F-king morons.
From Terri O'Brien, "Whoopsie! Obama Regime Outs CIA Chief in Afghanistan, WaPo Perpetuates Plame Lie."
And from Regular Right Guy, "Top CIA Op Outed in Obama Intel Briefing."
CNN has the video report here, "White House accidentally outs CIA official."
And at the Wall Street Journal, "White House Inadvertently Releases Name of CIA Chief in Afghanistan."
Monday, May 26, 2014
Danish People's Party Wins Nearly 27 Percent of Vote in European Parliament Elections
That's Morten Messerschmidt of the DDP at the clip.
And this is especially interesting for Denmark, which is the quintessential European social welfare state.
And at the Guardian UK, "Far-right takes victory in Danish European elections."
And at Telegraph UK, "EU election 2014: Danish eurosceptic People's Party wins - and calls for alliance with Cameron":
PREVIOUSLY: "UKIP's Political Earthquake," and "National Front Smashes French Establishment in European Parliament Elections."
And this is especially interesting for Denmark, which is the quintessential European social welfare state.
And at the Guardian UK, "Far-right takes victory in Danish European elections."
And at Telegraph UK, "EU election 2014: Danish eurosceptic People's Party wins - and calls for alliance with Cameron":
The eurosceptic wave that swept across the continent engulfed Denmark on Sunday night, as the anti-immigrant Danish People's Party topped the polls at the European election.More.
The DPP, which had campaigned to reclaim border controls and curb benefits to other EU citizens living in Denmark, won 26.7 per cent of the vote – and doubled its number of MEPs from two to four.
The result means that Ukip, France's Front National, and the DPP are the three biggest eurosceptic parties in the European Parliament. But the DPP - like Ukip - has repeatedly distanced itself from Marine Le Pen's FN – and on Sunday night announced that they were seeking an alliance with David Cameron's party.
"We want as much influence as possible in order to pull Europe in another direction, namely in the British direction," said Morten Messerschmidt, the leading DPP candidate. He said Mr Cameron and Mark Rutte, the Dutch prime minister, were potential partners.
PREVIOUSLY: "UKIP's Political Earthquake," and "National Front Smashes French Establishment in European Parliament Elections."
National Front Smashes French Establishment in European Parliament Elections
At the Guardian UK, "Front National wins European parliament elections in France."
And at Telegraph UK, "EU elections 2014: France's Hollande holds crisis talks on record far-Right win":
PREVIOUSLY: "UKIP's Political Earthquake."
And at Telegraph UK, "EU elections 2014: France's Hollande holds crisis talks on record far-Right win":
President François Hollande staged a crisis cabinet meeting at the Elysée Palace this morning as France reeled from the “earthquake” of seeing the far-Right Front National come first in European elections.Hmm, I wonder if these result have implication for the 2014 midterms back in the states? Perhaps there's a desire for "politics by the Americans, for the with the Americans."
The deeply unpopular Mr Hollande scrambled his government to find ways to parry what is the French Socialist Party’s worst score since European elections were first held in 1979.
The president may make a televised statement reacting to the rout that saw Marine Le Pen’s FN come top in a nationwide vote for the first time in its 40-year history. Sunday’s election saw FN clinch almost 25 per cent of the vote, according to IFOP, quadrupling its 2009 score.
Miss Le Pen said it constituted a "massive rejection of the European Union" and a desire for “politics by the French, for the with the French". “They don’t want to be led anymore from outside, to submit to laws,” she insisted.
The FN finished well ahead of the opposition centre-Right UMP of Nicolas Sarkozy, on 20.8 per cent, and which remains deeply split over Europe and appears on course for another bloody leadership battle.
The ruling Socialists mustered less than 14 per cent with the centrist UDI-Modem on 9.9 per cent and the Greens on 8.9 per cent.
This suggests the FN will now have 24 seats in the European Parliament of the 74 allotted to France – up from three in 2009 – leaving the UMP with 20, the Socialists with 13, the centrists with seven and the Greens with six.
While other parties’ main message on Europe appeared ill-defined or even divided, "the Front National was able to mobilise the electorate thanks to a clear line on Europe and immigration”, Joël Gombin, an FN expert, told Le Nouvel Observateur.
PREVIOUSLY: "UKIP's Political Earthquake."
UKIP's Political Earthquake
At Blazing Cat Fur, "'The most extraordinary result in 100 years': Farage hails UKIP triumph as Labour and the Tories are humiliated."
