Tea Party Blogger Blamed for Syria

I, a tea party member, am responsible for the political and civil unrest in Syria. I also am to blame for President Barack Obama's handling of the issue. Further, it is I, not Congress who will decide whether the president is authorized to use force in Syria, the mess which I created. Neither President Barack H. Obama nor the United States Congress hold any blame whatsoever in this situation. This is my confession.

Certain facts have been omitted for national security reasons. However, this post is an full confession to the American people of my mishandling and mismanagement of the situation. It serves as exculpatory testimony for Republicans, Democrats, Conservatives, Liberals, Progressives, NeoCons, Occupy, Tea Party, Independents, youtube movie makers and all other Americans.

Let me begin with a sincere apology. Because of me, my fellow Americans are frustrated, America's credibility in the world is shaken and the world's powers are at odds. These are consequences to which I was blind. For these things, I am gravely sorry.

The exercise of power and the accumulation of knowledge come at a price. The price we pay is the corruption of our own humility and conscience.  The founding fathers were right to implement the Separation of Powers in the U.S. Constitution. This situation serves as a reminder to lead by ageless wisdom:

The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be.
The more weapons you have, the less secure people will be.
The more subsidies you have, the less self-reliant people will be.

Therefore the Master says:
I let go of the law, and people become honest.
I let go of economics, and people become prosperous.
I let go of religion, and people become serene.
I let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes common as grass.

A great nation is like a great man;
When he makes a mistake, he realizes it.
Having realized it, he admits it.
Having admitted it, he corrects it.
He considers those who point out his faults as his most benevolent teachers.
He thinks of his enemy as the shadow that he himself casts. 

My meddling was motivated by the pursuit of the common good. Therein lies the fatal flaw in the common good. It doesn't require good, it only requires justifications and rationalizations in the pursuit of self aggrandizement.

So, this crisis is not the doing of an anti-Syrian Youtube video. The president is not to blame. The military-industrial complex is not at fault. Oil, climate change and religion are off the hook. Finally, Congress is innocent in this situation. I take full responsibility.

As the only person willing to take responsibility, the authorization and decision to attack Syria becomes my responsibility. This decision shall not be abdicated. No excuses are offered. The buck has stopped here.

Whatever happens blame me, a tea partier, it is always my fault.

God bless America and long may the star-spangled banner wave over the land of the free and the home of the brave!

P.S.

Do you hear me now Obama, McCain, Congress? You no longer have to worry about politics and can do what is best for the country. Point all fingers here.

Egypt, Tahrir Square: Obama Supports Terrorism

In Egypt's Tahrir Square, anti-Morsi protest signs display "Obama supports terrorism."

From Benghazi to Palestine to Jordan to Syria to Yemen to Egypt, everyone in the middle east understands that President Barack Obama is arming and training Al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood. Our White House administration is riddled with Muslim Brotherhood members.

For God's sake America, have the courage to see the truth before your eyes!

Morsi may step down, but he is just a branch, look down at the root!

(hat tip Twitpic)

P.S.

Left Coast Rebel adds Germany compares Obama to Russian secret police, Stasi 2.0, and other U.S. allies are concerned about Big Brother America.

Egypt lover Temple of Mut has continuing coverage of protests all around Egypt.

Tommy Robinson Of English Defense League on The O'Reilly Factor

Tommy Robinson and the English Defense League have been demonized by most media organizations. Today, Mr. Robinson made his first impression upon me. On the O'Reilly Factor, he made a good showing. His concerns were reasonable and enlightening.

One fact offered, 48% of the British stock market is owned by Saudi Arabia. This is a believable statement. Britain rebuilt it's economy as a financial center a few decades ago. It is reasonable to believe that big oil investors could have grabbed significant power under such an economy. Mr. Robinson revealed this factoid while explaining why the British government is afraid of Islamic Supremacists.

Video link here.

For standing up to Islamic jihadists and the media (and Bill O'Reilly), at obvious risk to his own life, to save his country and culture, Tommy Robinson is my Tienanmen Square Tank Man of the week.

Microsoft: Tea Party App "Divisive" for Report on Islamic Terrorism

The Obama Administration's IRS criminally targeted the tea party, Jewish, and minority conservative groups to interfere with the 2012 election. The DOJ targeted reporters to silence scandals during the election. The White House jailed an innocent man to support the Benghazi cover-up prior to the election. Government, however, might not be the only powerful entity in America bullying groups. Microsoft may be discriminating against the tea party on the Windows App Store.

Our tea party group, The San Diego Local Order of Bloggers (The SLOBs), is not based on political party, religion, race, gender, age or sexual orientation. We are concerned with taxes and the growth of government as it infringes upon civil rights. Occasionally, we address other important issues as individuals concerned for the freedom of humanity. The tea party is about civil rights.

Our Windows 8 app is the only tea party news app on the Windows App Store. A recent technical update to our app was rejected by Microsoft's testers as "divisive" because one article discussed the roots of Islamic supremacists.

