Consider a dozen items of assorted information, some provided in response to the prior Blast e-mail:

1. Regarding the Illegals, DEMS LASH OUT AT WHITE HOUSE OVER BORDER CRISIS - As Congress
struggles to agree on emergency funding in response to the crisis, Dems are taking the White House to
task any chance they get. They are giving floor speeches, arguing the administration doesn't understand
the root cause of the crisis. They are sparring with administration officials in closed-door discussions.
And they say Obama should have better consulted lawmakers before backing a policy change deeply
opposed by their party. 'They sure didn't check with me,' said Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), chairman of the
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. 'I don't know who they checked with, but I
just think it was kind of a quick reaction without really thinking about the humanitarian aspects of this.'
Also, a friend wrote this letter to Corbett:

You need to capture and return the illegal immigrants sent into PA by the Federal
Government.

Some of them are located at:
1) Liberty Lutheran in Roslyn, PA
2) Kids Peace in Bethlehem
3) Bethany Children's Home in Womelsdorf (Reading) House 32 ages 1 to 18

Two more sites will soon be accepting illegal immigrants sent by the Federal
Government.

4) United Methodist Home for Children in Mechanicsburg
5) Holy Family Institute in Pittsburgh - could house 20 under 12

This information was current as of Noon on 7/22/14, according to Numbers-USA

Kindly capture and return the illegal immigrants or, at least, capture them and send
them to the White House. If the President wants them he can personally take them.

2. Regarding the lib-media, after True Blood made an episode bashing Ted Cruz, Ted and his
spokesperson [Amanda Carpenter] responded effectively.

3. Regarding Philly, the Kimmel Center changed its physical campus to reflect a revamping of its
original mission; instead of a broad goal of importing the best in a wide spectrum of musical styles from
around the world, the Kimmel has walked away from certain genres and carved out smaller
performance areas to present others.

