Gnarly.
I hope everyone is safe.
And I think we can stop worrying about the California drought now.
At CBS News 2 Los Angeles:
Monday, January 9, 2017
White Women Feel Unwelcomed at the Women's March on Washington
Increasingly, left-wing activism is becoming a movement of race-hatred — hatred against white people.
See the New York Times, "Women’s March on Washington Opens Contentious Dialogues About Race":
Leftists haven't learned anything from their November shellacking.
And the January 21st event, along with rants like Meryl Streep's last night, will only work to further divide the country and make a Donald Trump reelection more likely.
Keep reading.
See the New York Times, "Women’s March on Washington Opens Contentious Dialogues About Race":
You're telling me a coalition led by Linda Sarsour is collapsing under the weight of anger and mutual suspicion? No! https://t.co/F39hOORuYx
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) January 9, 2017
Race-related confrontations have been erupting among women planning to march against Trump. https://t.co/07LbyDrFji pic.twitter.com/quuFjJyUXP
— NYT National News (@NYTNational) January 9, 2017
No identity politics isn't a problem at all it's the source of all left-wing progress why do you ask?https://t.co/2CZvKW3d4U
— Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) January 10, 2017
Support the Women's March on Washington today. We'll see you 1.21 in D.C. https://t.co/eNUNMAL4ji pic.twitter.com/7HvxJnbXcH
— Women's March (@womensmarch) January 2, 2017
Many thousands of women are expected to converge on the nation’s capital for the Women’s March on Washington the day after Donald J. Trump’s inauguration. Jennifer Willis no longer plans to be one of them.Obviously, the event's less about pushing women's equality ---- and promoting respect ---- than it is about pushing the hard left-wing identity politics of the Democrat Party.
Ms. Willis, a 50-year-old wedding minister from South Carolina, had looked forward to taking her daughters to the march. Then she read a post on the Facebook page for the march that made her feel unwelcome because she is white.
The post, written by a black activist from Brooklyn who is a march volunteer, advised “white allies” to listen more and talk less. It also chided those who, it said, were only now waking up to racism because of the election.
“You don’t just get to join because now you’re scared, too,” read the post. “I was born scared.”
Stung by the tone, Ms. Willis canceled her trip.
“This is a women’s march,” she said. “We’re supposed to be allies in equal pay, marriage, adoption. Why is it now about, ‘White women don’t understand black women’?”
If all goes as planned, the Jan. 21 march will be a momentous display of unity in protest of a president whose treatment of women came to dominate the campaign’s final weeks. But long before the first buses roll to Washington and sister demonstrations take place in other cities, contentious conversations about race have erupted nearly every day among marchers, exhilarating some and alienating others.
In Tennessee, emotions ran high when organizers changed the name of the local march from “Women’s March on Washington-Nashville” to “Power Together Tennessee, in solidarity with Women’s March on Washington.” While many applauded the name change, which was meant to signal the start of a new social justice movement in Nashville, some complained that the event had turned from a march for all women into a march for black women.
In Louisiana, the first state coordinator gave up her volunteer role in part because there were no minority women in leadership positions at that time.
“I got a lot of flak locally when I stepped down, from white women who said that I’m alienating a lot of white women,” said Candice Huber, a bookstore owner in New Orleans, who is white. “They said, ‘Why do you have to be so divisive?’”
In some ways, the discord is by design. Even as they are working to ensure a smooth and unified march next week, the national organizers said they made a deliberate decision to highlight the plight of minority and undocumented immigrant women and provoke uncomfortable discussions about race.
Leftists haven't learned anything from their November shellacking.
And the January 21st event, along with rants like Meryl Streep's last night, will only work to further divide the country and make a Donald Trump reelection more likely.
Keep reading.
Robert Reich's 12-Point Plan for 100 Days of Resistance to Donald Trump (VIDEO)
Heh, I didn't know he had a 12-point plan.
I do now, lol.
At Althouse's, "Robert B. Reich explains his 12-point plan for 100 Days of Resistance to Donald Trump."
Despite Reich's claims, this doesn't look like "the agenda of a powerful America," but of a weak and cranky one. The plan calls for defending sanctuary cities (a big losing, lawbreaking issue); giving to 501(c)3 non-profit political organizations (like the SPLC, which is in fact a lie-infested hate group); and working to "abolish the Electoral College by voting for the winner of the popular vote in your state in 2020" (which isn't the way to abolish the Electoral College, no matter how hard leftists moan and groan about it).
Interesting, in any case.
I do now, lol.
At Althouse's, "Robert B. Reich explains his 12-point plan for 100 Days of Resistance to Donald Trump."
Despite Reich's claims, this doesn't look like "the agenda of a powerful America," but of a weak and cranky one. The plan calls for defending sanctuary cities (a big losing, lawbreaking issue); giving to 501(c)3 non-profit political organizations (like the SPLC, which is in fact a lie-infested hate group); and working to "abolish the Electoral College by voting for the winner of the popular vote in your state in 2020" (which isn't the way to abolish the Electoral College, no matter how hard leftists moan and groan about it).
Interesting, in any case.
Piers Morgan Blasts Meryl Streep's Anti-Trump Golden Globes Tirade
Piers is essentially leftist, especially on guns (if you recall from back in the day, when he headlined CNN), but he's been a big Donald Trump supporter, and his prominent voice gets a lot of attention.
At London's Daily Mail, "Sorry, Meryl but that hypocritical anti-Trump rant was easily the worst performance of your career (apart from that time you gave a child rapist a standing ovation)":
Hat Tip: iOTW Report.
At London's Daily Mail, "Sorry, Meryl but that hypocritical anti-Trump rant was easily the worst performance of your career (apart from that time you gave a child rapist a standing ovation)":
NEW: Meryl Streep had a great chance to unify America. Instead, she poured oil on the divisive flames.— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) January 9, 2017
My column: https://t.co/2gfv1PTwqw pic.twitter.com/WyVYXUsPkn
Hat Tip: iOTW Report.
Heidi Klum Bikini Balcony Peeks
At WWTDD, "Heidi Klum in a Bikini":
Bare photo here.
Also, at the Sun U.K., "MIAMI NICE — Heidi Klum goes topless as she relaxes during Miami holiday with boyfriend Vito Schnabel: The 43-year-old model says she’ll be sunbathing topless until old age."
Heidi Klum's fond of hitting her hotel balcony after she f**ks her significantly younger boyfriend. She pretends he is an artist of some measure. Whatever gets you through. We've all been there. Klum adds topless to the repertoire so the DailyMail can buy up the bare titty photos and censor them, like hiring a hooker just to talk. It makes business sense in a world that is glaringly unfair...More.
Bare photo here.
Also, at the Sun U.K., "MIAMI NICE — Heidi Klum goes topless as she relaxes during Miami holiday with boyfriend Vito Schnabel: The 43-year-old model says she’ll be sunbathing topless until old age."
College Football's Run-Pass Option Play (RPO) Could Be Illegal
Well, the big game's about to begin, so here's an interesting piece to read during the commercial breaks.
At WSJ:
At WSJ:
Clemson and Alabama both exploit an unstoppable play: the run-pass option. https://t.co/AXOKSoajcb #CFBPlayoff— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) January 9, 2017
Melinda Byerley
Man, leftists just let loose this weekend against the "flyover rubes" of the American Midwest.
Meryl Streep became unhinged last night, "Meryl Streep's Golden Globes Speech (VIDEO)."
And this classic cloistered coastal elitist, Melinda Byerley, needs to get out more. Meet some people who differ. Man, you'd think we never had an election in which leftist elites just got destroyed.
At the Other McCain, "Democrat @MJB_SF Hates White Men, Denounces ‘Stupid People’ in Midwest."
Meryl Streep became unhinged last night, "Meryl Streep's Golden Globes Speech (VIDEO)."
And this classic cloistered coastal elitist, Melinda Byerley, needs to get out more. Meet some people who differ. Man, you'd think we never had an election in which leftist elites just got destroyed.
At the Other McCain, "Democrat @MJB_SF Hates White Men, Denounces ‘Stupid People’ in Midwest."
Democrats don't understand why they are losing in the Midwest. o_O https://t.co/BY3u8DLekF pic.twitter.com/D64LEQxiOK
— The Patriarch Tree (@PatriarchTree) January 9, 2017
I spoke about middle america - my birthplace - inartfully and disrespectfully. I'm sorry for that.
