the gamble? I say, no, it's not. Don't spin that wheel. Life's game of roulette may not be your forte.
When you're at a party, and you're drinking alcohol, can you have two drinks and stop? If so, great! You are probably not sliding down that slippery slope that leads to death or insanity, which are the two choices at the end of unconquered alcoholism. But if you need just one more drink to feel right, drinker beware!
No one ever buys a six-pack of Coke and drinks the whole thing in one sitting. So why do people buy a six-pack of beer or wine coolers (four-pack of them—see? I do know of what I speak), and drink the whole thing in an evening? The answer is simple. Beer and wine coolers contain the little hairy demons that get into your blood stream and crawl up and down your veins and scream for more of them to join the party. And the next drink calms the little critters down, until that buzz wears off, and then they holler for more booze. It's a vicious cycle.
The Bible says no drunkard or gluttonous person will enter God's Kingdom. That's what drove me to Alcoholics' Anonymous on Aug. 1, 1976. Gluttony is difficult to resolve as we all have to eat, something, sometime, so we can't quit food cold turkey. But to control drunkenness should be easy. We don't have to drink. I have a button that says, "It's okay not to drink," and I've had the nerve to wear it to cocktail parties. I carry my can of soda in my purse in the event there is NOTHING there that is nonalcoholic to drink, and believe me, I've been to several of those type of events. So you have to be serious about your attack on this problem, and always be prepared with the armor to make your attack succeed. With me, I had to succeed. There was no issue like marriage, or job, or friendship in the balance. It was more serious than that. There was my salvation, being there when the roll is called at Christ's return that was at stake. Failure was not an option.
I learned that "one day at a time" is a workable axiom. Christ said, "Sufficient for the day is its own trouble" (Matthew 6:34). He must have known we'd mess up and need help getting out of the addiction trap, and that plan of action would help us.
We can't beat an enemy we can't see. Many alcoholics I have known in my life just don't see it. They like feeling good. Who doesn't? They say, "How can something that makes me feel this good be bad for me?" Well, my friend, that's why they call it addiction. It's a "feel good" drug, not unlike cocaine, oxycodone and heroin, except that it's legal.
The confusing element is that once you begin to ingest cocaine, oxycodone or heroin, you are hooked. Not everyone who drinks alcohol is hooked, and therein lies the rub, to quote our good buddy, Will Shakespeare. So alcohol appears less threatening than the addictive controlled substances, and in some cases, it is. But in some cases it is not.
I am 100 percent Irish, and there is a rumor out there that Irish people should never drink alcohol. I think there might be a lot of truth in that belief. I was in trouble with alcohol from day one, and it took eight years for me to become a full blown alcoholic. I was baptized in the Church at the time. Things like that should NOT happen to converted, baptized, seriously religious church people who think they are with the program and living a good life as they march down the path to God's Kingdom. But bad things do happen to seriously converted church people because we are physical, and we are subject to physical shortcomings. Being Irish and introducing alcohol into my bloodstream appears to have been a disastrous shortcoming, big time. Once it became so obvious, it had to be addressed. It could no longer be evaluated, thought about and ultimately ignored. I was a "closet drinker" so many of my friends did not know about me. Thankfully, there were also some of my friends who did know about me, and disapproved of me. Vain as I am, I can't have that.
I thank God every day of my life that He gave me the power to hunt down this villainous culprit within me and beat it into a coma. I know it isn't dead. It's in a coma waiting for the next drink to revitalize it. Then it can rear itself into its sword-wielding monstrous power, take over my life and lead me down the path to self-destruction once again. No way. If only for today, God has helped me to keep it comatose. Comatose is good, one sleeping moment at a time.

Impeach Anne Patterson: US Egypt Amb Ordered NO LIVE AMMO for Marines, Relied on Muslim Bro’Hood for Security (WTF?!)

A very interesting post from www.DebbieSchlussel.com about the Egyptian ambassador appeasement to terrorists. This follows this post about a movie about Muhammad. This follows this post about another movie used as an excuse for Muslims to murder.  This follows this article about American energy independence and preventing money from going to hostile countries such as Iran . For more that you can do to get involved click HERE and read a very interesting book HERE.

Impeach Anne Patterson: US Egypt Amb Ordered NO LIVE AMMO for Marines, Relied on Muslim Bro’Hood for Security (WTF?!)


By Debbie Schlussel



**** UPDATE: The Pentagon is denying the story is true. But several U.S. Marine blogs say it is. Which is the truth? You decide. ****



How the hell is Dumbassador Anne Patterson still the U.S. Ambassador to Egypt? This woman is a moron-ette extraordinaire. She clearly doesn’t give a damn about American lives, American sovereignty, or much of anything else. The woman should be impeached. Or tried for treason. But, then, she works for Obama, so no surprise. We can’t have “gun grabbers” . . . even if their job is to have guns and protect sovereign U.S. soil at the embassy. Um, did we tell our Armed Forces “no live bullets” during World War II, “no live ammo?” We’d be saluting Hitler now–or you would be. I wouldn’t exist. This idiotette spends more time on choosing which Islamic garb of oppression to wear than worrying about the security of her own embassy. Dhimmi to the max. Absurd:


Disgrace: U.S. AmbDumbassador to Egypt Anne Patterson



Dumbassador Anne Patterson with Jihadist Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar University, Ahmed El-Tayeb



U.S. Marines defending the American embassy in Egypt were not permitted by the State Department to carry live ammunition, limiting their ability to respond to attacks like those this week on the U.S. consulate in Cairo.



Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson “did not permit U.S. Marine guards to carry live ammunition,” according to multiple reports on U.S. Marine Corps blogs spotted by Nightwatch. “She neutralized any U.S. military capability that was dedicated to preserve her life and protect the US Embassy.”



Time magazine’s Battleland blog reported Thursday that “senior U.S. officials late Wednesday declined to discuss in detail the security at either Cairo or Benghazi, so answers may be slow in coming.”



If true, the reports indicate that Patterson shirked her obligation to protect U.S. interests, Nightwatch states.



“She did not defend U.S. sovereign territory and betrayed her oath of office,” the report states. “She neutered the Marines posted to defend the embassy, trusting the Egyptians over the Marines.”



While Marines are typically relied on to defend U.S. territory abroad, such as embassies, these reports indicate that the Obama administration was relying on Egypt’s new Muslim Brotherhood-backed government to ensure American security, a move observers are questioning as violence in Cairo continues to rage.



Yes, the parent organization to HAMAS and Al-Qaeda is who we should trust for our security! If you’re an imbecile.

Wknd Box Office: Red Riding Hood, Battle: Los Angeles

Here is an interesting article from http://www.debbieschlussel.com/  reviewing some of the movies that came out over the past weekend. This follows this post some of the movies from last week and  THIS POST about some movies that have been released over the past few years that you might have missed!  This all  follows this post about guidelines to chosing good movies to watch yourself!

Wknd Box Office: Red Riding Hood, Battle: Los Angeles


By Debbie Schlussel



Nothing too good at the movies, this weekend. I did not see “Mars Needs Moms,” as it was screened on the Jewish Sabbath, so I couldn’t go.







* “Red Riding Hood“: This movie is being billed as “not your father’s Little Red Riding Hood” and “a darker version of Little Red Riding Hood.” But let’s be accurate. It’s just NOT Red Riding Hood–Little, Big, or Otherwise. The movie has no resemblance at all to the fairy tale your parents told or read to you. Not at all. The only connection is that the “Red Riding Hood” in this movie (Amanda Seyfried) wears a hooded red cloak that her grandmother (Julie Christie) made for her for her upcoming arranged marriage to a rich guy (instead of the poor guy she’s loved since childhood). Also, in one brief scene, Seyfried repeats a few of the memorable lines from the fairy tale (“Grandmother, what big eyes you have,” etc.).



But other than those two remote connections to the actual fairy tale, this movie is just a dark, silly, slow, boring excuse for blood (just a little) and werewolves. Yup, the wolf in this story is a human who becomes a werewolf and kills people in the small medieval village where Red Riding Hood a/k/a “Valerie” lives. Valerie is in the midst of figuring out what to do in a love triangle–where she is set to marry someone other than the man she loves. She also learns that her own mother was in a similar love triangle and that her dead sister (killed by the werewolf) is the illegitimate daughter of her mother and that man, not her mother’s husband. Yup, “Red Riding Hood” is more a dull soap opera (albeit set in the Middle Ages) than anything having to do with a fairy tale. Oh, and it’s anti-Christian, as one of the chief villains in the movie is a fraudulent werewolf fighter who is a Catholic crusader. Think they’d ever do a movie like that where the charlatan is a Muslim imam? Ha.





Seyfried’s “acting” is wooden and consists mostly of her pouting, looking sullen, and staring very intensely with her big eyes made bigger. That’s not acting. I fell asleep a couple of times and missed nothing. Yup, it’s that interesting. Don’t be fooled by the PG-13 rating. This movie isn’t for kids. Or for adults who have a life, instead of two hours and ten bucks to waste.



ONE-HALF MARX



* “Battle: Los Angeles“: I love a good U.S. Marines versus outer space aliens flick as much as the next American patriot. But this ain’t it. With so much action and so many special effects, it was still so boring and long. Over and over again, you see Marines fighting aliens who’ve invaded Los Angeles (and several others major cities across the U.S.) and losing. We’re told the aliens have invaded earth to colonize it and take its natural resources. To that end, they’re trying to wipe out the human race.



A Marine platoon headed by Aaron Eckhart courageously battles the aliens to the end, and after losing to them the entire movie (kinda like the U.S. in Afghanistan, which is mentioned in the movie as being not as bad), they finally figure it out (which is decidely NOT like Afghanistan, where we don’t kill and destroy to win and save American lives, but pass out candy and build mosques to hardcore Muslims to no avail).



I like the patriotism and very positive portrayal of U.S. Marines in this movie–a military portrayal that is all too uncommon from Hollywood, these days. But that doesn’t make up for the fact that the movie just has no spark and is just lots of fighting and action with no story to go along with it.



Also, was it really necessary to add to a PG-13 movie, which otherwise was fine for kids, a disgusting joke about oral sex and a scene in which a Marine is harassed about being a virgin?



That I’m giving this any Reagans is only because it’s somewhat patriotic and spares nothing in showing our Marines to be the good guys. But other than that, it’s really not a good movie. There’s just no “there,” there.



ONE REAGAN