And from Enza Ferreri, at Frontpage Magazine, "‘Earthquake’ in the U.K.":
And from Enza Ferreri, at Frontpage Magazine, "‘Earthquake’ in the U.K.":
“An earthquake” is how the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) described what happened Thursday May 22 when all Britain voted to elect its share of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and various parts of the country voted to elect local councils.Also at London's Daily Mail, "'We're coming for YOU, Red Ed': Farage boasts there is no limit to UKIP's ambitions as he reveals plan to go after Miliband's Doncaster seat in the wake of Euro triumph."
While the results of the Euro Elections were not announced until Sunday to wait for the results of the whole European Union, where some countries voted later, the local election results were known immediately, and were pretty much as Nigel Farage, the UKIP leader, described them: an earthquake. In a country with a three-main-party system (Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats), the UKIP became firmly established as the fourth party. It didn’t gain overall control of any local council, but that doesn’t tell the whole story.
Labour won 338 more councillors than it previously had, the Conservatives were down 231 councillors, the Liberal Democrats took a bashing losing 307, as many as 40 percent of their councillors, and UKIP went from two to an astonishing 163 councillors, turning from a fringe, tiny party into a serious contender for government.
But it was last night, at the European Elections, that UKIP got a real triumph. Not only did it top the polls with more votes than all other parties for the first time in its history, but its victory also marked the first time in which a nationally-held election has not been won by either the Conservative Party or the Labour Party since 1906.
This historical event upsets all the current paradigms of British politics. For a start, it makes it much more difficult to predict future election results, including the 2015 general elections for the British Parliament, the “real” polls that will decide who’s going to govern the UK.
A three-party system is easier to understand and forecast than a four-party one. Without UKIP, Labour might have been cast as the next British government, benefiting from the dissatisfaction from the supposed “cuts” and “austerity” measures that the present coalition of Tories and Lib Dems in government had to enforce to heal at least in part the ruinously irresponsible economy and welfare policies of the past Labour administration. Something similar happened in other parts of Europe, hence the BBC’s headline, “Eurosceptic ‘earthquake’ rocks EU elections,” in reference to the parallel result of Marine Le Pen’s Front National which won a record victory in France.
Back in the UK, the Liberal Democrats were almost wiped out from the European Parliament, being left with just one MEP of the 11 they previously had. This is Catherine Zena Bearder, standing in the South East, the largest region in the UK, where my party, one-year-old Liberty GB, got 2494 votes. These results show a clear shift in public opinion towards a decidedly anti-immigration, anti-European-Union stance. The reaction of the (previously) three main parties and of the liberal media is interesting because it shows that they simply don’t get it.
They cling to justifications, rationalizations, excuses, pedantic nitpicking, like “it hasn’t been an earthquake because UKIP has no control of a single council” or “it’s just a temporary protest vote. They’ll come back to us.”
#UCSB Victim's Father Richard Martinez Bewails Politicians After Sandy Hook - #IslaVistaShooting
Following-up from earlier, "Richard Martinez, Father of #UCSB Student Murdered in #IslaVista Rampage, Blames #NRA for Son's Death."
He's still in shock. Seriously. It's understandable but he looks like a pitiful fool. And it's a travesty that he's being exploited to push the bogus gun control narrative. No one wants to lose their son. I'd be devastated as well. Perhaps he'll become more reasonable as the healing begins. He won't be helped by ghoulish left-wing groups like Mom's Demand Action, that's for sure.
Seen a few minutes ago on Carol Costello's show. She's really pushing the gun control angle, despite the fact that the killer also used knives and his BMW to kill and maim his targets.
He's still in shock. Seriously. It's understandable but he looks like a pitiful fool. And it's a travesty that he's being exploited to push the bogus gun control narrative. No one wants to lose their son. I'd be devastated as well. Perhaps he'll become more reasonable as the healing begins. He won't be helped by ghoulish left-wing groups like Mom's Demand Action, that's for sure.
Seen a few minutes ago on Carol Costello's show. She's really pushing the gun control angle, despite the fact that the killer also used knives and his BMW to kill and maim his targets.
Did Police Miss Chance to Stop Elliott Rodger?
The million dollar question at this point.
See Daily Pundit, "Why Didn’t the Cops and Gun Laws Stop This Whackjob Mass Murderer?":
And at London's Daily Mail, "Santa Barbara police face internal investigation as it's revealed cops had THREE bizarre encounters with Elliot Rodger over the last year but didn't arrest him after finding him 'polite'."
Also, at Newsday, "Cops who checked on Elliott Rodger didn't see YouTube videos," and at the Los Angeles Daily News, "Authorities walk fine line on mental health holds."
