Conservative Groundswell

Here's the Josh Barro headline at Business Insider, "Inside The Group Therapy Session For Conservatives Who Hate Grover Norquist" (via Memeorandum).

The background is a new David Corn hit piece at Mother Jones, but I'll let the Other McCain pick it up from here, "Project #Groundswell Memo, Number 17: What Conspiracy? Oh, That Conspiracy!"

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Roger Waters Concert Exhibits Hateful Anti-Semitic Images and Props

I saw this at the Times of Israel this morning, "Roger Waters concert features pig with Star of David."

And here comes Jonathan Tobin with the beat down, at Commentary, "A Brick in the Wall of Anti-Semitism":

In the past, Waters has insisted that his displays as well as well as his opinions are not anti-Jewish but just a criticism of Israeli policies. But the use of a Star of David interchangeably with recognizable symbols of tyrannies can’t be reasonably interpreted as anything but an attempt to portray Israel as the moral equivalent of the Soviet Union or Nazi Germany. To associate it with symbols of greed is to play on traditional anti-Semitic stereotypes that were freely used by the Soviets and the Nazis and undermines any idea that Waters is doing is in support of human rights. To display a Jewish symbol on the side of a large pig balloon adds insult to injury.

Even if we were to leave aside the obvious evidence of anti-Semitism in Waters’ use of these symbols, his basic argument that Israel’s security fence is a violation of human rights is itself not merely wrong but a demonstration of his lack of interest in the survival of Jews. The fence was built, after all, not to fence in the Palestinians but to keep terrorist suicide bombers who were sent into Israel to indiscriminately slaughter men, women and children out. To demand the fence be torn down is an implicit call for Jewish blood to begin to flow again.

This latest evidence of Waters’ anti-Semitic behavior ought to disillusion those of his fans who still cling to the notion that his art is a cry for liberty. But it also ought to chasten those liberals and Jewish institutions that have continued to make common cause with him. In the last year, Waters was scheduled to appear at New York City’s venerable 92nd Street Y but canceled at the last minute due, he said, to a schedule conflict. Fortunately, the Y never re-scheduled Waters but subsequently did host the equally anti-Semitic Alice Walker. Let’s hope this latest incident ensures that Waters never again is welcomed into any Jewish community or any place where people of good will have any say.

Also at Elder of Ziyon, "Roger Waters flies a pig balloon with a Star of David in Belgium concert."

Death Toll Hits 80 in Spanish Train Derailment

At WSJ, "Death Toll From Spanish Train Crash Hits 80: Investigators Look at Excess Speed as a Possible Cause."

Well, you think excessive speed "might be" a cause. Jesus.



More at USA Today, "Reports: Spain train traveling twice the speed limit."

Juror B-29 Speaks Out: George #Zimmerman 'Got Away With Murder...'

An ABC News exclusive, "George Zimmerman Juror Says He ‘Got Away With Murder’."

Oh boy. This is going to break wide open tomorrow, when the full segment airs on GMA. Meanwhile, at the clip below, Lisa Bloom --- a regular on the communist MSMBC network --- is heartbroken that Juror B-29 didn't "stand her ground" in the jury room, and vote to convict Zimmerman.

Obviously, in the depraved leftist aftermath she's been flooded with progressive propaganda and feels guilty that she didn't do justice to the demands of black shakedown solidarity. I doubt it's smart she didn't hide her identity. People are pissed off and it's foolish not to assume that left-wing anger will overcome race solidarity, and that some black criminal mf's will be looking to gun that bitch down.

In any case, the Lede has more, "Juror Says George Zimmerman ‘Got Away With Murder’." (At Memeorandum.)

#Weiner Sexting Scandal Shifts Focus to 'Good Wife' Huma Abedin

Well, at least for now the focus is shifting to the "good wife" Huma, as this New York Times piece illustrates, "Many New York Women Are Baffled at Loyalty Shown by Weiner's Wife."

It's not baffling. The Weiners are all about power, and as many have said on Twitter, Huma's had the country's premiere sex-scandal mentor in Hillary Clinton. It was surreal watching the press conference, especially with Huma's easy cheesy smile and the fawning looks at her vulgar, sexting-addicted husband. Contrast that to Silda Spitzer, who looked absolutely mortified during their press conference a few years back. And Silda's remained out of the public eye as her husband seeks a return to political office. A huge difference.

The Weiners are not natural people. And I expect that the pressure's going to keep building until Anthony's driven from the race. But we'll see. We'll see.

In any case, still more attention to Huma at Memeorandum. She's not the "good wife" in the last analysis.

The Rich Have Done Fine Under Obamanomics, Not So the Middle Class

As I was saying yesterday, this president is the freakin' worst.

At WSJ, "The Inequality President":

President Obama made his fourth or fifth, or maybe it's the seventh or eighth, pivot to the economy on Wednesday, and a revealing speech it was. We counted four mentions of "growth" but "inequality" got five. This goes a long way to explaining why Mr. Obama is still bemoaning the state of the economy five years into his Presidency.

The President summed up his economic priorities close to the top of his hour-long address. "This growing inequality isn't just morally wrong; it's bad economics," he told his Galesburg, Illinois audience. "When middle-class families have less to spend, businesses have fewer customers. When wealth concentrates at the very top, it can inflate unstable bubbles that threaten the economy. When the rungs on the ladder of opportunity grow farther apart, it undermines the very essence of this country."

