BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sunday, January 1, 2017 - It was, to say the very least, a bad day. The Ravens had been eliminated from playoff contention last week in Pittsburgh, so not a whole lot was expected from them today in Cincinnati. But Maryland was playing at home against a Big Ten Conference Foe which wasn't expected to contend for a top five league finish. And Maryland was hot, as in 13-1 hot, and besides, they were coming off of a blitzing of Big Ten Foe Illinois. And, Maryland ran off 17 unanswered points today. 17! But at the end of the game, when Maryland takes over no matter who they are playing, they instead collapsed. Their best and most clutch player came up empty twice as time expired. So they will limp into Ann Arbor later this week, not with a 2-0 Conference Record, as expected, but with a 1-1 mark that will be likely a 1-2 mark unless they reverse their fortunes and beat Michigan.
No fun today. No fun, no matter how you look at it. Steve Smith is gone for good from the Ravens. And Melo Trimble, the quintessential Mr. Clutch, will be wondering if that reputation was lost at a New Year's party, or somewhere. Somewhere.
After the Bengals took a 7-0 lead on their first possession, the Ravens marched right down the field. They went for it on fourth and two near midfield - a move you expect in a game like this - and made it easily. Next thing you know they were in the red zone. But once again it was fourth and short, and they went for it again, right? Wrong. Out came Mr. Tucker for a routine field goal to make the score, 7-3. But why? the Raven running game looked good except they got stuffed on third and short. Terrence West got stuffed. Where was Dixon, our up ;and coming star? No one knows.
After that, it got bad. The Bengals scored on their first four possessions. The Ravens didn't score until the fourth quarter. The game was lost by then. Steve Smith had a few catches, but not many, and no touchdowns. And now, as we said, he is gone for good. You can't replace him. And we didn't make the playoffs with him.
Can he be talked out of retirement again?
Down in College Park, Freshman Steven Huerter exploded for 26 points, but Maryland still lost. Trimble was 5-15 from the floor, including 0 for 2 in the waning seconds. Maryland was up 12 with 6 minutes left before Tai Webster went to work. He started with Maryland ahead, 65-53. When he was done, Nebraska led and won, 67-65. The AP said it might be a very special season for Nebraska.
Only if what they've done makes it so. This won't go on any longer because, sad to break it to them, they're not that good. The question is, is Maryland? Stay tuned.
Sunday, January 1, 2017
The Ultra Left Is, As Always, Deathly Afraid of Being Open and Honest About What They Are Doing
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sunday, January 1, 2017 - One thing that is absolutely certain about the Ultra Left is their absolute fear of being open about the public policy stands they support. Back in the days when Ronald Reagan was President, it became absolutely toxic for anybody or anything to be called a liberal. In fact, even today, liberals don't call themselves liberal. They say they are "progressive," or some other anachronism that makes little sense and has absolutely no relation to reality.
In today's New York Times, the Ultra Left Newspaper announced, at the top of page one, that Obama was trying to "cement" his legacy before Donald Trump became the nation's Chief Executive. Considering that Congress is, only in the most technical sense, 'in session,' it is hard to imagine what the Ultra Leftist President is doing to "cement" his legacy. However, you can be totally sure that one of the things he is not doing is being open and honest about what he is doing. If you take my meaning.
One of the things Obama is said to be doing is playing a little behind-the-scenes trickery to keep Trump and the Republican Congress from repealing the awful Obamacare legislation. He is getting "regulations" in place that will make a simple repeal difficult. Swish this around for a bit. The country just elected a new president. Opinion polls show most Americans want to get rid of Obamacare, for a lot of reasons. First, it is way too expensive, and huge annual premium increases will be the rule rather than the exception. The nonsense about all citizens getting a $2500 rebate was another Ultra Left lie. But instead of saying, well, I'll try to point out the good things about the law in hopes that they can be included in the new health care law, Obama and company are literally booby-trapping the mess they made so that Congress will have a hard time saving the chances of most Americans having some kind of viable health insurance. This is what the Ultra Left does. This is what Obama has done for eight years.