4. Regarding Rush Limbaugh, note these Quote-Gems [c/o Charlie Shipp] from yesterday/today:

"Remember, in terms of research data and self-admission, we conservatives are the
majority in this country. And that matters."
"I just instinctively knew that a lifetime of Twinkies was not the answer. Nobody had to
tell me this."
"Of all government agencies, why would the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
be figuring out the sexual orientation of the American population? Well, just asking. I
mean, why wouldn't the Census be reporting these numbers on how many Americans
are gay, lesbian or bisexual?"
"You mention the word 'assimilation' today in relationship to newly arriving immigrants
and you may as well be cursing people out."
"How many of you were aware that mass immigration was suspended for many
decades? From 1924 to 1964, '65. It's key not just that it was suspended, but what was
the reason for it? The decision was made to suspend immigration so that all of those
immigrants who had arrived en masse starting in 1845 could assimilate."
"Barack Obama is the president of the United States. He has policies; we disagree with
them. We think they are disastrous, they're detrimental, they're doing great damage to
the country. That's what 'taking our country back' means, and I don't even use the
phrase, but I know what people mean who do, and they don't have anything racist in
their minds about this."
"A fascinating thing to me is that the functioning, living and breathing majority has
successfully been relegated to a status that most people think is dying out, barely
holding on, made up of some of the weirdest, kookiest, stupidest freaks."
"I've always thought that most homosexuals would naturally gravitate toward
conservatism because conservatism is rooted in freedom. But I know that that's not the
case."
"You can take a genuine minority and convince people that it is much larger than it is,
and it is in the pop culture that you find the primary agents of influence, I think."
"The homeless population is very upset at Mayor Garcetti in Los Angeles because he is
providing housing for the illegal alien children that are arriving in great numbers over
the border, and the homeless say, 'What about us?'"
"The real purpose of food stamps is not compassion, it's not better health. This is just
the libs trying to make people think they care about them. This is all about vote buying.
Nothing more, nothing less."
"The government issues marriage licenses so people do not get married who shouldn't
and produce offspring like Harry Reid. It didn't work in the Reid family case, but that's
how it's designed."
"There is always tomorrow, and we'll be back then 21 hours from now. So I will be right
where God intended. God created radio in the first place because he knew that I was
going to be born someday."
"When has Barack Obama had 60% disapproval on anything? He's got it in his handling
of the crisis at what used to be the southern border."
"Whenever you hear some leftist on TV suggest that any of this criticism of Obama is
due to racism, just substitute the word 'racism' with 'liberalism,' and you will
understand every time what's up here."
"I'm just a guy on the radio. I don't own the country. I don't determine what happens in
the country."
"What used to be stuff we would laugh at and put over there in the sandbox of fringe is
no longer the sandbox of fringe. It is, if you listen to it, an indicator telling us where
we're headed."
"Practically everything Obama's doing is based on redistribution. Redistribution is what?
Taking from those who have. And why? Because of the belief they didn't get it fairly."
"Republicans are upset with their own elected officials because they are seen to be on
the same page with Obama. There is no opposition."
"I told everybody one year before Obama was inaugurated that the fact he was black
was going to eliminate any criticism. One of the purposes would be to freeze any
criticism, because all of it would be labeled as racist in origin. It's exactly what they've
done for the last five and a half years, any criticism at all, especially legitimate, right-on
criticism."
"These people make me sound like the most brilliant guy on radio. Well, I am."
"There is a deep resentment held by many on the left for those in this country who are
affluent, those who 'made it' or what have you. It's cut-everybody-down-to-size time.
It's time to show the United States what life is really like for everybody else."
"If somebody is really, really just so self-absorbed that they can't function because the
name of a football team, then something is not right. I'm not defending the name. It's
not the point."
"When I suspect that the changing times are not evolutionary but because of the left
trying to advance their political agenda, that's when I do my William F. Buckley Jr.
impersonation and stand up and say, 'Stop!'"
"I got a lot of e-mail on this from angry, panicked people. Let me put you at ease.
Contrary to rumors that Jay Carney will be the new chief of public relations for Apple,
Inc., it isn't true. It isn't going to happen, and that's that."
5. Regarding Israel, BROOKE GOLDSTEIN detailed SIX REASONS WHY AMERICANS SHOULD CARE
ABOUT THE WAR BETWEEN HAMAS AND ISRAEL [omitting the most obvious, namely, that Israel must
protect its citizenry, even if it must demilitarize the Gaza Strip in the process] and MADELINE ALBRIGHT
SAID ISRAEL IS OVERDOING MILITARY OPERATION AND HURTING THEIR 'MORAL AUTHORITY';
meanwhile, I promoted two phone-calls instead of tomorrows Federation-sponsored rally because, for
myriad reasons, expending time on the former promises to provide better return in terms of potential
action-items; in addition, as the IDS mops-up, one wonders why they didnt try to find the tunnel-
openings in Israel, previously.



6. Regarding myriad issues [Putin, Israel, BHO and the GOP], Jim Geraghty [who appeared on a
FNC-panel] wrote the following:

The Russia Situation Just Went from Bad to Worse

I like how our government is laying out the MH 17 evidence . . . the question is, what are
we going to do about it?
Citing an "enormous amount of evidence," Secretary of State John F.
Kerry accused Russia of providing SA-11 antiaircraft missiles to the pro-
Russian rebels and training them on how to fire the advanced weapons.
He also said U.S. intelligence agencies "saw the launch" of a missile from
rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine and recorded its trajectory at the
moment the passenger plane vanished from radar.
Late last week, I asked on Twitter if anyone had seen a good reason to be skeptical of
those audio intercepts released by the Ukrainian government. I heard a lot of "I'd never
trust the Ukrainian government!" responses, but nothing specific -- i.e., odd word choice
or accents, sounds or signs of audio editing, etc.
Looks like our intelligence community thinks they're the real deal:
Meanwhile, in Kiev, the U.S. Embassy said American intelligence
analysts had confirmed the authenticity of recorded conversations in
which rebel leaders bragged about shooting down what they thought
was a Ukrainian military transport plane moments after the Malaysian
jetliner was blown apart. The Ukrainian government had previously
aired the audio excerpts, but the U.S. statement vouching for their
reliability buttressed the charges against the rebels.
Mm-hmm.
The rebels had come under withering criticism from officials in Kiev,
Washington, Kuala Lumpur, The Hague and European capitals who
claimed they had failed to show respect for the dead -- most of whom
were Dutch citizens, flying from Amsterdam to Malaysia -- and failed to
preserve the integrity of the crime scene. The separatists have denied
shooting down the plane, suggesting that the Ukrainian government
was instead probably responsible.
I would note that Russian-backed separatists whose day job is killing people are
probably not all that worried about international condemnation.
Still, it looks like some corners of Europe are ready to take a much tougher stance with
Russia:
Almost five days after a missile attack downed the Malaysia Airlines jet,
the Dutch prime minister said "all political, economic and financial
options" were on the table if access did not improve to the area in
eastern Ukraine. Mark Rutte told parliament his government's priority
was to recover and identify the bodies of the passengers, 193 of whom
were Dutch. "It is clear that Russia must use her influence on the
separatists to improve the situation on the ground," Rutte added.
Forget Talk of Ceasefire; Israel's Aiming to Demilitarize the Gaza Strip
Think the fighting between the IDF and Hamas in the Gaza Strip is nearing its end?
Probably not:
Security Cabinet members said Thursday that the IDF may need to re-
conquer all or part of Gaza to ensure Hamas does not continue to attack
Israel.
Communications Minister Gilad Erdan said during a visit to Ashkelon
Monday that the IDF must continue fighting until it ensures long-term
calm.
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and
Defense Committee Monday that the IDF will call up reservists and
continue fighting until quiet is returned.
Overnight Sunday, more forces entered Gaza to find terrorist tunnels in
new areas of the Strip, Ya'alon told MKs, saying it is unfortunate that
Hamas terrorists harmed IDF soldiers.
"We are prepared to continue the operation as long as necessary, and, if
necessary, to enlist more combat forces from the reserves until we
bring quiet to the Gaza Strip," Ya'alon stated.
Fighting intensified last night:
Israel repelled two underground infiltrations by Hamas militants into its
territory from the Gaza Strip on Monday following a night of Israeli
attacks that left a heavy toll of casualties in the Palestinian territory.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the Palestinian death toll in the
two-week-old Israeli offensive, aimed at destroying Hamas's cross-
border tunnel network, rose by more than 80 during the night and now
exceeds 500. Many were killed in heavy Israeli shelling and airstrikes in
southern Gaza, the ministry said.
Naturally, our Secretary of State John Kerry is headed to Cairo this morning, aiming to
persuade both sides to agree to a ceasefire -- even though Hamas already rejected one
and Israel certainly doesn't sound like they're willing to accept a ceasefire if it lets
Hamas regroup and re-arm.
Great. Now We've Got Presidential Attention Deficit Disorder.
Here's one big question: Will we still be talking about Ukraine and Israel/Hamas at the
end of the week? Or will some other part of the world -- or perhaps our own border --
blow up then, pushing Ukraine and everything else back to the inside pages?
Remember those kidnapped schoolgirls? Remember how releasing the Taliban Five was
an ominous indicator for Afghanistan? Remember ISIS taking over Iraq? Remember the
Syrian civil war? Aren't there still oodles of Central American kids coming over our
border?
Does our media lose interest in these crises because the president isn't interested in
them? Or does the president feel like he's doing fine because the media stops covering
them?
Take a look at the president's schedule for the coming week, as laid out in Mike Allen's
other morning newsletter . . .
On Monday morning, the President will sign an Executive Order to
protect LGBT employees from workplace discrimination. In the
afternoon the President will award Ryan M. Pitts, a former active duty
Army Staff Sergeant, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry. On
Tuesday, the President will deliver remarks and sign H.R. 803,
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, at an event at the White
House; the Vice President will also attend.
"Afterward, the President will travel to Seattle, WA to attend a DNC
event. Later in the day, the President will travel to San Francisco, CA,
where he will remain overnight. On Wednesday, the President will
attend a DCCC event in the San Francisco area, and later in the day will
travel to the Los Angeles area, where he will remain overnight. On
Thursday, the President will visit a community college in Los Angeles
to deliver remarks on the importance of job-driven skills training,
particularly for fast-growing sectors such as health care. Later, he will
attend a DNC event . . .
That's three days of fundraisers! Two feel-good ceremonies on touchy-feely domestic
issues! It's like Obama has decided he's governing in the late 1990s.
If you mention an Obama fundraiser, inevitably some snotty lefty will respond, "Sure,
because Obama's the first president to ever attend a campaign fundraiser." No, but he's
the first one to ever do so many:
In his first term, Obama attended more fundraising events than any
other president in recent history. According to author Brendan J.
Doherty, from 2008 to 2012 Obama went to 321 events, compared to
just 80 for Ronald Reagan. And . . . he's done 72 events in his second
term -- 34 this year alone. So far, he's ahead of the pace of George W.
Bush, who had been to 30 events at this point in 2006. In his two
presidential terms combined, Bush hosted 318 fundraisers. Obama has
already smashed that number with 393 events to date.
I wonder if the big theme in the second half of 2014 is going to be increasingly open
questions about Obama's connection to reality, or whether he's locking himself in an
ever-thicker psychological and scheduling cocoon, behaving as if he's enjoying a
fabulously successful presidency and that the world is getting better, more tranquil, and
more prosperous on his watch.