Bloggers use attention grabbing story titles. The post in question is titled, "Islam: Violence Emanates from its Core." Microsoft's reviewers use personal judgement in reviewing content compliance issues. In fairness, it is understandable that this post was subjected to review based upon the title. Lets look at this article. The article begins:

The Boston Marathon bombings, by a seemingly “average” college student and his more obviously troubled and radicalized older brother has led to discussion on our policy towards Muslim immigrants; and our Visa policy regarding foreign students in general. What it should also trigger is a meaningful policy discussion on the nature of Islamic violence. Because unlike any other religion in the world, violence is an integral part of Islam.

The problem lies within the Quran itself.

Microsoft's reviewers noted:

The content in this app appeared, to our reviewers, to be to divisive.

The precise violation referenced is:

5.2 Your app must not contain content that advocates discrimination, hatred, or violence based on membership in a particular racial, ethnic, national, linguistic, religious, or other social group, or based on a person’s gender, age, or sexual orientation

There are two concerns with this content issue.

1. The certification requirements do not specify "divisive" as a violation. "Divisive" is a subjective term that might apply to dog lovers who are offended by pictures of cats. ( KT Cat would be "divisive.")
2. "This is one example of the issue." This statement suggests that there are multiple examples of "content that advocates discrimination, hatred, or violence."  There are not.

Obviously, the post topic is politics and religion, but there is no "advocating discrimination, hatred or violence." It is quite the opposite. The article opposes violence perpetrated by those who are part of a violent subset of the Islamic faith.

But to the truly dedicated, observant, fundamentalist Muslims these more cerebral (nice) Muslims aren’t really Muslims at all. To the ones we call “radicals”, a real Muslim has the Allah-given task of converting, enslaving, or killing the rest of us.

“Good Muslims” are commanded to kill other Muslims who stray from the path.  Consequently, the nice Muslims have to keep their mouths shut. This slows down the spread of the nicer varieties of Islam; while the radicalization of Mosques (or ”cells” within those Mosques) goes unabated.

The topic in this article is controversial. It is not politically correct, but it is factually correct and observable.

Since 9/11/01, there has been an average of 5 attacks a day by Muslim terrorists!

The blog post in question was written prior to the beheading of British soldier Lee Rigby in London by a British born convert to Islam and his friend. Since the post, video by Human Rights Watch showed a Syrian rebel eating a soldier's heart to the chant "Allahu Akbar." Currently, the top story on Google news is President Obama's comment that America is at a "crossroads" in fighting terrorism.

"America has confronted many forms of violent extremism in our time. Deranged or alienated individuals - often U.S. citizens or legal residents - can do enormous damage, particularly when inspired by larger notions of violent jihad," Mr. Obama said. "Homegrown extremists. This is the future of terrorism."

To stop the terrorism, we must understand it. To understand it, we must discuss it from all perspectives. There is an observable trend around the world which must be considered for the sake of survival. Because Americans are intimidated from honest debate on Islamic terrorism, President Obama made this statement today:

Moreover, we have to recognize that these threats don’t arise in a vacuum.  Most, though not all, of the terrorism we faced is fueled by a common ideology — a belief by some extremists that Islam is in conflict with the United States and the West, and that violence against Western targets, including civilians, is justified in pursuit of a larger cause.  Of course, this ideology is based on a lie, for the United States is not at war with Islam.  And this ideology is rejected by the vast majority of Muslims, who are the most frequent victims of terrorist attacks.

Nevertheless, this ideology persists, and in an age when ideas and images can travel the globe in an instant, our response to terrorism can’t depend on military or law enforcement alone. We need all elements of national power to win a battle of wills, a battle of ideas.  So what I want to discuss here today is the components of such a comprehensive counter-terrorism strategy.

First, we must finish the work of defeating al Qaeda and its associated forces.

This statement is a failure of leadership. It is lukewarm to the observable threat. These comments are a politically correct mess from a man trying to manage his image without uttering "Islam." A fate that Microsoft might impose on us via the term "divisive."

Word Warrior does not mince words on the subject. To be fair and balanced, his conclusion does use the term "evil". Those unable or unwilling to consider the point of the article could challenge the semantics of the conclusion:

Religiously, it is unique to Islam. There are no Christian terrorist organizations or movements, financing and sponsoring terrorism in the name of Christ. Nor are there any such Buddhist nor Hindu groups.

Liberals hate the idea of evil. But radical Islam is as evil in the 21st Century as Christianity sometimes was in the Middle Ages. And Islam has no prospect of getting any better, of internal reformation because the evil in it comes from its most fundamental tenets.

The evil in Christianity came from ignoring its fundamental tenets.

Conclusion

Word Warrior explored Islamic supremacists, but does not "advocates discrimination, hatred, or violence." He is reporting on a hard truth in an effort to save lives. We hope that Microsoft reviewers keep this in mind when reviewing our technical app update which has nothing to do with content.

With all this said, the post in question is no longer displayed in our app. The SLOBs app includes dozens of articles. The articles update with the news cycle and feature only the most recent posts. Most of the content is created by our authors, but we also include feeds from respected news organizations as supplemental information on our top story. The constant updates keep our content dynamic and fresh.

We also have an Android app which has been perfected over many revisions. It never ran into similar content issues. As bloggers, we consistently deal with politically incorrect issues. The issue of Islamic terrorism is one topic requiring open discussion despite pressures to acquiescence to intimidation and fear.

We have re-submitted app Release 3 to the Windows App Store. It will be interesting to see what they say this time.

