World War III, America Would Win

If you have read this blog, you know that we are not fans of President Obama, but on one issue we do agree. The entire world should fear the U.S. Military and our covert services. If President Obama drags the world into a Third World War, America will win decisively.

America may not be good at establishing "democratic" governments in the middle east, but we are the dominant military power on Earth. No other group of nations can hope to oppose us. 

Russia, China, Iran, Syria, North Korea, from the loyal political opposition to the current U.S. Administration, a charge that this very blog is evidence of, heed my warning. We have war-gamed the scenarios, even dismissing two of America's top secret weapons, America wins decisively. The world is not as it has been. Allow Obama's grab at his five points in approval rating and move on. We Americans will hold him accountable.

For my fellow Americans, oppose this attack on Syria. What is at stake is human liberty. 

As a country, America today stands not as a leader or a "world police" but as a progressive empire. Not the progressive, smiley brunette on television commercials or the pie-in-the-sky promise of a left-wing politician. Progressive as in the brutally oppressive, collectivist, statists driven to use politics to gain power through deception and manipulation of the masses; would-be tyrants in ideology, policy and action.

It is one thing to allow these people temporary elected power under the U.S. Constitution. It is another thing to allow these people to bully the entire planet. America can bounce back from the economic destruction wrought by progressives. Other countries, with fewer opportunities and less resources might never bounce back.

We love our country. The Constitution is a foundational document for all mankind, but it is not the law of the land at this moment. Our government has "progressed" into the very thing it was founded to oppose. Where the Constitution establishes Rule Of Law, "progressive" America practices Rule Of Man.

It is not America's place to rule. America, at our best, is an example of cultural cooperation, limited government, equal justice, freedom and prosperity...a symbol of hope, under God. There is a limit to the amount of power any man or group of men can hold before becoming hopelessly corrupted by decisions which should not be theirs. This is why our founding fathers established Separation of Powers.

So, I ask you to oppose an arbitrary attack on Syria. Do not support the "progressive" notion that the strong rule the weak without debate, due process or evidence. Do not support actions rationalized only because no country is powerful enough to hold us accountable. To support this action is incompatible with liberty and our historic role in the world.

Today, only Americans can hold America accountable. It is up to you. Is your loyalty to The Republic or The Empire?

CNN's Nick Robertson Interviews Mohamed al-Zawahiri Day of Benghazi Attack

The following video directly contradicts the Obama Administration's Benghazi narrative. It was recorded by veteran CNN correspondent Nick Robertson on the morning of the Benghazi, Libya attack. The attack that killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other heroic Americans. In the interview,  Mohamed al-Zawahiri discusses the protests scheduled to demand the release of Al Qaeda leaders and does not mention any youtube video.

Full CNN video here

Egyptian Americans Start Whitehouse.gov Recall Obama Petition

Around five thousand Egyptian-American and anti-Obama activists have signed a Whitehouse.Gov petition to Recall President Barack Obama. One hundred thousand petition signatures are required to force an administration reaction. The petition cites "abuse of power" as a reason for impeachment and replacement of the President of the United States of America:

WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:

We call for an early presidential election, and rebel Obama because of his abuse of power.
The House Judiciary Committee voted on July 27, 1974 to recommend the impeachment against President Nixon because his abuse of power. In 2013 president Obama did the same mistake by abusing his power of authority to support and fund the terrorist organization (Muslim brotherhood which is the founder and leader of Hamas) in the Middle East countries to achieve a destructive objective against those countries which is not accepted by the majority of Americans nor human rights (led to the death of thousands.) Obama developed a wave of hatred against the American government and is leading to lose Egypt as one of USAs very strong alliance, which is also the leading country in its region and this wave transferred to other countries including Tunisia, Syria, and the gulf region.

Created: Aug 15, 2013

The petition expires September 14, 2013, so there is plenty of time to reach the 100,000 signature goal.
Moreover, the "Impeach Obama" movement has traction on many sides of American politics.

