AFP: Taliban leader Mullah Omar says prisoner swap which freed U.S. soldier Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was a "big victory"

— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) June 1, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Republican lawmakers on Saturday accused President Barack Obama of breaking the law by approving the release of five Afghan detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in exchange for a U.S. soldier believed held by Islamist insurgents for five years.

The White House agreed that actions were taken in spite of legal requirements and cited “unique and exigent circumstances” as justification.

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, 28, of Hailey, Idaho, was handed over to U.S. special operations forces by the Taliban. In return, five Afghans who were held at a U.S. detention facility in Cuba were released to the custody of the government of Qatar, which served as a go-between in negotiations for the trade. (more…)

(Via The Daily Caller) This may come as a shocker to some, but scientists are not always right — especially when under intense public pressure for answers.

Researchers with the IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group (PBSG) recently admitted to experienced zoologist and polar bear specialist Susan Crockford that the estimate given for the total number of polar bars in the Arctic was “simply a qualified guess given to satisfy public demand.”

Crockford has been critical of official polar bear population estimates because they fail to include five large subpopulations of polar bears. Due to the uncertainty of the populations in these areas, PBSG did not include them in their official estimate — but the polar bear group did include other subpopulation estimates. (more…)

OHIO – A Cincinnati man says that a group of black teenagers yelled at him and a group of white people “Why are you white people in our neighborhood?” before attacking him, in what police are investigating as a hate crime.

The attacks occurred at the three-day Taste of Cincinnati event last Sunday.

The annual event attracts over half a million visitors to the area. But it also apparently attracted violent groups of young people.

A police report obtained by The Daily Caller classifies attacks on two men, Scottie Hunter and Randy Ulses, as hate crimes. (more…)

You’ve probably seen this picture before:

But have you ever seen the full picture ?

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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

The Habbersham County officials, in particular Sheriff Joey Terrell,  have been all over the map with their justifications that led to a 19-month-old toddler clinging to life as a result of a severely flawed 3am “No Knock” SWAT raid.

If you have followed this story from the beginning you’ll notice the familiar pattern of false stories which initially surface by police now being entirely contradicted.   Check out this ABC report with about a half dozen inconsistencies noted from initial justification.

The terrorized family now has legal counsel after the Georgia Bureau of Investigation previously denied to listen to their pleas for an investigation.  And friends have put together a donation site to support the family in their immediate needs HERE.

Radio Talk show host Michael Graham shares:

CLARKESVILLE – Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney Brian Rickman says his office will review the early-morning drug raid near Cornelia Wednesday that resulted in burns to a 19-month-old child.

Members of the Habersham Special Response Team, comprised of Habersham County sheriff’s deputies and Cornelia police officers, executed a “no knock” search warrant at a home located at 182 Lakeview Heights Circle outside Cornelia.

During the team’s forced entry, a flash bang grenade, also called a stun grenade, was used as a diversionary device. That device burned 19-month-old Bounkham Phonesavanh.

Given that Sheriff Terrell was insisting yesterday that his office had been entirely cleared by the DA, this is an important first step. Unfortunately it appears to be a very small step: (more…)

A Sudanese woman facing down a death sentence for marrying a Christian will be freed, it has been reported.

Meriam Ibrahim, who gave birth in prison this week, was sentenced to death for abandoning Islam, but is now set to be released in a matter of days.

Article at Daily Mail –  (continue reading)

(Via Human Events) Time to revisit an old abuse-of-power scandal from President Obama’s first term: the utterly bizarre raid on Gibson Guitars by a paramilitary unit of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Nothing about this caper ever smelled right: a raid coming from out of nowhere, without warning, to kick Gibson’s doors down, ostensibly because they violated some vaporous provision of import laws when bringing hardwood into the country.

It wasn’t even American law they were supposedly violating, but an American law that said they were in hot water for violating the laws of India and Madagascar, which came as something of a surprise to authorities in India and Madagascar.

In a delightful inversion of American legal principle, the folks at Gibson were never allowed to see the sealed warrant that supposedly authorized the raid. Guilty until proven innocent! We’ll get back to you later on what you’re allegedly guilty of. (more…)

There is a specific reason why we draw bold attention to the ignored events the media are paralyzed to present around controversial issues.

To say that all blacks are inherently predisposed to violence, mayhem or {fill in the blank} is patently absurd.   Nor is such a foundational principle for us discussing or outlining events which circulate the ignored media narratives of the day.

Yet it is impossible to remove the racial componentry from some issues as they present themselves to be.   It is exactly because the Main Stream Media believe you must separate out the racial or Islamic ideological componentry they are forced to ignore many of the issues and events which surround modern society.    It’s called “willful blindness’.

The media end up having to ignore stories because their inherent predisposition precludes them from discussing *any* event which draws along racial or ideological boundaries.  Unless those events surround common Fabian antagonistic issues such as: Free Markets, Individual Liberty, and Christianity.

This willful blindness or  misplaced “ignoring” is exactly the source of the reason why we do not differentiate in stories we present.

However, that’s not to say we don’t differentiate between the larger group who behave in an appropriate manner, and the sub-set which take full advantage of the forced silence and hide within the majority.    We most certainly do.

CAIR is to radical Islam what the NAACP is to unlawful black violence.   Both groups hide behind advocacy while creating an environment without accountability for the radical element within their association. (more…)