Kay Hagan Missed Armed Services Committee Hearing to Attend Fundraiser (VIDEO)

Alas, she's not as vulnerable as I had hoped. But God willing she'll still be dumped out on her ass by election day.

At Free Beacon, "Hagan Confirms Attending NYC Fundraiser Over Islamic State Hearing."

Democratic Party's Turnout Problem

I noted the engagement gap the other day, which is going to hurt the idiot Dems, "Voter Engagement Lower Than in 2010 and 2006 Midterms."

And now here's this, at the Hill, "Turnout fears mount for Dems":

The Democratic Party's worst fears about the midterm election look to be coming true.

Polling in recent weeks suggests turnout on Election Day could be very low, even by the standards of recent midterms. That’s bad news for Democrats because core groups in the liberal base are more likely to stay home than are people in the demographic segments that lean Republican.

A Gallup poll last week found that voters are less engaged in this year's midterms than they were in 2010 and 2006. Only 33 percent of respondents said they were giving at least “some” thought to the upcoming midterms, compared to 46 percent in 2010 and 42 percent in 2006. Even more troubling for Democrats, Republicans held a 12-point advantage  when those paying “some” attention were broken down by party.

Historically, the core Democratic constituencies of young people, minorities and single women are more likely to skip voting in midterm elections. The current projections suggest that months of effort by the Democratic Party to engage those groups on issues such as the minimum wage and women's pay may have been in vain.



If the numbers hold, it could mean a rout for Democrats similar to the 2010 "shellacking" — President Obama’s description — that swept away their House majority.

"We cannot have 2010 turnout. If we have 2010 turnout among our key constituencies, we're going to have 2010 all over again. It's math," said Democratic strategist Cornell Belcher, who served as a pollster for President Obama's election campaigns.

More. (Via Memeorandum.)

Also from Martin "Not Dead" Longman, at the Washington Monthly, "If an Election Happens in the Forest and…" (Also via Memeorandum.)

America Is 'War on Women' Weary

From Kim Strassel, at WSJ:

Colorado Sen. Mark Udall has been called a lot of things, but the nickname highlighted during his Tuesday debate with Republican Cory Gardner deserves some meditation. “Mr. Udall,” said the female debate moderator, “your campaign has been so focused on women’s issues that you’ve been dubbed ‘Mark Uterus’ . . . Have you gone too far?”

Don’t tell Harry Reid , but the “war on women” theme is losing political altitude. Don’t tell the entire Democratic Party, in fact, which this year chose to elevate this attack—that Republicans are hostile to women—to the top of its political strategy. Mr. Reid spent most of the past year holding Senate show votes (on “equal” pay or the Violence Against Women Act) designed to give his candidates further political ammunition. Democrats by some estimates have already devoted as much as 60% of their $120 million in midterm TV advertising to the “war on women”—claiming Republican candidates are anti-birth-control, anti-women’s-health, anti-reproductive rights, anti-equal pay. Even Republicans at the height of anti-ObamaCare fervor were never so monomaniacal.

When a party throws $70 million at an issue, it will move the voter dial. Yet what’s remarkable is how little that dial is moving for Democrats compared with past elections. In Colorado, where Mr. Udall and his allies have beaten the “war on women” drum harder than any campaign, the most recent poll, from Quinnipiac, shows Mr. Gardner down by only three points among women. Colorado Republican Ken Buck, who failed in a Senate bid in 2010, lost women by 17 points.

New Fox News state polls show the same everywhere. Alaska Republican Senate candidate Dan Sullivan is losing women by five points. In Kentucky, GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell is down among women voters by two points—and he’s running against a Democratic woman. Republican Tom Cotton in Arkansas is outright tied among women against Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor.

Credit for these tight margins goes partly to the GOP, which after too many thrashings finally came into an election with a counter-strategy. The National Republican Senatorial Committee put a new premium on picking nominees talented enough to avoid saying stupid stuff. This was no small task, given the media’s obsessive focus in interviews and debates on social issues, and thus the endless potential for Republican error. Less than a month from Election Day, the GOP has yet to suffer a Todd Akin moment.

Republican candidates have also gone on offense. Mr. Gardner (as well as a half-dozen other GOP Senate candidates) flummoxed the left with his support for over-the-counter birth control. The position has helped inoculate him from Democratic assaults. Republicans still could—and should—do more to highlight Democratic extremism on social issues. Mr. Udall, for instance, recently refused to say he was opposed to sex-selective abortions, meaning he’s apparently not against terminating girl babies solely because they are girls. War on women?

Mr. Udall’s race offers another insight into the Democrats’ diminishing war-on-women returns. Women are open to a bit of fear-mongering about Republicans, but they are less sure about a Democrat who can’t talk about anything else...

