From Daniel Greenfield, at FrontPage Magazine, "The left doesn’t want to be happy; it wants you to be miserable."
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Brenda Leyland Has Died
For whom the bell t(r)olls.
At London's Daily Mail, "Well-spoken middle-class woman is unmasked as online troll who now faces arrest after sending hate messages to parents of Madeleine McCann."
Also, "Internet troll who targeted McCanns found dead in hotel room days after fleeing home when she was revealed to be behind online campaign of vitriol," and "McCann troll 'sent thousands of hate tweets': Divorcee launched diatribes about Kate and Gerry's behaviour in aftermath of Madeleine's disappearance."
More at Independent UK, "Brenda Leyland dead: Madeleine McCann parents' 'troll' found dead after Sky News report."
Here's Sky News, "'Evil' Trolls In Hate Campaign Against McCanns."
More at BuzzFeed, "Read the Deleted Tweets Brenda Leyland Sent About the McCanns Before She Died."
At London's Daily Mail, "Well-spoken middle-class woman is unmasked as online troll who now faces arrest after sending hate messages to parents of Madeleine McCann."
Also, "Internet troll who targeted McCanns found dead in hotel room days after fleeing home when she was revealed to be behind online campaign of vitriol," and "McCann troll 'sent thousands of hate tweets': Divorcee launched diatribes about Kate and Gerry's behaviour in aftermath of Madeleine's disappearance."
More at Independent UK, "Brenda Leyland dead: Madeleine McCann parents' 'troll' found dead after Sky News report."
Here's Sky News, "'Evil' Trolls In Hate Campaign Against McCanns."
More at BuzzFeed, "Read the Deleted Tweets Brenda Leyland Sent About the McCanns Before She Died."
From Guinea to Dallas: Tracing the Ebola Threat
At the Los Angeles Times:
If relatives of Marthalene Williams hadn't insisted that she had malaria, their Paynesville neighbor, Thomas Eric Duncan, might not have helped carry her to a taxi or accompanied them as they searched the capital for a hospital or clinic that would take her.RTWT.
Four days later, on the afternoon of Sept. 19, Duncan arrived at Monrovia's airport to catch a flight to the United States, beginning with a connecting flight to Brussels. Like all travelers exiting the Ebola zone, Duncan's temperature was checked by a Liberian official who had been trained by CDC experts. Duncan's temperature was an unremarkable 97.3. He filled out a form crafted by the CDC and Liberian authorities to alert them to potential Ebola cases. It asks travelers whether they have had contact with people who might have Ebola.
It's not known whether Duncan suspected that Williams had Ebola, but health officials in Liberia say he did not disclose his encounter with her. He was waved onto the jet, and then spent several hours on a layover at the Brussels airport, a busy hub that last year handled more than 19 million passengers.
Duncan then flew out on United Flight 951 to Washington Dulles International Airport. He arrived about 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 20, then boarded United Flight 822, which landed in Dallas about 5:30 p.m.
From there, he got a ride in a private car to the northeast Dallas home of his girlfriend, a Liberian nursing-home worker named Louise Troh, the woman's daughter said.
From Hope and Change to Crash and Burn: The Death of the Obama Dream
From Matt Welch, at Reason, "From Lincoln to LBJ to Frank Underwood: Metaphors for the Obama presidency have gone from heroic to homicidal":
If you want to trace the downward trajectory of the dreams that liberals pinned on the enigmatic figure of Barack Obama, look no further than the presidential histories and political dramas through which they have filtered their understanding of his meteoric rise and drip-by-drip fall in popularity.Keep reading.
When the then-candidate for U.S. Senate burst on the national political stage at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, he put his historical analogy of choice right there in the opening paragraph: "On behalf of the great state of Illinois, crossroads of a nation, land of Lincoln, let me express my deep gratitude for the privilege of addressing this convention," he said. "Tonight is a particular honor for me because, let's face it, my presence on this stage is pretty unlikely."
Yes, Barack Obama was going to be the modern embodiment of Abraham Lincoln himself, fulfilling the long-delayed promise of America's racial reconciliation, in part by using his unusual-for-politics parentage as a springboard for uniting, not dividing. "There's not a liberal America and a conservative America; there is the United States of America," Obama said, in the speech's most celebrated passage. "There is not a black America and white America and Latino America and Asian America; there's the United States of America."
The address, written in Lincoln's hometown of Springfield, Illinois (the same place where Obama would later announce his candidacy for the White House), was an instant sensation. "I have to tell you, [there's] a little chill in my legs right now," MSNBC commentator Chris Matthews said. "That is an amazing moment in history right there. I have seen the first black president."
The ensuing presidency, and the last six years of American political life, have been so desultory that it's almost hard to remember how ubiquitous the now-laughable Lincoln comparison once was...
Monday, October 6, 2014
Islamic State Advances on Kobani
At Reuters, "Street fighting rages in Syrian town as Islamic State moves in."
And from Jeffrey Goldberg, at the Atlantic, "'A Terrible Slaughter Is Coming' - On the Turkish border, the world stands idly by as ISIS threatens a massacre in a Syrian town."
And from Jeffrey Goldberg, at the Atlantic, "'A Terrible Slaughter Is Coming' - On the Turkish border, the world stands idly by as ISIS threatens a massacre in a Syrian town."
Israel Black Flag Protest Against High Court Infiltrator Ruling
At Arutz Sheva:
Residents of working class Tel Aviv expressed their anguish and anger Sunday following the High Court decision striking down the Infiltrator Law, by marching with black flags.
Organizer May Golan said that the residents are taking down the Israeli flag and flying the black flag in protest of the dictatorship of “bagatz” – the Hebrew acronym for the High Court for Justice.
A week after the High Court controversially shot down the so-called "Infiltrator Law", which sought to tackle the problem of tens of thousands of illegal immigrants from Africa residing in Israel, the Interior Ministry appears to be pushing back by announcing plans to initiate new legislation in its place.
Joe Biden Apologizes ... And Apologizes ... And ... Wait for It! Another Apology Is in the Tank!
Dang, it's like an epidemic with this idiot.
And Biden was supposed to provide foreign policy "gravitas" back in 2008. Gee, how's that working out?
At Business Insider, "Joe Biden Is Apologizing Left and Right After His Weekend Gaffe."
Also at CBS News, "Biden apologizes for bashing Arab allies," and "Biden apologizes for gaffe that angered Mideast allies."
Check back for more apologies tomorrow, and the day after, and ...
And Biden was supposed to provide foreign policy "gravitas" back in 2008. Gee, how's that working out?
At Business Insider, "Joe Biden Is Apologizing Left and Right After His Weekend Gaffe."
Also at CBS News, "Biden apologizes for bashing Arab allies," and "Biden apologizes for gaffe that angered Mideast allies."
Check back for more apologies tomorrow, and the day after, and ...
Angels' Window of World Series Opportunity May Be Closing
At LAT, "Angels may be losing their window to play in the World Series":
Josh Hamilton now 0 for 11 in ALDS. Left men in scoring position each AB tonight. Season on line tonight. Enough?
— Bill Shaikin (@BillShaikin) October 6, 2014The Angels are an old team, Mike Trout notwithstanding. Their window to excel should extend through next season. The competition might be tougher next season.
"You always want to do the most you can when you have the most leverage," pitcher C.J. Wilson said.
"Texas had a down year. Oakland had a rough September. We had a really good chance to get what we got, which was home-field advantage, and we didn't do anything with it."
The Angels control second baseman Howie Kendrick, third baseman David Freese, catcher Chris Iannetta, and closer Huston Street through 2015, and shortstop Erick Aybar through 2016. By the time the 2016 season opens, all five of those players will be 32.
According to Baseball America, the Angels have traded four of their top six prospects among position players over the past year. The Angels are in win-now mode, and the trades brought back Street, Freese and relievers Fernando Salas and Joe Thatcher.
But, of those six prospects, the two that remain are C.J. Cron, a designated hitter, and second baseman Alex Yarbrough, whose suspect fielding might limit him to DH.
Free agency? That is the source of the Angels' greatest challenge, since owner Arte Moreno's decisions to spend $375 million on Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton stripped the team of the top draft choices necessary to rebuild the farm system and restricted the financial flexibility available to upgrade the major league roster.
On opening day 2016, Pujols will be 36, Hamilton 34, Wilson 35, Weaver 33. The Angels have all four under contract for 2016, for a total of $98 million.
Add another $40 million for Trout, Aybar and pitchers Garrett Richards and Joe Smith, and there's your core.
It is painfully apparent, then, that the Angels are likely to go as far as Trout, Pujols and Hamilton will take them.
Trout is the best player in baseball. Pujols is not close to that level anymore, but he can hit well enough to hold down the No. 3 spot in the batting order.
But what can the Angels expect from the enigmatic and oft-injured Hamilton?
"Who knows?" he said. "What do you think, I'm a fortune teller?"
Hamilton went hitless in the division series, homerless in his last 55 at-bats of the season. In his two seasons in Anaheim, he has hit .255 in 240 games, with a total of 31 home runs and 123 runs batted in.