Many historically educated Americans have been upset since 2008 over Barack Hussein Obama's ineligibility to hold the office of president, a movement maligned as "birthers." The Natural Born Citizen (NBC) clause of the Constitution has been upheld on three occasions by the U.S. Supreme Court. The founding fathers needed to ensure that royals from Europe could not grab control of America. One check to ensure the loyalty of Presidents is to require that they hold no loyalty/citizenship to another country because both of their parents are U.S. citizens at the time of their birth. This common language requirement was so unanimously agreed upon that it was added as Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5. The common term Natural Born Citizen has never changed or been amended. Only a vague, lightly-worded April 3rd, 2009 opinion by Jack Maskell, a legislative attorney for the Congressional Research Service, expands the definition by conflating Natural Born with Native Born. Several low level judges have used Mr. Maskell's report to ignore the U.S. Constitution to protect the "first black president" for political reasons.

"Obama’s unconstitutional steps worse than Nixon’s" was recently penned by George Will of the Washington Post.

President Obama’s increasingly grandiose claims for presidential power are inversely proportional to his shriveling presidency. Desperation fuels arrogance as, barely 200 days into the 1,462 days of his second term, his pantry of excuses for failure is bare, his domestic agenda is nonexistent and his foreign policy of empty rhetorical deadlines and red lines is floundering. And at last week’s news conference he offered inconvenience as a justification for illegality.

In the article, George Will steers clear of the terms "high crimes and misdemeanors" but calls out President Obama for illegal and unconstitutional acts. Acts which are obviously "high crimes and misdemeanors."

At the DailyKos, Ray Pensador wrote the June 29, 2011 article I Figured it Out! Why Americans Haven't Revolted Yet:

As the grip of this Neo-Fascist ruling class gets stronger, you will see the jailing (in these private jails across the country) of activists that try to rise against the oppression.  They will turn Patriot Act provision against the populace, and by expanding the definition of "enemy combatant", "terrorist", or "giving aid and comfort to terrorists", they will cast a wide net which will ensnare a larger and larger group of people, activists.  They will infiltrate protest groups.  They will monitor social networks, your email accounts, your phone conversations.

Since they will have an almost universal knowledge of both, your private and public life (once you are targeted), they will be able to discredit people by exposing aspects of their private lifes.

A liberal commentor added:

We were raised to believe in American exceptionalism, and we think the system still works, that our votes still matter, that our opinion counts for something.

To recognize the unthinkable is very difficult.  This is a nation suffering mass cognitive dissonance; this is a nation in denial.

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth - Abraham Lincoln

by Gustogirl on Wed Jun 29, 2011 at 12:23:11 PM PDT

Egyptian Americans have been vocal with their disgust of the Obama Administration's support of the Muslim Brotherhood. These activist are petitioning as an outlet to speak-out against the Muslim Brotherhood supporters in the White House. They want a simple message to be heard:

The country now is divided between two camps and no other, Egyptians versus the Muslim Brotherhood, anyone who says anything differently doesn't know what they're talking about." (@Cyn Farah)

So, let me ask... Have you seen this petition on television news... Fox, MSNBC, CNN, or anywhere?

We found this petition on an Arabic language news broadcast about Egypt. The news channel compared the Muslim Brotherhood to the Taliban while displaying this Recall Obama petition web address. We also learned that Turkey, empowered by President Obama's recent "lecture" on Egypt, suspended all Turkish produced television series from airing in Egypt as a show of Muslim Brotherhood solidarity. Egyptians can sarcastically say, "Thanks Obama."

Video Clip of the Day: Filner vs Weiner Perv-Off

The late night talk shows have a blast with San Diego Mayor Bob Filner.

Conan: East Coast /West Coast Municipal Government PERV-OFF

The Daily Show: Sext and the City & Touched by a Mayor
EWW-O-METER

$4 Gas Returns as More Americans Face Poverty

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San Diego gas prices have climbed over $4 per gallon. Prices have risen from $3.56 in December to the current $4.01 per GasBuddy.com. This price is slightly down from a week ago, but uncertainty exists as this year has been very quiet in regard to summer storms. All this is occurring while 80% of Americans face poverty (by 2030 per AP) and the U.S. economy deteriorates.