Exactly. Look squirrel!

More at that top link.

Alison Lundergan Grimes Won't Say If She Voted for Obama

Via Legal Insurrection, "Alison Grimes: Stop asking me if I voted for Obama."

Abortion Barbie Goes There

See Ed Morrissey, at Hot Air, "The worst campaign ad ever?":

It’s simply stunning in its sheer desperation. It’s so bad that I’m writing this post at nearly 11 pm in Rome to make sure it goes up on the site tonight. This isn’t just a bad campaign ad — it may very well be the worst, most cynical campaign ad ever. And the award goes to Wendy Davis, who’s about to get trounced by Greg Abbott, and this shows why:

After getting justice for himself, Greg Abbott spent his career denying that same justice to other victims. WATCH: http://t.co/KpuBJdU5fa

— Wendy Davis (@WendyDavisTexas) October 10, 2014

RTWT.

And don't miss Twitchy, "‘Eff it, let’s go after the cripple’: You have to see Wendy Davis’ new attack ad [video]." Be sure to follow the links for additional posts.

A perfect representation of Democrat Party depravity. So, when will top party officials and office holders denounce Wendy Davis and her abject hatred for the disabled? I'm not holding my breath. This is a feature, not a bug.

Rosie Jones Returns to Zoo

Well, she's making the most of her modeling career, and good for her. The U.K.'s totalitarian feminists already succeeded in getting Nuts shut down. More power to Zoo.



PREVIOUSLY: "Rosie Jones' First-Ever Zoo 'Shoot."

News Generation Gap

A rhetorical question, via Nieman Lab:

Is there a news generation gap? http://t.co/xx5PaRTVhD pic.twitter.com/Ce9t5f5xVu

— Nieman Lab (@NiemanLab) October 9, 2014

Of course there's a news gap. I'm frankly surprised young people read news websites at all.

Here's the Left’s Secret Plan to Turn America Into Sweden

From James Pethokoukis, at AEI.

The Republican Party Remains the Natural Repository of the Values Espoused by Abraham Lincoln

From Richard Brookhiser, at the Wall Street Journal, "Freedom, Hard Work and the Party of Lincoln":

Every February, local Republican parties celebrate Lincoln’s birthday, complete with costumed re-enactors reciting the Gettysburg Address. It is one of the charming rituals of American politics, half playful, half earnest and all homemade.

Better than dressing up like Lincoln is thinking seriously about his ideas. Much of Lincoln’s career was consumed by issues that—thanks largely to him—are long gone: We will never again argue about slavery in Kansas. But his principles are forever relevant: his love of freedom; his belief in work as the means of self-fulfillment; his devotion to America’s founders and their great documents. The Republican Party, which he helped found and which backed him loyally through the Civil War, is the natural repository of his legacy.

Lincoln’s greatest achievement, along with preserving the Union, was extinguishing American slavery. He won the presidency in 1860 on a pledge to stop slavery from expanding into new territories; in January 1863 the Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves of rebels; the 13th Amendment, approved by Congress in January 1865 with his support, abolished slavery nationwide. As a result of his efforts four million bondmen and -women were freed.

But Lincoln believed in freedom as a universal right, “applicable,” as he put it in 1859, “to all men and all times.” Lincoln thought liberty and tyranny were locked in an age-old struggle. He repeatedly linked slavery to older forms of despotism. “A king who seeks to bestride the people of his own nation,” he said in his 1858 debates with Stephen Douglas, was animated by “the same tyrannical principle” as “one race of men . . . enslaving another race.” But Lincoln’s comparison applies equally to the modern metastasized state.

Lincoln understood the necessary limits of democratic government: The people could become their own oppressors if they endorsed tyranny. If a “man governs himself that is self-government,” he said in 1854, “but when he governs himself, and also governs another man, that is more than self-government—that is despotism.”

Lincoln’s faith in freedom was bound up with his views on work. Lincoln rose from frontier subsistence farming to the professional middle class by his own efforts. As a teenager he resented his father, Thomas Lincoln, for hiring him out as an unpaid laborer, as if he were a horse or a plow. As a young adult he tried a variety of jobs to support himself, from blacksmithing to surveying, until he finally taught himself the law. Lawyers could make good money in early-19th-century America, but it was never easy. Twice a year Lincoln traveled Illinois’ 8th judicial circuit (approximately the size of Connecticut) to earn fees from criminal cases and small claims. He also argued for railroads, the big businesses of the day....

Lincoln claimed to be preserving the Founders’ handiwork. Their principles were his; his solutions fulfilled their aims. In the Gettysburg Address, he called, not for a birth of new freedom, but “a new birth of freedom”—the Founders’ freedom, cleansed by removing the stain of slavery. For Lincoln the road to America’s future always began in its past...