"I wish I could tell you I was going to hit .330 with 130 [RBI] and 40 [homers] every year," he said.
The Coast Guard Told Him He Was Going to Have a Hard Time Pushing Through the Gulf Stream
The dude still had supplies of water and power bars, lol.
But the Coast Guard told the dude "you better come with us," heh.
But the Coast Guard told the dude "you better come with us," heh.
CNN Reports Thomas Eric Duncan Receiving Experimental Ebola Drug Treatment
Actually, I don't see why officials were waiting so long to give him the experimental drugs. You'd think they were racist or something. Sheesh.
From Vaughan Sterling for CNN:
More: "Officials at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Won't Discuss Thomas Eric Duncan's Treatment," and "Report: Thomas Duncan Has Died; First U.S. Ebola Patient, Lied About Exposure to Disease - UPDATED!!"
From Vaughan Sterling for CNN:
CNN BREAKING- Dallas #Ebola patient receiving experimental drug
— Vaughn Sterling (@vplus) October 6, 2014More: "Officials at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Won't Discuss Thomas Eric Duncan's Treatment," and "Report: Thomas Duncan Has Died; First U.S. Ebola Patient, Lied About Exposure to Disease - UPDATED!!"
Alison Lundergan Grimes Lying About Support for Coal Industry
Of course she was caught.
Democrats are nothing but hypocritical liars.
At Free Beacon, "Grimes Staff Caught on Hidden Camera: She’s Lying About Support for Coal Industry":
Democrats are nothing but hypocritical liars.
At Free Beacon, "Grimes Staff Caught on Hidden Camera: She’s Lying About Support for Coal Industry":
U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes is lying about her support for the state’s coal industry according to Kentucky Democrats, including members of her campaign team, who were captured on a hidden camera video.Also at Progressives Today, "O’Keefe Strikes Again! Senate Campaign For Democrat Alison Grimes Admits She’s Lying to Get Elected!"
The video, produced by conservative filmmaker James O’Keefe, shows five employees of the Grimes campaign and local Democratic Party affiliates speculating that the Democratic challenger to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) is only professing her support for the industry out of political expediency.
“If we can get her elected do you think she is going to do the right thing and she’s gonna try to wipe out that coal industry and go for better resources?” asks an undercover videographer in one segment of the video.
“I absolutely think she is,” responds Fayette County Democratic Party operative Gina Bess.
How Globalization Brings the Latest African Infectious Pandemic to Your Neighborhood
At the Boston Globe:
As Ebola rages in West Africa, there is new recognition that global public health is now everyone’s concern http://t.co/eyz2Zvr3eB
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) October 6, 2014Royals Sweep Angels in ALDS
I should have more about this over the next couple of days, but for now, man, what a disappointment.
And that's to take nothing away from Kansas City. Those boys are on fire.
And that's to take nothing away from Kansas City. Those boys are on fire.
And with that, the #Angels delete Lorde from all their iPods...
#Royals
— Jen ® (@NatesMama1128) October 6, 2014Angels’ World Series hopes come to an end in 8-3 loss to the Royals http://t.co/FqrCsQQwVc
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) October 6, 2014
Spectacular GoPro® Great White Shark Photo from South Africa
Great work from Amanda Brewer!
Photo of the Day! Amazing image from Amanda Brewer who is working to promote shark conservation in South Africa. pic.twitter.com/xt368fyaOg
— GoPro® (@GoPro) October 5, 2014Reminder: Democrats Are the Party of White Supremacy and Political Terrorism Against Black Americans
A great tweet!
#VotingMatters #KKK is the terrorist wing of the Democrat party. They just use abortion clinics today. more efficient pic.twitter.com/fijkLnnbeS
— O Bow Mao Truth Team (@BowMaoTruthTeam) October 6, 2014Obama Official Praises Mosque of Oklahoma Beheader Alton Nolen
Beanfrompa tweets:
Obama Official Praises Mosque Of Oklahoma Beheader Alton Nolen http://t.co/jYEkaT3hIE #tcot #uniteblue #p2 #stoprush #disgusting #vile
— Beanfrompa (@BeanfromPa) October 6, 2014@AmPowerBlog I know right? Unbelievable
— Beanfrompa (@BeanfromPa) October 6, 2014@BeanfromPa Man. That is something.
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) October 6, 2014'Never let it be said that the president doesn't adapt to a changing situation on the ground...'
From Doug Ross, "Photographic Proof That President Obama is Finally Taking the Ebola Threat Seriously."
Obama is taking Ebola seriously: pic.twitter.com/wXsvU8GONS
— CounterMoonbat (@CounterMoonbat) October 2, 2014Lily Aldridge
Wow!
This woman is in demand!
This woman is in demand!
Click, zip, print! The Incredible Front-Close Sport Bra, this way: http://t.co/kHYMnBERVj pic.twitter.com/EyrkgKVN3W
— Victoria's Secret (@VictoriasSecret) October 1, 2014@LilyAldridge was pictured strutting her stuff in a variety of sexy bikinis at the Red Sand beach in Maui, Hawaii pic.twitter.com/LM8tAEYF0B
— FashionistaUY (@FashionistaUY) October 3, 2014#SupermodelHighlights : Best shot @LilyAldridge @AngelAlessandra @Lalaribeiro16 by Patrick Demarchelier Vogue UK pic.twitter.com/hqVLkeUOFg
— SUPERMODELS-ONLINE (@supermodelscom) October 5, 2014#SupermodelHighhlights of the week: Most sexy http://t.co/r4svTmoW3v ! @LilyAldridge on shoot for #VSswim 2015.
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— SUPERMODELS-ONLINE (@supermodelscom) October 5, 2014Sunday, October 5, 2014
Officials at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Won't Discuss Thomas Eric Duncan's Treatment
Well, it doesn't sound like it's going toO well for Mr. Duncan.
He's not getting experimental treatment, which seemed to do wonders for the Americans who were rushed back to the U.S. a few weeks back. So far officials are saying that the drugs "either are not available or could worsen his condition in the short term."
Yeah. Right.
At Dallas Morning News, "Ebola containment ‘going well’ in Dallas despite new monitoring glitch."
PREVIOUSLY: "Report: Thomas Duncan Has Died; First U.S. Ebola Patient, Lied About Exposure to Disease - UPDATED!!"
He's not getting experimental treatment, which seemed to do wonders for the Americans who were rushed back to the U.S. a few weeks back. So far officials are saying that the drugs "either are not available or could worsen his condition in the short term."
Yeah. Right.
At Dallas Morning News, "Ebola containment ‘going well’ in Dallas despite new monitoring glitch."
PREVIOUSLY: "Report: Thomas Duncan Has Died; First U.S. Ebola Patient, Lied About Exposure to Disease - UPDATED!!"
VIDEO: New Jersey Boy Dies from Enterovirus, First Fatality in Growing Infectious Threat
Man, infectious diseases might be the leading election issue one month from now, the way things are going.
At Reuters, "New Jersey boy's death is first linked directly to enterovirus."
At Reuters, "New Jersey boy's death is first linked directly to enterovirus."
Vigil Planned for Five Teenagers Killed in Fiery Irvine Crash
A really sad story, at the Los Angeles Times this morning, "Five killed, one seriously injured in Irvine freeway crash."
Also, "Teens killed in Irvine freeway crash recalled as 'good boys,' athletes," and "Two girls killed in Irvine crash identified by friends and family."
The driver, identified as 16-year-old Bradley Morales, did not have a driver's license.
Reminds me of the Newport Beach crash that killed five students at my son's high school, about a year ago.
CBS News has the report on the planned vigil:
Also, "Teens killed in Irvine freeway crash recalled as 'good boys,' athletes," and "Two girls killed in Irvine crash identified by friends and family."
The driver, identified as 16-year-old Bradley Morales, did not have a driver's license.
Reminds me of the Newport Beach crash that killed five students at my son's high school, about a year ago.
CBS News has the report on the planned vigil:
Vigil Planned For 5 Teens Killed In Fiery Irvine Crash http://t.co/2F62Wcm9tA
— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) October 6, 2014WaPo's Got It Going On!
From David Carr, at NYT (via Mediagazer), "Washington Post Regains Its Place at the Table."
Even the New York Times has to marvel at the way the WaPo has been killing it in recent months: http://t.co/YIg9rKYhaZ
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) October 6, 2014Indigenous People Day!
Coming to a local public school district near you!
At Blazing Cat Fur, "Seattle school board replaces Columbus Day with Indigenous People Day."
And at Twitchy:
At Blazing Cat Fur, "Seattle school board replaces Columbus Day with Indigenous People Day."
And at Twitchy:
So Seattle is changin Columbus day to indigenous people day? WTF?? This country is goin to hell in a handcart
— Brad (@AlphaHunter72) October 5, 2014Angels Fan Beaten in Parking Lot After Friday Night's Playoff Game
I'm just now seeing this, at KABC-7 Los Angeles, "ANGELS FAN BEATEN IN ANGEL STADIUM PARKING LOT - EYEWITNESS NEWS EXCLUSIVE":
ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- An Angels fan is in critical condition after being severely beaten in the parking lot of Angel Stadium after Friday night's playoff game.More.