How to Help

Please go download our free Windows App and support our efforts. Hopefully, Release 3 will be waiting for you to download.

If you are interested in reaching tea party members, consider purchasing an advertisement for the "SLOBS W8" ad unit under the category "News" (250px by 250px). We have graphics to help you create your ad.

UPDATE: A Happy Ending

Revision 3 was approved by Microsoft and is now on the Windows App Store.

Obama Explains Why The President Must Be Held Accountable In Benghazi

President Obama spoke moments ago about leaks that put national security at risk. His remarks also describe in detail how his beauty sleep prior to a Vegas fund raiser put national security at risk and cost the lives of brave Americans in Benghazi. This comment goes a long way in explaining why the Obama administration is lying to the American people about Benghazi.

To be, uhh, clear, President Obama was talking about leaks relating to CIA operations similar to the Benghazi, Libya operation in which America armed and trained Al Qaeda and other groups in order to overthrow various governments and then allocated $40 million to track down and buy back heavy weapons.

"They can put men and women in uniform that I have sent into the battlefield at risk.

They can put, uhh, some of our intelligence officers, who are various dangerous situations that are easily compromised, at risk.

U.S. national security, uhh, is, uhh, dependent on those folks being able to operate with confidence that folks back home have their backs. So they are not just left out there 'high and dry,' uhh, and potentially put in even more danger than they may already be.

uhh, and so, I make no apologies and I don't think the American people would expect me, as Commander-In-Chief, not to be concerned about information that might compromise their missions or might get them killed.

The flip side of it is, we also live in a democracy, uhh, where a free press, free expression, uhh, and, uhh, the open flow of information helps hold me accountable, helps hold our government accountable and helps our democracy function. Uhh, and, ya know, the whole reason I got involved in politics is because I believe so deeply in democracy and that process.

...(edited for length)

When we express concern about leaks at a time when I have still got 60,000 plus troops in Afghanistan. uhh, and I've still got a whole bunch of intelligence officers around the world who are in risky situations,uhh, in outposts, uhh that uhh in some cases are as dangerous as the outpost in Benghazi. Uhh, that part of my job is to make sure that, uhh, we are protecting what they do. Uhh, while still accommodating for the need for, uhh, information. So,... or for the need for the public to be informed and be able to hold, uhh uhh my office accountable."

In the event that you, the, uhh, reader, might think this is being taken out of context, here is a Bloomberq reporter asking about the IRS scandal and President Obama's unresponsive answer. This is simply to make the point that the man is again lying.

Reporter: "Mr. President, I want to ask you about the IRS. Can you assure the American people that nobody in the White House knew about the agencies action before your council's office found out on April 22nd."

President Obama: "I can assure you that, uhh, I certainly did not know anything about the IG report before the IG report had been leaked through press, uhh through the press."

The reason President Obama makes these implied acknowledgements that the White House knew about the targeting of conservative groups is simple. He is not held accountable. Consider the AP headline on this statement which relies upon people NOT reading the story:

BREAKING: Obama assures he did not know about IRS political targeting before reports became public.
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 16, 2013

Definition: Gosnelled

Gosnelled: (verb) To kill or choosing to allow the death of someone helpless and under your care, then for the death to be white washed and/or covered up for racial or political purposes.
Example: The four patriots killed by terrorists in Benghazi on 9/11/2012 were gosnelled by the administration and the mainstream media.

Etymology: Dr. Kermit Gosnell is the biggest mass murderer in American History. He killed hundreds of babies during live birth abortions with scissors by snipping their spines. Some of the babies screamed and fought for their life. Dr. Gosnell had separate operating rooms for blacks and whites. White patients had a clean environment while black patients died on the table due to substandard conditions. Pieces of aborted fetus and viable babies were found in jars. Government agencies and the mainstream media notoriously failed to investigate and report the story. Calling it a "local story," justified covering up the story due to negative implication to the practice of abortion particularly in the poor inner city.

Democrats Ask Zero Questions on Benghazi Events In Hearing

During the Benghazi hearings on the Al Qaeda attack on an American consulate in Libya the Democrats have not asked a single question about the attack. Despite four dead American patriots, the Democratic Congressmen and women have failed to address the issue at all.

The leading Democratic Congressman in the hearing, Elijah Cummings of Maryland, began by stating his support for the whistle-blowers who testified. However, it appears that his statements were intended to be a veiled final effort to offer amnesty in exchange for silence.

"I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO PROTECT YOU" (if you shut up.)

Other Democrats attempted to provide cover for Hillary Clinton, then Secretary of State. One towering man who testified as a "whistle-blower" is named Eric Nordstrom. Mr. Nordstrom was the Libyan Regional Security Officer for the State Department during the attack. The security officer battled tears as he countered Hillary Clinton's claim by stating "It Matters!"

Gregory Hicks, Foreign Service Officer & Former Deputy Chief of Mission in Libya:

"My Jaw Dropped" when Susan Rice went on TV saying there was a protest in Benghazi related to a video.

