Shared from Zite   Throughout  Operation Protective Edge , Hamas has continuously used the civilian population of Gaza as  human shields . The discovery of a Hamas "urban warfare" manual by IDF forces reveals that Hamas' callous use of the Gazan population was intentional and preplanned. John Hames shared with you:   Captured Hamas Combat Manual Explains Benefits of Human Shields idfblog.com - IDF forces in the Gaza Strip found a Hamas manual on "Urban Warfare," which belonged to the Shuja'iya Brigade of Hamas' military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades. The manual explains how the civilian population can be used against IDF forces and reveals that Hamas knows the IDF is committed to minimizing harm to civilians.

Experimental drug likely saved Ebola patients http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/04/health/experimental-ebola-serum/ John Hames

Officials: Israel, Hamas agree to 3-day truce http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/04/world/mideast-crisis/ John Hames

Pat Robertson on Bobby Jindal: "Wouldn't it be great if we had a president who was a former Hindu from India?" http://www.salon.com/2014/08/04/pat_robertson_on_bobby_jindal_wouldnt_it_be_great_if_we_had_a_president_who_was_a_former_hindu_from_india/ John Hames

In Tennessee and Kansas, Tea Party's Primary Challenges Falling Short http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/05/us/politics/in-tennessee-and-kansas-tea-partys-primary-challenges-falling-short.html?WT.nav=top-news&action=click&module=second-column-region&pgtype=Homepage®ion=top-news&version=HpSumSmallMediaHigh John Hames

7 Primaries You Should Watch This Week http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/04/kansas-senate-2014_n_5647412.html John Hames

GOP Congressman Accuses Democrats Of Waging A 'War On Whites' http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/04/mo-brooks-war-on-whites_n_5647967.html Shared from Politics on Flipboard. Download Flipboard for free here . John Hames

Rick Perry Just Took Another Step Towards Running For President http://www.businessinsider.com/rick-perry-just-took-another-step-towards-running-for-president-2014-8 Shared from Politics on Flipboard. Download Flipboard for free here . John Hames

Obama to go his own way on immigration http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/04/politics/immigration-what-next/ Shared from Politics on Flipboard. Download Flipboard for free here . John Hames

Shared from Zite   This hesitancy may soon end, however, now that a judge has struck down Washington's ban on carrying a pistol publicly. "There is no longer any basis on which this court can conclude that the District of Columbia's total ban on the public carrying of ready-to-use handguns outside the home is constitutional under any level of scrutiny," federal Judge Frederick Scullin Jr. ruled in a decision made public on July 26.  John Hames shared with you:   Here Comes the Next Big Supreme Court Gun-Rights Case mobile.businessweek.com - Here Comes the Next Big Supreme Court Gun-Rights Case By Paul M. Barrett July 29, 2014 5:56 AM EDT

Shared from Zite The surprise weekend ruling left city authorities scrambling, with the police department sending out a notice Monday alerting its officers to the new status quo - Americans with legally registered firearms were now allowed to carry them in the streets of the city.   John Hames shared with you:   American gun lobby declares victory in Washington ruling sunnewsnetwork.ca - Executive Vice President and CEO of the National Rifle Assoc. Wayne LaPierre makes remarks to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Oxon Hill, Maryland, March 6, 2014. Credits: REUTERS/Mike Theiler Available on the App Store .

Shared from Zite   Norris is partnering with the National Rifle Association's Freedom Action Foundation to launch " Trigger the Vote ," a national voter registration drive aimed at electing men and women who support individual liberty and will work to protect the constitutional rights of all Americans. John Hames shared with you:   Chuck Norris Officially Launches His Campaign to Defeat Anti-Gunners conservativetribune.com - Liberals hate guns and gun owners for a number of reasons, but the most important is probably that they don't know, remember, or study history. Throughout modern history, when a tyrannical government wanted to control its people, it has started with confiscating their guns, denying them the ability to fight b

