George Alexander Louis

The royal baby's name, which I just learned on Twitter.

Also at London's Daily Mail, "Prince George of Cambridge! Kate and William proudly announce the name of their baby two days after his birth."

Sydney Leathers

Well, I was a little naive to think people were going to protect this woman's identity.

London's Daily Mail on the latest on the scandal, "Putting on a brazen face: Anthony Weiner hits the campaign trail and ignores calls for him to quit 'for the sake of his wife' after he's plunged into new sex message scandal with Obama campaigner, 23." (Via Memeorandum.)

And at the Other McCain, "Who Tipped BuzzFeed About Weiner’s Cyber-Girlfriend Sydney Leathers?"

Added, from Patterico's, "Timeline of Anthony Weiner’s Sociopathic Sexting and The Dishonesty of Him and His Wife Huma Abedin."

Obama's America

From Ken Gardner on Twitter:

Feces and urine jars. Tampon earrings. Anthony Wiener and Elliot Spitzer. The left is putting on a real clown show. Obama’s America.
— Ken Gardner (@kesgardner) July 24, 2013

Breitbart Was Right

From Glenn Reynolds, "OKAY, I DON’T HAVE MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THE Weiner/Huma Clown/Doormat Show, but it makes a good excuse to run this Andrew Breitbart video from the first phase of the Weiner scandal."

BuzzFeed Leads With Identity of Woman in Anthony #Weiner's Latest Sexting Scandal

They did.

Here's the report at Big Journalism, "BUZZFEED LEADS WITH IDENTITY OF LATEST WEINER VICTIM."

The article is redacted and pixelated, but BuzzFeed's Twitter feed is not:

Here Is The Woman Linked To Anthony Weiner In Sex Chats http://t.co/ZxkcDAdrTR

— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) July 23, 2013

The woman's apparently an Obama/Democrat activist. Judgment sure is lacking on the radical left.

'Maricón' — Former Homosexual Boxing Champion Emile Griffith Dies at 75

Well, Griffith literally beat the shit out of Benny Paret, who allegedly slurred him as "maricón," a Spanish gay-bashing epithet.

At the New York Times, "Emile Griffith, Boxer Who Unleashed a Fatal Barrage, Dies at 75":

It was the night of March 24, 1962, a nationally televised welterweight title fight at Madison Square Garden between Emile Griffith and Benny Paret, known as Kid. Griffith was seeking to recapture the crown he had once taken from Paret and then lost back to him.

But this was more than a third encounter for a boxing title. A different kind of tension hung in the Garden air, fed by whispered rumors and an open taunt by Paret, a brash Cuban who at the weigh-in had referred to Griffith as gay, using the Spanish epithet “maricón.”

Fighters squaring off always challenge each other’s boxing prowess, but in the macho world of the ring, and in the taboo-laden world of 1962, Paret had made it personal, challenging Griffith’s manhood.

On a Saturday night about 7,500 fans — not a bad crowd for a televised bout in those years — had trooped to the Garden, then at Eighth Avenue and 49th Street, to watch the fight through a haze of cigarette and cigar smoke. By the 12th round of a scheduled 15, Griffith and Paret were still standing. But in the 12th, Griffith pinned Paret into a corner and let fly a whirlwind of blows to the head.

“The right hand whipping like a piston rod which has broken through the crankcase, or like a baseball bat demolishing a pumpkin,” Norman Mailer, a ringside witness, recalled in an essay.

Griffith delivered 17 punches in five seconds with no response from Paret, according to Griffith’s trainer, Gil Clancy, who counted them up from television replays. Griffith may have punched Paret at least two dozen times in that salvo.

At last the referee stepped in, and Paret collapsed with blood clots in his brain.

“I hope he isn’t hurt,” Griffith was quoted saying in his dressing room afterward. “I pray to God — I say from my heart — he’s all right.”

Paret died 10 days later at Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan.