Two witnesses, only identified as Sandra and her 15-year-old daughter, Morgan, spoke to Eyewitness News on Saturday about what they saw.
Both are diehard Angels fans. But they say they will never forget the brutal beating.
The vicious assault happened around 10:30 p.m. in the preferred parking lot outside Angel Stadium.
Sandra and Morgan said the victim and his cousin were leaving the game when the 43 year old was suddenly attacked from behind without warning.
"This man started running towards another, and just started beating this guy. He had two punches, the guy went down, he was out cold, and then he started beating his face really bad on the pavement," Sandra said.
The beating terrified Morgan.
"He continued to punch him while he was on the ground, and that's what got me a little bit upset and a little bit scared. When he had ran a few steps away and came back, I started to get even more worried. Is he going to come after me and my mom, or go to anyone around, a witness?" she said.
As the suspect ran off with two other men, Sandra and Morgan rushed to help the victim.
BREAKING: BooMan, a.k.a Martin Longman, Has Not Died!
Well, no further word on Thomas Duncan yet, although I can report that BooMan, a.k.a Martin Longman, of the Booman Tribune, has not died.
It's been totally hush-hush over there regarding Martin's condition. Steve M. has been totally discreet with the information coming out of the Booman household. But here's Martin's comments at the blog the other day:
Also, while scrolling through the updates on Martin, Steve D., a.k.a No More Mister, revealed that he's 58-years-old and bisexual. However, he's married and has remained faithful to his wife. Why it was necessary to reveal that much personal information was not stated, but with leftists identity and victimology are crucial, so Steve D. no doubt had to get his authenticity bona fides out there into the arena.
But let's face it: Either way these idiots are all messed up and consequently you can rest assured that no one takes seriously the crap they post at their blogs.
Frankly, I was just checking in on Martin to get some lulz on his "Democrats are going to hold onto the Senate" hallucinations, heh.
No doubt we'll still be seeing some of those, so all is not lost.
CORRECTION: I confused "Steven D." with "Steve M." A thousand pardons! See, "My Bad! By Bad! Steve M. at No More Mister Is Not Bisexual — NTTAWWT!!"
It's been totally hush-hush over there regarding Martin's condition. Steve M. has been totally discreet with the information coming out of the Booman household. But here's Martin's comments at the blog the other day:
Hello folks.So, what do we make of it? My guess is that Martin went on an epic drug and alcohol binge, probably involving cocaine and various amphetamines. He checked himself into the hospital after reaching the stage where you want to jump over the railings because you can't come down. So, yeah he does "need to take better care" of himself. Again, just guessing, but no doubt if the truth were to get out it'd be pretty embarrassing.
As of about 12:30 I got my computer back and an internet connection.
So far, I've made a first-pass plow through my email and looked at what's been going on on the front-page.
I still have to wade through my Washington Monthly stuff, my Facebook and my Twitter. Then I have to catch up on the news.
I had a bit of a health scare on the 17th and checked myself into the hospital. I needed some R & R but I don't have any serious health issues. I need to take better care of myself and be more careful about what I put in my body. Beyond that, I don't really want to get into the details.
I'm sorry that I gave you all a bit of a scare, but I was pretty scared, too, and this is the price I pay for not being anonymous.
I'd like to thank everyone including especially Steve for stepping up to the plate and keeping this place humming. How wonderful to see an old soul mate like Man Eegee come out of the woodwork to help us out! That really brought a smile to my face. I love you, Manny.
And for everyone else who contributed, I can't thank you enough. I truly know who my friends are.
It may take me a little bit to get back in the swing of things because I've been in a media blackout since the 17th, but I be back at full speed soon.
Thanks to everyone who reached out with concern.
Also, while scrolling through the updates on Martin, Steve D., a.k.a No More Mister, revealed that he's 58-years-old and bisexual. However, he's married and has remained faithful to his wife. Why it was necessary to reveal that much personal information was not stated, but with leftists identity and victimology are crucial, so Steve D. no doubt had to get his authenticity bona fides out there into the arena.
But let's face it: Either way these idiots are all messed up and consequently you can rest assured that no one takes seriously the crap they post at their blogs.
Frankly, I was just checking in on Martin to get some lulz on his "Democrats are going to hold onto the Senate" hallucinations, heh.
No doubt we'll still be seeing some of those, so all is not lost.
CORRECTION: I confused "Steven D." with "Steve M." A thousand pardons! See, "My Bad! By Bad! Steve M. at No More Mister Is Not Bisexual — NTTAWWT!!"
Report: Thomas Duncan Has Died; First U.S. Ebola Patient, Lied About Exposure to Disease - UPDATED!!
UPDATE OCTOBER 8: All the big media outlets are now reporting that Duncan has died. See: "Dallas Ebola Patient Thomas Duncan Has Died --- For Real This Time!"
*****
This is being reported at Arutz Sheva, "First US Ebola Patient Dies":
The Obama-enabling press is going to delay full reporting on this story, to protect the Democrat Party from the massive backlash against its craven political capitulation to the epidemic.
Duncan lied to get into the country.
Expect updates.
UPDATE:
Heh, everybody's in a tizzy over this post. So, to be clear: There is no confirmation of Duncan's death beyond the Arutz Sheva report. Caleb Howe tweeted that so far the report of Duncan's death is a rumor:
More later.
From the thread at Godlike Productions. Ain't it the truth:
*****
This is being reported at Arutz Sheva, "First US Ebola Patient Dies":
Thomas A. Duncan, who became ill with Ebola after arriving from West Africa in Dallas two weeks ago, succumbed to the virus today (Sunday), reports Reuters. Duncan was fighting for his life at a Dallas hospital on today after his condition worsened to critical, according to the director of the US Centers for Disease Control.Reuters has not posted the latest news to its website. Here's what's up there now, "Ebola patient in Dallas 'fighting for his life' says CDC head."
The Dallas hospital that admitted him did not recognize the deadly disease at first and sent him home, only for him to return two days later by ambulance.
The Obama-enabling press is going to delay full reporting on this story, to protect the Democrat Party from the massive backlash against its craven political capitulation to the epidemic.
Duncan lied to get into the country.
Ebola Patient in Dallas Lied on Screening Form, Liberian Airport Official Says http://t.co/UWK6acuDXn
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 2, 2014
Expect updates.
UPDATE:
Heh, everybody's in a tizzy over this post. So, to be clear: There is no confirmation of Duncan's death beyond the Arutz Sheva report. Caleb Howe tweeted that so far the report of Duncan's death is a rumor:
I keep seeing people on Twitter saying Ebola patient Thomas Duncan is dead. According to his family and the hospital, that is a false rumor.
— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) October 5, 2014
@AmPowerBlog No. CNN talked to uncle though. Also Reuters doesn't seem to have any story saying he is dead.
— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) October 5, 2014
More later.
From the thread at Godlike Productions. Ain't it the truth:
"They don't want to let us know he's dead. Everyone is going to panic." http://t.co/3jbQCFVOGC #Ebola #ThomasEricDuncan #ThomasDuncan #DEMS
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) October 6, 2014
Smokin' Sunday Roundup of the Roundups — And Some #Rule5 Too!
Let's get this party started with Pirate's Cove, "Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup," and "If All You See……is a wonderful tree sucking up all the carbon pollution from Other People’s fossil fueled vehicles, you might just be a Warmist."
At the Other McCain, "Don’t Do It, Ben Affleck!"
And at Dana Pico's, "Rule 5 Blogging: Basic Training and an #Ebola Rant."
Also at Conservative Hideout, "70% Of Obama’s Illegals Are No-Shows for ICE Appointments."
At Lonely Con, "Why Did The White House Have The Koch Brothers’ Tax Information?"
Biff Spackle, at Director Blue, "BRUTAL: The Plot Against the Middle Class."
From Regular Right Guy, "Labor Participation Hits 36-Year Low."
And Da Tech Guy, "The Super PAC war on Marilinda Garcia."
Now at iOWNTHEWORLD, "Cockamamie “Experimental” Vermont College Honors Cop Killer With Commencement Speech."
Also from Drunken Stepfather, "STEPLINKS OF THE DAY."
At the Mad Jewess, "Don't Talk to Me About Bad Things."
And from Proof Positive, "Hot Cheerleaders: 2-2 Niners vs. 2-2 Chiefs," and "*Best of the Web*."
Randy's Roundtable, "Hot Cheerleaders: The Texans visit the Cowboys today..."
Gator Doug has "The Daley Gator Babe."
And at Egotastic!, "Alyssa Barbara Canadian Hot Nipple Pokes in Sextastic Posing."
At Maggie's Farm, "Saturday morning links."
And from Blackmailers Don't Shoot, "Rule 5 Monday with Anna Kendrick."