RTWT.

Brianna Wu Goes Into Hiding — #GamerGate

Remember from last month, "FEMINIST BULLIES TEARING THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY APART."

It's Milo Yiannopoulos, and I agree with his commentary, for the most part. And then I see stuff like this and don't know what to think.

Can't keep up with everything:

8chan/#gamergate just doxxed me, posting all kinds of personal information about me. Guys, THIS is the war on industry women. Wake up.

— Brianna Wu (@Spacekatgal) October 11, 2014

And, here's the part of the night where I call the police. pic.twitter.com/uMByxBEtYz

— Brianna Wu (@Spacekatgal) October 11, 2014

The police just came by. Husband and I are going somewhere safe. Remember, #gamergate isn't about attacking women. pic.twitter.com/ZU6oEVxMGL

— Brianna Wu (@Spacekatgal) October 11, 2014

RELATED: FWIW, from Laurie Penney, "WHY WE’RE WINNING: SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIORS AND THE NEW CULTURE WAR."

And then back to Yiannopoulos, "HOW TO LOSE A PUBLIC RELATIONS BATTLE ON THE INTERNET."

Maybe Robert Stacy McCain can figure it out?!!

Bwahaha!! Jimmy Carter Relinquishes Title of Worst President Ever!

To Barack Hussein Obumbler, lol.

PAST PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER HANDS OVER HIS TROPHY 2 PRESIDENT OBAMA!! #tcot #ccot #pjnet pic.twitter.com/WqvDpk95F8

— DR. TWEET, Ph.D. (@Callisto1947) October 11, 2014

More at the Other McCain, "Obama’s Failed Presidency."

Charles Krauthammer: Obama's Sad Approval Numbers Drag Down the Democrats

From the one and only Krauthammer:

Fifty-Two Percent of Americans Say Republicans Will Win Control of the Senate

Yeah, well, it's not looking to good for the Ebola Democrats.

At Gallup, "Slim Majority in U.S. Expect Republicans to Win the Senate":

Partisans on both sides show signs of wishful thinking when assessing which party will win control of the U.S. House and Senate this fall. Nearly two-thirds of Democrats interviewed in the Sept. 25-30 survey say their own party will win the Senate -- not an unreasonable conjecture given that Democrats currently control the upper chamber and would need to lose a net of six seats to lose the majority. But the slight majority of Democrats, 51%, also believe their party will win in the House -- an outcome out of step with the Republican gains most pundits are expecting.

Likewise, despite the closeness of several races that Republicans must win if they are to gain control of the Senate, the vast majority of Republicans, 76%, are optimistic the Republicans will take the U.S. Senate. Meanwhile, 87% of Republicans believe the Republican Party will control of the House, possibly reflecting their awareness that their party already has a firm hold on it.

The more objective predictions may be those made by political independents, which mirror the national averages. More than half of independents predict Republicans will win the Senate, and a solid majority -- 61% -- say Republicans will win the House.

Democrats Prepare for World Without Obama

Outstanding analysis, from Jonathan Tobin, at Commentary, "Dems Prepare for World Without Obama":

A world without Obama is terra incognita for a Democratic Party that must prove it can win a victory without the aid of a boogeyman like George W. Bush or a hope-and-change messiah. Moreover, eight years of a largely failed presidency has altered the political landscape just as much as the changing demographics. Next month we will get the first indication whether Democrats are equipped to deal with that dilemma. If the polls that currently give the GOP an edge are any indication, they might not like the answer.

Heh, "hope-and-change messiah."

Ain't it the truth.

The Left Looks to Legalize Incest Between Consenting Adults

Heh, the next frontier in equality.

Shoot, let siblings get married. Why should your bigotry hinder other people's happiness? Indeed, hey, as long as it doesn't harm your marriage, what's to object?!!

At Truth Revolt, "HuffPo Gay Voices Asks 'Should Incest Between Consenting Adults Be Legalized?'"

RELATED: From David Harsanyi, at the Federalist, "I’m asking on what logical grounds can a person argue that gay marriage is okay but polygamy is not—or any other type of marriage?"

Malala Yousafzai Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Well, ahem, at least they picked someone who actually deserves it.

At the New York Times, "Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Children’s Rights Activists."

Voter Engagement Lower Than in 2010 and 2006 Midterms

It's gonna hurt the Dems.

At Gallup:

Usually, Republicans vote at higher rates than Democrats, and this is evident in higher scores for Republicans than for Democrats on the voter engagement questions, including this year. In fact, the Republican advantages on each of the three turnout measures at this point approach what Gallup measured in the strong GOP year of 2010 rather than in other midterm election years. As a result, even if overall turnout is depressed compared with prior years, Republicans appear poised to turn out in greater numbers than Democrats.

