Pathological Liar Rachel Maddow Slurs GOP as Party of 'Aggrieved White People'

A little late to this party, but I listened to this entire segment and it's a hoot.

Via Weasel Zippers, "MSNBC’s Shrill Leftist Rachel Maddow: GOP Party of “Aggrieved White People”…"



And don't miss Jeff Goldstein, "BREAKING: Progressives call for immediate ouster of radio host Levin after he calls Democrats “the party of aggrieved Black and Hispanic people”."

It’s time to make the left pay by taking aggressive counteractions against their casual antifoundationalism — the very thing that allows them to condemn us while forgiving themselves under the totalitarian rationalization that the ends justify the minds, the high-mindedness of their agenda permitting the implementation of certain devious and unethical behavior so long as the Greater Good, as they determine it, is met.

We used to call this self-serving, cynical, self-righteous bullshit. Time to dust the idea back off and, well, pin that tail to the squealing donkeys.

Janet Napolitano to Head the University of California

I can't think of more total fail.

California, long the nation's basket case, is completely doomed now.

The Los Angeles Times reports, "Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security chief, to head UC" (at Memeorandum.)



Image: "The System Worked? Janet Napolitano Flip-Flops on Terror Threat; President Obama, Still Mum on Thwarted Attack, Will Take Golf Break to Address Nation."

Once Banned, Full-Nude Body Artist Paints in New York City, Even With Kids in Attendance

You can see the children checking it out. Small children.

If it was my 11-year-old I wouldn't care. It'd be a learning experience. But what about a 5-year-old? It's natural, right?

At the New York Post, "Body artist paints on nude models in broad daylight in Times Square."

The peep show has come back to Times Square.

Provocative public body painter Andy Golub — who was tossed in 2011 for using nude models as his canvas — plied his craft again yesterday, this time with the city’s blessing.

“I’m a strong advocate of public art,” the Nyack painter said as he set up shop with two naked subjects on West 46th Street and Broadway, right in front of the busy American Eagle Outfitters flagship store, at around noon.

“No real law is being broken,” Golub said, adding that he’s “really glad” the city lifted a moratorium that allowed him to pursue his passion in public only after dusk.

“It’s not really about winning a battle on legality. It’s [about] the opportunity to use public streets. I try not to get too political. The art is the message,” Golub said.

Pat Condell Slams Braying, Sanctimonious Left-Wing Mobs Who Think They Know the Best for Everyone

Stupid, stupid left-wing idiots.

Pat Condell eviscerates them, via Blazing Cat Fur.

DARPA's 'Atlas' Robot

At the Verge, "DARPA unveils 6-foot-tall humanoid robot Atlas for researchers to program and pilot."

It's not quite Terminator, but it's not that far off either: Check out Atlas, a new, 6-foot, 2-inch-tall humanoid robot designed for a contest being held by US Defense Department. The 290-pounds machine is being called "one of the most advanced humanoid robots ever built," in no small part due to its 28 different hydraulic joints and freakishly good balance. Unveiled publicly for the first time earlier this week, it's the latest robot from Boston Dynamics, the company behind such internet robotic sensations as Petman (a robotic man) and AlphaDog (a robotic dog), both designed for the US Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). But unlike those previous robots, which were restricted to military and company usage, the keys to Atlas will be turned over to a few lucky civilians, so that they can program and pilot it using their own software.

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Lydia Loveless and the Machine

An interview at Interview:

Lydia Loveless is a spitfire. Since moving with her family from the farm in Coshocton, Ohio where she grew up, to the big city of Columbus, Ohio at 14 years old, Loveless has been on a path to spread her particular brand of country-punk music to the masses. Song has always been in her blood. Her father, a pastor, drummer, and later bar owner, surrounded Loveless with the sounds of New Wave artists like Devo and Talking Heads during her formative years. Upon moving to the big city, Loveless played in a band called Carson Drew with her father and siblings, and immersed herself in both punk and country music. She released her first album, The Only Man, in 2010, and its follow-up, the excellent Indestructible Machine a year later.

Indestructible Machine finds Loveless mixing traditional country themes of loving, leaving, and, of course, drink, with a visceral punk-rock energy; live, she comes off as something like Hank Williams crossed with Kathleen Hanna. Currently 22, Loveless is preparing an EP of new songs for the fall, with a new album to follow in spring 2014. We chatted with her in anticipation of her show at Hill Country in New York City tomorrow night...

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Britney Spears' Boys Debut in 'Ooh La La' Video

USA Today, "Britney Spears' boys are 'Ooh La La' stars."

Freddie Freeman Tops Yasiel Puig for Final NL All-Star Game Vote

At LAT, "Dodgers' Yasiel Puig finishes second in final vote for All-Star game."



