By Debbie Schlussel

While it unfortunately looks like the Obama feds and the GOP leaders will come to some sort of compromise to avoid a government shutdown, today, I received the e-mail below from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.  According to the e-mail, after two weeks of a shutdown, filing federal civil lawsuits would be “severely impacted.”  And that’s bad because . . . ?

Not Such a Bad Thing

From: cmecfadmin@mied.uscourts.gov
Date: Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 1:26 PM
Subject: Impact of Federal Government Shut Down on the Eastern District of MI – USDC
To: writedebbie@gmail.com

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By Debbie Schlussel

You know the downtrodden, poor, and less fortunate, whom Obamacare was allegedly going to help?  Think again.  It’s NFL multi-millionaires who are taking advantage and going on their parents insurance plans! Incredible.  Current NFL players (and some potential draft picks) are whining that they have to pay for their own health insurance and are taking advantage of the Obama provision allowing them to remain on their parents’ plans until age 26.

Yup, while the rest of us are struggling to make ends meet in this economy, locked out current NFL players and draft multi-millionaires in waiting are bitching about how they can’t afford health insurance and applauding Obamacare .

PUH-LEEZE.  As a recovering former sports agent, I can tell you none of these guys–even the guys up for the NFL draft who won’t get signed until the lockout ends–is starving or hard up to pay for a doctor’s appointment and accompanying prescriptions.  Once their college eligibility is up, prospective NFL draftees are showered with money.  Their agents–and those seeking to become their agents–give them “loans,” pay-offs, and other lucre.  Even the small time guy who will go in the last round of the draft, later this month, isn’t hurting for funds. Not even close.

Among those locked out who went back on his parents’ health insurance plan is Chicago Bears lineman Craig Steltz, who made $740,907 in 208, $390,20o in 2009, and $470,000 in 2010.  I’m thinking I need to come up with a new phrase for NFL slacker millionaires like him:  Obamacare Slackionaire.

The same goes for Keenan Lewis, a Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback, who made $310,000 in 2009 and $395,000 in 2010. Is this really a person who should be allowed to remain on his parents’ health insurance policy? Can he really not afford to go it on his own?  Do you really need to pay higher premiums, so his parents can pay lower ones for him versus what he’d have to pay on his own individual health plan?

Also, if they–especially the NFL draft candidates–are so broke, why not do what millions of other jobless, poor Americans are doing:  look for a job.  Apparently, it’s beneath these spoiled prima donnas to say, “Would you like fries with that?” or work in a stock room or on a construction job for even a few months. Better to live off their parents, instead, and higher health insurance prices for everyone to make up for this.  Who knew that coddled former college football players would be America’s newest entitlement class?

Others hope an agreement can be reached soon, so they won’t become a burden on their parents. After being drafted in the third round, Keenan Lewis and [Chicago Bears player Craig] Steltz figured their days of leaning on their parents for support were over.

However, the lockout also ended the players’ medical benefits.

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By Debbie Schlussel

Hey, it’s another “Religion of Peace” massacre of kids, this time at a school for poor kids in Rio.  Alhamdillullah [Praise allah].  And while the police admit that perpetrator was a devout Muslim who referred to Islam in his suicide note before murdering multiple children, they want to stress that there was no religious motivation here.  Alhamdillullah thelanthah [Praise allah, #2].

Rio De Jihado: Muslim Cites Islam in Massacre of Kids

RIO DE JANEIRO — At least 11 people, mostly children, died Thursday and more that 15 were wounded when an armed man attacked a school in Realengo in the poor suburbs of Rio de Janeiro.

According to a preliminary police report, the attacker — a 24- year-old former student at the school — was among the dead after shooting himself in the head. He attacked Tasso da Silveira school, where some 400 students ages 9-14 were in classes.

Police Col. Djalma Beltrami said the killer used two handguns and a lot of ammunition. The suspect left behind a letter, in which he anticipated committing suicide after the attack. Beltrami, however, gave no details of any possible motive.

