News of the Week for November 1st<\/sup>, 2015<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n VA scandal continues: Vets still waiting months to see doctor, another died on wait list<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Obama Prepares for Next Gun Control Fight<\/a> Court decision paves the way for Australian-style gun ban<\/a> Headline Refers to Oklahoma State University Vehicular Maniac as “Shooter”<\/a> Amish man sues to buy firearm without photo ID in gun rights, religious freedom lawsuit<\/a> Islamic invasion pulls trigger: Europe now scrambles for guns<\/a> LA City Council Unanimously Approves Measure Requiring Handguns to be Locked Away<\/a> Shotguns have “virtually sold out” in Austria as citizens rush to buy arms amid fears of a massive influx of migrants, dealers claim<\/a> Brazil eyes “Wild West” gun ownership law<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Energy Department smashes pumpkins for causing climate change<\/a> Gov’t Scientists Refuse To Hand Over Internal Records To Lawmakers<\/a> Secret science? What’s NOAA hiding?<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2016 Outlook: No Individual PPO’s Available to Health Insurance Consumers in Houston<\/a> NOAA Attempts To Hide The Pause In Global Warming: The Most Disgraceful Cover-Up Since Climategate<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gunman drives vehicle packed with explosives into Belgian army barracks and exchanges shots before fleeing<\/a> Obama just fell for a classic Russian ruse<\/a> Accept the Threat <\/a> Hundreds of Colombian mercenaries to fight for Saudi-led coalition in Yemen<\/a> Pentagon: State Doesn’t Have Enough People Tweeting At ISIS <\/a> Danish woman loses passport for fighting Isis<\/a> High School Students Serve as Pallbearers for Homeless Veterans Without Loved Ones<\/a> Iran to send “fleet of warships” to the Atlantic Ocean<\/a> Nato “plotting to send 4,000 soldiers to Russian border” as tension with Vladimir Putin increases<\/a> Russian aircraft approach USS Ronald Reagan, prompting US fighter jet scramble<\/a> Spot The Defense Minister<\/a> James Clapper, Carl von Clausewitz, Vladimir Putin and why Russia is winning<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Man Building Own Sovereign Nation On Remote Piece Of Utah Land<\/a> Lasers may ease pain for “napalm girl” in AP photograph<\/a> Tea party targeting accusations, legal issues persist for IRS after Justice ends probe<\/a> Sanctuary City Policies Will “No Longer be Tolerated in Texas,” says Governor Abbott<\/a> Fla. City Ordered to Pay $290K to Church, After Church Argues It Faced Discrimination From City<\/a>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Newsboy.jpg\" "\\"News")
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<\/a>Obama Scandals<\/h1>\n
\nRemember how Hillary Clinton repeatedly assured voters over the past week that the real scandal at the Veterans Administration was that Republicans wanted to privatize some of its functions in order to allow veterans to actually see a doctor?<\/p>\n<\/a>Gun Rights<\/h1>\n
\nMeanwhile, study commissioned by his administration contradicts his agenda<\/p>\n
\nOn Monday, the Court of Appeals for the Second U.S. Circuit issued a long awaited decision on the constitutionality of the most drastic gun control law in U.S. history, the New York SAFE Act of 2013. The Second Circuit ruled that nearly all of the law does not violate the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n
\nWhen a psycho kills people with a gun, establishment media apparatchiks are quick to blame guns. But when a psycho kills people with a car, they blame the shooter<\/p>\n
\nLately, Americans have argued both about their right to bear arms and whether the free exercise of religion allows businesses and state officials to claim exemptions from requirements that conflict with their religious beliefs. It\u2019s not everyday, however, that the two issues, guns and religion, wind up together in a single case.<\/p>\n
\nMany “now wish they had a 2nd Amendment”<\/p>\n
\nThe Los Angeles City Council has unanimously voted that gun owners be legally required to store their firearms locked away or disabled. The vote was 14-0.<\/p>\n
\nThere are now thought to be estimated 900,000 firearms in Austrian homes<\/p>\n
\nBrazil, which has one of the highest murder tolls on the planet, could soon end most restrictions on gun ownership, risking what one critic called a “Wild West” scenario.<\/p>\n<\/a>Hide the Decline<\/h1>\n
Environment &
\n“Green Energy”<\/h2>\n