(note: the 80% is "if current trends continue" which they never do.)

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High gas prices aren't a sexy topic anymore. Since George W. Bush has left office, the national news seldom reports the high gas prices so here is the information. South Carolina has the lowest prices in the country at $3.281, the national average today is $3.645 and Hawaii leads prices at $4.335. Crude oil prices have dropped over $5 per barrel since hitting $108 on July 19, and currently are holding around $103 per barrel.

San Diego Residents can find slight relief by examining this map of prices by area zip codes.

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The President refuses to open up key oil pipelines from Canada, the administration hinders domestic oil production in favor of expensive green energy, ObamaCare is stifling employment and Dodd-Frank is hindering the financial sectors. Still, "Progressives" misdirect blame to Republicans for the economic collapse of 2008, despite the fact Democrats took control of Congress in 2007 and began a war on the economy.

Lets review how high gas prices affect the economy.

In 2007 the real estate market was weak. The housing market had inflated to the maximum through government programs which created a market for people who could not actually afford homes. These people struggled under their new inflated mortgages but other aspects of the Bush economy looked pretty good. The national media was on an economic fear campaign driven by Democrat talking points for the 2006 mid-term election and the housing bubble was obvious but the mechanism to pop the housing bubble was not clear.

The Democratic victory in the 2006 congressional elections signaled a lot to the U.S. economy. President Bush could maybe veto some insanity, but business was put on notice. Green Energy to fight the mythical scourge of global warming, minimum wage cost increases to price more consumers out of the job market, increased taxes to support government dependency spending, irresponsible handling of U.S. debt and more threatened the private economy.

The biggest threat to the economy was the fact that it had been stumbling but like a tired yet tough fighter it remained on its feet. Still, the Democrats had controlled the political narrative with outright lies and prevailed. If a new political genie had been released, some of the dumbest politicians in the country had wishes to be fulfilled. What would be next?!? Uncertainty is the biggest threat to an economy.

Immediately, the 2007 congress restricted business lobbyists, increased minimum wages, increased taxes and, in June, H.R. 6  began an global warming inspired assault on the energy sector:

Motion to Concur in the Amendment of the House to the Amendment of the Senate to the Text of H.R. 6, with an Amendment; A bill to reduce our Nation's dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging energy technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative energy, and for other purposes.

 Bayh Amdt. No. 1508; To provide for the publication and implementation of an action plan to reduce the quantity of oil used annually in the United States.

America had stood against the global warming alarmists, but this signaled a change in policy direction. It seemed that "Global Warming" was the political genie which would destroy the U.S. Economy. Markets faltered, gas prices increased, and consumer good's prices increased due to higher transportation costs. Average Americans could no longer afford the fuel for their vacations and the money misdirected towards gasoline made it tougher for people to pay their unaffordable mortgages. Foreclosures formed an economic tidal wave.

In January 2007, the price of gasoline averaged $2.11 per gallon in the U.S. On February 7, 2007, the Democrats and the 110th Congress began enacting policies. Upon implementation of Democrat economic and political policy the price of gasoline skyrocketed.

By July 2008, the price of gasoline had reached $4.12 and the economy collapsed.

Since 2008 America has printed lots of money, so the value of 2013 $4 gas is significantly less than 2008 $4 gas. However, we are approaching a dangerous threshold. Adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) come in 1, 3, 5 and 7 year terms. Since the collapse of housing prices in 2008-2009, we have seen waves of foreclosures related to these mortgages. Due to timing, a wave of 7 year ARM related mortgage defaults may be occurring now. The question is whether housing prices have increased enough to allow these people to refinance.  If not, high gas prices might be the final financial straw for many of our fellow Americans.

In the words of sarcastic teen internet meme, Thanks Obama.

