At the Conservative Treehouse, "Riot Prevention – Local County Sheriff’s Office’s Prepare Zimmerman Verdict Riot Plans."
PREVIOUSLY: "Leftist Media Agitating for #TrayvonMartin Race Riots," and "Trayon Martin, Rachel Jeantel, and Critical Race Theory."
Added: At NewsBusters, "Russell Simmons: Guilty or Innocent Zimmerman 'Will Ultimately Be Punished' for Martin's Death." And from Michelle Fields, "Facebook pages for “Riot for Trayvon” and “Kill George Zimmerman” pop up."
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Alyssa Milano Steps Out in New York to Promote 'The Mistresses'
I watched the show last night, a pretty typical soap opera, but I like her.
At London's Daily Mail, "That's bra-ve! Alyssa Milano, 40, goes without support in tight tangerine dress as she promotes new show Mistresses."
At London's Daily Mail, "That's bra-ve! Alyssa Milano, 40, goes without support in tight tangerine dress as she promotes new show Mistresses."
Obama Backers Sign Petition to Repeal the Bill of Rights
The beauty here is that the Bill of Rights can't be repealed --- or at least it can't be repealed without amending the Constitution, technically amending it 10 times, to repeal each one of the first 10 amendments.
But that you could find everyday Americans willing to sign away their most fundamental rights as citizens is utterly astonishing. But that's the way we've become with our state of decrepit civic ignorance in America today.
At the Blaze, "WATCH AND WEEP: HERE’S A VIDEO OF PEOPLE SIGNING A PETITION TO REPEAL THE BILL OF RIGHTS."
Keep in mind, it's not some random fluke that Obama drones would be willing to repeal the Bill of Rights. The left has been working overtime under this administration to strip our most basic rights from the citizenry, from freedom of speech to gun rights to the Fourth Amendment and more. Anything that stands in the way of the left's regressive program of tyranny has got to go.
More from Jeff Goldstein (via Memeorandum).
But that you could find everyday Americans willing to sign away their most fundamental rights as citizens is utterly astonishing. But that's the way we've become with our state of decrepit civic ignorance in America today.
At the Blaze, "WATCH AND WEEP: HERE’S A VIDEO OF PEOPLE SIGNING A PETITION TO REPEAL THE BILL OF RIGHTS."
Keep in mind, it's not some random fluke that Obama drones would be willing to repeal the Bill of Rights. The left has been working overtime under this administration to strip our most basic rights from the citizenry, from freedom of speech to gun rights to the Fourth Amendment and more. Anything that stands in the way of the left's regressive program of tyranny has got to go.
More from Jeff Goldstein (via Memeorandum).
'The forces that elected Barack Obama president, after all, were the same left-wing radicals whom we saw smashing windows in Seattle in 1999 and marching beneath the banners of Marxist organizations during the anti-Iraq War protests...'
That's Robert Stacy McCain, at his essay discussing one of Rand Paul's former aides, who used to be a neo-confederate, "Fight the Fight You’re Fighting":
More at Memeorandum.
Democrats have been so successful at “mainstreaming” left-wing fringe movements that we tend to forget these movements were ever on the fringe. Republicans, meanwhile, are so beholden to notions of bourgeois respectability that they often assist Democrats in denouncing and marginalizing the rightward fringe. This is how we find ourselves with a president whose bestselling memoir was quite probably ghost-written by the unapologetic terrorist Bill Ayers, and who was re-elected by a campaign that smeared the harmless moderate Mitt Romney as a dangerous menace to the common good.Continue reading.
So the Democrats not only never cede an inch of their radical past, but are forever pushing forward with new radicalisms, while Republicans habitually assume the strategic defensive. But should we blame this on the GOP, or blame it on the fringe? Jack Hunter, bless his heart, was trying to speak truth to kookery.
The conservative movement flourished in the wake of the 1964 Goldwater debacle not by purging their own fanatical supporters — some of whom were as kooky as any Paulbot — but by persuading these fanatics to get organized and comport themselves in a manner that could attract mainstream support. The movement that eventually elected Ronald Reagan president and, in doing so, subsequently defeated the Soviet empire, was very pragmatic in its approach to the electoral process and what we might call image management.
More at Memeorandum.
Comments Closed at Althouse
This happened over the weekend.
Ann writes:
Here's a post with a long comment thread that relates, "'A somewhat dismissive response'." And Ann's response, "Instapundit says that what he thinks about what he calls my "advice" is "immaterial" but that it's 'probably pretty good advice'..."
That latter post features nearly 300 comments and is time-stamped at 9:26am on the 7th.
Then, checking the search function for "comments," Ann posts a poll on comments at 6:17pm that evening; a flashback to opening comments at the blog in 2005 at 7:07pm; and an invitation to comment by email to Meade at 7:53pm.
Ann's also ruminating and commiserating publicly in updates.
Reading through some of the comments at the various posts, I saw mention of using comment moderation, but Ann indicates that the Blogger "moderate comments" function is not working for her blog. I switched to Disqus some time ago, so I can't comment on how well comment moderation is working on Blogger. I emailed Ann with some information about Disqus commenting, which works well for a lot of Blogger bloggers, especially the useful service of importing old Blogger comments into the Disqus system. It worked for me, although I don't know with Ann's huge archive of comments that it's worth the risk. Ann loves that archive as a history of a community, and once you switch over to Disqus you might have a hard time switching back to Blogger commenting. I don't know, since I haven't felt like switching back, but it's a dilemma.
But something else occurred to me: Clicking on the "post a comment" link at the blog reveals that "Comments on this blog are restricted to team members." I've never used that function, but basically any commenter at the blog has to be a pre-approved team member of the Althouse community. It's not much different that comment registration at a Wordpress blog, and that raises the possibility for Ann and Meade just to create and solicit a pre-approved Althouse blog commenting community. I hesitate to use the example, but folks may remember that Charles Johnson's Little Green Footballs was one of the top counter-jihad blogs, and putatively conservative. Charles is positively obsessed with controlling his comments. He pre-approved comments though a sort of random lottery where he'd open the commenting system to new registrants for a short time at unannounced intervals. He'd often get dozens --- if not hundreds --- of new commenters who registered, which he called "hatchlings." It was kind of a big deal back in the day, because folks really wanted to be part of the LGF community. Charles would close the registration window and announce how many new members joined. People would constantly be checking the blog, at the least, to see if they could catch the window opening for new commenters. I never did register, because I didn't care about it that much, and besides, when LGF started posting all the aggressive Darwinism/anti-Christian hatred ... well, the idea of joining the community decidedly lost its appeal. And as for LGF today ... no doubt readers are aware of that tragedy.
But still, it's an interesting example. Say Althouse were to open her comments to new registrants periodically, say on the weekend mornings. This could be done by email requests sent to Ann or Meade by interested readers. They'd have to have a Blogger ID and then could be approved to comment at the blog. If at any time those commenters became abusive they could be banned at a moment's notice.
She's going to need to do something like this. A large plurality responding to her poll said that the blog was basically all about the comments. I actually read Althouse more for the content than the comments, but certainly the comments are a major draw for any reader. I'll never forget the Jessica Valenti "breasts" controversy, at which time I found myself reading comments for hours. That was seven years ago. The blogosphere wouldn't be the same without those periodic Althouse blasts of observation that upend sensibilities and rejigger thinking on some important issue or another. And of course, Ann married one of her commenters --- so c'mon, you're going to tell me that a blog that was featured at the New York Times, in a report on the blogress and her suitor, is going to now be without comments, the very feature that has defined what it is to be an Althouse reader? No way.
In any case, I personally expect commenting to open back over there not too long from now, for the reasons that I've outlined above. Ann and Meade need to find the right way to manage it, because the hatred and vitriol online is extremely "mellow-harshing," as I've written about here many times. But bloggers have their own systems. Some don't allow comments and work more as portals to the Internet. Some bloggers are vanity whores where having comments would be impossible since they'd expose the naked emperor. The opposite of that is Ann's blog, which the New York Times situated as a metaphor for a royal court. That's a pretty good one, as Ann's certainly a benign blog monarch who tolerates much in the realm. But of late the commoners have become so rancid as to completely discombobulate the kingdom (or princess-ipality, be that as it may).
In any case, I'll be checking over at Althouse to see how things go. It's going to work out.
UPDATED: Ann writes to say that opening the comments to "team members" would open the front page to everybody, which is a no-can-do situation. Well, I tried.
Ann writes:
There were some great commenters over the years, some of whom were driven away by vicious commenters. I emphasized free speech until I was forced to retrench and make good faith the test. But that was a deletion policy. I (and Meade) can't spend all our time monitoring comments and deleting. Some truly ugly people stooped to active harassment. This is my place, after all, and I can't host an endless party where there are guests who continually abuse my hospitality. I had to close the door.She'll reopen the comments. Althouse isn't a blog that can survive without them. But she's been getting too many trolls and it's been taking too much time to deal with them. There's some background that I haven't completely mastered yet, but the sense is that a lot of Instapundit readers are coming over to Althouse and f-king sh*t up.
Here's a post with a long comment thread that relates, "'A somewhat dismissive response'." And Ann's response, "Instapundit says that what he thinks about what he calls my "advice" is "immaterial" but that it's 'probably pretty good advice'..."
That latter post features nearly 300 comments and is time-stamped at 9:26am on the 7th.
Then, checking the search function for "comments," Ann posts a poll on comments at 6:17pm that evening; a flashback to opening comments at the blog in 2005 at 7:07pm; and an invitation to comment by email to Meade at 7:53pm.