Continue reading.


Also at the Los Angeles Times, "Emile Griffith dies; fatally beat opponent after gay slur."

Idiot MSM Falls for 'Leftist Plant' at Houston #JusticeForTrayvon Protest

It's Brandon Darby, via Instapundit, "FALL FOR IT, OR GIVE IT A HELPING HAND? Video Proof: Media Fall for Hoax Racism at Pro-Zimmerman Rally."



Remember, this bitch is no aberration. Click through the links to Gateway Pundit and you'll see the lady's a hardcore radical activist.

#Weiner Won't Survive?

Here's this afternoon's panel on CNN:

'Nacho Liberal' & Other Hilarious 'Carlos Danger' Aliases

I told you I couldn't stop laughing

See Twitchy, "Before ‘Carlos Danger’: Check out rejected Weiner aliases that didn’t make the cut."



More here, "Emily Miller: Weiner used ‘numerous porn actor names’ in online affairs."

PREVIOUSLY: "#Weiner Comes Clean, Won't Pull Out of New York Mayoral Race," and "VIDEO: Huma Abedin Statement at Anthony #Weiner Press Conference."

VIDEO: Huma Abedin Statement at Anthony #Weiner Press Conference

Here's the New York Times, "Weiner to Stay in Mayor’s Race as New Images Surface."

Also previously, "#Weiner Comes Clean, Won't Pull Out of New York Mayoral Race."

And here's Huma's statement:

#Weiner Comes Clean, Won't Pull Out of New York Mayoral Race

Oh boy, what a day.

Here's the New York Post on Twitter:

Weiner won't pull out; plans to stay in mayoral race after admitting more XXX chats: http://t.co/kDeq1NhHn8
— New York Post (@nypost) July 23, 2013

And at Twitchy, "Forward: Anthony Weiner stays in mayoral race; Huma stands by her man."

I'm still ROTF from the lulz, but I'll have more.

#RoyalBaby Looks Uncomfortable in the Royal Carseat

First day on the job, but the Duke and Duchess need some help positioning the prince in that carseat.

Will whisks the #RoyalBaby away in his car seat as they travel home to Kensington Palace http://t.co/wuPzK2OtIo pic.twitter.com/PkBcFKFXFY

— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) July 23, 2013

They wanted to un-swaddle the little bugger, then tuck a blanket over him once he's strapped in securely.

'Carlos Danger' Press Conference at 5:00pm Eastern

This can't be good, at the New York Post, "Weiner admits to XXX online chats with woman for 6 months after resigning from Congress because of sext scandal."

'I said that other texts and photos were likely to come out, and today they have' - Anthony Weiner statement: http://t.co/VE3pqmX75y

— New York Post (@nypost) July 23, 2013

'I am very sorry to anyone who was on the receiving end of these messages' Another Weiner sext scandal: http://t.co/qvnJpBz5aK #CarlosDanger

— New York Post (@nypost) July 23, 2013

On the other hand, New Yorkers seem to be in a forgiving mood, so we'll see how that press conference goes.

First Photos Show the #RoyalBaby

He's a big boy.

Welcome baby Cambridge! #RoyalBaby pic.twitter.com/702Pb0Ole9

— Eyewitness News (@eyewitnessnyc) July 23, 2013

The #RoyalBaby is ready for his closeup http://t.co/0DtyrabWz9 pic.twitter.com/bGAksER6mN

— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) July 23, 2013

First photos seem to show #RoyalBaby awake and stretching http://t.co/uLRaW6syTw (PA) pic.twitter.com/vHYHfwwcbN

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) July 23, 2013

It's wall-to-wall coverage on television at this point, although Anthony Weiner penis names seems to be catching up on Twitter.

More on that shortly.

