El Paso Shooting.

My first novel that I published has come to life today in El Paso, Texas. Black Friday was about a massacre in a mall on the day after Thanksgiving. Although the novel depicted a terrorist attack, the news media has yet to say whether the suspect or suspects are terrorists or not. Although there are likely rumors swirling, we cannot afford to jump to conclusions at time. We must pray for the victims, their families, the first responders, the doctors, nurses and all who will be assisting the victims and all who have been and will be affected by this senseless tragedy.

     As today's events have been unfolding, ironically I have been working on a prequel to Black Friday. I'm two-thirds of the way done writing the novel. It will also have a twist that will be the literary equivalent of the M. Night Shamalyan move twist. One that will involve a novel that I previously published.

Shooting of GOP Rep this morning.

     It is ironic that a post I made yesterday about the politcal hatred that has divivded  the USA. After reading about a recent performance of Julius Caesar with Donald Trump essentially replacing the title character, I wrote about how the politcal hatred could lead to the shooting of elected officials based on politcal party affiliation.

     Fast forward 15 hours later where a lone gunman opened fire on Republican lawmakers who were attending baseball practice. The lone wolf gunman began his rampage by firing on the security detail who were present.  If there were no security guards this morning then every GOP lawmaker who attending the practice would've been wounded and or killed. It is still being investigated about whether ISIS or some other radical Islamic terror group or even an anti-GOP/anti-Trump element carried this out. It would mark the start of a much deadlier war by Radical Islam or even trigger a politcal war between members of the Democratic and Republican parties.

     If this was in fact ISIS or some other Radical Islamic terror group involved then we must go all out and take their soldiers down putting them out of their misery once and for all.  If it was in fact an Anti-GOP/Anti-Trump element then we need to put out the political civil war before it even begins. If we sllow a political civil war to engulf the USA then our enemies such as ISIS, other Radical Islamic terror groups, Iran, Russia, China and North Korea will seize the opportunity to strike us to take us down once and for all knowing that a divided nation is much easier to conquer than a united one.

Tom

Terrorist Attack at Olympia Shopping Centre/Parallels to My Debut Novel Black Friday.

  At 5:50pm in Munich and 11:50am Eastern, gunfire erupted in the Olympia Shopping Centre in Munich, Germany. This is now the second time this week that a terrorist attack has taken place in Germany. The trend towards increased terrorist attacks in Europe has now continued in the past several months. If nothing is done and fast, nations such as the USA, Canada and Israel will be the next targets in ISIS' plot for a global caliphate.
     There have been claims that ISIS has been on the decline (if you believe that then you must also believe in such luminaries as Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy), then why are their attacks increasing along with reports within the intelligence community that there are at least 100 more plots in the works.  One of these plots could very well be the Rio Olympics that will soon be underway. It could be one that would make the attack at the 1972 Munich Summer games look minute.
     As for comparisons between the Munich Attacks and my first novel Black Friday, here they are. First, the attacks or plots for attacks took place on a Friday Afternoon. Second a mall was the focal point of a plot in both event and novel. Third, the food court was a key area in both today's attack and Black Friday.
     I wrote Black Friday in part so this scenario could be discussed and somethong could be done about it. As I was editing Black Friday, the attack at the Westgate Mall in Kenya took place. With today's attack at the Olympia Shopping Centre in Munich one must wonder will a similar attack occur here and could it be planned for Black Friday. Regardless of this we must do whatever it takes to prevent it from ever happening again whether it be worldwide or even the USA. I would like to close with a saying that one of my college professors Dr. Fabiano taught me back on 1995. History will only repeat itself unless we learn from the mistakes in the past. This theme was a central one for my novel Black Friday. Now we as a nation must learn from our past mistakes or another 9/11, Westgate Mall/Olympia Shopping Centre/Real life version of Black Friday will take place.

My deepest condolences to the victims and their families on this Friday afternoon. My thoughts and prayers are with you. May anyone who reads this post do the very swme thing.

Tom

ISIS armies expand, Orlando Attack & 2016 Presidential Election

[Islamic State expands beyond Iraq-Syria base with ...] http://newsmasterapp.com/article/i6298487445579645444?app_id=1102

ISIS has now expanded it reach well into Africa and Asia when it comes to their armies. This alone does not bode well for the rest of the world. Couple that with the fact that ISIS cells are entrenched in both the USA and Europe and the War on Terror is much, much worse than previously thought.

     Of course this has resulted in the recent attacks in Paris, San Bernardino, Brussels and now Orlando as of ten days ago. The most troubling thing about the Orlando massacre is that it could very well become the opening shots of a much more deadlier dimension in their war against us. We must now brace ourselves for the grave possibility that what happened in Orlando will likely become commonplace not only in the US, but also globally as well. For decades Israelis have been victims of endless suicide bombings by Palestinians. Tragically this and massacres could become a way of life in the United States and non-Islamic nations.  Radical Moslems have gradually seeped their way into pivotal positions in nations such as the US whether it is in law enforcement, political and the like.  I wrote about such a scenario in my last novel Deception. Horrifically Deception could turn very prophetic if we fail to do something immediately.