Ann's also ruminating and commiserating publicly in updates.
Reading through some of the comments at the various posts, I saw mention of using comment moderation, but Ann indicates that the Blogger "moderate comments" function is not working for her blog. I switched to Disqus some time ago, so I can't comment on how well comment moderation is working on Blogger. I emailed Ann with some information about Disqus commenting, which works well for a lot of Blogger bloggers, especially the useful service of importing old Blogger comments into the Disqus system. It worked for me, although I don't know with Ann's huge archive of comments that it's worth the risk. Ann loves that archive as a history of a community, and once you switch over to Disqus you might have a hard time switching back to Blogger commenting. I don't know, since I haven't felt like switching back, but it's a dilemma.
But something else occurred to me: Clicking on the "post a comment" link at the blog reveals that "Comments on this blog are restricted to team members." I've never used that function, but basically any commenter at the blog has to be a pre-approved team member of the Althouse community. It's not much different that comment registration at a Wordpress blog, and that raises the possibility for Ann and Meade just to create and solicit a pre-approved Althouse blog commenting community. I hesitate to use the example, but folks may remember that Charles Johnson's Little Green Footballs was one of the top counter-jihad blogs, and putatively conservative. Charles is positively obsessed with controlling his comments. He pre-approved comments though a sort of random lottery where he'd open the commenting system to new registrants for a short time at unannounced intervals. He'd often get dozens --- if not hundreds --- of new commenters who registered, which he called "hatchlings." It was kind of a big deal back in the day, because folks really wanted to be part of the LGF community. Charles would close the registration window and announce how many new members joined. People would constantly be checking the blog, at the least, to see if they could catch the window opening for new commenters. I never did register, because I didn't care about it that much, and besides, when LGF started posting all the aggressive Darwinism/anti-Christian hatred ... well, the idea of joining the community decidedly lost its appeal. And as for LGF today ... no doubt readers are aware of that tragedy.
But still, it's an interesting example. Say Althouse were to open her comments to new registrants periodically, say on the weekend mornings. This could be done by email requests sent to Ann or Meade by interested readers. They'd have to have a Blogger ID and then could be approved to comment at the blog. If at any time those commenters became abusive they could be banned at a moment's notice.
She's going to need to do something like this. A large plurality responding to her poll said that the blog was basically all about the comments. I actually read Althouse more for the content than the comments, but certainly the comments are a major draw for any reader. I'll never forget the Jessica Valenti "breasts" controversy, at which time I found myself reading comments for hours. That was seven years ago. The blogosphere wouldn't be the same without those periodic Althouse blasts of observation that upend sensibilities and rejigger thinking on some important issue or another. And of course, Ann married one of her commenters --- so c'mon, you're going to tell me that a blog that was featured at the New York Times, in a report on the blogress and her suitor, is going to now be without comments, the very feature that has defined what it is to be an Althouse reader? No way.
In any case, I personally expect commenting to open back over there not too long from now, for the reasons that I've outlined above. Ann and Meade need to find the right way to manage it, because the hatred and vitriol online is extremely "mellow-harshing," as I've written about here many times. But bloggers have their own systems. Some don't allow comments and work more as portals to the Internet. Some bloggers are vanity whores where having comments would be impossible since they'd expose the naked emperor. The opposite of that is Ann's blog, which the New York Times situated as a metaphor for a royal court. That's a pretty good one, as Ann's certainly a benign blog monarch who tolerates much in the realm. But of late the commoners have become so rancid as to completely discombobulate the kingdom (or princess-ipality, be that as it may).
In any case, I'll be checking over at Althouse to see how things go. It's going to work out.
UPDATED: Ann writes to say that opening the comments to "team members" would open the front page to everybody, which is a no-can-do situation. Well, I tried.
Egypt Descends Into Chaos
Today's front-page story at the Wall Street Journal, "Dozens Killed in Clash Between Military, Morsi Supporters; Elections Planned" (via the Other McCain).
'We're conservative Americans. When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade, Irish it up with a little Stoli, and then grill a rib-eye while you drink it...'
That's from Kurt Schlichter's Townhall column from March, "Have We Lost America? Hell No!"
Somebody tweeted it out on Twitter last night, and it's a keeper:
Somebody tweeted it out on Twitter last night, and it's a keeper:
It’s glorious.
This is no time to be a pessimist. Americans are natural optimists, and we conservatives have reason to be. The initiative and the momentum are with us in the campaign to take this county back from the liberal elites and their spineless lackeys. We’re going to win, and America is going to rise again.
In fact, I almost feel sorry for our opponents.
Almost.
So X's Exene Cervenka Has an Advice Column — Who Knew?
And she had to leave Los Angeles, it turns out, as she now resides in suburban Orange County.
See the O.C. Weekly, "[Exene Says...] Why Are Parents Too Scared to Be Parents?":
See the O.C. Weekly, "[Exene Says...] Why Are Parents Too Scared to Be Parents?":
The Consequences of Accelerated Modern Life
At Der Spiegel, "Do More, Faster: Acceleration Plagues Modern Society":
Faster! Faster! Even Faster! The phenomenon of acceleration is a defining characteristic of modern life. A new book analyzes how it fuels a constant need for new experiences and a counterintuitive shortage of time.Continue reading.
Steve Ballmer is no Steve Jobs. The CEO of Microsoft is not considered to be much of a philosopher. And yet, for the company's recent developer conference he perceptively wrapped the motto of our time into a pertinent slogan: "Faster! Faster! Faster! Faster!"
Ballmer may have been referring to the development of new products or the creation of ever faster operating systems, but acceleration has also become a universal goal in the modern world. It's more than just a technological phenomenon, argues German sociologist Hartmut Rosa, a professor at the University of Jena. His recently published essay "Beschleunigung und Entfremdung," or "Acceleration and Alienation," posits that acceleration is the core element of modernization and consequently the key concept of our age.
Rosa differentiates between mechanical acceleration, the acceleration of social change and the accelerating pace of daily life. The process of mechanical acceleration began in the 19th century in conjunction with industrialization. In terms of the time it takes to travel across the world, for example, it has effectively shrunk the size of the world to one-sixtieth of its actual size.
Keeping Our Options Open
Today, mechanical acceleration affects the digital sector in particular. But paradoxically, it also goes hand in hand with an acceleration of the pace of life. Even though mechanical acceleration, by shortening the time it takes to complete tasks, was intended to create more available time for the individual, late modern society does not enjoy the luxury of more leisure time, Rosa writes. On the contrary, individuals suffer from a constant time shortage.
The reason for this is our urge "to realize as many options as possible from the infinite palette of possibilities that life presents to us," he says. Living life to the fullest has become the core objective of our time. At the same time, this hunger for new things can never be satisfied: "No matter how fast we become, the proportion of the experiences we have will continuously shrink in the face of those we missed." As a result, more and more people suffer from depression and burnout, according to Rosa.
His definition of social change utilizes a term that originally stems from Marxism: alienation. But Rosa's criticism is not directed against capitalist production conditions (unlike earlier critics of industrial modernity, Rosa's focus is not on labor), but against acceleration as a resulting meta-phenomenon.
Rosa's book shows that this phenomenon deserves at least as much attention as the buzzword "globalization," especially because the continuous acceleration of social change also leads to changes in values, lifestyles and relationships.
Mos Def Guantánamo Hunger Strike Video
Honestly, I don't care.
Hussein the Incompetent promised to close the facility, so it goes on his head.
See the Guardian UK, "Obama urged to halt Ramadan force-feeding at Guantánamo."
Hussein the Incompetent promised to close the facility, so it goes on his head.
See the Guardian UK, "Obama urged to halt Ramadan force-feeding at Guantánamo."
Septic Tank Pervert Caught Peeping on 7-Year-Old Girl in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Another news item on the nihilist Democrat social perversion agenda.
The dude was covered in feces, proving that Democrats will do anything to get to their prey.
At KOTV-6 Tulsa, "Tulsa Man Found Inside Septic Tank Arrested For Peeping Tom."
And at Daily Mail, on Twitter.
The dude was covered in feces, proving that Democrats will do anything to get to their prey.
At KOTV-6 Tulsa, "Tulsa Man Found Inside Septic Tank Arrested For Peeping Tom."
And at Daily Mail, on Twitter.
Septic diving pervert discovered inside park toilet covered in feces http://t.co/DR7ML0hWMz
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) July 9, 2013
Video Shows Passengers Escaping Asiana Airlines Flight 214 at #SFO
Wild.
But for the grace of God go I.
More at the San Francisco Chronicle, "Investigators probe SFO death."
And at the Los Angeles Times, "Probe asks why pilots were slow to speak, act."
But for the grace of God go I.
More at the San Francisco Chronicle, "Investigators probe SFO death."
And at the Los Angeles Times, "Probe asks why pilots were slow to speak, act."
Egypt Braces for More Killings
My first thought at the coup was that Egypt was going to be in for a lot of violence.
Unfortunately, it's indeed turning out that way.
At the Guardian UK, "At least 51 protesters killed in Egypt as army opens fire 'like pouring rain'."
Also, "Egypt braced for more violence after 'massacre' of Morsi supporters."
Unfortunately, it's indeed turning out that way.
At the Guardian UK, "At least 51 protesters killed in Egypt as army opens fire 'like pouring rain'."
Also, "Egypt braced for more violence after 'massacre' of Morsi supporters."