Birthdate, ObamaCare and Information Privacy

There is an old saying among gentlemen that goes, "never ask a woman her age." In the age of Big Data, here is a new nugget of genderless common sense for everyone: "Never give your Birthdate, EVER." When you give someone your birthdate, sex and zip code they can identify you. If they combine this information with publicly available data, they can identify you by name.

A website called How Unique Are You shows precisely how. The website was created to alert you to the dangers to your privacy. Go fill out your information and look in horror as you are identified. Most results narrow down to just one possible person.

From the site's About page

This service reports how unique your demographics may be using Census data.

Birthdate (month, day and year of birth), gender, and 5-digit postal code (ZIP) uniquely identifies most people in the United States. Surprised? Perhaps at first, but then you do a quick calculation: 365 days in a year x 100 years x 2 genders = 73,000 unique combinations, and because most postal codes have fewer people, the surprise fades. Or, if you are still not convinced, there are more than 32,000 5-digit ZIP codes in the United States; so 73,000 x 32,000 is more than 2 billion possible combinations but there are only 310 million people in the United States. In 1997, Latanya Sweeney did this kind of uniform calculation on populations reported in the U.S. Census for age groups in each postal code and summed the results to predict that at most 87 percent of the U.S. population had unique combinations 

If you live in a remote location, you are easier to identify.

Notice that even knowing the county, age, and gender can make some people unique. They are few, and they tend to live in remote locations, but notice it is not 0.

The page goes on to explain the real problem, 87.1% of Americans are identifiable. Many marketers and other organizations share your information but protect privacy by concealing your name, address and social security number. Using publicly available information like a voter list and matching it with nameless private data such a medical records, privacy intruders can easily rebuild your identity data via demographics.

Disguised as expanding Americans’ access to healthcare, a central database with all this information is being established. The Federal Data Services Hub is being assembled as part of ObamaCare’s insurance exchange implementation. Stephen T. Parente and Paul Howard report in USA Today:

By mid-December, the federal government is planning to quietly enact what could be the largest consolidation of personal data in the history of the republic. If you think identity theft is a problem now, wait until Uncle Sam serves up critical information on 300 million American citizens on a platter. ..

In order to determine eligibility for health insurance subsidies, the new exchange has to bring together information about you and your family from the Treasury Department and IRS, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, as well as your Social Security number — all coordinated by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Additionally, there is no vetting process for those who will collect and control the medical information. There are no data privacy or fraud safeguards in ObamaCare (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) as it moves toward full implementation on Jan. 1, 2014. This is how the government and criminals will use the system to gather all of your private information.

Finally, consider that ObamaCare tax money is funding far left organizations. Nearly $200 million was secretly funneled to unions and far left groups in California alone as "outreach" for ObamaCare. These groups will collect and have access to all of your health information. As we see in the IRS scandal, they will use this power to rig elections and subvert our constitutionally protected civil rights.

The Civil Disobedience Solution

Now you know the problem, but all too often blogs and pundits fail to provide solutions. Not this time. 

In the 1960's a Republican named Martin Luther King Jr. reminded us: "One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws." Today, we must echo this sentiment and begin using the 15th of every month as our birthdates with regard to ObamaCare, other medical and all marketing information. This will destroy any ability to individually target us through demographic information.

Conservative legislators should pass a law allowing individuals to report the 15th of their birth month as their birthday in all federal documents relating to medical information. Possibly, this could be amended to HIPAA (The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996). Maybe a brilliant law-maker has already added this to a law somewhere. If so, please add the information to the comments below.

Do not be concerned about existing information that you no longer control. This suggestion is for information within your control and can be applied to social networks immediately. Previously given information will be corrupted by future information. Privacy experts and computer professionals like myself will narrow down any additional "cross-checks" that are developed by Big Data collection.

This civil disobedience is a reflection of the simple truth that the freedom movement, the tea party, the 912 project and other groups are civil rights movements. It is time for us to take our place in history.