Or, take the United States' always delicate, always explosive relationship with Russia. Obama did what he could to ramp up hostilities on his way out the door. He did it as a way of explaining why he lost the last election, even though he wasn't on the ballot, technically speaking. Trump will have a hard enough time getting along with a country led by a former KGB operative, without having TNT laid across the diplomatic playing field. But this is what the Ultra Left does.
Or, if you are a member of the Ultra Left Mainstream Media, you stay as far away from the plain truth as you possibly can. Instead, you run a front page, above the fold story about how important it is that Obama safeguard his successes from Trump. Obama had no successes. He did ram a lot of Ultra Left slop down the nation's throat, hamstringing the Democratic Party to the point of irrelevancy. But he did very little that was good for America in the long run, and he did a whole lot of really bad things.
Like Obamacare and Foreign Relations. And did you hear about the clown he put up for a six year term on The USA Civil Rights Commission? Debo Adegbile, a top lawyer for cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal, whose nomination to the Justice Department was rejected by the Senate in 2014, has now been nominated by Obama to a federal commission that does not need Senate or House approval. The nomination was met with harsh criticism from Sen. Pat Toomey (R., Pa.) and a top official at the nation’s largest police union, who called it a “kick in the teeth to the cops.”
It's not like Obama cares. He has never gotten along with the police, and now he's on his way out the door. The only party to really suffer when such an immature act is executed is, well, this nation. But that's the Ultra Left.
In today's New York Times, the Ultra Left Newspaper announced, at the top of page one, that Obama was trying to "cement" his legacy before Donald Trump became the nation's Chief Executive. Considering that Congress is, only in the most technical sense, 'in session,' it is hard to imagine what the Ultra Leftist President is doing to "cement" his legacy. However, you can be totally sure that one of the things he is not doing is being open and honest about what he is doing. If you take my meaning.
One of the things Obama is said to be doing is playing a little behind-the-scenes trickery to keep Trump and the Republican Congress from repealing the awful Obamacare legislation. He is getting "regulations" in place that will make a simple repeal difficult. Swish this around for a bit. The country just elected a new president. Opinion polls show most Americans want to get rid of Obamacare, for a lot of reasons. First, it is way too expensive, and huge annual premium increases will be the rule rather than the exception. The nonsense about all citizens getting a $2500 rebate was another Ultra Left lie. But instead of saying, well, I'll try to point out the good things about the law in hopes that they can be included in the new health care law, Obama and company are literally booby-trapping the mess they made so that Congress will have a hard time saving the chances of most Americans having some kind of viable health insurance. This is what the Ultra Left does. This is what Obama has done for eight years.
Or, take the United States' always delicate, always explosive relationship with Russia. Obama did what he could to ramp up hostilities on his way out the door. He did it as a way of explaining why he lost the last election, even though he wasn't on the ballot, technically speaking. Trump will have a hard enough time getting along with a country led by a former KGB operative, without having TNT laid across the diplomatic playing field. But this is what the Ultra Left does.
Or, if you are a member of the Ultra Left Mainstream Media, you stay as far away from the plain truth as you possibly can. Instead, you run a front page, above the fold story about how important it is that Obama safeguard his successes from Trump. Obama had no successes. He did ram a lot of Ultra Left slop down the nation's throat, hamstringing the Democratic Party to the point of irrelevancy. But he did very little that was good for America in the long run, and he did a whole lot of really bad things.
Like Obamacare and Foreign Relations. And did you hear about the clown he put up for a six year term on The USA Civil Rights Commission? Debo Adegbile, a top lawyer for cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal, whose nomination to the Justice Department was rejected by the Senate in 2014, has now been nominated by Obama to a federal commission that does not need Senate or House approval. The nomination was met with harsh criticism from Sen. Pat Toomey (R., Pa.) and a top official at the nation’s largest police union, who called it a “kick in the teeth to the cops.”
It's not like Obama cares. He has never gotten along with the police, and now he's on his way out the door. The only party to really suffer when such an immature act is executed is, well, this nation. But that's the Ultra Left.
