Gandolfini Fat-Shaming

Hey, he was a big man who died young.

I can see where people are coming from, but see Althouse, "Gandolfini’s death prompts rampant fat-shaming'."

Chicago's 'Gaystapo' Bullies Attack the Catholic Church

At HillBuzz, "How the Left Uses Gays to Dismantle, Undermine, and Toxify the Catholic Church…the Gaystapo in Action in Chicago!"

PREVIOUSLY: "Government Redefinition of Marriage is Not Inevitable."

Prosecutors Charge Edward Snowden With Violations of Espionage Act and Theft of Government Property

At the Guardian UK, "US files criminal charges against NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden."

And see Mandy Nagy, at Legal Insurrection, "NSA Leaker Edward Snowden Charged with Espionage and Other Offenses — Updated: Complaint Added."

The United States of America No Longer Exists

From Diana West, "No Constitution, No Borders, No USA":

At what point does it become clear that we no longer inhabit America?

When we “Press 2,” not “1,” for English?

When a national Social Security Number syncs an electronic identity that the government hospital provided us at birth to track us till death?

When borders are no more, but the Surveillance State always knows where we are?

Ours is the age of dislocation before realization: The United States of America no longer exists. Why? How? The answer is simple, tragic and outrageous: Government officials, elected and unelected, with precious exceptions, no longer preserve, protect and defend the U.S. Constitution. Instead, they do whatever it takes to beat it, flout it and ignore it. Worse, We, the People, let them.

This can’t go on. Otherwise our-country-’tis-of-thee becomes a melody to be forgotten, a mirage of a tradition more storybook than real every day. Nowhere is this more the case, of course, than in Washington, D.C., where absolute unaccountability corrupts absolutely, where echoing down the cool, white marble halls of power, hollow men and women trample sovereignty and citizenship in a pathway to American betrayal. And I haven’t even gotten to Congress, busy “reforming” the illegal-alien crisis they antiseptically refer to as “immigration,” while considering passage of a $940 billion “farm bill,” 80 percent of which will fund food stamps. These two laws alone can institutionalize the lawlessness of the land and make countless more Americans wards of the state.

Meanwhile, there is in Washington a faceless power-mongery that lives and works in the shadows. City by city, rural state by rural state, its mechanisms of “immigration,” “refugee resettlement” and socialist government programs overwhelm a near-impotent citizenry with alien cultures, religions, languages and traditions.

There is no “melting pot” out there, nor is there even residual belief in one – particularly not on the part of the State. Most of our new peoples will never embrace American constitutional virtues en masse to perpetuate them because their own sponsor, their own lifeline, is the mega-state that brought them here and supports them.

Wow.

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HAT TIP: Blazing Cat Fur.

'Know Your Place and Shut Your Mouth...' — Radio Show Host Bill Cunningham Erupts at Democrat Analyst Tamara Holder

Here's this morning's panel with Martha McCallum discussing last night's Sean Hannity segment with a finger-pointing Bill Cunningham attacking Tamara Holder:

And see the Blaze, "‘KNOW YOUR ROLE AND SHUT YOUR MOUTH’: HANNITY SEGMENT DEVOLVES INTO FINGER-POINTING, NAME-CALLING SCHOOLYARD FIGHT."

Paula Deen's Abject, Groveling YouTube Apology

I posted on this yesterday: "Face of Southern Cooking is a Southern Cracker? Paula Deen Admits to Using Racial Slur."

And she's apologizing for comments she admitted she'd made in a deposition, over 10 years ago. Oh boy, paying the progressives' price now.

And at CNN, "Paula Deen asks for forgiveness; Food Network won't renew her contract at the end of the month."

And at Twitchy, "Report: Food Network will not renew Paula Deen’s contract," and "How original: Twerps suggest Fox News hire Paula Deen because racism."

Added: At the Atlanta Journal Constitution, "Paula Deen's YouTube apology: 'I beg for your forgiveness'," and at BuzzFeed, "Here’s the first apology Paula Deen posted on Friday..."

Earlier in the day, the butter-lovin’ star cancelled an appearance on Today, then tweeted that a “video statement” was coming.

More than three hours later, the above video was posted to an unofficial Deen YouTube account. It toggled between public and private for an hour before it was completely removed, replaced by a longer version.

More on Twitter:

Paula Deen SACKED from Food Network hours after she makes groveling apology & begs the public for forgiveness http://t.co/tJqm6zk4vj #tcot

— slone (@slone) June 21, 2013

Sexy Lucy Pinder Slideshow at Nuts

She the "best-loved lady" at the magazine.

On Twitter, "PHWOAR! The Queen of Nuts herself Lucy Pinder."