More at Playboy, "FRISKY FRIDAY WINNERS: 10-03-14."
At 90 Miles From Tyranny, "Morning Mistress."
At Knuckledraggin', "Yay!!! Squishy boob hug!!!"
More from the Last Tradition, "Rule 5 Sunday – Mayoli Sena."
The Hostages, "Big Boob Friday."
At Classy Bro, "Bursting Out Tuesday Will Make Your Week Better."
Zoo Today, "This week, Rachel Williams and ZOO present... Awesome In Undies!"
Odie's, "Gone Fishing ~OR~ Rule 5 Woodsterman Style."
Double Trouble Two, "Random Hottie's .... ;-)."
Goodstuff's, "GOODSTUFFs BLOGGING MAGAZINE (158th Issue): Kate Mara, the all American girl, hosts this metablog."
In a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World has the "Friday Pinup."
BONUS: At Soylent Siberia, "MORNING CUPCAKES."
And at Dana Pico's, "Rule 5 Blogging: Basic Training and an #Ebola Rant."
Also at Conservative Hideout, "70% Of Obama’s Illegals Are No-Shows for ICE Appointments."
At Lonely Con, "Why Did The White House Have The Koch Brothers’ Tax Information?"
Biff Spackle, at Director Blue, "BRUTAL: The Plot Against the Middle Class."
From Regular Right Guy, "Labor Participation Hits 36-Year Low."
And Da Tech Guy, "The Super PAC war on Marilinda Garcia."
Now at iOWNTHEWORLD, "Cockamamie “Experimental” Vermont College Honors Cop Killer With Commencement Speech."
Also from Drunken Stepfather, "STEPLINKS OF THE DAY."
At the Mad Jewess, "Don't Talk to Me About Bad Things."
And from Proof Positive, "Hot Cheerleaders: 2-2 Niners vs. 2-2 Chiefs," and "*Best of the Web*."
Randy's Roundtable, "Hot Cheerleaders: The Texans visit the Cowboys today..."
Gator Doug has "The Daley Gator Babe."
And at Egotastic!, "Alyssa Barbara Canadian Hot Nipple Pokes in Sextastic Posing."
At Maggie's Farm, "Saturday morning links."
And from Blackmailers Don't Shoot, "Rule 5 Monday with Anna Kendrick."
More at Playboy, "FRISKY FRIDAY WINNERS: 10-03-14."
At 90 Miles From Tyranny, "Morning Mistress."
At Knuckledraggin', "Yay!!! Squishy boob hug!!!"
More from the Last Tradition, "Rule 5 Sunday – Mayoli Sena."
The Hostages, "Big Boob Friday."
At Classy Bro, "Bursting Out Tuesday Will Make Your Week Better."
Zoo Today, "This week, Rachel Williams and ZOO present... Awesome In Undies!"
Odie's, "Gone Fishing ~OR~ Rule 5 Woodsterman Style."
Double Trouble Two, "Random Hottie's .... ;-)."
Goodstuff's, "GOODSTUFFs BLOGGING MAGAZINE (158th Issue): Kate Mara, the all American girl, hosts this metablog."
In a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World has the "Friday Pinup."
BONUS: At Soylent Siberia, "MORNING CUPCAKES."
America is Stuck on Open-Borders Stupid
From Michelle Malkin, "Can we end the crazy diversity visa lottery yet?":
Ebola has reached our shores from Africa. Dozens of children are reportedly suffering paralysis from a deadly virus with unknown origins. Medical providers across the country have warned of a looming public health crisis as communicable diseases spread unmonitored and uncontrolled. Other countries are cracking down. But America is stuck on open-borders stupid.More.
The Diversity Visa (DV) program, to take just one glaring example of government insanity, is still going.
On October 1, the State Department opened the annual DV random lottery to applicants from around the world. Yes, it’s completely random like a Powerball drawing. Up to 55,000 lucky winners will snag permanent residency visas (green cards), which put them on the path to American citizenship ahead of millions of other foreigners patiently waiting to come to this country.
The green card lotto winners’ spouses and unmarried children under 21 all get golden tickets into the country, too, no matter where they were born.
Illegal aliens are eligible if a legal family member wins the jackpot. Applicants don’t even need a high school education. No outstanding abilities, training or job skills are necessary. A handful of countries are excluded if they no longer qualify as “underrepresented.” But if you come from a terror-sponsoring or terror-friendly nation — such as Iran, Syria, Sudan, North Korea and more than a dozen officially designated terror enablers on the State Department’s list — no worries. Thousands from these breeding grounds for jihad will walk through our front doors.
This is what happens when bipartisan panderers in Washington get their way. The visa lottery was championed by left-wing social engineer Sen. Ted Kennedy and signed into law by President George H. W. Bush in 1990 to admit more “underrepresented” immigrant minorities into the U.S. Although originally intended to give a leg up to Irish illegal aliens who had overstayed their visas, most of the winners now hail from non-Western terror hot spots and hostile territories.
You know who else will get in? Untold numbers of “diversity” petitioners from Liberia, Sierra Leone and other West African countries where the Ebola virus is epidemic. If you think the feds will ensure that foreign visa-seekers with communicable diseases stay out, think again. The State Department now allows applicants with HIV to apply and enter. Those who suffer from tuberculosis, leprosy or other afflictions “of public health significance” can apply for waivers.
Reports indicate that before his departure from Liberia to Texas last week, Ebola carrier Thomas Duncan lied at the airport about being in contact with someone exposed to the disease. So far, the White House refuses to impose any travel restrictions from West Africa. It’s also not clear whether the U.S. has re-screened West Africans who won last year’s DV game and are flying into the country now...
Homosexual Rights Could Reshape Legacy of Supreme Court
I fully expect the Court to announce a national right to homosexual marriage. The justices had a chance last year to push back against the left's depraved homosexual agenda and caved. The ruling on California's Proposition 8 case was especially craven. I have no confidence that the Court will stand up for traditional values. Indeed, homosexual marriage has jumped the shark as far as I'm concerned. The left prevailed, by any means necessary. I do expect that the culture will shift back in favor of traditionalism (as is already happening, as per the Pew poll out recently on religion in public life), so it's way too early to rule out a comeback for decency and morality.
As I've said all along, the history of the abortion movement provides a classic case of common sense prevailing over the left's horrific culture of death. Given enough time, homosexuality will further destroy the foundations of the progressive consensus on same-sex licentiousness and decay. Common sense will prevail in time, especially should diseases such as HIV, now enormously overrepresented among young minority barebacking homosexuals, break out into an epidemic afflicting more and more of the general population.
But all of this takes times. We'll see how it goes.
Meanwhile, at WaPo, "As Supreme Court term begins, prospect of a gay-marriage ruling looms large":
As I've said all along, the history of the abortion movement provides a classic case of common sense prevailing over the left's horrific culture of death. Given enough time, homosexuality will further destroy the foundations of the progressive consensus on same-sex licentiousness and decay. Common sense will prevail in time, especially should diseases such as HIV, now enormously overrepresented among young minority barebacking homosexuals, break out into an epidemic afflicting more and more of the general population.
But all of this takes times. We'll see how it goes.
Meanwhile, at WaPo, "As Supreme Court term begins, prospect of a gay-marriage ruling looms large":
The 10th edition of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. begins work Monday with the prospect of a monumental ruling for gay rights that could serve as a surprising legacy of an otherwise increasingly conservative court.Keep reading.
Whether the justices will decide that the Constitution protects the right of same-sex couples to marry dominates expectations of the coming term; such a ruling would impart landmark status on a docket that so far lacks a blockbuster case.
And some say it would be a defining moment for a closely divided court that bears the chief justice’s name but is most heavily influenced by the justice in the middle: Anthony M. Kennedy, who has written the court’s most important decisions affording protection to gay Americans.
“If the court establishes a right to same-sex marriage . . . [it] will go down in history as one that was on the frontiers of establishing rights for gays and lesbians,” said David A. Strauss, a constitutional-law scholar at the University of Chicago.
“The rough idea would be that the Roberts court would be to the rights of gays and lesbians what the Warren court was on race issues.”
Why Do We Assume That Asylum Seekers Have a Right to Resettlement in a First World Country?
"We" don't.
The left turns everything into a RACE and SOCIAL JUSTICE issue because our system is driven by all politics all the time, and the left's motivations are never based on humanitarianism but raw political power.
See iOWNTHEWORLD.
The left turns everything into a RACE and SOCIAL JUSTICE issue because our system is driven by all politics all the time, and the left's motivations are never based on humanitarianism but raw political power.
See iOWNTHEWORLD.
Lyvette Crespo May Have Murdered Her Husband as Revenge for His Alleged Extramarital Affairs
Look, this lady's alleging that she's a victim of domestic abuse so she can get away with murder. I doubted her story from the get go. Remember, the family had financial squabbles as well. She was constantly pestering her husband about money. I mean, who was the abuse victim here? Sheesh.