#Angels Get Hot Before the All-Star Break
The Angels were traveling yesterday, but after Sunday's 3-0 victory over the Red Sox, the Halos have won 10 of their last 12 meetings, and in style.
Here's Josh Hamilton's walk-off home run from Saturday night, "Angels rally, defeat Red Sox, 9-7, in extra innings":
RELATED: "It's an emotional roller coaster for Angels' Josh Hamilton."
Here's Josh Hamilton's walk-off home run from Saturday night, "Angels rally, defeat Red Sox, 9-7, in extra innings":
Josh Hamilton’s two-run home run in the 11th inning gave the Angels a 9-7 win over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night at Angel Stadium.Yes, but the Angels also had that spectacular walk-off win on the 4th of July. Here's hoping that they keep playing like over the next few weeks and months.
Hamilton’s walk-off homer against Boston reliever Craig Breslow, following a single by Brad Hawpe, came after the Angels had roared back with four runs in the ninth inning to send the game into extra innings in front of 36,112.
It was the first time the Angels won a game after trailing by four runs or more in the ninth inning since 2005.
RELATED: "It's an emotional roller coaster for Angels' Josh Hamilton."
The New York Times Slams Eliot Spitzer's Political Comeback
See, "Spitzer Redux":
Also at Politico, "Eliot Spitzer's rollicking campaign rollout."
And the Wall Street Journal slams Spitzer as well, "The Spitzer Method."
RELATED: At Egotastic!, "Ashley Dupre to Remind Us of Eliot Spitzer's Biggest Achievement."
There will always be candidates for public office who are ethically compromised, temperamentally unsuitable and politically incompetent, but if they insist on running anyway, who has the right to tell them not to? Campaigns sort out the good public servants from the bad.And see, "As Spitzer Campaigns, Candidates and Voters Weigh In."
That said, Eliot Spitzer’s bid to recycle himself by running for New York City comptroller is unnerving on many levels, and not just because he has suddenly decided to undo the buckles of self-restraint that used to keep disgraced ex-politicians (for soliciting prostitutes, in his case) from re-entering the public sphere. Beyond that, there are Mr. Spitzer’s colossal failures in what he did and didn’t do as governor of New York.
This was the man who built a solid record and shiny reputation as a hard-charging attorney general, then squandered it in 14 months in the governor’s office. He had whipped Wall Street and was going to fix Albany, but left it more broken than when he got there.
When he quit — and who can forget how Mr. Spitzer’s stricken wife stood beside him as he announced that it was all over? — he betrayed not just the voters, but the staff members, agency leaders and employees who had followed him to Albany, or moved over from the attorney general’s office, with the goal of healing the Capitol’s sick culture.
Also at Politico, "Eliot Spitzer's rollicking campaign rollout."
And the Wall Street Journal slams Spitzer as well, "The Spitzer Method."
RELATED: At Egotastic!, "Ashley Dupre to Remind Us of Eliot Spitzer's Biggest Achievement."
Monday, July 8, 2013
Hey, Check Out NTSB's Smokin' Hottie Deborah Hersman
First appointed by President George W. Bush, she's got B.A. and M.A. degrees in Political Science and International Studies from Virginia Tech, via Wikipedia. Hawt!
Plus, at the Los Angeles Times, "Asiana pilots' lack of communication puzzles crash investigators."
Plus, at the Los Angeles Times, "Asiana pilots' lack of communication puzzles crash investigators."
Michelle Malkin on the Left's Civility Bullsh*t in Texas
At great segment:
And see U.S. News and World Report, "Texas Abortion Battle About to Get Nastier."
Awesome @MichelleMalkin clip from earlier today on lefty pro-choice bullies in #Texas. http://t.co/xEO6MmrwvU #ProLife
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) July 9, 2013
And see U.S. News and World Report, "Texas Abortion Battle About to Get Nastier."
John Donnelly, Vietnam Combat Medic, Identifies 9-11 Screamer as George Zimmerman
At Neo-Neocon, "Today in the Zimmerman trial…"
And at Legal Insurrection, "Implosion: Police Testify Trayvon’s Father Originally Denied Son Was Screaming."
Also at Fox News, "Judge rules defense can show Trayvon Martin died with marijuana in his system."
And at Legal Insurrection, "Implosion: Police Testify Trayvon’s Father Originally Denied Son Was Screaming."
Also at Fox News, "Judge rules defense can show Trayvon Martin died with marijuana in his system."
Teresa Heinz Kerry Suffered Grand Mal Seizure
Well, I thought it was sunstroke at first.
At Twitchy, "Report: Teresa Heinz Kerry suffered grand mal seizure."
At Twitchy, "Report: Teresa Heinz Kerry suffered grand mal seizure."
@JammieWF Too much Nantucket sun will do that to you, I guess.
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) July 8, 2013
Wanda Lee Ann Podgurski, Former Amtrak Clerk Convicted of Disability and Insurance Fraud, Nabbed in Mexico Through Twitter Tracking
Hey, they say social media addiction is out of hand, so there you go.
At the Los Angeles Times, "Fugitive tweets taunts to D.A., then gets caught via Twitter trace":
At the Los Angeles Times, "Fugitive tweets taunts to D.A., then gets caught via Twitter trace":
Catch me if you can.
— Wanda podgurski (@wanda_podgurski) June 6, 2013
A former Amtrak clerk who fled after being convicted of disability and insurance fraud in January has been apprehended in Mexico, the San Diego County district attorney's office said Monday.Let that be a warning to all the freak leftist troll rights harassers. Response teams be trackin' you down mf's.
Wanda Lee Ann Podgurski, 60, had taunted authorities after she disappeared, including directing a tweet at D.A. Bonnie Dumanis: "Catch me if you can."
Podgurski was arrested Thursday in Rosarito. Her location was traced through her Twitter account by the Computer and Technology Crime High-Tech Response Team, authorities said.
She is set to be arraigned Monday in San Diego Superior Court on a charge of failing to appear while on bail.
Podgurski, in absentia, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of receiving more than $650,000 in disability and insurance payments after faking injuries.
Tacoma Man Plays Taps Every Night at Sunset, Neighbors Appreciate It
I used to love playing "Taps" when I played trumpet as a kid.
At CBS News, "Nightly 'Taps' makes neighbors take notice."
At CBS News, "Nightly 'Taps' makes neighbors take notice."
Disgraced Eliot Spitzer to Run for New York City Comptroller
Obligatory, at the New York Times, "Spitzer Seeks Ballot for City Comptroller's Race" (via Memeorandum).
And at the New York Post, "Disgraced ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer announces he’s running for city comptroller."
The jokes write themselves. And remember, these are Democrat family values.
And at the New York Post, "Disgraced ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer announces he’s running for city comptroller."
The jokes write themselves. And remember, these are Democrat family values.
Dozens Die in New Egypt Violence
I don't trust official sources on this after my last round of reporting on the deaths in Egypt. Spend some time on Twitter and you'll see conflicting reports, with lots of on-the-ground witnesses saying Morsi supporters are murdering opponents. I'll check around later for more on that.
Meanwhile, at LAT, "Egyptian army clashes with Morsi supporters," and Foreign Policy, "Massacre in Cairo."
Meanwhile, at LAT, "Egyptian army clashes with Morsi supporters," and Foreign Policy, "Massacre in Cairo."
Starting in October, We May See Millions of People Getting #ObamaCare Subsidies Who Don't Legally Qualify
An excellent analysis of this monumental pile of bureaucratic imbecility, at WSJ, "ObamaCare's 'Liar' Subsidies."
The administration can't administer is own administrative cluster-k, so it treats all the legal requirements of the law as merely suggestions. That's Obama's MO on just about everything. Ignore the Congress and use regulation to push socialist policies, and when your won socialist legislation proves completely unworkable --- just like everyone warned in the first place --- then waive the requirements one at a time and hope for the best. WTF!
President Hussein the Incompetent. Winning!
And check back one more time at Yuval Levin's, "Obamacare's Invitation to Fraud." It's all fraud, all the way down.
The administration can't administer is own administrative cluster-k, so it treats all the legal requirements of the law as merely suggestions. That's Obama's MO on just about everything. Ignore the Congress and use regulation to push socialist policies, and when your won socialist legislation proves completely unworkable --- just like everyone warned in the first place --- then waive the requirements one at a time and hope for the best. WTF!
President Hussein the Incompetent. Winning!
And check back one more time at Yuval Levin's, "Obamacare's Invitation to Fraud." It's all fraud, all the way down.
Ivan Lendl Has Daughters?
He does, five of them, in fact.
At the Mellow Jihadi, an interesting piece.
Lendl used to be my favorite back in the late 1980s. We was (somewhat) emotional at Wimbledon yesterday when Murray took the top trophy.
At the Mellow Jihadi, an interesting piece.
Lendl used to be my favorite back in the late 1980s. We was (somewhat) emotional at Wimbledon yesterday when Murray took the top trophy.
Here's the Condor Squadron Flyover at #Angels Stadium on 4th of July
A perfect angle on this clip:
And see all the earlier links here, "#Angels' Walk-Off Win Over #Cardinals on 4th of July."
And see all the earlier links here, "#Angels' Walk-Off Win Over #Cardinals on 4th of July."
George Zimmerman Probably Won't Be Convicted of Murder or Manslaughter
At Althouse, "'Why Zimmerman’s Motion for Acquittal Should Have Been Granted...'"
Clicking through sends you to Legal Insurrection and ABC News.