PREVIOUSLY: "Lucy Pinder for Loaded Magazine April 2013."

Plus, "Some Overdue Lucy Pinder Rule 5."

And, "Lucy Pinder's Floating Breasts."

BONUS: "Bodacious Brunette Goodness."

Bodaciously bodacious!

Homosexual Rights Activist Calls for Final Solution to the Christian Problem

Boy, this person is an excellent poster ghoul for the regressive-left's homosexual agenda. Here's the Twitter feed for QueerSpring2013.

From Jeanette Victoria on Twitter.

The Democrat homosexual rights agenda in a nutshell.

UPDATE: At the Other McCain, "The Eliminationist Rhetoric of @QueerSpring2013, Twitter Psychopath."

You gotta love it!

Schumer-Rubio Immigration Reform Would 'Surrender to Illegality...'

Here's Senator Jeff Sessions slamming the Schumer-Rubio shamnesty legislation:

Check my amnesty tag for all the latest on this.

Marco Rubio: 'Legalization First...'

And he campaigned as a staunch border security conservative.

Ouch.

PREVIOUSLY: "Legalization Will Come Before Border Security."

CAIR-Washington's Omar Abdelbadie Arrested for Raping Twelve-Year-Old Girl

Hmm, a radical Muslim child rapist pervert.

But hey, NO SWEEPING GENERALIZATIONS!

R.S. McCain reports, "Stereotype: Neurobiology Majors Just Can’t Resist Those Sexy Seventh-Graders."

Also at Atlas Shrugs, "CAIR-WASHINGTON'S OMAR ABDELBADIE ARRESTED FOR CHILD RAPE, CLAIMS THE 12-YEAR-OLD WAS DRESSED 'PROVOCATIVELY'":

There are many, many cases all the time of sexual predators taking advantage of underage girls. This one, however, has two elements that show traces of the effects that Islamic supremacism can have on a human mind. Abdelbadie claims that this 12-year-old girl "seduced" him -- an idea that might occur easily to someone who, following Muhammad's example, sees girls as young as nine as sex objects. Also, he claims she was dressed "provocatively." Many Muslim clerics have justified sexual abuse of women by saying that they brought it on themselves with their immodest dress. If they had covered up, nothing would have happened. Muslim men in Islamic cultures have no obligation to control themselves. Women have to make sure they don't get attacked by not "provoking" the men. This little girl was a victim of that mentality.

Islamic freaks.

Marriage Solidarity Statement

It's from the Liberty Counsel political action committee, seen at this press release, "Christian Clergy, Pastors, Leaders, Sign Statement in Solidarity to Defend Marriage." (Via Memeorandum.)

See, "We Stand in Solidarity to Defend Marriage and the Family and Society Founded Upon Them."

22 Excellent Reasons to Drink More Whiskey

A quick diversion from immigration, at BuzzFeed "As If You Needed Any..." (Via Instapundit.)

That's Famous Grouse, seen at Hi-Time Wine Cellars in Costa Mesa.

Corker-Hoeven Border Amendment 'Not a Serious Public-Policy Proposal...'

Here's the background to the amendment, at the Hill, "Senate immigration bill gets major boost with border security agreement":

The Corker-Hoeven amendment would double the number of border patrol agents from 20,000 to 40,000 and authorize the construction of 700 miles of fencing along the southern border, twice as much as authorized in the base bill.

Well, it's a sham, at total smokescreen for Republicans to vote for amnesty.

Here's William Kristol from yesterday's Special Report All Stars on Fox:

Legalization Will Come Before Border Security

At the video, Charles Schumer confesses that border security takes a backseat to legalization in the Schumer-Rubio immigration clusterf-k:

Also at Townhall, "Senate Kills Cornyn Amendment, New "Breakthrough" Touted by Schumer, Rubio":

Remember the Cornyn Amendment? That would be Sen. John Cornyn's (R-TX) bare bones border security package that was supposedly the big "breakthrough" a few weeks ago. As you may recall, it offered some genuinely welcome improvements over the 'Gang of Eight' legislation, but kept the basic sequencing intact: Provisional legalization first, then a number of hard security triggers (certified by both DHS and GAO), followed finally by round two (green cards, etc) of legalization. Very tepid stuff -- but a bridge too far for Senate Democrats and certain Republicans, evidently. The upper chamber voted to table -- ie, kill -- Cornyn's plan yesterday, and it wasn't especially close...

Plus, from M. Stanton Evans, "IMMIGRATION SCo at Townhall, "Senate Kills Cornyn Amendment, New "Breakthrough" Touted by Schumer, Rubio":

... even if border security could somehow be established, that wouldn’t remedy the countless defects of the legislation. It is shot through with provisos that would swell the number of aliens on a “path to citizenship” to three or four times the 11 million illegals now in the country (if that is in fact the true number) . Most obvious of these are “chain immigration” aspects that will bring in and legalize the spouses and children of illegals, but there are many others of like nature.