FWIW, more at Scallywag, "Are cops to blame for missing Elliot Rodger plot? Found him polite…"
See Daily Pundit, "Why Didn’t the Cops and Gun Laws Stop This Whackjob Mass Murderer?":
The usual suspects are going to be all over various aspects of this case, which screws with several of their narratives. First, half of the murders were committed with a knife – an inconvenient fact for the “confiscate and ban guns and all will be safe” crowd, and second, the cops – the very people who are supposed to protect us from everything once we surrender our firearms – weren’t able to prevent this guy from doing what he did, even when they had multiple “warnings.” (Of course, nobody warned the cops that this guy was planning on committing mass murder – how could they have?)More.
In actuality, this whole thing is a major and deadly argument against all the phony verities the gun grabbers preach, because it demonstrates that yes, it’s not the gun, it’s the guy using it (or using a knife): If somebody wants to kill, they can find a weapon that will work. Also, the cops cannot prevent violence. Police are a reactive force and, even here, when seconds counted, the cops were minutes away...
And at London's Daily Mail, "Santa Barbara police face internal investigation as it's revealed cops had THREE bizarre encounters with Elliot Rodger over the last year but didn't arrest him after finding him 'polite'."
Also, at Newsday, "Cops who checked on Elliott Rodger didn't see YouTube videos," and at the Los Angeles Daily News, "Authorities walk fine line on mental health holds."
FWIW, more at Scallywag, "Are cops to blame for missing Elliot Rodger plot? Found him polite…"
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Elliot Rodger's Parents Rushed to #IslaVista During Murder Rampage — #UCSB
An amazing account, at the Los Angeles Times, "Frantic parents of shooting suspect raced to Isla Vista during rampage":
We'll be seeing lots more details come out soon, as I mentioned previously. Man, this is a major failure of mental health. Expect enormous legal and political repercussions going forward.
Chin Rodger got the call from her son Elliot’s therapist at 9:17 p.m. Friday – 13 minutes before authorities say he opened fire outside a sorority house.Keep reading.
"Have you gotten Elliot’s email?” he said. “I think you should see it.”
Chin opened the email, saw the first few lines of a 137-page screed Elliot wrote and instantly knew something was terribly wrong, said Simon Astaire, a family friend, who is a Hollywood talent agent and media advisor. He provided this account on behalf of the family in an interview with the Los Angeles Times.
Chin Rodger immediately checked Elliot’s YouTube channel, where he had posted bizarre videos about how alienated he felt, particularly from women. On top of the video queue was one called "Elliot Rodger’s Retribution."
“Well, this is my last video, it all has come to this,” he started, speaking coldly and confidently, not his usual timid tone. “Tomorrow is the day of retribution, the day in which I will have my revenge against humanity, against all of you.”
The 22-year-old student at Santa Barbara City College complained about how girls were not attracted to him, throwing themselves at “obnoxious men, instead of me, the supreme gentleman.” After just over two minutes, he said: “On the day of retribution I am going to enter the hottest sorority house of UCSB and I will slaughter every single spoiled, stuck-up blond slut I see inside there.”
Chin Rodger frantically called her ex-husband Peter, a Hollywood director and photographer, who was dining with his wife and two friends.
They decided to race to Isla Vista, the college community outside Santa Barbara where Elliot lived.
Astaire said Chin called either 911 or the sheriff directly, and arranged to meet with authorities when they arrived. As they drove up the 101 Freeway, they heard news of a shooting in Isla Vista on the radio. Elliot is accused of killing six people before taking his own life.
Chin called Elliot’s therapist, who told her it was unrelated. He said Elliot promised retribution the following day, and his nature was to stick to such details. By the time Chin and her ex-husband reached the police station, officers confirmed it was their son, and that he and six others were dead by his hand. Astaire said he didn’t have the words to describe their emotions.
This was the second time in recent months that Elliot’s mother tried to intervene in his life. In April, she saw bizarre videos he had posted on YouTube, though not the menacing ones he posted shortly before the rampage, Astaire said.
She called his therapist, saying she was worried about his well-being. He called a mental health service and they referred it to police, according to Astaire. A half dozen officers showed up at his door on April 30. “I heard a knock on my apartment door,” Rodger wrote in the diatribe he would later send out. “I opened it to see seven police officers asking for me.”
He wrote that “the biggest fear I had ever felt in my life overcame me.” ...
We'll be seeing lots more details come out soon, as I mentioned previously. Man, this is a major failure of mental health. Expect enormous legal and political repercussions going forward.
Charlotte Springer Diversion — #Rule5
Boy, it's been a busy weekend battling back the idiot progs, lol!
So, how's about a little babe blogging?
At Egotastic!, "Thank God It’s Funbags! Charlotte Springer Selfies Are Selfily Sextastic and Ridiculously Bouncy Perfect."