Mr. Hicks has been praised by President Obama shortly after the attacks in Benghazi. He informed the State Department and senior Libyan officials asking for assistance throughout the attacks on September 11th 2012. Rep. Elijah Cummings repeatedly attempted to push against Hicks by stating that the U.S. military air power could not have arrived over Libya during the attacks. This is in direct opposition to the fact that drones were flying over the attack for several hours. It is nonsensical when one considers that the revolution in Libya relied upon U.S. air power.

The people on the ground who make security decisions were not able to get the resources needed to defend themselves and Ambassador Stevens. President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton decreased resources and then denied requests to save Americans surrounded by terrorists on American soil. The administration then lied about the situation. After that, the administration obstructed the investigation of the events in Benghazi both materially and through political proxies.

Hillary Clinton's right hand Cheryl Mills was directly referenced as the point person in the cover-up and silencing of whistle-blowers.

Islamic Supremacists Not Mentioned in Obama's Comments on Terrorists

President Obama ignored the greatest threat to the civilized world while talking about "whatever warped, twisted ideas" from self-radicalized individuals. Frankly, his oratory seemed poised to point at the tea party as he stated that he had indicated to (@30 sec):

"entire counter-terrorism team,what more can we do on THAT threat that is LOOMING on the horizon."

I was under the knife today, and have been taking some pain medication, so maybe I am hearing this wrong. So, decide for yourself.  Fully in-context clip of statement from C-SPAN CLICK HERE (1 min 34 seconds)

One passing mention of Al Qaeda which is dismissed as he pivots to "self-radicalized individuals." The president makes no mention of radical theology, only generic "ideas." No mention of the numerous jihadist attacks preceding and during his presidency, only attacks "looming on the horizon."

Many people today have commented upon President Obama's encore performance. A statement on a gay basketball player who "can bang with Shaq," where Shaq is a retired NBA player who, to my knowledge is heterosexual.(In basketball terms, "bang" refers to a physical style of post play. Not that post, post refers to under the basket. No not... I give up.) My offense at this statement is not about sexuality, it revolves around the lack of mention of patriotic Americans who died under President Obama in Benghazi and never received an encore.

This entire affair induced my OXYCODONE filled brain to embark upon a Twitter rant of epic proportions. A rant to which, I apologize. To view the rant go look up #TwistedRadicalIdeas. The moral of this story is that even while on pain killers, some of us take responsibility for our own actions... even reactions, while America's president fails the character test at every turn.

Mr. President, for one day please be reasonable. Just one, that is all we ask.  For one day, no #AttackWatch, no accusing the peaceful tea party movement of racism or terrorism, no undermining Israel, no submission or appeasement to Islamic supremacists, no selling weapons to our enemies, no trying to setup the confiscation of our second amendment, no undermining jobs with false promises of free health care, no hindering Americas massive reserve of fuel to further Climate Change policy, no Tides foundation nudging.... just one day without their Doo Doo Economics. A day without a fundamental transformation administration would be preferable.  Maybe go golfing.

In return, this blogger will, for a day, sleep, perchance to dream.

Update: fixed about 1000 typos.

Twitter Ends Censorship of Conservative Trends

Twitter Begins Censoring Conservatives

Back in September 2011 the Obama White House began #AttackWatch. It was a Twitter hashtag where people could report anything negative said against President Obama. Conservatives immediately took control and mocked the Stalinist tactic.

#AttackWatch Brown Shirt tshirts began selling online. The trend grew against the Obama Administration to the point that they realized the danger of their error.

Instead of apologizing to the American people, the Obama administration found a way to work with Twitter to shut down conservative trends. This blog and Gulagbound found that despite the fact that #AttackWatch was by far the most popular trend on Twitter it stopped being listed as a top trend. You can read all about it in our post "Twitter Hides #AttackWatch Trending - Proof."

The Administration did this by misusing the power of the presidency.

"UPDATE: Why would twitter make such an obviously corrupt move? Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is on a presidential advisory committee.

(5/26/2011) President Obama announced his intent to appoint Costolo to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC)"

The proof of the censorship was obvious because the Twitter programming interface (API) took time to update. Until it was patched, several Twitter Trend web services clearly showed the tampering. Once that API was updated, Twitter could now censor for the Obama administration. Conservative topics never again trended for more than a day.

Twitter Smeared As Where People "Jump to Conclusions"

After the Boston Marathon attack, news outlets and other left wing organization began a smear campaign against Twitter. AP was hacked. President Obama warned the public about "jumping to conclusions." It was all out warfare because facts were being put out on Twitter before the news media could find them. Law Enforcement began releasing information on Twitter before old fahioned "news conferences."

Twitter had more and better information and the viewers of CNN could clearly contrast the coverage. Reports of dogs barking filled dead airspace on CNN while Twitter uncovered photos and videos of the Boston Marathon Bombing. While news reporters ran from bomb scares and stood on street corners, Twitter users were seeing pictures of people being arrested, a Saudi 2123b terrorist being tackled and connected the dots between the Motives, The Means and The Money behind the attack.

The establishment media, which has been loyal to president Obama, was threatened and retaliated. My guess is that the president's statement or the actions of his handlers made matters worse. Twitter began to realize they needed to fight back. Someone at Twitter then flipped a switch and emancipated the army of conservatives into trending freedom. A conservative hashtag, #YouJustPulledAnObama, began to soar.

