Navy Completes First Unmanned Carrier Landing

At the Christian Science Monitor, "Drone carrier landing: Navy successfully completes unmanned carrier landing."

Horror! Florida Tranny (Who Still Has a Penis!) Offered (Forced Into!) Private Restroom After Student Complaint

Oh, the humanity!

It's horrible. Horrible!

The lady, umm, I mean the almost lady who's been taking hormone therapy for four years --- and who has not had gender reassignment surgery --- is upset about student complaints not wanting her or, umm, him, to pull out his schlong in the women's restroom.

And I'll tell you, the progs are outraged. Outrageously outraged!

At the communist front outfit Think Progress, "School Threatens to Kick Out Transgender Nursing Student For Using Bathroom."

Actually, it's not just about using the "bathroom." It's about the big goombah pulling out his pud in the ladies room, exposing his porker to ladies who would then be having their rights to privacy violated. But hey, queer, homo, trans, bi and all the other freaks get to the front of the line, mofo. Screw you hetero-normative supremacy apartheid crackas!

More at Memeorandum.

Body of Missing Menifee Boy Found

There's more recent video here. What struck me was the enormous resources that were poured into the search for the boy, only for his body to turn up on the family's property, buried in a shallow grave. The grief in the community is heart wrenching.

At the Los Angeles Times, "Buried body found in Menifee believed to be missing boy's," and "Relative of missing 11-year-old boy arrested after body found."

Also at the San Bernardino Press Enterprise, "HOMICIDE SUSPECT: No ID expected until July 12," and "MENIFEE: Somber mood prevails at candlelight vigil":



In a powerful display of grief and solidarity, hundreds gathered in Menifee on Wednesday, July 10 for a candlelight vigil in honor of Terry Dewayne Smith Jr.

The 11-year-old boy was reported missing on Sunday, triggering a massive search effort that eventually consituted over 1,000 people. Earlier Wednesday, the search was called off after unidentified human remains were discovered in the backyard of the house where Smith lived.

Police reported Wednesday afternoon that a 16-year-old family member was arrested on suspicion of murder.

House Republicans Cool to Gang of 8's Shamnesty Porkapalooza

As they well should be, at the New York Times, "Republicans in House Resist Overhaul for Immigration":

WASHINGTON — Meeting for the first time as a group to hash out their approach to immigration, House Republicans on Wednesday came down overwhelmingly against a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws, putting in jeopardy the future of sweeping legislation that includes a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

Despite the resistance, Speaker John A. Boehner warned about the steep price of inaction, telling House Republicans that they would be in a weaker political position against a bipartisan Senate coalition and President Obama if they did nothing to answer the immigration measure passed by the Senate last month.

House Republicans huddled in a crucial two-and-a-half-hour session in the basement of the Capitol as their leaders tried to devise some response to the demand for immigration legislation, especially the Senate provision that would grant a path to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants already in the country. The bill also mandates tough border security provisions that must be in place before the immigrants can gain legal status.

The bottom line was clear: The Republican-controlled House does not plan to take up anything resembling the Senate bill, which many believe is bad policy and smacks of an amnesty strongly opposed by the conservatives who hold sway over much of the rank and file. The House also does not intend to move very quickly, and some Republicans are wary of passing any measure at all that could lead to negotiations with the Senate, talks that could add pressure to the House to consider a broader plan.

The Republicans met just hours after former President George W. Bush added his voice to the immigration debate during a naturalization ceremony at his new presidential center outside Dallas. His speech was a reminder to Republicans that he had long believed it necessary to overhaul the system in a way much as the Senate bill outlined.

“The laws governing the immigration system aren’t working,” Mr. Bush said. “The system is broken. We’re now in an important debate in reforming those laws. And that’s good.” Mr. Bush said he did not intend “to get involved in the politics or the specifics of policy. But I do hope there is a positive resolution to the debate, and I hope during the debate that we keep a benevolent spirit in mind and we understand the contributions that immigrants make to our country.”

Well, bless his heart, but I'm with the GOP rank-and-file on this one. That's Senate bill's a boondoggle.

FLASHBACK: "The Gang of 8's Shamnesty Porkapalooza."

