There are no coincidences...

Guess who married John Kerry's daughter? No matter what your political leaning, this should give you a reason to stop and think whose side John Kerry is on. As soon as you think it can't get much worse. You do know who John Kerry is? Did you know that in 2009 the daughter of Secretary of State John Kerry, Dr Vanessa Bradford Kerry, married an Iranian physician named Dr Brian Vale Nahed. No mainstream media reported this. Who was the best man at the wedding? Mohammad Javad Zarif.  So who is Mr. Zarif?  Zarif is the current minister of foreign affairs for Iran . He was Kerry's chief counterpart in the nuclear deal negotiations just concluded. Meaning Kerry was dealing with his daughter's father-in-law?   How co ​ z ​ y is that?   Now isn't this an interesting picture?     As Front Page Magazine pointed out several months ago, the nuclear talks with Iran choreographed and orchestrated by Iran, were a tragic farce. Unfortunately, we are all going to suffer the consequences. When, not if, but when the bomb blows.

Obama brings crime to wealthy neighborhoods with expanded $ for section 8 housing

Why move your family to a safer neighborhood? The Democrats are working hard to move the criminals next door wherever you go.

Hillary's rumored running mate, Housing Secretary Julian Castro, is cooking up a scheme to reallocate funding for Section 8 housing to punish suburbs for being too white and too wealthy.

The scheme involves super-sizing vouchers to help urban poor afford higher rents in pricey areas, such as Westchester County, while assigning them government real estate agents called "mobility counselors" to secure housing in the exurbs.

Castro plans to launch the Section 8 reboot this fall, even though a similar program tested a few years ago in Dallas has been blamed for shifting violent crime to affluent neighborhoods.

It's all part of a grand scheme to forcibly desegregate inner cities and integrate the outer suburbs.

Anticipating NIMBY resistance, Castro last month threatened to sue suburban landlords for discrimination if they refuse even Section 8 tenants with criminal records. And last year, he implemented a powerful new regulation — "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing" — that pressures all suburban counties taking federal grant money to change local zoning laws to build more low-income housing (landlords of such properties are required to accept Section 8 vouchers).

Castro is expected to finalize the new regulation, known as "Small-Area Fair Market Rents" (SAFMR), this October, in the last days of the Obama presidency.

It will set voucher rent limits by ZIP code rather than metro area, the current formula, which makes payments relatively small. For example, the fair market rent for a one-bedroom in New York City is about $1,250, which wouldn't cover rentals in leafy areas of Westchester County, such as Mamaroneck, where Castro and his social engineers seek to aggressively resettle Section 8 tenants.

[The Section 8 reboot] is all part of a grand scheme to forcibly desegregate inner cities and integrate the outer suburbs.

In expensive ZIP codes, Castro's plan — which requires no congressional approval — would more than double the standard subsidy, while also covering utilities. At the same time, he intends to reduce subsidies for those who choose to stay in housing in poor urban areas, such as Brooklyn. So Section 8 tenants won't just be pulled to the suburbs, they'll be pushed there.

"We want to use our housing-choice vouchers to ensure that we don't have a concentration of poverty and the aggregation of racial minorities in one part of town, the poor part of town," the HUD chief said recently, adding that he's trying to undo the "result of discriminatory policies and practices in the past, and sometimes even now."

A draft of the new HUD rule anticipates more than 350,000 Section 8 voucher holders will initially be resettled under the SAFMR program. Under Obama, the total number of voucher households has grown to more than 2.2 million.

The document argues that larger vouchers will allow poor urban families to "move into areas that potentially have better access to jobs, transportation, services and educational opportunities." In other words, offering them more money to move to more expensive neighborhoods will improve their situation.

But HUD's own studies show the theory doesn't match reality.

President Bill Clinton in 1994Photo: Getty Images

President Bill Clinton started a similar program in 1994 called "Moving to Opportunity Initiative," which moved thousands of mostly African-American families from government projects to higher-quality homes in safer and less racially segregated neighborhoods in several counties across the country.

The 15-year experiment bombed.

A 2011 study sponsored by HUD found that adults using more generous Section 8 vouchers did not get better jobs or get off welfare. In fact, more went on food stamps. And their children did not do better in their new schools.

