“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: may they prosper who love you.” Psalm 122: 6
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Rosh Hashanah ends at sunset on September 26th.
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ISIS Plans To Kill ‘Ten Million Americans’
ISIS said that it plans to kill “ten million Americans”. Planning to kill that many people and actually doing it are two different things, but it’s possible and you can bet they will try. If you don’t know that by now, you are so ill-informed that I wonder if anything I say can help you. Even so, this is worth mentioning: those who ignore ISIS’ warnings do so at their own peril.
If you don’t own weapons and know how to use them effectively in self-defense, you are making a terrible mistake—one that you may die regretting. As I have said before, it’s better to have guns and not need them than to need guns and not have them. The same holds true for ammunition. Although guns without ammo aren’t useless, they have limited capabilities. You can throw them or use them for cracking nuts and heads, but that’s not what they were designed for primarily.
How much ammo do you need? Plenty. You need target ammo for practice and “critical defense” ammo for self-defense.
Critical defense ammo costs more; it has a heavy bullet that releases a lot of energy on impact; and it has a hollow point to prevent the bullet from penetrating too far. Target ammo is less expensive; it has a light bullet that releases less energy on impact; and it is FMJ (full metal jacket) which means that it can go through a person and hit something on the other side. That’s not a good thing in tight situations or in places like your home.
Don’t buy cheap guns and ammo. They are inexpensive for a reason. Buy high quality guns and ammo that has a proven track record, and use them enough to know that they work well together. You will need to shoot several hundred rounds of ammo (some critical defense, but mostly target) per gun to find out if they work the way they’re supposed to.
Guns are not mantel pieces that you put on display for show or junk that you stuff in a closet where they never see the light of day. When you pull the trigger of a loaded gun, if it goes “click”, there is a very good chance that you will die. Loaded guns that work the way they are supposed to make a very loud noise when you pull the trigger, and the bullet leaves the muzzle at a high rate of speed. Again, you need to know that your guns work properly—all of them, all the time. That means you must use your guns on a regular basis.
Keeping your guns cleaned and lubricated properly is essential. Even high quality guns can fail to work properly if they are not taken care of, and cheap ammo is notorious for leaving lots of problem causing carbon residue. Clean your guns every time you use them, soon after you use them. Don’t put it off until tomorrow. If you don’t have time to clean it, you don’t have time to shoot it.
Finally, if you wait until you need guns to buy them, you may discover that there are none available. If something dreadful happens and suddenly people who have been contemplating buying guns go out in large numbers to make their purchases, they can empty the inventories of all gun stores in a matter of hours. Under those conditions, gun store owners will not be able to replenish their stock for many months—possibly even years. The same is true for ammo. I’m not exaggerating.
This is not an exhaustive tutorial on guns, but it’s a good start. Get to know experienced shooters. You can learn more on a shooting range working with them than I can tell you in a few words.
WARNING: Taking adequate precautions to protect yourself and your family is not a good substitute for a competent government that is doing its job.
If our government fails to take appropriate steps to protect our safety and security, each one of us could be forced to become a paramilitary unit. That is not the way to run a country. In fact, it is a recipe for disaster because chaos will ensue naturally. It’s what happens in third-world nations.
I bring this up to make a point: President Obama still doesn’t get it. A few days ago, he lectured ISIS and the Muslim world from the White House by telling them what Islam is all about. That was very peculiar.
It was stranger still when he told the ISIS crowd that they didn’t represent genuine Islam. I’m sure that most of them had a hard time sleeping that night.
At the U.N. on Wednesday, he did the same thing. He said that “no god condones terror.”
Obviously, Obama hasn’t read the Quran, but that’s not my main point here. I want you to know that our nation is at risk and that the risk has grown exponentially since the day Obama took office. Before he completes his term of office, I’ll be shocked if we haven’t experienced the consequences of his incompetence.
This is my point: Obama’s unwillingness to accept facts that are painfully obvious has consequences that are inevitable. I’m just connecting the dots. If you are wise, you will prepare for what might happen and pray that it won’t happen.
You don’t want your last words to your spouse to be “I’m sorry that I didn’t do my job.”
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SnyderTalk Comment: At the U.N., Obama said, “No god condones this terror.” That language may go over well while pandering to an ignorant crowd, but it is far removed from the truth.
Yahweh’s enemy has a simple plan: kill, steal, and destroy. When, where, and how are almost irrelevant.
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Alan Dershowitz: United States Attack in Syria Parallels Israel’s in Gaza— The air attack by American and Arab forces against ISIS and other terrorist targets parallels Israel’s air attacks against Hamas terrorist targets in Gaza. According to retired General Wesley Clark, the United States air attacks are designed to degrade and destroy the infrastructure of the terrorist groups, including the electric grid, the sources of their finance and other mixed military-civilian targets. When Israel attacked Hamas military targets, including some that had mixed uses, it was condemned by the same Arab nations that participated in the joint United States-Arab attack in Syria. The difference of course is that the threat posed by ISIS is not nearly as imminent as the threats posed by Hamas. This is certainly true in relation to the United States and may also be true in relation to its Arab partners.