Despite the millions of Obama Twitter bots (fake accounts) and paid social media company attack dogs calling people racists and attempting intimidation against the conservatives on Twitter, #YouJustPulledAnObama has trended for days on end.

One of the worst, unfunny, unwitty, liberal tweets of all time has more than 2000 retweets to rank as the top tweet in the trend. The Soviet style salute is a clear sign that social media bots cannot stand up to conservatives.

President Obama is a good president, he cares about the citizens of America.RT if you agree. #YouJustPulledAnObama
— Eche Madubuike (@EcheMadubuike) April 27, 2013

While Obama followers are urged to declare their loyalty, patriotic conservatives are storming the gates. Fellow SLOBS blog Beers with Demo provides insight into some of what is being unleashed on Twitter with "What We've Been Tweeting."

 

The cultural winds have changed. Andrew Breitbart is smiling.

Defeating Terrorism Is Free

There is a force in America that will defeat terrorism when called.

Americans.

In the war on terror, law enforcement professionals have a role. The media has a role. The government and military have roles, but the American people are the force that is everywhere, always.

As the target of terror attacks, Americans will always be present to defend themselves. To overcome the terror tactic, we require only our second amendment rights. There is a reason why no enemy force has invaded and conquered America. Armed Americans.

America's greatest enemy until World War I was Great Britain. We fought wars, they burned Washington D.C. to the ground. The "bombs bursting in air" were British. British law gave us slavery to supply the empire. They occupied American cities, but in the end "that star spangled banner" yet waved. They lost, not to the Department of Homeland Security or to a policy, but to a people.

The land of the free and home of the brave prevailed, then Americans forgave our enemy. The British have since become our closest allies. Britain did not ally with us because of our kindness or willingness to "coexist." Great Britain allied with us due to our strength. The strength of Americans.

Countless kings and dictators have been frustrated by America's strength. A strength boiled down to a single timeless phrase, "Don't Tread On Me!"

When did "the public" and "law enforcement" stop simply being referred to as "Americans"? Why do politicians make the patronizing assumption that only government can defend Americans? Will the reduction of rights or expensive security measures ever make us safe? These are questions of faith, wisdom and character.

Three hundred million empowered Americans is the best security solution. The Boston attackers were identified by a victim of the crime. The Saudi national linked to Al Qaeda was captured by a bystander. The younger suspect was found by a homeowner. It is clear that the solution to terror is transparency and trust in the American people.

Sunil Tripathi, Mike Mulugeta Trained in Hanover Massachusetts

THE BASICS

Police reportedly released the names of the Boston Marathon attackers. Sunil Tripathi (left) and Mike Mulugeta (right) above are being connected with the attacks. State Police announced a connection between a killing at MIT and the Boston Marathon attack.

Some reports are saying that Mike Mulugeta was killed in Watertown, Massachusetts.  Mike Mulugeta may have attempted to use an improvised explosive device as a suicide bomb.  Police have identified the second Watertown suspect as "a terrorist who came here to kill people." They may have been in process of attacking MIT with additional suspects.

This information is new, so here is some evidence for you to review. You should make up your own mind about Sunil Tripathi:

22-year-old Brown University philosophy major Sunil Tripathi, of Radnor, Pa., left his apartment at 1:33 a.m. on March 16, 20 minutes after using his computer.  He did not take his personal items and left a note.

ABC News: (italics ours)

"Typically, two reasons people don't take the normal things they take with them is because they're stepping outside to talk to somebody, they're going half a block away, or they're not coming back," ABC News consultant and former FBI agent Brad Garrett told "Good Morning America."

"Everyone's racking their brains to see if they can come up with places that he might be or where he might have gone," Ravi Tripathi said. (His sister)

His family further reported that he may have been battling depression while on leave from school.

"He's been trying to figure out what he wants to do in life, where he wants to go," Ravi Tripathi, Sunil Tripathi's brother, said.

TERRORISM TRAINING

On March 12 and March 15 explosions occurred in Hanover, MA. Apparently Hanover was the location of some test runs with the explosives used during the Boston Marathon.

[..]two recent incidents where, over the past week, witnesses have reported explosions.

Officials are concerned the explosive devices could lead to injury or property damage. The recovered explosives appear to be homemade.

“We’re hoping neighbors may have seen something that may help us identify those responsible for detonating the devices,” said Hanover Fire Chief Jeff Blanchard.

A private intelligence group reports that jihadists have been recruiting for attacks:

a jihadist announced his desire to plan bombings in the United States, but was chastised by others for revealing such a plot publicly. He is referring to a posting on the Ansar al-Mujahideen forum on April 1 in which a jihadist tried to recruit members for an attack similar in impact to al-Qaeda's 9/11 strikes, but seemed focused on the attack being a suicide bombing.

Tripathi and Mulugeta, if responsible for bombings, may have been recruited, trained or inspired by Islamic terrorists. This leads to the possibility of additional suspects.

NOT "RIGHT WING"

Che is a popular t-shirt design for those unfamiliar with his history. Guevara is not an idol of "right wing" philosophy students.

The mythical "right wing nut" remains the left's bigfoot. Gulagbound reminds us that recent domestic mass attacks have all been by progressives and drugs.