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By Debbie Schlussel

Today’s story about an explosion at a Los Angeles area synagogue, the Chabad Lubavitch center in Santa Monica, is yet another example of “whom do you believe?”  Some stories, including the Los Angeles Times coverage, say a bomb went off in the synagogue parking lot.  Other stories say it was simply a mechanical failure of some sort which caused an accidental explosion in the roof of the building (not the parking lot) and not a bomb.

Chabad House Santa Monica: Was Explosion a Bomb or an “Accident”?

Who knows what to believe?  I do find the whole thing suspicious, especially coverage that says an actual device was found in the parking lot and suddenly there’s no device and it’s just an accident?  Huh?  Doesn’t jibe.  The stories aren’t even close.  What do you think is going on here? What’s the real story?

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By Debbie Schlussel

Today, a HAMAS missile sent from Gaza hit an Israeli school bus in the Negev region, critically wounding a boy and destroying the entire bus.  Unfortunately, Israel’s “response” is to send armored buses to the Negev and air strikes into Gaza.  What Israel needs to do is bomb the heck out of Gaza and kill lots of Palestinians.  That’s the only thing Muslims understand.

What Peace w/ Muslims Looks Like: HAMAS Destroys Israeli School Bus

A few air strikes won’t change a thing.  Palestinians also shelled Israel and hit a house, too.  This goes on every day and won’t stop unless there are a sea of dead Palestinians in response.  That’s the only thing that tells them, hey, maybe allah isn’t on our side.  Fifty children were on board the bus coming home from school, but since most were already dropped off, only the remaining passengers–the driver and a boy–were injured. That’s a miracle. But it could have been far worse, you don’t respond to such an attack with a few piddling air strikes.

Three stories I’ve relayed to you in the last few days are related in a very important way to today’s attack on the bus.  I told you about “liberated” Egypt’s new top spy, Murad Muwafi, who traveled to Syria to help HAMAS reunite with Fatah, America’s “preferred” terrorist group, and spill Israeli and American intelligence.  Yup, the same HAMAS that hit the school bus today.   I also told you about the indictment of Dirar Abu Sisi, the HAMAS Rocket Godfather, kidnapped by the Mossad in Ukraine, after he spent years extending the reach of HAMAS rockets to hit at least half of Israel.  He’s the reason today’s missile was a hit and not a miss.  Kuwaiti newspaper Al Jarida reports today that  Israel’s targeted strikes in Sudan, this week, were the result of a lead the Israelis got from Abu Sisi and information received from Southern Sudanese refugees Israel has taken in.  The HAMAS and Sudanese arms dealers Israel killed in Port Sudan were there dealing in more missiles like the one that hit the bus, today.

Things–including Islamic terrorism–don’t happen in a vacuum.  These things are all connected.  We “liberated” Egypt to be overrun by HAMAS’ people, and now their Greater Arabia dream is coming to fruition.  Yup, the “liberation” Lara Logan and her fellow “liberated” reporters gushed about.  It’s oh soooo liberating, especially if you are an innocent kid on a school bus who is liberated from limb and maybe life, itself.  We should have told Mubarak to bomb the heck out of his people and he’d be there today, running the show.  And Israel should have, long ago, bombed the heck out of Gaza and a number of West Bank locations.

Sadly, America and Israel are too concerned with being nice.  And nice parties are always taken advantage of.  The only thing the Islamic world understands and respects is blood and killing, not niceties. It’s a war, not an afternoon of tea with Marha Stewart. When will we wake up to that?  More:

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By Debbie Schlussel

When people told me they had to vote for George W. Bush because of the judges he would appoint, I always cited the many judges he appointed who are liberal, favored more rights for Islamic terrorists, and the like. Now, we have yet another such Bush judge, Nora Barry Fischer (already suspicious for insisting on using three names, including her maiden name). Fischer is considering applying Sharia to a court case involving the rights of an American soldier killed in Iraq, and forcing the soldier’s family’s lawyers to spend time, money, and resources proving why the Sharia-dominated Iraqi law and constitution should not be applied in an American court.  It’s an outrage.