BONUS: More Rule 5 at Pirate's Cove, "Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup," and "If All You See……is a horrible fossil fueled vehicle causing desertification, you might just be a Warmist."
Also at Blackmailers Don't Shoot, "Jennifer Lawrence Targeted by Left Wing Speech Warriors," and "Emilia Clarke Unleashes Dragons on Hollywood Boulevard."
And at EBL, "Germans threaten to break up Google…Over Too Many Tasty Ta-Tas?" and "Paul Ehrlich is back with some tasty predictions! And Bonus Rule 5."
Now at Pitsnipes and Gripes, "Friggn' blogger still will not let me post pics, here is a draft of a yellow fever post I have been waiting for a fix to run thru the funnel..."
At Bob Belvedere's, "How About A Little Breather…", and "#NOAFW – Exclusive: Feminists Attempt To Brainwash Kate Upton."
Also from Daley Gator, "DALEYGATOR DALEYBABE ADELLA PASOS." And Subject to Change, "View From the Top."
That's all for now. I'll try to pick up the pace on the Rule 5 blogging, but these darned murderous progs are keeping me too busy!
So, how's about a little babe blogging?
At Egotastic!, "Thank God It’s Funbags! Charlotte Springer Selfies Are Selfily Sextastic and Ridiculously Bouncy Perfect."
BONUS: More Rule 5 at Pirate's Cove, "Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup," and "If All You See……is a horrible fossil fueled vehicle causing desertification, you might just be a Warmist."
Also at Blackmailers Don't Shoot, "Jennifer Lawrence Targeted by Left Wing Speech Warriors," and "Emilia Clarke Unleashes Dragons on Hollywood Boulevard."
And at EBL, "Germans threaten to break up Google…Over Too Many Tasty Ta-Tas?" and "Paul Ehrlich is back with some tasty predictions! And Bonus Rule 5."
Now at Pitsnipes and Gripes, "Friggn' blogger still will not let me post pics, here is a draft of a yellow fever post I have been waiting for a fix to run thru the funnel..."
At Bob Belvedere's, "How About A Little Breather…", and "#NOAFW – Exclusive: Feminists Attempt To Brainwash Kate Upton."
Also from Daley Gator, "DALEYGATOR DALEYBABE ADELLA PASOS." And Subject to Change, "View From the Top."
That's all for now. I'll try to pick up the pace on the Rule 5 blogging, but these darned murderous progs are keeping me too busy!
Cowardly #MomsDemandAction Attacks CNN's Deborah Feyerick — #IslaVistaShooting
Here's the segment, which I was watching yesterday, "CNN Host Bans All Gun Control Talk After California Mass Shooting Then Gets Schooled by Panelists." (That's the headline cribbed from Raw Story's piece on this.)
Actually, Feyerick didn't get schooled. She was shaking her head at the idiot panelists trying to inject gun control into a debate on mental illness. Feyerick was having none of it, and good on her.
But now the depraved Bloomberg-backed Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is attacking Feyerick in a cowardly Twitter attack campaign.
See here, here, and here.
And Dana Loesch is pushing back:
Be sure to follow Deborah:
Actually, Feyerick didn't get schooled. She was shaking her head at the idiot panelists trying to inject gun control into a debate on mental illness. Feyerick was having none of it, and good on her.
But now the depraved Bloomberg-backed Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is attacking Feyerick in a cowardly Twitter attack campaign.
See here, here, and here.
And Dana Loesch is pushing back:
Bloomberg gun-toter and Monsanto Mom @shannonrwatts / Troughton bullying @DebFeyerickCNN for her refusal to politicize CA tragedy.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 25, 2014
Consider giving @DebFeyerickCNN your support. Bloomberg lobbyists are attacking her because she won’t toe their line.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 25, 2014
Be sure to follow Deborah:
.@DLoesch I watched @DebFeyerickCNN all day yesterday and the coverage was great! #IslaVistaShooting
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) May 25, 2014
Senate's Failed Gun Bill Would Not Have Stopped Santa Barbara Gunman — #UCSB
At Big Government.
Background at the Wall Street Journal, "Sen. Blumenthal Urges Reviving Gun Bill After California Shooting."
The Democrat gun control exploitation is not just stupid. It's evil.
Elliot Rodger bought his guns legally. But he had severe mental illness, and despite multiple warnings and "welfare checks," he fell through the cracks. Until a better system of psychiatric health is in place, more people will die from unstopped left-wing psychos.
But no matter (unsurprisingly), even the vile leftist Tom Boggioni is piling on the lies, "I was the NRA."
Background at the Wall Street Journal, "Sen. Blumenthal Urges Reviving Gun Bill After California Shooting."
The Democrat gun control exploitation is not just stupid. It's evil.