Meanwhile, at USA Today, "Zimmerman defense witnesses to testify this week."
Clicking through sends you to Legal Insurrection and ABC News.
Meanwhile, at USA Today, "Zimmerman defense witnesses to testify this week."
Taylor Swift Bikini Pics
Actually, she's not a busty babe, but to each his own, as they say.
She's definitely marriage material. Perhaps she's obnoxious as hell and repels men like a pile of manure.
In any case, at London's Daily Mail, "Bikini-clad Taylor Swift spends Independence Day with her 'touring family' at her Rhode Island estate."
She's definitely marriage material. Perhaps she's obnoxious as hell and repels men like a pile of manure.
In any case, at London's Daily Mail, "Bikini-clad Taylor Swift spends Independence Day with her 'touring family' at her Rhode Island estate."
Sunday, July 7, 2013
'Scholars who talk about America’s “civic religion” often don’t appreciate the half of it...'
That's Gordon Wood's first sentence at his New York Review essay from 1997, "Dusting Off the Declaration."
The essay was posted to the front page of the journal's website, for the long Independence Day weekend, no doubt. Wood review's Pauline Maier, American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence. I was in graduate school when that came out and have not read it. I have read Wood's The Radicalism of the American Revolution, however. He's a foremost expert on the period so it's worth reading around, considering both the Maier review and the books.
It's been a great holiday weekend, by the way. My wife has had time off and we were able to take in a game at the ballpark and at few at home together as well.
Happy Freedom, dear readers.
The essay was posted to the front page of the journal's website, for the long Independence Day weekend, no doubt. Wood review's Pauline Maier, American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence. I was in graduate school when that came out and have not read it. I have read Wood's The Radicalism of the American Revolution, however. He's a foremost expert on the period so it's worth reading around, considering both the Maier review and the books.
It's been a great holiday weekend, by the way. My wife has had time off and we were able to take in a game at the ballpark and at few at home together as well.
Happy Freedom, dear readers.
Two Chinese Students Killed in #SFO Crash Were Headed to West Hills Summer Camp
Here's the background at the Wall Street Journal, "Two Dead in San Francisco Plane Crash: Asiana Statement Identifies 16-Year-Old Girls as Killed in Accident."
And at the San Francisco Chronicle, "Official: SF plane crash victim may have been run over."
Oh, that would be freakin' lame.
And at the San Francisco Chronicle, "Official: SF plane crash victim may have been run over."
Oh, that would be freakin' lame.
Autopsy on 2 SFO crash victims expected Monday http://t.co/Ch0XIvmrQC Will determine if 1 was hit, killed by rescue vehicle
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) July 8, 2013
Video Shows Asiana Airlines Crash at #SFO
I'd be saying "Oh my God" too!
Also at the Los Angeles Times, "Asiana jet was well below its target speed before crash, NTSB says."
And at the New York Times, "Pilots Tried to Abort Landing Before Crash, N.T.S.B. Says."
PREVIOUSLY: "The Latest on Asiana Airlines Crash in San Francisco."
Also at the Los Angeles Times, "Asiana jet was well below its target speed before crash, NTSB says."
And at the New York Times, "Pilots Tried to Abort Landing Before Crash, N.T.S.B. Says."
PREVIOUSLY: "The Latest on Asiana Airlines Crash in San Francisco."
Happy Birthday President George W. Bush
President Bush turned 67 yesterday --- and he's greatly missed.
An awesome entry at Twitchy, "George Bush’s birthday present: Higher approval rating than President Obama."
Not at Twitchy, although I RT'd this one yesterday:
An awesome entry at Twitchy, "George Bush’s birthday present: Higher approval rating than President Obama."
Still a good, decent, honorable man. RT @GOP: Happy Birthday to our 43rd President, George W. Bush! pic.twitter.com/r1goc4z2SX
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) July 6, 2013
Not at Twitchy, although I RT'd this one yesterday:
There are NO pictures of Barack Hussein Obama like this one. NONE... #lnyhbt #tcot #tlot #tgdn #gop #teaparty pic.twitter.com/qBeue2eWbg
— Michael A Nöthem (@mikandynothem) July 6, 2013
Not a Looker: Marion Bartoli Takes Beauty Appraisals in Stride
Oh jeez, she's not that bad. If Serena Williams is touted as a hottie, I guess anyone could be. A little makeup and a snazzy French evening gown and Bartolli could be looking hot.
At Sports Illustrated, "BBC apologizes after commentator calls Marion Bartoli ‘not a looker’."
And at the Los Angeles Times, "Marion Bartoli takes high road after sexist remark about her looks":
At Sports Illustrated, "BBC apologizes after commentator calls Marion Bartoli ‘not a looker’."
And at the Los Angeles Times, "Marion Bartoli takes high road after sexist remark about her looks":
Marion Bartoli, a French tennis veteran with the IQ of a genius and recently crowned Wimbledon women's champion, had little to say in the wake of a sexist remark about her looks by way of comparison to Maria Sharapova, a lanky blond from Russia.Also, "Marion Bartoli overpowers Sabine Lisicki for 2013 Wimbledon title."
BBC radio commentator John Inverdale remarked after Bartoli's 6-1, 6-4 victory over Germany's Sabine Lisicki, "Do you think Bartoli’s dad told her when she was little: 'You’re never going to be a looker. You’ll never be a Sharapova, so you have to be scrappy and fight'?"
Bartoli, a first-time winner of a Grand Slam tournament at 28, played it off in a classy way.
"It doesn't matter, honestly," Bartolia said. "I am not blond, yes. That is a fact. Have I dreamt about having a model contract? No. I'm sorry. But have I dreamed about winning Wimbledon? Absolutely, yes."
Inverdale later apologized, saying it was all in fun.
"We poked fun, in a nice way, about how she looks," he said, "but Marion Bartoli is an incredible role model."
That was not lost on Bartoli's father, who helped develop her game as a coach.
"I am not angry," Walter Bartoli said. "She is my beautiful daughter."
Sunday Cartoons
At Flopping Aces, "Sunday Funnies."
And at Randy's Roundtable, "Friday Nite Funnies," and Reaganite Republican, "Reaganite's SUNDAY FUNNIES."
Also at Theo's, "Toon..."
CARTOON CREDIT: William Warren.
RELATED: From Yuval Levin, at National Review, "Obamacare's Invitation to Fraud," and from Avik Roy, at Forbes, "Not Qualified For Obamacare's Subsidies? Just Lie — Govt. To Use ‘Honor System’ Without Verifying Your Eligibility" (via Memeorandum).
Also at Instapundit, "SO IT’S BASICALLY LIKE PIGFORD, ONLY FOR HEALTHCARE: Health insurance marketplaces will not be required to verify consumer claims."
And at Randy's Roundtable, "Friday Nite Funnies," and Reaganite Republican, "Reaganite's SUNDAY FUNNIES."
Also at Theo's, "Toon..."
CARTOON CREDIT: William Warren.
RELATED: From Yuval Levin, at National Review, "Obamacare's Invitation to Fraud," and from Avik Roy, at Forbes, "Not Qualified For Obamacare's Subsidies? Just Lie — Govt. To Use ‘Honor System’ Without Verifying Your Eligibility" (via Memeorandum).
Also at Instapundit, "SO IT’S BASICALLY LIKE PIGFORD, ONLY FOR HEALTHCARE: Health insurance marketplaces will not be required to verify consumer claims."
Costa Mesa Unitarian Church Holds First Homosexual Marriage
At the Daily Pilot, "Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church holds its first same-sex wedding."
Well, it's no surprise -- the Unitarian Church is a freakish cult show that denies the Holy Trinity, and is open to anyone, even so-called godless communists who want to wreak homosexual havoc on the nation.
See this Landover Baptist Forum, "The Proof Is In: Unitarian Universalism is a CULT." And the Unitarian Cult is a breeding ground for Marxist usurpers, at American Thinker, "The Unitarian Church and Obama's Religious Upbringing."
Well, it's no surprise -- the Unitarian Church is a freakish cult show that denies the Holy Trinity, and is open to anyone, even so-called godless communists who want to wreak homosexual havoc on the nation.
See this Landover Baptist Forum, "The Proof Is In: Unitarian Universalism is a CULT." And the Unitarian Cult is a breeding ground for Marxist usurpers, at American Thinker, "The Unitarian Church and Obama's Religious Upbringing."
Andy Murray is First British Mofo to Win #Wimbledon in 77 Years
I got up early to watch this. Six in the morning is a little early, especially after a couple of bourbons last night.
Anyway, at the Telegraph UK, "Andy Murray wins Wimbledon."
I'll post Murray's victory speech when it's up at YouTube. A great guy. Last year he was bawling after his loss. Much more cool this year, and I'm very happy for him.
Added: He's Scottish, actually, but Scotland's still part of Great Britain, so WTF? Folks are sure happy over there, in any case.
Anyway, at the Telegraph UK, "Andy Murray wins Wimbledon."
I'll post Murray's victory speech when it's up at YouTube. A great guy. Last year he was bawling after his loss. Much more cool this year, and I'm very happy for him.
Added: He's Scottish, actually, but Scotland's still part of Great Britain, so WTF? Folks are sure happy over there, in any case.
Who's the Most Kissable Nuts Girl?
Lucy Pinder's topping the rankings, so far, but India Reynolds wants your vote.
Would love your vote :) >>> http://t.co/lvJPQWKD2V pic.twitter.com/cCldhd1jBK
— India Reynolds (@missireynolds) July 4, 2013
San Francisco Hotels Price Gouging After Asiana Airlines Crash #SFO
I saw this last night:
And now this:
That is horrible. Name and shame them! @JimmyOrr @JennaSusko @nbcbayarea
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) July 7, 2013
And now this:
We found some hotels charging $999/room after today's #SFOcrash #weinvestigate @nbcbayarea
— Jenna Susko (@JennaSusko) July 7, 2013
.@JennaSusko uncovers some hotel rooms have raised rates following Saturday's #SFOcrash. http://t.co/NxFNKElcmO #WeInvestigate
— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) July 7, 2013
Hotels near SFO are price-gouging following plane crash that left passengers trended at airport (KTVU graphic) - pic.twitter.com/KNOfiwBptW
— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) July 7, 2013
The Latest on Asiana Airlines Crash in San Francisco
Some links on Twitter:
Today's front page on yesterday's #SFOcrash. Our main story, updated with the latest: http://t.co/NauEROoJh9 pic.twitter.com/0KYKsLYqyg
— SFGate.com (@SFGate) July 7, 2013
INCREDIBLE: Photo of the Asiana jet crash at SFO. #SanFrancisco pic.twitter.com/w8ARohrUAY - @Reuters
— NewsBreaker (@NewsBreaker) July 7, 2013
Today's @latimes A1: "S.F. airport jet crash kills two." With @maevereston and @leeromney: http://t.co/BaBdgWnCGR pic.twitter.com/fARUTchYOe
— Laura J. Nelson (@laura_nelson) July 7, 2013
RT @NTSB: NTSB's Greg Smith with flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder from Asiana 777 in NTSB's DC lab. pic.twitter.com/DhbdmhBZGy
— Kate Mather (@katemather) July 7, 2013
A breakdown of Asiana Airlines Flight 214's approach and crash at the San Francisco airport: pic.twitter.com/FdWNx6zgyS
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) July 7, 2013
S. Korea news agency says 2 victims of crash were Chinese teens; bodies were found on runway. http://t.co/IJn7gr2MAb
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) July 7, 2013
Little-known fact: "Black boxes" aren't black. MT @NTSB Asiana flight recorder (L) and cockpit recorder (R) in lab. pic.twitter.com/7b00j5vreD
— Laura J. Nelson (@laura_nelson) July 7, 2013
Investigation focuses on possible pilot error in crash-landing of S. Korean plane #SFO http://t.co/R9edKcG5Se
— robert lopez (@LAJourno) July 7, 2013
Jason Patrick's Sperm Donor Child-Custody Dispute
Oh, modern scientific progress, the problems it creates.
At LAT, "Jason Patric custody case inspires sperm-donor-rights legislation":
At LAT, "Jason Patric custody case inspires sperm-donor-rights legislation":
SACRAMENTO — A child-custody dispute involving actor Jason Patric has evolved from Hollywood tabloid fodder into a policy battle in the state Legislature that could affect thousands of California parents.Frankly, I'm not that sympathetic here. If you're going to "donate" your sperm to create a child the best recipient would be a wife, no?
Patric, a star of films including "The Lost Boys," donated sperm in 2009 as part of a fertility treatment that resulted in pregnancy for a former girlfriend, Danielle Schreiber.
The actor decided he wanted to help raise the child, Gus, who is now 3, but has been stymied in his attempts to gain partial custody in court. A bill unanimously passed by the state Senate, now pending in the Assembly, would change the law to make such efforts easier.
Under state law, someone who donates sperm through a doctor or sperm bank and who is not married to the woman who conceives is not recognized as the child's natural father. The only exception is if the couple agreed in writing before conception that the donor was to be considered a parent.
Patric had donated the sperm in a doctor-supervised procedure, but he and Schreiber had no such agreement, and the two are no longer together, according to Fred D. Heather, Schreiber's attorney. As a result, a judge denied Patric's claim.
A bill by state Sen. Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo) would allow courts to grant parental rights to sperm donors under broader conditions — for example, if a donor showed that he openly acknowledged the child as his own and received the child into his home.
"In circumstances where you have a sperm donor creating a parenting relationship with a child, someone should not be allowed to take that away from the child," said Hill, who has written other parental-rights laws.
Hill said it is appropriate that the bill is being considered in California, which has more fertility clinics than any state. Parental roles are shifting with family dynamics and technological advances, he noted.
Senator Ted Cruz's Father Compares Barack Obama to Fidel Castro
It's Rafael Cruz, who escaped Cuba's tyranny for the U.S., and now he's slamming our own Communist El Comandante.
At Exposing Liberal Lies, "Ted Cruz’s Father, Rafael Cruz, Delivers Epic Patriotic Speech: “If We Lose Our Freedoms Here, Where Are We Going to Go?”"
Also at the Blaze, "TED CRUZ’S FATHER DELIVERS EPIC SPEECH TOUTING PATRIOTISM AND LAMBASTING OBAMA’S ‘SOCIALIST’ INCLINATIONS."
At Exposing Liberal Lies, "Ted Cruz’s Father, Rafael Cruz, Delivers Epic Patriotic Speech: “If We Lose Our Freedoms Here, Where Are We Going to Go?”"
Also at the Blaze, "TED CRUZ’S FATHER DELIVERS EPIC SPEECH TOUTING PATRIOTISM AND LAMBASTING OBAMA’S ‘SOCIALIST’ INCLINATIONS."
A New Anti-American Axis?
Damn straight.
It's pretty obvious, considering Putin's clear antipathy to President Hussein the Incompent, to say nothing of China's f-u anti-American national security strategy.
Obama's chicken's are coming home to roost.
From Leslie Gelb and Dimitri Simes, at NYT:
Continue reading.
We're going to be seeing a lot more of this kind of actor behavior toward the U.S. for the next few years, since this administration has gravely weakened the U.S. and now our adversaries are taking the picks of the litter of opportunities against us.
It's pretty obvious, considering Putin's clear antipathy to President Hussein the Incompent, to say nothing of China's f-u anti-American national security strategy.
Obama's chicken's are coming home to roost.
From Leslie Gelb and Dimitri Simes, at NYT:
THE flight of the leaker Edward J. Snowden from Hong Kong to Moscow last month would not have been possible without the cooperation of Russia and China. The two countries’ behavior in the Snowden affair demonstrates their growing assertiveness and their willingness to take action at America’s expense.Well, international politics is a bitch sometimes, ain't it?
Beyond their protection of Mr. Snowden, Chinese-Russian policies toward Syria have paralyzed the United Nations Security Council for two years, preventing joint international action. Chinese hacking of American companies and Russia’s cyberattacks against its neighbors have also caused concern in Washington. While Moscow and Beijing have generally supported international efforts to end Iran’s nuclear weapons program, they clearly were not prepared to go as far as Washington was, and any coordinated shift in their approach could instantly gut America’s policy on the issue and endanger its security and energy interests. To punctuate the new potential for cooperation, China is now carrying out its largest ever joint naval exercises — with Russia.
Russia and China appear to have decided that, to better advance their own interests, they need to knock Washington down a peg or two. Neither probably wants to kick off a new cold war, let alone hot conflicts, and their actions in the case of Mr. Snowden show it. China allowed him into Hong Kong, but gently nudged his departure, while Russia, after some provocative rhetoric, seems to have now softened its tone.
Still, both countries are seeking greater diplomatic clout that they apparently reckon they can acquire only by constraining the United States. And in world affairs, there’s no better way to flex one’s muscles than to visibly diminish the strongest power.
Continue reading.
We're going to be seeing a lot more of this kind of actor behavior toward the U.S. for the next few years, since this administration has gravely weakened the U.S. and now our adversaries are taking the picks of the litter of opportunities against us.
Muslim Brotherhood Thugs Throw Teenaged Morsi Supporters Off Rooftop, Killing One
At the Times of Israel, "‘Islamists throw youths off a roof in Egypt’.'
And at the Barracuda Brigade, "Rabid Animals ~ > Brotherhood & Al-Qaeda Toss Egyptians Off Roof Tops in Egypt ~ > Shocking and Graphic Video."
And at the Barracuda Brigade, "Rabid Animals ~ > Brotherhood & Al-Qaeda Toss Egyptians Off Roof Tops in Egypt ~ > Shocking and Graphic Video."
Here's That Clip of Erick Aybar Driving Home Howie Kendrick for 4th of July Walk-Off Win
MLB takes a couple of days to load these videos to YouTube, but here it is.
PREVIOUSLY: "#Angels Beat #Cardinals in Spectacular 6-5 Walk-Off Win on 4th of July," and "More on #Angels' Walk-Off Win Over Cardinals."
PREVIOUSLY: "#Angels Beat #Cardinals in Spectacular 6-5 Walk-Off Win on 4th of July," and "More on #Angels' Walk-Off Win Over Cardinals."
Imagine How Much Better Job Numbers We'd Have If ObamaCare Weren't Encouraging Employers to Hire So Many Part-Time Workers
At WSJ, "Part-Time America":
More at that top link, and see NYT, "Jobs Data Is Strong, but Not Too Strong, Easing Fed Fears."
RELATED: From Ed Driscoll, "Say, How’s that New New Deal Working Out?"
The U.S. labor market may be gaining a little more steam, judging by Friday's June jobs report. Imagine how much better it might do if ObamaCare weren't encouraging employers to hire so many part-time workers.That's what you get when you stick the ObamaCare shiv to the American people. Damned commie Democrats. Freakin' loser ass crackers.
The Labor Department's survey of businesses found 195,000 net new hires in June, 202,000 in the private economy. Payrolls for April and May were also revised upward by a total of 70,000, which means the average for the last three months is about 200,000. That's up from the 182,000 monthly average over the last year.
One positive development is that the number of "long-time" unemployed, those out of work for six months or more, fell again and is down by one million workers over the past year. The dismally low labor participation rate ticked up to 63.5% from 63.4% in May as 177,000 more Americans entered the workforce, though the rate is still below the 63.8% from last June. Average hourly wages climbed a welcome 10 cents and for the first time hit $24.
The disappointments include a big jump of 247,000 in the number of "discouraged workers," those who have stopped looking for a job. This could be a one-month anomaly given the other increases, but it bears watching.
Also disappointing is the big jump in the number of Americans who want to work full time but could only find part-time work. That number leapt to 8.23 million, a 322,000 one-month increase. Total part-time employment rose by 432,000, more than double the total number of net new jobs.
More at that top link, and see NYT, "Jobs Data Is Strong, but Not Too Strong, Easing Fed Fears."
RELATED: From Ed Driscoll, "Say, How’s that New New Deal Working Out?"
Charlotte Springer and Jess Davies!
Hey, it's the Wimbledon finals today, so what the heck?!!
Tennis anyone?
Tennis anyone?
Saturday, July 6, 2013
Liz Cheney Looking to Challenge Mike Enzi for Wyoming Senate
That would be sitting GOP Senator from Wyoming Mike Enzi, but who wouldn't love to see Liz Cheney take the seat?
Well, actually, a few folks at NYT's piece weren't thrilled with the idea, considering Enzi's well liked in the state. But wow, Liz Cheney is the kind of unflinching hawk we need in office these days, a conservative woman with impeccable national security creds.
I saw Hugh Hewitt tweeting earlier, but William Jacobson is on the case, "Run, Liz Cheney, Run."
Well, actually, a few folks at NYT's piece weren't thrilled with the idea, considering Enzi's well liked in the state. But wow, Liz Cheney is the kind of unflinching hawk we need in office these days, a conservative woman with impeccable national security creds.
I saw Hugh Hewitt tweeting earlier, but William Jacobson is on the case, "Run, Liz Cheney, Run."
Jon Kyl set an important example by not running in '12. It helps party and country to retire at the right time. http://t.co/zTQISVx8b5”
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) July 7, 2013
Rachel McDonald on Twitter
A nice lady. Has family in Australia, from what I gather at her media grid.
pic.twitter.com/SdhuR0d8oo
— Rachel McDonald (@Rachel_Model1) July 7, 2013
Update on Boeing 777 Crash at SFO
Here's my earlier entry, "Boeing 777 Crashes at San Francisco Airport (SFO)."
And now at the San Francisco Chronicle, "40 hurt when plane crashes at SFO."
Also, "Airliner crashes at SFO – YouTube and Twitter updates."
Updating:
More: The Wall Street Journal has a huge write-up, "Plane Crashes on Landing in San Francisco: Two People Killed and Dozens Injured; NTSB to Send Investigators to Crash Site."
And now at the San Francisco Chronicle, "40 hurt when plane crashes at SFO."
Also, "Airliner crashes at SFO – YouTube and Twitter updates."
291 passengers and 16 crew people total were on the plane. 2 are dead. 60+ are missing. 130 taken to 9 Bay Area hospitals.
— Will Kane (@WillKane) July 6, 2013
NEW PHOTOS: Thick, black smoke rises from Boeing 777 after it crashed while landing at #SFO: http://t.co/22qyHJI6hi #SFOcrash #Asiana214
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsBayArea) July 6, 2013
Updating:
#SFO crash: Plane seemed to tip, burst into flames. “Everyone was pushing, rushing out,” passenger says. http://t.co/hK0Zf078zL
— Andrew Blankstein (@anblanx) July 7, 2013
More: The Wall Street Journal has a huge write-up, "Plane Crashes on Landing in San Francisco: Two People Killed and Dozens Injured; NTSB to Send Investigators to Crash Site."
Mohamed ElBaradei Named Egyptian Prime Minister — UPDATED!
The Washington Post reports, "ElBaradei named Egyptian prime minister" (via Memeorandum).
UPDATE: Here's the headline now at the same WaPo piece, "ElBaradei’s appointment as Egyptian prime minister rolled back amid dispute."
The irony is that Egypt has just been named the world's Number 2 failed states basket case by none other than ElBaradei himself, at the new Foreign Policy, "'You Can't Eat Sharia'":
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. See FrontPage Magazine, "The Muslim Brotherhood’s Mask: Mohammed El-Baradei."
UPDATE: Here's the headline now at the same WaPo piece, "ElBaradei’s appointment as Egyptian prime minister rolled back amid dispute."
He's not PM. That was soooo 3 hrs ago. RT @Cirincione Appointment of @ElBaradei as interim PM is the best news out of Egypt in a long time.
— Nima Shirazi (@WideAsleepNima) July 6, 2013
The irony is that Egypt has just been named the world's Number 2 failed states basket case by none other than ElBaradei himself, at the new Foreign Policy, "'You Can't Eat Sharia'":
Two years after the revolution that toppled a dictator, Egypt is already a failed state. According to the Failed States Index, in the year before the uprising we ranked No. 45. After Hosni Mubarak fell, we worsened to 31st. I haven't checked recently -- I don't want to get more depressed. But the evidence is all around us.And the truth is, ElBaradei's no moderate. He's an anti-American U.N. bureaucrat shilling for the Muslim Brotherhood.
Today you see an erosion of state authority in Egypt. The state is supposed to provide security and justice; that's the most basic form of statehood. But law and order is disintegrating. In 2012, murders were up 130 percent, robberies 350 percent, and kidnappings 145 percent, according to the Interior Ministry. You see people being lynched in public, while others take pictures of the scene. Mind you, this is the 21st century -- not the French Revolution!
The feeling right now is that there is no state authority to enforce law and order, and therefore everybody thinks that everything is permissible. And that, of course, creates a lot of fear and anxiety.
You can't expect Egypt to have a normal economic life under such circumstances. People are very worried. People who have money are not investing -- neither Egyptians nor foreigners. In a situation where law and order is spotty and you don't see institutions performing their duties, when you don't know what will happen tomorrow, obviously you hold back. As a result, Egypt's foreign reserves have been depleted, the budget deficit will be 12 percent this year, and the pound is being devalued. Roughly a quarter of our youth wake up in the morning and have no jobs to go to. In every area, the economic fundamentals are not there.
Egypt could risk a default on its foreign debt over the next few months, and the government is desperately trying to get a credit line from here and there -- but that's not how to get the economy back to work. You need foreign investment, you need sound economic policies, you need functioning institutions, and you need skilled labor.
So far, however, the Egyptian government has only offered a patchwork vision and ad hoc economic policies, with no steady hand at the helm of the state. The government adopted some austerity measures in December to satisfy certain IMF requirements, only to repeal them by morning. Meanwhile, prices are soaring and the situation is becoming untenable, particularly for the nearly half of Egyptians who live on less than $2 a day.
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. See FrontPage Magazine, "The Muslim Brotherhood’s Mask: Mohammed El-Baradei."
State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki Slammed as 'Unfettered Liar'
Well, by definition you have to be a pathological liar to be even considered for this administration.
At Twitchy, "Fail-boat story gives Drudge editor ‘unfettered’ insight into State Dept. spokeswoman’s ambitions."
Here she is last November, in the company of lying liars and anti-Semites. Classy.
Yeah, this sums it up:
At Twitchy, "Fail-boat story gives Drudge editor ‘unfettered’ insight into State Dept. spokeswoman’s ambitions."
Proof that the media's favorite teen Jen Psaki is priming to take over Carney's podium: She's working on her lying! http://t.co/ELUZZMkI56
— Joseph Curl (@josephcurl) July 6, 2013
Here she is last November, in the company of lying liars and anti-Semites. Classy.
unspoken factor in re-election dominance of redheads on team Obama pic.twitter.com/EynoNfFp
— Jen Psaki (@jrpsaki) November 7, 2012
Yeah, this sums it up:
@jrpsaki You all make us so sick , cheat lie and do anythng you could to win. Win you did but America loses big . Socialist President Obama
— Flagramah (@flagramah) November 7, 2012
Boeing 777 Crashes at San Francisco Airport (SFO)
Man, news is real time on Twitter:
And now over at the Weekly Standard, "Plane Crash at San Francisco Airport."
Added, from BuzzFeed:
Wow. “@Eunner: I just crash landed at SFO. Tail ripped off. Most everyone seems fine. I'm ok. Surreal... — https://t.co/n6FjU2X1bl”
— Dan Frommer (@fromedome) July 6, 2013
And now over at the Weekly Standard, "Plane Crash at San Francisco Airport."
Added, from BuzzFeed:
Photos of the 777 plane at SFO Airport pic.twitter.com/6bYXg2vhEY pic.twitter.com/LU9h9qyV1S (@Brosner85)
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) July 6, 2013
Emily Ratajkowski Rule 5
And she likes beer!
At Egotastic!, "Emily Ratajkowski Flashing Outrageous Hotness in Galore."
Turns out it was Ms. Emily who graced the front of a recent Rule 5 entry. I think I've found a new favorite hottie!
At Egotastic!, "Emily Ratajkowski Flashing Outrageous Hotness in Galore."