But be sure to RTWT.

2014's going to be different than previous elections, because voters don't expect polarization and government gridlock to end.

Fine by me. As long as the GOP shuts down the Obama-Dems, I'll be happy for a couple more years. Besides, I doubt 2016 will be a good year for the Democrats --- especially in foreign policy --- so Republicans can ride the 2014 momentum into the presidential election year. As the idiot Markos Moulitsas likes to say, crush 'em.

ICYMI, Don't Forget William Voegeli, 'The Pity Party: A Mean-Spirited Diatribe Against Liberal Compassion'

It's a good book.

Pre-order at Amazon.

Hold Obama and the Democrats Accountable for the Terrorist Threat

From David Horowitz, at FrontPage Mag:

Since 1945 Republicans have not won the popular vote unless national security was the primary issue. But security issues were virtually absent from the 2008 and 2012 elections. This gave victories to Barack Obama, the most anti-military president in American history. Fortunately, the prospects for 2016 are looking marginally better because Republicans are now actually focusing on the fact that an anti-military presidency has ominous consequences for the 300 million Americans whose safety is the primary responsibility of the commander-in-chief.

That said, there is much to be desired in the Republican message, which is tepid, diffuse and easily missed. When Politico wrote a story about the recent change in Republican strategy it was all about the shift away from the tax-cutting emphasis of recent years, rather than towards the national security issue.

So let me describe the reality we are actually facing, which is a necessary preface to the way the Republican Party should be framing its strategy and should be emphasizing the dangers of having a Democratic president like Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton – or for that matter a Democratic Congress – leading us in wartime.

I will leave out of this wartime equation the threats from Russia and China, which Obama and the Democrats have done so much to foster. I will focus only on the threat posed by Islamic jihadists, who at this moment can easily penetrate the borders that Obama and the Democrats have done so much to wreck. And carry with them chemical and biological weapons, and – if Iran builds the bombs which Obama the Democrats have made almost inevitable – nuclear weapons as well.

This is easily the greatest terrorist threat in our history, far greater than what transpired before and after 9/11. ISIS, al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas and other Islamic terrorist armies now control territory (and attendant resources) from Afghanistan through Iraq Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Somalia and other regions of Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

Why has this happened? Because Obama and the Democrats have waged a ten-year war against the war on terror, against American military strength, against an American presence in Afghanistan and Iraq, and against the very idea that Islamic forces have declared war on us. For ten years Democrats have been determined to treat terrorists as individual criminals, arrest them and try them in American courts where they will have all the protections of the American legal system that they are seeking to destroy. So hostile has Obama been to the very notion of a “War on Terror” that he has purged the very term from the official government vocabulary and replaced it with “overseas contingency operations” which describes exactly nothing.

To create the power vacuum which Islamic jihadists have filled, Obama had to defy the advice of his Secretary of Defense and his intelligence advisers. He did this in part by absenting himself from nearly half his daily intelligence briefings, and in part by saying no to absolutely crucial measures that his military staff proposed for countering the threat from ISIS and other terrorist groups. Obama saw to it that America would relinquish its military base in Iraq (a country that strategically borders on Afghanistan, Syria and Iran) or to keep the 20,000 American troops stationed there as his Secretary of Defense and Joint Chiefs of Staff urged him to do.

Obama hated the Iraq War so much that he was willing to betray all the American soldiers who gave their lives to keep Iraq out of the clutches of Iran and safe from the terrorist threat. If Obama had just listened to the advice of his military staff, there would be no ISIS today. Obama’s deliberate, calculated surrender of Iraq (and soon Afghanistan) and failure to stop Syria’s Assad when he crossed Obama’s red line is the greatest and gravest dereliction of duty in the history of the American presidency.

And make no mistake, Obama was not alone. For ten years the Democrats have been sabotaging the war on terror, beginning with their disgraceful scorched earth campaign against President Bush and the War in Iraq and continuing with their full-throated cry for the abandonment of Iraq after Bush had won the peace and contained the terrorist threat. Their support for Obama’s appeasement of Iran and Hamas, his support for the Muslim Brotherhood, and his diplomatic assault on Israel, America’s only true ally in the Middle East, is not only a national disgrace but the heart of the crisis that is looming on the international horizon.

If Republicans fail to articulate the sources of this crisis, and specifically to indict Obama, Hillary and the Democrats for their betrayal of America’s interests and their failure to protect the American people then Republicans electoral prospects will be dim, and with them, their country’s future.

Leftists Having Second Thoughts on 'Affirmative Consent' Laws

From KC Johnson, at Minding the Campus, "Liberals Begin to Doubt the New Anti-Rape Laws."

