{"id":3380,"date":"2015-11-24T23:14:51","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T03:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=3380"},"modified":"2015-11-24T23:14:51","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T03:14:51","slug":"thanksgiving-cautions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/thanksgiving-cautions\/","title":{"rendered":"THANKSGIVING CAUTIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the classic American holiday looms, so does danger.\u00a0 Today I was speaking at the annual training conference of ITOA, the Illinois Tactical Officers Association.\u00a0 The authorities are acutely aware of serious threats from ISIS of mass murder attacks on American soil.\u00a0 Large gatherings of presumably helpless people\u2026a uniquely American holiday to defile\u2026ISIS sympathizers already inside the United States\u2026and the blatant threat of attack by ISIS itself\u2026the ingredients are all there.<\/p>\n

Travel safe. Travel alert. If at all possible, travel armed.\u00a0 It would not be the best time to be attending large public gatherings.\u00a0 Don\u2019t let a rural setting make you complacent; these people want Americans to believe they are not safe anywhere.\"2015-11-24<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in Chicago, protesters are marching in chilly streets after the announcement that a city police officer has been charged with first degree murder in the controversial cross-racial shooting thirteen months ago of a teenage knife-wielder. Marches in the streets were how the Baltimore riots started.\u00a0 With all the cops tied up in a civil disturbance, terrorists would find the Windy City a particularly inviting target.<\/p>\n

Defy the terrorists and have a great Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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