Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Donald Trump: Obama Busy with ‘Star Wars,’ Not War Against Islamic State



Donald Trump: Obama Busy with ‘Star Wars,’ Not War Against Islamic State
by Alex Swoyer 29 Dec 2015Washington, DC
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump posted a new video on Instagram captioned, “We need a real President!”

The video begins, “We are in a serious war,” followed by clips of news coverage from the terror attacks by the Islamic State (ISIS).

“Our president is busy with another war,” the ad reads before jumping to a soundbite from President Obama.

“Okay everybody, I’ve got to get to Star Wars,” Obama says at a press conference.

“Time for a leader with real priorities,” the video concludes.

Click on the link above to watch the video:

We need a real President!

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Louis Farrakhan is the acting head for the Nation of Islam, and was awarded the 2007 Jeremiah Wright Jr. Trumpeter award from the Trumpeter Newsmagazine.

Note: Trumpeter Newsmagazine is a publication for the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Barack Obama was a parishioner at the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago), and the candidate for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign.
African American Religious Leadership Committee was an advisory group for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign.
Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. was a member of the African American Religious Leadership Committee, and is a senior pastor at the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Common is a parishioner for the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago), and Kanye West is his producer.
Kanye West is Common’s producer, and a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Ari Emanuel is co-CEO & director for William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, and Rahm I. Emanuel’s brother.
Rahm Emanuel’s Father Specialized in Terrorist Bus Bombings in Palestine
J.J. Abrams is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client, the director for Star Wars: the Force Awakens, was a contributor for Priorities USA Action, and a contributor for the American Bridge 21st Century.
Harrison Ford is an actor in the Star Wars: the Force Awakens, an actor in the Star Wars, an actor in the Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, an actor in the Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, an actor in the Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, and a guest at George Lucas & Mellody L. Hobson’s 2013 wedding.
George Lucas is the director in Star Wars, the writer, producer & director for the Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, the writer, producer & director for the Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, the writer, producer & director for the Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, the writer & director of the Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, the writer & director of the Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, married to Mellody L. Hobson, and Harrison Ford was a guest at his 2013 wedding.
Mellody L. Hobson is married to George Lucas, is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and Harrison Ford was a guest at her 2013 wedding.
Rahm I. Emanuel is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, Ari Emanuel’s brother, the Chicago (IL) mayor, and was the White House chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.  
Priorities USA Action was a super PAC supporting the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign, and is supporting the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.
Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary) supported the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.
George Soros is a co-chair, national finance council for the Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary), the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and was a contributor for the American Bridge 21st Century.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
US Islamic World Conference was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Hillary Rodham Clinton was a director at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and is the candidate for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.
Priorities USA Action is supporting the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.
Correct the Record is a supporter for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, a project of the American Bridge 21st Century, and a spinoff organization for the American Bridge 21st Century.
J.J. Abrams was a contributor for Priorities USA Action, a contributor for the American Bridge 21st Century, is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client, and the director for Star Wars: the Force Awakens.
Ari Emanuel is co-CEO & director for William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, and Rahm I. Emanuel’s brother.
Rahm Emanuel’s Father Specialized in Terrorist Bus Bombings in Palestine
Rahm I. Emanuel is Ari Emanuel’s brother, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor, and was the White House chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.
Barack Obama is the president for the Barack Obama administration, was the candidate for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign, and a parishioner at the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Trumpeter Newsmagazine is a publication for the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Louis Farrakhan was awarded the 2007 Jeremiah Wright Jr. Trumpeter award from the Trumpeter Newsmagazine, and is the acting head for the Nation of Islam.
Common is a parishioner for the Trinity United Church of Christ (Chicago), and Kanye West is his producer.
Kanye West is Common’s producer, and a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client.
Ari Emanuel is co-CEO & director for William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, and Rahm I. Emanuel’s brother.
Barbra Streisand is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client, and the founder of the Barbra Streisand Foundation.    
Barbra Streisand Foundation was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and the Human Rights Watch.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and the Human Rights Watch.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a co-chair, national finance council for the Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary), was a contributor for the American Bridge 21st Century, and a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch.
Gara LaMarche was the VP & director of U.S. programs for the Open Society Foundations, an associate director for the Human Rights Watch, and a director at the White House Project.
Daisy Khan was a director at the White House Project, and is an executive director for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow is a sponsor for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation was a funder for the Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow, the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and the Islamic Development Bank.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton was a founding chair at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, a director at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and is the candidate for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.
US Islamic World Conference was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Iranian rocket passes within 1,500 yards of US aircraft carrier



Iranian rocket passes within 1,500 yards of US aircraft carrier
Published December 30, 2015 FoxNews.com
Iranian rockets passed within 1,500 yards of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in the Strait of Hormuz last week, a senior defense official confirmed Tuesday to Fox News.