Elliot Rodger bought his guns legally. But he had severe mental illness, and despite multiple warnings and "welfare checks," he fell through the cracks. Until a better system of psychiatric health is in place, more people will die from unstopped left-wing psychos.
But no matter (unsurprisingly), even the vile leftist Tom Boggioni is piling on the lies, "I was the NRA."
Emo-Prog Elliot Rodger Was Fan of #MSNBC's Far-Left Spin-Off Channel 'Young Turks'
Boy, the murderin' leftist fringe is having a terrible time dealing with Hollywood leftist Elliot Rodger's Isla Vista shooting rampage.
My entry yesterday is up to over 100 at the comments of pure desperation, "Spoiled Hollywood Leftist Elliot Rodger Mass Murder in Isla Vista at #UCSB."
Basically, and predictably, the left is jonesin' to portray Rodger as some extreme right-wing white supremacist tea party conserva-libertarian pick-up artist misogynist --- and not necessarily in that order. I mean seriously, leftists are fanatical and delusional about this. The fact is, as I pointed out yesterday, Rodger was marinated in classic Hollywood luxury leftism, and he'd developed the textbook case of clinical psychosis and narcissistic personality disorder. He was an entitled, hate-addled leftist through and through.
But it gets even deeper. It turns out that one of Rodger's favorite YouTube channels belongs to the radical former MSNBC host Cenk Uygur, whose "Young Turks" program broke off from MSNBC in a dispute over Uygur's criticism of the Obama administration from the far left. Basically, "Young Turks" is an MSNBC reject, a spin-off whose followers are "emo progressives" hostile to Democrat accommodation politics at the White House. That is, apparently Rodger, according to his YouTube favorites, didn't think the Obama Democrats were far-left radical enough!
See Gateway Pundit, "Another Leftist Killer ➙ Santa Barbara Shooter Elliot Rodger Was Fan “Young Turks” Channel":
The simple fact is that Elliot Rodger fits no conservative template, and was in fact a classic Hollywood luxury leftist suffering from a sick narcissistic sense of entitlement. The dude needed help, and bad.
More at Expose Liberals, "Elliot Rodger a big fan of far left Young Turks Youtube channel."
And at Twitchy, "Three myths about ‘right-wing lunatic virgin’ Elliot Rodger that the Left wants you to believe."
My entry yesterday is up to over 100 at the comments of pure desperation, "Spoiled Hollywood Leftist Elliot Rodger Mass Murder in Isla Vista at #UCSB."
Basically, and predictably, the left is jonesin' to portray Rodger as some extreme right-wing white supremacist tea party conserva-libertarian pick-up artist misogynist --- and not necessarily in that order. I mean seriously, leftists are fanatical and delusional about this. The fact is, as I pointed out yesterday, Rodger was marinated in classic Hollywood luxury leftism, and he'd developed the textbook case of clinical psychosis and narcissistic personality disorder. He was an entitled, hate-addled leftist through and through.
But it gets even deeper. It turns out that one of Rodger's favorite YouTube channels belongs to the radical former MSNBC host Cenk Uygur, whose "Young Turks" program broke off from MSNBC in a dispute over Uygur's criticism of the Obama administration from the far left. Basically, "Young Turks" is an MSNBC reject, a spin-off whose followers are "emo progressives" hostile to Democrat accommodation politics at the White House. That is, apparently Rodger, according to his YouTube favorites, didn't think the Obama Democrats were far-left radical enough!
See Gateway Pundit, "Another Leftist Killer ➙ Santa Barbara Shooter Elliot Rodger Was Fan “Young Turks” Channel":
Elliot Rodger posted a crazy video before his mass killing spree titled, “Elliot Rodger Retribution”.Rodger's favorites are here. There are no right-wing "Fox News" channels listed.
And, Elliot Rodger was a fan of the far left “Young Turks” YouTube Channel.
The Young Turks was one of his favorited channels.
The Young Turk describes itself as “a young progressive or insurgent member of an institution.”
The host of the channel Cenk Uygur is a far left political activist and former MSNBC host.
The simple fact is that Elliot Rodger fits no conservative template, and was in fact a classic Hollywood luxury leftist suffering from a sick narcissistic sense of entitlement. The dude needed help, and bad.
More at Expose Liberals, "Elliot Rodger a big fan of far left Young Turks Youtube channel."
And at Twitchy, "Three myths about ‘right-wing lunatic virgin’ Elliot Rodger that the Left wants you to believe."
4th Victim Dies in Belgium Jewish Museum Massacre
At Pamela's, "Fourth Victim Dies in Jewish Museum Massacre; Police release CCTV of a suspect in the museum."