Bush Judge Nora Barry Fischer Makes Dead Soldier’s Family Prove Why Sharia Shouldn’t Be Applied

Please tell me how a John Kerry or Al Gore judge would be different or worse. There’s no difference. (I voted Bush the first time, Libertarian the second time, for the record, because I vowed never again to vote for such an Islamopanderer.)

American soldiers harmed by American companies should have their lawsuits decided under American law, the very law they are serving to protect.  The only exception to this should be when a soldier willingly gives up that right in writing of his own volition.  Unfortunately, this lawsuit by the family of American soldier who died of electrocution while serving in Iraq might be decided under Iraqi Muslim law, where sharia and the Koran reign supreme, if American company KBR has its way.  That an American judge is even considering this is a travesty.  But, yes, Bush Judge Fischer is considering it.

Recently, many misinformed people were up in arms about a Florida judge ordering that Islamic law decide arbitration in a case involving a mosque versus its members.  I did not have a problem with that because in that case the mosque members and the mosque had actually agreed to submit to religious arbitration, then the mosque opposed it when it realized Islamic law was not on its side.  When a mosque that preaches sharia is opposed to using sharia against it, it’s not what the ignorant, so-called anti-jihadist bloggers are squawking about.  But in this case, it’s different.

The family of the late Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth–and the dead soldier himself–never gave up their rights under the U.S. Constitution.  They never willingly submitted to the Koran in the name of taking a shower operated by KBR in Iraq.  This is the company that used to be part of Halliburton.  It benefited greatly from American taxpayers and the soldiers who protect them, making billions of dollars.  That KBR would even suggest using Iraqi law instead of U.S. law in this case is an outrage. Unfortunately, as I’ve noted in previous posts over the years, the U.S. Supreme Court, more and more, subverts U.S. sovereignty and cites foreign laws as authority for American jurisprudence, including in cases where it decided against the death penalty for juvenile murderers and rapists.

And, as I’ve noted in the past, KBR was the slimy offshoot that Halliburton used to use to avoid U.S. laws, while Dick Cheney ran Halliburton. KBR traded with Iraq, while we had the embargo against Saddam Hussein, and it violated the embargo with Libya, building Qaddafy giant steel enclosed cross country tunnels to shield troop and nuclear transports from American spy satellites. Now, the sleaziness continues, even though the company is now U.S.-based and was at all times applicable to this case. More: Read the rest of this entry »

By Debbie Schlussel

Earlier today, I told you about the “mystery” air strikes in Sudan.  Well, now it is confirmed that a top HAMAS military commander was killed in the attack.  Further, my intelligence sources from the Middle East as well as Arabic language media provide some exclusive details you won’t read elsewhere.  Here is the scoop combined from my own Arabic intelligence sources as well as the Arabic reports:

Israeli Air Force: Doing the Job That Some Americans (Obama) Won’t Do

Sources say the strike was aimed at two cars, a Sonata and a Land Cruiser. The killed include a Palestinian and an Iranian, both terrorists. Reports say that the killed also included two Sudanis, one from the Al-Handouah tribe and the other a big time weapons dealer from the Al-Rashayda tribe. Overall, it is a very organized well done job as usual when it comes to the Israeli intelligence.

So, what does this have to do with Barack Obama and his absurd policies pandering to terrorists? A lot.

