Thursday, July 18, 2013
Real Face of Terror: Dramatic New Photos of Boston Bomber Released
See this at Boston Magazine, "The Real Face of Terror: Behind the Scenes Photos of the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Manhunt."
'If Trayvon Had Been White, This Never Would Have Happened...'
Background at the race-mongerer the Root, "Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin Speak Out on Verdict."
Here's my earlier entry, "Next Frontier of the Civil Rights Movement?"
Contaminated School Lunches Kill at Least 23 Children in India
At the Wall Street Journal, "Tainted School Lunch Kills at Least 23 Indian Children: Free Food Was Provided Under Government's Midday-Meal Program":
PATNA, India—In a threadbare hospital here, 5-year-old Rashmi Kumari is fighting a powerful poison. "She is a brilliant student," said her uncle as he tried to distract her by asking her to recite poems.Foaming at the mouth? Sarin? What a horrible way to die, and so senselessly tragic.
Rashmi is also the only child in her household left alive.
Her cousins, Anshu and Kushboo, died after eating a school lunch now believed to have been contaminated with a pesticide compound, according to a hospital official. The disaster has left at least 23 children dead as of Thursday morning and spotlights the shortcomings in a government school-lunch program intended to feed India's millions of malnourished students.
Initial investigations suggest that organophosphorus, commonly used in farm pesticides, may have been mixed into the rice, beans and potato curry served Tuesday at an elementary school in Gandaman, a village in the impoverished state of Bihar, according to Amarkant Jha Amar, medical superintendent at the hospital.
The students became sick and suffered from vomiting, fainting and foaming at the mouth. More than two dozen victims are still being treated. Mr. Amar said patients are receiving medicine to neutralize the chemical, which is similar to nerve agents such as sarin.
It remains unclear how or where the chemical got into the food. A state-level investigation is under way and the first report is expected Thursday, according to local police and a district magistrate.
More, "India’s Problems With Free School Meals."
Next Frontier of the Civil Rights Movement?
It wouldn't have mattered what the verdict had been, we'd be having some kind of "social justice" shakedown scam coming down against the evil "white supremacist" regime. This is what's become of the post-MLK civil rights movement: angry, racist leftists grasping at anything remotely relevant to an agenda, so they can confiscate a bigger piece of the collective pie. Total moral bankruptcy. It's disgusting.
Oh, and at the second half of the clip you get the bonus of black racist Joy Reid. The discussion immediately devolves to stand your ground laws and the so-called proliferation of concealed carry permits, which allegedly empowered George Zimmerman to kill Trayvon Martin. The radical left is milking this for all it's worth, man.
And see Peter Wehner, "The Zimmerman Trial as Rorschach Test":
In response to my post on the George Zimmerman trial and the left’s reaction to it, I heard from some people I know who felt like I erred in my analysis. They believe Trayvon Martin was targeted as a suspect because he was a black teen, that it’s clear that Zimmerman engaged in racial profiling, and so race was a motivating factor in the Martin killing.Continue reading.
People can decide for themselves if what I wrote is sufficiently careful and fair-minded. But I thought I’d use the comments and concerns raised by these individuals to clarify and expand on some points.
What I argued was that there’s simply no indication that George Zimmerman is a racist. No evidence was presented at the trial that the killing was the equivalent of what the head of the NAACP called a “modern-day lynching.” It matters that neither the prosecution, nor the defense, nor the police, nor the jurors ever said that this trial was about race. In fact, they said the opposite. Many in the media (especially NBC/MSNBC) have acted in deeply irresponsible ways. And comparisons to what happened in Sanford, Florida on February 26, 2012 to what happened to Emmett Till on August 28, 1955 is a terrible disfigurement of history.
On the matter of whether Martin was targeted because of his race: Sanford Police Department detective Chris Serino’s interpretation sounds plausible. He told the FBI that Zimmerman’s actions were not based on Martin’s skin color but rather based on his attire, the total circumstances of the encounter and the previous burglary suspects in the community. And if Trayvon Martin had been a 75-year-old African American man in a suit using a cane and walking next to his four-year-old grandchild, we all know nothing would have happened that night. If, on the other hand, a 28-year-old “white Hispanic” male with rough attire had been walking around his neighborhood on a rainy night, George Zimmerman may well have followed him. It appears what Zimmerman was doing was engaging in criminal profiling. Now, whether it’s inappropriate for race to ever, under any circumstances, be taken into account when it comes to criminal profiling is an issue worth discussing. But that is entirely different than Zimmerman killing Martin was based on racial animus, which is what racial demagogues like Al Sharpton are saying.