Also at Blazing Cat Fur, "Brussels gun attack in Jewish Museum - Police release CCTV footage of gunman."
And at JPost, "Netanyahu: Deadly Belgium attack result of anti-Israel incitement":
Still more at Legal Insurrection.
Also at Blazing Cat Fur, "Brussels gun attack in Jewish Museum - Police release CCTV footage of gunman."
And at JPost, "Netanyahu: Deadly Belgium attack result of anti-Israel incitement":
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the shooting and killing of four people at the Jewish Museum in Brussels on Saturday.Sadly, the predictable result of the global left's campaign on anti-Semitic, anti-Israel annihilationism.
He said he shares in the grief of the families of the victims. "This act of murder is the result of constant incitement against Jews and their state. Slander and lies against the State of Israel continue to be heard on European soil even as the crimes against humanity and acts of murder being perpetrated in our region are systematically ignored. Our response to this hypocrisy is to constantly state the truth, continue a relentless fight against terrorism and build up our strength," the Prime Minister said.
Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman blamed anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli incitement for inspiring the attack. Those who call for a boycott against Israel and those who act against Israel in international forums have contributed to this incitement, Liberman said.
“Recent anti-Semitic incidents in Kansas, Toulouse, and this evening in Brussels, should be a flashing warning signal to all those who cooperate with such incitement by rushing to condemn Israel and by comparing building a home for a Jewish family in the land of Israel with the cruel and murderous terrorist activity of anti-Semites,” Liberman said.
Justice Minister Tzipi Livni said Sunday that "every event against Jews in the world, such as the terror attack in Brussels, shocks us as Israelis - as it should."
Writing on her Facebook page, Livni said, "The essence of Israel's existence is to be a Jewish state in every sense of the word. But Israel is not just a safe place of refuge, we must also, in our values, represent the whole Jewish world."
Still more at Legal Insurrection.
Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown: Elliot Rodger 'Flew Under the Radar...'
It's not a very reassuring assessment, that's for sure.
Remember in the case of James Holmes at the University of Colorado, the suspect was under the care of a psychiatrist, a lot of good that did to prevent the massacre.
So here's this at the Los Angeles Times, "Sheriff defends earlier investigation of Isla Vista shooting suspect."
And watch the interview. Sheriff Brown repeatedly states that the suspect Rodger "convinced" deputies that he wasn't a threat to himself or others. Man, let's just say the system didn't work.
Remember in the case of James Holmes at the University of Colorado, the suspect was under the care of a psychiatrist, a lot of good that did to prevent the massacre.
So here's this at the Los Angeles Times, "Sheriff defends earlier investigation of Isla Vista shooting suspect."
And watch the interview. Sheriff Brown repeatedly states that the suspect Rodger "convinced" deputies that he wasn't a threat to himself or others. Man, let's just say the system didn't work.
Murder in #IslaVista Mars #UCSB's Image
Longtime readers will recall that I took my Ph.D. from UCSB, and I lived in Santa Barbara for seven years. It's paradise. I worked at a downtown Chevron station when my wife and I first moved down there in 1992. European tourists stopping for gas would repeatedly say how lucky we were to have this beautiful view of the oceans and mountains, and the Mediterranean weather, every waking day. And of course, I couldn't disagree. I was so happy to be accepted for grad school in Santa Barbara. We were enchanted.
It was a more innocent time all around. My wife and I were engaged in 1992. We were married in 1994 and our first son was born in 1996. We were starting out as a couple. It was some of the best years of my life. I wish we could have stayed there, but of course I had to find a teaching position. Luckily my job search brought me back to Orange County, where I grew up. When I take my sons down to Laguna Beach I get the feeling of downtown Santa Barbara all over again. That's probably the closest comparison, but still not close enough. In 1992, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors had a slow-growth majority. Big box retail outlets like Home Depot, and even Barnes and Noble, didn't come to the Isla Vista area until almost 2000, when I'd finished my program. With the Santa Ynez Mountains and the valleys beyond, you have idyllic pasture lands and recreation areas that remind you of rural 19th century California. It's something special up there.
In any case, the problems with UCSB's reputation aren't new. I'm sometimes ribbed about receiving my doctorate from a "party school," despite Santa Barbara being ranked among the top ten universities in the sciences, as well as a consistently top-50 ranked national university. The political science program was outstanding, far beyond my expectations, and continues to be ranked among the top in the nation, especially in terms of research output per faculty. But Isla Vista is a whole 'nother world. The Halloween parties are of national notoriety. Riots break out with periodic frequency (like just a month ago). And in 2001 another Hollywood leftist David Attias mowed down and killed four students.