Blood Moon

At WSJ, "Photos: Total Eclipse of the MoonLunar Eclipse Brings ‘Blood Moon’ and Shadows to Asia, Americas."

Photos: A total lunar eclipse brings a ‘blood moon’ and shadows to the night's sky: http://t.co/9qSBVhoGwJ pic.twitter.com/GdlPrsNAXh
— WSJ Photos (@WSJphotos) October 8, 2014

Dodgers Failures Go Right to the Top

From Bill Plaschke, at the Los Angeles Times, "There's enough blame to go around for this Dodgers debacle":

From ownership on down, the Dodgers failed their fans and themselves...changes, big changes, are surely coming...

— Bill Plaschke (@BillPlaschke) October 8, 2014

For the 26th consecutive Dodgers season, the World Series won't be coming to town, and something needs to be said, and those words need to intially be about Walter and the ownership group, for this massive failure begins with them.

Guggenheim [Baseball Management] shamelessly hid the Dodgers from their fans this summer with a money grab from Time Warner Cable that prevented the team from being on television in 70% of Los Angeles households. Yet, for all the riches of that $8.35-billion contract, they refused to allow the trading of prospects for one simple arm that could have saved the Dodgers in October.

An effective starting pitcher would have prevented Kershaw from throwing Tuesday on three days' rest in a game in which he wearily gave up Matt Adams' three-run home run on his 102nd pitch.

An effective middle reliever would have allowed Manager Don Mattingly to relieve Kershaw not only before Adam's home run, but also before Matt Carpenter's three-run double sank Kershaw in the seventh inning of the series opener.

The team with the richest payroll in baseball history turned out to be a beautifully detailed Cadillac without any tires, a $240-million clunker that couldn't even finish the first October lap.

The failure continues with the baseball people, and that means General Manager Ned Colletti, who sat on a couch in the clubhouse early Friday evening and winced.

"It's always hard when you don't win,'' he said. "It tears me up.''

Colletti will take most of the heat here for failure to work within his bosses' philosophical constraints to somehow put together a group of decent relief pitchers. He is the one who rested the bullpen's future in the veteran arms of former All-Star closers Brian Wilson, Brandon League and Chris Perez, yet only two of the three even made the postseason roster, and neither Wilson nor League were trustworthy enough to use.

"It wasn't our bullpen that cost us this series," Colletti said. "Could they have been better? Sure, but when you have left-handed Cardinal hitters doing what they do, that's unreal.''

More.

Mia Farrow Waved a Greased Palm in Chevron Ecuador Case

At IBD:

Mia Farrow's Greased Palm http://t.co/RYATeawbG4 #tcot #tlot

— IBDeditorials (@IBDeditorials) October 7, 2014

Rackets: Celebrities have weighed in on lefty causes since Jane Fonda climbed atop the North Vietnamese gun. But new revelations about Mia Farrow dipping her palm in Ecuadoran oil — and cash — pretty well show what's going on.

It would probably be bearable to hear the vapid, views of Hollywood's finest if it were just a matter of stupid people issuing their opinions.

But when opinions become far-left activist causes and would not even be issued were it not for Third World dictatorship cash, then something else is going on.

Call it greased palms. The candidate for scrutiny who stands out, but isn't alone, is Mia Farrow, whose talent agency took $188,000 from the government of Ecuador, a supposedly neutral party in the dirtiest shakedown of a corporation ever attempted, the $9.5 billion lawsuit by activist NGOs against Chevron, over pollution in Ecuador it had nothing to do with.

Farrow took the cash and joined a celebrity cavalcade of supporters to dip her hands in what was probably Ecuadorean state company oil, waving them around and blaming Chevron for the spill on camera.

It was money well spent for the now-exposed plaintiffs, which forced Chevron to spend untold millions to defend itself against false charges that were subsequently thrown out by a U.S. judge as 100% fraudulent.

Farrow, on her Twitter feed, has insisted that she was just presenting her views and taking her speaking fees.

But she certainly didn't disclose the cash she took as performed her stunt, and it was only by Washington Free Beacon's digging and coverage by the New York Post this week that brought this act to light...

And don't miss Twitchy, "Mia Farrow under fire for role in defrauding Chevron of billions."

Dana Loesch Slams 'Douchebag' Critics of School Choice Decision

She's hilarious!

.@DLoesch makes a statement about homeschooling in an address to douchebags: http://t.co/wl0gKr4dum #DailyDana

— Dana (@DanaTheBlaze) October 8, 2014

Barack Obola

Via Czar Zellum:

I'm Barack Obola and I approve this ebola. @TwitchyTeam pic.twitter.com/ySfmNbootF
— 1984 BARACKOLYPSENOW (@CzarZellem) October 8, 2014

'If the election was held today, the Republicans would control the U.S. Senate...'