And now there's allegations of extramarital affairs, as well as claims that Lyvette Crespo sent threats to her slain husband's alleged lovers via text message.
I hope she's charged with murder.
At LAT, "Detectives look at Bell Gardens mayor's reported extramarital affairs."
And at CBS Los Angeles, "Only On 2: Were Explosive Text Messages Sent From Slain Mayor’s Wife to His Alleged Mistress?"
And now there's allegations of extramarital affairs, as well as claims that Lyvette Crespo sent threats to her slain husband's alleged lovers via text message.
I hope she's charged with murder.
At LAT, "Detectives look at Bell Gardens mayor's reported extramarital affairs."
And at CBS Los Angeles, "Only On 2: Were Explosive Text Messages Sent From Slain Mayor’s Wife to His Alleged Mistress?"
'It is a narcissistic delusion for liberals to believe that somehow we have caused Muslims to hate us when, in point of fact, the Koran and other Islamic scriptures command them to hate us...'
From Robert Stacy McCain, "They Want to Kill Us All":
We cannot negotiate with this hate. We cannot compromise with this hate. No policy of ours will permit us to co-exist in peace with this hate. We cannot choose peace when Islam chooses war, and we cannot hope that “tactical air strikes” will suffice to defeat their deadly hatred. The only option left to us is to give them war without limits, war without mercy, a determined, relentless and unceasing war that will not be satisfied with anything less than complete victory over these murdering Muslim monsters who want to kill us all.RTWT.
Saturday, October 4, 2014
'There is no level of depravity to which they will not sink...'
British Prime Minister David Cameron, referring to Islamic State, not the Democrat Party.
Peter Kassig's Parents Issue Plea for Son's Life in Video
And we know, sadly, it'll be for naught. Their son will be murdered, ruthlessly and mercilessly.
And the hostage Kassig, who was a humanitarian aid worker, converted to Islam and changed his name to Abdul-Rahman --- a lot of good that's going to do him.
At USA Today, "Parents of ISIL hostage issue video plea for son's life."
And the hostage Kassig, who was a humanitarian aid worker, converted to Islam and changed his name to Abdul-Rahman --- a lot of good that's going to do him.
At USA Today, "Parents of ISIL hostage issue video plea for son's life."
VIDEO: Dodgers-Cards Benches Clear After Yasiel Puig Hit by Pitch in 3rd Inning of #NLDS Game 1
A rough outing for the Dodgers yesterday.
At LAT, "Clayton Kershaw shanks it again for Dodgers in 10-9 loss to Cardinals."
And at USA Today, "Yasiel Puig hit by Adam Wainwright, benches clear."
At LAT, "Clayton Kershaw shanks it again for Dodgers in 10-9 loss to Cardinals."
And at USA Today, "Yasiel Puig hit by Adam Wainwright, benches clear."
Parenting as a Gen Xer: We’re the First Generation of Parents in the Age of iEverything
An interesting, if somewhat pathetic, piece, from Allison Slater Tate, at WaPo:
The truth is, my generation of parents are pioneers here, like it or not. We’re the last of the Mohicans. We can try as hard as we want to push back and to carve space into our children’s lives for treehouses and puzzles and Waldorf-style dolls, but in the end, our children will grow up with the whole world at their fingertips, courtesy of a touch screen, and they will have to learn how to find the balance between their cyber and real worlds. It is scary. I don’t think I even believe there is a “right way” to parent with technology. But acknowledging that what we are doing is unprecedented – that no study yet knows exactly what this iChildhood will look like when our children are full grown people – feels like an exhale of sorts.RTWT.
Daily Kos: The Real Killer Isn't Ebola — It's Republicans Who Block Medicaid Expansion
Tom Johnson, at NewsBusters, who reads this bilge so you don't have to:
In a Thursday post, Daily Kos writer Jon Perr alleged that Republicans’ refusal to expand Medicaid in twenty-five states “might be the greatest act of political spite in modern American history” and claimed, citing research published earlier this year, that it could lead to more than 17,000 “needless deaths” annually.As the election nears, the left's extremism is ramping up exponentially. They're going to get crushed, and it's hurting already.
Perr contrasted conservatives’ cavalier attitude toward that statistic with the “virulent strain of right-wing outrage” over Ebola and asserted that Americans can strengthen their health-care system by voting Democratic in next month's elections, thereby “kill[ing] the GOPer virus dead in its tracks.”
Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier Dead at 63
One of the most revolting dictators of my lifetime.
At the New York Times, "Jean-Claude Duvalier, ‘Baby Doc’ of Haiti, Dies at 63":
At the New York Times, "Jean-Claude Duvalier, ‘Baby Doc’ of Haiti, Dies at 63":
Jean-Claude Duvalier, a former president of Haiti known as Baby Doc who ruled the country with a bloody brutality and then shocked the country anew with a sudden return from a 25-year exile in 2011, died on Saturday.More.
Mr. Duvalier, 63, died of a heart attack at his home, his lawyer told The Associated Press. President Michel J. Martelly announced the death on Twitter.
Mr. Duvalier continued to defend what human rights workers called one of the most oppressive governments in the Western Hemisphere, following in the footsteps of his father, François, known as Papa Doc, who also died suddenly, in 1971. The son was 19 when he assumed the post “president for life,” as he and his father called it, becoming the youngest head of state at the time.
He never apologized for atrocities, including brutal crackdowns on opponents at the hands of the feared Tonton Macoutes, a civilian militia that left a thousand people, if not more, dead, disappeared or illegally detained in harsh prisons.
Indeed, he defended himself as victims of his government pursued cases in Haitian courts on charges of corruption and human rights abuses. Mr. Duvalier had appeared in court and calmly denied any wrongdoing and even asserted the country was better off when he ruled.
“Were there deaths and summary executions under your government?” a judge asked him at a hearing in March 2013.
“Deaths exist in all countries,” Mr. Duvalier replied almost inaudibly. “I didn’t intervene in the activities of the police.”
He regularly dined in restaurants in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, and attended events at the invitation of Mr. Martelly, whose administration has included relatives and allies of people associated with Mr. Duvalier.
This year, his old political party announced that it would field candidates in elections and opened an office, though analysts were not sure if it was a serious move or a thumb in the eye of the rival he loathed and who succeeded him, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, another formerly exiled president who also returned and still is a political force.
Mr. Duvalier fled the country in 1986, as political repression and worsening economic conditions set off violent unrest in what was then and still is the hemisphere’s poorest country. He asked France for asylum and the United States for the plane that would take him there, an American official said at the time.
His departure set the stage for democratic, though tumultuous, elections. Human rights groups have said that he looted Haiti’s treasury of millions of dollars and has largely lived off ill-gotten gains ever since.
His presence in the country, and the fact that he will now escape trial, appalled victims and human rights workers.
“On Duvalier’s death I’m thinking of the look in my mother’s eyes when she talks about her brother Joel who was disappeared by that dictator,” Patrick Gaspard, a Haitian-American who is the American ambassador to South Africa, said on Twitter. “News of the passing of Duvalier makes me honor my father and generations of Haitians who resisted that vicious dictatorship.”
You CANNOT Be Serious?!! The Left's Islamic State Trutherism
“It takes five people to stage an event like this — two to be ‘parents’ — two to pose for cameras..one in a ninja outfit….and one to contact the media that does not bother checking who ANY of these other four people are.” --- Far-left whackjob Naomi Wolf, on Facebook.See Ed Driscoll, "Out: Far Left 9/11 Truthers. In: Far Left ISIS Truthers."
Via Instapundit, who writes:
Sad to think that Naomi Wolf was a top adviser to Al Gore. We really dodged a bullet in 2000.Man, did we ever!
'I'm sick and tired of minorities running our country!'
Says Charlotte Lucas, a co-founder, with her husband, of Lucas Oil Products.
At WRTV-6 Indianapolis, "Charlotte Lucas' Facebook rant about 'minorities' raises eyebrows."
And here's the drama, at AATTP, "Lucas Oil Vice President Unleashes Horrific Facebook Rant About ‘Minorities’ (Video)."
So, opining on Facebook that you're tired of godless minorities ramming their values (and repulsive food) down your throat is "horrific."
Oh the humanity!
At WRTV-6 Indianapolis, "Charlotte Lucas' Facebook rant about 'minorities' raises eyebrows."
And here's the drama, at AATTP, "Lucas Oil Vice President Unleashes Horrific Facebook Rant About ‘Minorities’ (Video)."
So, opining on Facebook that you're tired of godless minorities ramming their values (and repulsive food) down your throat is "horrific."
Oh the humanity!
Uh Oh: Texas Hospital Changes Account on Ebola Patient
It's amazing how politicized this infectious threat has become.
Seems to me that if the Obama administration truly cared about the health and safety of the American people, we'd have quarantined these infected individuals immediately and banned all flights from Liberia and other countries at the center of this abominable plague.
But no. The anti-American Obama-Dems don't want to seal the borders at all, lest that place in danger their immigration amnesty pathology.