Cmdr. Kyle Raines, a U.S. Central Command spokesman, said in a statement to the Associated Press early Wednesday that Iranian Revolutionary Guard naval vessels fired "several unguided rockets" after giving only 23 minutes' notice over maritime radio that a live-fire exercise would be carried out. The incident was first reported by NBC News.

Raines described the Iranian fleet's actions as "highly provocative".

"Firing weapons so close to passing coalition ships and commercial traffic within an internationally recognized maritime traffic lane is unsafe, unprofessional and inconsistent with international maritime law," the spokesman said.

While the United States has complained previously about other Iranian war games and maneuvers there, Saturday's incident comes after a series of weapons tests and other moves by Tehran following this past summer's nuclear deal. Iranian media and officials did not immediately discuss the tests Wednesday.

In addition to the Truman, the destroyer USS Bulkeley and French frigate FS Provence were in the area, as was commercial sea traffic.

A U.S. military official told The Hill newspaper that the Iranian ships approached the Truman and other vessels before announcing it was setting the live-fire exercise in motion and requesting nearby vessels to keep clear.

Just 23 minutes later, the Iranians repeated the warning and the rockets were launched. It was not immediately clear how many projectiles were fired. The Hill reported the ships departed the area after the launches.

Officials said the rockets traveled in a direction taking them away from the Truman and other shipping traffic in the strait, which conncts the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea and is the route for nearly a third of all oil traded by sea.

The Truman arrived in the Persian Gulf recently to provide a launching point for airstrikes against the ISIS terror group in Iraq and Syria. It replaces the USS Theodore Roosevelt, which departed the Middle East this past October. The French aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle is also in the Gulf to perform similar functions.


Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Susan Sarandon Compares Refugees to Jesus’ Family: ‘No Room at the Inn’ for Syrian Babies



Susan Sarandon Compares Refugees to Jesus’ Family: ‘No Room at the Inn’ for Syrian Babies
by Daniel Nussbaum 29 Dec 2015
Susan Sarandon spent the Christmas holiday on the Greek island of Lesbos assisting international organizations with the mounting Syrian refugee crisis — a crisis, she says, that recalls the travails of Joseph and Mary on their way to the Inn in Bethlehem.

In a column for the Huffington Post and RYOT, the 69-year-old Oscar-winning actress described meeting a 16-year-old girl who had apparently given birth shortly before arriving on the island.

“I smile and approach her, but without a translator, our conversation is basic-friendly,” Sarandon wrote of her experience. “She takes the bundle next to her and opens it to me. Inside is a perfect, rosy, newborn.”

The actress continues:

She is beaming, so proud. How did this young girl, just having given birth, manage that trip at sea? How did she do all that walking? Where did she give birth?

Wasn’t Mary just a kid too when she and Joseph took to the road? So far, there is no manger for this Syrian baby, no room at the inn.

Sarandon’s short column is part of a new collaborative series with the Huffington Post and the “virtual reality” network RYOT called The Crossing, which will see the actress host a series of reports “chronicling the refugee crisis as it unfolds in Greece.”

Sarandon detailed her week-long trip to the Greek island in an interview with the Guardian this week. She told the paper that she packed granola bars, emergency blankets, socks, and hand warmers to distribute to the refugees and reportedly assisted at least four different international organizations working on the island.

“I wanted to learn from the refugees, take their stories and somehow put them on the Internet,” Sarandon told the Guardian. “My main goal was to humanize the issue and have them be real people, not politicize it.”

The actress also criticized the political discourse surrounding the refugee crisis in the United States: “It seemed like people who had the loudest voices were the most xenophobic and un-American,” she said.

Sarandon isn’t the only actor to have visited the Greek island to assist international aid efforts for refugees; Homeland star Mandy Patinkin recently spent time there assisting the International Rescue Committee after wrapping production on the fifth season of the hit Showtime drama.

Susan Sarandon
Susan Sarandon is goodwill ambassador for UNICEF.

Note: Maureen White was a U.S. representative for UNICEF, a board of overseers chair for the International Rescue Committee, is a director at the International Rescue Committee, and married to Steven L. Rattner.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee, the Harlem Children's Zone, Refugees International, and the New America Foundation.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a benefactor at the Harlem Children's Zone, is a director emeritus for Refugees International, and Jonathan Soros’s father.
Matthew C. Blank is a trustee at the Harlem Children's Zone, and the chairman & CEO for the Showtime Networks.
Michael R. Bloomberg was a benefactor at the Harlem Children's Zone, is the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety, and a friend of Steven L. Rattner.
Everytown for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.
Kenneth B. Lerer is an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety, and was a co-founder & chairman for the Huffington Post.
Steven L. Rattner is a friend of Michael R. Bloomberg, married to Maureen White, and a director at the New America Foundation.
Jonathan Soros is a director at the New America Foundation, and George Soros’s son.
Maureen White is married to Steven L. Rattner, a director at the International Rescue Committee, was a board of overseers chair for the International Rescue Committee, and a U.S. representative for UNICEF.
Susan Sarandon is goodwill ambassador for UNICEF.