Friday, June 7, 2013
Al Nusra Front Raises Al Qaeda's Black Flag in Aleppo
At Weasel Zippers, "Al Nusra Front Takes Syrian Rebel Flag Down, Raises Al Qaeda’s Black Flag In Aleppo…"
Hey Let's Keep Giving Them Aid -->Al Nusra Front Takes Syrian Rebel Flag Down, Raises Al Qaeda’s Black Flag... shar.es/wz7Do
— I Yam What I Yam (@Nvr4Get91101) June 7, 2013
Shooting at Santa Monica Community College
Man, these shootings keep coming closer to home.
At the Los Angeles Times, "Three wounded during shooting in Santa Monica."
Also at KABC-TV Los Angeles, "Santa Monica College on lockdown after alleged shooting":
More:
At the Los Angeles Times, "Three wounded during shooting in Santa Monica."
Also at KABC-TV Los Angeles, "Santa Monica College on lockdown after alleged shooting":
President Barack Obama was en route to Santa Monica to attend a Democratic National Committee fundraising event. The Secret Service has also been notified...Developing...
More:
Secret Service says Santa Monica College shooting not impacting President @barackobama's visit nearby bit.ly/13imBHO
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) June 7, 2013
.@rsmccain Breaking here: is.gd/0xqfYx The fundraising must go on!
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) June 7, 2013
BREAKING PHOTO:SWAT on scene near Santa Monica College campus after reported shooting - @the_corsair twitter.com/NewsBreaker/st… MT @newsbreaker
— ColorMeRed (@ColorMeRed) June 7, 2013
PHOTO: Officers in gear heading to Santa Monica College twitter.com/ABC7/status/34…
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) June 7, 2013
I'm sure Santa Monica shooter is a straight, conservative, Christian NRA, TP, Vet. Must be a transplant, though. Aren't they barred in Ca?
— Jo Anne moretti (@JoAnneMoretti) June 7, 2013
PHOTO: Students on lockdown at Santa Monica College (via @aizoz) twitter.com/ABC7/status/34…Vine videos here:
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) June 7, 2013
Multiple People Shot At Santa Monica College buzzfeed.com/jtes/multiple-…
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) June 7, 2013
Alleged gunman in #SantaMonicaCollege shooting set fire to nearby home, carjacked vehicles, law enforcement sources say....
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) June 7, 2013
7 dead -- including gunman -- in rampage that ended at Santa Monica College: lat.ms/19QnP2j Another person in custody.
— LA Times City Beat (@LATimescitybeat) June 8, 2013
#SMC UPDATE: 2 dead at Yorkshire1 dead Cloverfield/Pico2 dead 19th/Pearl1 died at UCLA1 suspect killed1 person of interest in custody
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) June 7, 2013
#SMC UPDATE: --4 VICTIMS DEAD (down from 6 victims the SMPD original reported) --POLICE: GUNMAN ACTED ALONE --SEVERAL WOUNDED, 1 CRITICAL
— L.A. Times: L.A. Now (@LANow) June 8, 2013
Yep, 'Clean as a whistle...'
Oh my goodness what a meltdown!
Via National Review, "Chris Matthews Swoons: Obama Has ‘Never Done Anything Wrong in His Life’."
Via National Review, "Chris Matthews Swoons: Obama Has ‘Never Done Anything Wrong in His Life’."
Kate Upton On Set of 'The Other Woman' in West Hampton
Well, she's still got a lot of shelf life.
At Egotastic!, "Kate Upton Bouncing Flouncing Boobtastic on Film Set!"
At Egotastic!, "Kate Upton Bouncing Flouncing Boobtastic on Film Set!"
'Obama's on TV Again, Lying...'
From the Other McCain, "Obama Keeps Lying; Reporters Don’t Care":
IMAGE CREDIT: Desiree Paquette.
Frankly, I don’t know which pisses me off more: Obama’s shameless dishonesty or the White House press corps’ evident indifference to truth. The Obama presidency has been one big lie all along, and by now there is not an honest or intelligent person who believes a word he says, and you might think that White House reporters would be so thoroughly fed up with his reeking bullshit, they would call him on it.Continue reading.
IMAGE CREDIT: Desiree Paquette.
'The scope of these surveillance programs is amazing...'
That's Wolf Blitzer's opening comment during this panel segment:
For me, just watching Obama squirm is more than worth it. More at the New York Times, "Obama Calls Surveillance Programs Legal and Limited." (At Memeorandum.)
For me, just watching Obama squirm is more than worth it. More at the New York Times, "Obama Calls Surveillance Programs Legal and Limited." (At Memeorandum.)
Body Paint Behind the Scenes
Well, the SI Swimsuit edition popped up just now on my recommended Twitter follows, so here you go:
More here: "Anne V Body Paint - 2013 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Video."
More here: "Anne V Body Paint - 2013 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Video."
'Folks Are Sweating Back There Right Now...'
I was watching this.
From Katie Pavlich, at Townhall, "Friday Fun: Obama Calls Staffers 'People' After They Forget His Speech, Staffer Trips."