Here's Bret Baier, for Fox News, on new polling out from Anderson Robbins Research and Shaw & Company:



More, "Fox News Polls: Senate battleground races trending GOP, Roberts up in Kansas."

Obama Ebola Bumper Stickers Appear Around Los Angeles

I haven't seen one of these yet, but you gotta love it.

At Truth Revolt.

Doe-Eyed Jen Psaki Can't Find Successes of Iraq Security Forces in Her Notes

From Pamela Geller, "VIDEO: Obama’s Foreign Policy Successes":

If there was ever a video that summed up Obama’s presidency in a minute or less, it’s this one.

Stock Market Volatility

At WSJ, from this morning, "U.S. Stocks Tumble on Global Growth Worries: Dow Industrials Post Biggest One-Day Decline Since End of July."

And then after today's closing bell, "U.S. Stocks Rally After Fed Minutes: FOMC Minutes Point to Caution on Interest Rates":

Financial markets gave investors a case of whiplash Wednesday, as stocks and bonds surged and the dollar fell on news that suggested the Federal Reserve may move more cautiously raising interest rates.

The rally, which took stocks to their biggest gains of the year on heavy trading, reversed a 273-point selloff Tuesday sparked by worries about an economic slowdown in Europe.

A day later, some of the same factors—the eurozone’s sluggish growth and the strong dollar—unexpectedly provided the fuel for a rally as the minutes from the Fed’s latest policy meeting in September showed more focus on slowing growth overseas and lessening inflation pressures.

In recent weeks, financial markets have seesawed on changing expectations for the timing of any interest-rate increase by the Fed. While most investors expect the Fed to hold off until June of next year, the chance that the central bank could move sooner has at times spooked investors.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 274.83 points, or 1.6%, to 16994.22, its largest point and percentage gain since December. The S&P 500 jumped 33.79 points, or 1.7%, to 1968.89, its strongest gain in nearly 12 months...

More.

Voter Anger, Anti-Incumbent Sentiment Portend Electoral Wave

It's an unusual environment this year. It's going to be an amazing election night, less than a month away now.

From Josh Kraushaar, at National Journal, "Bracing for a Political Wave":

This pervasive anti-Washington sentiment is a major reason why the Democrats' Senate majority is so tenuous. Incumbency is the party's bulwark, with strategists hoping that embattled senators will be able to utilize their well-defined brands to withstand a difficult environment. History would give them some comfort on that front. But 2014 is looking like it's no ordinary year. While Republican politicians bore the brunt of voter anger during the primaries, that same antipathy could cost Democrats in November.

VIDEO: Surveillance Camera Captures Mountain Lion on Top of Car in San Jose

I really don't want to bump into one of these big cats.

At KABC-TV Los Angeles, "SURVEILLANCE VIDEO CAPTURES MOUNTAIN LION ON SAN JOSE HOMEOWNER'S CAR."

Heteronormative Patriarchy is the Ultimate Slavery!

Another great piece, from Robert Stacy McCain, "What’s Up at Bryn Mawr?"

"Bryn Mawr, where lesbianism is certainly en vogue if not yet de rigueur." http://t.co/BwWhBRWp7z #feminism #tcot cc @ericowensdc

— Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) October 8, 2014

Kangaroo Fight!

Via CBS News This Morning:

Dallas Ebola Patient Thomas Duncan Has Died --- For Real This Time!

Or, for real at least, if we can trust ABC News:

JUST IN: Texas Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan has died
— ABC News (@ABC) October 8, 2014

PREVIOUSLY: "Report: Thomas Duncan Has Died; First U.S. Ebola Patient, Lied About Exposure to Disease - UPDATED!!"

MORE: All the big media outlets are reporting:

#BREAKING: Texas Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan dies: hospital spokesperson

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 8, 2014

Thomas Eric Duncan, the Texas Ebola patient, died this morning http://t.co/9Wb7rHCNgR

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 8, 2014

BREAKING: Texas Health reports death of Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan: http://t.co/DhDJOW5Sdm

— Bloomberg News (@BloombergNews) October 8, 2014

Thoughts with the family of Thomas Eric Duncan. May he rest in peace.

— Kate Snow (@tvkatesnow) October 8, 2014

Majority of Americans See Obama as Failure

At the Hill, "Poll: Most see Obama as a failure."

And the piece cited IBD:

Obama hits a new low in the IBD/TIPP Presidential Leadership Index, while 53% say he's failing as president http://t.co/3vWG5SUN95

— IBDeditorials (@IBDeditorials) October 7, 2014

Obama's Desultory Bombing Mission Won't Defeat #ISIS

From Frederick Kagan and Kimberly Kagan, at the Los Angeles Times, "U.S. strategy against Islamic State is too much air, not enough boots":

Air operations in Iraq and Syria have not stopped the advance of Islamic State. Despite the bombing, the Al Qaeda splinter group has launched a series of offensives in Iraq, gaining new ground in Anbar Province, and it has continued its offensive in Syria.