Federal Reserve to Continue Easy-Money Policies

Neil Cavuto was going off yesterday on the Fed's corporate welfare handout to the financial sector, and today's Wall Street Journal indicates the easy money gravy train will continue.

See, "Fed Affirms Easy-Money Tilt: Bernanke Says Retreat From Bond Buying Separate From Decision on Raising Rates(via Google):

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke sought to reassure jittery markets that while the central bank could start winding down its $85 billion-a-month bond-buying program later this year, Fed officials aren't abandoning their broader commitment to easy-money policies.

"You can only conclude that highly accommodative monetary policy for the foreseeable future is what's needed in the U.S. economy," he said Wednesday at a conference held by the National Bureau of Economic Research, citing the high unemployment rate, low inflation and "quite restrictive" fiscal policy. He said he expects the Fed won't raise short-term rates for some time after the unemployment rate hits 6.5%, which would be more than a full percentage point lower than its current level.

The remarks Wednesday came a few hours after minutes of the Fed's June policy meeting showed officials deeply divided over when to start unwinding the bond-buying program. About half the officials walked into the meeting thinking the central bank might end the program altogether by the end of the year, the minutes showed.

As discussions proceeded over two days of talks, a number of officials worried about locking themselves into a position and some wanted more information about the economy before laying out a plan to start reducing the bond purchases. A few were concerned that inflation was getting so low that pulling back the program might be unwarranted.

The minutes also showed that Fed officials appear largely in agreement that their decision on the bond program is separate and distinct from their decision-making on raising short-term rates, which have hovered near zero since late 2008. "Many members indicated that decisions about the pace and composition of asset purchases were distinct from decisions about the appropriate level of the federal funds rate," and that rates were likely to stay low for a considerable time after the bond program ends, the minutes said.

The disagreement revealed in the minutes was met Wednesday with muted reaction from investors, perhaps showing that Fed officials' postmeeting remarks aimed at clarifying the central bank's thinking has been successful. U.S. stocks initially rebounded from slight losses after the 2 p.m. release of the minutes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day down 8.68 points, or 0.1%, at 15291.66. Government bond prices fell, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury climbing to 2.688%.

Michael Hanson, an economist with Bank of America BAC -1.20% Merrill Lynch, said he suspects the minutes overstate the real level of support to reduce and then stop the bond buying. The minutes may count the number of officials who adhere to a particular view, but that obscures the fact that key Fed officials such as Mr. Bernanke, Vice Chairwoman Janet Yellen and New York Fed President William Dudley are still strongly committed to pressing forward with the program, and their views dominate the policy-making process.

The minutes show the slowdown in bond buying many analysts expect in September isn't yet a done deal, Mr. Hanson said. Other issues were also left unsettled, he noted, pointing to a lack of guidance about how a gradual reduction in purchases might take place.

In the news conference after the June meeting, Mr. Bernanke said he had been "deputized" by his colleagues to sketch out their expectations for the program. He said if the economy continues to improve as the Fed expects, the central bank could make the first reduction in its bond purchases later this year. If the economy continued to meet the Fed's expectations, reductions would continue and the program would wrap up by mid-2014, Mr. Bernanke said.

Mr. Bernanke on Wednesday repeated the message he and other Fed officials have tried to convey to markets since the volatility began: pulling back on bond-buying doesn't mean the Fed is going to move quickly or aggressively toward reining in its easy-money policies. He also held out the possibility that the Fed could keep the program going longer if inflation, now near 1%, doesn't return to the Fed's 2% target.

Sounds like he's having a hard time cutting the cord, actually. Read the whole thing at that top link.

Back From Diana West's Book Signing

It was a pleasure to meet Diana West at the book signing last night. She gave a stimulating talk and the crowd reception of her book was phenomenal.

I took exactly one photo, and it's expressively representative

And see Mark Tapson's review of the book, here. And the Amazon book page is, here.

@RSMcCain At Diana West's talk and book signing in L.A. #AmericanBetrayal @Instapundit pic.twitter.com/IyN4PVvSAu
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) July 11, 2013

An Evening With Diana West – July 10, 2013 – Luxe Hotel, Los Angeles

As this post goes live, I'm on the road to Diana West's book signing tonight in L.A., "EVENT: American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character – An Evening with Diana West – July 10, 2013."