The story of UCSB's marred reputation is a recurring one, picked up today at the Los Angeles Times, "Isla Vista's troubles belie UC Santa Barbara's academic strength":
It was a more innocent time all around. My wife and I were engaged in 1992. We were married in 1994 and our first son was born in 1996. We were starting out as a couple. It was some of the best years of my life. I wish we could have stayed there, but of course I had to find a teaching position. Luckily my job search brought me back to Orange County, where I grew up. When I take my sons down to Laguna Beach I get the feeling of downtown Santa Barbara all over again. That's probably the closest comparison, but still not close enough. In 1992, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors had a slow-growth majority. Big box retail outlets like Home Depot, and even Barnes and Noble, didn't come to the Isla Vista area until almost 2000, when I'd finished my program. With the Santa Ynez Mountains and the valleys beyond, you have idyllic pasture lands and recreation areas that remind you of rural 19th century California. It's something special up there.
In any case, the problems with UCSB's reputation aren't new. I'm sometimes ribbed about receiving my doctorate from a "party school," despite Santa Barbara being ranked among the top ten universities in the sciences, as well as a consistently top-50 ranked national university. The political science program was outstanding, far beyond my expectations, and continues to be ranked among the top in the nation, especially in terms of research output per faculty. But Isla Vista is a whole 'nother world. The Halloween parties are of national notoriety. Riots break out with periodic frequency (like just a month ago). And in 2001 another Hollywood leftist David Attias mowed down and killed four students.
The story of UCSB's marred reputation is a recurring one, picked up today at the Los Angeles Times, "Isla Vista's troubles belie UC Santa Barbara's academic strength":
UC Santa Barbara had a notable double achievement in 2013. The beachside campus placed second in the world for impact in the sciences as scored by the Center for Science and Technology Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Home to five Nobel laureates, it ranked below only MIT and topped such powerhouses as Stanford University, Harvard University and UC Berkeley.Keep reading.
The university also came out high on another list: the Princeton Review rankings of best party schools in the nation. UCSB again came in second, bested only by the University of Iowa.
That image was dramatically reinforced in April when the infamous Deltopia street party turned violent in Isla Vista, the densely populated student residential district adjacent to the campus. More than 100 were arrested, most of them young people from other places.
On Saturday, UCSB students and officials were in mourning and shock after a rampage in Isla Vista that left seven people dead, including the attacker, who was said to be a Santa Barbara City College student.
They also expressed concern that the university's strengthening academic reputation would be tarred by the tragedy — and by Isla Vista's past incidents of chaos and violence, including four deaths in 2001 when a student plowed his car into a crowd.
Nikka Kurland, a third-year economics major who is a student senator and lives in a sorority house close to the scene of the killings, said she and many other students were traumatized and wanted "to find solutions making Isla Vista a safer place."
When choosing a college to attend, Kurland said, UC Santa Barbara's party reputation made her hesitate a bit. But she was swayed by the school's strong economics program and the chance to get involved in many extracurricular activities.
"Yes, we play here, but we work much harder," Kurland said...
Elliot Rodger Wasn't a Misogynist
He was a misanthropist and narcissistic postmodern leftist:
And he killed both men and women, but that's not the meme the left's disgusting exploitation ghouls are pushing, not least of all Jessica Valenti:
Recall at Astute Bloggers, "UCSB SHOOTER, ELLIOT RODGERS: PSYCHO SPEWING POSTMODERNIST CRAP."
And previously, "Spoiled Hollywood Leftist Elliot Rodger Mass Murder in Isla Vista at #UCSB."
Elliot Rodger wasn't a misogynist. He was a pathological narcissist who hated women *and* men. pic.twitter.com/6Phi43W0QL
— Danger & Play Blog (@PlayDangerously) May 25, 2014
And he killed both men and women, but that's not the meme the left's disgusting exploitation ghouls are pushing, not least of all Jessica Valenti:
.@RSMcCain This is why I pre-bunk the leftist blamers, like @JessicaValenti, "Misogyny kills": http://t.co/ObCBayfuwx #RadFem
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) May 25, 2014
.@RSMcCain Notice how @JessicaValenti says focusing on Rodger's sick deranged psychology "only stigmatizes the mentally ill..." WTF?!!
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) May 25, 2014
Recall at Astute Bloggers, "UCSB SHOOTER, ELLIOT RODGERS: PSYCHO SPEWING POSTMODERNIST CRAP."
And previously, "Spoiled Hollywood Leftist Elliot Rodger Mass Murder in Isla Vista at #UCSB."
Saturday, May 24, 2014
'My Twisted World': Excerpts from Elliot Rodger's 140-Page Murder Manifesto
Nice, especially if you'd rather not wade through that 140 pages, at the Blaze, "Six Absolutely Shocking Details from Suspected Santa Barbara Shooter’s 141-Page Manifesto."