Shared from Zite   This information will be used by the 33-agent unit, founded in 2001, in their work to seize thousands of guns across the state. According to information from the  CA DOJ , the APPS program in 2011 seized 1,209 firearms, 155,731 rounds of ammunition, and two grenades from 723 individuals over the course of 1,011 cases. John Hames shared with you:         California governor signs gun-tracking improvement bill into law guns.com - California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed AB 2300 this week without comment, which will allow the state's firearm and prohibited persons databases to better share information. (Photo credit: Westside Today) Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed a little-publicized bill into law this week that will help cross-reference

Shared from Zite   SUMTER  — The city attorney has told the Sumter City Council it may not be able to ban concealed weapons from city parks. Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2014/08/02/3597948/ag-opinion-may-stop-possible-sumter.html#storylink=cpy John Hames shared with you:   AG opinion may stop possible Sumter park gun ban thestate.com - SUMTER — The city attorney has told the Sumter City Council it may not be able to ban concealed weapons from city parks. The council wanted to discuss the issue after a man with a concealed weapons permit shot and killed a dog not on a leash that he said was aggressive toward him last month in Memorial Park near downtown Sumter.

Shared from Zite   This week, the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit upheld a 2011 Florida law that makes it illegal for doctors to ask parents if they keep a gun in their house — notwithstanding the fact that the presence of such a weapon is,  according to one expert , "43 times more likely to be involved in the death of a member of the household than to be used in self-defence." John Hames shared with you:   Jonathan Kay: America's firearms culture forged by paranoia, racism and civil rights unrest fullcomment.nationalpost.com - This week, the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit upheld a 2011 Florida law that makes it illegal for doctors to ask parents if they keep a gun in their house — notwithstan

Shared from Zite   But some believe a California case could make the high court return to the controversial area and determine whether gun ownership rights extend beyond the corners of one's home. John Hames shared with you:   California battle over concealed-weapon rights could be headed for Supreme Court Fox News - The Supreme Court has turned aside all Second Amendment challenges since a pair of landmark rulings in 2008 and 2009 confirmed the rights of individuals to keep and bear arms. But some believe a California case could make the high court return to the controversial area and determine whether gun ownership rights extend beyond the corners of one's home.

Shared from Zite   It was the first time the court had recognized that individuals have a constitutional right to own firearms for the purpose of self-defense. It was also a drastic shift in the court's view of the Second Amendment, which for decades had been treated as a forgettable footnote John Hames shared with you:   The Courts Advance Concealed Guns Reason Magazine - Smallchief / Wikimedia CommonsGun-control advocates are learning the downside of getting their way. Recently, a federal judge struck down the District of Columbia's ban on the carrying of concealed handguns. Anti-gun forces have been losing in legislatures for a long time. Now they are finding that even where they win, they lose.

Shared from Zite   Obama does not mention that July's unemployment rate ticked up to 6.2%. He does not mention that July's new employment figure was lower than expected. And, of course, he will never recall that this is the fifth straight summer of the 2010 Recovery Summer that turned out to be as invisible as this administration's transparency. Read More At Investor's Business Daily:  http://news.investors.com/politics-andrew-malcolm/080414-711620-obama-new-jobs-numbers-tell-another-tale.htm#ixzz39Si9Gcpq   Follow us:  @IBDinvestors on Twitter  |  InvestorsBusinessDaily on Facebook John Hames shared with you:   Helping President Obama grasp his job numbers news.investors.com - This summer President Obama has attended a bumper crop

Shared from Zite WHAT??  The United States is appalled by today's disgraceful shelling  outside an UNRWA school in Rafah sheltering some 3,000 displaced persons, in which at least ten more Palestinian civilians were tragically killed.  The coordinates of the school, like all UN facilities in Gaza, have been repeatedly communicated to the Israeli Defense Forces.  We once again stress that  Israel must do more to meet its own standards and avoid civilian casualties. John Hames shared with you:   Obama WH BLASTS ISRAEL For Targeting Terrorists Near Civilian Shelter – NO MENTION OF HAMAS thegatewaypundit.com - It is widely believed that Barack Obama is the most anti-Israel president in US history– Now this… The Obama White House criticize