The progs are going to go “all in” to defend their Tsarnaev boys. As Pam Geller has clearly and accurately outlined, it is not “radical Islam”, they were practicing “Authentic Islam”.

The Prog-left does not want anyone to talk about the TRUTH of the ideology behind the attacks in Boston. These are “their people”… (more…)

Someone find this man, this police officer, and give him a huge hug from me.   Any time a servants heart is identified they should be warmly cherished – and – when you exit their company, they should know how appreciative you are.   That matters.

BPD Officer delivers milk to a family with young children in Watertown during the lockdown.. pic.twitter.com/qEpjpf80U0

— Boston Police Dept. (@bostonpolice) April 21, 2013

With or without company, Sunday dinner was a little more —  a little more leisurely in terms of the time set aside for enjoying the meal, a little more dressed up, a little more scrumptious on the dessert.

And one of the amazing perqs of acquiring electricity (always called “juice” on the farm) was that when we went to church on Sunday, we left the cook at home.

Dad would start the ’53 Ford about 9 a.m..  Brother and I would scoot into the back seat and we’d all have a few minutes to wait for Mom while she was tucking the last of Sunday dinner in the oven before we left the house.  Dad would have the car radio on with regular Sunday program featuring Percy Faith and his orchestra.  We  thought it was terribly clever of us to say, “That’s Turkey Face and his orchestra” and then laugh ourselves silly until Dad glanced at us in the rear view mirror remind us that our cleverness was limited. (more…)

From day one many of us have been saying this was NOT a one or two person operation.  There’s just too much in putting something like this together for two independent people.  They needed support of varying degrees.  Now it is claimed the FBI is reportedly looking for as many as 12 sleeper cell terror driven agents…..

(Daily Mirror)  The FBI was last night hunting a 12-strong terrorist “sleeper cell” linked to  the Boston  marathon bomb brothers.

Police believe Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were specially trained to carry  out the devastating attack.

More than 1,000 FBI agents were last night working to track down the cell and  arrested a man and two women 60 miles from Boston in the hours before Dzhokhar’s  dramatic capture after a bloody shootout on Friday.

A source close to the investigation said: “We have no doubt the brothers were  not acting alone. The devices used to detonate the two bombs were highly  sophisticated and not the kind of thing people learn from Google. (more…)

Originally published 4 days ago in the New York Post – Definitely worth a read:

New York Post – Somewhere near Boston early Monday morning, he packed a bomb in a bag. It was by all accounts relatively crude — a pressure cooker, explosives, some wires, ball bearings and nails . . . nails which, hours later, doctors would struggle to remove from the flesh of bleeding victims.

His motive is unclear. His intent is not: It was to maximize injury, suffering, pain, trauma and, yes, death.

Perhaps Monday’s bomber will be caught, perhaps not.

Perhaps Monday’s bomber will be offered a teaching job at Columbia University. (more…)

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 †

“Why”?  Apparently, Mr. Moore is having a difficult time figuring it out.   Let’s help him: (more…)

It is perhaps serendipity the name Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi surfaced during the investigation of the Boston Bombing, “perhaps“.   A name the administration would just as soon be forgotten.

Indeed if you rely on the water-carrying media to follow the story it’s probably the last time anyone will ever discuss the Saudi national, college student, and his powerful family connections.    But some within the new media, in addition to Glenn Beck, are staying on the story.

Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi was injured and hospitalized during the bombing.   Subsequently two high level meetings with his family’s interested representatives were conducted by both Secretary of State John Kerry and President Obama himself.    Michelle Obama even went to the hospital where Ali Al Harbi was being cared for and paid him a personal visit.

But why does he matter? (more…)

After receiving hundreds of pages from the first round of FOIA requests from Miami-Dade, we have a better understanding of the issues which led to the suspension and later removal of Miami-Dade School Police Chief Hurley.   We also better understand why the historical activities of Trayvon Martin have been difficult to locate.

The first part of the publicly requested document release shows aspects surrounding an Internal Affairs investigation following the shooting of Trayvon Martin.    Within the investigation dozens of witnesses gave sworn statements to investigative officers.

Included in the witness affidavits were six officers accused of leaking information to the media, and their statements reveal a systemic attempt by Chief Hurley to cover-up the instructions by Hurley to his officers.

From their statements, made under oath, it is apparent that sometime around 2009/2010 the police chief gave instructions for his officers to find alternate methods outside of the criminal justice system to confront the behavioral issues of school students.

As officer Tagle affirms, and other witnesses corroborate, the instructions were specifically targeted to young black males within the Miami-Dade Public School system.  Targeted to keep their unlawful behavior away from engagement with the correction system and aimed to use school discipline instead of criminal corrections within the justice system. (more…)

Today we celebrate the birthday of Sharon, our soon to be famous author of the Mailbox and Old Barns posts that we all love so much on Sunday mornings. She generously shares her memories and lessons from her earlier years on a Montana farm, providing us with one of the Tree’s most popular and well loved features. Sharon has that rare gift-the ability to paint glorious word pictures, putting the reader right in the middle of the story. Soon she will have a book of those stories to share with us. (more…)