The Anti-Semitic Met's Exercise in Goebbel-esqe Propaganda Masquerading as Art

In the mid-1980s, Palestinian terrorists swarmed aboard the cruise ship Achille Lauro in the central Mediterranean and, after terrorizing passengers and crew, executed wheelchair-bound Jewish retiree Leon Klinghoffer (in front of his family).  President Reagan staged an anti-terror strike that captured the terrorists, forcing the airliner they were fleeing in to land in Italy - only to see the soft-on-terror Italian courts release them (but that's another story). 

A few years later, this incident was turned into a virulently anti-Semitic opera, "The Death of Klinghoffer," which was a piece of performance-art propaganda that Joseph Goebbels would have been proud to claim as his own.

Given all of that, I am outraged that the Metropolitan Opera of New York City is moving ahead with plans to perform "The Death of Klinghoffer." 

This pro-terrorist piece of operatic "Big Lie" propaganda - a work of a "Big Lie" masquerading as art - is offensive not just to Jews, but to all who care about slapping down terrorists instead of glorifying them.  A number of Jewish and Christian organizations have condemned the Met, which is nonetheless proceeding with the performance.

Were I a member of the Met, I'd not only very publicly cancel my membership, but I'd also very publicly boycott the Met until they repudiate this egregious act of corporate anti-Semitism.  Since I'm not a member, I can't cancel, but Lynn and I have been talking about taking a vacation (some day) to NYC, where she used to live (out on Long Island) and the Met had been on our to-do list ... until now.

If you care anything at all about anti-Semitism or fair play for Jews and Israel, I encourage you to boycott the Met ... and ask your friends to do the same

Why Republicans Have Standards - and Why Democrats Can't Spell "Standards"

 Ned Barnett - Capitol Curmudgeon

For a long time now, I have noticed that any truly conservative Republican with the slightest tarnish or blemish is hounded out of politics by the left-wing media, while other conservative Republicans stand by and let it happen.

To that I say BRAVO!  We are SUPPOSED to have standards - higher standards of integrity, probity and honesty - after all, we are the good guys.

However, it had troubled me that Democrats and Liberals were not held to any standards, by anybody.  Then, when this Benghazi thing blew up, I realized something.  Not only do Liberals not have standards ... but nobody expects them to. Not the media.  Not their supporters. Not even the public (well, we do, but it just frustrates us).  So any Democrat or Liberal can do anything - Clinton with his rapes and sexual assaults (proven in court in the Paula Jones and Monica Lewinsky matters - even the Supreme Court agreed).  AND NOBODY CARES ... not only don't they have standards, but their supporters, the media and the public are just fine with that.

Frustrating?  You bet.

I put this together when a friend up in Northern Idaho sent me all sorts of stuff about Benghazi and asked my opinion of it.  Read down for my in-depth analysis of the Liberals' lack of standards (and why we should just "let it go," because nobody else will care, and it will not move even one vote).  Then, if you must, read about the sleaze that triggered the inquiry.

Ned, the Capitol Curmudgeon ... 

Jim – this seems valid – hard to pick it apart, since so much of what I read here depends on whether the source is honest or if this is all a photo-shop job.  Can’t really tell.

However, I can tell you this – the Republicans are pissing up a rope.  Consider.  Even if Americans didn’t know what  Obama really was before the 2008 election, they sure as hell did in 2012 – and he did better the second time around.  To put it bluntly, nobody who supports Obama cares. Period.

The ones who distrust him always will – this story won’t change things.  The ones who believe in him always will – they won’t believe this story (but if they did, they wouldn’t care).

People in America don’t care about what Democrats do, or who they really are.  Everybody knew that Clinton all but raped women who worked for him, and did rape at least two women who tried to spurn him.  Yet he left office with a huge approval rating.  No Republican alive would have survived what Clinton just shrugged off. He remains hugely popular, and nobody blames Hillary for being a blatant opportunist, either.

Obama called for the use of abortion as birth control, using his daughters as an example (they shouldn’t be “punished with a child” – his own grandchild).  Nobody cared.

He bowed to every potentate he could find.  Nobody cared.

According to the Muslim faith (which is patriarchal), he’s either a Muslim because his father was/is a Muslim, or he’s an apostate.  Nobody cares.

Reverend Wright.  Nobody cares.

Putin.  Nobody cares.

If he dug up Lady Di’s corpse and raped it repeatedly in the Washington Mall, people might care.  But he’s not that stupid.  Anything short of this, nobody cares.

Republicans have to toe the line – and thank God for that.  Last thing we need are Republicans with the moral stature of Democrats. But we must never forget that America has long-since accepted that Democrats do NOT have standards. They don’t expect Democrats to HAVE standards.  They Do Not Care.

So, if we can prosecute some people, fine. Let’s throw their asses in Club Fed.  But if we can’t, then maybe what we need are season tickets to the local baseball team. At least people care about who wins – and get upset if someone cheats to win.  Ask Pete Rose.

Seriously, NOBODY (except us) CARES, and there aren’t enough of us who care to make a difference.