This is how low the Democrats have taken this country. And you can truly understand then the public hatred of the president and his party. They're going to be crushed in the midterm elections, just barely over a month away.
In any case, at the Wall Street Journal, "Texas Hospital Changes Ebola Patient Account: Dallas Hospital Says Duncan’s Travel History Available to Doctors and Nurses":
Plus, a roundup at Instapundit, "REMAIN CALM! ALL IS WELL! U.S. Officials Urge Calm in Face of Ebola Concerns."
Seems to me that if the Obama administration truly cared about the health and safety of the American people, we'd have quarantined these infected individuals immediately and banned all flights from Liberia and other countries at the center of this abominable plague.
But no. The anti-American Obama-Dems don't want to seal the borders at all, lest that place in danger their immigration amnesty pathology.
This is how low the Democrats have taken this country. And you can truly understand then the public hatred of the president and his party. They're going to be crushed in the midterm elections, just barely over a month away.
In any case, at the Wall Street Journal, "Texas Hospital Changes Ebola Patient Account: Dallas Hospital Says Duncan’s Travel History Available to Doctors and Nurses":
DALLAS—A day after saying that doctors didn’t receive a Liberian patient’s travel history due to an electronics records glitch, the Dallas hospital that initially failed to admit the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. has changed its version of events, stating that information that he had come from Africa was in fact available to doctors.More.
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas said in a terse clarification late Friday evening that Thomas Eric Duncan ’s travel history was available to physicians as well as nurses in its electronic health records when Mr. Duncan first arrived at the hospital’s emergency room on the night of Sept. 25, complaining that he felt ill.
That was a marked change from a statement sent out by the hospital late Thursday evening, which said that the hospital had “identified a flaw in the way the physician and nursing portions of our electronic health records interacted in this specific case,” which had prevented the physicians from seeing the information nurses collected from Mr. Duncan that he had recently arrived from Africa.
Doctors sent Mr. Duncan home with a prescription for antibiotics when he initially visited the hospital. He was only admitted to the hospital three days later, on Sept. 28, when he returned via ambulance after his symptoms had worsened. He was formally diagnosed with Ebola two days after that, on Sept. 30.
By that time, Mr. Duncan had come into close contact with emergency medical technicians, and five children he had been around had attended Dallas public schools Monday and Tuesday. One child also attended a middle school on Wednesday, school officials have said.
The hospital provided no further information about what took place during Mr. Duncan’s initial visit, raising questions about whether the facility had been on the lookout for potential cases of Ebola following warnings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC had earlier cautioned hospitals that the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, which has killed more than 3,000 people according to the World Health Organization, had increased the likelihood that patients from impacted countries would come to the U.S., and that early recognition of potential Ebola cases in America was critical.
Plus, a roundup at Instapundit, "REMAIN CALM! ALL IS WELL! U.S. Officials Urge Calm in Face of Ebola Concerns."
Bwahaha! Hate-Addled Stalker Walter James Casper Cheers Blogger's Automated Anti-Splogger Take-Down of American Power!
After almost seven years of uninterrupted blogging, American Power was taken offline due to an erroneous flagging by Blogger's automated anti-splogger software system. Indeed, there was some major Google glitch last night while I was watching the Angels game. I had to go through extra security just to log onto my Chromebook (the login function asked for a phone number to text me an additional password). And it turns out that the blog was affected too. American Power was taken down.
Bob Belvedere tweeted:
No big deal, actually. I didn't feel much like blogging anyway after the Eric Hosmer crushed that 11th inning home run. I hit the sack.
So, I was out cold at 5:33 this morning when Blogger sent this email:
The sick f-ker Repsac checks my blog multiple times per day, while denying his sick obsessive program of stalking and harassment.
Reppy's been consumed by ideological hatred --- and a deep psychotic personal animus against yours truly --- since 2008, when the dirtbag loser first started stalking me, in the comments at Biobrain's blog.
Oh well, perhaps Reppy will someday, at long last, seek out the psychiatric help he so badly needs.
Meanwhile, his decidedly odd cheering of Blogger's automated splog-flagging system reveals just how far Reppy's descended into the nihilist pit of deranged, demonological hatred.
Bob Belvedere tweeted:
@AmPowerBlog I'm getting this msg when I try to get to your site: 'the blog at http://t.co/HbZF8J2e5q has been removed'
— Bob Belvedere (@BobBelvedere) October 4, 2014No big deal, actually. I didn't feel much like blogging anyway after the Eric Hosmer crushed that 11th inning home run. I hit the sack.
So, I was out cold at 5:33 this morning when Blogger sent this email:
Hello, We have received your appeal regarding your blog http://americanpowerblog.blogspot.com/. Upon further review we have determined that your blog was mistakenly marked as a TOS violator by our automated system and, as such, we have reinstated your blog. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused in the meantime and thank you for your patience as we completed our review process. Thank you for understanding. Sincerely, The Blogger Team.I got up and checked my iPhone and American Power was already loaded in the phone's browser. I got some coffee at 7/11 and got back to my normal blogging routine --- to the bitter consternation of my obsessed hate-addled stalking troll Walter James Casper III, who tweeted:
Dude, where's my blog? #KARMALAND #bwahaha
— W. James Casper (@repsac3) October 4, 2014The sick f-ker Repsac checks my blog multiple times per day, while denying his sick obsessive program of stalking and harassment.
Reppy's been consumed by ideological hatred --- and a deep psychotic personal animus against yours truly --- since 2008, when the dirtbag loser first started stalking me, in the comments at Biobrain's blog.
Oh well, perhaps Reppy will someday, at long last, seek out the psychiatric help he so badly needs.
Meanwhile, his decidedly odd cheering of Blogger's automated splog-flagging system reveals just how far Reppy's descended into the nihilist pit of deranged, demonological hatred.
Eric Hosmer Crushes Homer in 11th Inning, Crushing #Angels Home-Field Hopes
Hosmer's been on fire. He pounded that extra-innings triple off the wall against the A's, crushing Oakland's wild card hopes. And now he's crushed the Angels' hopes, as the Royals can clinch a trip to the American League championship on Sunday.
At the New York Post, "Royals show no signs of slowing down, beat Angels again."
At the New York Post, "Royals show no signs of slowing down, beat Angels again."
Friday, October 3, 2014
The Real Reason Winning the Senate Matters
From Charles Krauthammer, at WaPo:
We're seeing more and more reports bullish on a GOP takeover of the Senate. The election's just over a month away. Lookin' good.
You can win midterm elections without a positive agenda. You can’t win presidential elections that way. It is therefore vitally important for Republicans to win the Senate in 2014. Here’s why.Keep reading.
In midterms, it’s all right to be the party of no. The 2010 election, for example, was a referendum on the liberal overreach of the first two Obama years. Result? A Democratic “shellacking,” said President Obama. The massive stimulus, (the failed) cap-and-trade and Obamacare created a major backlash that cost Obama the House and, with it, the rest of his ideological agenda. It’s been blocked ever since.
That’s the power of no. And Republicans should not apologize for it. The role of the opposition is to oppose. With the welfare state having reached the outer limits of its competency and solvency, it is in desperate need of restructuring and reform. With an ideologically ambitious president committed instead to expanding entitlements, regulation and government itself, principle alone would compel the conservative party to say “stop.”
“Stop” was more than enough in 2010. With the president in decline and his presidency falling apart, it will be enough in 2014. Those complaining that Republicans haven’t come up with a national agenda are forgetting that we don’t have a parliamentary system. We don’t have an organized hierarchical opposition with a shadow prime minister and shadow Cabinet. We’ve got 500-odd local political entrepreneurs running under the same Republican banner but offering distinctly independent takes on its philosophy.
The 1994 Contract With America is, of course, the exception. But that required unique leadership and circumstances. We do not have that now.
Nor do we need to. Republicans are today on track to take back the Senate.
Why is this important? It’s not an end in itself. Nor will it change the trajectory of Obama’s presidency. His agenda died on Nov. 2, 2010, when he lost the House. It won’t be any deader on Nov. 4, 2014, if he loses the Senate.
But regaining the Senate would finally give the GOP the opportunity, going into 2016, to demonstrate its capacity to govern...
We're seeing more and more reports bullish on a GOP takeover of the Senate. The election's just over a month away. Lookin' good.
So, I Was Able to Find Fox Sports 1 for the #NLDS
I couldn't find it at first, which would have been a bummer, especially since the Dodgers had been blocked out of basic cable all season.
I checked the Fox Sports website, "Find FOX Sports 1 on your TV."
And see LAT, "TV schedule for rest of Dodgers-Cardinals division series announced."
I checked the Fox Sports website, "Find FOX Sports 1 on your TV."
And see LAT, "TV schedule for rest of Dodgers-Cardinals division series announced."
GRAPHIC: Islamic State Beheads British Hostage Alan Henning
The bloke was doomed.
At Bare Naked Islam, "BREAKING! British citizen Alan Henning beheaded by the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria (WARNING: Graphic)."