\nHow scary are your jack-o’-lanterns? Scarier than you think, according to the Energy Department, which claims the holiday squash is responsible for unleashing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.<\/p>\n
\nThe global warming debate on Capitol Hill is heating up. Government scientists refused to comply with lawmakers’ demands they turn over internal documents regarding a study that eliminated the “hiatus” in global warming from the temperature record.<\/p>\n
\nIt used to be that scientists were supposed to publish their methods, discuss their reasoning, and point out the weaknesses of their work. Now, it’s confidential.<\/p>\n<\/a>Obamacare<\/h1>\n
Government in Healthcare<\/h2>\n
\nBut you can have an HMO<\/p>\n
\nThe US government’s main climate research agency has refused a request by House Republicans to release key documents concerning the controversial issue of whether or not there has been a “pause” in global warming.<\/p>\n<\/a>War & Terror<\/h1>\n
\nAttack happened soon after dawn at commando unit in village of Flawinne<\/p>\n
\nRecent Russian efforts to magnify its Middle East influence have been accompanied by a seeming surge in Kremlin “reasonableness.” In fact, Russian calls for new Syrian elections and sharing intelligence with Western powers are nothing more than exercises in “maskirovka,” Russia’s classic technique for disguising its real objectives.<\/p>\n
\nA couple of decades of fighting incredibly lopsided conflicts has led to the development of skewed priorities for America\u2019s armed forces. Mission (the big mission) accomplishment has given way to avoidance of casualties and collateral damage. We would rather lose a battle than lose a man\/ship\/plane or inflict collateral damage. This unwillingness to accept losses has, in turn, led to avoidance of threats as our doctrinal (dare I say, strategic?) and operational default imperative. <\/p>\n
\nReports suggest 100 former army soldiers are already in Yemen and set to take up ‘frontline positions’ in Aden, with more expected to follow<\/p>\n
\nIn the war of online influence, the U.S. is gaining ground but is still hopelessly outmanned. <\/p>\n
\nA 22-year-old Danish-Kurdish woman who fought against the terror group Isis in Iraq has had her passport confiscated by Danish authorities.<\/p>\n
\nWhen three homeless veterans were laid to rest last week, their funerals were given dignity and respect from an unlikely source: high school students.<\/p>\n
\nTehran’s navy chief says vessels will “soon berth” at Atlantic ports<\/p>\n
\nAn expert said the plans are “designed to communicate to the Russians that Nato is serious – it will defend Nato territory”<\/p>\n
\nThe USS Ronald Reagan scrambled its fighter jets earlier this week after two Russian naval reconnaissance aircraft flew within one nautical mile of the U.S. aircraft carrier as it sailed in international waters east of the Korean Peninsula, according to 7th Fleet officials.<\/p>\n
\nThey all are! (from left to right): Sweden (Karin Enstrom), Norway (Ine Eriksen S\u00f8reide), Russia ( Sergei Shoigu), Netherlands (eanine Hennis-Plasschaert), Germany (Ursula von der Leyen)<\/p>\n
\nAs I’ve noted, the Obama administration, after having been humiliated by Russia’s Vladimir Putin at virtually every turn has resorted to telling anyone who still listens to them that Putin is in over his head, doesn’t know what he’s doing, bogged down, due for defeat, etc. etc. <\/p>\n<\/a>National<\/h1>\n
\nA New York man is building his own sovereign nation called Zaqistan on a remote piece of land in Utah.<\/p>\n
\nIn the photograph that made Kim Phuc a living symbol of the Vietnam War, her burns aren’t visible – only her agony as she runs wailing toward the camera, her arms flung away from her body, naked because she has ripped off her burning clothes.<\/p>\n
\nThe IRS is still holding up the nonprofit applications of tea party groups, including one that has been waiting nearly six years for approval, as conservatives panned the Justice Department\u2019s announcement last week that it had cleared the tax agency, and former senior executive Lois G. Lerner, of any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n
\nTexas Governor Greg Abbott admonished Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez over her recent decision to consider honoring immigration detainers on a :case-by-case” basis. The governor said sanctuary city policies like this will “no longer be tolerated in Texas.”<\/p>\n
\nAfter nearly two years of litigation, the case of Church of Our Savior v. The City of Jacksonville Beach was settled and allows Church of Our Savior to begin constructing a new building in a Jacksonville Beach neighborhood to accommodate the church’s growing congregation. <\/p>\n