Ned

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From: Jim 
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 7:29 PM
To: Ned Barnett
Subject: FW: Benghazi Bombshell: "Smoking Gun" Email Distributed to Muslim Brotherhood Agent Mehdi K. Alhassani

Ned,

What is your opinion of the validity of this?

Jim

From: Tony B
Subject: Benghazi Bombshell: "Smoking Gun" Email Distributed to Muslim Brotherhood Agent Mehdi K. Alhassani

Benghazi Bombshell: “Smoking Gun” Email Distributed to Muslim Brotherhood Agent Mehdi K. Alhassani

Dean Garrison 14 hours ago

Why would a copy of the now infamous "smoking gun" Benghazi email have been sent to an agent of the Muslim Brotherhood? Well, because that agent works for the Obama Administration of course.

The Muslim Brotherhood infiltration of the Obama Administration has been widely documented. Now, it appears another member slipped through without detection.

We have just received our latest clue that the Benghazi cover up goes way deeper than many seem to suggest.

Shoebat.com reports:

The 'smoking gun' email that reveals who instructed Susan Rice to blame the Benghazi attack on a video also exposes a recipient named Mehdi K. Alhassani. Alhassani was the leader of the Muslim Student Association (MSA), a Muslim Brotherhood front group and attended the sister mosque of the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center (ISBCC) mosque attended by the Boston Marathon bombers. It is a mystery how Alhassani slipped through the cracks to become a Special Assistant to the Office of the Chief of Staff, National Security Council Staff, and Executive Office of the President. It is unknown why a few hours before the Benghazi attack, Alhassani met in the White House with Samir Mayekar, a George Soros 'fellow' for an unscheduled visit.

Very interesting. Could Alhassani be another liaison between the White House and the Muslim Brotherhood?

There have been numerous documents and reports in the foreign press that would suggest that the Muslim Brotherhood played a huge role in the Benghazi attack.

For instance, there is a leaked Libyan intelligence document that never quite made it to the mainstream media. This document places responsibility squarely at the feet of the Brotherhood.

Image of the Libyan intelligence document

Here are some brief comments from Raymond Ibrahim about the document:

On Wednesday, June 26, several Arabic websites, including Veto Gate, quoted the intelligence report, which apparently was first leaked to the Kuwaiti paper, Al Ra'i. Prepared by Mahmoud Ibrahim Sharif, Director of National Security for Libya, the report is addressed to the nation's Minister of Interior.

It discusses the preliminary findings of the investigation, specifically concerning an "Egyptian cell" which was involved in the consulate attack. "Based on confessions derived from some of those arrested at the scene" six people, "all of them Egyptians" from the jihad group Ansar al-Sharia ("Supporters of Islamic Law), were arrested.

According to the report, during interrogations, these Egyptian jihadi cell members "confessed to very serious and important information concerning the financial sources of the group and the planners of the event and the storming and burning of the U.S. consulate in Benghazi…. And among the more prominent figures whose names were mentioned by cell members during confessions were: Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi; preacher Safwat Hegazi; Saudi businessman Mansour Kadasa, owner of the satellite station, Al-Nas; Egyptian Sheikh Muhammad Hassan; former presidential candidate, Hazim Salih Abu Isma'il…"

Also back in June, Egyptian journalist Cynthia Farahat dropped another bombshell that you probably didn't read about on Fox News:

Cynthia Farahat is an Egyptian journalist who came upon a video which she translated to English. The video was of the terrorists who attacked the diplomatic mission and they were quoted by her as saying:

"Don't shoot, don't shoot, Dr. Morsi sent us."

Farahat also went so far as to surmise that the dialect of Arabic being spoken was not indigenous to Libya. Her claim is that the men were speaking in Egyptian dialect.

At the time, I was unaware because I had only started blogging in late 2012, but Pamela Geller had already pounced on this story long before Farahat. So it seems that at least two translations have implicated Morsi in this matter.

As if that wasn't enough, another startling accusation was made in September when Al Jazeera brought the claims of an Egyptian newspaper to light. The claim is that Barack Obama is a full member of the Muslim Brotherhood:

There has been a lot of focus lately on the arms dealings that were going on at the CIA annex in Benghazi. Though that is certainly part of the story, I think it is very narrow minded to think that it stops there. There has been too much evidence in the foreign media that has never made it to the living rooms of America. This story is far bigger than most Americans know.

It is not simply about dishonesty and incompetence. There is a very good chance that Ambassador Stevens was offered as a sacrificial lamb and that your government was complicit in these actions. Let me spell it out… There is a distinct possibility that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were involved in the planning of the 9-11-12 Benghazi Attack. If you want to read more about the Muslim Brotherhood connection in Benghazi, you can go here.

Is there a specific reason that Mehdi Alhassani was in the loop on that email? With his obvious ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, the possibilities are endless.

Regardless of guilt or innocence, one cannot deny the fact that Barack Obama has been making a conscious effort to surround himself with Muslim Brotherhood members in the White House, and this is no different.

What do you think?

Read more at http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/05/benghazi-bombshell-smoking-gun-email-distributed-muslim-brotherhood-agent-mehdi-k-alhassani/#7mTD61z0EvFxBX5L.99