SOURCES:

• http://news.siteintelgroup.com/component/content/article/6-jihadist-news/2979-jihadists-hope-boston-bombings-are-acts-of-jihadi-terrorism
• http://abcnews.go.com/US/sunil-tripathi-surveillance-footage-shows-missing-ivy-league/story?id=18845517#.UXDw0aJwrzj
• http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/26/missing-brown-university-student-has-been-suffering-from-depression-brother/
• http://www.wickedlocal.com/hanover/news/x1037527396/Explosives-cause-concern-in-Hanover#axzz2QreVuvnH

Is Explosion Near Waco Related to Boston?

Update 5/10/2013:
Texas Fertilizer Explosion EMS Worker Charged With Owning Explosive Device

A first responder who helped treat victims of the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, last month was arrested and charged today with possessing an explosive device.

The arrest came on the same day that Texas authorities opened a criminal investigation into the April 17 explosion.

Paramedic Bryce Reed, who works with the West, Texas, EMS and served as incident commander during the response to the explosion, appeared in federal court in Waco, Texas, this morning for alleged possession of a destructive device.

Original Post: 4/17/1013 9:43 PM:

A large explosion has occurred near Waco, Texas.

Here is video of the massive blast:

A seismograph in Amarillo (~400m away) registered the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas.

Sixty or seventy people are reported dead and up to one hundred injured. The information is frrom EMS Director Dr. George Smith.

This morning we reviewed the possibility that the Boston Marathon attack might be the first in a series of terrorist attacks. This explosion in Waco might fall into such a strategy and explain why the attackers have not yet claimed responsibility.

 Al Qaeda may be waiting to claim responsibility until operatives and support members have retreated to safety. We may see a claim of responsibility in a few hours.  We will not see a claim of responsibility if further attacks are in progress.

An organization with hundreds of members can run a sophisticated support network. However, such networks are difficult to create and they would not want to dissemble it after a single attack. Successful operatives might be planning or executing additional attacks. A rash of attacks, like the ricin senatorial attack, would maximize the terror effect.

Boston Terrorism Link to Benghazi

Update:

The Saudi suspect in the Boston bombing is being deported:

According to ICE the reason is under section 212 3B -- "Security and related grounds" -- "Terrorist activities"

 "looks like they were trying to make this a 'lone wolf' crime so, the Saudi government would be spared embarrassment and the U.S. would avoid explaining how a terror cell was active when we had AQ on the run."

There is some question as to how the deportation occurs in order to keep it as quiet as possible.

Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi is connected to an important Saudi family with ties to Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) per this terrorist list (h/t Atlas Shrugged).

Reuters reported President Obama had an unscheduled meetings with the Saudi Foreign Minister to discuss developments in the region:

- U.S. President Barack Obama met with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal at the White House on Wednesday and discussed the conflict in Syria, a spokeswoman said.

The meeting was not on Obama’s public schedule.

The spokeswoman, Caitlin Hayden, said the president joined a meeting between the Saudi official and Obama’s national security adviser, Tom Donilon.

President Obama must believe that the Saudi government is better able to quietly pursue Al Qaeda connections in the Boston Marathon attack. AQAP became powerful in Yemen because the Saudi Arabia branch of AQ was nearly eliminated by the Saudi government. The AQ members in Saudi Arabia were forced to retreat and join with Yemeni AQ.

This also keeps DHS, FBI and other domestic law enforcement resources concentrating on the domestic tasks at hand.

Please help us keep an eye out on how the secretive Saudi government handles the return of Abdul Al Harbi.  You may recall that reports in Boston considered him "cooperative" with law enforcement.

The Motives

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is an Algerian based jihadist cell which sometimes took orders from Osama Bin Laden. AQIM claimed responsibility for killing U.S. Ambassador Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi, Libya. They took credit on facebook through their affiliate Ansar al-Sharia (AAS).

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is the Yemeni-Saudi organization founded by Osama Bin Laden. On the AQAP website, they invite jihadists to "attack sporting events" of  "the West". AQAP faces U.S. military forces assisting Yemen’s military efforts to maintain control since Arab Spring protests erupted in 2012.

AQAP is believed to have several hundred members and are Al Qaeda's most active and biggest threat to the U.S. homeland (per CIA). AQAP announced the Benghazi attack was in retaliation for the killing of the network’s number two Sheikh Abu Yahya al-Libi.

The Boston Marathon attack may be in retaliation for the killing of AQIM leader Abdelhamid Abou Zeid. Zeid was killed in fighting in northern Mali.  Djamel Okacha, also known as Yahia Abu El Hamam has taken control of AQIM. Okacha is believed to have participated in the 2009 killing of American aid worker Christopher Leggett.  Since changing leadership, AQIM has taken credit for the assault on Timbuktu.

A spokesman for al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb issued a statement on the al-Sharq website in Mauritania, saying that the attack on Timbuktu was led by an Algerian suicide bomber, belonging to the Yusuf bin Tashfin brigade, a platoon under the command of the late al-Qaida emir Abou Zeid, who was killed last month by French forces.

Additionally, trumpeting of "I killed Bin Laden" occurred in election year political ads from April 2012 through September 2012. President Barack Obama personally declared “al Qaeda is on the path to defeat and Osama bin Laden is dead.” A few weeks later Ambassador Stevens was dead, the first US Ambassador killed since 1979.