New Anthony Weiner Sexting Allegations

As seen on Twitter yesterday, from Wayne Allyn Root:

I hear Anthony Weiner has a post-scandal problem. Word has it that he's back to his old ways. Sounds like Mayoral campaign has big problem.
— Wayne Allyn Root (@WayneRoot) July 23, 2013

Weiner Sex Scandal II. It will all be going public within hours. No one recovers from two sex scandals. Web site claims to have solid proof.
— Wayne Allyn Root (@WayneRoot) July 23, 2013

And at BuzzFeed, "No Comment From Weiner Camp On New Alleged Sex Chats."

Following the links there takes us to The Dirty, "EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Weiner Is A Sexual Predator Luring His Victims." But the site's not loading, due to heavy traffic, I'm sure. But check National Review, "A New Weiner Sex Scandal Brewing?" (via Memeorandum).

And at New York Magazine, "Anthony Weiner, or ‘Carlos Danger,’ Accused of Having Even More Cybersex After Scandal."

Okay, the Dirty's loading now. See, "EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Weiner SEX Messages Post Scandal With Another Woman, Not Huma Abedin, and "EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Weiner Is A Sexual Predator Luring His Victims."

Brewers' Ryan Braun Suspended for Remainder of 2013 Season

A front-page report at the New York Times, "Doping Tarnishes Baseball Again as Brewers’ Braun Is Suspended":

Three years after Major League Baseball’s commissioner declared the so-called steroid era “clearly a thing of the past,” the sport faces persistent doping problems similar to those that have crippled cycling and track and field.

The latest baseball star-turned-culprit: Ryan Braun, the Milwaukee Brewers slugger and winner of the National League’s Most Valuable Player award in 2011. Baseball announced Monday that he had been suspended for the remainder of the season — 65 games — for violating its antidoping code.

Braun, 29, failed a drug test in 2011 but avoided punishment on appeal. This time, he was ensnared in Major League Baseball’s sweeping investigation of an anti-aging clinic in South Florida that baseball officials believe distributed performance-enhancing drugs. His punishment raises the specter of suspensions for more than a dozen other players who have been connected to the clinic, including Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees.

Braun, who will forfeit nearly half of his $8.5 million salary, said in a statement issued by the league that he would not contest the suspension — though he did not explicitly confess to doping.

“As I have acknowledged in the past, I am not perfect,” Braun’s statement said. “I realize now that I have made some mistakes. I am willing to accept the consequences of those actions. This situation has taken a toll on me and my entire family, and it has been a distraction to my teammates and the Brewers’ organization.”

Baseball was forced to acknowledge a pervasive doping problem when George J. Mitchell, a former majority leader of the Senate, conducted an extensive investigation into the use of performance-enhancing drugs in the sport. His report, published in 2007, exposed rampant use of drugs by major leaguers.

In the wake of that report, Commissioner Bud Selig strengthened baseball’s drug-testing program, created an investigative arm to pursue doping offenses and heralded a new, clean era for the sport.

Since then, about a dozen major league players have been suspended for positive tests and others have been linked to doping, indicating that baseball, like many sports in which athletes are enticed to gain a competitive edge, is having trouble removing drugs from the game. Braun’s hitting prowess enabled him to earn a contract with the Brewers that runs through 2020 and totals more than $145 million.

Also at ESPN, "Braun Suspended For Remainder of Season."

Illegal Aliens Self-Deport in Latest 'Poor Me' Open Borders Shakedown Scam

And remember, the Los Angeles Times no longer uses the term "illegal immigrant," which makes this piece all the more ridiculous.

See, "Young immigrants stage a risky border protest":

NOGALES, Ariz. — Lizbeth Mateo paid her tuition Sunday for Santa Clara Law School, where classes begin next month. On Monday, she paused to send the school an email.

"I'm letting them know I may not make it in time," she said.

The reason for her delay: an unorthodox — and risky — protest at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Mateo, 29, who was brought into the United States illegally at age 10, voluntarily flew back across the border recently in a protest aimed at recognizing the thousands of people deported from the United States over the last five years as the Obama administration has struggled to adopt a long-range program for overhauling immigration laws.

