Refugee Resettlement Watch - Ann Corcoran - Syrians in Cyprus: How These People Operate! - 'Members of the group complained that they expected to stay in hotels in Cyprus – not tents.' [Not too long ago someone could have written this as a satire and people would have said, 'No, it is too outlandish!' Except you would never read such a satire because almost all satirists are on the Left. --tma]

Syrians in Cyprus: How These People Operate!

Syrian and Palestinian refugees in Cyprus say that they are “at a breaking point”.  You might remember hearing about them.  In September, 337 of them were headed – illegally – to Italy when their boat broke down.  The passengers described their ordeal, “We spent days at sea with no food and no water. There were so many people on the boat. We called it the journey of death.”

You would think that they would be grateful for being rescued.  They weren’t.  A passing cruise liner rescued them and took them to the nearest port, in Cyprus.  That’s when the group from Syria threw their first hissy fit.  They refused to get off the ship and demanded that the crew take them to Italy.  It did not matter that there were hundreds of paying passengers on the ship who had to get to their destinations.  They would not relent – until an elite group of Cypriot riot police arrived in force.

Since then the group have been enlightening the public about their financial dealings.  Some paid as much as $8,000 (6,400 euros) each for their first illegal boat rides.  Others, including children, paid $6,000 (4,900 euros).  You would think that perhaps they might have figured out that paying a lot of money to a lawbreaking smuggler is not a good idea.  But about two weeks ago, several from the group gave one of their own around $5,000 (4,000 euros) each after he promised he could get them off Cyprus and into mainland Europe. They had collected the sums from their apparently well-off relatives in Syria and Europe.  The would-be smuggler, however, disappeared along with the money. [I wonder which European country he went to?]

The group – who are staying in tents at a former military camp – are not happy campers.  One member of the group hung himself recently.  Only about 20 agreed to remain in Cyprus.  The rest are still holding out for Europe.

The other day, the group organized a demonstration with signs written in English.  One sign, “We want to live in safe country”.  Another sign goes further “We want the freedom of choose the country in which we want to live”.  (Ah, they must be Soros’ “globalists”!)  One protester complained that they cannot afford the fees to apply for residency in Cyprus.  That’s 70 euros or $85 – small change compared to $8,000 and perhaps an additional $5,000 apiece that these people paid before.  Why don’t they call their relatives again?

Members of the group complained that they expected to stay in hotels in Cyprus – not tents.  ...

http://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2014/12/31/syrians-in-cyprus-how-these-people-operate/

AP / Yahoo News: South African church to evict hundreds of refugees - "help those new to the city integrate into an unforgiving urban environment." [And here I thought South Africa was going to become this wonderful ever more prosperous vibrant Rainbow Nation of love and 'reconciliation,' at least as promised to Whites who voted themselves out of power, with a lot of clueless, and not so clueless, international pressure.]

South African church to evict hundreds of refugees

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The New Year brings an uncertain future for more than 500 people who are being evicted from the Central Methodist Church in downtown Johannesburg, which has been a haven for refugees and homeless for the past 14 years.

Messages of thanks and praise are scrawled onto the church's walls, tributes to Bishop Paul Verryn who opened the house of worship to the needy.

In one of Johannesburg's grittiest blocks, the Methodist church offered shelter to those who fled neighboring Zimbabwe and other troubled African countries, as well as South Africa's own homeless. Verryn believes the church has the responsibility to be more than a place of worship and to help those new to the city integrate into an unforgiving urban environment.

Verryn's policy was controversial as the church became a teeming dormitory. ...

http://news.yahoo.com/south-african-church-evict-hundreds-refugees-121847512.html

Breitbart News (including video): Black Teen Girls Riot in Pittsburgh Monroeville Mall, Force Closure [So I guess teenage girls going wild by keeping their parents up all night having to overhear giggling slumber parties is now considered passe. --tma]

Black Teen Girls Riot in Pittsburgh Mall, Force Closure

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In a brawl apparently instigated using social media, a thousand or more young teen black girls descended on Monroeville Mall outside Pittsburgh Friday night, resulting in the mall being closed as a massive brawl broke out. An investigation is ongoing, including via social media, although no arrests were reportedly made at the time.

Many of the teens used their phones to capture video of the events and that too is now making the rounds via social media. ...