Another possible al Qaeda motivation for the Boston Marathon attack is the fact that April 15th is the day of decision to attack Abbottabad and kill Osama Bin Ladin. Per a jihadist website:

This day coincides with the anniversary of Lincoln's assassination. Two weeks from now is the anniversary of Usama bin Laden's assassination. The attack decision on Abbottabad was taken on April 15, according to the American version of the story.

The Means

The Al Qaeda terrorists claiming responsibility for the death of Ambassador Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi have not been reported killed or captured.

A private intelligence group is reporting that Jihadist Says al-Qaeda's Strategy in Line with Boston Bombings

the attack is in line with al-Qaeda's strategy to exploit security vulnerabilities and weaken the enemy with small attacks that spread fear.

Al Qaeda's English language magazine Inspire taught pressure cooker bomb-making techniques. The technique was used in Islamic terrorism in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan. The pressure cookers are easy to transport across borders. The Washington Times reports on Inspire:

[..]proposing a long list of possible targets for attacks, among them “crowded sports arenas” and “annual social events.” [..]

The chapters, including the one on pressure cooker bombs, were compiled into a booklet titled “The Lone Mujahed Pocketbook,” released on Islamic militant web sites in March, according to SITE.

Logistically, Islamic terrorist have the ability to move trained operatives and support personnel into the U.S. Mexican drug cartels work with Islamic militants to traffic drugs, weapons, para-military training and sex slaves. The cartels have the available infrastructure to move men and material across our border and into major cities. 

Recent assassinations of law enforcement might be a tactical diversion for drug cartel logistical activity. Theories linking the assassinations to the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang have been investigated since December 2012 without results. On March 21st, Brietbart News interviewed a district attorney on the subject: (italics ours)

Breitbart News: Earlier you said you didn’t want to comment on the investigation, and I understand. But I have to ask. Some have said you guys were going after the Aryan Brotherhood. Some have said low-level Mexican cartels have had involvement with the Aryan Brotherhood in Texas regarding methamphetamine trafficking?

(Kaufman County District Attorney Mike) McLelland: Interesting. I can’t comment on any of that.

Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife Cynthia were found assassinated on March 30th.

The Money

As mentioned above Islamic terrorist use drugs, weapons, slavery, and other crime to generate money.

AQIM received a $17 million ransom paid by France for four French citizens who were kidnapped from their guarded villas in Arlit.  Former US Ambassador to Mali Vicki Huddleston spilled the story to iTele.

Huddleston explained that like all ransoms, France paid the Malian government, “which forwarded at least some of the funds to the Salafists [Islamists].”

The statement was denied by France. However, when U.S. Navy SEALs raided Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in 2011, they found a cache of documents called “the Abbottabad papers.” The papers included communications between Osama Bin Laden and AQIM: (italics ours)

In April 2011, as the Western military intervention in Libya accelerated, bin Laden offered AQIM a point-by-point plan for how the group should handle some French hostages it had taken. He was worried that killing them would inflame Arab public opinion, at that moment grateful for France’s intervention, against al-Qaeda (in Libya). The AQIM leadership largely followed his advice.

The money is being used to kill Americans by any means necessary.

• Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) offered a 3 kilogram of gold bounty ($150,000) for the killing of the US ambassador to Yemen, Gerald Feierstein. 
• AQAP also put a bounty of about $500 on any American soldier in Yemen.

Why No Claim of Responsibility Yet 

My research has arrived at three theories why Al Qaeda might wait to claim responsibility.

More Likely

Al Qaeda may be waiting to claim responsibility until operatives and support members have retreated to safety. We may see a claim of responsibility in a few hours.  We will not see a claim of responsibility if further attacks are in progress.

An organization with hundreds of members can run a sophisticated support network. However, such networks are difficult to create and they would not want to dissemble it after a single attack. Successful operatives might be planning or executing additional attacks. A rash of attacks, like the ricin senatorial attack, would maximize the terror effect.

Armed and trained citizens are more effective than law enforcement at stopping attacks. We are everywhere, always. Examiner evaluated citizen vs police statistics in mass shooting attacks:

The average number of people killed in mass shootings when stopped by police is 14.29

The average number of people killed in a mass shooting when stopped by a civilian is 2.33

With this in mind, the next attack might be in a "gun free" zone state: Hawaii, California, Illinois, New York, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut,  Rhode Island, or Massachusetts.

Gun Deaths: Gun Suicides + Gun Murder + Gun Personal Defense

(This theory is supported by the fact that the FBI released video and photos of two suspects.)

The Internet Conspiracy

Google, Facebook, Twitter and the like may be filtering claims of responsibility. We searched French and British sources, but have not yet contacted Arabic speakers who monitor satellite channels. If the internet is locked down enough for this to be the case, we have bigger problems than terrorism.

With that said, Barracuda networks could effectively shut down some selected internet traffic.

The Ugly

America gives billions of dollars in foreign aid to countries who hate us. This aid allows us some leverage over those countries because we can take the aid away. America can always threaten to take away foreign aid, whether the aid is money, weapons or training.