The desultory bombing mission — far too limited to merit being called an air campaign — has no chance of enabling local allies to eliminate Islamic State sanctuaries. It may not even be enough to keep Islamic State, also known as ISIS, from expanding. After 50 days of obvious failure, it's time to consider an approach that might work: Get American special forces on the ground with the Sunni Arabs themselves. The only other alternative is to resign ourselves to living with an Al Qaeda state and army.

Islamic State seized the Iraqi city of Mosul on June 10 with a multipronged assault supported by military vehicles. The offensive continued over days, destroying two Iraqi army divisions and driving on Baghdad.

The Iranian military responded at once — reports indicate that Quds Force Commander Qassem Suleimani was in Baghdad with advisors on June 12. Iranian advisors and proxies began flowing into Iraq immediately. The U.S. took no action until Aug. 8, nearly two months later, dropping a small number of bombs aimed at opening a corridor to allow besieged Yazidis to escape from certain death on Mt. Sinjar.

The U.S. has hit about 334 mostly tactical targets in both Syria and Iraq in the intervening 50-odd days. To put that number in perspective, the 76-day air campaign that toppled the Taliban in 2001 dropped 17,500 munitions on Afghanistan. Those bombs directly aided the advance of thousands of Afghan fighters supported by U.S. special operators capable both of advising them and of identifying and designating targets to hit. There are no U.S. special operators on the ground in Iraq or Syria, no pre-planned or prepared advance of Iraqi security forces, and no allies on the ground in Syria. This is not an air campaign.

Islamic State is an adaptable, smart enemy, and its fighters are dispersed through population centers, with an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 of them controlling an area the size of Maryland. Hitting a series of fixed targets such as bases and destroying small concentrations of vehicles will not defeat it. Rather, enabling the air campaign to do meaningful damage to the Islamic State army requires putting some U.S. troops into the Sunni Arab areas that Islamic State now holds. Special forces serving as forward air controllers can direct airstrikes to meaningful targets that are not observable by satellite and overflight...

Keep reading.

Remember, the Kagans have advocated for a ground deployment of at least 25,000 troops. See, "A Strategy to Defeat the Islamic State."

Giants Beat Nationals in Tense Game 4 of #NLDS

At the San Francisco Chronicle, "Giants edge Nationals 3-2 to win series, advance to NLCS."

I'm going to have to root for the Giants now. They're the only California team still in the playoffs, lol.

A wild pitch, a go-ahead run, and PANDAmonium ensues. #Postseason http://t.co/BjKov1tB6J

— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) October 8, 2014

The @SFGiants have won SEVEN consecutive #postseason series: http://t.co/4umkVp29tH @USArmy #CLINCHTOBER pic.twitter.com/HX6HWkaLP5

— MLB (@MLB) October 8, 2014

Alessandra Ambrosio, Adriana Lima, Candice Swanepoel, Elsa Hosk, Lais Ribeiro and Lily Aldridge

In Vogue UK, via Victoria's Secret:

The 2014 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show doesn’t head to London until this December, but British Vogue is already getting their Angel on. Acclaimed fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier shot Alessandra Ambrosio, Adriana Lima, Candice Swanepoel, Elsa Hosk, Lais Ribeiro and Lily Aldridge in a stunning mix of haute couture and Victoria's Secret's upcoming Holiday 2014 collection. It's all in the November issue, on newsstands now. Here’s a snippet from the behind-the-scenes video...

'Since trolls actually derive pleasure from the suffering of others, engaging with them at all can be counter-productive...'

From Roger Dooley, at Forbes, "Internet Trolls Really Are Psychos."

I should follow his advice about avoiding engagement, but with my stalking hate-troll Walter James Casper III, the lulz are irresistible:

@AmPowerBlog Reppy :) pic.twitter.com/RZ16SkB9Ca

— The Mad Jewess (@MadJewessWoman) October 7, 2014

Former Chief of Defence Staff General Lord Richards: ISIS Airstrikes Won't Be Enough

Via Telegraph UK:

Stephen Collins Dead — UPDATED: Story Turns Out to Be False

At Twitchy, "‘Baywatch’ star reports: ‘7th Heaven’ dad Stephen Collins has committed suicide."

Added:

That guy from 7th Heaven lives right around the corner from me & just shot himself a few minutes ago...

— Donna D'Errico (@DonnaDErrico) October 8, 2014

That's all I know. The police have the street cordoned off and aren't even letting residents in..