Turns out it was Ms. Emily who graced the front of a recent Rule 5 entry. I think I've found a new favorite hottie!
Sarah Silverman Wants to 'Anally Probe' Governor Scott Walker
Pat Dollard has it, "Sarah Silverman on New Wisconsin Abortion Law: ‘I’d Very Much Like to Anally Probe Governor Scott Walker’."
Funny thing is, conservatives are illustrating all these Sarah Silverman posts with Silverman's titillating tits pic, but she's not very hot, actually, at least not at this Egotastic! piece, "Sarah Silverman and Michelle Williams Full Frontal Nekkid in ‘Take This Waltz’."
More at Twitchy, "Sarah Silverman would like to anally probe Gov. Scott Walker."
I'd very much like to anally probe @govwalker each time he needs to make an "informed decision" http://t.co/oAcUsGd3eb
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) July 5, 2013
Funny thing is, conservatives are illustrating all these Sarah Silverman posts with Silverman's titillating tits pic, but she's not very hot, actually, at least not at this Egotastic! piece, "Sarah Silverman and Michelle Williams Full Frontal Nekkid in ‘Take This Waltz’."
More at Twitchy, "Sarah Silverman would like to anally probe Gov. Scott Walker."
State Department Retracts Denial of John Kerry Yachting During Egypt Crisis
Twitchy was on this story for an entire weekend before MSM outlets got up to speed, and there's more here, "‘Ketchup in the Rye’: Kerry’s failboat folly leads to hilarious #JohnKerryYachtNames hashtag."
Plus, from Katie Pavlich, at Townhall, "Busted: Secretary of State John Kerry Was Boating While Egypt Fell Apart."
Plus, from Katie Pavlich, at Townhall, "Busted: Secretary of State John Kerry Was Boating While Egypt Fell Apart."
Obama: Still Wrong on Egypt, and the World
From Walter Russell Mead, "Still Wrong About Egypt — and Wrong About the World."
Commenting on the president's anodyne and vapid statement on Egypt, Mead writes:
Commenting on the president's anodyne and vapid statement on Egypt, Mead writes:
Concludes President Obama:
No transition to democracy comes without difficulty, but in the end it must stay true to the will of the people. An honest, capable and representative government is what ordinary Egyptians seek and what they deserve. The longstanding partnership between the United States and Egypt is based on shared interests and values, and we will continue to work with the Egyptian people to ensure that Egypt’s transition to democracy succeeds.One hopes the President understands what drivel this is. It is not at all clear that Egypt is in the midst of a transition to democracy. It is in the midst of a crisis of authority and has been wallowing for some time in a damaging crisis of governance, but is Egypt really in a transition to democracy? And is democracy really what “ordinary” Egyptians want?
Right now one suspects that most Egyptians fear that the country could be in a transition to anarchy, and that what ordinary Egyptians (who are extremely poor by US standards and earn their bread by the sweat of their brow with very little cushion against illness or a bad day at the market) want most of all right now is security. They aren’t fretting so much about when they will have a government more like Norway’s as they are terrified that their country is sliding in the direction of Libya, Syria or Iraq.
As is often the case, Washington policymakers seem to be paying too much attention to the glibbest of political scientists and the vaporings of the Davoisie. Egypt has none of the signs that would lead historians to think democracy is just around the corner. Mubarak was not Franco, and Egypt is not Spain. What’s happening in Egypt isn’t the robust flowering of a civil society so dynamic and so democratic that it can no longer be held back by dictatorial power.
Virtually every policeman and government official in the country takes bribes. Most journalists have lied for pay or worked comfortably within the confines of a heavily censored press all their careers. The Interior Ministry has files, often stuffed with incriminating or humiliating information about most of the political class. The legal system bowed like a reed before the wind of the Mubarak government’s will, and nothing about the character of its members has changed. The business class serves the political powers; the Copts by and large will bow to the will of any authority willing to protect them.
And Americans should not deceive themselves. While some of Morsi’s failure was the result of overreaching and dumb choices on his part, he faced a capital strike and an intense campaign of passive resistance by a government and business establishment backed by an army in bed with both groups. Their strategy was to bring Morsi down by sabotaging the economy, frustrating his policies and isolating his appointees. Although Egypt’s liberals supported the effort out of fear of the Islamists, the strategy had nothing to do with a transition to democracy, and it worked.
This is not to say that Morsi or his movement had a viable alternative policy or governance model for Egypt. They didn’t. The Muslim Brotherhood had no clue how Egypt could be governed, and a combination of incompetence, corruption, factionalism and religious dogmatism began to wreck Morsi’s government from Day One.
If American policy toward Egypt is based on the assumption that Egypt is having a “messy transition” to democracy and that we must shepherd the poor dears to the broad sunny uplands, encouraging when they do well, chiding when they misstep, Washington will keep looking foolish and our influence will continue to fade. If that is the approach our foolishness compels us to take, look for more cases in which American good intentions just make us more hated—not because we are wicked, but because we are clueless.
Islamists Learn: Governing Is Hard
A good piece, at the New York Times, "For Islamists, Dire Lessons on Politics and Power":
See also, Ashraf Khalil, at Foreign Affairs, "The Irony of Tahrir Square."
CAIRO — Sheik Mohamed Abu Sidra had watched in exasperation for months as President Mohamed Morsi and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood bounced from one debilitating political battle to another.Well, nobody's coming out roses so far. If folks aren't careful we'll be seeing Damascus on the Nile before too long.
“The Brotherhood went too fast, they tried to take too much,” Sheik Abu Sidra, an influential ultraconservative Islamist in Benghazi, Libya, said Thursday, a day after the Egyptian military deposed and detained Mr. Morsi and began arresting his Brotherhood allies.
But at the same time, Sheik Abu Sidra said, Mr. Morsi’s overthrow had made it far more difficult for him to persuade Benghazi’s Islamist militias to put down their weapons and trust in democracy.
“Do you think I can sell that to the people anymore?” he asked. “I have been saying all along, ‘If you want to build Shariah law, come to elections.’ Now they will just say, ‘Look at Egypt,’ and you don’t need to say anything else.”
From Benghazi to Abu Dhabi, Islamists are drawing lessons from Mr. Morsi’s ouster that could shape political Islam for a generation. For some, it demonstrated the futility of democracy in a world dominated by Western powers and their client states. But others, acknowledging that the takeover accompanied a broad popular backlash, also faulted the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood for reaching too fast for so many levers of power.
The Brotherhood’s fall is the greatest in an array of setbacks that have halted the once seemingly unstoppable march of political Islam. As they have moved from opposition to establishment, Islamist parties in Turkey, Tunisia and now Egypt have all been caught up in crises over the secular practicalities of governing like power sharing, urban planning, public security or even keeping the lights on.
Brotherhood leaders — the few who have not been arrested or dropped out of sight — have little doubt about the source of their problems. They say that the Egyptian security forces and bureaucracy conspired to sabotage their rule, and that the generals seized on the chance to topple the Morsi government under the cover of popular anger at the dysfunction of the state.
Their account strikes a chord with fellow Islamists around the region who are all too familiar with the historic turning points when, they say, military crackdowns stole their imminent democratic victories: Egypt under Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1954; Algeria in 1991; and the Palestinian territories in 2006.
“The message will resonate throughout the Muslim world loud and clear: democracy is not for Muslims,” Essam el-Haddad, Mr. Morsi’s foreign policy adviser, warned on his official Web site shortly before the military detained him and cut off all his communication. The overthrow of an elected Islamist government in Egypt, the symbolic heart of the Arab world, Mr. Haddad wrote, would fuel more violent terrorism than the Western wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
And he took aim at Western critics of the Islamists. “The silence of all of those voices with an impending military coup is hypocritical,” Mr. Haddad wrote, “and that hypocrisy will not be lost on a large swath of Egyptians, Arabs and Muslims.”
See also, Ashraf Khalil, at Foreign Affairs, "The Irony of Tahrir Square."
Prosecution Rests in George Zimmerman Trial
At the Wall Street Journal, "Prosecution Rests Its Case in Zimmerman Murder Trial":
And at Legal Insurrection, "Zimmerman Trial Day 9 — Families Feud Over Scream Identification."
SANFORD, Fla.—Prosecutors in the George Zimmerman murder trial rested their case Friday, after spending two weeks depicting the defendant as an aggressive vigilante who pursued 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and provoked their deadly altercation.More at that top link.
Among the final witnesses called by the prosecution was Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Mr. Martin, whom Mr. Zimmerman shot and killed in a gated community here last year. Dressed in a dark suit and looking stoic, she identified the screams heard in the background of a 911 call as her son's.
When a defense lawyer questioned whether she could be sure during cross-examination, she replied firmly, "I heard my son screaming."
Drawing on the testimony of 39 witnesses over nine days, attorneys for the state argued that on the night of their encounter, Mr. Zimmerman profiled Mr. Martin as a criminal, then pursued and riled him.
Mr. Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and told police he was attacked by Mr. Martin and fired at him in self-defense.
Some testimony bolstered the prosecutors' case. One of their key witnesses—a friend of Mr. Martin's who was on the phone with him moments before he was killed—consistently maintained that Mr. Martin was being pursued by Mr. Zimmerman, despite enduring a long, withering cross-examination.