Twitter Bug Blew Up Android Phones

A recent Twitter for Android update may have been the cause of android phones heating up, batteries draining and some exploding in people's pockets.

As a techie, it is imperative to keep my technology up to date. As such, the latest Twitter for Android app seemed to have some great features which induced an immediate update on my phone.

Direct message sync, mobile search improvements and more

For all of these platforms, you’ll now be able to sync direct messages (DM) across all your devices and Twitter accounts. When you read a DM on your Android phone or iPhone, it will be marked as read in your browser, your desktop apps, or your tablet. And vice versa. Please note that syncing will roll out gradually: you’ll need to get the latest version of each app to ensure it works on all of your devices. 

More info on the Vine update.

After the Twitter for Android Update on July 8 my Android phone began heating up and the battery drained quickly. The logical assumption was that my lithium-ion battery had gone bad. However, the phone was getting so hot, I feared a battery explosion and began popping out the battery.

Removing the battery is something Apple iPhone users cannot do. Apple phones automatically turn off at a certain temperature. So, if this problem had occurred on an iPhone, my clients would not have been able to contact me. So, at least I was comforted in knowing that my aversion to iPhone worship allowed me to continue my business until a new battery could be purchased.

My assumption of a bad battery was thrown on its ear when my wife's Galaxy S III began running low on power and warming. We had not put the causality together, but in retrospect this also occurred after her Twitter for Android Update.

Regardless of the battery issue, I happened to be deciding between the new Galaxy S IV and a Galaxy S III phone upgrade. Maybe the "bad" battery was a biased excuse to get a better toy, but I began searching the Samsung Galaxy News. The following story caught my attention:

Samsung Galaxy S III Explodes In User’s Pants, Burns Leg

An 18-year-old girl's Samsung Galaxy S III exploded in her pants when she was at work and what was once a usable phone became a mangled, warped slate of fire that severely burned her leg. It's insane to think that the phone you're either using right now (or maybe just put down 5 minutes ago), can become a burning a bomb. The girl whose phone exploded actually had to have her pants ripped off in order to prevent further injury.
And the burn was bad. Real bad. 

 Here is the result of the explosion to the woman's leg.

OK, something was fishy.

The first thing I did was go into my Android Settings App and investigate what was draining all my power. The path About Phone > Battery Use normally shows Display takes about 85% of my battery life. At that time Twitter for Android was taking 60% and Display was 30%. YIKES!

Knee jerk Jedi style Force Stop was used on the Twitter app. The searching began for ways to reduce the app's power usage in its settings. Notifications for my account were turned off and in retrospect I should have turned off Sync Data. Sync Data was set to 30 minutes so it didn't seem to be a likely problem, but the phone heating was not fixed.

The battery drain began to affect my business. At one point, my phone remained charging in my car while an important work related call was missed. Luckily, the person making the call stumbled upon me in person and we had a discussion before tragedy struck.

Being a blogger, my inclination was to take my evidence and let the world know of the danger to their beloved Smart Phones. Being a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (programmer) and Microsoft Silver Partner for Small Business here is what must have happened.

Twitter, in a rush to address complaints that Vine Twitter had more features than other Twitter apps, pushed a buggy update. The code must have contained an infinite loop. My assumption is that the loop was in the Sync Data code. This loop drained batteries and heated phones by running the devices processor at near maximum. Phones do not have CPU cooling fans so depending upon the situation, the battery may completely drain before anything dangerous occurs or the heating might boil the lithium-ion battery and cause a battery explosion.

On July 17th I checked the Google Play Store before blogging in order to be sure that the problem had not been addressed. The review led me to a new update in which Twitter fixed the problem.

Twitter for Android update brings in-line replies, sharing through direct messages.

Of course the public relations department spun the emergency update as "improvements." At least my phone has stopped heating up and my battery life is restored.  There will be no blogging war path for me, but the truth does matter and now you know.

Note

SLOBS author KT Cat published a story about Twerking using Storify.com and this was originally written there as a test, but the site stopped working and I can't log back on.