— Donna D'Errico (@DonnaDErrico) October 8, 2014

pic.twitter.com/6kzwcQGsCX

— Donna D'Errico (@DonnaDErrico) October 8, 2014

More:

#BREAKINGNEWS: LAPD responding to reports of single gunshot at home owned by TV actor Stephen Collins http://t.co/ytX6HQJ3Bs

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) October 8, 2014

UPDATE: At CBS News:

.@LAPDHQ says gunshot report at actor #StephenCollins' #Tarzana home turned out to be false: http://t.co/NQLMKvGdBb. @breakingnews

— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) October 8, 2014

And check Twitchy for updates as well.

Stephen Collins -- Cops Swarm Home After Suicide Report ... False Alarm http://t.co/pMVRo6t7uV

— TMZ (@TMZ) October 8, 2014

George Will Disinvited from Scripps College Speaking Engagement

This is quite a story, at National Review, "Scripps College Disinvited George Will from Speaking Series Focused on Different Views for Having Different Views."

And from Ed Morrissey, at Hot Air, "George Will speech at Scripps College canceled because of tolerance, or something":

This story begins almost four months ago, when Washington Post columnist George Will challenged the Obama administration’s attempts to use debunked data to push a narrative of an epidemic of sexual assaults on American college campuses. Will also criticized the expansion of the term “sexual assault” to a nearly meaningless definition, and the demand by the White House for colleges to use a minimal standard of evidence to “convict” the accused. For being one of the first to call foul on the Department of Education’s efforts, Will earned the ire of progressives and activists, and one newspaper stopped carrying his column when the controversy erupted over his opinion.

Since then, plenty of people have joined Will in questioning the actions, motives, and outcomes of the Obama administration’s insistence that a sexual assault epidemic has erupted and kangaroo campus courts are the remedy, including myself, and especially Ashe Schow at the Washington Examiner.  That emergence of a legitimate debate over what looks very much like a new McMartin Preschool-style witch hunt made little difference to Scripps College, which invited Will to deliver a speech — and then disinvited him...

More. Via Memeorandum.

Colleges really aren't places of diversity of thought. Perhaps they were at one time, but nowadays anyone who deviates from the hard-left ideological orthodoxy is not welcomed, and indeed will be demonized, excoriated, and boycotted.

The left is leading the closing of the American mind.

BONUS: Here's Will's offending column, at WaPo, from June, "Colleges become the victims of progressivism."

Sharyl Attkisson, Stonewalled: My Fight for Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation, and Harassment in Obama's Washington

Ms. Attkisson's book is out November 4th.

Pre-order at Amazon.

Harper Collins video about my book Stonewalled. Preorder now. (some proceeds to Brechner Center for Freedom of Info) https://t.co/k8MP1IgluR

— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) October 3, 2014

The Left's Religion of Unhappiness

From Daniel Greenfield, at FrontPage Magazine, "The left doesn’t want to be happy; it wants you to be miserable."

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."

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.

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.

RTWT.

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.

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...

Keep reading.

'The Most Sexist Republican Ad of the Year'

"And it's awesome!"

At Truth Revolt.

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."

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 ...

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, 2014

The 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.

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:

CNN BREAKING- Dallas #Ebola patient receiving experimental drug

— Vaughn Sterling (@vplus) October 6, 2014

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!!"

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":

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.

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.

Also at Progressives Today, "O’Keefe Strikes Again! Senate Campaign For Democrat Alison Grimes Admits She’s Lying to Get Elected!"

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, 2014

Royals 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 with that, the #Angels delete Lorde from all their iPods... #Royals

— Jen ® (@NatesMama1128) October 6, 2014

Angels’ 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

Weaponizing Ebola for Democrat Party Political Warfare

At Legal Insurrection, "Dems seek to weaponize Ebola politically."

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, 2014

Sharyl Attkisson: 'The Media Waits for the Administration to Dictate the Agenda and Coverage'

Indeed.

At Breitbart.

Reminder: 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, 2014

Obama 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, 2014

Lily Aldridge

Wow!

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. pic.twitter.com/jrVlTboAqU

— SUPERMODELS-ONLINE (@supermodelscom) 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!!"

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."

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:

Vigil Planned For 5 Teens Killed In Fiery Irvine Crash http://t.co/2F62Wcm9tA

— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) October 6, 2014

WaPo'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, 2014

Indigenous 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:

So Seattle is changin Columbus day to indigenous people day? WTF?? This country is goin to hell in a handcart

— Brad (@AlphaHunter72) October 5, 2014

Angels 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.

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.

More.

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:

Hello folks.

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.

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.



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":

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.

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.

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 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

Dallas Homeless Shelters 'Don't Have An Ebola Plan'

Lovely.

At Breitbart Texas.

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."