Worse, crime simply followed them to their safer neighborhoods, ruining the quality of life for existing residents.

"Males … were arrested more often than those in the control group, primarily for property crimes," the study found.

Dubuque, Iowa, for example, received an influx of voucher holders from projects in Chicago — and it's had a problem with crime ever since. A recent study linked Dubuque's crime wave directly to Section 8 housing.

Of course, even when reality mugs leftists, they never scrap their social theories. They just double down.

The problem, they rationalized, was that the relocation wasn't aggressive enough. They concluded they could get the desired results if they placed urban poor in even more affluent areas.

HUD recently tested this new theory in Dallas with disastrous results.

Starting in 2012, the agency sweetened Section 8 voucher payments, and pointed inner-city recipients to the far-flung counties surrounding Dallas. As government-subsidized rentals spread in all areas of the Metroplex (163 ZIP codes vs. 129 ZIP codes), so did crime.

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development used Dallas as a test — and the city is now experiencing much more violence.Photo: Getty Images

Now Dallas has one of the highest murder rates in the nation, and recently had to call in state troopers to help police control it. For the first time, violent crime has shifted to the tony bedroom communities north of the city. Three suburbs that have seen the most Section 8 transfers — Frisco, Plano and McKinney — have suffered unprecedented spikes in rapes, assaults and break-ins, including home invasions.

Although HUD's "demonstration project" may have improved the lives of some who moved, it's ended up harming the lives of many of their new neighbors. And now Castro wants to roll it out nationwide. Soon he will give Section 8 recipients money to afford rent wherever they choose — and if they don't want to move, he'll make them an offer they can't refuse.

Ironically, Hillary's own hometown of Chappaqua is fighting Section 8 housing because of links to drugs and crime and other problems.

This is a big policy shift that will have broad implications, affecting everything from crime to property values. And it could even impact the presidential election, especially if Castro joins Hillary on the Democratic ticket.

Paul Sperry is author of "The Great American Bank Robbery," which exposes the racial politics behind the home mortgage crisis.

TRUMP's Opposition

Sounds like we got a win-win situation here.  I'm gonna tell everyone I know to vote for Trump!  Additionally, he isn't facing a potential indictment.

Let's check out Trump's Presidential qualifications:      

•Obama is against Trump

     
•The Media is against Trump

     
•Establishment Democrats are against Trump

     
•Establishment Republicans are against Trump

     
•The Pope is against Trump

     
•The UN is against Trump

     
•The EU is against Trump

     
•China is against Trump

     
•Mexico is against Trump

     
•Soros is against Trump

     
•Black Lives Matter is against Trump

     
•MoveOn.Org is against Trump

     
•Koch Bro's are against Trump

     
•Hateful, racist, violent liberals are against Trump

Bonus points:      

Cher says she will leave the Country

      
Mylie Cyrus says she will leave the Country

     
Whoopi says she will leave the Country

     
Rosie says she will leave the Country

     
Al Sharpton says he will leave the Country

     
Kanye West says he will leave the Country

     
Joy Behar will have a major hissy fit on the VIEW.

     
Gov. Brown says California will build a wall

 

Novel thought: pedophiles think they should get rewarded when they DON'T rape a baby they are "in love" with

Sickos: Leftists seek to make pedophilia the next social justice front

Back in September, Salon published an article written by a self-described pedophile who argues that the urge to molest children is a "sexual identity" disorder. In a video released Tuesday, the outlet again allowed the pedophile to address its audience.

Salon's pedophilic commentator Todd Nickerson argued in his September article, "I'm a pedophile, but not a monster," that society should allow people with sick urges like those he harbors to speak openly without fear of repercussions.

The desire to molest children, he contends, is an issue of sexual orientation. And while neither Nickerson nor Salon advocate that society put up with actual child molestation, the insinuation seems to be that pedophiles shouldn't be ostracized for having the desire.

Here's an excerpt from Nickerson's column last year:

But isn't that the definition of a pedophile, you may ask, someone who molests kids?  Not really.  Although "pedophile" and "child molester" have often been used interchangeably in the media, and there is some overlap, at base, a pedophile is someone who's sexually attracted to children. That's it. There's no inherent reason he must act on those desires with real children. Some pedophiles certainly do, but many of us don't. Because the powerful taboo keeps us in hiding, it's impossible to know how many non-offending pedophiles are out there, but signs indicate there are a lot of us, and too often we suffer in silence.  That's why I decided to speak up.