Saturday, December 31, 2016
Gray's First Ever Burnley Premier Hat Trick Pivotal in Claret's 4-1 Drubbing of Sunderland
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Saturday, December 31, 2016 - Never before had a Burnley player notched a hat trick in the Premier League. But it happened today at Turf Moor. On the last day of 2016, Andre Gray did something no one will ever forget. He put up a hat trick for the homestanding Claret.
It is a day Andre Gray will never forget.
Gray, who had gone ten matches without scoring until knocking in the game winner on Boxing Day at Turf Moor against Middlesbrough, today put the Claret ahead at halftime, 1-0, on a score in the 31st minute. He then struck twice in the second stanza, first in the 51st minute, then, two minutes later in the 53rd minute. In the 67th minute, Ashley Barnes drilled home a penalty kick for Burnley, putting the Claret ahead by a commanding 4-0 count. Sunderland saved a bit of face with a score by Jermain Defoe in the 71st minute.
Burnley is strong on the Premier Table, standing in 11th place, but only 3 points out of 8th place. The Claret have 23 points. Sunderland is ensconced in 18th place - a relegation position - and only two points out of last place.
There are five matches on the Claret Fixture Sheet in January, but one of these is a FA Cup Third Round Match at, imagine this, Sunderland. It is next Saturday. But Burnley also plays two days hence at Manchester City in a Premier duel. Also in January, the Claret have Premier matches at Arsenal on January 22, and home against Southampton on January 14 and Leicester City on January 31.
It is a day Andre Gray will never forget.
Gray, who had gone ten matches without scoring until knocking in the game winner on Boxing Day at Turf Moor against Middlesbrough, today put the Claret ahead at halftime, 1-0, on a score in the 31st minute. He then struck twice in the second stanza, first in the 51st minute, then, two minutes later in the 53rd minute. In the 67th minute, Ashley Barnes drilled home a penalty kick for Burnley, putting the Claret ahead by a commanding 4-0 count. Sunderland saved a bit of face with a score by Jermain Defoe in the 71st minute.
Burnley is strong on the Premier Table, standing in 11th place, but only 3 points out of 8th place. The Claret have 23 points. Sunderland is ensconced in 18th place - a relegation position - and only two points out of last place.
There are five matches on the Claret Fixture Sheet in January, but one of these is a FA Cup Third Round Match at, imagine this, Sunderland. It is next Saturday. But Burnley also plays two days hence at Manchester City in a Premier duel. Also in January, the Claret have Premier matches at Arsenal on January 22, and home against Southampton on January 14 and Leicester City on January 31.
LIve In-Game Update: Burnley leads Sunderland at Half, 1-0; Andre Gray Goal is Difference So Far
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Saturday, December 31, 2016 - Andre Gray's goal at 31 minutes is the only score of the match, and it is enough to send homestanding Burnley to the half ahead of Sunderland, 1-0.
The match between 11th Place Burnley and Sunderland, which is in relegation position, is key for both sides. Burnley is seeking to keep its remarkable home record of victories in tact, while Sunderland is looking to break a four-game road losing streak.
Gray had gone ten games without a score, but got the game-winner on Monday v. Middlesbrough.
The match between 11th Place Burnley and Sunderland, which is in relegation position, is key for both sides. Burnley is seeking to keep its remarkable home record of victories in tact, while Sunderland is looking to break a four-game road losing streak.
Gray had gone ten games without a score, but got the game-winner on Monday v. Middlesbrough.
Friday, December 30, 2016
Trump, Putin Dial Back Obama's War Talk
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Friday, December 30, 2016 - Allow me to pose this question to the world: If it was the RNC instead of the DNC that the Russians supposedly had hacked into, would President Obama be imposing the same sanctions on Russia that he imposed yesterday?
Instead of beating around the bush, let's just have out with it. The answer is no. If it was the RNC, Obama would have called Vladimir Putin, the Russian leader, on the telephone and said, simply, "thank you."