— Melinda Byerley ☠️ (@MJB_SF) January 8, 2017
Sunday, January 8, 2017
Meryl Streep's Golden Globes Speech (VIDEO)
All this does is sets down your cultural markers, and further divides the nation.
Keep this up and Hollywood leftists will guarantee a second term for the Trump administration.
And like I said, this is why I no longer watch these awards shows.
At Vanity Fair, "Meryl Streep’s Powerful, Anti-Trump Golden Globes Speech: Read the Whole Thing Here."
Keep this up and Hollywood leftists will guarantee a second term for the Trump administration.
And like I said, this is why I no longer watch these awards shows.
At Vanity Fair, "Meryl Streep’s Powerful, Anti-Trump Golden Globes Speech: Read the Whole Thing Here."
The portion of that Meryl Streep speech that stunned and silenced the Golden Globes. pic.twitter.com/QIcQfTqDqB— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) January 9, 2017
Fired Up #MerylStreep Condemns Trump at the #GoldenGlobes: https://t.co/0sS6N9CxBd via @EmZanotti cc. @LouiseMensch— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) January 9, 2017
Meryl Streep lecturing Americans not to watch football may have just guaranteed us a second term of the orange wonder. Thanks, asshats.— Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) January 9, 2017
Nothing says you shouldn't make fun of people who think differently from you like lecturing people not to think differently from you. https://t.co/NtehZPCf9s— Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) January 9, 2017
Emily Ratajkowski Jaw-Dropping Slinky Yellow Dress at the Golden Globes
I didn't watch.
I guess Meryl Streep "went after" Donald Trump in her acceptance speech, which is why I didn't watch.
I love seeing some of the beautiful women, of course, so I'll look around from some photos and video.
Meanwhile, here's the lovely Ms. Emily, dominating the red carpet:
I guess Meryl Streep "went after" Donald Trump in her acceptance speech, which is why I didn't watch.
I love seeing some of the beautiful women, of course, so I'll look around from some photos and video.
Meanwhile, here's the lovely Ms. Emily, dominating the red carpet:
#EmilyRatajkowski brings the sunshine in a slinky yellow draped dress. https://t.co/om91MK07Ie
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) January 9, 2017
Race-Baiter-in-Chief
Ain't it the truth?
From Ben Garrison:
From Ben Garrison:
The Final Countdown! 12 Days till the "Race Baiter in Chief" is out of the Oval Office! #Obama #ObamasLegacy #Soros https://t.co/Oj98iIxEAZ pic.twitter.com/kYJnCm5xfK
— BenGarrison Cartoons (@GrrrGraphics) January 7, 2017
KC Johnson and Stuart Taylor, Jr., The Campus Rape Frenzy [BUMPED]
This is going to be mandatory reading.
See KC Johnson and Stuart Taylor, Jr., The Campus Rape Frenzy: The Attack on Due Process at America’s Universities.
Pre-order today. The book's out on January 24th.
See KC Johnson and Stuart Taylor, Jr., The Campus Rape Frenzy: The Attack on Due Process at America’s Universities.
Pre-order today. The book's out on January 24th.
Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani — Dead at 82
Rafsanjani was a so-called moderate.
A lot of good he did, pfft.
From Austin Bay, at Instapundit, "SHED NO TEARS: Iran’s Rafsanjani is dead. He died of a heart attack."
And FWIW, at NYT:
A lot of good he did, pfft.
From Austin Bay, at Instapundit, "SHED NO TEARS: Iran’s Rafsanjani is dead. He died of a heart attack."
And FWIW, at NYT:
The NYT obituary for Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani https://t.co/PUsrefuYnJ
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 8, 2017
Sunday Cartoons
At Flopping Aces, "Sunday Funnies."
And at Theo's, "Cartoon Roundup..."
Cartoon Credit: A.F. Branco, "Make War Not Love."
And at Theo's, "Cartoon Roundup..."
Cartoon Credit: A.F. Branco, "Make War Not Love."
Sunday Rule 5
Here we go!
At Knuckledraggin', "Your Good Morning Girl (Huge Rack)." Also, "Udderly amazing," and "Ready for a light snack before nap time."
And from the originator, the Other McCain, "Rule 5 Sunday: Happy New Year!"
At 90 Miles from Tyranny, "Morning Mistress."
More, at Drunken Stepfather, "STEPLINKS OF THE DAY."
And the Hostages, "Big Boob Friday (Flashback)." And, "Big Boob Friday- Semi-Finals, Pupster Picks Edition."
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, "You Really Ought to Cut it Out, You Know."
AWD, "Liberalism is a Quasi-Religious Cult."
Good Stuff's, "GOODSTUFFs BLOGGING MAGAZINE (275th Issue)."
A Slice of Cheesecake, "Zhang Ziyi."
Theo's, "Hannah Ferguson's Body Paint Leaves Nothing to the Imagination - Sports Illustrated Swimsuit."
Maggie's Farm, "Saturday morning links."
Bro Bible, "If You’re a Boob Man Then You Should Be Very Familiar With the Intoxicating Iryna Ivanova (20 PICS)."
At Knuckledraggin', "Your Good Morning Girl (Huge Rack)." Also, "Udderly amazing," and "Ready for a light snack before nap time."
And from the originator, the Other McCain, "Rule 5 Sunday: Happy New Year!"
At 90 Miles from Tyranny, "Morning Mistress."
More, at Drunken Stepfather, "STEPLINKS OF THE DAY."
And the Hostages, "Big Boob Friday (Flashback)." And, "Big Boob Friday- Semi-Finals, Pupster Picks Edition."
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, "You Really Ought to Cut it Out, You Know."
AWD, "Liberalism is a Quasi-Religious Cult."
Good Stuff's, "GOODSTUFFs BLOGGING MAGAZINE (275th Issue)."
A Slice of Cheesecake, "Zhang Ziyi."
Theo's, "Hannah Ferguson's Body Paint Leaves Nothing to the Imagination - Sports Illustrated Swimsuit."
Maggie's Farm, "Saturday morning links."
Bro Bible, "If You’re a Boob Man Then You Should Be Very Familiar With the Intoxicating Iryna Ivanova (20 PICS)."
We dare you to resist sultry Sabine https://t.co/DqvYRoRX0g pic.twitter.com/ou4MFAv7xy
— Page 3 (@Page3) January 8, 2017
Climate Scientist Judith Curry Resigns from Georgia Institute of Technology (VIDEO)
She's a famous, widely-published expert in climate change and global warming science, and she's just had enough.
She says she feels like she's got knives sticking out of her back as she walks around the halls of her college.
She's going into the private sector, where she expects she'll have the opportunity to pursue her research, and have an impact, in a free market for scientific inquiry.
Pretty fascinating, and an excellent example of the left's depravity and totalitarianism on today's campuses.
Watch, at Blazing Cat Fur, "‘Knives Sticking Out of My Back’: Global Warming Skeptic Tells Tucker Carlson Why She Left Academia."
And at Reason, "Georgia Tech Climatologist Judith Curry Resigns over 'the CRAZINESS in the field of climate science."
More, at Watts Up with That, "Dr. Judith Curry chooses integrity over the state of climate science":
She says she feels like she's got knives sticking out of her back as she walks around the halls of her college.
She's going into the private sector, where she expects she'll have the opportunity to pursue her research, and have an impact, in a free market for scientific inquiry.
Pretty fascinating, and an excellent example of the left's depravity and totalitarianism on today's campuses.
Watch, at Blazing Cat Fur, "‘Knives Sticking Out of My Back’: Global Warming Skeptic Tells Tucker Carlson Why She Left Academia."
And at Reason, "Georgia Tech Climatologist Judith Curry Resigns over 'the CRAZINESS in the field of climate science."
More, at Watts Up with That, "Dr. Judith Curry chooses integrity over the state of climate science":
Yesterday, I was saddened to learn that Dr. Judith Curry had resigned her position at Georgia Tech. At the same time, I was impressed by her reasoning, and with her candor. I’m certain that she’ll still make some wonderful contributions in her new role. I thought this part of her post was very germane...Keep reading.
One of Charlie Hebdo's Most Outspoken Journalists Quits After French Satirical Magazine Goes Soft on Islamist Extremism
It's sad.
For an outfit like Charlie Hebdo, it takes phenomenal courage. But it's a stand that must not falter, the stand against fanatical Islamic jihad. You can't fucking cave to the terrorists.