At the same time, I want to underscore again my belief that George Zimmerman made some tragic errors. He’s no hero. Moreover, Trayvon Martin not only didn’t deserve to die; he was innocent of any wrongdoing. The fact that he was killed is a crushing blow from which his family will never fully recover. His parents are living through an ordeal they didn’t deserve. A month from now the rest of us will have moved on from this trial. They will not have. Those of us who believe the Zimmerman verdict was correct should not forget that.
But the trial and its aftermath demonstrated something else as well. It served as a kind of Rorschach test. Some people who paid close attention to the trial came away convinced that the second-degree murder charge against George Zimmerman was indefensible, that the jury verdict was correct, and that the effort by some on the left to turn this into a Mississippi Burning moment is wrong and reckless. And many of those who claim solidarity with the African American community right now have had little or nothing to say about black-on-black crime, which is doing far more damage to the African American community than the type of incident that occurred in the Zimmerman-Martin confrontation. The moral outrage therefore seems somewhat contrived and convenient.
Added: From Jonathan Tobin, "Back to Full-Time Racial Incitement."
'A Tsunami of Anti-Capitalism'
Yes, and the so-called "peaceful protesters" are unilaterally lowering the prices of goods and services --- by helping themselves to the booty.
At the Los Angeles Times, "'Flash mob' of thieves causes chaotic night in Hollywood":
The rallying cries shot out across Twitter and Facebook on Tuesday evening.Just a little.
"Take the riot to Hollywood," one expletive-laden message on Twitter beseeched. "Hollywood. 7:30."
That invitation for trouble and others like it, police believe, were the seeds of a bizarre, chaotic night in the city's entertainment mecca that caught the LAPD off guard and left city officials scrambling to assure tourists and revelers, once again, that Hollywood is a safe place to be.
A group of 40 to 50 people, mostly teenagers, heeded the social media calls and went on what police described as a rolling crime wave.
LAPD Cmdr. Andy Smith said it appears the group thought Hollywood would be an easy target because police were focused on patrolling the Crenshaw District, which had been the scene of renegade violence during protests over the George Zimmerman verdict in Florida on Monday evening. As the problems began in Hollywood, the department was also dealing with protesters marching through downtown.
"What we're thinking is these youngsters took advantage of our redeployment of officers down to the Crenshaw District last night and decided that this would be a good night to come up to Hollywood and act a little crazy," Smith said.
Trayvon Martin's Parents Interview on 'CBS News This Morning'
At LAT, "Trayvon Martin's parents 'stunned absolutely' by Zimmerman verdict":
For the first time since George Zimmerman was acquitted of murdering their son, Trayvon Martin's parents gave TV interviews Thursday morning to decry the verdict and ask the federal government to continue to investigate.I feel for the parents, but their views of Trayvon aren't rooted in reality, as much as they love him.
Sybrina Fulton, Martin's mother, said in a "CBS This Morning" interview that she was "stunned absolutely" by the not-guilty verdict handed down Saturday by the six-woman jury in Seminole County, Fla.
"I thought surely that he [Zimmerman] would be found guilty of second-degree murder, manslaughter at the least," Fulton said. "But I just knew that they would see that this was a teenager just trying to get home. This was no burglar. This was somebody's son that was trying to get home."
In the same interview with CBS, Martin's father, Tracy Martin, said he wanted Americans to know "that Trayvon was a fun-loving child. He was our child. We miss him dearly."
Martin added, "Just to have your child's life taken away from you like that, it hurts. And it's a process that will take a long time to start the recovery from."
See JWF, "The Myth of St. Trayvon."
Actor James Woods Calls Out 'Puke' Rolling Stone Publisher Jann Wenner
At Twitchy, "Epic: James Woods shreds ‘sh*t rag’ Rolling Stone, Jann Wenner’s ‘erotic fantasies’: ‘F*ck them both’; Update: Calls out ‘liberal bias’."