Newt Gingrich:
From his perch in the amazingly Obama-centric world in which our
President lives, look again at what the rest of us think of as serious
problems.
Have any of the 1,000-plus Hamas rockets been aimed at Obama? No.
That is why Obama is tranquil.
Have any of the thousands who are crossing the border tried to move
into the White House? No. That is why Obama is tranquil.
Is ISIS an immediate threat to the United States that is likely to blow up
the next golf course the President is playing at? No. That is why Obama
is tranquil.
If you can reduce your presidency to a Starbucks visit, a man with a
horse-head mask, shooting pool and visiting Joe Biden's burger joint for
lunch, you can have a successful presidency as you have defined it, even
if the world is disintegrating.
The Comstock Campaign, a Useful Test Case of GOP Minority Outreach
An interesting test case for a GOP candidate's outreach to minorities comes in a
Congressional race just outside the Beltway with GOP state delegate Barbara Comstock,
a longtime friend of NRO. The Washington Post describes her campaign's efforts:
The "Comstock Connection," her newsletter, is rife with blurbs
describing her attendance at events such as the Punjabi Mela Festival, a
celebration of Indian and Pakistani culture; and the 50th anniversary
celebration of the Organization of Korean American Women.
The newsletter also highlighted the first celebration of the Korean Bell
Garden in Vienna, a new attraction she said she was "thrilled" to have in
her district when she spoke to the gathering of Korean Americans in
Tysons earlier this month.
Sponsored by the RNC, the event -- held at Woo Lae Oak, a restaurant
that is a pillar of Northern Virginia's Korean community -- is the kind of
grass-roots affair the party is seeking to host around the country.
"Good to see you," Comstock said repeatedly as she visited tables while
an aide shot photos of her with Korean guests that were later posted on
Twitter and Facebook. At one point, the candidate conferred with
Harold Pyon, a Korean civic leader who could be heard teaching
Comstock to say "How are you?" in Korean.
Whether Comstock's efforts add up to votes is unknown.
Can't hurt, right? Would you rather the party ran candidates who said, "I'm going to win
votes in that community!" or one who said, "Eh, what's the use, they're all Democrats
over there anyway"?
7. Regarding Dinesh DSouzas America [book/flick], previously-discussed points regarding the
reasons for American Exceptionalism have been amplified in Chapter 9 and in Chapter 10; the former
contrasted the remedies for racism [for blacks] by W.E.B. Du Bois [agitate, agitate, agitate] and by
Booker T. Washington [work, work, work], and the latter summarized entrepreneurship [rather
innovatively] in its final-graph, rather uniquely:
Capitalism civilizes greed in the same way that marriage civilizes lust. Greed, like lust, is
part of the human condition. These emotions cannot be eradicated, although some
monkish sects have certainly tried. And to the degree that greed leads to effort and lust
to pleasure, why should we seek to eradicate them? At the same time, it is widely
recognized that these inclinations can have destructive effects. So they have to be
channeled in such a way that they serve us, and society, best. The institution of
marriage allows the fulfillment of lust, but within a context that promotes mutual love
and the raising of children. Lust is refined and ennobled by marriage. Similarly capitalism
channels greed in such a way that it is placed at the service of the wants and needs of
others. Under capitalism, helping others is the best way of helping yourself. Capitalism