     That said this ties into the 2016 Presidential Election. It has become the most pivotal election since 1860. Four major candidates ran that year. It would not be unrealistic to see four major presidential candidates when this is all said and done. The GOP is trying to hijack the nomination away from Donald Trump while some elements in the Democratic Party are trying to do the same to Hillary Clinton. With Trump his very controversial views have put many off while reinvigorating a nation who has become so fed up that they feel that Trump represents not only their best hope, but also America's last hope in surviving as a nation. He did what was required delegate wise and yet he may be denied the nomination due to his views. Yet Hillary Clinton could be denied her party's nomination because of an email scandal among things. Yet no one wanted to deny someone a nomination due to having a questionable role in 9/11 and voter tampering in Florida, and another person because of a questionable birth certificate and suspected ties to radical Islam. Just sharing views of various people along the way here to illustrate this post. Imagine if the GOP or Trump are so upset over their party's ultimate nominee or Hillary is indicted over emails and Bernie Sanders is Berned that Joe Biden ends up as the Democratic Nominee. Now that we have four major presidential candidates duking it out in a political free for all for the ages. Houston err America we have a problem. This will shape up as a fall for the ages. If anyone is interested please read Dark Horse by Ralph Reed for a similar presidential election scenario. However it involves 3 candidates and one of them got cheated out of their party's nomination.

Tom

Iran takes ten American sailors hostage.

Iran holding 10 U.S. sailors http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/12/politics/10-u-s-sailors-in-iranian-custody/index.html

For the fifth time in the past 37 years, Iranians have taken Americans hostage.  This time ten members of the United States military were taken hostage when their ships were seized by the Islamic Republic of Iran. The United States and Iran have had an ongoing beef with each other since the Iranians seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979 and proceeded to hold 52 Americans hostage for the next 444 days. This time the latest transgression by Iran has much greater stakes than beforehard. Not only did they kidnap our soldiers, but also have been building a nuclear program to develop nuclear weapons that they will use to attack the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia. If there is anyone who still delusional enough to buy into the Iranian claim that they are using their nuclear program for peaceful means then they must be convinced that 9/11 was an innocent aviational mishap that occurred only as a freak accident.
     If the impending war between Saudi Arabia and Iran was a monunental concern, well this hostage taking must prove that the Iranians are making moves that only one would expect in a chess game.
   The other errie part of this is that an Iran-Saudi Arabia conflict is a storyline out of Fallout. Fallout is the latest novel that I'm presently writing. It's a multi-pronged storyline which includes the Iran Deal gone bad, a Saudi Arabia/Iran/ISIS rivalry to take down one another while racing to see who will strike the USA and Israel first. Meanwhile the politcal and racial tensions in the US may make the nation implode from within instead of externally is the threats aren't stopped before its too late.

Tom

Waiting for the other shoe to drop

Munich train service stopped over possible terror plot http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/31/europe/munich-germany-train-stations/index.html

     On the heels of a terror plot in Rochester, NY; there is a plot for an impending attack in Munich. Two cities, two plots for terrorist attacks for tonight, looks like this is scratching the tip of the iceberg if you ask me. That's two cities that we know of as of right now. God knows how many other plots are out there for tonight. With this in mind, it's no longer a matter of if, but what time tonight and where an attack will take place.
     I have to write this blog post to look out for Americans and other nations who are in the cross hairs of ISIS. Yes there are reports of ISIS losing ground in their own territory, but their operatives are extending their tentacles globally. With ISIS operatives in Western nations and quite possibly Israel, they will likely strike especially should ISIS be on the brink of defeat.
     With the call from ISIS for the Saudis to overthrow their government as well as for attacks to take place in Israel, the reports of ISIS being on the decline is not only premature but irresponsible as well. This alone will likely give many a false sense of hope and feeling secure. Remember the reports of al-Qaeda and the Taliban being on the ropes ten years ago? Do I need to remind everyone what has happened since? With that in mind, the only time that we must ever believe that ISIS is on the ropes is when they are completely eradicated from the Earth. Yes this is very disturbing to many to call for the eradication of a threat, but consider Nazi Germany in its early stages. Imagine if that threat was eradicated in say 1936 the countless lives that would have spared especially the lives of six million people who practiced the Jewish faith and were killed for doing so. ISIS is the modern Nazi Germany. They must be wiped out before we are wiped out.

Tom

Hitting Home

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/12/31/upstate-ny-man-charged-with-plotting-new-years-eve-restaurant-attack-for-isis.html

     Everyone especially those in the Rochester, New York and surrounding areas, the War on Terrorism has hit home. It looks like ISIS was only a day away from making its presence known when one of its members was arrested for plotting to attack a restaurant/club/bar with a machete and kidnapping a random person along the way.

     This development will likely inspire others to carry out what the ISIS punk-scum of the earth attempted to do. This shows that our restaurants/bars/clubs are the new soft targets. I shudder to say this but it is now only a matter of when the aforementioned areas will be attacked. Even Rochester, New York is now in the cross hairs of ISIS. al-Qaeda has had a history of carrying out a terrorist attack in the area where it previously failed to do so (1993 and 2001 World Trade Center attacks) and now its fake breakaway group ISIS will likley try to replicate this infamous track record (Yes I consider al-Qaeda/ISIS/al-Shabaab/Boko Haram to be one and the same in an effort to play us like a very sick game of chess) and Rochester may very well be next on this very sick and disturbing trend.
     This said, I wouldn't be surprised if other cities are in the ISIS crosshairs for tonight. If so and then the incompetence by the agencies that led to 9/11 has taken a much worse turn or something much more graver and sinister as at play here.

Tom