Al Qaeda in Iraq admits it is fighting in Syria. The fighting in Syria is being propelled by western heavy weapons from Benghazi, Libya and American run training camps in Jordan. Al Qaeda fighters are being trained in these camps as revealed by the Washington Post: (italics ours) [This article disappeared or is blocked .. you can see the Washington Post facebook link to the article to confirm its authenticity webcache version, PDF version]

The Obama administration, which sent a force of about 150 U.S. military personnel to Jordan last year, has repeatedly refused to comment on reports that the force is training Syrian fighters.[..]

Despite growing enthusiasm, it may be too late to separate moderates from radicals among those fighting in southern Syria.

“Whether we fight under the banner of Jabhat al-Nusra or the Free Syrian Army, we are all defending our families in the name of God,” said Abu Momen, who crossed the border (from Syria to Jordan) last week along with the nightly influx of about 2,000 people. The 22-year-old said he was a fighter with the Jabhat al-Nusra group, which the Obama administration has said is a wholly owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda in Iraq.

The future of Syria is a political bargaining chip. Al Qaeda and other Islamic forces are vying for control of the future of the country. This might allow the administration some leverage in this situation. The Syrian bargaining chip might be cashed in because the current administration would be badly damaged by linkage between the Boston Marathon attack and Benghazi attackers. Attackers who have not been brought to justice and remain at large.

Sources:

• http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/24/AR2010082406763.html
• http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/10/benghazi_osamas_revenge_on_obama.html
• http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/24/us-algeria-qaeda-okacha-idUSBRE92N0C020130324
• http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/international/africa/2013/04/al_qaida_takes_responsibility_for_timbuktu_attack
• http://www.mediaite.com/tv/emails-reveal-al-qaeda-linked-militants-took-credit-for-benghazi-attack-hours-after/
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/al-qaeda/9998886/Boston-Marathon-bombs-al-Qaedas-Inspire-magazine-taught-pressure-cooker-bomb-making-techniques.html
• http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/16/al-qaeda-magazine-pressure-cookers-make-bomb-kitch/
• http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/25/al-qaeda-north-africa-appoints-new-chief-france-co/
• http://www.ndtv.com/article
• http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/middle-east/al-qaeda-in-iraq-admits-it-is-fighting-in-syria
• http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/01/22/what-the-osama-bin-laden-raid-discovered-on-al-qaedas-links-in-algeria/
• http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/wheels_coming_off_uOnuODm7bwRX33t0JilbkN
• http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/03/31/Last-Words-Breitbart-s-Darby-Interviewed-Slain-Texas-DA-Before-Death
• http://www.examiner.com/article/analyzing-shooting-rampage-statistics-after-newport-school-shooting
• http://news.siteintelgroup.com/component/content/article/6-jihadist-news/2979-jihadists-hope-boston-bombings-are-acts-of-jihadi-terrorism

Patriot's Day Attacked - Saudi Suspected

Update 4/17/2013: 

The Saudi national being held reportedly has family in Al Qaeda. He was not cleared. Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi is to be deported to Saudi Arabia.

According to ICE the reason is under section 212 3B -- "Security and related grounds" -- "Terrorist activities."

Update:

The Saudi person of interest is now cleared.

Update:

CBS reporting bombs were placed in trash cans, and surveillance video exists of male carrying suspicious bags.

Phones in Boston were shut down to avoid remote detonations.

Injury total increased to 134, death total has increased to 3 with up to 21 in critical condition.

Boston PD and FBI sources have conflicting statements on the Saudi man described as a Suspect by the New York Post. CBS reports that the man is "in custody," cooperating and denying involvement.

Third explosion was reportedly just a fire, but between 4 to 5 bombs were placed in total.

Update:

Initial report Saudi National suspected

Police also confirmed that there was a third explosion, at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. 

Original Post:

Patriot's Days commemorates battles of Lexington & Concord set off by British raid on Colonial Militia ammo stores. It is a state holiday in Massachusetts. Celebrations include the Boston Marathon and an annual Boston Red Sox day game.

Shortly after the Red Sox game ended, about four hours into the Boston Marathon at least two explosion occurred. One explosion happened at the finish line. At the moment, two people are reported dead and twenty-three injured.

It appears there were four devices, of which two detonated.

My instinct is that this is not an organized right/left domestic terrorist attack. Right wing groups would not target Patriot's Day or civilians. Waco and Oklahoma City occurred on 4/19, not 4/15. Left wing anarchist groups linked to Occupy have been making bombs, but target infrastructure like bridges and banks.

The few groups with obvious motivations for such an attack.

• Islamic Jihadists who are offended at the president's SOTU statement that Al Qaeda is a "shadow" of its former self. 
• Environmental Extremists who are looking for attention as their movement has been discredited.
• There may be a new group related to drug gangs. They have been targeting law enforcement for assassination. There was a large police presence on Boylston Street.
• The "Don't let a crisis go to waste crowd." This group will be the focus of people following the strange movement of gold, stocks and other inexplicable occurrences on the international stage of late.
• A straight out sovereign state enemy of the United States. North Korea, Iran, Syria, etc.
• Waco, Texas occurred on Patriot's Day 1993.

We can be sure that the undetonated bombs will be tracked back to the source quickly.

Excuse the mainstream media's ads:

• First bomb explosion video here.
• Second bomb detonation here.