Also, "Dodgers' Yasiel Puig feeling the pressure — of media attention."

Foreign Secretary William Hague Calls Labour MP Cathy Jamieson 'Stupid Woman'

Well she's a Labour MP, so duh.

At the Independent UK, "William Hague calls Labour MP Cathy Jamieson a 'stupid woman' during Prime Minister's Questions."

The Conservatives risk becoming embroiled in another misogyny row after William Hague was seen to mutter “stupid woman” at a female Labour MP during Prime Minister’s Questions.

The Foreign Secretary, who was sitting next to David Cameron at the time, was reacting to a question from Cathy Jamieson to the Prime Minister about a donation to the Conservative party.

Mr Hague was then seen to mutter “stupid woman” in response to Ms Jamieson’s question.

Ms Jamieson, the Labour MP for Kilmarnock and Loudon, had asked Mr Cameron: “Perhaps the Prime Minister could tell the House whether Mr Aidan Heavey's donations to the Conservative Party had any influence on the Foreign Secretary's intervention in his company's tax dispute“.

Mr Hague was spotted shaking his head, looking directly at Ms Jamieson and saying “stupid woman, stupid woman” as Mr Cameron responded: “The donations to the Conservative Party do not buy votes to our party conference, they don’t buy votes for our leader, they don't mean you can select candidates. That is the unhealthy relationship in British politics”.

The Conservative front bench was previously involved in a PMQs sexism row when, in 2011, David Cameron told Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Angel Eagle to “calm down dear”.

Oh brother. That a huge scandal. Huge!

Also at the Guardian UK, "Calls for William Hague to apologise for 'stupid woman' remark."

Greenpeace Activists Climb London's Shard Skyscraper to Protest Arctic Drilling

They're bloody anarchists.

And this is going to stop what, exactly?

At the BBC, "Greenpeace protesters reach summit of the Shard in London."

Mother Stabs Chinese Baby 90 Times

This is awful.

Some women aren't meant to be mothers, I guess.

At London's Daily Mail, "Baby stabbed 90 times with scissors by his Chinese mother after he bit her as she was breastfeeding him":

An eight-month-old boy is lucky to be alive after he was stabbed 90 times by his mother, mostly in the face, for biting her while she was breastfeeding.

Xiao Bao needed more than 100 stitches after the incident in Xuzhou, eastern China's Jiangsu Province.

The infant lives with his mother and two uncles, who make a living recycling rubbish. It was one of the uncles who discovered Xiao Bao lying in a pool of blood in the yard of their home and rushed him to hospital.

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So far there's no evidence the mother was suffering from mental illness, or so they say.

Whatever. Someone needs to protect that child. Sheesh.

Democracy, Will of the Majority Lost in Supreme Court's Prop. 8 Travesty

As I've said previously, this is the thing the bugs me most on the outcome of Perry v. Schwarzenegger.

At the letters to the editor at the Los Angeles Times, "Letters: Democracy and Prop. 8":

Re "Prop. 8 case all about strategy," July 7

The case that ended up overturning Proposition 8 may have been "all about strategy," but it certainly was not about democracy.

By a one-vote majority, the Supreme Court effectively refused to hear the case and a lower court decision stood. Thus the votes of 7 million Californians who supported Proposition 8 were thrown out — a blow to democracy.

The federal district court ruling was decided by Judge Vaughn R. Walker, a gay man who should have recused himself because of his bias. Here, one vote negated those of 7 million Californians.

Instead, there should have been another proposition, and the people could have voted again.

So, while strategy won out in Proposition 8's demise, democracy and the will of the majority lost.

Tony Hillbruner
San Gabriel

Colorado Mudslide Washes Away Car

Wild.

At the Colorado Springs Gazette, "VIDEO: Flash flood brings black water down Waldo burn scar, sweeps away motorists."

New Kendra Wilkinson Bikini Pics

Looking good.

At London's Daily Mail, "Getting even more of a boost! Kendra Wilkinson enhances her already ample assets in a striped bikini as she holidays with husband and son."

Lada Gaga, Slimmed Down, Steps Out in New York With Revealing Little Skirt and Top

At London's Daily Mail, "That's one way to keep cool! Skinny Lady Gaga steps out in just her bra in balmy New York... then airs her boots out of the car window."

She looks a lot better --- she had ballooned big time there for awhile. But she had plastic surgery on her nose? See, "Does she nose something we don't? Lady Gaga sparks speculation she has had plastic surgery on her face."

Toddler Sorella Stoute Buys Austin Healey on eBay Using Dad's Smartphone

They sure start young with all the technology these days.

At the Independent UK, "Toddler buys Austin Healey vintage car on eBay using dad's smartphone."

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."