Caroline Glick: Why Rouhani loves New York—Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s trip to New York next week will be a welcome relief for the Iranian leader. Finally, he’ll be somewhere where he’s appreciated, even loved. Ahead of his trip to America, the US media continued its practice of presenting Rouhani as a moderate, and a natural ally for the US. NBC News’ Anne Curry interviewed Rouhani in Tehran, focusing her attention on his dim view of Islamic State. Rouhani told Curry, “From the viewpoint of the Islamic tenets and culture, killing an innocent people equals the killing of the whole humanity. And therefore, the killing and beheading of innocent people in fact is a matter of shame for them and it’s the matter of concern and sorrow for all the human and all the mankind.” The US media and political establishment’s willingness to take Rouhani at his word when he says that he’s a moderate is one of the reasons that Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz was in such a desolate mood on Wednesday.
SnyderTalk Comment: The people of New England, New York City and Boston in particular, don’t seem to understand that they are targets and easy prey. It’s as though 9/11 and the Boston Marathon massacre didn’t register with them at all.
It’s surreal. Even though they have taken the brunt of the attacks thus far, they still live in a world of blissful ignorance.
You can’t help people who won’t help themselves. Ron White says, “You can’t fix stupid.” Stupid doesn’t apply for most of those who are blind to reality, but ignorance sure does. Ignorance is just as dangerous as stupid.
The good news is that ignorance can be fixed, but first people must want to learn and be willing to change. Absent those two things, they are in serious trouble.
After the Boston Marathon bombing, this phrase started appearing all over Boston—“B Strong”. It should have been “Don’t B Stupid”, and it applies to all of us.
David Blair and Richard Spencer: How Qatar Is Funding the Rise of Islamist Extremists—Radical Islamists stormed Libya’s capital, Tripoli, last month. The new overlords are allies of Ansar al-Sharia, a jihadist movement suspected of killing America’s ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens. Qatar has dispatched cargo planes laden with weapons to the victorious Islamist coalition. Last December, the U.S. Treasury designated a Qatari academic and businessman, Abdul Rahman al-Nuaimi, as a “global terrorist.” The U.S. accused him of sending nearly 366,000 British pounds to “al-Qaeda’s representative in Syria,” named as Abu Khalid al-Suri.
Jeffrey Goldberg: Does Human Rights Watch Understand the Nature of Prejudice?— A few days ago, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth, tweeted the following statement: “Germans rally against anti-Semitism that flared in Europe in response to Israel’s conduct in Gaza war. Merkel joins.” Roth provided a link to a New York Times article about the rally, which took place in Berlin. Roth’s framing of this issue is very odd and obtuse. Anti-Semitism in Europe did not flare “in response to Israel’s conduct in Gaza,” or anywhere else. Anti-Semitic violence and invective are not responses to events in the Middle East, just as anti-Semitism does not erupt “in response” to the policies of banks owned by Jews, or in response to editorial positions taken by The New York Times. This is for the simple reason that Jews do not cause anti-Semitism.
Kathleen Caulderwood: Arab Bank Verdict Comes Amid Tougher Rules For Foreign Banks— For the first time, an international bank is being held responsible for supporting a terrorist group in a civil suit under the Anti-Terrorism Act. The guilty verdict for Arab Bank in a federal court in New York on Monday is a sign that authorities are increasingly cracking down on financial institutions that don’t know their clients well enough, but it could discourage banks from operating in some of the world’s most vulnerable countries, say experts. Arab Bank was found liable for knowingly providing financial services to members of Hamas that directly supported some two-dozen terrorist attacks in Israel more than a decade ago. The 84-year-old bank has more than 200 branches in 30 countries and manages $46 billion in assets. “The outcome sends a serious message,” Dennis Lormel, former chief of the Financial Crimes and Terrorist Financing Operations Sections at the FBI, said to IBTimes. “Things are going to get a lot tougher.”
Stephanie Butnick: Jury: Arab Bank Supported Hamas Operations—American relatives of Hamas terror victims in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv took the Jordanian-based Arab Bank to court in New York, alleging that the bank processed payments for and funneled money to the terrorist organization—and won. A federal jury found Arab Bank liable Monday for “knowingly supporting terrorist efforts that were connected to 24 attacks in the Middle East,” the New York Times reports. Specifically, the bank was found to have processed payments and transferred money for Hamas, ‘knowingly’ being the key term: Arab Bank has previously claimed that any payments to Hamas had been an error. The burden of proof was high: “The plaintiffs had to prove that the terrorist attacks were indeed conducted by Hamas, and that the bank’s support of Hamas was the ‘proximate cause’ of the events. In addition, the plaintiffs had to demonstrate that their injuries were ‘reasonably foreseeable’ as a consequence of the bank’s acts. After 10 years of litigation and a five-week trial, the jury apparently found that the plaintiffs met the legal threshold, and ruled that the bank was liable. A separate hearing will be held to determine damages.”