One such is a “blue card” (temporary, eight-year) work visa, which might not be a problem in itself, but links to other features. Once here, these workers could qualify for “provisional” immigrant status, just like the illegals, and thus get on the citizenship pathway also. Further, if a future illegal gets apprehended, he can escape removal by requesting “blue card” status for up to two and a half years after the rule is final. Thus, hesto-presto, would future illegals be made legal.

The bill is otherwise riddled with clauses that would help illegals avoid removal, get into the country to begin with, seek “provisional” status, apply for naturalization, ask stays of judgment, and game the system in general. One of the words appearing most often in the bill is “waiver,” closely followed by “appeals” “stays,” “reviews” and “exceptions” : A thicket of legalisms that could and undoubtedly would be used to thwart enforcement.

Boy, we're really cracking down on immigration!

'Rubio-Free' Senate

Boy, Coulter really wanted to talk about immigration!

Here's a write-up, at Politico, "Ann Coulter waits for ‘Rubio-free’ Senate."

PREVIOUSLY: "Marco Rubio Interview With Dana Bash on CNN Yesterday."

Marco Rubio Interview With Dana Bash on CNN Yesterday

I was never one to get on the Rubio bandwagon. And he is reviled now among conservatives on Twitter. I watched this yesterday and he just looks like the most pathetic weasel.

More at Legal Insurrection, "Moving to final stages of Senate #amnesty push."

And see Mark Krikorian, "CBO: Schumer-Rubio Bill Will Be a Failure," and "Mass Immigration Crowd Achieves Self-Parody."

I'll have more on immigration throughout the day...

Amputee Veteran Alex Minska Becomes Hot Dude Underwear Model

I was watching this the other morning on GMA, "Wounded U.S. Marine Now an Underwear Model, Hopes to Inspire Amputees - Alex Minska Interview."

And see Red Alert Politics, "Amputee vet Alex Minsky returns from war, becomes underwear model":

Alex Minsky isn’t your average underwear model.

A former Marine, Minsky lost part of his right leg to a roadside bomb while fighting in Afghanistan in 2009. The explosion left the now 24-year-old decorated veteran in a coma for 47 days as he recovered from traumatic brain injuries and severe burns sustained in the bombing.

But this Purple Heart recipient would quickly prove that his amputation didn’t have to be a handicap.

When Minsky first returned home after the accident, he became depressed and, like many other vets returning from combat, ultimately turned to alcohol to manage his pain.

“I was down,” Minsky told ABC News. “I was numb and I was running away from everything…especially myself, my own head.”

But the war hero quickly decided he didn’t want to live his life this way and started pumping iron again as a healthy outlet for his frustration.

“I didn’t want to run anymore,” Minsky said. “I wanted to face my problems instead.”

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Liz Cheney Slams Obama's 'I'm No Dick Cheney' Idiocy

Awesome.

Background at Flopping Aces.

I hope she runs for Congress.

A Shouting Ingraham Destroys O’Reilly After His Uninformed, Laughable Endorsement of Senate Immigration Bill

That's Pat Dollard's headline.

And at the Washington Post, "Border deal greatly improves chances for immigration bill":

Prospects for the contentious immigration bill that has been working its way through the Senate for months vastly improved Thursday after senators agreed to spend several billion more dollars to fortify the U.S.-Mexico border.

The agreement calls for doubling the number of federal border agents at a cost of about $30 billion, the completion of 700 miles of fencing, and expanded radar and aerial drone surveillance at a time when the domestic use of unmanned aircraft is the subject of an acrimonious national debate.

The deal is expected to secure at least a dozen more Republican “yes” votes for the measure and could help ensure its passage by the sizable margin that proponents have said they need to make it viable in the House.

However, supporters say the chances of immigration legislation advancing in the GOP-controlled House remain a source of concern, and that concern has shaped the Senate negotiations from the outset.

Supporters have insisted that approval by a significant bipartisan majority of senators would politically compel House Republicans to vote on the Senate bill even as its members debate more limited and conservative proposals. But that is an untested proposition, and Thursday’s failure in the House of a federal farm bill, after the Senate passed its version 66-27 last week, only deepened the concerns.

House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) sought Thursday to tamp down expectations about immigration, saying that “regardless of what the Senate does, the House is going to work its will.”

Still, there was optimism in the Senate on Thursday following the announcement of the border security agreement. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said the overall bill “is gaining Republican support” and that the new agreement “will be very helpful.”

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