It's Zineb El Rhazoui. What a lady!
At Jihad Watch, "Journalist quits Charlie Hebdo because it now bows to jihadis’ demand: “Mohammed is no longer depicted”":
For an outfit like Charlie Hebdo, it takes phenomenal courage. But it's a stand that must not falter, the stand against fanatical Islamic jihad. You can't fucking cave to the terrorists.
It's Zineb El Rhazoui. What a lady!
At Jihad Watch, "Journalist quits Charlie Hebdo because it now bows to jihadis’ demand: “Mohammed is no longer depicted”":
As I noted here, Charlie Hebdo has not only surrendered but switched sides. Most of the Western media has likewise surrendered, along with major figures of the intelligentsia, the Catholic Church, and more. What none of them seem to realize, or to care about, is that if you bow to jihadis’ demands in any detail, you will not get peace. You will only encourage them to issue more demands. Self-censorship and refusal to draw Muhammad is not charity, or good sense, or prudence. It is condemning our children and our children’s children to lives of violence, harassment and misery.More.
“Charlie Hebdo has gone soft on extremists: quitting journalist,” by Laurence Thomann, AFP, January 6, 2017:
Paris (AFP) – One of Charlie Hebdo’s most outspoken journalists said on Friday she is quitting the French satirical magazine because it has gone soft on Islamist extremism.
Zineb El Rhazoui accused the weekly of bowing to Islamist extremists and no longer daring to draw the Prophet Mohammed.
Her parting shot comes on the eve of the second anniversary of the jihadist massacre that almost wiped out the controversial magazine’s staff.
“Charlie Hebdo died on January 7”, the day the gunmen attacked the magazine killing 12 people, El Rhazoui said in a damning interview with AFP.
She said she felt Charlie Hebdo now follows the editorial line the extremists had demanded “before the attack — that Mohammed is no longer depicted”.
Four Israeli Soldiers Slaughtered in Jerusalem Jihad Truck Attack (VIDEO)
The jihad truck attack is the new hip mode of jihad massacre.
And it's no surprise we're seeing this massacre just two weeks after the Berlin jihad attack.
On Twitter:
And it's no surprise we're seeing this massacre just two weeks after the Berlin jihad attack.
On Twitter:
#UPDATE: 4 dead, 15 injured. Click on link for more details. https://t.co/1DYBtcy8Z0
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 8, 2017
VIDEO: Security camera captures deadly Jerusalem truck attack https://t.co/3sfGcLLySW #ArabIsraeliConflict pic.twitter.com/eBymRfflRc
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 8, 2017
Man who shot Jerusalem terrorist: Soldiers hesitated to shoot because of Elor Azaria https://t.co/ancRkwFlkD #ArabIsraeliConflict pic.twitter.com/6GUW26bw6M
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 8, 2017
Netanyahu: All signs indicate Jerusalem terrorist inspired by ISIS https://t.co/ULbDqyGC1A #ArabIsraeliConflict pic.twitter.com/rRpECtT3xc
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 8, 2017
Cadet T. was at the scene of today's car ramming attack. As he saw it unfold, he knew he had to react to protect his fellow soldiers. pic.twitter.com/cZwBDTDkpS
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) January 8, 2017
Islamic terrorist group Hamas responds to today's terror attack, which killed several Israelis and wounded many others pic.twitter.com/0jSVoPbEni
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) January 8, 2017
Confirmed: 3 IDF cadets & an officer were killed in Jerusalem truck attack earlier today. 17 other IDF officers & cadets were injured. pic.twitter.com/WtX0Ef8wt9
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) January 8, 2017
GRAPHIC VIDEO: Footage of deadly #Jerusalem truck attack https://t.co/MYn0AEvzYf (via @yosefbadichi) pic.twitter.com/otOJhPNwBj
— RT (@RT_com) January 8, 2017
Terrorist drove back and forth to increase the effect of his murderous act. The murdered soldiers caught under truck https://t.co/oKuZU2VnfX
— Emily Landau (@EmilyBLandau) January 8, 2017
Theresa May's 'Shared Society' (VIDEO)
Yesterday, PEOTUS Donald Trump tweeted his excitement over his upcoming meeting with the British prime minister.
I hope some of his American exceptionalism rubs off on her. She's a bit too British for me. Socialist British, that is.
At London's Daily Mail, "I’m determined to build the shared society for everyone."
And, "Theresa May unveils plans to create 'the shared society' as reform vision is revealed":
I hope some of his American exceptionalism rubs off on her. She's a bit too British for me. Socialist British, that is.
At London's Daily Mail, "I’m determined to build the shared society for everyone."
And, "Theresa May unveils plans to create 'the shared society' as reform vision is revealed":
I look very much forward to meeting Prime Minister Theresa May in Washington in the Spring. Britain, a longtime U.S. ally, is very special!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 8, 2017
Theresa May has revealed her vision for “the shared society” as she declares that government has a duty to intervene and correct “burning injustices” in modern Britain .Still more.
Writing exclusively for The Telegraph, Mrs May says that government should not just “get out of the way” and insists there is “more to life than individualism and self-interest”.
The article gives the most detailed insight into Mrs May’s social reform agenda since she took office and reveals a deliberate attempt to break from her Tory predecessors.
David Cameron’s “big society”, which focussed on getting charities to help tackle inequality, and Margaret Thatcher’s claim there is “no such thing as society” are both rejected.
In its place the Prime Minister outlines an unashamed pitch for why governments should intervene in markets that are not giving consumers the best deal.
“It goes to the heart of my belief that there is more to life than individualism and self-interest," Mrs May writes.
"The social and cultural unions represented by families, communities, towns, cities, counties and nations are the things that define us and make us strong."
“And it is the job of government to encourage and nurture these relationships and institutions where it can, and to correct the injustice and unfairness that divides us wherever it is found.”
The piece will be seen as signalling a major departure from generations of Tory thinking that the best way to help the most deprived is to deliver economic growth through the free market.
It also indicates Mrs May’s determination to rebrand the Conservatives as the party of the “working class” and confine the Labour Party to electoral irrelevance.
The Prime Minister's article previews a speech to be delivered tomorrow that will reveal her vision for reforming British society after almost six months of thinking inside Downing Street.
It is designed to build on her promise made on the steps of Number 10 to tackle injustice and “make Britain a country that works for everyone”.
Saturday, January 7, 2017
Amber Lee's Wet Weather Forecast
The storm's coming in. Folks are getting ready for some heavy rain and snow, perhaps flooding.
At LAT, "Massive storm system moves into Northern California; flooding, heavy snow forecast."
And here's the lovely Ms. Amber, at CBS News 2 Los Angeles:
At LAT, "Massive storm system moves into Northern California; flooding, heavy snow forecast."
And here's the lovely Ms. Amber, at CBS News 2 Los Angeles:
Out Next Month: Steven F. Hayward, Patriotism Is Not Enough
Hayward's a patriot.
At Amazon, out in February, Patriotism Is Not Enough: Harry Jaffa, Walter Berns, and the Arguments that Redefined American Conservatism.
At Amazon, out in February, Patriotism Is Not Enough: Harry Jaffa, Walter Berns, and the Arguments that Redefined American Conservatism.
Republicans Do Have a Plan. That's What Scares Democrats
From David Harsanyi, at the Federalist:
In which I unload both barrels at the Trump & Republican "plan" to replace Obamacare. Here's why: people will die. https://t.co/dqvh6zemd7 pic.twitter.com/fvuMomuxxH
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) January 5, 2017
"This is a life & death issue..people will die if the #ACA is dismantled" -- CA @RepSpeier to @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/mKCzZiaTPz
— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) January 7, 2017
At SF press conference, CA @RepSpeier vows to "fight w all our might" against GOP and Trump efforts to repeal #ACA
— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) January 7, 2017
"We seem to forget how the insurance companies would manipulate the system to deny coverage- and that all ended w the #ACA" -- @RepSpeier
— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) January 7, 2017
"#MakeAmericaSickAgain is what the PEOTUS and the GOP Congress intend to do" -- @RepBarbaraLee pic.twitter.com/KgyO1SIRIC
— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) January 7, 2017
Dem Leader @NancyPelosi in SF says #ACA fight is "about respecting the dignity" of Americans -- and saving money pic.twitter.com/KOejE5rNet
— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) January 7, 2017
.@NancyPelosi to GOP: "Do they want to go from affordable care to chaos? We just won't let them do that. We just won't let them do that."
— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) January 7, 2017
So #MakeAmericaSickAgain is the slogan Democrats cooked up to oppose Republican health-care reform efforts. That’s because, as you may recall, before 2010 America’s streets were strewn with the bodies of the neglected and dead.More.
Since Democrats are focusing their campaign on the myth that Obamacare is working for most Americans, it’s imperative they create the impression no viable alternative exists. After all, it’s been nearly a week since the new congressional session started, and Republicans still haven’t produced a comprehensive plan to replace a massive federal health-care law.
The New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof leaves a blank paragraph in his column to illustrate what a Republican “plan” to replace Obamacare will look like, before indulging in the customary “people will die!” scaremongering. (Kristof’s newspaper, by the way, featured a piece headlined “Republicans’ 4-step plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act” the same day his column ran.)
Now, if by “plan,” Kristof is using the contemporary Left’s definition, meaning a expensive, constricting federal regulatory scheme that forces Americans to participate through a series of mandates, then one hopes Republicans never have a “plan.” If the word “plan” still means “a proposal for doing or achieving something,” the GOP have many.
Although there may not be space in either of Kristof’s truth barrels to mention this proposal put forward by the speaker of the House, or the numerous other conservative plans that have been floated, they do exist even if he doesn’t approve. Figuring out a way to turn them into legislation that can pass both houses and meet the approval of a new populist president (who, by the way, isn’t even in office yet) will probably take more than a couple of weeks.
You can have plans. And they can change. I know this because Democrats had many big plans in 2008 but they did not have a finished bill ready to go on day one. This, even though they’d been talking, campaigning, and promising to reform the health-care system for decades. When running for president, Barack Obama (supposedly) opposed the idea of an individual mandate — the device on which Obamacare’s rickety viability hinges — yet it was only later part of the plan. While he was changing his mind, the Senate Finance Committee held 31 meetings to develop Obamacare specifics.
Democrats also had to drop the “public” option and rejigger their abortion coverage to make the bill politically palatable for the moderates in their own party — not the GOP. Even after this the Democrats, who passed the basic structure of Obamacare without having to worry about any Republican opposition, were only later forced to use reconciliation to make it acceptable for the House.
Perhaps Republicans are embracing a newfound competence by avoiding those political pitfalls. Perhaps they’re looking for consensus on timelines and specifics that will make it more feasible. Most likely, it’s going to be messy again. It’s not unprecedented.
Of course politicians grapple with the reality of power. Democrats have grappled with the failure of their policy promises for six years. Krugman, like everyone else perpetuating the myth that there are no replacement plans, act as if coverage can only exist through fake state-run exchanges or welfare.
Don’t worry, though; today’s “they have no plan!” is tomorrow’s “that plan is extremist!”
It is worth reiterating that the replacement plan doesn’t have to be conceptually or functionally similar to Obamacare, no matter how often the Paul Krugmans of the world demand it. The comprehensiveness and rigidity of Obamacare are things to avoid. So replacement plans can be passed piecemeal...
Emily Ratajkowski Models New Heart Shaped Pendant in the Bath
Hmm.
Looks like just another chance to post some nearly-nude selfies.
Hey, if you're young and in shape, why not?
At London's Daily Mail, "Emily Ratajkowski sheds her clothing as she models new heart shaped pendant in the bath."
BONUS: At Egotastic, "Emily Ratajkowski Ridiculously Hot Body Sharing on Social Media."
Previously, "Emily Ratajkowski Hits 10 Million Followers in Instagram."
Flashback, "Nude Emily Ratajkowski Stars for Jonathan Leder´s Limited Edition Photobook."
Looks like just another chance to post some nearly-nude selfies.
Hey, if you're young and in shape, why not?
At London's Daily Mail, "Emily Ratajkowski sheds her clothing as she models new heart shaped pendant in the bath."
BONUS: At Egotastic, "Emily Ratajkowski Ridiculously Hot Body Sharing on Social Media."
Previously, "Emily Ratajkowski Hits 10 Million Followers in Instagram."
Flashback, "Nude Emily Ratajkowski Stars for Jonathan Leder´s Limited Edition Photobook."
Esteban Santiago's Florida Jihad
Following-up, "Esteban Santiago Charged with Three Federal Crimes, Each Carry Possibility of Death Penalty (VIDEO)."
Here's Douglas Gibbs, at Political Pistachio, "Florida Jihad 2017":
Here's Douglas Gibbs, at Political Pistachio, "Florida Jihad 2017":
Islam is terror. Jihad is terror. While there may be Muslims who claim to be moderate, the moderates are truly those who reject the violent teachings of the Koran. Islam teaches hate, while Christianity teaches love.Keep reading.
As we continue to import Muslims in the name of "refugees," the reality is, what we are experiencing is an invasion. And those who have invaded our shores have also turned Americans into Muslim killing machines.
On Friday a gunman killed five people at a Florida airport, and according to the FBI, he specifically traveled to Florida to carry out the terrorist attack. 26 year-old Esteban Santiago is the suspected gunman in the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport shooting that claimed five lives. He sports a Muslim-style beard, and is most recently from Alaska. He served in the Army National Guard, Alaska was his last duty station. He entered the National Guard in Puerto Rico.
In November, Santiago paid a visit to the FBI office in Anchorage, telling agents he was hearing voices and being directed by U.S. intelligence agencies. According to the report, he told the FBI that the U.S. Government forced him to watch ISIS videos. The ruse of government mind-control will have many, I am sure, shifting the blame from Islam, to the United States. My thought is, "Is it possible both Islam and the Obama administration are to blame?"
The military has stated that Santiago's nine years of service in the National Guard included one 10-month tour of Iraq, where he was awarded a combat action badge...
Esteban Santiago Charged with Three Federal Crimes, Each Carrying Possibility of Death Penalty (VIDEO)
The dude should fry.
At the Sun-Sentinel, "Airport shooting suspect Esteban Santiago faces charges that could bring death penalty."
Also, "Esteban Santiago: Details emerge of suspect in airport shooting."
And at CNN, "Fort Lauderdale airport suspect used gun once held by police, sources say":
At the Sun-Sentinel, "Airport shooting suspect Esteban Santiago faces charges that could bring death penalty."
Also, "Esteban Santiago: Details emerge of suspect in airport shooting."
And at CNN, "Fort Lauderdale airport suspect used gun once held by police, sources say":
Fort Lauderdale airport suspect 'came here specifically' to attack, FBI says https://t.co/X0Zy2sgDqa pic.twitter.com/sGZ81KVIPb— CNN (@CNN) January 7, 2017
When Esteban Santiago was in an Alaska FBI office in November, saying his mind was being controlled by US intelligence, he left two things in the car.Keep reading.
A gun and his newborn child.
Santiago's rambling walk-in interview at the Anchorage office was concerning enough for authorities to take away his gun and order a mental health evaluation. But it wasn't enough to get him mentally adjudicated, which would have prohibited Santiago from owning a gun.
"As far as I know, this is not somebody that would have been prohibited based on the information that (authorities in Alaska) have. I think that law enforcement acted within the laws that they have," said US attorney Karen Loeffler.
Santiago got the gun back a month later when he retrieved the pistol from police headquarters, and it was that weapon, law enforcement sources told CNN, that he used to shoot 11 people Friday at the airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Santiago also had some legal trouble and was due in court again in March. But he hadn't been convicted of a serious crime.
"He hadn't been adjudicated a felon and he hadn't been adjudicated mentally ill," former FBI assistant director and CNN senior law enforcement analyst Tom Fuentes said. "So again, you know we have this situation where he slipped through the cracks."
Here is what we know about the shooter, the victims and the facts of the case...
Louise Mensch Calls for Regime Change Russia
Following-up from previously, "Louise Mensch Slammed as a 'Nutcase' on Twitter."
I checked to see if this tweet was still up, it's so over the top.
And it is.
Seriously, just think of the consequences of an American military effort to depose Vladimir Putin. All of your Cold War nightmares would come true. It's just an astounding contemplation, and seems completely divorced from reality.
But again, I like Louise. She's so smart. This seems completely unlike her.
I checked to see if this tweet was still up, it's so over the top.
And it is.
Seriously, just think of the consequences of an American military effort to depose Vladimir Putin. All of your Cold War nightmares would come true. It's just an astounding contemplation, and seems completely divorced from reality.
