Sunday, July 7, 2013

Andy Murray is First British Mofo to Win #Wimbledon in 77 Years

I got up early to watch this. Six in the morning is a little early, especially after a couple of bourbons last night.

Anyway, at the Telegraph UK, "Andy Murray wins Wimbledon."

I'll post Murray's victory speech when it's up at YouTube. A great guy. Last year he was bawling after his loss. Much more cool this year, and I'm very happy for him.

Added: He's Scottish, actually, but Scotland's still part of Great Britain, so WTF? Folks are sure happy over there, in any case.

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Who's the Most Kissable Nuts Girl?

Lucy Pinder's topping the rankings, so far, but India Reynolds wants your vote.

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San Francisco Hotels Price Gouging After Asiana Airlines Crash #SFO

I saw this last night:



And now this:



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The Latest on Asiana Airlines Crash in San Francisco

Some links on Twitter:



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Jason Patrick's Sperm Donor Child-Custody Dispute

Oh, modern scientific progress, the problems it creates.

At LAT, "Jason Patric custody case inspires sperm-donor-rights legislation":
SACRAMENTO — A child-custody dispute involving actor Jason Patric has evolved from Hollywood tabloid fodder into a policy battle in the state Legislature that could affect thousands of California parents.

Patric, a star of films including "The Lost Boys," donated sperm in 2009 as part of a fertility treatment that resulted in pregnancy for a former girlfriend, Danielle Schreiber.

The actor decided he wanted to help raise the child, Gus, who is now 3, but has been stymied in his attempts to gain partial custody in court. A bill unanimously passed by the state Senate, now pending in the Assembly, would change the law to make such efforts easier.

Under state law, someone who donates sperm through a doctor or sperm bank and who is not married to the woman who conceives is not recognized as the child's natural father. The only exception is if the couple agreed in writing before conception that the donor was to be considered a parent.

Patric had donated the sperm in a doctor-supervised procedure, but he and Schreiber had no such agreement, and the two are no longer together, according to Fred D. Heather, Schreiber's attorney. As a result, a judge denied Patric's claim.

A bill by state Sen. Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo) would allow courts to grant parental rights to sperm donors under broader conditions — for example, if a donor showed that he openly acknowledged the child as his own and received the child into his home.

"In circumstances where you have a sperm donor creating a parenting relationship with a child, someone should not be allowed to take that away from the child," said Hill, who has written other parental-rights laws.

Hill said it is appropriate that the bill is being considered in California, which has more fertility clinics than any state. Parental roles are shifting with family dynamics and technological advances, he noted.
Frankly, I'm not that sympathetic here. If you're going to "donate" your sperm to create a child the best recipient would be a wife, no?

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Senator Ted Cruz's Father Compares Barack Obama to Fidel Castro

It's Rafael Cruz, who escaped Cuba's tyranny for the U.S., and now he's slamming our own Communist El Comandante.

At Exposing Liberal Lies, "Ted Cruz’s Father, Rafael Cruz, Delivers Epic Patriotic Speech: “If We Lose Our Freedoms Here, Where Are We Going to Go?”"



Also at the Blaze, "TED CRUZ’S FATHER DELIVERS EPIC SPEECH TOUTING PATRIOTISM AND LAMBASTING OBAMA’S ‘SOCIALIST’ INCLINATIONS."


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A New Anti-American Axis?

Damn straight.

It's pretty obvious, considering Putin's clear antipathy to President Hussein the Incompent, to say nothing of China's f-u anti-American national security strategy.

Obama's chicken's are coming home to roost.

From Leslie Gelb and Dimitri Simes, at NYT:
THE flight of the leaker Edward J. Snowden from Hong Kong to Moscow last month would not have been possible without the cooperation of Russia and China. The two countries’ behavior in the Snowden affair demonstrates their growing assertiveness and their willingness to take action at America’s expense.

Beyond their protection of Mr. Snowden, Chinese-Russian policies toward Syria have paralyzed the United Nations Security Council for two years, preventing joint international action. Chinese hacking of American companies and Russia’s cyberattacks against its neighbors have also caused concern in Washington. While Moscow and Beijing have generally supported international efforts to end Iran’s nuclear weapons program, they clearly were not prepared to go as far as Washington was, and any coordinated shift in their approach could instantly gut America’s policy on the issue and endanger its security and energy interests. To punctuate the new potential for cooperation, China is now carrying out its largest ever joint naval exercises — with Russia.