But it wasn't the RNC that was hacked. It was the DNC, and all of their dirt then came spilling out in the Wikileaks. All the stuff about Hillary and the rest of those fun-loving Ultra Leftists plastered all over the inside pages of America's newspapers. If it was the RNC, the material would've been far more mundane, but would have been on the front pages of the New York Times, instead of page A22, which is where the mainstream ultra leftist media put the revelations about Hillary and the Democrats, no matter how newsworthy. And you know I'm correct about this. Tell me I'm not.
Putin, for his part, is riding much too high in the saddle to get suckered into this stupid game the President wants to play. Just yesterday a Syrian Cease Fire was announced. It wasn't a cease fire arranged or brokered by These United States. For the first time in what seems like forever, an important treaty wasn't arranged or brokered by America. It was brokered and arranged by Russia. All sides that agreed are honoring it so far. Putin is a hero to the world. Obama is playing silly games. Terrific.
So, when Putin's intelligence chiefs recommended to him that he expel just about the same number of American intelligence officers as Obama had expelled yesterday from the USA, Putin said no, he wasn't going to play that game. He thinks Donald Trump, the incoming President, will be more reasonable. So, for now, Russia isn't expelling anybody. Not one single soul.
Obama can't start a fight when he's throwing Molotov Cocktails. How about that?
Trump praised Putin's non response as "very smart." Putin said he was anxious to get started with the Trump plan for Russian-American relations. And, instead of expelling American Diplomats, Putin said on the Kremlin's web page that "all the children of American diplomats accredited in Russia {could come] to the New Year and Christmas celebrations in the Kremlin”. What a guy!
The Ultra Leftist picks a fight, and the Moderate avoids the war and wins praise from the enemy.
Instead of beating around the bush, let's just have out with it. The answer is no. If it was the RNC, Obama would have called Vladimir Putin, the Russian leader, on the telephone and said, simply, "thank you."
But it wasn't the RNC that was hacked. It was the DNC, and all of their dirt then came spilling out in the Wikileaks. All the stuff about Hillary and the rest of those fun-loving Ultra Leftists plastered all over the inside pages of America's newspapers. If it was the RNC, the material would've been far more mundane, but would have been on the front pages of the New York Times, instead of page A22, which is where the mainstream ultra leftist media put the revelations about Hillary and the Democrats, no matter how newsworthy. And you know I'm correct about this. Tell me I'm not.
Putin, for his part, is riding much too high in the saddle to get suckered into this stupid game the President wants to play. Just yesterday a Syrian Cease Fire was announced. It wasn't a cease fire arranged or brokered by These United States. For the first time in what seems like forever, an important treaty wasn't arranged or brokered by America. It was brokered and arranged by Russia. All sides that agreed are honoring it so far. Putin is a hero to the world. Obama is playing silly games. Terrific.
So, when Putin's intelligence chiefs recommended to him that he expel just about the same number of American intelligence officers as Obama had expelled yesterday from the USA, Putin said no, he wasn't going to play that game. He thinks Donald Trump, the incoming President, will be more reasonable. So, for now, Russia isn't expelling anybody. Not one single soul.
Obama can't start a fight when he's throwing Molotov Cocktails. How about that?
Trump praised Putin's non response as "very smart." Putin said he was anxious to get started with the Trump plan for Russian-American relations. And, instead of expelling American Diplomats, Putin said on the Kremlin's web page that "all the children of American diplomats accredited in Russia {could come] to the New Year and Christmas celebrations in the Kremlin”. What a guy!
The Ultra Leftist picks a fight, and the Moderate avoids the war and wins praise from the enemy.
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Attack on Israel Continues at UN; Obama's Scheme Against USA Ally Continues Unabated
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Wednesday, December 28, 2016 - On Sunday night, Bebe Netanyahu went to the Wailing Wall, an important part of Jerusalem's Ancient Western Wall, and a symbol of Jewish hegemony in a time of nearly world-wide condemnation of the small Middle Eastern nation. Once there, Netanyahu lighted Hanukkah Candles that were brightly colored, even festive in appearance. He was determined to continue traditions begun in antiquity, traditions that have helped define a people that are otherwise so embattled world-wide that the anger in these attacks almost defy explanation at a time when many world leaders whisper about a global government.