But again, I like Louise. She's so smart. This seems completely unlike her.
Putin should, in my view, be completely removed by the USA, by any means necessary. Regime change in Russia. Flex American muscle. https://t.co/YDlflTEeZX
— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) January 5, 2017
Louise Mensch Slammed as a 'Nutcase' on Twitter
For such a nice and decent person, and super smart, I've been surprised by Louise's decent into Trump derangement. It's been going on for a long time now, of course, but the crazy never lets up, and in fact seems to be getting worse.
I like Louise, don't get me wrong. It's just weird what politics will do to someone.
Well, come to think of it, Louise applied to the Hillary Clinton campaign for a political adviser role. Nothing came of it, but that sure tells you where her loyalties are. She serve as a Conservative member of Parliament in Britain, but she's a U.S. citizen now, married to music manager Peter Mensch.
I like Louise, don't get me wrong. It's just weird what politics will do to someone.
This woman is not only insane, she is frighteningly dangerous. pic.twitter.com/fmtNnJjyWM
— Neil Bridewell (@neilbridewell) January 5, 2017
Freakin nut case in absolutely everything that I have seen her spew! She is dangerous and actually reminds me of Hillary! https://t.co/c0IWsYNK2T
— Luann (@skyzbabe1961) January 5, 2017
Well, come to think of it, Louise applied to the Hillary Clinton campaign for a political adviser role. Nothing came of it, but that sure tells you where her loyalties are. She serve as a Conservative member of Parliament in Britain, but she's a U.S. citizen now, married to music manager Peter Mensch.
With Six Tweets, Trump Gives Taste of What's to Come
I've been arguing, mostly in conversations offline, that Trump should ditch his Twitter feed after he takes office. He should tweet from the official POTUS account and keep it professional. No personal attacks. No attacks on intelligence agencies, etc.
But it's been reported that he won't stop tweeting after the inauguration. If so, it's going to set a new precedent in presidential leadership and political communications. His successors won't be bound by norms of propriety and professionalism. Trump's in fact changing what it means to be a professional president. He's a showman in office. It's going to be a wild ride.
My only concern is with reelection in 2020. We really need him to serve eight years if we want to build a long-lasting bulwark against the left's onslaught on society and basic decency. I'd hate for his tweeting to be a liability, but it wasn't in 2016, so perhaps it's a new era?
In any case, here's the latest at WSJ, "Six Tweets in 80 Minutes: Trump Gives New Congress a Taste of What’s to Come":
But it's been reported that he won't stop tweeting after the inauguration. If so, it's going to set a new precedent in presidential leadership and political communications. His successors won't be bound by norms of propriety and professionalism. Trump's in fact changing what it means to be a professional president. He's a showman in office. It's going to be a wild ride.
My only concern is with reelection in 2020. We really need him to serve eight years if we want to build a long-lasting bulwark against the left's onslaught on society and basic decency. I'd hate for his tweeting to be a liability, but it wasn't in 2016, so perhaps it's a new era?
In any case, here's the latest at WSJ, "Six Tweets in 80 Minutes: Trump Gives New Congress a Taste of What’s to Come":
Wow, the ratings are in and Arnold Schwarzenegger got "swamped" (or destroyed) by comparison to the ratings machine, DJT. So much for....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2017
being a movie star-and that was season 1 compared to season 14. Now compare him to my season 1. But who cares, he supported Kasich & Hillary
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2017
In a span of about 80 minutes on Friday morning, President-elect Donald Trump signaled what Congress and the American public may have in store for the next four years.
From 6:19 a.m. to 7:42 a.m., Mr. Trump posted six messages on Twitter in which he criticized the media, tweaked a promise to pay for a border wall and derided Arnold Schwarzenegger for a TV ratings flop—on a show that Mr. Trump himself is producing.
It may have been par for the course for candidate Trump, but it capped an extraordinary first week of a new Republican-controlled Congress eager to do business with President-elect Trump, who in turn got a taste for what life will be like in the nation’s capital as the 45th president two weeks from now.
It was a study in contrasts. Mr. Trump’s rapid-fire missives about an assortment of topics clashed with typical Washington political tactics that prioritize message discipline and avoiding overexposure.
Right from the start, Mr. Trump and his team seemed intent on influencing and, if necessary, overwhelming Washington’s political establishment—the Republicans, Democrats and the news media—that some in the incoming administration view as hurdles to connecting with American voters.
It was a successful battle plan during his 17-month presidential campaign. Mr. Trump’s formula for controlled chaos largely kept opponents on their heels as he rolled over more than a dozen Republican rivals and a better financed and more politically experienced Democratic presidential nominee.
The week appeared to start where the campaign left off, with a Trump criticism of one of the Congress’s first major acts—a Republican proposal to weaken an ethics watchdog. The party quickly abandoned the proposal after the president-elect tweeted his disapproval.
But as it wore on, the challenges of Mr. Trump’s continued strategy became more apparent. At times, his unique approach stirred confusion inside the Capitol and within his own team, according to officials in both places.
When Republicans in Congress started to plan the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, a move that Mr. Trump called for on the campaign trail, he took to Twitter to warn them to be careful of the political consequences and that the health-insurance system would fall under its own weight.
With that, more notes of caution were raised within his own party, leaving the Republican strategy for ending the Affordable Care Act looking more tenuous. Mr. Trump soon found his voice again in mocking Democrats seeking to save the act as clowns, but key Republican lawmakers, including Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.), said late in the week they wanted to settle on a replacement plan before beginning the complex task of repealing the law...
House Democrats Struggle to Find Voice in Trump-Era Minority (VIDEO)
At Bloomberg, "Despite weak perch in Capitol, they’re determined to rebuild":
Congressman Raskin's featured at that hilarious video above. You gotta give it up for Joe Biden sometimes. He was excellent during the count of the Electoral College on Thursday. He kept banging his gavel on the House Democrats, making them look like preschoolers.
That's gold, man. Pure gold lol.
Jamie Raskin has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for less than a week, but he isn’t joining a newly energized and resurgent Democratic caucus like he hoped. Instead, he’ll be a freshman member of a party stuck in the political wilderness.More.
“For me, it’s a bit of a cold shower,” said Raskin, a former Democratic leader in the Maryland state legislature. “I had hoped I would be part of a big blue wave overtaking Washington and giving us the opportunity to make progress on many fronts in national politics.”
After a disappointing election where Democrats fell short, Raskin and the 193 other House Democrats he joins in Congress’s new session are trying to revitalize their demoralized base. They also want to win back Rust Belt voters who bolted for Donald Trump.
It’s a tough task. They serve in a chamber where rules and traditions give the minority party virtually no ability to get measures on the floor or even amend what the governing party offers.
And it could be a while before they find their footing. Many in the party are desperate to reinvent Democrats’ image, but it might not help that their top two House leaders have been in place for more than a decade.
Raskin says one place to start is tackling the loss of jobs in a shrinking manufacturing sector. But he says the party’s traditional responses, like a minimum wage boost or protecting entitlement programs from cuts, aren’t sufficient any more.
‘Message Will Follow’
“If we get the substance right, the message will follow along,” he said. “The problem that we are having with displaced working-class whites across America is a problem that neither party has a solution to. It’s not just a question of trade, it’s more an issue of automation and mechanization which are replacing millions of workers in America.”
Peter Welch of Vermont, who as a chief deputy whip helps Democratic leaders count votes, says that they should start by simply sticking together. Democrats picked up a mere six House seats in the elections, leaving Republicans to govern with a 23-seat margin.
Welch is counting on the Republicans to be more fractured than his party -- and he’s hoping that united Democrats can exploit Trump’s splits with some conservatives on infrastructure spending, trade and other matters.
The House’s most conservative lawmakers “won’t provide their votes unless they get their way,” said Welch, who was first elected in 2007 when Democrats took House control from Republicans. House Speaker Paul Ryan “has to decide whether he will accede to their demands or find reasonable Democrats who are willing to work on bills,” the Vermont lawmaker said.
2018 Election
That still leaves Democrats trying to figure out how to rebuild their own image.
Just-retired Representative Steve Israel of New York, who oversaw campaign strategy and fundraising for House Democrats in 2012 and 2014, says his colleagues would be best off focusing on the 2018 midterm elections. Historically, the party out of power picks up seats in non-presidential election years, and he says Democrats have a chance to retake the House -- although the electoral map suggests that’s a real long shot.