And from SITE Intel Group, "Islamic State Beheads Alan Henning in Video (Public and Edited)." And at the Times of Israel, "Islamic State beheads British hostage Henning."
At Bare Naked Islam, "BREAKING! British citizen Alan Henning beheaded by the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria (WARNING: Graphic)."
And from SITE Intel Group, "Islamic State Beheads Alan Henning in Video (Public and Edited)." And at the Times of Israel, "Islamic State beheads British hostage Henning."
Obama Puts Failed Democrat Policies 'On the Ballot'
And flailing Dems are not pleased, lol.
At WaPo, "And just like that, Obama’s ‘policies are on the ballot’ comment is campaign ad fodder," and Legal Insurrection, "2014 Dem Nightmare Come True: Obama puts his policies “on the ballot”."
At WaPo, "And just like that, Obama’s ‘policies are on the ballot’ comment is campaign ad fodder," and Legal Insurrection, "2014 Dem Nightmare Come True: Obama puts his policies “on the ballot”."
Nice quote. Good picture. #ncsen pic.twitter.com/lfV8RuFPhR
— William Allison (@WilliamAllison) October 3, 2014Travel Bans from Liberia Are Racist!
Political correctness gets people killed.
At Twitchy, "PC on parade: Katie Pavlich’s call for restrictions on flights from Africa called ‘racist position’."
At Twitchy, "PC on parade: Katie Pavlich’s call for restrictions on flights from Africa called ‘racist position’."
Ah yes, shutting down flights from countries with rampant Ebola is totally all about racism @zaidjilani
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) October 3, 2014How did Ebola get here @zaidjilani? Because someone went to Liberia and brought it back, genius. Flight restrictions prevent that.
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) October 3, 2014Classic: Leftist Loon in Irvine Drives Toyota Prius with Smorgasbord of Obama-Cult 'Progressive' Bumper Stickers
This dolt needs to update her array of bumper stickers. I mean, "Obama 2012" is pretty dated, to say nothing of "marriage equality," an Orwellian perversion of the language that is nevertheless passé in 2014.
And Troy Davis? That's so 2011. And lame. The dude was in fact a poster boy for the death penalty.
Meh. If you're driving a Prius it's de rigueur to sport the regressive bumper sticker array. Freakin' morons.
A classic brain-dead leftist, in any case. The kind seen frequently at Legal Insurrection, heh.
And Troy Davis? That's so 2011. And lame. The dude was in fact a poster boy for the death penalty.
Meh. If you're driving a Prius it's de rigueur to sport the regressive bumper sticker array. Freakin' morons.
A classic brain-dead leftist, in any case. The kind seen frequently at Legal Insurrection, heh.
Angels Don't Meet Expectations in Game 1 of Division Series — #ALDS
A nicely toned commentary from Bill Dwyre, at the Los Angeles Times:
PREVIOUSLY: "#Angels Drop First Game to #Royals in #ALDS."
The game was tighter than the cork on a bottle of wine. The Angels wore out the Rally Monkey. Also the 45,321 fans.Pretty shocking opener, actually.
It also wore out people's patience. The game took 4 hours 5 minutes and was a prime example of why retiring Commissioner Bud Selig wants things done to make games move along faster. This one gave him a template.
PREVIOUSLY: "#Angels Drop First Game to #Royals in #ALDS."
Two Louisiana Teachers Accused of Group Sex with Student
Tell women not to rape
At the New Orleans Times-Picayune, "Destrehan High School teachers accused of group sex with student at Kenner apartment."
At the New Orleans Times-Picayune, "Destrehan High School teachers accused of group sex with student at Kenner apartment."
Thursday, October 2, 2014
#Angels Drop First Game to #Royals in #ALDS
The Angels are off to a rough start against the Royals, who are frankly on fire.
Too many missed opportunities.
Too many missed opportunities.
.@lamblock The #Royals got freakin' heart man. #Pujols needs to come through here!
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) October 3, 2014Trout, Pujols, Kendrick and Hamilton are a combined 0 for 16 so far tonight. #Angels.
— Mike DiGiovanna (@MikeDiGiovanna) October 3, 2014Kendrick strikes out to end B10, and quite a few fans leaving #Angels Stadium ... in a playoff game ... in extra innings. Wow.
— Mike DiGiovanna (@MikeDiGiovanna) October 3, 2014I know folks have to work in the morning, but c'mon, it's been 5 years since #Angels were in playoffs. You can sleep over the weekend.
— Mike DiGiovanna (@MikeDiGiovanna) October 3, 2014.@MikeDiGiovanna Fernando Salas is the #Angels' goat. #ALDS
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) October 3, 2014The @Royals are rewriting their #postseason history ... one marvelous step at a time. http://t.co/VtiUN7B90n
— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) October 3, 2014Missing U.S. Marine Corps Aircrew Member Lost at Sea
At Pat Dollard's, "Missing U.S. Marine Corps Aircrew Member Lost at Sea." And Stars & Stripes, "Search over: Missing Marine aircrew member declared lost at sea."
And see the New Orleans Times-Picayune, "Search of Arabian Sea ends for Marine who jumped from ailing Osprey, paper reports":
And see the New Orleans Times-Picayune, "Search of Arabian Sea ends for Marine who jumped from ailing Osprey, paper reports":
A Marine who leapt into the Arabia Sea from a MV-22 Osprey after the aircraft lost power is presumed dead, the Navy Times newspaper reported Thursday. The Navy called off the search earlier Thursday, a day after the Marine and another crewman jumped from the tilt-rotor aircraft.More.
The second Marine was recovered shortly after jumping and was reported in stable condition aboard the USS Makin Island, the amphibious assault ship from which the Osprey had launched before losing power. The pilot was able to gain control of the aircraft and return to the ship, the Navy Times reported...
This Season's #Angels Team Draws Comparisons to 2002 World Series Champions
At LAT, "Angels may have turned back the clock":
It first struck Tim Salmon in early July, when the Angels steamrollered the Texas Rangers in a four-game sweep. It became more apparent July 18, when the Angels traded for proven closer Huston Street, turning a much-improved bullpen into a dominant one.More.
It was solidified in early September, when the Angels' offense went off, averaging almost nine runs a game during a 10-game win streak that sealed the American League West title.
"This team is really reminiscent of our 2002 team," said Salmon, the right fielder on the club that mashed its way to the World Series championship that October. "They're putting up a lot of runs, and they're getting great pitching from their bullpen. Hopefully, the postseason for them goes like it did for us."
The Angels open the AL division series against the Kansas City Royals on Thursday, and despite their major league-best 98-64 record, they may have the thinnest and least-imposing rotation of the eight playoff participants.
Game 1 starter Jered Weaver is a veteran right-hander who consistently pitches into the seventh inning and gives the Angels a chance to win.
But left-handers C.J. Wilson and Hector Santiago were erratic in September, their occasional brilliance offset by some early blowouts, and right-hander Matt Shoemaker will be trying to pitch through a potentially painful rib-cage strain.
The Angels survived — even thrived — after losing their best pitcher, Garrett Richards, to a knee injury Aug. 20. The loss of the right-hander could sting more in October, as the Angels match up against some shut-down starters.
But the Angels don't have to look far for proof you can win a World Series without dominant starting pitching. Their blueprint for success is a virtual carbon copy of the 2002 team's: Get a lead or stay even through five innings, hand the ball to the bullpen and enjoy the ride.
And if the starter struggles? Then pummel the opposing pitcher.
"You can bet it's going to be a race to the fifth inning for [Manager Mike] Scioscia unless he's got Weav out there," said Troy Percival, the closer on the 2002 club. "When you have the bullpen the Angels have, it becomes a five-inning game. It's similar to when we were rolling in 2002. We could cover four innings every day on a playoff run."
Facebook to Revise 'Real Name' Policy to Accommodate Homosexuals, Drag Kings, Drag Queens and Members of the LGBT Community
Darn tootin'
Facebook needs to get with the program.
At the Verve, "Facebook clarifies real name policy amid LGBT protests: Drag queens will be able to post under their stage names, the company says."
Facebook needs to get with the program.
At the Verve, "Facebook clarifies real name policy amid LGBT protests: Drag queens will be able to post under their stage names, the company says."
Bwahaha! Walter James Casper Tweets Batshit Crazy Mahablog's Deranged Ravings on Oklahoma Beheader
Poor Reppy.
The guy's got no self-control with that retweet button. Man, sometimes you gotta rein in the impulses to share, lest you look even more of a loon than you normally do. I mean, Mahablog? That lady Barbara O'Brien is clinical.
"Borderline personality disorder"? Jeebus!
Meanwhile, at NBC, "Oklahoma Beheading Suspect Denied Bond, Asks for Muslim Lawyer."
Yes, the suspect asked for a "Muslim lawyer," despite the left's unhinged claims that the beheading wasn't religiously motivated.
Freakin' morons.
The guy's got no self-control with that retweet button. Man, sometimes you gotta rein in the impulses to share, lest you look even more of a loon than you normally do. I mean, Mahablog? That lady Barbara O'Brien is clinical.