In the sickening new video posted to Salon, the pedophile recounts having babysat a 5-year-old girl whom he had the desire to molest. But he didn't— and he believes society owes him a pat on the back.

You see, far-left insanity dictates that Nickerson is a victim because he has the urge to do something that he can't. The pedophile says he feels "persecuted" for his urges.

While crime statistics do show that many people who are prosecuted for child molestation were themselves victims of a sexual crime at some point, assigning victim status to a person who admittedly has sick thoughts about children seems a step too far even for people who seem to have abandoned logic in every other way.

If Nickerson and others like him have sick thoughts about children for whatever reason, they should find help before something truly terrible happens.

But in an age where certain people are hell-bent on making every manner of sexual perversion seem totally normal, what more should we expect from a leftist rag like Salon?

This is only the most recent sad example of the many ways in which the nation has lost its way thanks to political correctness and the misguided trend of ignoring common sense in an effort to create a utopian society. We can't say it's a good idea for police to patrol more heavily in certain areas because inhabitants of such areas have a higher propensity for criminal activity. We can't say our wives, sisters and daughters may feel uncomfortable using public restrooms with women who were once, or still are, men. We can't state that STDs are more likely to affect people who engage in risky sexual activity. We can't say that people raised with certain archaic beliefs may have a hard time getting along with Western society. And now, the left wants us to believe that we should be comfortable living next door to a guy who openly admits a desire to have sex with children.

Disgusting.

Mychal Massie on Trump - a different point of view.

"Trump Is Not A Liberal or Conservative, He's A Pragmatist".   by Mychal Massie   We recently enjoyed a belated holiday dinner with friends at the home of other friends. The dinner conversation was jocund, ranging from discussions about antique glass and china to theology and politics. At one point reference was made to Donald Trump being a conservative to which I responded that Trump is not a conservative.   I said that I neither view nor do I believe Trump views himself as a conservative. I stated it was my opinion that Trump is a pragmatist. He sees a problem and understands it must be fixed. He doesn't see the problem as libera ​​ l or conservative, he sees it only as a problem. That is a quality that should be admired and applauded, not condemned. But I get ahead of myself.   Viewing problems from a liberal perspective has resulted in the creation of more problems, more entitlement programs, more victims, more government, more political correctness, and more attacks on the working class in all economic strata.   Viewing things according to the so-called Republican conservative perspective has brought continued spending, globalism to the detriment of American interests and well being, denial of what the real problems are, weak, ineffective, milquetoast, leadership that amounts to Barney Fife Deputy Sheriff – appeasement oriented and afraid of its own shadow. In brief, it has brought liberal ideology with a pachyderm as a mascot juxtaposed to the ass of the Democrat Party.   Immigration isn't a Republican problem – it isn't a liberal problem – it is a problem that threatens the very fabric and infrastructure of America. It demands a pragmatic approach not an approach that is intended to appease one group or another.   The impending collapse of the economy isn't a liberal or conservative problem it is an American problem. That said, until it is viewed as a problem that demands a common sense approach to resolution, it will never be fixed because the Democrats and Republicans know only one way to fix things and the longevity of their impracticality has proven to have no lasting effect. Successful businessmen like Donald Trump find ways to make things work, they do not promise to accommodate.   Trump uniquely understands that China's manipulation of currency is not a Republican problem or a Democrat problem. It is a problem that threatens our financial stability and he understands the proper balance needed to fix it. Here again successful businessmen like Trump who have weathered the changing tides of economic reality understand what is necessary to make business work and they, unlike both sides of the political aisle, know that if something doesn't work you don't continue trying to make it work hoping that at some point it will.   As a pragmatist Donald Trump hasn't made wild pie-in-the-sky promises of a cell phone in every pocket, free college tuition, and a $15 hour minimum wage for working the drive-through a Carl's Hamburgers.   I argue that America needs pragmatists because pragmatists see a problem and find ways to fix them. They do not see a problem and compound it by creating more problems.   You may not like Donald Trump but I suspect that the reason people do not like him is because: 1) he is antithetical to the "good old boy" method of brokering backroom deals that fatten the coffers of politicians; 2) they are unaccustomed to hearing a candidate speak who is unencumbered by the financial shackles of those who own them vis-a`-vis donations; 3) he is someone who is free of idiomatic political ideology; and 4) he is someone who understands that it takes more than hollow promises and political correctness to make America great again.   Listening to Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders talk about fixing America is like listening to two lunatics trying to "out crazy" one another. Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio are owned lock, stock, and barrel by the bankers, corporations, and big dollar donors funding their campaigns. Bush can deny it but common sense tells anyone willing to face facts that people don't give tens of millions without expecting something in return.   We have had Democrats and Republican ideologues and what has it brought us? Are we better off today or worse off? Has it happened overnight or has it been a steady decline brought on by both parties?   I submit that a pragmatist might be just what America needs right now. And as I said earlier, a pragmatist sees a problem and understands that the solution to fix same is not about a party, but a willingness and boldness to get it done.   People are quick to confuse and despise confidence as arrogance, but that is common among those who have never accomplished anything in their lives and who have always played it safe not willing to risk failure.