Russia and China appear to have decided that, to better advance their own interests, they need to knock Washington down a peg or two. Neither probably wants to kick off a new cold war, let alone hot conflicts, and their actions in the case of Mr. Snowden show it. China allowed him into Hong Kong, but gently nudged his departure, while Russia, after some provocative rhetoric, seems to have now softened its tone.

Still, both countries are seeking greater diplomatic clout that they apparently reckon they can acquire only by constraining the United States. And in world affairs, there’s no better way to flex one’s muscles than to visibly diminish the strongest power.
Well, international politics is a bitch sometimes, ain't it?

Continue reading.

We're going to be seeing a lot more of this kind of actor behavior toward the U.S. for the next few years, since this administration has gravely weakened the U.S. and now our adversaries are taking the picks of the litter of opportunities against us.

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Muslim Brotherhood Thugs Throw Teenaged Morsi Supporters Off Rooftop, Killing One

At the Times of Israel, "‘Islamists throw youths off a roof in Egypt’.'

And at the Barracuda Brigade, "Rabid Animals ~ > Brotherhood & Al-Qaeda Toss Egyptians Off Roof Tops in Egypt ~ > Shocking and Graphic Video."

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Here's That Clip of Erick Aybar Driving Home Howie Kendrick for 4th of July Walk-Off Win

MLB takes a couple of days to load these videos to YouTube, but here it is.



 PREVIOUSLY: "#Angels Beat #Cardinals in Spectacular 6-5 Walk-Off Win on 4th of July," and "More on #Angels' Walk-Off Win Over Cardinals."

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Imagine How Much Better Job Numbers We'd Have If ObamaCare Weren't Encouraging Employers to Hire So Many Part-Time Workers

At WSJ, "Part-Time America":
The U.S. labor market may be gaining a little more steam, judging by Friday's June jobs report. Imagine how much better it might do if ObamaCare weren't encouraging employers to hire so many part-time workers.

The Labor Department's survey of businesses found 195,000 net new hires in June, 202,000 in the private economy. Payrolls for April and May were also revised upward by a total of 70,000, which means the average for the last three months is about 200,000. That's up from the 182,000 monthly average over the last year.

One positive development is that the number of "long-time" unemployed, those out of work for six months or more, fell again and is down by one million workers over the past year. The dismally low labor participation rate ticked up to 63.5% from 63.4% in May as 177,000 more Americans entered the workforce, though the rate is still below the 63.8% from last June. Average hourly wages climbed a welcome 10 cents and for the first time hit $24.

The disappointments include a big jump of 247,000 in the number of "discouraged workers," those who have stopped looking for a job. This could be a one-month anomaly given the other increases, but it bears watching.

Also disappointing is the big jump in the number of Americans who want to work full time but could only find part-time work. That number leapt to 8.23 million, a 322,000 one-month increase. Total part-time employment rose by 432,000, more than double the total number of net new jobs.
That's what you get when you stick the ObamaCare shiv to the American people. Damned commie Democrats. Freakin' loser ass crackers.

More at that top link, and see NYT, "Jobs Data Is Strong, but Not Too Strong, Easing Fed Fears."

RELATED: From Ed Driscoll, "Say, How’s that New New Deal Working Out?"

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Charlotte Springer and Jess Davies!

Hey, it's the Wimbledon finals today, so what the heck?!!

Tennis anyone?

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Saturday, July 6, 2013

Liz Cheney Looking to Challenge Mike Enzi for Wyoming Senate

That would be sitting GOP Senator from Wyoming Mike Enzi, but who wouldn't love to see Liz Cheney take the seat?

Well, actually, a few folks at NYT's piece weren't thrilled with the idea, considering Enzi's well liked in the state. But wow, Liz Cheney is the kind of unflinching hawk we need in office these days, a conservative woman with impeccable national security creds.

I saw Hugh Hewitt tweeting earlier, but William Jacobson is on the case, "Run, Liz Cheney, Run."



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Rachel McDonald on Twitter

A nice lady. Has family in Australia, from what I gather at her media grid.


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Update on Boeing 777 Crash at SFO

Here's my earlier entry, "Boeing 777 Crashes at San Francisco Airport (SFO)."

And now at the San Francisco Chronicle, "40 hurt when plane crashes at SFO."

Also, "Airliner crashes at SFO – YouTube and Twitter updates."



Updating:



More: The Wall Street Journal has a huge write-up, "Plane Crashes on Landing in San Francisco: Two People Killed and Dozens Injured; NTSB to Send Investigators to Crash Site."