Israel said Trump’s win stemmed from a convergence of factors including economic insecurity, the alienation of middle-class voters and the spread of terrorism...
Congressman Raskin's featured at that hilarious video above. You gotta give it up for Joe Biden sometimes. He was excellent during the count of the Electoral College on Thursday. He kept banging his gavel on the House Democrats, making them look like preschoolers.
That's gold, man. Pure gold lol.
'Gateway Pundit' Jim Hoft Trolls Mollie Hemingway
From the other day, on Twitter.
Why is Mollie @MZHemingway on @SpecialReport? She was wrong and a Nasty #NeverTrumper throughout election last year. #Awful Person— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) January 2, 2017
— Melissa Mackenzie 🌐 (@MelissaTweets) January 3, 2017
@MelissaTweets What happened to Jim Hoft?— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) January 3, 2017
@AmPowerBlog @MelissaTweets Jumped too deep into the Cult of Trump. I haven't linked him most of this year— William Teach (@WilliamTeach) January 3, 2017
If you weren't for Trump, Gateway Pundit was trashing you all year. I like Jim Hoft, but that's definitely going overboard. He seems like such a reasonable guy in person too. I met him at CPAC. What can you do, I guess?@WilliamTeach I'll say. Sheesh. @MelissaTweets— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) January 3, 2017
Lindsey Thiry Now Covering the Lakers
She's a really good journalist, particularly excellent with the new technology (social media, You Tube, etc.). I wish she had her own beat, but as long at the Times keeps her, I'm good.
I've never seen a game like that. What a Rose Bowl
— Lindsey Thiry (@LindseyThiry) January 3, 2017
@LindseyThiry And you've sure been there this season. Kudos to you for the multimedia coverage. cc. @latimes @latimessports
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) January 3, 2017
@AmPowerBlog @latimes @latimessports Much appreciated!
— Lindsey Thiry (@LindseyThiry) January 3, 2017
Yep, football is over. Now, it's #Lakers. pic.twitter.com/dJRz9RjrWP
— Lindsey Thiry (@LindseyThiry) January 7, 2017
Kristen Keogh's Snowy Weekend Forecast
It's not going to be too snowy down in San Diego, but it's supposed to be a big weekend for winter weather in California.
See the Los Angeles Times, "'A big mess': Mammoth prepares for a monster snowstorm."
And here's Ms. Kristen, for ABC News 10 San Diego:
See the Los Angeles Times, "'A big mess': Mammoth prepares for a monster snowstorm."
And here's Ms. Kristen, for ABC News 10 San Diego:
The Sun U.K.'s Official 'Page 3' Calendar 2017
My favorite girls.
Here, "Treat yourself to a sneak peek of 2017's outrageously sexy Page 3 calendar."
I just love Sabine Jemeljanova.
Here, "Treat yourself to a sneak peek of 2017's outrageously sexy Page 3 calendar."
I just love Sabine Jemeljanova.
Saturday Drunken Steplinks
They do the linking so I don't have to, heh.
At Drunken Stepfather, "STEPLINKS OF THE DAY."
Also, "HILARY DUFF IN COSMO OF THE DAY," and "CAMILA MORRONE YOUNG ENTITLED TITS HAS A BOOTY OF THE DAY."
BONUS: "SOFIIA CHUPRIKOVA NUDE PHOOTSHOOT OF THE DAY."
At Drunken Stepfather, "STEPLINKS OF THE DAY."
Also, "HILARY DUFF IN COSMO OF THE DAY," and "CAMILA MORRONE YOUNG ENTITLED TITS HAS A BOOTY OF THE DAY."
BONUS: "SOFIIA CHUPRIKOVA NUDE PHOOTSHOOT OF THE DAY."
Department Stores in Trouble
Macy's and Sears made big announcements of closings and downsizing this week.
I remember just last year Macy's closed and then bulldozed its store at the Spectrum in Irvine. They closed dozens of stores nationwide back then, and now they're doing another round.
I rarely shop at department stores anymore. Every now and then I think about South Coast Plaza, which is a mall built around about a half dozen major department stores, including high stores like Saks Fifth Avenue. Sometimes I wonder how they're still in business over there. I guess they'll just bulldoze some stores when the time comes.
In any case, at USA Today, "Department stores become endangered as Sears, Macy's struggle":
I remember just last year Macy's closed and then bulldozed its store at the Spectrum in Irvine. They closed dozens of stores nationwide back then, and now they're doing another round.
I rarely shop at department stores anymore. Every now and then I think about South Coast Plaza, which is a mall built around about a half dozen major department stores, including high stores like Saks Fifth Avenue. Sometimes I wonder how they're still in business over there. I guess they'll just bulldoze some stores when the time comes.
In any case, at USA Today, "Department stores become endangered as Sears, Macy's struggle":
Sears is closing 150 stores and selling its vaunted Craftsman tool brand, but those steps may not be enough to stop the unraveling of the American icon.More.
With Sears' announcement Thursday coming only a day after rival Macy's saying it would close 68 locations, the department store concept itself is looking like an endangered species. In a retail landscape now dominated by online sellers like Amazon and big-box chains like Walmart and Home Depot, Sears finds itself in a search for a reason to exist.
"The brand has lost relevance, it’s lost customers and it’s lost its real reason for existence on the American retail scene,'' says Neil Saunders, CEO of Conlumino, a retail consulting firm. Following "the trajectory they're on, there are no real signs of them turning it around to profitability.''
Sears has more than 1,300 stores remaining in its portfolio, so its demise could be prolonged. But if the retailer is unable to stem its financial bleeding and is forced into bankruptcy or perhaps a final assets sale, its loss would be akin to that of dominating American companies like airline Pan Am or five-and dime F.W. Woolworth.
"I honestly don’t see a spot for Sears long-term," says Van Conway, CEO of Van Conway & Partners, who has advised retail companies and other businesses on reorganization and insolvency. "My mom shopped at Sears. That was the only place she could go. Now you have 50 choices, and Sears is outdated.’’
Founded in 1886, Sears launched its first large, general catalog a decade later and for generations was the go-to source for products ranging from watches to washing machines. Though it lost its place as the nation's biggest retailer to Walmart in the 1990s, Sears enjoyed a renaissance during that decade under the helm of then-CEO Arthur Martinez, who pushed a greater focus on apparel sales and other initiatives.
The company faltered in the 2000s, selling its more than $30 billion credit portfolio to Citibank in 2003 and merging the Sears brand with Kmart, another struggling big box chain...
Brutal Chicago Video is No Surprise in Climate of Racial Lies
From Mark Davis, at Town Hall:
The toxic roots of this outrageous crime are on display every day. They are found in the sick and malicious rhetoric that filled the air in reaction to the Trump campaign, that has only intensified since his victory. And it wasn’t only from liberals.Hat Tip: Blazing Cat Fur.
How many people on TV, in elected office, from the stages of shrill rallies, have spread the following damnable lies:
-- Donald Trump is a racist.
-- Our cops are racist.
-- Our country is racist.
Pour this poison into the heads of kids already damaged by the societal dysfunctions around them, and we might wonder why we don’t get videos like this with nauseating regularity.
The animus of the left is on constant display. Black Lives Matter tells America that waves of racist cops are out to kill our black youth. Democrat politicians have maligned Trump as a bigot for pure sport, joined by some unhinged NeverTrumpers.
Astride it all, we have had a President for eight years who has discouraged none of this, while adding his own winking double-talk that makes clear his belief that racism is still rampant in the nation that elected him twice.
So don’t let anyone get away with feigned bewilderment over how this barbaric cruelty happened. The responsibility for it is shared by anyone who has engaged in the slanders that fill the daily talking points of the left.
Friday, January 6, 2017
Fort Lauderdale Airport Shooting: Suspect Esteban Santiago Had Alleged Ties to Islamic State
The suspect claims he was being forced to wage jihad by Islamic State.
At the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, "Esteban Santiago identified as Fort Lauderdale airport shooter."
Also, at London's Daily Mail, "Pictured: The Fort Lauderdale 'air rage' gunman who 'argued with passengers' on his flight before he retrieved his handgun from checked luggage and then executed five people in baggage claim."
And at FrontPage Magazine, "Esteban Santiago-Ruiz: Airport Shooter Claimed He Was Forced to Fight for ISIS":
And especially, the Newark Star-Ledger, "N.J. aunt of Ft. Lauderdale airport shooting suspect: 'He lost his mind' in Iraq."