The protest Monday focused on the U.S. border station in Nogales. Mateo and two other young immigrants who had been brought into the U.S. as children asked to be admitted legally across the border they had surreptitiously traversed so many years ago and had spent much of their lives trying to avoid.

The immigration debate has focused on how a sweeping bill now in Congress might affect an estimated 11 million people who entered the country illegally or overstayed their visas. Lost in the debate, Mateo and other protesters say, are those already expelled from the country. Deportations have increased from just under 300,000 in 2007 to nearly 400,000 in 2011, according to federal statistics.

"We should not forget the people who have been deported," she said.

Monday's action quickly grew as about 30 others spontaneously joined the petitioners at the border, taking activists by surprise. Organized by the National Immigrant Youth Alliance, the immigrants planned to ask for humanitarian parole, which would allow them into the country, or, failing that, asylum.

As part of the planned protest, the trio was joined by six other immigrants who had returned to Mexico more than a year ago. The nine were questioned and transferred to a holding facility in Florence, Ariz. Activists in contact with the attorney for the youths said that they were denied humanitarian parole and that immigration officials would consider their request for asylum while holding them in Florence.

Immigration officials declined to comment on Monday's events and had said previously that people hoping to enter the country had to meet standard immigration requirements.

And they call these idiots "DREAMERS."

"CRIMINALS" is more accurate, and bleeding leftist tools.

Accreditation Warnings at Many California Community Colleges

I didn't know so many colleges were risking sanctions.

At LAT, "More community colleges facing accreditation problems":

A warning to Los Angeles Mission College to correct a number of academic and administrative deficiencies didn't come as a great surprise to Daniel Campos.

The former student body president had long been frustrated with campus infighting, perceptions of cultural insensitivity and inadequate counseling and other student services.

All of these issues and others were cited recently by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges when it put the Sylmar campus on notice that it must make improvements.

"Most students in general are not aware of the impact of accrediting decisions," said Campos, who also served as student trustee for the Los Angeles Community College District. "If the college loses accreditation, I'll lose transfer credits, so I'll need to find a way to line up everything in one year in case that happens."

The warning issued to Mission is the mildest of the possible penalties. The college will remain accredited pending a follow-up report due by March 2014.

But in a raft of actions earlier this month, the panel made the rare decision to revoke accreditation from City College of San Francisco in July 2014 (the college is appealing) and issued warnings to Los Angeles Valley, Orange Coast and six other campuses. Sanctions were removed from West Los Angeles and Harbor colleges and seven other campuses.

Of California's 112 community colleges, one, College of the Sequoias in the Central Valley town of Visalia, is operating under the most serious penalty — "show cause" — meaning the college is substantially out of compliance with requirements and must correct deficiencies to remain accredited. Five other colleges are on probationary status, and 13 have been given warnings.

Continue reading.

I'm surprised OCC is on the list, since it has such a great reputation. But things that you wouldn't expect can get a college in trouble. You have to meet schedules determined from outside the institution and community colleges are extremely cumbersome places. Things don't move quickly. A lot doesn't get done. I've written about San Francisco CC before, and it's even deeper than that for that college. The place resembled more like a political machine with handouts to all kind of connected constituencies, minority constituencies. That's really corrupt.

Lightning Strikes Behind the London Eye

At Telegraph UK, on Twitter.

Lightning strikes behind the London Eye, which is coloured red, white and blue to mark the #RoyalBaby's birth (PA) pic.twitter.com/p0EtptQcyA

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) July 23, 2013

More here.

New Images From NASA's Cassini Spacecraft

Amazing.

At LAT on Twitter.

Earth, as seen from 900 million miles away: http://t.co/s3hJRfLeCh pic.twitter.com/moEii9asnA via @deborahnetburn
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) July 23, 2013