Other Jews were gathered around Netanyahu, doing the same thing as he. They are determined to remind the world that their President does not act alone. The Wailing Wall is just about the most Jewish place on the face of the Earth, standing near to the Temple Mount and the site of the Great Jewish Temples of the past. Yet, the plan of the UN is to take this place from Israel and turn it over to the Palestine Authority.
How could any one, any country, any group have a better claim to this place than the Jewish People? Well, Barak Hussein Obama thinks that the Palestinians, who have never had a country or organization anywhere on the face of this Earth, much less here in Jerusalem. The claim of the folk who call themselves "Palestinians" just coalesced in the last decade or two, while the Jewish or Israeli claim dates from antiquity. The Bible speaks of Jews and Israel. Recently, some alleged scholar tried to say that when the Bible speaks about Philistines, it really means Palestinians.
Huh? So now the Bible made a spelling mistake?
But to prove his point, Obama stabs Israel in the back and seeks to move on from there. Really, this is what he is doing. And everybody else is supposed to say OK and act like he is correct. Even people on his side know that he is not correct.
Obama, thankfully, is leaving office in America. It is an event that can not come soon enough for millions of Americans, most of them not Jewish. But on Obama's way out the door, he threw a knife and hopes the knife will strike America's ally, not head on, but in the back. Obama and his functionaries concocted this scheme in utter privacy, then quietly, secretly, they campaigned for their plan with other hapless nations also willing to promote a second Holocaust.
You see, the UN was once again trying to pass one of their despicable resolutions condemning Israel for whatever, pick a reason, it doesn't matter. The UN will condemn Israel for the sky being blue if it would bring scorn to the Jewish State. For decades, the USA has used its inherent authority on the Security Council at the UN to veto such nonsensical actions. Everyone expected it again last week when the latest of these anti-Israel abominations slithered to the floor of the UN Security Council. For its part, in the lead-up to the vote on the resolution, the USA wasn't saying otherwise. And then, without notice, and out of the blue, the USA's UN Ambassador, Samantha Powers, a functionary of Obama's, announced that the USA would abstain from the vote. No veto. Just an abstention. This meant that this hair-brained resolution - condemning Israel for building homes for its people on land it annexed after the Six Day War in 1967 - would pass the Security Council. It would bring untold international scorn on Israel and undermine the Jewish State's claims on these very very small parcels of land.
Remember, the Six Day War started in 1967 when Israel was attacked from all sides by a number of Arab States. Despite the coordinated nature of the ambush-like attacks; i.e., many against one, Israel won the war in just 6 days, and, to protect its ability to defend itself going forward, Israel annexed several extremely small parcels of land. It is this land that the homes were being built on. It is these micro parcels that has the UN all in a huff. You know, it doesn't have anything better to do.
There was no phone call from Washington to Israel announcing that the USA would take this awful step at the UN, even though the USA abstention would break the decades long understanding between the two nations. The reason for the secret abstention was the utter scorn that Obama holds Israeli President Bebe Netanyahu in. You see, Obama is an Ultra Leftist and a man consumed by narcissism, He thinks of himself first and his cultish movement second. After that comes all the rest, with the USA falling in this catch-all group somewhere. The USA'S longtime ally, Israel, falls below the catch-all group in importance to Obama. For reasons Obama has never revealed, Obama really hates Netanyahu. To his utter embarrassment, Obama was recorded saying as much at an international conference some years back. He whispered his feeling about Mr. Netanyahu to some diplomat or the other, unaware that a microphone was recording his every word. Then, recently, when Obama's God-Awful "treaty" with Iran - it being the one that will allow Iran to obtain nuclear weaponry after a decade - finally became public, Netanyahu accepted an invitation from the Republican Speaker of the United States House of Representatives to address a Joint Session of Congress. The eloquent and persuasive speech laid out all of the reasons that Washington should not sign such an agreement with a nation that has vowed to destroy Israel and wipe it off of the face of the Earth. Despite the speech, Obama out-thought certain Republican Congressional leaders and got the treaty ratified. But Obama was boiling mad at Netanyahu for coming to the USA and trying to short-circuit his plan to bull rush the agreement through the Congress. First, he sent paid functionaries to Israel shortly before the Israeli Elections in an effort to have Netanyahu's bid for re-electiion defeated. But Obama's ploy had the opposite effect on Israeli voters. Before the functionaries showed up, Netanyahu was well behind. When word of the presence of Obama's Minions got out, the election turned and Netanyahu won. So Obama then concocted this awful piece of work. If it works, the whole nation of Israel suffers.
