Never again: Victim shoots back in 2nd robbery

 

After being robbed at gunpoint three weeks ago, a Houston, Texas, man resolved not to be the defenseless victim of armed violence again.

So when three armed men tried to stick him up Thursday, he was ready. The man reached into his car, pulled out his own gun and fired back.

According to a KHOU-TV report, the man was smoking a cigarette in front of an office building called the Caroline Collective at about 7 a.m., when witnesses say three men tried to rob him at the curb.

The man then reached into his SUV, pulled out a high-caliber handgun and fired. Two of the suspects were injured, one critically, before wrestling the gun from the victim and then fleeing.

“There were three of them,” an unidentified witness told KHOU-TV. “They apparently had two guns and they were on him in a hurry. And he had the presence of mind to grab his gun and protect himself. I’m really glad he had a gun, because I think he might have been killed today.”

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Top Republican challenges Boehner over Benghazi probe

 

Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., is too diplomatic to name names.

But, when WND asked the 17-term representative if the GOP leadership supported his call for a select committee to investigate the mushrooming Benghazi scandal, he replied, “As of now, no. But I’m hopeful. I think we have now shown enough questions to meet the threshold.”

WND asked Wolf if that meant the scandal had reached a tipping point in his quest.

He said “I think so,” because of dramatic new revelations, including new reports from witnesses.

President Obama may call Benghazi a phony scandal but those revelations make it look like he has the CIA desperately covering up something huge.

Wolf, whose tenure extends back to Ronald Reagan’s 1980 victory, is leading a crusade to get to the bottom of it and he thinks he knows exactly how to do it.

He has given speeches on the House floor for 12 days in a row calling for a select committee to investigate Benghazi, a plan he explained in great detail to WND on June 28. 

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Heated fight: Issa subpoenas Treasury for IRS documents, accuses agency of obstructing probe

A top Republican lawmaker on Friday subpoenaed the Treasury Department for documents pertaining to the IRS targeting scandal, after accusing the head of the tax-collection agency of obstructing congressional investigations.

During a tense hearing on Capitol Hill held shortly before lawmakers headed out for summer recess, acting IRS chief Danny Werfel weathered tough questioning from Republicans including Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

Issa claimed the IRS has been slow to produce documents, and that the documents it does produce are so thoroughly blacked out, they are useless to investigators.

"When you eliminate search terms unilaterally you are obstructing us by limiting the scope of discovery. Do you understand that, Mr. Werfel?" Issa said, complaining that the IRS had narrowed the date range for the requested documents.

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The 10 poorest Cities

Via Billy

The most recent Census has brought into focus some alarming and distressing data that should concern every American.  The ten poorest major cities of the U.S. were pinpointed and identified by the percentage of population below the federal poverty line.  First of all, is it ironic that while we hear so much from the media of how poor Appalachia and the south is, how poverty ridden areas of Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia are, that none of the ten poorest cities are located in the south or southeastern U.S?  

Perhaps the most telling correlation of this data reveals that ALL of the ten poorest cities historically have a Democratic Mayor and going back for decades.  These numbers reflect the ten poorest cities by percentage rank and the political party in power"

1 Detroit, MI  32.5% Democratic since 1961 

2. Buffalo, NY, 29.9% Democratic since 1954

3. Cincinnati, OH 27.8% Democratic since 1984  

 

4.Cleveland, ON 27.0% Dem. since 1989

5. Miami 26.9%, always Dem. 

 

6. St.Louis 26.8% Dem. since 1949 

 

7. El Paso, 26% always

8. Milwaukee 26% Dem. since 1908 

 

9. Philadelphia 25.1% Dem since 1952

10.Newark 24.2% Democratic since 1907

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Gettin' Down the Mountain

Via Teresa

White Guilt

Screw off.

Remember the Days?

Fighter aces who flew for the Axis other than Germans in Europe

Via Daily Timewaster

 

World War II was truly a world-wide conflict, involving many nations around the globe. There were more pilots involved in the air war than just the Americans, British, Russians, Germans and Japanese. This week I want to focus on the air war over Europe. Specifically those fighter aces who flew for the Axis.

Italians, Slovaks, Romanians, Hungarians, Bulgarians, Croatians and Finns all fought side by side with the Germans. Mostly on the Eastern Front against the Russians. The Italians, though their armed forces were viewed with disdain by many, fought valiantly in the air in the East and in the Mediterranean theater. This week, gli altri combattenti, the other combatants in the skies over Europe.

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CQB SitRep

HK and I are currently in the great state of Alabama, prepped for class tomorrow and Sunday. 

In about two weeks, we'll be in Ft. Lauderdale.  On our way out to Idaho, we'll stop for a class in Michigan.  In early October we'll be at Brock's Fall PatCon in North Carolina.  In all cases we are eager to meet as many Patriots as possible so we can all help take this process of Restoring Liberty to the next level.  Meeting one another, shaking hands, training, breaking bread - I have not yet found a better bonding and building medium than being face-to-face.

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Administration changing names of Benghazi survivors

Via Blue