provides a virtue to prosperity. {Recall, however, that he decries homosexuality because
he feels that the best environment for childrearing is within a heterosexual marriage;
pending is my e-mail to him, probing why he reached this conclusion.}
8. Regarding the issue of Alessio Lerro, somewhat delayed was publication of this letter from a
well-known entertainer who exudes her Jewishness throughout, published in the jewish exponent :
Temple Must Condemn Anti-Semitic Postings
Recent anti-Semitic postings were made by Temple University adjunct professor Alessio
Lerro (Headlines, Temple Professor Makes Anti-Israel, Shoah-Denying Comments
Online, June 5), who also challenged the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust.
It is not enough for Temple University to issue a third statement of stronger
condemnation. If this educator is not repudiated and forced to resign, it is a sign that
this kind of rhetoric is acceptable and tolerated by the university.
The Holocaust is not up for debate; it is an historical fact. President Neil Theobald and
the board need to be told that referring to Lerros views as a strong counterpoint to
the universitys views is outrageous.
As long as Temple University signs this Holocaust deniers paycheck, they are condoning
his views.
As a proud Temple University alumna, I hope the Board of Trustees is feeling the impact
of the numbers responding to this dangerous rhetoric. Perhaps this will finally be a
Jewish number Mr. Lerro will respect.
He certainly does not respect the millions of numbers tattooed on the arms of the Jews
of Eastern Europe.
He is a disgrace to the university, an anti-Semite and must go.
I, on the other hand, want to remain a proud alumna.
Sally Mitlas | Jenkintown
9. Regarding the MEDIA, it seems the Clintons lobbied GE to get rid of MSNBC's David Shuster due
to his off-hand comment about Chelsea ['sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way' for
lobbying super delegates on her mother's behalf during the presidential primaries]; the irony is that
Shuster was an extreme-lib, manifest for example when he interviewed Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
[September 24, 2007] for which he apologized for his [incorrect] aggressiveness.
10. Regarding Corbett vs. Wolf, Wolf would defuse the Pension-Bomb via borrowing [via a bond]
(providing a taste of what would be in-store were he to win); also, PATERNOS SON AND ANOTHER EX-
FOOTBALL ASSISTANT COACH ARE SUING PSU.
11. Regarding BHO, PALIN OBSERVED THAT 'EVIL MEN' THRIVE IN AGE OF OBAMA, and CBS
News' Chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett [formerly of FNC] lodged a formal complaint
against the Obama Administration for blocking members of the press from a meeting between the
president and the surviving Apollo 11 astronauts [for lack of transparency].
12. Regarding POTUS-16, RAND'S JEWISH CHARM OFFENSIVE is part of the groundwork for a
presidential bid; actions include: [1]hiring two top Iowa Republicans and one veteran New Hampshire
strategist; [2]donning a yarmulke and dancing to Hebrew songs; [3]praying at the Western Wall and
visiting a prominent New Jersey yeshiva (a religious school where a major GOP contributor served as his
tour guide). He's dialed into one of the country's most popular Jewish radio programs and held off-the-
record conference calls with Jewish leaders across more than 30 states. He has introduced pro-Israel
legislation (title: the 'Stand With Israel Act'), speechified about it in the Senate, and, relentlessly, sought
a private audience with the wealthiest and most influential Jewish Republicans in the nation."

Note this characterization of BHOs Economy by a liberal-mag.