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2014/12/29/black-teen-girls-riot-in-pittsburgh-mall-force-closure/

AP / Yahoo News: Rick Perry: Jobs juggernaut meets 'Governor Oops' [Especially because of his cowboy persona and his representing a 'Red State' (until it too is demographically buried), the MSM will be laying for Perry, who so far has perfectly exemplified 'All hat. No cattle.' --tma]

Rick Perry: Jobs juggernaut meets 'Governor Oops'

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry would like to run for president in 2016 as a proven job-creator who modeled Texas' strong economy in his own political gunslinger image and says he can do the same for the rest of the country.

To do it, he'll have to convince voters to forget about "Oops."

It's the moment when Perry, in the midst of a 2011 presidential debate, was unable to recall the third of three federal agencies he'd promised to shutter, finally muttering "oops." Asked about it in a recent interview with The Associated Press, Perry said, "That's like going back and asking a football player who dropped a pass to win the Super Bowl, 'Did that bother you?' "

As he looks at running a second time for president, Perry, 64, is banking on his record as governor of Texas to move past "oops." It's a strategy that didn't connect in the last campaign, when the governor's jobs record was drowned out by that moment and other gaffes, said Ray Sullivan, a former Perry chief of staff and spokesman for his 2012 campaign. ...

http://news.yahoo.com/rick-perry-jobs-juggernaut-meets-governor-oops-185247201--election.html

Allen West: Quite possibly the most racist article you will ever read

Quite possibly the most racist article you will ever read



Every now and then you come across an article that folks just need to read. This one written by Michael Smith entitled, “Confessions of a Public Defender” and originally posted at American Renaissance on May 9, 2014 is one of those articles.

It is a profound and deeply disturbing piece, which, as we end 2014, we all need to comprehend as we move towards the 50th anniversary of the Great Society initiatives of President Lyndon Baines Johnson.

Smith articulates that which ails the black community — the real discussion we should be having on race, not that of victimhood and the further expansion of the welfare nanny-state.

He begins by saying, “I am a public defender in a large southern metropolitan area. Fewer than ten percent of the people in the area I serve are black but over 90 per cent of my clients are black. The remaining ten percent are mainly Hispanics but there are a few whites.” ...

http://allenbwest.com/2014/12/quite-possibly-racist-article-will-ever-read/

Full article:

http://www.amren.com/features/2014/05/confessions-of-a-public-defender/

New York Post: Arrests plummet 66% with NYPD in virtual work stoppage - " traffic tickets and summonses for minor offenses have dropped off by a staggering 94 percent following the execution of two cops" [Hard to see how anyone will be able "to close the widening rift between cops and the administration," since it is not a matter of a misunderstanding, but a natural outgrowth of the hard-left virulently anti-White views of people like de Blasio, Holder and Obama. Such views can have deadly consequences. --tma]

Arrests plummet 66% with NYPD in virtual work stoppage

It’s not a slowdown — it’s a virtual work stoppage.

NYPD traffic tickets and summonses for minor offenses have dropped off by a staggering 94 percent following the execution of two cops — as officers feel betrayed by the mayor and fear for their safety, The Post has learned.

The dramatic drop comes as Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and Mayor Bill de Blasio plan to hold an emergency summit on Tuesday with the heads of the five police unions to try to close the widening rift between cops and the administration.

The unprecedented meeting is being held at the new Police Academy in Queens at 2 p.m., sources said.

Angry union leaders have ordered drastic measures for their members since the Dec. 20 assassination of two NYPD cops in a patrol car, including that two units respond to every call.

It has helped contribute to a nose dive in low-level policing, with overall arrests down 66 percent for the week starting Dec. 22 compared with the same period in 2013, stats show. ...

http://nypost.com/2014/12/29/arrests-plummet-following-execution-of-two-cops/

New York Daily News: Accused terrorist told comrade suicide bombings against civilians were a 'forgivable sin' like masturbation: feds [Swedish Somali terrorists on trial in Brooklyn. Isn't diversity GRAND?! It's our 'strength,' don't ya know? --tma]

Accused terrorist told comrade suicide bombings against civilians were a 'forgivable sin' like masturbation: feds

Ali Yasin Ahmed faces trial in Brooklyn Federal Court, where he is charged with co-defendants Madhi Hashi and Mohammed Yusuf with providing material support to the Somalia-based militant group al-Shabaab, which has merged with al Qaeda. ...

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/terror-suspect-suicide-bombings-forgivable-sin-article-1.2059337