Saturday, May 7, 2011

Rule 5 - Yvette Vickers Found Mummified


From People:

This is bizarre. Yvette Vickers' uncollected mail gathered cobwebs outside, inside her dilapidated Los Angeles home. Then last Wednesday the police acted on a tip that was called in by one of her neighbors who was concerned and the police ended up discovering Yvette's mummified remains, of the cult star of the space-alien B-movies Attack of the 50 Foot Woman and Attack of the Giant Leeches. Vickers was 82, had long been a recluse – and could have been dead for as long as a year, reports the Los Angeles Times.























More Rule 5 Postings

Bob at The Camp of the Saints shows us the beautiful Ana de la Reguera in swimsuits

Maggie at Maggie's Notebook has some more beautiful women in swimsuits

Proof at Proof Positive shows us the Friday Night Babe

The Watcher at The Observatorium shows us beautiful conservative women 

Opus #6 at American Perspective shows us Natalie Portman in the movie Thor 





The Al Qaeda 'Playbook' Revealed

From ABC News:


"U.S. intelligence is now in possession of a veritable "playbook" of al Qaeda operations -- from potential terror attack targets to information on international safe houses and top commanders -- thanks to the Navy SEAL raid that took down Osama bin Laden Sunday, officials told ABC News today.
"The cache of electronic and handwritten materials obtained by the SEALs includes numerous hallmark al Qaeda plots including attacks on infrastructure targets such as water supply and transportation including rail and air, in what one official described as a "strategic guide for how to attack the U.S." In the past, al Qaeda planned for attacks on water supplies have included an interest in mining dams and in poisoning water supply. Intelligence experts have also have found what appears to be information about safe houses around the world and about al Qaeda leadership."


Condi Rice PWNS Lawrence O'Donnell During Hostile Interview

Condi does a superb job of debunking O'Donnell's falsehoods which are propagated by progressives.



H/T Breitbart

Friday, May 6, 2011

Terrorist Group Hezbollah Has Infiltrated Our Southern Border

Here is Glenn Beck in August of 2010 informing us about the real likelihood of Hezbollah's presence in Mexico.



 In September of 2010 Rep. Myrick wrote to Sec. Napolitano about the dangers of Hezbollah, and the real possibility of their presence on the southern border.  Two months after she had notified Janet Napolitano Rep. Myrick found out that more evidence has arisen that shows Hezbollah may be operating in Mexico and along our Southern border. 



Is Janet Napolitano and this administration looking or purposely looking the other way? 



In late February of 2011 it had become apparent that members of Hezbollah sneaked into the U.S. via Tijuana.

How many? What?!? This is frightening!  Our government is obligated to secure our borders but is refusing to do so. This is inexcusable.  We need to hold our government accountable for refusing to fulfill its duty to the citizens of the United States.

Now there is evidence from a former intelligence agent confirming that Hezbollah has indeed infiltrated our border.
The Conservative Lady has some good information on Hezbollah working with drug cartels near our border.


From The Blaze:


“They are recognized by many experts as the ‘A’ team of Muslim terrorist organizations.”
That’s how a former U.S. intelligence agent described the group Hezbollah to 10News in San Diego. “They certainly have had successes in big-ticket bombings.”
The local news organization interviewed the agent for a story on how Hezbollah has been creeping closer to the the U.S. border, and has now apparently been spotted in the Mexican border town of Tijuana.
“We are looking at 15 or 20 years that Hezbollah has been setting up shop in Mexico,” the agent told 10News.
Why should that concern American? According to him, Hezbollah is far more advanced than the much-feared al Qaeda.
“Their operators are far more skilled … they are the equals of Russians, Chinese or Cubans,” he said. “I consider Hezbollah much more dangerous in that sense because of strategic thinking; they think more long-term.”

10News explains more:
Hezbolah has operated in South America for decades and then Central America, along with their sometime rival, sometime ally Hamas.
Now, the group is blending into Shi’a Muslim communities in Mexico, including Tijuana. Other pockets along the U.S.-Mexico border region remain largely unidentified as U.S. intelligence agencies are focused on the drug trade.
[...]
The agent, who has spent years deep undercover in Mexico, said Hezbollah is partnering with drug organizations, but which ones is not clear at this time.
He told 10News the group receives cartel cash and protection in exchange for Hezbollah expertise.
“From money laundering to firearms training and explosives training,” the agent said.
For example, he tracked, along with Mexican intelligence, two Hezbollah operatives in safe houses in Tijuana and Durango
[...]
Tunnels the cartels have built that cross from Mexico into the U.S. have grown increasingly sophisticated. It is a learned skill, the agent said points to Hezbollah’s involvement.


“They have had clandestine training in how to live in foreign hostile territories,” the agent said, later adding, “They’re focusing on developing, on infiltrating communities within North America.”

The full story with video (unfortunately not embeddable) is here

It is past time for our government to secure our borders.  The Obama administration needs to stop dithering, playing political games, and start doing its job and protecting the Americans from terrorists and the other dangers that have managed to lurk across our borders.  

Thursday, May 5, 2011

On Infertility: This article hits the nail on the head

This article hits the nail on the head with regards to how hard it is for faithful Catholics to deal with the cross of infertility.  My heart aches so that someday my husband and I may be blessed with a child.  We pray and leave it in God's hands but it is so hard for us...



This week is Infertility Awareness Week. According to the CDC, over 2 million married women in America are currently experiencing infertility. This is a deeply painful experience for any couple, but faithful Catholics face unique challenges in this department—yet in all the discussions about Natural Family Planning and how and when to avoid pregnancy, the struggles of our brothers and sisters in Christ who are not able to achieve pregnancy often get overlooked. So this week I spent some time chatting with friends who are facing infertility, including a woman whom I’ll call “A.,” who chronicles her journey online at This Cross I Embrace. They shared some of the challenges unique to being Catholic and infertile:
Temptation to Use Illicit Treatments: In modern culture, the words “infertility” and “in-vitro fertilization” go hand-in-hand. Even though IVF doesn’t always succeed, and often costs tens of thousands of dollars when it does, the success rates are high enough that it’s widely touted as a solution that is likely to give couples the children they so desperately desire. This is a source of temptation for the women I talked to, even though they understand and agree with Church teaching against IVF on an intellectual level. “I would never do it, but it’s like a punch in the gut when other women go to the IVF clinic and are then planning baby showers seven months later,” one friend said. Added to this, there can also be tremendous pressure from family members who don’t understand Church teaching and see IVF as a path to having grandchildren or nieces and nephews.
Loneliness: Catholics who face infertility often find themselves in a social no-man’s land. In terms of day-to-day lifestyle, they have little in common with fellow Catholics who have kids, and often find that friends with children are so busy that it’s hard to make plans with them. Sometimes it’s possible to find community among fellow Christians who are infertile, but tensions inevitably arise over differing views about IVF and other reproductive technology. Other childless couples tend to be much younger. “The main people you can really relate to are other infertile Catholics who are faithful to Church teaching, and they are few and far between,” one friend told me.  CONTINUED
Crossposted at Tu Ne Cede malis    

Thursday Comedy - Will Ferrel as Bush reacts to the recent deaths of two important terrorists - Osama bin Laden, and one other. Adam West hawking a security system familiar to those who have seen old movies and cartoons