An "openly gay pastor"?

Man who accused Whole Foods of homophobic slur admits he made it up

The man who accused Whole Foods Market of writing a homophobic slur on a cake will drop a lawsuit against the grocery chain.

"The company did nothing wrong," Jordan Brown, a pastor of a small Austin church, said in a statement. "I was wrong to pursue this matter and use the media to perpetuate this story."

Brown had sued Whole Foods on April 18, announcing the lawsuit publicly while flanked by his lawyers. He emotionally told reporters that he had ordered a cake with "Love wins" written in frosting, Brown said. The cake he picked up, he said, had a homophobic slur on it.

Whole Foods fired back almost immediately, releasing surveillance footage of Brown purchasing the cake — evidence, the grocery chain said, showed that Brown was lying. The company filed a counter suit against Brown.

The moves were lauded by public relations experts, who said Whole Foods was right to counterattack claims.

After receiving news that Brown was ending his lawsuit Monday, Whole Foods released a statement saying the company was ending its counter suit and that it was "very pleased that the truth has come to light."

"Given Mr. Brown's apology and public admission that his story was a complete fabrication, we see no reason to move forward with our counter suit to defend the integrity of our brand and team members," Whole Foods' statement said. The company's counter suit had sought at least $100,000 in damages from Brown.

Brown, an openly gay pastor at the Church of Open Doors, which met regularly at the AMLI South Shore apartment complex on East Riverside Drive, issued several apologies with his statement announcing the end of his lawsuit.

"I want to apologize to Whole Foods and its team members for questioning the company's commitment to its values," Brown wrote in his statement.

Brown also apologized to his partner, his family, his fellow church members, his attorney and the LGBT community because he said he was "diverting attention from real issues."

Brown's attorney Austin Kaplan could not be immediately reached for comment.

Brown himself has been publicly silent since Whole Foods fired back with its own lawsuit and Brown's social media accounts have had no new public posts. Shortly before 1 p.m. on Monday, both Brown's Twitter and Facebook pages were apparently taken offline.

China's CHEVY !!!!! You'll be sickened as you watch how Obama's GM bailout is going down

THIS IS SAD WITH 70% OF CHEVYS MADE IN CHINA. LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED DURING OBAMA'S ADMIN. AFTER WATCHING THE VIDEO I DECIDED TO SEE WHAT MANUFACTURER MAKES THE MOST CARS IN THE USA. TOYOTA IS NOW #1 WITH 71% SOLD AND MADE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. LOOKS LIKE WE ARE SELLING OUT OR BEING BOUGHT OUT AND YOU THOUGHT AMERICA ISN'T FOR SALE. LOOKS LIKE TRUMP HAS THE RIGHT IDEA TO STOP ALL THIS EROSION.   READ HERE. http://fortune.com/2015/06/29/cars-made-in-america/          Remember that GM's largest assembly plant is in Korea.  And Ford's Largest is in Brazil.   Both are relatively new plants.  They didn't build them in the US         If this doesn't make "the hair on the back of your neck stand up" nothing will. China's Chevy? WOW!! This is truly a "MUST SEE" BUY A CHEVY ... WHAT A JOKE! OUR BAILOUT MONEY WAS WELL SPENT??? After investing $80 BILLION ($80,000,000,000.00) in GM this is what we get. Just take a minute to watch the video below.   http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Lvl5Gan69Wo