Is Obama that narcissistic? Would he punish an entire nation to appease his injured pride. The short answer to this question is yes, he would. He is doing it now.
Netanyahu is a master statesman, a leader among leaders. he keeps his tiny country working and surviving despite being surrounded by enemies. He will need all of his skill and all of his guile to survive this Obama gambit. He knows help is on the way. The USA President Elect is as much pro-Israel as Obama is anti-Israel. Trump has tweeted an open message to Netanyahu, telling him to hang on because January 20, the day Trump is sworn in, is right around the corner.
Obama's Secretary of State, John Kerry, gave a lame speech today trying to put Obama's back room treachery is as good of a light as possible. But when you slither, those who walk are way too far above you to see clearly. Incredibly, Kerry made this absurd and disgusting comment: “If the choice is one state, Israel can either be Jewish or democratic, it cannot be both,"
Can a statement be more Anti-Semitic?
Trump blasted the Kerry Speech in its entirety, concluding: "We cannot continue to let Israel be treated with such total disdain and disrespect. They used to have a great friend in the U.S., but......."
Netanyahu and other Israelis have pointed out time and again that the world is beset by ruthless dictators and genocidal maniacs, but the UN continues to direct all of its ire at Israel, a democracy that guarantees its Palestinian citizens more rights than they are guaranteed in their own homeland area. The world's governments had an excuse for not acting to stop the Nazi Holocaust. It was carried out while the Nazi army was in the field and attacking the allies with blitzkriegs and aerial attacks. But if Iran launches nukes at Israel, there will be no excuses. What will the world's governments say, 'we were too busy voting on an anti-Israeli resolution at the UN?'
Other Jews were gathered around Netanyahu, doing the same thing as he. They are determined to remind the world that their President does not act alone. The Wailing Wall is just about the most Jewish place on the face of the Earth, standing near to the Temple Mount and the site of the Great Jewish Temples of the past. Yet, the plan of the UN is to take this place from Israel and turn it over to the Palestine Authority.
How could any one, any country, any group have a better claim to this place than the Jewish People? Well, Barak Hussein Obama thinks that the Palestinians, who have never had a country or organization anywhere on the face of this Earth, much less here in Jerusalem. The claim of the folk who call themselves "Palestinians" just coalesced in the last decade or two, while the Jewish or Israeli claim dates from antiquity. The Bible speaks of Jews and Israel. Recently, some alleged scholar tried to say that when the Bible speaks about Philistines, it really means Palestinians.
Huh? So now the Bible made a spelling mistake?
But to prove his point, Obama stabs Israel in the back and seeks to move on from there. Really, this is what he is doing. And everybody else is supposed to say OK and act like he is correct. Even people on his side know that he is not correct.
Obama, thankfully, is leaving office in America. It is an event that can not come soon enough for millions of Americans, most of them not Jewish. But on Obama's way out the door, he threw a knife and hopes the knife will strike America's ally, not head on, but in the back. Obama and his functionaries concocted this scheme in utter privacy, then quietly, secretly, they campaigned for their plan with other hapless nations also willing to promote a second Holocaust.