Does that puke Jann Wenner harbor erotic fantasies for that other puke, the Boston Bomber? Fuck them both...
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) July 18, 2013
Meanwhile, feminist Nazi Amanda Marcotte gears up for the "Free Jahar" fan club, "Amanda Marcotte defends Rolling Stone: ‘Tsarnaev *is* handsome’; Blasts critics as ‘stupid’."
And there's still an impressive level out pissed-off outrage at Rolling Stone. Check the Twitchy search results.
Marisa Miller and Malin Akerman at the ESPY Awards
At London's Daily Mail, "Bouncing back! New moms Marisa Miller and Malin Akerman show off their killer post-baby bodies at the ESPY Awards."
Pew Research Center: U.S. Falls Behind China as World Leader
At WSJ, "U.S. Seen Losing to China as World Leader: Global Survey Finds Economic Shifts are Changing Perceptions of the Two Nations":
SHANGHAI—People in the U.S. and China view each other with increasing suspicion, and many others around the world see the U.S. losing its place to China as the leading economic and political power, a new public opinion poll shows.Oh, only 63 percent favorable around the world compared to China. Hey, maybe Barack Hussein's still got it on!
According to a survey of around 38,000 people in 39 countries released on Thursday by the Washington-based Pew Research Center, majorities or pluralities in 23 of the nations surveyed said China either has replaced or eventually will oust the U.S. as the world's top superpower. The Chinese don't question their nation's eventual dominance, but Americans are split on the question, the poll found.
The Pew survey is the latest indication that the global impact of China's economic expansion over the past three decades and the 2008 U.S. economic stumble are reordering perceptions about China—the world's most populous nation—and the U.S.—its biggest economy.
"China's economic power is on the rise, and many think it will eventually supplant the United States as the world's dominant superpower," the report concludes.
The new data show a shrinking number of Americans, 47%, believing the U.S. will continue to hold its lead over China, compared with 54% in 2008. By contrast, about two-thirds of Chinese say their country has overtaken the U.S., or eventually will, and 56% say China deserves more respect, Pew found.
The data also suggest deepening mutual suspicion. Only 37% of people in the U.S. view China favorably, similar to the 40% of Chinese who hold a positive view of the U.S. For both countries, the percentages for favorable views have declined since Pew asked the questions in 2008.
Less than a third of the Chinese surveyed described their nation's relationship with the U.S. as cooperative, down sharply from 68%, figures that hew closely to plummeting opinions in China about U.S. President Barack Obama.
Some 23% of Chinese describe the U.S. relationship as hostile. Pew said China is the only non-Islamic country where more than half the people, 54%, hold an unfavorable opinion of Americans.
Still, China has work to do on its own reputation, the survey found. The U.S. commands a 63% favorable rating around the world, and the survey found it is far more often considered by other nations as a partner compared with China, which gets a favorable rating from only half those surveyed elsewhere.
More at that top link.
Greece Pink Slips 25,000 Public Workers
At LAT, "Greece handing pink slips to more than 25,000 public employees":
ATHENS – Bowing to pressure from international lenders, Greece on Wednesday moved to put more than 25,000 state workers on notice for dismissal by the end of the year in the first official winnowing of its costly civil sector.Continue reading.
The legislation, backed by 153 lawmakers in the 300-member Parliament, was needed to unlock rescue funds and ease fresh fears of fiscal derailment in the bailed-out country.
The workers will be given an opportunity to find other public employment, so the plan does not necessarily mean that all those who receive notice will lose their jobs.
Seven parliamentarians were absent and 140 voted against the bill, which broke a century-old taboo of public sector layoffs in a country where 1 in 5 salaries is paid by the government.
Though about 128,000 civil servants have sought retirement since the start of the crisis here, Wednesday’s late-night vote authorizes the first direct dismissal plan to hit the 700,000-strong public sector – a stark contrast to the 1,000 jobs lost daily in the private sector, according to state statistics.
Snoop Lion on the #Zimmerman #TrayvonMartin Verdict
More, "Snoop Lion calls Zimmerman prosecutors "weak'."
