Bar the Door: In one of his most extreme pronouncements on any issue so far, leading Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for all Muslims to be barred from entering the Unites States until US leaders can “figure out what is going on.”

Saying that Muslim hatred of the US is “beyond comprehension,” Trump went on to say that, “Until we are able to determine and understand this problem and the dangerous threat it poses, our country cannot be the victims of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in jihad, and have no sense of reason or respect for human life.”

His Republican opponents rushed in to condemn what he said. Jeb Bush said Trump is “unhinged.”

Trump’s remarks came only a day after President Obama said in an address to the country that it would be a mistake to define the conflict with terrorism “as a war between America and Islam.”

Homeland: The San Bernardino couple that shot up a holiday office party had been radicalized for a long time and had gone to target practice only days before the attack that killed 14 people, according to the FBI.

David Bowditch, the assistant director in charge of the Los Angeles office said investigators have conducted 400 interviews in an effort to put together a profile of Syed Farook, born in the US, and his Pakistani wife Tashfeen Malik.

Malik had spent 18 months studying the Quran in a conservative Islamic school that is not usually associated with radicalism, but some scholars say it does teach that “Muslims are destined to lead the world.”

The Supremes: In a blow to the NRA and people who love combat weapons, the Court declined to hear the appeal of a case that upheld an assault weapons ban in Highland Park, Ill., just outside Chicago. The city banned assault weapons by their features including a pistol grip, stock style, and magazine capacity. Some weapons were banned by make and model.

The mechanics of a civilian AR-15 (automatic rifle) are much the same as the current military M4 rifle, except the civilian gun fires just one bullet for each pull of the trigger.

The court didn’t give a reason for declining to hear the case, but in a dissent Justice Clarence Thomas defended owners of AR-15s as mostly law-abiding, referring to the weapons as “modern sporting rifles.” Two of those rifles were used in the San Bernardino massacre.

The Climate: The NY Times points out that as the Paris climate talks continue, the world is on the way to doubling the number of gasoline burning automobiles on the road by the year 2030 … nearly two billion cars. Much of the growth will be in China and India.

Burning Issue: Police in the New York borough of Queens believe that a serial arsonist has been at work burning down the oversized homes and construction projects of Bukharian Jews who have been rebuilding old neighborhoods. The Bukharians have been putting up mega-houses to accommodate large families, riling long time residents who say the houses are too big and don’t fit the local architecture.

The Bukharians come mostly from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. They say their enthusiasm for building garish houses, sometimes in a confetti of architectural styles, is partly out of enthusiasm for the freedom they have found in America.

Small Screen: Fox News has handed two week suspensions to two of its freelance commentators for using profanity in reference to President Obama. Ralph Peters and Stacey Dash have been benched for poor choice of words, but not for being idiots.

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