It should be interesting. I'm reading the book now, an excellent read: American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character.

And don't miss Ed Driscoll, "Interview: Diana West on the Cold War and American Betrayal."

I should be back online late tonight.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck's Final Appearance on 'The View'

She's joining Fox News, replacing Gretchen Carlson on "Fox & Friends." (Carlson is moving to her own show later in the day.)

London's Daily Mail reports, "Elisabeth Hasselbeck makes teary last appearance on The View after announcing abrupt departure to Fox News - and Joy Behar can't resist one last dig."



More video here.

And at Twitchy, "Actress Marina Sirtis thrilled ‘The View’ rid of Hasselbeck’s ‘hateful’ opinion," and "General Hospital actress Nancy Lee Grahn fires hate at Elisabeth Hasselbeck."

More, "Bam-tastic! Actress sneers at Malkin ‘cray crays’; Gutfeld slams with snicker-worthy tweet."

Also, "Fox News rolls out welcome mat for Elisabeth Hasselbeck."

New FDR Footage

At USA Today, "Newly found film footage shows FDR in wheelchair."

Well No, Actually, Conservatives Just Hate Obama-Democrat Legislation

Here's the left-wing stooge Jonathan Chait, at New York Magazine, "Conservatives Hate All Legislation Now."

Chait goes off on Rich Lowry and William Kristol, who published a joint comment yesterday, "Kill the Bill."

Blah, blah.

Yeah, kill it. Screw the Obama-Democrat socialist buttfreaks.

More at Memeorandum.

France Grants Political Asylum to Ukrainian FEMEN Leader

She's the one that cut down that huge cross in Kiev last summer. Man, was that over the top, or, well, topless.

FLASHBACK: "Topless FEMEN Activist Chainsaws Memorial Cross in Kiev, Ukraine (VIDEO)."



RELATED: At Blazing Cat Fur, "FEMEN Do Turkey."

Leftists Chant 'Free Jahar' as Boston Bombing Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Arrives at Court

You'd think it was all a joke, but no.

At Pamela's, "LEFTIST-JIHADIST ALLIANCE: "‘FREE JAHAR’ CHANT AS BOSTON JIHAD BOMBING SUSPECT HEADS TO COURT."

Also at LAT, "Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his disgusting fangirls."



Added: At the Verge, "Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleads not guilty."

Zoo Model Daisy Watts Target Shooting

Enough Obama riot zombies for the moment.

Here's some Daisy Watts.

Bang bang pic.twitter.com/2RsjFaVV80
— Daisy Watts (@daisywatts) July 10, 2013

More on Twitter.

And at Egotastic!, "Melissa Debling and Daisy Watts Naughty Playtime."

I posted on this lady in May.

Obama Justice Department Organized #TrayvonMartin Race Riots

Pamela has it, "OBAMA'S DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ORGANIZED ANTI-ZIMMERMAN RACE RIOTS."

And at iOWNTHEWORLD, "Holder Inciting Violence/ Zimmerman Trial."

Adam Kokesh Arrested: So-Called Gun Rights Activist is Actually Anarcho-Communist Dirtbag

The media's calling the loser a "gun rights" activist, but Kokesh is about as far left as you can be.

For example, "Media Portrays Communist Front Group ‘Iraq Veterans Against the War’ Occupiers as America Lovin’ G.I. Joes…" And, "Help Wanted: Peace Mom Replacement."

But see the Washington Times, "Activist arrested after loading shotgun in Freedom Plaza." And the Washington Post, "Adam Kokesh charged with possessing hallucinogenic mushrooms."

Also at This Ain't Hell..., "Kokesh’s drug caper." (And check the archives there, which feature years of entries on Kokesh.)

ADDED: At the Other McCain, "Notorious Bush-Era Anti-War Protester Adam Kokesh Busted on Drug Charge."

The Men of Huffington Post

Or, the homosexual stud-muffins of Huffington Post.

They've got a calendar for that.

I just saw Arianna tweeting on this, but here's a glimpse from May:

Meet Gay Voices editor @NoahMichelson & check out the rest of the #menofhuffpost calendar: http://t.co/TeyabEho9s pic.twitter.com/XX6aDQ9KZV
— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) May 29, 2013

The traditional American male is dead. Masculinity is dead. No wonder everyone's so jazzed about Helen Smith's book. I need to get a copy. The homosexualization of America is in full swing.