Then the heart of the matter: "That's why reversing these trends must be Washington's highest priority. It's certainly my highest priority."

Which is the problem. For four and a half years, Mr. Obama has focused his policies on reducing inequality rather than increasing growth. The predictable result has been more inequality and less growth. As even Mr. Obama conceded in his speech, the rich have done well in the last few years thanks to a rising stock market, but the middle class and poor have not. The President called his speech "A Better Bargain for the Middle Class," but no President has done worse by the middle class in modern times.

What a bloody disaster.

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Houston Gas Station Shooting — Stand Your Ground

At National Review, "Houston Woman Stands Her Ground, Shoots Knife-Carrying Attacker," and Legal Insurrection, "Houston Gas Station Shooting: SYG or not? Break it Down with AOJ."



Background at USA Today, "Woman rebuffs, kills armed man at Houston gas stop."

Young People Value Public Service Over Politics

This isn't a new finding, although I'd be surprised if the trend toward public service over politics wasn't even more pronounced these days, what with the corrupt Democrats failing young people at every turn.

At USA Today, "Public service valued; politics — not so much":

WASHINGTON — The American impulse to make a contribution to the community is strong, but the feeling that politics can be an avenue to do that seems to be souring.

A new USA TODAY/Bipartisan Policy Center poll finds that Americans by more than 2-1 say the best way to make positive changes in society is through volunteer organizations and charities, not by being active in government. Those younger than 30 are particularly put off by politics. They are significantly less likely than their parents to say participating in politics is an important value in their lives.

Consider Cole Ledford.

The Ohio State University sophomore was thrilled last year to get an internship working at the Ohio Legislature, but he didn't learn the lesson he expected. The experience convinced him he didn't want a career in government or politics.

"I thought I wanted to be one of them," the 19-year-old from Lebanon, Ohio, says. "But it was more that politics was a game they wanted to play, and it wasn't about the constituents." He's switched his major from political science to non-profit management, and he hopes to "give back and influence the world" by working for a charitable group, perhaps one that helps people with special needs.

"There's a skepticism of government," says Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill., who at age 32 is the second-youngest current member of Congress. "Young people say, if I want to feed the hungry or make a difference for cancer patients, it's easier to do that through a non-profit and see the tangible results up close than, say, trying to push for federal funding to do the same."

Analysts warn of a dangerous downward cycle: Perceptions of government as dysfunctional and politics as corrupt keep getting worse. That convinces some of the nation's ablest people, especially those just starting out, that they don't want to run for office or work for the government at any level. As a result, government and politics are likely to work even less well — presumably prompting perceptions to fall further.

It's hard to imagine assessments of Washington getting much worse. Only one in five of those surveyed say they trust the federal government to do what is right most of the time. There is a close split, 42%-38%, on whether they see the government as an advocate or an adversary for them and their families. (The partisan divide: Republicans and independents view the federal government as an adversary while Democrats see it as an advocate.)

Yeah, an advocate for bankrupting future generations, just what you'd expect from the ideological blinkered Democrat freaks.

More on the poor views of government, including some very low marks for Barack Hussein, at the New York Times, "New Polls Are Bad News for Obama, and Worse for Congress."

Huma Abedin is 'Surprisingly Persuasive'!

My god, the idiot progressives are seriously going to bat for the depraved, power-obsessed Weiners.

See the Jacobin Chris Hayes from MSNBC:



And idiot leftist Scott Lemieux ignores the disgusting immorality and says he'd still vote for Weiner if he was the most progressive candidate. Yay, that's really, ahem, sticking up for your ideological creds! See, "On Carlos Danger."

And the bloviating Lemieux gets beat up by his own commenters at the thread.

Bwhahaha!! What a total freakin' a-hole loser.

Michigan WJRT Reporter Siobhan Riley Draws Huge Penis During Live Newscast

Well, it's not as bad as "Captain Sum Ting Wong," but still.

Video here.

Story at the Hinterland Gazette, "MI TV Reporter Siobhan Riley Accidentally Draws Giant Penis to Explain Traffic Congestion in Saginaw."

Daddy Back From Afghanistan Surprises Family in Scuba Gear

Via Theo Spark, "Scuba Soldier - Back From Afghanistan Early - Surprises Family."



Also at N.Y. Daily News, "Dad back from Afghan duty stages scuba surprise."

Obama's Speech on Revitalizing the Middle Class

Major snooze session.

I tuned in, but it was painful, and the reviews aren't kind.

From Chris Cillizza, for example, "Meet President Obama’s new economic message. Same as his old economic message."

And Fred Barnes, "Older, But Not Wiser" (via Memeorandum):

“As a country, we’re older and we’re wiser,” President Obama declared in a speech today in Galesburg, Illinois. He’s certainly older. But on the basis of this speech bristling with tired ideas he’s trotted out time and time again, Obama himself is anything but wiser....

In the unlikelihood you’ve been paying attention to Obama’s speeches, you’ve heard all this before, particularly about what government will do for you. For Obama, free markets are irrelevant. But here’s the worst part. This speech was first of a series on the economy.

He's the worst. A terrible president and the worst administration in history.

Added: From Astute Bloggers, "MORE CLASS WARFARE BS AND SOCIALIST REDISTRUBTIONIST THREATS FROM BARRY HUSSEIN OBAMA SOETORO."

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.

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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: