Bill Whittle's Afterburner: 'The Lynching'

A don't miss segment from Bill Whittle, who gets much more animated in this clip than usual.

Behold a powerful summation that doesn't pull punches. He slams the race-baiting liars who perpetuated this farce as blanket demons, despicable people who deserve all the angry condemnation they can get.

Hey Frank Newport, STFU!

You're upsetting the narrative, cracka!

At Gallup, "Fewer Blacks in U.S. See Bias in Jobs, Income, and Housing" (via):

PRINCETON, NJ -- Black Americans are significantly less likely now than they were 20 years ago to cite discrimination as the main reason blacks on average have worse jobs, income, and housing than whites. Today, 37% of blacks say these differences are due to discrimination and 60% say they are caused by something else. In 1993, 44% said such differences were due to discrimination and 48% something else.

Yeah, well, that old racial shuck and jive only works so long, and then you gotta come up wit sumpin else. Just 20 percent of whites chalk up differential outcomes to racism, so the left's shakedown artists better step up their game, mf's.

Yo, Al Sharpton, you wit me brother?!!

Via Memeorandum.

New York Times Editorial on President Obama's Race Speech

Oh brother.

At the Old Gray Lady, "President Obama’s Anguish":

President Obama did something Friday that he hardly ever does — and no other president could ever have done. He addressed the racial fault lines in the country by laying bare his personal anguish and experience in an effort to help white Americans understand why African-Americans reacted with frustration and anger to the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting of Trayvon Martin.

Mr. Obama’s comments during a surprise appearance at the White House press briefing crystallized the dissonance around this case. In the narrow confines of the trial, all talk of race was excluded, and the “stand your ground” element in Florida’s self-defense law was not invoked by Mr. Zimmerman’s lawyers. But in the broader, more profound and more troubling context of Mr. Martin’s death, race and Florida’s lax gun laws are inextricably interwoven.

On the first, Mr. Obama said: “The judge conducted the trial in a professional manner. The prosecution and the defense made their arguments.” The jurors, he added, “were properly instructed that in a case such as this reasonable doubt was relevant, and they rendered a verdict.”

But on the broader context, Mr. Obama eloquently rebutted those — like Representative Andy Harris, a Republican, with his dismissive “get over it” remark on Tuesday — who said that the verdict should have ended discussion of the case, especially talk about race and gun laws.

“Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago,” Mr. Obama said, adding that “it’s important to recognize that the African-American community is looking at this issue through a set of experiences and a history that doesn’t go away.”

He said there are “very few African-American men in this country who haven’t had the experience of being followed when they were shopping in a department store” or “the experience of getting on an elevator and a woman clutching her purse nervously and holding her breath until she had a chance to get off.”

“That,” he said, “includes me.”

Whatever.

It's a sideshow for the most part.

Race wasn't even a factor at trial. The left made this about race, and the president couldn't resist getting involved. Gotta satisfy the Democrat race masters, no doubt.

More at that top link.

William and Kate Lookalikes Punk the Press Outside Hospital

At the Sun UK, "It’s a ploy! Royal lookalikes in Kate tot stunt":

Britain’s favourite newspaper sent the pair — dead ringers for Prince William and wife Kate — to lift the mood outside the clinic where well-wishers and news crews had been huddled in anticipation of the imminent royal birth.

And at the Telegraph UK, "Royal baby: lookalikes and bets for a Leo cause media frenzy outside Lindo Wing."

Race Hustler Blowout on Hannity's!

I was watching this, and it was weird because it was like 6:57pm and at the very end of the show. But boy, did it get heated there for a minute.

 Via Gateway Pundit, "BLOWOUT ON HANNITY – Leftists Blast Monica Crowley After She Slams Race Baiters (Video)."



Incidentally, this is the national conversation on race everyone's talking about. Sean Hannity deserves massive plaudits for really airing the important issues. An impressive night of television.

Justice for Trayvon Martin! Shut Down the Racist System!

It turns out there's a big communist protest rally scheduled for tomorrow in Anaheim.

Maybe I'll dust off my reporter's badge and get out there for some original coverage.

Here's the announcement from L.A.'s International ANSWER, "July 21: Zimmerman is Free - Killer Cops are Free - We've Got to Fight Back!"



PREVIOUSLY: "'Justice for Trayvon' National Day of Action."

@MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry Creams Her Shorts at Obama's 'Absolutely Historic' Race Speech

It wasn't all that impressive a speech, as I noted in my comments yesterday afternoon, but Melissa Harris-Perry is a special case of leftist crazy, especially when it comes to anything related to black politics and possibility of making big government even bigger.

MSBNC's ratings are floundering. I'm not going to be surprised when the network big wigs send this lady packing.

Responding to Obama's Race Speech

New York Magazine does a poor Twitchy imitation here, "How Conservatives Are Reacting to President Obama’s Race Remarks":

In a surprise appearance at the White House press briefing this afternoon, President Obama spoke in depth on the death of Trayvon Martin and, more generally, the complex nature of race in America and the disenchantment and alienation felt by many African-Americans. The unscripted remarks were arguably the most personal and heartfelt he's made as president.

On Twitter and elsewhere, prominent conservatives reacted pretty much as expected: They called Obama a racist, accused him of faking emotion, and claimed that he's only trying to distract from the IRS scandal, which isn't even a thing anymore.

Okay, but Detroit's a thing, via Alan Caruba:

Bernice King on #Zimmerman Verdict: The Value of Some Lives Are 'Not the Same...'

She's an idiot race baiter, claiming some bullshit about the "language Zimmerman was using on the 9/11 call." It was the dispatcher who asked about race. Zimmerman never mentioned race on his own, so in fact he was not profiling. She's a tool and her speech sounds not much better than Rachel Jenteal. Frankly, you'd think we never had the civil rights revolution of the 1960s, the way she's blabbering on about "institutional racism." A very disappointing woman, considering the contribution and sacrifice her father made to and for American politics.

San Diego County Sheriff Sets Up Bob Filner Sexual Harassment Reporting Line

From the you-can't-make-this-stuff-up department, at the Los Angeles, "S.D. County sheriff's hotline fields sex accusations against mayor":

The San Diego County Sheriff's Department announced Friday that a telephone hotline has been established for anyone wishing to report sexual misconduct allegations against Mayor Bob Filner.

Filner, battling accusations of sexual harassment of staff members and constituents, said late Friday that he's fine with the idea of a hotline because it might lead to an objective investigation rather than just "press conferences and innuendo."

If an investigation is warranted, the Sheriff's Department will be the lead agency, not the San Diego Police Department which reports to the 70-year-old Democrat, officials said.

Under state law, victims of sexual abuse are provided anonymity and can be accompanied by a representative or advocate during interviews, sheriff's officials said.

Sheriff Bill Gore said that "these are extremely sensitive matters and should there be an investigation, [the sheriff's] department as the lead agency, will not be providing any details as the investigation proceeds."

Announcement of the hotline came as three-dozen people rallied outside City Hall to talk about their effort to recall Filner and to seek volunteers to gather the signatures necessary to put a recall on the ballot.

Keep in mind that's Democrat Mayor Bob Filner.

He's a former Member of Congress, it turns out, and Democrat Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is standing by her sexual harassing man. At Weasel Zippers, "War on Women: Nancy Pelosi Refuses to Call 0n San Diego Mayor Bob Filner to Resign Over Sexual Harassment Claims…"

Oakland #TrayvonMartin Protesters March on Fruitvale BART Station

Here we go again. Maybe there will be some pretty good protest action this weekend.

Several groups are planning vigils and marches in Downtown Oakland. One group plans a march to Fruitvale BART. pic.twitter.com/9iPhwU70cz

— Sergio Quintana (@svqjournalist) July 20, 2013

One group plans to march downtown and check in with local Oakland businesses that have been vandalized. pic.twitter.com/uFru3erWvK

— Sergio Quintana (@svqjournalist) July 20, 2013

Protesters gathering at #OGP for march to Fruitvale. #Oakland #J4TMOAK #Trayvon @insidebayarea pic.twitter.com/gu8nKRSJEl

— Tyska (@Tyska) July 20, 2013

Mural artist Robert Trujillo hugs his son Saja in front of a mural of #trayvonmartin #oakland #j4tm @insidebayarea pic.twitter.com/7MWmE6ADxO

— Jose Carlos Fajardo (@jcfphotog) July 20, 2013

MT @Tyska: Protesters at Frank Ogawa Plaza head down Int'l. on march to Fruitvale @SFBART #Oakland #J4TM #Trayvon pic.twitter.com/CSJ8q9Zw6F

— insidebayarea (@insidebayarea) July 20, 2013

Protesters are marching along Foothill Blvd. in Oakland right now. The group is headed to the Fruitvale BART station. pic.twitter.com/lEbH0j2DuX

— ABC7 News (@abc7newsBayArea) July 20, 2013

There is a parade of demonstrators, police and traffic weaving through Oakland. It's a long march to FruitvaleBART. pic.twitter.com/3i8oC5sLkM

— Sergio Quintana (@svqjournalist) July 20, 2013

Protesters turn right on Fruitvale on march to Fruitvale BART. #Oakland #J4TMOAK #Trayvon @insidebayarea pic.twitter.com/fqAkEBLcuw

— Tyska (@Tyska) July 20, 2013

Mama Ayana asking 4 peaceful vigil, sacred space @ Fruitvale BART #Oakland #J4TMOAK #Trayvon @insidebayarea pic.twitter.com/d4Lcc2vzlC

— Tyska (@Tyska) July 20, 2013

Demonstrators have arrived at FruitvaleBART. They are honoring #TrayvonMartin & #OscarGrant. pic.twitter.com/TLpc2hJDdn

— Sergio Quintana (@svqjournalist) July 20, 2013

Hugh Jackman Interview at the Telegraph UK

I love the X-Men movies, and of course Wolverine. And it turns out they're already filming another movie for the franchise.

See, "Hugh Jackman: 'My wife gets fairly excited when I put the Wolverine outfit on'":

It ["The Wolverine"] is the sixth time Jackman has portrayed the Wolverine character and when we talk he is on a brief trip from Quebec where he is filming his seventh turn as the conflicted steel-clawed superhero in X-Men: The Days of Future Past which reunites the original X-Men casts of Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender etc.

Nate Silver Moving to ESPN

Brian Stelter reports, "Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight Blog Is to Join ESPN Staff" (via Memeorandum):

Nate Silver, the statistician who attained national fame for his accurate projections about the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections, is parting ways with The New York Times and moving his FiveThirtyEight franchise to ESPN, the sports empire controlled by the Walt Disney Company, according to ESPN employees with direct knowledge of his plans.

At ESPN, Mr. Silver is expected to have a wide-ranging portfolio. Along with his writing and number-crunching, he will most likely be a regular contributor to “Olbermann,” the late-night ESPN2 talk show hosted by Keith Olbermann that will have its debut at the end of August. In political years, he will also have a role at ABC News, which is owned by Disney.

This ought to be interesting.

It's good for Silver, whose resources as a sports analyst have been badly underutilized at NYT. But it'd be hilarious if Silver were to force Olbermann off message to the point of violating his contract by talking about politics. Otherwise, Silver will be rolled out periodically during the election year to talk about his presidential predictions. In 2016 it's going to be a GOP year, so allegations of Silver's bias for the Dems will be seriously tested.

Anyway, more at the link.

'Justice for Trayvon' National Day of Action

It seems to me that the urgency of events has died down by now, but here's Occupy Oakland'S announcement for the National Day of Action that race-baiter Al Sharpton's been agitating for, "“JUSTICE FOR TRAYVON” NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION VIGILS IN 100 CITIES."

And Occupy Wall Street's got a flyer announcing a "Million Hoodies for Justice."

I'll have more on this.

Meanwhile, here's Katie Pavlich, "Al Sharpton to Continue Stoking Bogus and Non-Existent Racial Element of Zimmerman Case."

Charles Krauthammer on #Zimmerman Verdict and Obama's Comments to the Nation

Krauthammer's weekly Washington Post column discusses the verdict and the responses to it on the left, "The Zimmerman case: A touch of sanity."

And the video's from this afternoon's Fox News All-Stars. A great segment:

Authorities Warn Against Organized 'Bash Mob' Crime Rampages

The video discusses Long Beach, but it's a region-wide warning for Southern California, according to the Los Angeles Times, "'Bash mobs' sweep through Southern California."

President Obama's Comments on #TrayvonMartin and Being Black in America

I've watched the entire clip and I think it's good to recognize that the president was sincere in his desire to add something meaningful to the discussion of the Zimmerman verdict and the controversial issues of race in America that we've been having. I'm not particularly impressed with his comments, especially those about racial profiling, but since I've often in the past criticized Obama for not using the bully pulpit to speak about the crisis of black America I've got to give at least mini props to his later comments about using the powers of his office to convene resources for our vulnerable black youth across the nation. As a second term president with declining capital, this could be one of the most important legacies of his entire time in office. And notice how the president blew off talk of grand new federal programs to address such concerns. That's both a recognition that he wouldn't get much done legislatively as well as a statement on the need to increase private social capital in distressed communities outside the purview of government. I think that's important.

Other than that, like I said, there's really not much here for me. Check Ace of Spades HQ's comments, for example, where he mentions that mostly Obama speaks in "Notional Sentences, that is to say, assemblages of words which mirror the structure and form of a content- and idea-conveying sentence but which actually contain far less than the sum of their word-parts." That's true, so again mostly we're dealing with symbolism rather than action. I don't even expect much follow through on that bit about helping black youth. Mostly it's just fair enough to note that the man has spoken and I expect a lot of inner city folks can take that to heart.

In any case, here's the New York Times' piece, "In Wake of Zimmerman Verdict, Obama Makes Extensive Statement on Race in America" (at Memeorandum).



I'm going to troll around for awhile and will update with additional reactions. Obama conceded, at the earlier part of the speech, that it's not likely that federal civil rights charges will be brought against George Zimmerman, so that's not likely to go over well with the hardline race grievance monsters on the Democrat race plantation, but we'll see.

SeaWorld Launches Preemptive Strike Against 'Blackfish'

I mentioned sometime back that I was really disappointed with our last trip to SeaWorld. The excitement has completely drained out of that park, and the attractions have been turned into wannabe Cirque du Soleil people-driven circuses rather than animal-driven water shows. Clearly, the concerns for the welfare of the sea life has overtaken concern for the quality of performances. And while I love the animals and wouldn't want harm done to them, it's pretty amazing how the animal rights movement has destroyed this once majestic family entertainment complex.

In any case, it's probably better in the last analysis, although SeaWorld's fighting back in this case.

See, "Seaworld’s Unusual Retort to a Critical Documentary":

SAN DIEGO — Hollywood has just cast SeaWorld as a bad guy. But SeaWorld has decided to diverge from the story line.

In an unusual pre-emptive strike on the documentary “Blackfish,” set for release on Friday in New York and Los Angeles by Magnolia Pictures, SeaWorld Entertainment startled the film world last weekend by sending a detailed critique of the movie to about 50 critics who were presumably about to review it. It was among the first steps in an aggressive public pushback against the film, which makes the case, sometimes with disturbing film, that orca whales in captivity suffer physical and mental distress because of confinement.

Magnolia and the film’s director, Gabriela Cowperthwaite, shot back with a point-by-point rebuttal in defense of the movie.

The exchange is now promising to test just how far a business can, or should, go in trying to disrupt the powerful negative imagery that comes with the rollout of documentary exposés. That kind of dilemma has surfaced with previous documentaries like “The Queen of Versailles,” which last year portrayed the lavish lifestyle of the real estate moguls Jackie and David Siegel, and even with narrative films like “The Social Network,” which took an unflattering look at Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg in 2010.

Businesses accused of wrongdoing in films often choose to lie low, hoping the issues will remain out of the public mainstream and eventually fade away without much fuss. That’s especially true of documentaries, which generally have small audiences.

SeaWorld, advised by the communications firm 42West, which is better known for promoting films than punching back at them, is taking the opposite approach. By midweek, the company was providing top executives and animal caretakers for interviews about the movie and its purported flaws. It was also deliberating possible further moves, which might conceivably include informational advertising, a Web-based countercampaign or perhaps a request for some sort of access to CNN, which picked up television rights to “Blackfish” through its CNN Films unit and plans to broadcast the movie on Oct. 24.

Among other things, SeaWorld claims that “Blackfish,” which focuses on the orca Tilikum’s fatal 2010 attack on a trainer, Dawn Brancheau, exceeded the bounds of fair use by incorporating training film and other video shot by the company. The company also contends that Ms. Cowperthwaite positioned some scenes to create what SeaWorld executives see as a false implication of trouble or wrongdoing.

Asked whether SeaWorld was contemplating legal action against the film, G. Anthony Taylor, the general counsel, said decisions about any such step would have to wait until executives were able to more closely assess the movie. “Blackfish” made its debut at the Sundance Film Festival in January and has since screened at other festivals in the United States and abroad.

Continue reading.

Anthem Blue Cross Won't Participate in California's Small Business Insurance Exchange for ObamaCare

This entire article mentions not one word about "ObamaCare," perhaps because the decision by Anthem Blue Cross sticks the middle finger right in the face of Washington and California bureaucrats --- and mind you, rates will be going up, not down, contrary to President Hussein's repeated claims that his national socialism would reduce rates.

See LAT, "WellPoint's Anthem Blue Cross spurns Calif. small-business exchange."

'I’m a feminist who enjoys being dominated during sex. Help!...'

Because if you demand respect while while simultaneously being choked during sex you're an empowered feminist, or something.

At Toronto's Globe and Mail, "I consider myself quite the feminist – I really think gender equality is very important, but sex with my new boyfriend has me questioning my feminist ways. We have been having sex for three weeks now and it gets physical. To my surprise, I have found I like to be dominated. He hits me during sex and chokes me, and I actually like it. I find myself asking for it. How can I be a feminist and still enjoy this?"