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GOVERNORS REVOLT ON SYRIAN REFUGEES GROWING – From Breitbart:   The growing number of governors rejecting Syrian refugees comes after reports that one of the suspects in Friday’s Paris terrorist attacks, which killed more than 120 people, had entered Paris by masquerading as a Syrian refugee.The number of Republican governors who have called for the rejection of the relocation of Syrian refugees in their states continues to climb. Currently, the GOP Governors of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Massachusetts, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, New Jersey, Kansas and Wisconsin have all rejected Obama’s resettlement plan. That means 22 sitting GOP governors have rejected Obama’s plans–and only nine sitting GOP governors haven’t come out against the plan.  In addition, Kentucky’s governor-elect Matt Bevin is publicly opposed to the plan as well, which means when he is sworn in as the next governor of Kentucky there will be at least 23 states with GOP governors opposed to Obama’s Syrian refugee resettlement plan. That’s also all in addition to New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan–a Democrat–coming out against President Obama’s plans.  This list will grow.  Americans are coming to their senses.  American lives matter.

IS THIS THE END OF ENGLAND? – From Fox:   LONDON – The old adage says an Englishman's home is his castle. But a court says Robert Fidler's castle can't be his home.  A judge ruled Monday the 66-year-old farmer will go to prison if he doesn't demolish a mock-Tudor castle he built without planning permission.  Fidler built the property south of London in 2000, keeping it hidden behind straw bales. Local authorities ordered him to tear it down in 2007, saying it breached planning rules designed to protect the countryside, and Fidler lost several legal challenges against the order.  High Court judge Ian Dove said Fidler would be jailed for three months for "intentional defiance" unless he complied by June 6, 2016.  We know we're in trouble when England starts demolishing castles or...er...mock castles.  Can't we ever be at one with history and tradition?

MORE CHILDREN AT PLAY – The current protest fashion has struck Columbia University in New York, from which I took a master's degree some years ago.  The usual rhetoric is being used.  From the New York Post:   Hundreds of Columbia students gathered at the South Lawn Thursday, and some speakers heckled bystanders who did not participate.  “Look at those guys playing Frisbee — that is the definition of privilege,” said one speaker.  The students stopped playing Frisbee and left the area.  Another student wearing a T-shirt with the words “Kill White Supremacy” called Columbia a “white supremacist institution.”  She led the crowd in a progression of chants including “I love black people,” “I love all black people” and “I love queer black people,” before adding “I love black criminals” and “I love black people who steal.”  How brilliant.  How "intellectual."  I don't love criminals.  Call me a racist imperialist warmonger.

FUTURE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF? – From the New York Post:  WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton’s longtime aide said her boss is “often confused” and needs plenty of guidance to understand the schedule, according fresh emails out Monday.  Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group, released new emails from Huma Abedin that show her concern among her State Department staff on making sure Clinton knew whom to call.  In one email exchange on Jan. 26, 2013, Abedin asks fellow staffer Monica Hanley whether Clinton knows to call Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.  Hanley replies: “She was in bed for a nap by the time I heard that she had an 8am call. Will go over with her.”  Abedin stresses the importance of reviewing the schedule with Clinton: “Very imp to do that. She’s often confused.”  What a confidence builder.

November 16, 2015