"Borderline personality disorder"? Jeebus!
Today in Panic News | The Mahablog http://t.co/12Leza5Cq9
— W. James Casper (@repsac3) September 27, 2014Meanwhile, at NBC, "Oklahoma Beheading Suspect Denied Bond, Asks for Muslim Lawyer."
Yes, the suspect asked for a "Muslim lawyer," despite the left's unhinged claims that the beheading wasn't religiously motivated.
Freakin' morons.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Bell Gardens Mayor Had Squabbled with His Wife Over Finances
The wife, Lyvette Crespo, says she shot her husband because he was beating their son. But the L.A. Times reports that there was squabbling in the household over finances, and Mayor Crespo's brother sounds like he's not buying the wife's story.
Here, "Bell Gardens mayor's wife shot him to stop him from beating son, sources say":
Here, "Bell Gardens mayor's wife shot him to stop him from beating son, sources say":
Authorities have not released a possible motive for the shooting, but Daniel Crespo's brother, William, told KTLA-TV that the couple had been arguing over finances Tuesday.PREVIOUSLY: "Mayor of Bell Gardens Daniel Crespo Shot and Killed by Wife."
William Crespo recalled his brother telling him: "'She’s over here fighting that I spend too much money.'"
He also described his brother as being "really tired" after having worked days and nights.
"She won't let him sleep," William Crespo said of his brother's wife, Levette.
Daniel Crespo, 45, was elected to the City Council in 2001. Aside from his duties as mayor, he worked as a Los Angeles County probation officer for more than a decade, according to the city.
Embattled U.S. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson Resigns
The lapses at the Secret Service are absolutely astonishing. Director Pierson's resignation should be just the first in a major shakeup across the responsible agencies, including DHS.
At the Washington Post, "Julia Pierson resigns as Secret Service director."
At the Washington Post, "Julia Pierson resigns as Secret Service director."
Kansas City Royals Advance to ALDS
That Eric Hosmer triple in the 12th was the turning point. Man, what a game!
I was hoping for an all-California ALDS, north-south style, but the Angels will face off against the Royals instead of the A's starting tomorrow.
More at the New York Post, "Royals comeback caps epic playoff opener."
I was hoping for an all-California ALDS, north-south style, but the Angels will face off against the Royals instead of the A's starting tomorrow.
More at the New York Post, "Royals comeback caps epic playoff opener."
The United States of Ebola!
Coming to America, at WaPo, "First U.S. case of Ebola diagnosed in Texas after man who came from Liberia falls ill."
And at CBS This Morning, "CDC director on threat of a potential U.S. outbreak."
And at CBS This Morning, "CDC director on threat of a potential U.S. outbreak."
Governor Jerry Brown Signs Plastic Bag Ban Into Law
This won't "protect the environment."
All it does is inconvenience consumers and make idiot environmentalists feel good about themselves.
Have your canvas, bacteria-encrusted reusable bags ready at all times.
At LAT, "Gov. Brown signs phase-out of single-use plastic bags in stores."
Before long we'll all be eating green shoots and granola. And liking it!
More at CBS This Morning, "California becomes first state to prohibit plastic bags."
All it does is inconvenience consumers and make idiot environmentalists feel good about themselves.
Have your canvas, bacteria-encrusted reusable bags ready at all times.
At LAT, "Gov. Brown signs phase-out of single-use plastic bags in stores."
Before long we'll all be eating green shoots and granola. And liking it!
More at CBS This Morning, "California becomes first state to prohibit plastic bags."
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Mayor of Bell Gardens Daniel Crespo Shot and Killed by Wife
I guess the wife was striking a blow against the patriarchy.
At LAT, "Bell Gardens Mayor Daniel Crespo fatally shot by wife, authorities say."
At LAT, "Bell Gardens Mayor Daniel Crespo fatally shot by wife, authorities say."
Monday, September 29, 2014
Maria Fernandes, 32-Year-Old Dunkin' Donuts Worker, Touted as Symbol of America's Low-Wage Workers
Remember the left's "The Pity Party"?
Here's a case study (or yet another case study in the left's pity party shakedown socialist scam).
At the New York Times, "For a Worker With Little Time Between 3 Jobs, a Nap Has Fatal Consequences":
Her death was ruled an accident. We could have 100 percent economic equality, and this woman still could have died in an accident like this.
Here's a case study (or yet another case study in the left's pity party shakedown socialist scam).
At the New York Times, "For a Worker With Little Time Between 3 Jobs, a Nap Has Fatal Consequences":
“She would give anyone anything she could.” — Glen Carter, 33.Keep reading.
Maybe she poured you a cup of hot coffee, right before you rushed off to catch your afternoon train. Maybe you noticed her huddled over an empty table in the station, dozing in the lonesome hours between one shift and another.
Her name was Maria Fernandes. She was 32 years old. And long before her face flashed across the evening news, she worked amid the throngs of passengers in the heart of Newark’s Pennsylvania Station, serving pumpkin lattes and toasted bagels, and dreaming of life somewhere else.
She dreamed of the bustling streets of Los Angeles and the leafy towns of Pennsylvania. She dreamed of working two jobs, not three. She dreamed of sleeping, really sleeping, for six or seven hours at a stretch.
But dreams rarely pay the rent. So Ms. Fernandes worked three jobs, at three Dunkin’ Donuts stores in northern New Jersey, shuttling from Newark to Linden to Harrison and back. She often slept in her car — two hours here, three hours there — and usually kept the engine running, ready in an instant to start all over again.
The last day of her life was no different. She got off work at 6 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 25, and climbed into her 2001 Kia Sportage, officials from the Elizabeth Police Department said. She was dreaming again, this time about taking a break to celebrate a milestone with friends. But first, she told her boyfriend, Mr. Carter, during a brief cellphone conversation, she was going to take a nap.
She pulled into the parking lot of a Wawa convenience store, reclined in the driver’s seat and closed her eyes. The store’s surveillance camera videotaped her arrival at 6:27 a.m.
Detectives would pore over those tapes after her body was found later that day. It was the last image that anyone would see of her alive.
“She liked her jobs; she never complained.” — Jessenia Barra, 28.
In death, Ms. Fernandes has been held up as a symbol of the hardships facing our nation’s army of low-wage workers. Her friends say she earned little more than $8.25 an hour — New Jersey’s minimum wage — and passed her days and nights in a blur of iced coffees and toasted breakfast sandwiches, coffee rolls and glazed jelly doughnuts.
You might remember her dark eyes and that smile when she handed your change across the counter. She worked afternoons in Newark, overnights in Linden and weekends in Harrison.
In a statement, Michelle King, a spokeswoman for Dunkin’ Brands, said that Ms. Fernandes’s managers described her as a “model” employee. (Ms. King said she could not say how much Ms. Fernandes earned or describe the specific hours she worked, saying that only the three franchisees that directly employed Ms. Fernandes had that information. Ms. King declined to provide contact information for those franchisees.)
Her death was ruled an accident. We could have 100 percent economic equality, and this woman still could have died in an accident like this.
Ferguson Remains a City on the Brink
The never-ending soap opera of racial recrimination in the heartland.
At the Los Angeles Times, "A tense Ferguson fears the worst is yet to come":
At the Los Angeles Times, "A tense Ferguson fears the worst is yet to come":
Black racism alive and well in #ferguson -> pic.twitter.com/nJR18rkl17
— Kelly (@KLSouth) September 29, 2014Beauty Town has an elaborate video surveillance system that displays 16 angles of the store, but the cameras are better at capturing crime than at preventing it.Keep reading.
The beauty shop has been looted multiple times since a white Ferguson police officer shot an unarmed black man Aug. 9. Last week, during another round of unrest on West Florissant Avenue, a group of young men broke the front windows and raided the shelves and cash register.
Owner Shawn Kim thinks 99% of the people who live around his shop are good people.
For the rest, he’s bought a gun. Just in case.
If the grand jury fails to indict the officer who killed Michael Brown, almost everyone here thinks things will get worse.
“They’re not going to be looting next time,” said Kevin Seltzer, 30, who lives at an apartment complex near where Brown, 18, was shot. “They’re going to burn the city down.”
Far from finding peace after a round of summer protests and riots, Ferguson remains a city on the brink, its nearly every step troubled. The last week has been especially fraught.
Pro-Democracy Protests Shake Hong Kong
At WSJ, "Roads Were Blocked and Some Schools and Offices Were Closed Monday Morning."
Hong Kong is a bright shining light in Asia and China is on its way to snuffing it out. #OccupyCentral
— Melissa Clouthier (@MelissaTweets) September 28, 2014Sasha Pain Joins Ferguson Protests
Boy those Ruptly folks must really be up on the latest in XXX viewing.
Here, "USA: Porn star Sasha Pain joins Ferguson protests."
Here, "USA: Porn star Sasha Pain joins Ferguson protests."
The police are targeting women. Be careful, ladies #Ferguson
— Sasha Pain (@CaptnThundrCunt) September 29, 2014
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