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By Debbie Schlussel

*** UPDATE: EXCLUSIVE Details on Israel Sudan Strike – Message to Obama; Top HAMAS Commander, Sudanese Tribal Arms Dealers Hit ***

A few hours ago, a dear friend of mine–a former, very successful Arab operative for Israel in Lebanon–sent me this story with the headline, “Well Done Job.”  He knows this is an Israeli operation, and so do I.  Indeed, this is exactly how it’s done.  I just wish the Israeli Air Force would do more of this and that it had done more of this in the past.  And I’m not so concerned with the strikes being this “surgical.”  Collateral damage in the Islamic world, especially in places like terrorist-host state Sudan where Black Christians have been virtually wiped out, isn’t a concern for me.  Nor should it be for Israel, regardless of international reaction, which is never mollified when it comes to Israel.

Flying the Sudan’s Not So Friend Skies, Israel Takes Out HAMAS Operatives

Although the press describes this as a “mystery,” previous experience points to this being Israel targeting HAMASniks and their transport of weapons to HAMAS. Remember that Sudan borders Egypt which borders Gaza. And now that Egypt has been liberated by Lara Logan’s “liberal democrat” Muslim savage liberators, the Egyptians won’t even pretend to try to stop the arms going into Gaza. So Israel has to get them before they travel from Sudan (and other locations) to Egypt. Port Sudan is on the water, so arms are easily smuggled into and out of Sudan there, even more easily than in the rest of Muslim ravaged Sudan, previously home and sanctuary to Osama Bin Laden.

KHARTOUM – Two people were killed in an attack on a car near Port Sudan on Tuesday, which police suggested was a missile fired from the sea, while state media and a regional government official blamed a foreign aircraft.

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By Debbie Schlussel

I really couldn’t care less about Barry Bonds’ trial for allegedly using illegal steroids.  To me, it’s not the same as other illicit drugs. It’s a victimless crime (unless you’re his bedmate and there’s, um, “shrinkage”), and I’ve said so on this site several times. (Read more about what I think about steroids use in baseball, including here, here, and here.) And I’m kind of disappointed that millions in federal resources are being used to try him, as opposed to real crimes that are generally ignored like illegal alien smuggling, terrorist money laundering, and sham marriages which enable illegal aliens (often Muslims) become U.S. citizens.  But I couldn’t help reading the comical and entertaining interview in today’s Wall Street Journal with Bonds’ son, Nikolai Bonds (funny, he doesn’t look Slavic). It’s interesting, to say the least.

Nikolai & Barry Bonds

The junior Bonds has every excuse and alibi down pat.  But I feel for him. It’s gotta be tough growing up Bonds, and now you have to answer for your dad and know that he may go to prison for years.  So, I can see why he’s making excuses, and I don’t blame him for his father’s actions and behavior.  It’s a natural instinct and part of familial loyalty to defend your loved ones. Bonds must have been a good and loving dad to his son, as indicated by his willingness to defend his father to a national newspaper. And in the sports biz, that’s rare, as many pro athletes neglect and abandon their children.

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By Debbie Schlussel

It’s weird that it’s now a sign of being old when you say, “I remember when there was a Blockbuster around every corner.”  But pretty soon, most kids won’t know what Blockbuster is . . . or, rather, was.  This week, all of the Blockbuster stores near me are closing.  For the last several weeks, they’ve been holding liquidation sales.  Now, it will be too far for me to drive to rent a movie at the nearest Blockbuster.  And I don’t believe Blockbuster will exist at all, except online, in a few years.  Today, investors, like Carl Icahn, and liquidators are fighting over the remnants of this former market giant.  And I have mixed feelings about it as a now former Blockbuster customer.

At first, I was sad to see the Blockbuster close.  The people who worked at the particular Blockbuster store I frequented made some really good movie recommendations, and I’m not a Netflix kind of person.  I don’t like to have a fixed cost to pay every month for movie rentals, since I go for months not renting a movie, and then rent several in a few days.  I don’t like to watch movies online, and I don’t want to wait–even a day–to have them mailed to me, if I feel like watching a movie now.  I liked the convenience of deciding I wanted to rent a movie, driving to the store to get it for a fixed one-time fee, and watching it within 20 minutes.  But as I thought about it more, I’m not so sad to see Blockbuster go.  And here’s why .  .  .

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