Ted Cruz is a real threat to the Fabian progressives:  educated, cultured and able to effortless pierce their shibboleths without hesitation, he is a prime target for their ongoing campaign to “isolate, marginalize and ridicule” their opposition, instead of engaging on the facts.
The following AP filed story is a classic example of how the mainstream media manipulates language and facts to advance a position in keeping with their ideological view – in this case, that all pro-life supporters are unhinged, when in fact, it was the “pro-abortion” activists who conducted themselves in an extremist and deliberately provocative fashion.  The AP led their story by implying that Senator Cruz had called pro-abortionists “Satan Worshippers”, when he stated that they were chanting “Hail Satan” at pro-life activists.
h/t Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit:  Story via the “Washington Beacon Blog”
“Here is the opening graf of an AP report on “anti-abortion voters” published Wednesday:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling their opponents Satan worshippers and savages, anti-abortion lawmakers on Wednesday insisted that Republican contenders keep an intense focus on social issues in the upcoming midterm elections and the 2016 presidential race.

“Calling their opponents Satan worshippers.” That sounds pretty serious. Tell us more, AP: …
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[…] ..”testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure”.  11/19/1863

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 †

NEW COLUMN IS POSTED! RIGHT-WING MOBS? SAY IT ISN'T SO, CONSERVATIVES! – http://t.co/yOTZERnr5v

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) March 12, 2014

@AnnCoulter We notice you join McConnell in the Alinsky tactic against us. – Tea Party Supporter

— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) March 13, 2014

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(Image Via G Captain) A crew member on board Songa Offshore’s drilling rig, the Songa Mercur, drilling offshore Vietnam, notes in an email he may have witnessed the missing Malaysian plane on fire at a high altitude. He writes:

Gentlemen. I believe I saw the Malaysian Airlines flight come down. The timing is right.

I tried to contact Malaysian and Vietnamese officials days ago. But I do not know if the message has been received.

I am on the oil ring Songa-Mercur off the coast of Vung Tau.

‘The surface location of the observation is

Lat 08 deg 22′ 30.20″ N
Long 108 deg 42 ‘ 22.26″ E

I observed (the plane?) burning at high altitude at a compass bearing of 265 to 275.    It is very difficult to judge the distance but I would say 50 to 70 kms along the compass bearing 260-277.

While I observed (the plane) it appeared to be in one piece.

The sea surface current at our location is 2-2.3 knots in the direction of 225-230.

The wind direction has been E-ENE averaging 15-20 knots. (more…)

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UPDATE:   China Says They May Have Located Missing Plane

(CNN) — A Chinese satellite looking into the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 “observed a suspected crash area at sea,” a Chinese government agency said — a potentially pivotal lead into what has been a frustrating search for the Boeing 777.


China’s State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense announced the discovery, including images of what it said were “three suspected floating objects and their sizes.” (more…)

H/t:  Andrea Shea-King.

Authorities now confirm seven deaths:  44 year old Griselde Camacho, who worked as a police officer at Hunter College, 67 year old Carmen Tanco (female), who worked as a dental assistant and had lived in the same building for 40 years and Rosaura Hernandez-Barrios, age 21. The bodies of four other victims discovered overnight have not been named.  Over 70 people are injured, several with life-threatening injuries, including a 14 year old boy.  Five other known occupants of the buildings remain unaccounted for.

The Spanish Christian Church owns a six-storey apartment building in 1644-1646 Park Avenue in East Harlem. Carmen Vargas-Rosa, who owns the church, said there was a gas smell at the church on Tuesday night, adding that four of her tenants were unaccounted for.

The investigation into the blast has officially started, with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) which has oversight on gas transportation pipelines will attempt to determine the cause of the blast and review ConEd’s procedures. More details to follow.
h/t Treeper ctdar:
Area residents had complained of smelling gas for weeks on the block where two buildings were leveled this morning in a violent explosion.  One building is reported as a piano store with apartments above; the second building was a church.  As emergency crews sift through the rubble, it is feared the death and injured count may climb, as many people suspected of being in the buildings at the time of the explosion remain unaccounted for.
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The issue at hand is essentially the CIA covertly monitoring the Senate Intelligence Committee as the Senate investigated the CIA.     The problem stems from an obvious oversight issue where the CIA takes illegal action to monitor the Senate as they investigate.
However, there’s something more within the behavior of the people involved.  Dianne Feinstein is clearly outlining the CIA is violating the law.   As a consequence the CIA claim to be following instructions from the Obama administration and the White House.  That alone represents a big issue – However, the way CIA Director John Brennan is responding to the charges against his office are, well, somewhat troubling.

Brennan is acting, and speaking, as if he is untouchable.  It’s almost like he has a card up his sleeve; an unspoken leverage.    And when you think about how Brennan got to his CIA post, and his relationship with President Obama, alarm bells begin to ring.
Please forgive me for connecting the dots but I’m not going in this rabbit hole alone 😉
Remember, it was Brennan’s security firm who broke into the State Department passport files of Candidate Obama in 2008.   Watching him now respond to Feinstein one would take away he indeed holds a lever that allows him to feel “untouchable“.

WASHINGTON DC – The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday sharply accused the CIA of violating federal law and undermining the constitutional principle of congressional oversight as she detailed publicly for the first time how the agency secretly removed documents from computers used by her panel to investigate a controversial interrogation program.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said that the situation amounted to attempted intimidation of congressional investigators, adding: “I am not taking it lightly.”
She confirmed that an internal agency investigation of the action has been referred to the Justice Department for possible criminal prosecution. And she said that the CIA appears to have violated the Fourth Amendment, which bars unreasonable searches and seizures, as well as various federal laws and a presidential executive order that prevents the agency from conducting domestic searches and surveillance. (more…)