At the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, "Esteban Santiago identified as Fort Lauderdale airport shooter."
Also, at London's Daily Mail, "Pictured: The Fort Lauderdale 'air rage' gunman who 'argued with passengers' on his flight before he retrieved his handgun from checked luggage and then executed five people in baggage claim."
And at FrontPage Magazine, "Esteban Santiago-Ruiz: Airport Shooter Claimed He Was Forced to Fight for ISIS":
#UPDATE via #iAWACS Ft Lauderdale shooter was posting on Jihadi forums when he was 17yrs old in 2007 - Now closed twitter acct @Esteban00903 pic.twitter.com/h17HK3mOzb
— JΞSTΞR ✪ ΔCTUAL³³º¹ (@th3j35t3r) January 6, 2017
Santiago told the FBI in November that he was being forced to fight for ISIS...https://t.co/7T97Nf95D9#FtLauderdale #EstebanSantiago pic.twitter.com/3O14CgdyYG
— Ethan Ralph (@TheRalphRetort) January 6, 2017
Esteban Santiago-Ruiz: Airport Shooter Claimed He Was Forced to Fight for ISIS https://t.co/kmHi1tvXGT pic.twitter.com/WBO6QkgeyO
— Jewhadi™ (@JewhadiTM) January 7, 2017
Airport shooter motive appears to be a mixture of mental illness and Islamist fantasies. Toxic combination.
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) January 7, 2017
Details are still emerging about airport shooter Esteban Santiago-Ruiz. His shooting spree at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport has claimed 5 lives and wounded 8 more people.More at Memeorandum.
This is a developing story so we will likely know a lot more by the evening and by the next day than we do today. The above photo has been circulating on social media, for example. It may be that of the gunman.
The media is rolling with the usual "mental illness" narrative. This is the same excuse often used for Islamic terrorists. There's no proven connection to Islam yet, except this particular part of his background.
Law enforcement said he was found with an active military ID and is an American citizen, born in New Jersey. Previous known addresses include Penuelas, Puerto Rico and Anchorage, Alaska.It's possible that he is mentally ill. It's possible that he's a Muslim terrorist. Or both. Or neither.
They add that in November 2016, he walked into an FBI office in Anchorage claiming that he was being forced to fight for ISIS. He was sent to a psychiatric hospital.
In 2011 or 2012, he was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations for child porn. Three weapons and a computer were seized, but there was not enough evidence to prosecute, according to law enforcement sources.
And especially, the Newark Star-Ledger, "N.J. aunt of Ft. Lauderdale airport shooting suspect: 'He lost his mind' in Iraq."
Rose Bertram LOVE Advent 2016 (VIDEO)
Following-up from Wednesday, "Rose Bertram's Tahitian Paradise (VIDEO)."
She's a crazy-hot babe, at LOVE:
She's a crazy-hot babe, at LOVE:
Shaun King, Black Lives Matter Activist and Racial Appropriator, Blames the 'White Kid' for His Own Facebook Live Beating and Torture
I first saw this tweet screen-capped at Luann's Twitter page, but she took it down.
I tweeted her, in shock, when I first saw it.
No one else is tweeting it, but it looks legitimate.
And Shaun King has been in the news since the live beating and torture in Chicago, so there's that. At Twitchy, "SHOCKER. Shaun King more concerned over ‘white supremacist hashtag’ #BLMKidnapping than actual attack," and "LAME. Shaun King 'won't fight for justice' for disabled young man in Chicago attack, blames racist system."
I tweeted her, in shock, when I first saw it.
No one else is tweeting it, but it looks legitimate.
And Shaun King has been in the news since the live beating and torture in Chicago, so there's that. At Twitchy, "SHOCKER. Shaun King more concerned over ‘white supremacist hashtag’ #BLMKidnapping than actual attack," and "LAME. Shaun King 'won't fight for justice' for disabled young man in Chicago attack, blames racist system."
Ari Fleischer Live-Tweets Shooting at Ft. Lauderdale Airport — UPDATED!
CNN's reporting at least 9 wounded, and with a number like that, that means there's probably fatalities. I'll update.
Meanwhile, folks were sharing Air Fleischer's live-tweets:
MORE: The suspect is in custody.
Meanwhile, folks were sharing Air Fleischer's live-tweets:
I'm at the Ft. Lauderdale Airport. Shots have been fired. Everyone is running.— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) January 6, 2017
The police said there is one shooter and five victims.— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) January 6, 2017
UPDATE: CNN is now reporting "multiple people shot dead," as I suspected. A terrible story. I'll have more updates.All seems calm now but the police aren't letting anyone out of the airport - at least not the area where I am.— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) January 6, 2017
MORE: The suspect is in custody.
Cancer Patient and Amputee Took Her Leg Home With Her After Surgery
This is the trippiest story, but pretty cool.
The lady has an Instagram page. She takes her foot with her everywhere, takes photos and posts them. You're gonna be the life of the party, for sure.
At PBS:
The lady has an Instagram page. She takes her foot with her everywhere, takes photos and posts them. You're gonna be the life of the party, for sure.
At PBS:
She took her amputated leg home, and you can too https://t.co/GEjIUOicBb
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) January 5, 2017
The New Yorker Mocks Trump Voters in Political Cartoon
I saw the buzz on this on Twitter a few days ago.
People were Photoshopping the hell out of this cartoon, by Will McPhail, for the New Yorker:
And see Legal Insurrection, "The New Yorker’s view of the world, updated for Trump victory," and the Blaze, "New Yorker cartoon sums up anti-elite national mood, angers many."
People were Photoshopping the hell out of this cartoon, by Will McPhail, for the New Yorker:
And here's the debate at today's editorial page, "When a cartoon is not just a cartoon: Mastio & Lawrence" (via Instapundit).One from this week's @NewYorker. Hello politics, my names Will. pic.twitter.com/5LfNYnOgMA— Will McPhail (@WillMcPhail) January 2, 2017
And see Legal Insurrection, "The New Yorker’s view of the world, updated for Trump victory," and the Blaze, "New Yorker cartoon sums up anti-elite national mood, angers many."
Do you think there was actually someone at the New Yorker who thought this cartoon made sense, or is it just 100% trolling? pic.twitter.com/EeSC4l7ogS
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) January 2, 2017
This sums up what liberals think.
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) January 2, 2017
Understand, they think you are stupid + need to obey.@exjon @stephenkruiser @AceofSpadesHQ @LarryOConnor https://t.co/pEY2Aedz5H
The Delusional Democrats of 2017
From Matthew Continetti, at Free Beacon, "Send in the Head Clowns":
I especially like the part about how McConnell can just change the rules to a straight majority vote for Supreme Court confirmations. I hope he does.
And, the Dems sure are clowns. It's the clown-shoe party, lol.
Continetti throws a huge bucket of ice cold water on Dems & media attempting to oppose Obamacare repeal & SCOTUS
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 6, 2017
https://t.co/TkBJdJHsS1
Democrats have been in power for so long that they’ve forgotten how to oppose. Their party has been on a roll since 2005 when the botched Social Security reform, the slow bleed of the Iraq war, and Hurricane Katrina sent the Bush administration into a tailspin. The Democrats won the Congress the following year and the White House two years after that. And while they lost the House in 2010 and the Senate in 2014, Democrats still had the advantage of retaining the White House, a president seemingly immune from criticism, the courts, the bureaucracy, and large portions of the media. The correlation of forces in Washington has weighed heavily in favor of the Democrats for a decade.Excellent. Just outstanding analysis.
No longer. The election of Donald Trump has brought unified Republican government to Washington and overturned our understanding of how politics works. Or at least it should have done so. The Democrats seem not to understand how to deal with Trump and the massive change he is about to bring to the nation’s capital. During the general election they fell for the idea that Trump can be defeated by conventional means, spending hundreds of millions of dollars in negative television advertising and relying on political consultants beholden to whatever line Politico was selling on a given day. This strategy failed Trump’s Republican primary opponents, but Democrats figured that was simply because the GOP was filled with deplorables. It was a rationalization that would cost them.
Republicans control the House, the Senate, 34 governor’s mansions, and 4,100 seats in state legislatures. But Democrats act like they run Washington. Nancy Pelosi’s speech to the 115th House of Representatives was a long-winded recitation of the same liberal agenda that has brought her party to its current low. Give her points for consistency I guess. Chuck Schumer is just being delusional.