From Katie Pavlich, at Townhall, "Friday Fun: Obama Calls Staffers 'People' After They Forget His Speech, Staffer Trips."
Obama's Agenda Scorched by Exploding Scandals
From Susan Page, at USA Today, "Analysis: Obama's agenda scorched in firestorm":
As always, it's the hypocrisy.
PHOTO CREDIT: Rare, "Government run amok: Obama’s scandals are killing the ‘good government’ narrative."
WASHINGTON — President Obama, meet the second-term curse.Continue reading.
Revelations that the U.S. government has been collecting a massive database of telephone usage by millions of Americans — citizens not suspected of any wrongdoing — created a firestorm Thursday that would be damaging for any administration. But it is is especially problematic for Obama because it stokes controversies he already was struggling to contain and reinforces criticism that has dogged him from the start.
Republicans have long depicted Obama as an advocate of a big, dangerous and overreaching government, back to the federal bailout of the auto industry he undertook during the financial crisis that greeted his first inauguration. That has been their fundamental philosophical objection to his signature Affordable Care Act, now just months away from implementation of its major provisions.
In recent weeks, it has fueled outrage over the targeting by the Internal Revenue Service of conservative Tea Party groups seeking non-profit status, and over the use of secret subpoenas and search warrants against the Associated Press and Fox News in Justice Department investigations of news leaks.
Now the headlines are focused on governmental monitoring that touches not just reporters but, apparently, just about anyone who makes a phone call.
As always, it's the hypocrisy.
PHOTO CREDIT: Rare, "Government run amok: Obama’s scandals are killing the ‘good government’ narrative."
Lying Liar Anthony Weiner’s Underage Girl Problem
At Michelle's:
And at the People's Cube, "Support Your Weiner In His Hour of Need!"
Touchy, touchy. Despite Team Anthony Weiner’s best efforts at political rehabilitation, there’s just no way to shore up his sorest scandal spot. As the New York Post reported this week, Weiner had a bit of a snit fit when a local Democratic official boldly slammed his sexting habits with underage girls.Continue reading.
Chris Owens, the Dems’ state committee member in northwest Brooklyn, called out the skeezy ex-congressman at a mayoral candidate forum. “I am outraged and disgusted by you,” Owens told Weiner. “Both by what you did and by the fact that you have the arrogance to run for mayor. I want to understand how you explain to us how you used a public facility to tweet offensive material to … minors you did not know, you then lied about it … and now you come back.” The hubristic horn-dog bared his teeth, got “snippy” and responded by snarling defensively that he’s “going to win this election and I’m going to govern this city really well.”
Don’t get ahead of yourself there, Tweety Boy. If more rank-and-file Democrats join Owens in focusing like a laser on Weiner’s underage-girl problem instead of soft-pedaling his “past issues” as “consensual” “online dalliances,” Icky-rus will fall again.
And at the People's Cube, "Support Your Weiner In His Hour of Need!"
First Lady Diplomacy
This is pretty interesting, amazingly.
At the Diplomat, "The U.S. Drops the Ball on First Lady Diplomacy."
And from Daniel Drezner, "Michelle Obama's diplomatic misstep."
At the Diplomat, "The U.S. Drops the Ball on First Lady Diplomacy."
And from Daniel Drezner, "Michelle Obama's diplomatic misstep."
WSJ: "The NSA's 'metadata' surveillance is legal and necessary…"
Well, it's the hypocrisy of it all, especially the president's.
But see the Journal's editorial, "Thank You for Data-Mining":
* "Obama Administration Surveillance Regime: Most Breathtaking Violations of Civil Liberties in U.S. History."
* "The U.S. Surveillance Police State."
But see the Journal's editorial, "Thank You for Data-Mining":
We bow to no one in our desire to limit government power, but data-mining is less intrusive on individuals than routine airport security. The data sweep is worth it if it prevents terror attacks that would lead politicians to endorse far greater harm to civil liberties.Previously:
* "Obama Administration Surveillance Regime: Most Breathtaking Violations of Civil Liberties in U.S. History."
* "The U.S. Surveillance Police State."
The U.S. Surveillance Police State
As noted, it's the left hypocrisy on all of these issues that bugs me. (Although I'm not going so far defending things as Max Boot, "NSA Data Collection Is Legal – and Smart.")
Either way, here's Michelle Malkin's piece from yesterday, "History lesson: The crucial differences between Bush and Obama’s NSA phone surveillance programs."
And see all the commentary at Memeorandum.
Either way, here's Michelle Malkin's piece from yesterday, "History lesson: The crucial differences between Bush and Obama’s NSA phone surveillance programs."
And see all the commentary at Memeorandum.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Glenn Greenwald Surveillance Scoop Generates Big-Time Media Coverage
Greenwald's initial report is here, "NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily."
And he was on Piers Morgan's earlier.
Plus, from tomorrow's New York Times, "Blogger, With Focus on Surveillance, Is at Center of a Debate."
And he was on Piers Morgan's earlier.
Plus, from tomorrow's New York Times, "Blogger, With Focus on Surveillance, Is at Center of a Debate."
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