IPT News: Palestinians Mourn Hamas Terrorists Suspected of Killing Israeli Boys— Thousands of Palestinians mourned the deaths Tuesday of two Palestinian men suspected of kidnapping and killing three Israeli students in June, the Jerusalem Post reports. A massive funeral procession honoring Marwan Kawasme and Amar Abuysha moved through the streets of Hebron, featuring mourners waving Palestinian and Hamas flags. Both Hamas affiliated terrorists were killed after they opened fire on Israeli troops moving in to arrest them. Many Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza celebrated the initial kidnapping of Eyal Yifrach, 19, and 16-year-olds Gilad Shaar and Naftali Frenkel, in June. The terrorists were previously jailed in both Palestinian Authority and Israel and actively involved in terrorist activities on behalf of Hamas. “We promised the families that we would find the murderers. This morning, we did just that,” IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz said Tuesday morning. The families of the victims thanked Israeli troops for locating the Hamas suspects today, saying that an “evil circle has been closed” with their demise, the Times of Israel reports.
Dave Bender: Turkey’s Erdogan Abruptly Cancels Scheduled Meeting With Jewish Leader in New York— Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday abruptly canceled a planned meeting with World Jewish Congress (WJC) leader Ronald Lauder in New York, according to a report appearing in the Turkish Today’s Zamen newspaper. Erdoğan, who arrived in the United States on Monday for the 69th United Nations General Assembly session, refused to agree to a request to move the meeting with the influential advocacy group to later that evening, according to the private Doğan news agency, citing sources from Erdoğan’s entourage. A WJC official told The Algemeiner on Tuesday that their group was “not commenting on this story.”
Reuters: German police raid flats, mosque over suspected Islamic State ties— German authorities raided a mosque, an Islamic community center and radical Islamists’ flats in cities across Germany on Tuesday on suspicion of having connections to militants in Syria. The suspects, belonging to the ultra-conservative Salafist movement, are aged between 23 and 36 and police believe they were planning a violent attack although they made no arrests. “We will not stand by and watch as the terrorist Islamic State death squads in Syria and Iraq get support from Germany,” Joachim Herrmann, interior minister for the southern state of Bavaria, told reporters after detailing the raids. The raids took place as the United States and Arab allies launched air strikes against Islamic State and al Qaeda militants in Syria. More than 400 German citizens have traveled to Syria to join Islamic State and the Berlin government this month outlawed the organization, making IS propaganda, symbols and activities illegal.
Robert Spencer: Bin Laden’s son-in-law gets life sentence for jihad terror activity, quotes Qur’an, says more jihad violence to come— Misunderstanding of Islam seems to run in this family. When he was sentenced, Abu Ghaith quoted the Qur’an. Another puzzle! Why would someone who misunderstands Islam and is ignorant enough of the Qur’an to think it teaches violence against unbelievers quote it when he is sentenced? A mystery for the mainstream analysts to ponder. “Bin Laden son-in-law sentenced to life in U.S. prison,” by Joseph Ax, Reuters, September 23, 2014 (thanks to Block Ness): “(Reuters) – Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday in New York following his conviction on terrorism charges. A Manhattan federal jury in March found the Kuwaiti-born 48-year-old guilty of conspiring to kill Americans, conspiring to provide material support for terrorists and providing such support. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan imposed the sentence a few minutes after a seemingly unrepentant Abu Ghaith delivered a statement in Arabic, quoting the Koran and declaring that he would not ask for mercy from anyone but God.”
SnyderTalk Comment: Try to imagine the shock on his face when he discovers that the one he calls “god” isn’t, and mercy isn’t in his repertoire.
If he wants mercy, he had better turn to Yahweh and repent—that means turn and go in the other direction.