Fwd: Credit Card Fraud -​ ​

        Verified with Snopes: http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/creditcard.asp

​Their advice: ​If someone contacts you by phone about your credit card, ask the caller to provide his name, department, and extension, then hang up and call him back through the phone number listed on your credit card or billing statement. 

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        This is a heads up for everyone regarding the latest in Visa fraud. Royal Bank received this communication about the newest scam. This is happening in the Midwest right now and moving across the country.

 

        This one is pretty slick, since they provide YOU with all the information, except the one piece they want.        

 

        Note, the callers do not ask for your card number; they already have it.

 

        This information is worth reading. By understanding how the VISA & MasterCard telephone Credit Card Scam works, you'll be better prepared to protect yourself. One of our employees was called on Wednesday from 'VISA', and I was called on Thursday from 'MasterCard'.

 

        The scam works like this:

 

        Person calling says - 'This is (name) and I'm calling from the Security and Fraud Department at VISA. My Badge number is 12460, your card has been flagged for an unusual purchase pattern, and I'm calling to verify. This would be on your VISA card which was issued by (name of bank). Did you purchase an Anti-Telemarketing Device for $497.99 from a marketing company based in Arizona?' When you say 'No', the caller continues with, 'Then we will be issuing a credit to your account. This is a company we have been watching, and the charges range from $297 to $497, just under the $500 purchase pattern that flags most cards. Before your next statement, the credit will be sent to (gives you your address). Is that correct?' You say 'yes'.

 

        The caller continues - 'I will be starting a Fraud Investigation. If you have any questions, you should call the 1- 800 number listed on the back of your card (1-800-VISA) and ask for Security. You will need to refer to this Control Number. The caller then gives you a 6 digit number. 'Do you need me to read it again?'

 

        Here's the IMPORTANT part on how the scam works - The caller then says, 'I need to verify you are in possession of your card'. He'll ask you to 'turn your card over and look for some numbers'. There are 7 numbers; the first 4 are part of your card number, the last 3 are the Security Numbers that verify you are the possessor of the card. These are the numbers you sometimes use to make Internet purchases to prove you have the card. The caller will ask you to read the last 3 numbers to him. After you tell the caller the 3 numbers, he'll say, 'That is correct, I just needed to verify that the card has not been lost or stolen, and that you still have your card. Do you have any other questions?'

 

        After you say no, the caller then thanks you and states, 'Don't hesitate to call back if you do', and hangs up. You actually say very little, and they never ask for or tell you the card number. But after we were called on Wednesday, we called back within 20 minutes to ask a question. We were glad we did! The REAL VISA Security Department told us it was a scam and in the last 15 minutes a new purchase of $497.99 was charged to our card. We made a real fraud report and closed the VISA account. VISA is reissuing us a new number. What the Scammer wants is the 3-digit PIN number on the back of the card. Don't give it to them. Instead, tell them you'll call VISA or Master Card directly for verification of their conversation.

 

        The real VISA told us that they will never ask for anything on the card, as they already know the information, since they issued the card! If you give the Scammer your 3 Digit PIN Number, you think you're receiving a credit. However, by the time you get your statement you'll see charges for purchases you didn't make, and by then it's almost too late and/or more difficult to actually file a fraud report.

 

        What makes this more remarkable is that on Thursday, I got a call from a 'Jason Richardson of MasterCard' with a word-for-word repeat of the VISA Scam. This time I didn't let him finish. I hung up! We filed a police report, as instructed by VISA. The police said they are taking several of these reports daily! They also urged us to tell everybody we know that this scam is happening. I dealt with a similar situation this morning, with the caller telling me that $3,097 had been charged to my account for plane tickets to Spain, and so on through the above routine.

 

        It appears that this is a very active scam, and evidently quite successful...

 

        Pass this on to all your family and friends

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