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Mohamed ElBaradei Named Egyptian Prime Minister — UPDATED!

The Washington Post reports, "ElBaradei named Egyptian prime minister" (via Memeorandum).

UPDATE: Here's the headline now at the same WaPo piece, "ElBaradei’s appointment as Egyptian prime minister rolled back amid dispute."



The irony is that Egypt has just been named the world's Number 2 failed states basket case by none other than ElBaradei himself, at the new Foreign Policy, "'You Can't Eat Sharia'":
Two years after the revolution that toppled a dictator, Egypt is already a failed state. According to the Failed States Index, in the year before the uprising we ranked No. 45. After Hosni Mubarak fell, we worsened to 31st. I haven't checked recently -- I don't want to get more depressed. But the evidence is all around us.

Today you see an erosion of state authority in Egypt. The state is supposed to provide security and justice; that's the most basic form of statehood. But law and order is disintegrating. In 2012, murders were up 130 percent, robberies 350 percent, and kidnappings 145 percent, according to the Interior Ministry. You see people being lynched in public, while others take pictures of the scene. Mind you, this is the 21st century -- not the French Revolution!

The feeling right now is that there is no state authority to enforce law and order, and therefore everybody thinks that everything is permissible. And that, of course, creates a lot of fear and anxiety.

You can't expect Egypt to have a normal economic life under such circumstances. People are very worried. People who have money are not investing -- neither Egyptians nor foreigners. In a situation where law and order is spotty and you don't see institutions performing their duties, when you don't know what will happen tomorrow, obviously you hold back. As a result, Egypt's foreign reserves have been depleted, the budget deficit will be 12 percent this year, and the pound is being devalued. Roughly a quarter of our youth wake up in the morning and have no jobs to go to. In every area, the economic fundamentals are not there.

Egypt could risk a default on its foreign debt over the next few months, and the government is desperately trying to get a credit line from here and there -- but that's not how to get the economy back to work. You need foreign investment, you need sound economic policies, you need functioning institutions, and you need skilled labor.

So far, however, the Egyptian government has only offered a patchwork vision and ad hoc economic policies, with no steady hand at the helm of the state. The government adopted some austerity measures in December to satisfy certain IMF requirements, only to repeal them by morning. Meanwhile, prices are soaring and the situation is becoming untenable, particularly for the nearly half of Egyptians who live on less than $2 a day.
And the truth is, ElBaradei's no moderate. He's an anti-American U.N. bureaucrat shilling for the Muslim Brotherhood.

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. See FrontPage Magazine, "The Muslim Brotherhood’s Mask: Mohammed El-Baradei."

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State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki Slammed as 'Unfettered Liar'

Well, by definition you have to be a pathological liar to be even considered for this administration.

At Twitchy, "Fail-boat story gives Drudge editor ‘unfettered’ insight into State Dept. spokeswoman’s ambitions."



Here she is last November, in the company of lying liars and anti-Semites. Classy.



Yeah, this sums it up:



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Boeing 777 Crashes at San Francisco Airport (SFO)

Man, news is real time on Twitter:


And now over at the Weekly Standard, "Plane Crash at San Francisco Airport."

Added, from BuzzFeed:



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Emily Ratajkowski Rule 5

And she likes beer!

At Egotastic!, "Emily Ratajkowski Flashing Outrageous Hotness in Galore."

Turns out it was Ms. Emily who graced the front of a recent Rule 5 entry. I think I've found a new favorite hottie!

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Sarah Silverman Wants to 'Anally Probe' Governor Scott Walker

Pat Dollard has it, "Sarah Silverman on New Wisconsin Abortion Law: ‘I’d Very Much Like to Anally Probe Governor Scott Walker’."


Funny thing is, conservatives are illustrating all these Sarah Silverman posts with Silverman's titillating tits pic, but she's not very hot, actually, at least not at this Egotastic! piece, "Sarah Silverman and Michelle Williams Full Frontal Nekkid in ‘Take This Waltz’."

More at Twitchy, "Sarah Silverman would like to anally probe Gov. Scott Walker."

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State Department Retracts Denial of John Kerry Yachting During Egypt Crisis

Twitchy was on this story for an entire weekend before MSM outlets got up to speed, and there's more here, "‘Ketchup in the Rye’: Kerry’s failboat folly leads to hilarious #JohnKerryYachtNames hashtag."

Plus, from Katie Pavlich, at Townhall, "Busted: Secretary of State John Kerry Was Boating While Egypt Fell Apart."

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