

We have met the enemy
The Tsarnaev family, including the suspected terrorists and their parents, benefited from more than $100,000 in taxpayer-funded assistance — a bonanza ranging from cash and food stamps to Section 8 housing from 2002 to 2012, the Herald has learned.
“The breadth of the benefits the family was receiving was stunning,” said a person with knowledge of documents handed over to a legislative committee today.
(from
"Tsarnaev family received $100G in benefits" at
bostonherald.com)


On this day: May 30
The Paris Commune falls (1871)
In Tel Aviv members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport Massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others (1972)
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: the 33-foot high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled by student demonstrators (1989)
U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison (2004)
b: Mikhail Bakunin (1814), Georg von Küchler (1881); d: Georgi Plekhanov (1918), Tomás Borge (2012)

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Darkness, gloom descend on America's vintage news industry
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Related story:
"The Brothers Tsarnaev and the Danger Whose Name we Dare not Speak" at
americanthinker.com)

Ridicule is man's most potent weapon - Saul Alinsky
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Summary of Saul Alinsky's 'Rules for Radicals'
•
Rules for Radicals at
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Preezy to Planned Parenthood: "God Bless You."
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On this day: April 29
Adolf Hitler marries his long-time partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor; both Hitler and Braun will commit suicide the next day (1945)
U.S. and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong (1970)
Riots in Los Angeles, California, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King (1992)
President Barack Obama meets with participants of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike at the White House (2011)
b: Hirohito (1901), Bernard Madoff (1938); d: Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (1945)

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Obama pumps sequester cash into Muslim Brotherhood stimulus
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Viral FLOTUS embedded everywhere now
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On this day: April 28
Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are executed by a firing squad consisting of members of the Italian resistance movement (1945)
U.S. troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate U.S. Army troops (1965)
President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels (1978)
American engineer Ben Linder is killed in an ambush by U.S.-funded Contras in northern Nicaragua (1987)
Former C.I.A. official Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia (1994)
President Bill Clinton gives a 4½ hour videotaped testimony for the defense in the notorious Whitewater corruption case.
b: James Baker (1930), Saddam Hussein (1937), Elena Kagan (1960); d: Jerry Horan (1937), Roberto Farinacci (1945), Roy Lee Williams (1989)

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Typical Prog double-standard silences discussion of outright repeal
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Congress (both Republicans and Democrats) are apparently having big secret talks amongst each other. They are trying to work out a fix where they would be exempt from ObamaCARE. According to Politico, the talks involve Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), the Obama administration and other top lawmakers. ObamaCARE is good enough for you, but not the ‘elites’ in DC.
(full story
"Both parties in Congress working on exempting themselves from ObamaCARE" at
fireandreamitchell.com)

Progressive policies give everyone a fair shot at leveling America
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Related stories:
• "Did the Tsarnaev brothers have ObamaPhones?" at
fireandreamitchell.com
• "Boston Demands That We Know Our Enemy" at
americanthinker.com