Jodie Gasson for Daily Star's Page 3
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— Jodie Holly Gasson (@Jodie_Gasson) July 18, 2013
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Victorville #TrayvonMartin Protests: Victor Vally Mall Lockdown
And on Twitter:
Victor Valley Mall in Victorville locked down tonight due to rowdy crowds in area, according to San Bernardino Sheriff's Dept.
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) July 18, 2013
Protest march in #victorville @VVDailyPress pic.twitter.com/QaM5IZBONG
— james quigg (@DPPhotoTeam) July 18, 2013
I got pulled off a photo shoot to cover rioting & looting in Victorville from a Trayvon Martin protest. Not sure what I'll come across yet.
— Rachel*Luna (@Rache1Luna) July 18, 2013
Police were blocking Victorville mall street entrances but have now cleared away. Traffic is allowed in & out of the mall property.
— Rachel*Luna (@Rache1Luna) July 18, 2013
#Victorville Sheriffs station reports 12 arrests after #TrayvonMartin protest. @VVDailyPress pic.twitter.com/ZkRKZJkDNN
— james quigg (@DPPhotoTeam) July 18, 2013
14 arrests after Trayvon Martin protest in Victorville: http://t.co/LOATGrUDsB
— Daily Press (@VVDailyPress) July 18, 2013
Victorville march, in support of Trayvon Martin, gets unruly. Local mall on lock down. http://t.co/VKnkTNKohl
— Rick Sforza (@RickSforza) July 18, 2013
17 arrested in #Zimmerman protest in Victorville; peaceful rally in Beverly Hills: http://t.co/7gRPSxJprR #nightblog
— robert lopez (@LAJourno) July 18, 2013
'It's loathsome that Al Sharpton has a show on MSNBC, but he did bring out the best in Ms. Jeantel...'
But see William Jacobson, "Al Sharpton interviews Rachel Jeantel."
Larry Elder Blasts Piers Morgan as Patronizing Bleeding Heart Leftist
Seriously, more folks need to call out "stupid" Piers Morgan during prime time.
At Blazing Cat Fur, "Larry Elder Beats Up Piers Morgan."
And on cue, hear comes the idiot regressive left-wing outrage.
At Twitchy, "Epic clash between Larry Elder and Piers Morgan; Libs unleash torrent of haterade."
Race-Baiting Leftists Exploit #TrayvonMartin's Death at NAACP Hate-Fest
At the Orlando Sentinel, "Sharpton calls 'stand your ground' law 'worst violation of civil rights' in America":
Boston Bomber Tsarnaev on the Cover of the Rolling Stone
Ed Morrissey has it, "Rolling Stone’s strange, dreamy cover of terrorist."
And from Robert Spencer, "Rolling Stone glamorizes Boston Marathon jihad murderer" (via Memeorandum).
Twitchy's been all over this. See, "No más: Rolling Stone’s cover star is ‘popular, promising student’ Dzhokhar Tsarnaev," and "Not dreamy enough? #FreeJahar terror groupies shriek about Rolling Stone cover."
Plus, "WaPo writer: ‘Baseless’ Rolling Stone blowback is product of ‘tedious outrage machine’," and still more at the search link.
Roving Mob of Hollywood Robbers 'Some of the Same Youths' at Crenshaw #TrayvonMartin Riots
And these people are angels in the eyes of the regressive left's racial grievance mongers.
At LAT, "LAPD: Roving Hollywood robbers may also be Zimmerman protest vandals":
A band of robbers that tore through Hollywood Boulevard on Tuesday night appear to be some of the same youths who were attacking people and vandalizing stores in the Crenshaw district earlier this week where demonstrators were protesting the George Zimmerman murder trial verdict, police said.Continue reading.
The thieves moved fast and swarmed their victims, mirroring the activity seen in Crenshaw the previous evening.
“I think this specific group came up to riot and cause problems in Hollywood,” LAPD Sgt. John Barkley said. "They were not engaging in any kind of protest."
Also, "12 arrested as Hollywood hit by roaming bands of robbers, police say."
And these are black thug robbers. Not "white protesters." These are criminal race-ass thugs exploiting shakedown race-ass rioting.
And the regressive left is totally freakin' down with it.