Smarting from the failed nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, the Senate minority leader pledged to oppose Donald Trump’s nominee weeks before inauguration day. “If they don’t appoint somebody good,” he said on MSNBC, “we’re going to oppose them tooth and nail.” That would “absolutely” include keeping the seat held by the late Antonin Scalia empty, he said. “We are not going to make it easy for them to pick a Supreme Court justice.”
I suppose it’s too much to expect a graduate of Harvard Law School to grasp the difference between majority and minority. Mitch McConnell was able to block Garland’s appointment because the Republicans controlled the Senate. The Democrats do not. And McConnell was able to hold his caucus together because he was on solid historical ground. Lyndon Johnson’s nomination of Abe Fortas as chief justice failed in the election year 1968, and the so-called “Biden Rule” of 1992 stipulated no Supreme Court replacements during the last year of a presidency. Schumer himself, in a 2007 speech, expanded the waiting period to the final 18 months of a president’s term. Now, despite a record of calling on the Senate to confirm the president’s nominees—as long as the president is a Democrat—Schumer has adopted the strategy of no Supreme Court confirmations at all. How does he think President Trump will respond? By caving?
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Yes, the first duty of the opposition is to oppose. And I don’t expect the Democrats to roll over for Trump. But I am surprised by their hysterics, and by their race to see who can be the most obnoxious to the new president. They seem to have been caught off guard, to say the least, by their situation. Take for example their willingness to stand on a podium beside a sign that reads, “Make America Sick Again.” By embracing this message, such as it is, the Democrats associated not Trump but themselves with illness. Who on earth thought that was a good idea?
It takes time to adjust. The Democrats may be counting on inertia and the media to slow the Republicans down and force them into a defensive crouch. Worked in the past. But here’s the thing about Trump: He doesn’t play defense.
I especially like the part about how McConnell can just change the rules to a straight majority vote for Supreme Court confirmations. I hope he does.
And, the Dems sure are clowns. It's the clown-shoe party, lol.
USC Football Should Be Ranked in the Top Three Next Season (VIDEO)
My earlier Rose Bowl coverage is here.
Oh my gosh, what a game.
Here's the sports crew from the L.A. Times, with their post-game wrap-up from Monday night. Bill Plaschke argues that right now USC is in the top three nationally, and thus should be ranked in the top three next season.
We'll see. There's some turnover on the team, and some key players may opt for the NFL draft. But QB Sam Darnold's definitely going to be around, and I think that's key.
Watch:
Oh my gosh, what a game.
Here's the sports crew from the L.A. Times, with their post-game wrap-up from Monday night. Bill Plaschke argues that right now USC is in the top three nationally, and thus should be ranked in the top three next season.
We'll see. There's some turnover on the team, and some key players may opt for the NFL draft. But QB Sam Darnold's definitely going to be around, and I think that's key.
Watch:
Nine People We're Hoping Will Just Shut Up and Go Away in 2017
Just nine?
I'm sure I could think of a few more, lol.
From Stephen Green (Vodkapundit), at Instapundit, "I’VE GOT A LITTLE LIST, THEY NEVER WOULD BE MISSED." (The link goes to a David Forsmark essay.)
I'm sure I could think of a few more, lol.
From Stephen Green (Vodkapundit), at Instapundit, "I’VE GOT A LITTLE LIST, THEY NEVER WOULD BE MISSED." (The link goes to a David Forsmark essay.)
Rules for Righties — a War-Winning Manifesto for 2017
From James Delingpole, at Breitbart London:
"The bad news is that wars are hard, costly & ugly. The good news is we’re on the right side & we’re going to win." https://t.co/ukHwHy6GcU
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) January 1, 2017
Thursday, January 5, 2017
Orange County Saw Another Day of Heavy Rainfall and Cloudy Skies (VIDEO)
It was raining pretty good this morning when I dropped my kid off at school.
I hope there's no flooding, but the rain's good. The more rain, the less we'll be hearing about how climate change is causing the "drought."
At CBS News 2 Los Angeles, "Heavy Rains Blanket Orange County."
Plus, a weather report with Garth Kemp, "Garth Kemp's Weather Forecast (Jan. 5)."
I hope there's no flooding, but the rain's good. The more rain, the less we'll be hearing about how climate change is causing the "drought."
At CBS News 2 Los Angeles, "Heavy Rains Blanket Orange County."
Plus, a weather report with Garth Kemp, "Garth Kemp's Weather Forecast (Jan. 5)."
Obama Claims Race Relations Haven't 'Gotten Worse' Under His Administration (VIDEO)
O's living in his own private Idaho.
Asked point-blank, he denies race relations have gotten worse during his administration.
At CBS News 2 Chicago:
And even the far-left New York Times, last July, found a large majority saying race relations are bad. See, "Race Relations Are at Lowest Point in Obama Presidency, Poll Finds":
Asked point-blank, he denies race relations have gotten worse during his administration.
At CBS News 2 Chicago:
Obama Calls Facebook Torture Video 'Despicable', But Optimistic About Race Relations In U.S. https://t.co/2nqdutelde— CBS Chicago (@cbschicago) January 5, 2017
However, the president remains hopeful about the future.Actually, public opinion polling consistently finds that race relations have deteriorated during the Obama regime. Indeed, a majority of white Americans say race relations have gotten worse over the past eight years, according to a report at Gallup last August, "In U.S., Obama Effect on Racial Matters Falls Short of Hopes":
“I take these things very seriously.”
“The good news is that the next generation that’s coming behind us … have smarter, better, more thoughtful attitudes about race.
“I think the overall trajectory of race relations in this country is actually very positive. It doesn’t mean that all racial problems have gone away. It means that we have the capacity to get better.”
Americans' optimism about the effects that Obama's election and presidency would have on race relations has ... declined significantly since he was elected in November 2008. At that time, 70% of Americans expected race relations in the U.S. to get better, while only 10% believed relations would get worse. Now, more say that race relations have gotten worse as a result of his presidency (46%) than say they have gotten better (29%).A Pew report last June found Americans only slightly less pessimistic about race relations, with fully one third of whites saying race relations have deteriorated, with another 24 percent saying Obama tried but failed to improve relations between the races during his administration. See, "On Views of Race and Inequality, Blacks and Whites Are Worlds Apart."
Whites, by more than a 2-to-1 margin, now say race relations are worse rather than better. Blacks are more charitable in their evaluation of the effect of Obama's presidency on U.S. race relations, but they are divided on whether things are better or worse. Both blacks' and whites' opinions are more pessimistic than they were in October 2009, nine months into Obama's presidency...
And even the far-left New York Times, last July, found a large majority saying race relations are bad. See, "Race Relations Are at Lowest Point in Obama Presidency, Poll Finds":
Sixty-nine percent of Americans say race relations are generally bad, one of the highest levels of discord since the 1992 riots in Los Angeles during the Rodney King case, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.There's been saturation coverage of the Chicago black thug Facebook beating and torture all day, and so expect new polling on race to be at least as bad as last July, when the Dallas police officers were massacred by a Black Lives Matter supporter.
The poll, conducted from Friday, the day after the killing of five Dallas police officers, until Tuesday, found that six in 10 Americans say race relations were growing worse, up from 38 percent a year ago.
Racial discontent is at its highest point in the Obama presidency and at the same level as after the riots touched off by the 1992 acquittal of Los Angeles police officers charged in Mr. King’s beating.
Relations between black Americans and the police have become so brittle that more than half of black people say they were not surprised by the attack that killed five police officers and wounded nine others in Dallas last week. Nearly half of white Americans say that they, too, were unsurprised by the episode, the survey found...
Democrats Consider Another Challenge to Donald Trump's Victory in the Electoral College
Bizarre.
At Twitchy, "House Dems are NOT giving up hope for Hillary (She could lose AGAIN?)."
Here's the Politico piece, "Democratic lawmakers considering challenge to Trump’s Electoral College victory."
Like I said, truly bizarre.
Democrats are literally clinical at this point.
At Twitchy, "House Dems are NOT giving up hope for Hillary (She could lose AGAIN?)."
— Jason C. (@CounterMoonbat) January 5, 2017
Here's the Politico piece, "Democratic lawmakers considering challenge to Trump’s Electoral College victory."
Like I said, truly bizarre.
Democrats are literally clinical at this point.
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