Forensic Expert Says Evidence Backs George Zimmerman's Story

At the Miami Herald:

SANFORD -- Medical evidence supports George Zimmerman’s claims that he was beaten and on the bottom of a scrum with Trayvon Martin when Zimmerman fatally shot the Miami Gardens teen, a forensic-pathology expert testified Tuesday.

“This is consistent with Mr. Zimmerman’s account that Mr. Martin was over him, leaning forward at the time he was shot,” defense witness Dr. Vincent Di Maio said in Zimmerman’s second-degree murder trial.

Prosecutors accuse Zimmerman, 29, of profiling, pursuing and slaying Trayvon, 17, in a Sanford gated community on Feb 26, 2012. Zimmerman, a former neighborhood-watch coordinator, maintains that he shot the unarmed teen in self-defense after Trayvon punched him to the ground and bashed his head against a sidewalk. A 44-day gap between Trayvon’s killing and Zimmerman’s arrest led to marches and protests throughout Florida and elsewhere in the country.

On Tuesday, Di Maio, a former longtime San Antonio chief medical examiner and author of a textbook called Gunshot Wounds, turned his head toward jurors as he answered lawyers’ questions in a commanding voice.

The doctor’s findings, based on a review of Trayvon’s autopsy report, photographs and other evidence in the case, contradicted several witnesses who testified for the state, which rested its case last week. He also pointed out what he said were forensic flaws in the initial investigation.

Di Maio said he concluded:

•  DNA and other evidence from Trayvon’s hooded sweatshirt may have been compromised because crime-scene technicians improperly stored Trayvon’s wet clothes in plastic bags. Wet evidence should be allowed to dry out and be packaged in paper bags that allow it to “breathe,” Di Maio said.

•  Gunpowder markings on Trayvon’s body and sweatshirt indicated that the muzzle of Zimmerman’s gun was touching the sweatshirt and was two to four inches from Trayvon’s chest when Zimmerman pulled the trigger.

Dr. Shiping Bao, the associate medical examiner who conducted Trayvon’s autopsy, testified for the state last week that the gun could have been anywhere from a half-inch to four feet from Trayvon; prosecutor John Guy said in his opening argument that Zimmerman had pressed his gun into Trayvon’s chest.

“This is basic, you know, 101,” Di Maio said of the gunshot evidence.

Continue reading.

NTSB Investigators Raise Questions About Pilots

At WSJ, "NTSB Chief Says Cockpit Crew 'Required to Maintain a Safe Aircraft'":

Even before investigators have finished questioning the Asiana Airlines cockpit crew whose jet crashed in San Francisco, the National Transportation Safety Board ratcheted up signals that pilot error was the most likely culprit, prompting U.S. pilot-union leaders to issue an unusual public criticism of the board.

After providing new details Tuesday about the final minute of the flight—during which the plane was too low and not centered on the runway—NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman indicated that the jet's senior captain told investigators he believed automated safety systems would maintain the plane's speed and make the approach safe.

"He assumed the auto-throttles were maintaining speed," she said at a briefing.

"Let me be clear," Ms. Hersman added, "the crew is required to maintain a safe aircraft." In an apparent answer to critics who contend the safety board is rushing to judgment, she said "one of the very critical things that needs to be monitored on approach to landing is speed."

Ms. Hersman characterized her remarks as simple statements of fact, not conclusions. "We will not determine probable cause" at this early stage of the investigation, she said.

Still, her comments raised questions about the actions and performance of the three pilots who were in the cockpit of the Boeing BA +0.47% 777 as it crashed Saturday while attempting to land at San Francisco International Airport, hitting a sea wall and slamming onto the runway before bursting into flames. The crash killed two people and injured dozens.

The Air Line Pilots Association said it was "stunned by the amount of operational data" the board has released. Without the proper context and detailed analysis, according to the union, "prematurely releasing" such information "encourages wild speculation."