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Israel Police on Temple Mount is incompetent, Regev says
France’s Hollande confirms death of French hostage in Algeria
Israel says Iran used Parchin military site for testing nuclear detonation technology
Obama urges Iran not to let opportunity pass for nuclear deal
Islamic State advances on Kurdish town in Syria after US-led air strikes
Kurdish forces push back Islamic State in northern Syria
Financial sanctions imposed on Islamist militants
Qatar, a partner in US airstrikes, says Syrian regime main problem
UN backs strong laws against foreign extremist fighters
Netanyahu: Saudi Peace Initiative No Longer Relevant
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Police Ambushed by Muslim Rioters on Temple Mount
Obama: Too Many Israelis Ready to Abandon Peace
‘Israel the Only Place in Middle East Where Christians are Safe’
Watch: Abbas’s Staff Scuffle with UN Security
Steinitz: Iran Conducted Nuclear Experiments at Parchin
Hamas and Fatah Hold ‘Positive’ Talks in Cairo
U.S. Airstrikes Kill Head of Al-Qaeda Splinter Group in Syria
Ya’alon: Hamas Took Advantage of Political Turmoil During War
88 Senators to Kerry: Hand Gaza to the PA
SnyderTalk Comment: Handing Gaza to the PA is only slightly better than handing it to Hamas. It’s nothing to jump for joy about, and it won’t solve any problems.
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For some Turks, Islamic State proves a ‘family-friendly’ draw
With nothing to show, Hamas slouches toward a new conflict
Adjourned Cairo talks set to yield at least a little more quiet
Kerry, Abbas meet in NY to talk Gaza recovery
Surrounded by Islamist brutality, says Tzipi Livni, Israel can’t just ‘huddle into itself’
Livni: It was always clear Palestinian state would not have full sovereignty
Netanyahu: Toppling Hamas would have been unwise
SnyderTalk Comment: I think he is wrong, but he’s the PM.
In peace talks, Indyk describes America’s no-win dilemma
Jihadi relative of Toulouse killer walks free after police bungle
Hezbollah condemns US-led strikes on Islamic State
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Monitor: Air strikes in Syria hit Islamic State-held areas near Turkey
French hostage beheaded in Algeria jihadist video
Syrian minister says US-led strikes going in ‘right direction’
Inside the raid on teens’ killers
Fatah in Gaza Producing New Rockets for Next War with “the Zionist Enemy”
India triumphs in maiden Mars mission, sets record in space race
Australia Terror Suspect Had Passport Canceled
US forecasts more than 550,000 Ebola cases in west Africa
Qatar’s Support of Hamas and Jihadist Forces in the Middle East
Islamic Jihad Says 123 Operatives Killed in Gaza War, Including Several Senior Commanders
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Genesis 31: 17-21
17 Then Jacob arose and put his children and his wives upon camels; 18 and he drove away all his livestock and all his property which he had gathered, his acquired livestock which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac. 19 When Laban had gone to shear his flock, then Rachel stole the household idols that were her father’s. 20 And Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was fleeing. 21 So he fled with all that he had; and he arose and crossed the Euphrates River, and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.
SnyderTalk Comment: Read His Name is Yahweh.
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His Name is Yahweh explains why the Name of God, Yahweh, is so important. It’s available in eBook format and in paperback. It’s also available for free in PDF format.
- God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This [Yahweh] is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.” (Exodus 3: 15)
- “Therefore behold, I am going to make them know—this time I will make them know My power and My might; and they shall know that My name is Yahweh.” (Jeremiah 16: 21)
- “Behold, the days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; and He will reign as king and act wisely and do justice and righteousness in the land. In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely; and this is His name by which He will be called, ‘Yahweh our righteousness.’” (Jeremiah 23: 5-6)
- Yeshua said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.” (John 8: 58)
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Peace in the Middle East: The Facts Tell an Interesting Story
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Blessings in the Book of Revelation is a book that you need to read, especially now. There are blessings throughout the Scriptures but Revelation is the only book in the Bible actually containing a specific blessing for reading it. It’s repeated twice, once at the beginning and again at the end. This is the reason that I believe Revelation should be the first step toward studying biblical prophecy. Though not easy to do, Revelation can be broken down and understood by anyone, not just the academic elite. So, Revelation’s blessings are for everyone. Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
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Other Books by Neil Snyder
- Stand! is a suspense novel that exposes the lies, corruption, and greed underlying the theory that man-made CO2 emissions are responsible for global warming. Professor Wes Carlyle and Karen Sterling, his research collaborator, carefully scan the audience for their would-be attacker—a member of the enviro-gestapo who has been following them for days. Wes spots his man in the back of the room leaning against the wall. Suddenly, another man in the audience steps forward and moves toward Karen at a menacing pace. With a vicious stroke, he swings a billy club at her head. Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
- What Will You Do with the Rest of Your Life? deals with a question that every Christian has to consider: what should I do with my life? Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
- Falsely Accused is a true story about a young woman who was accused of committing a double homicide. It’s about a travesty of justice, and it reveals Yahweh intervening in the life of a believer to rescue her from danger in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Everyone will enjoy the book, but young people in particular need to read it because the mistakes made that led to the problem could have been avoided. They were the kinds of mistakes that young people are prone to make. As they say, forewarned is forearmed. Click here to order the eBook. Click here to order the paperback.