You see, the UN was once again trying to pass one of their despicable resolutions condemning Israel for whatever, pick a reason, it doesn't matter. The UN will condemn Israel for the sky being blue if it would bring scorn to the Jewish State. For decades, the USA has used its inherent authority on the Security Council at the UN to veto such nonsensical actions. Everyone expected it again last week when the latest of these anti-Israel abominations slithered to the floor of the UN Security Council. For its part, in the lead-up to the vote on the resolution, the USA wasn't saying otherwise. And then, without notice, and out of the blue, the USA's UN Ambassador, Samantha Powers, a functionary of Obama's, announced that the USA would abstain from the vote. No veto. Just an abstention. This meant that this hair-brained resolution - condemning Israel for building homes for its people on land it annexed after the Six Day War in 1967 - would pass the Security Council. It would bring untold international scorn on Israel and undermine the Jewish State's claims on these very very small parcels of land.
Remember, the Six Day War started in 1967 when Israel was attacked from all sides by a number of Arab States. Despite the coordinated nature of the ambush-like attacks; i.e., many against one, Israel won the war in just 6 days, and, to protect its ability to defend itself going forward, Israel annexed several extremely small parcels of land. It is this land that the homes were being built on. It is these micro parcels that has the UN all in a huff. You know, it doesn't have anything better to do.
There was no phone call from Washington to Israel announcing that the USA would take this awful step at the UN, even though the USA abstention would break the decades long understanding between the two nations. The reason for the secret abstention was the utter scorn that Obama holds Israeli President Bebe Netanyahu in. You see, Obama is an Ultra Leftist and a man consumed by narcissism, He thinks of himself first and his cultish movement second. After that comes all the rest, with the USA falling in this catch-all group somewhere. The USA'S longtime ally, Israel, falls below the catch-all group in importance to Obama. For reasons Obama has never revealed, Obama really hates Netanyahu. To his utter embarrassment, Obama was recorded saying as much at an international conference some years back. He whispered his feeling about Mr. Netanyahu to some diplomat or the other, unaware that a microphone was recording his every word. Then, recently, when Obama's God-Awful "treaty" with Iran - it being the one that will allow Iran to obtain nuclear weaponry after a decade - finally became public, Netanyahu accepted an invitation from the Republican Speaker of the United States House of Representatives to address a Joint Session of Congress. The eloquent and persuasive speech laid out all of the reasons that Washington should not sign such an agreement with a nation that has vowed to destroy Israel and wipe it off of the face of the Earth. Despite the speech, Obama out-thought certain Republican Congressional leaders and got the treaty ratified. But Obama was boiling mad at Netanyahu for coming to the USA and trying to short-circuit his plan to bull rush the agreement through the Congress. First, he sent paid functionaries to Israel shortly before the Israeli Elections in an effort to have Netanyahu's bid for re-electiion defeated. But Obama's ploy had the opposite effect on Israeli voters. Before the functionaries showed up, Netanyahu was well behind. When word of the presence of Obama's Minions got out, the election turned and Netanyahu won. So Obama then concocted this awful piece of work. If it works, the whole nation of Israel suffers.
Is Obama that narcissistic? Would he punish an entire nation to appease his injured pride. The short answer to this question is yes, he would. He is doing it now.
Netanyahu is a master statesman, a leader among leaders. he keeps his tiny country working and surviving despite being surrounded by enemies. He will need all of his skill and all of his guile to survive this Obama gambit. He knows help is on the way. The USA President Elect is as much pro-Israel as Obama is anti-Israel. Trump has tweeted an open message to Netanyahu, telling him to hang on because January 20, the day Trump is sworn in, is right around the corner.
Obama's Secretary of State, John Kerry, gave a lame speech today trying to put Obama's back room treachery is as good of a light as possible. But when you slither, those who walk are way too far above you to see clearly. Incredibly, Kerry made this absurd and disgusting comment: “If the choice is one state, Israel can either be Jewish or democratic, it cannot be both,"
Can a statement be more Anti-Semitic?
Trump blasted the Kerry Speech in its entirety, concluding: "We cannot continue to let Israel be treated with such total disdain and disrespect. They used to have a great friend in the U.S., but......."