ALPA, among other things, called on the NTSB to determine if the pilots had adequate training to use onboard navigation aids for a visual approach, on a day when the primary ground-based landing aids for the strip had been turned off due to runway improvements. The union also urged the board to look at whether there were differences between what the pilots saw on their instruments, versus information subsequently downloaded from the plane's flight-data recorder.

Asked about the criticism from pilot groups, Ms. Hersman said the board's release of information has been "consistent" with its practices in past probes.

I doubt the union's going to be pleased no matter what the final investigation reports. Human error here is overwhelming. The situation is just asking for more regulation, and the public's not going to object.

'F--- Bill Clinton!' — Justin Bieber Disses Former President After Pissing in Restaurant Mop Bucket

He's an idiot, via Memeorandum.

Obviously, the Tomahawk Chop Wasn't Going to Go Over Too Well With the Native American Identity Group

For the life of me I can't see how the New York Mets thought this was going to work out. I mean, they couldn't find another day for the event when the Atlanta Braves weren't going to be the visiting team?

See the New York Times, "Mets Alter Event, Upsetting American Indian Group":

It has not been an easy season for the Mets, who are lurching toward the All-Star break with a losing record. Opposition has come in the form of hard-throwing pitchers, mounting injuries and marathon-length games, but the team suddenly finds itself facing heat from an unexpected source: an American Indian organization.

When the Mets approached the American Indian Community House, a New York-based nonprofit organization, in March about helping to organize a Native American Heritage Day, the proposal struck members of the group as a good opportunity to celebrate their involvement in the community. A date was selected — July 25 — and they began to plan pregame festivities that would include traditional dancing and singing outside Citi Field.

But there was a glitch, as far as the Mets were concerned: they were scheduled to host the Atlanta Braves that day. So in the past week, concerned that such activities might be interpreted by the Braves organization as a form of protest over its nickname, the Mets drastically reduced the day’s activities: no singing, no dancing. And now there won’t be any American Indians, either.

On Monday, the A.I.C.H. pulled out of the event, citing frustration with the Mets for thwarting months of planning. The team has removed the event from its online schedule of activities.

“Being a nonprofit in the city, we’re not in the business of making enemies,” said Kevin Tarrant, the deputy director of the A.I.C.H., which describes itself as an organization that aims to “cultivate awareness, understanding and respect” for thousands of American Indians who live in New York City. “This whole thing wasn’t even our idea. But it just feels like we’re being marginalized again within our own community.”

A Mets spokesman said the team “opted to forgo the group sale in this case as our multicultural days and nights are celebratory versus political in nature.”

The Mets host multicultural events throughout the season as a form of community outreach. During the first week of August, for example, the team will stage Irish Heritage Night and Taiwan Day.

Tarrant said his group originally hoped to hold the festivities in early June so that the game would coincide with an area powwow, a traditional American Indian gathering. But with the Mets on a road trip that week, the group suggested July 25 as another option. It was a 12:10 p.m. game, Tarrant said, which meant more children were likely to attend. Also, another powwow was planned for the following weekend in Queens.

That the Mets were scheduled to face the Braves that afternoon was coincidental, Tarrant said, though the group was not so naïve as to ignore the political overtones. Various groups have criticized the Braves for their use of American Indian imagery, in particular the team’s Tomahawk Chop chant.

“It wasn’t like we were planning to protest anything,” Tarrant said. “We just thought it would be great to show natives in a positive light — that we’re human beings, and we’re not from 300 years ago. We’re visible.” He added: “It was a win-win situation. We’d be supporting the Mets, the Braves and Major League Baseball.”

Right. What could possibly go wrong?

Maybe the Mets should have just forgotten about multi-culti outreach to the Indian identity goons. You just can't make these people happy.

Here's more from further down at the report, about how the group was going to exploit the game to promote "cultural awareness":

As for the game, the A.I.C.H. began to promote it in early April. In an e-mail to the Indian Country Today Media Network, the group pitched the event as a “great opportunity to educate the public about the stereotypes professional sports teams continue to promote through logos, mascots and fan traditions, such as the ‘tomahawk chop.’ ” But if Mets officials harbored concerns with that type of language over the coming months, they chose not to express them publicly.

After the Indian group pulled out of the event this Tarrant dude blamed it all of hundreds of years of racism. Isn't it always? Sheesh...