And read it at the link, "Three Bodies Pulled from Elliot Rodger's Apartment in #IslaVista."
And read it at the link, "Three Bodies Pulled from Elliot Rodger's Apartment in #IslaVista."
Richard Martinez, Father of #UCSB Student Murdered in #IslaVista Rampage, Blames #NRA for Son's Death
So sorry for this man's loss --- it's really heartbreaking --- but the NRA's not to blame.
At Twitchy, "‘Craven, irresponsible politicians and the NRA’ blamed for Santa Barbara mass shooting."
More at LAT, "Isla Vista shooting suspect targeted sorority, neighbors, strangers."
Much like James Holmes at Aurora, we'll see lots of medical information trickle out over the next few days and weeks on the suspect's psychiatric state. This guy was sick, bad, and should probably have been hospitalized. I'm watching CNN along with my wife, and she mentioned that one of the analysts there suggested that Rodger's parents might have been tired of dealing with their sick child and shipped him out of town to be out of their hair. I certainly wouldn't doubt it. Things look especially bad in that the family knew about the videos and the kid wasn't placed under the care of a psychiatrist. (He did have some treatment, but it clearly wasn't sufficient to prevent this kind of evil rampage.)
ADDED: From Weasel Zippers, "Father of Victim In Santa Barbara Killings Blames ‘Craven Irresponsible Politicians’ and “the NRA” for His Son’s Death":
At Twitchy, "‘Craven, irresponsible politicians and the NRA’ blamed for Santa Barbara mass shooting."
More at LAT, "Isla Vista shooting suspect targeted sorority, neighbors, strangers."
Much like James Holmes at Aurora, we'll see lots of medical information trickle out over the next few days and weeks on the suspect's psychiatric state. This guy was sick, bad, and should probably have been hospitalized. I'm watching CNN along with my wife, and she mentioned that one of the analysts there suggested that Rodger's parents might have been tired of dealing with their sick child and shipped him out of town to be out of their hair. I certainly wouldn't doubt it. Things look especially bad in that the family knew about the videos and the kid wasn't placed under the care of a psychiatrist. (He did have some treatment, but it clearly wasn't sufficient to prevent this kind of evil rampage.)
ADDED: From Weasel Zippers, "Father of Victim In Santa Barbara Killings Blames ‘Craven Irresponsible Politicians’ and “the NRA” for His Son’s Death":
Sigh, this father is overcome by grief, which media immediately exploit. Mr. Martinez, Elliot Rodger killed your son because he wanted to kill people. He is the responsible one for your son’s death.
Three Bodies Pulled from Elliot Rodger's Apartment in #IslaVista
Oh man, this is getting to be a major, major mass murder investigation.
At KEYT Santa Barbara, "Alleged Gunman's Apartment Now a Crime Scene: Three Bodies Pulled From The Capri Complex In Isla Vista":
ADDED: Read it here as well, at London's Daily Mail, "BREAKING NEWS: Three bodies removed from apartment of gunman in California shooting rampage as it's revealed the 22-year-old wrote about his plans to lure victims into his home in 140-page manifesto."
At KEYT Santa Barbara, "Alleged Gunman's Apartment Now a Crime Scene: Three Bodies Pulled From The Capri Complex In Isla Vista":
#UPDATE: We've received a troubling manifesto from suspected shooter Elliot Rodger. Titled "My Twisted World" 140 pgs pic.twitter.com/Z0QxWkMYEA
— Joe Buttitta (@KEYTNC3Joe) May 24, 2014
The Santa Barbara County Coroner's team has established a crime scene at the apartment complex where suspected shooter Elliot Rodger claimed he lived, prior to Friday's mass murders in Isla Vista.I haven't read it yet, but here's the manifesto, "My Twisted World: The Story of Elliot Rodger."
NewsChannel 3 witnessed forensics experts removing three bodies from the Capri apartment complex on the 6500 block of Seville Road Saturday afternoon.
There is no confirmation from authorities whether this latest discovery increases the number of people killed, which stands at seven, including the gunman. The timing is significant based on a more than one hundred page manifesto Rodger allegedly published hours before the killings.
"On the day before the Day of Retribution, I will start the First Phase of my vengeance: Silently killing as many people as I can around Isla Vista by luring them into my apartment through some form of trickery."
ADDED: Read it here as well, at London's Daily Mail, "BREAKING NEWS: Three bodies removed from apartment of gunman in California shooting rampage as it's revealed the 22-year-old wrote about his plans to lure victims into his home in 140-page manifesto."
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