A medical examiner testified that Mr. Zimmerman's injuries—including a bloody nose and lacerations—were "very insignificant," undercutting the defendant's contention that Mr. Martin repeatedly bashed Mr. Zimmerman's head against a concrete walkway. Meanwhile, a different medical examiner who conducted the autopsy on Mr. Martin's body said the teen had no wounds on his hands other than minor abrasions on two fingers.
And a police investigator said Mr. Zimmerman's comments in a phone call to police the night of the incident—including the phrase "f— punks," referring to alleged troublemakers in the neighborhood—showed ill will, a necessary element to prove second-degree murder.
Yet in numerous instances, witnesses for the state offered testimony that could end up benefiting the defense, leaving some legal analysts to question whether the state had met its burden for proving his guilt. One neighbor who had one of the clearest views of the confrontation said Mr. Martin was straddling Mr. Zimmerman on the ground and appeared to be pummeling him.
And at Legal Insurrection, "Zimmerman Trial Day 9 — Families Feud Over Scream Identification."
Trayon Martin, Rachel Jeantel, and Critical Race Theory
From Colin Flaherty:
Via Alan Caruba.
RELATED: At London's Daily Mail, "Police in town where Trayvon Martin was killed prepare for possible riots- in Florida and across the COUNTRY- if George Zimmerman is acquitted."
Shoot, cities around the country should prepare for riots. It's gonna be like the Rodney King trial.
Twitter was alive with hundreds of people talking about how more White People should learn Critical Race Theory to understand Jeantel. And their own racism.More at that top link.
Derrick Bell may have invented Critical Race Theory. But Glenn Singleton is the Pied Piper spreading it through schools. What we call achievement, he calls White Privilege.
What we call dim witted and angry — as we saw on the witness stand from Jeantel — Singleton would say is a nothing more than the different learning and communication style of black people: “Non-verbal. Personal. Emotional. Process Oriented.”
This is opposed to “White Talk: Verbal. Impersonal. Intellectual. Task-oriented.”
Glenn Singleton is not just an obscure academic theoretician casting pearls before undergrad sociology students. He trains teachers at hundreds of school districts around the country in how to bring Critical Race Theory into the classroom so they can “overcome the deeply embedded institutional racism” that is the only reason for the achievement gap between black and white students.
Critical Race explains it all: More blacks in prison? Racist cops. Black unemployment? Racist employers. Black drug use? Racist cops ignore white drug users. Black health, black crime, black poverty? Racism. Racism. Racism.
Via Alan Caruba.
RELATED: At London's Daily Mail, "Police in town where Trayvon Martin was killed prepare for possible riots- in Florida and across the COUNTRY- if George Zimmerman is acquitted."
Shoot, cities around the country should prepare for riots. It's gonna be like the Rodney King trial.
Fourth of July Accident: Investigation Under Way in Simi Valley Fireworks Explosion
Check the link for the video.
And at the Los Angeles Times, "Police probe fireworks accident; 36 treated at hospitals."
FIREWORKS UPDATE: 36 people were injured in Simi Valley Fourth of July accident http://t.co/73P02R7uVA
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) July 5, 2013
And at the Los Angeles Times, "Police probe fireworks accident; 36 treated at hospitals."
Friday, July 5, 2013
#Snowden Offered Asylum by Venezuela and Nicaragua
At Telegraph UK, "Venezuela and Nicaragua offer Edward Snowden asylum."
And at the Los Angeles Times:
And on Twitter, folks giving Snowden advice: take lots of toilet paper.
And at the Los Angeles Times:
Venezuela, Nicaragua open their doors to NSA leaker Snowden http://t.co/goIgSInvOs
— L.A. Times World (@latimesworld) July 6, 2013
And on Twitter, folks giving Snowden advice: take lots of toilet paper.
Morsi's Ouster Fuels Debate About U.S. Middle East Policy
Actually, we've been having a debate on Middle East policy since this presidential amateur took office.
At the Los Angeles Times, "Morsi's ouster fuels debate on U.S. policy on the Mideast":
At the Los Angeles Times, "Morsi's ouster fuels debate on U.S. policy on the Mideast":
Egyptians smarter than Americans Re OBAMA pic.twitter.com/pqOIyjrxfQ
— LeahR (@LeahR77) July 2, 2013
WASHINGTON — The military overthrow of the democratically elected government in Egypt, for decades America's most important Arab ally, has rekindled a fierce debate about whether the Obama administration's Mideast policy has been too passive and ineffective.More at the link.
President Obama declared that U.S. allegiance was to "democratic principles" after Egypt's military ousted President Mohamed Morsi on Wednesday, but critics charge that the White House made only halfhearted attempts to steer Morsi's increasingly authoritarian government toward democracy, rule of law and respect for human rights.
"They've been late, and slow, and not taken these problems seriously," Michele Dunne, a former State Department official and administration advisor on Egypt who now heads the nonpartisan Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, said Friday.
Obama repeatedly failed "to use leverage to ensure that Egyptian authorities adhere to democratic principles," the Project on Middle East Democracy, an advocacy group in Washington, said in a statement.
The critics, who include Democratic foreign policy stalwarts as well as Republicans, say the upheaval in Egypt, on top of the administration's inability to stem the civil war in Syria or persuade Iran to curb its nuclear program, adds a blot to Obama's foreign policy record.
They blame, in part, Obama's desire to reduce America's overseas commitments after a decade of war, along with his apparent effort to pull back from a leadership position in favor of a more supporting role in the Middle East.
Administration officials say in their defense that Washington has limited influence in Egypt's domestic affairs and that visible efforts to apply U.S. pressure can backfire. They say they have dealt with key political players but have often kept their diplomacy quiet to avoid inflaming Egypt's polarized political environment.
After President Hosni Mubarak was toppled in an "Arab Spring" uprising in February 2011, the White House tried to encourage a transition to democracy. In national elections in June 2012, Morsi won 52% of the presidential vote and his party — the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood — won 48% in parliamentary elections.
Morsi cooperated with Obama in working out a cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in November, and White House aides hoped for a relationship with Cairo that could be a model for other Islamist-dominated countries. The chief focus was security cooperation, including joint counter-terrorism operations and support for Egypt's peace treaty with Israel.
Critics now say the U.S. focus on security meant the White House was unwilling to push back when Egypt's military abused human rights, including ordering military trials for 10,000 civilians accused in connection with the 2011 protests, and when the Morsi government began trying to monopolize power.
Italian Model Claudia Romani Sports Patriotic Bikini for Independence Day
The pull of America's soft power.
At London's Daily Mail, "Flying the flag! Italian model Claudia Romani strips to a star-spangled bikini to soak up the sun on Independence Day."
She's on Twitter as well.
At London's Daily Mail, "Flying the flag! Italian model Claudia Romani strips to a star-spangled bikini to soak up the sun on Independence Day."
She's on Twitter as well.
Troops Open Fire on Morsi Supporters
At the Los Angeles Times, "Egypt unrest: Troops open fire on ex-President Morsi's supporters." And from the photo caption there, "The body of a supporter of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi lies on the ground after he was shot dead during clashes in Cairo."
And at the New York Times, "Video Shows Shooting of Protester in Egypt."
Photo here.
That dude is f-ked up.
More, "Egypt Protests Turn Increasingly Violent."
Earlier, "Egypt Launches Post-Coup Crackdown."
Added: ColorMeRed on Twitter warns to be cautious about MSM accounts of the violence, and posts this video to show that Muslim Brotherhood cadres may be killing anti-Morsi protesters.
Also at Pat Dollard's, FWIW, "WATCH: Muslim Brotherhood Shoots at Civilians So Cops Will Be Blamed."
And see the Heritage Foundation, "Q&A on Egypt: James Carafano."
3:50pm PST: At London's Daily Mail, "Egypt in chaos: 10 dead as protesters marching on barracks where ousted president Morsi is held are met by tanks on 'Friday of rage'."
4:08pm PST: At the New York Times, "Social Media Updates on Clashes in Cairo."
And from revolutionary socialist Tarek Shalaby:
And from CNN's Ben Wedeman:
And at the New York Times, "Video Shows Shooting of Protester in Egypt."
Photo here.
That dude is f-ked up.
More, "Egypt Protests Turn Increasingly Violent."
Earlier, "Egypt Launches Post-Coup Crackdown."
Added: ColorMeRed on Twitter warns to be cautious about MSM accounts of the violence, and posts this video to show that Muslim Brotherhood cadres may be killing anti-Morsi protesters.
Also at Pat Dollard's, FWIW, "WATCH: Muslim Brotherhood Shoots at Civilians So Cops Will Be Blamed."
And see the Heritage Foundation, "Q&A on Egypt: James Carafano."
3:50pm PST: At London's Daily Mail, "Egypt in chaos: 10 dead as protesters marching on barracks where ousted president Morsi is held are met by tanks on 'Friday of rage'."
4:08pm PST: At the New York Times, "Social Media Updates on Clashes in Cairo."
And from revolutionary socialist Tarek Shalaby:
Chants for Sisi at Hilton Ramses hotel - the frontline of the clashes. This is a sorry sight. #Tahrir
— Tarek Shalaby (@tarekshalaby) July 5, 2013
Left #Tahrir. MB have substantial bird shots on them, but there are weapons on both sides and no presence of army or police to stop. #June30
— Tarek Shalaby (@tarekshalaby) July 5, 2013
And from CNN's Ben Wedeman:
Must watch Video: Morsi supporters threatening terrorism, Christians, Sisi, etc., etc., etc. http://t.co/20nco1GvM6 #Egypt #30June #June30
— benwedeman (@bencnn) July 5, 2013
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