Netanyahu and other Israelis have pointed out time and again that the world is beset by ruthless dictators and genocidal maniacs, but the UN continues to direct all of its ire at Israel, a democracy that guarantees its Palestinian citizens more rights than they are guaranteed in their own homeland area. The world's governments had an excuse for not acting to stop the Nazi Holocaust. It was carried out while the Nazi army was in the field and attacking the allies with blitzkriegs and aerial attacks. But if Iran launches nukes at Israel, there will be no excuses. What will the world's governments say, 'we were too busy voting on an anti-Israeli resolution at the UN?'
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Maryland Crushes Illinois in Big Ten Opener; Terps Improve to 13-1
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Tuesday, December 27, 2016 - It was the opinion of critics, including the media midgets who keep Maryland out of the various Top 25's, that the "real" Maryland would show its colors once the Big Ten Season got underway.
Wrong!
With Melo Trimble predictably leading the way, Maryland crushed a good Illinois team, 84-59, Tuesday night in College Park, Maryland. Trimble poured in 20 points to lead four Terrapins in double figures. He was helped plenty by Sophomore Jaylen Brantley's 13 points, Freshman Anthony Cowan's 12 points, Freshman Justin Jackson's 12 points, and Redshirt Sophomore Dion Wiley's 9 points, all from three-point range.
Maryland, despite its gaudy record (13-1), and strong schedule (including wins over Georgetown, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Richmond and Illinois), remains unranked in either major poll. They would be No. 26 in the AP Poll were it extended, and No. 27 in the Coach's Poll.
Both teams started slowly, and Illinois didn't score for the first 3:15 of the first half. But the Terps only had four points over that stretch. Illinois managed to tie the score at 4-4, but never could get a lead.
After the first minutes, Maryland took control. Cowan's jumper in the paint with 12:19 left in the first half put the Terps ahead, 17-5. Jackson's jumper in the paint with 9:21 left in the half gave Maryland a 21-8 lead. Maryland's biggest lead came with just over five minutes left when Cowan hit a free throw to stretch the Terrapin lead to 29.
Maryland played without two of its top post players, Damonte Dodd, who has been out, and Michal Cekovsky, whose injured ankle kept him out of uniform. Nevertheless, the Terps outscored Illinois, 48-24, in the paint. The Terps received a much-needed lift from L.G. Gill, who came off the bench to score 6 points and grab a team-high 7 rebounds.
Maryland improved to 13-1 overall, while Illinois fell to 10-4. The Terps play next on Sunday (January 1) against Nebraska, also in College Park. Their first conference road game is January 7 at Michigan.
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With Melo Trimble predictably leading the way, Maryland crushed a good Illinois team, 84-59, Tuesday night in College Park, Maryland. Trimble poured in 20 points to lead four Terrapins in double figures. He was helped plenty by Sophomore Jaylen Brantley's 13 points, Freshman Anthony Cowan's 12 points, Freshman Justin Jackson's 12 points, and Redshirt Sophomore Dion Wiley's 9 points, all from three-point range.
Maryland, despite its gaudy record (13-1), and strong schedule (including wins over Georgetown, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Richmond and Illinois), remains unranked in either major poll. They would be No. 26 in the AP Poll were it extended, and No. 27 in the Coach's Poll.
Both teams started slowly, and Illinois didn't score for the first 3:15 of the first half. But the Terps only had four points over that stretch. Illinois managed to tie the score at 4-4, but never could get a lead.
After the first minutes, Maryland took control. Cowan's jumper in the paint with 12:19 left in the first half put the Terps ahead, 17-5. Jackson's jumper in the paint with 9:21 left in the half gave Maryland a 21-8 lead. Maryland's biggest lead came with just over five minutes left when Cowan hit a free throw to stretch the Terrapin lead to 29.
Maryland played without two of its top post players, Damonte Dodd, who has been out, and Michal Cekovsky, whose injured ankle kept him out of uniform. Nevertheless, the Terps outscored Illinois, 48-24, in the paint. The Terps received a much-needed lift from L.G. Gill, who came off the bench to score 6 points and grab a team-high 7 rebounds.
Maryland improved to 13-1 overall, while Illinois fell to 10-4. The Terps play next on Sunday (January 1) against Nebraska, also in College Park. Their first conference road game is January 7 at Michigan.
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