'Weiner Should Drop Out...'

At Quinnipiac, "July 29, 2013 - Weiner Should Drop Out, NYC Likely Dem Voters Tell Quinnipiac University Poll; Quinn Leads, With De Blasio, Thompson Tied For Second."

Weiner's got 16 percent support. He's gone softer than an ice cream cone at the state fair in July --- and that's saying it nicely.

Via Memeorandum.

Also at the Weekly Standard, "Weiner Drops to Fourth."

Drops. Sags. Wilts. Goes flaccid.

I don't know. It gets old fast.

Michelle Williams for Louis Vuitton

If you don't already, you'll have a thing for Michelle Williams after watching "My Week With Marilyn."

And here's the latest on the lovely lady, at London's Daily Mail, "From girl-next-door to smouldering Louis Vuitton model: Behind the scenes of Michelle Williams' first fashion campaign."

Smokin' Dana Loesch Destroys Democratic Strategist Christy Setzer on #Hannity

At Dana's blog, "From Hannity Tonight":

If the crux of your argument that congress is “childish” for doing its job of providing checks and balances to a runaway Democrat train of spending, you’re doing it wrong.

Skeezy Democrat skank, this Setzer lady:



Also at the Blaze, "DANA LOESCH RIPS REPUBLICANS NOT SUPPORTING DEFUND OBAMACARE EFFORT: ‘THEY’RE ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED’."

#Dodgers Beat Reds 1-0 on Yasiel Puig's Walk-Off Home Run in 11th Inning

I'm truly a suffering Angels fan, but the Dodgers are a reliable backup favorite. And they've had a lot of excitement this season, not least with Yaseil Puig.

At LAT, "Yasiel Puig homer has whiff-prone Dodgers smelling like a rose in win":

Yasiel Puig's phenomenal rookie season reached a new pinnacle Sunday when he turned a historic display of futility into a footnote washed away by more Dodgers glory.

Puig, after flailing through three of the team's 20 strikeouts against the Cincinnati Reds, hammered an 11th-inning home run into Dodger Stadium's left-field pavilion, delivering his team a 1-0 victory.

The strikeout total broke the record for the most by a Dodgers team in the modern era (since 1900), according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

"You put your at-bats behind you every single time — what's in the past is in the past," said Puig, who thrust both arms upward in the instant after his bat charged through a changeup delivered by Reds reliever Curtis Partch (0-1).

"Even though three of those 20 strikeouts were mine, I kept giving it everything I had," Puig, speaking in Spanish, said through a translator. "We adjusted inning by inning, and the result was the result. My team won."

The victory, their 26th in 32 games, made the first-place Dodgers 9-1 since the All-Star break and 56-48 overall, and increased their lead over Arizona to 2 1/2 games in the National League West.

More at that top link. Hopefully they don't get cocky.

Ted Cruz Interview With Jake Tapper: We Need to Get Back to 'the Free Market Principles and Constitutional Liberties That Made America That Great Land of Opportunity...'

I'd say Senator Cruz should worry about reelection in 2016, and then pin his presidential aspirations on future elections. But your star doesn't often rise twice, so we'll see.



More at the Right Scoop, "Ted Cruz responds to Chris Christie: The principles of liberty are the foundation of this country" (via Memeorandum.)

Reporter Shea Allen is Hilarious!

London's Daily Mail has the story, with lots of photos, "Glamorous TV reporter fired after posting 'tell-all' blog about going bra-less on air and getting stories from people with a crush on her." (She posts photos of her tush, heh.)

I doubt she's upset with losing her job, if this selfie YouTube below is any indication.

And she's on Twitter.

I'd say she was a little too lively with social media for her job as a news anchor. She's droll, and that, among other things, obviously that didn't go over too well the folks at WAAY in Huntsville, Alabama.



More, from her blog, "No Apologies: Confessions of a red headed reporter":

This post was taken down because I was momentarily misguided about who I am and what I stand for. To clarify, I make no apologies for the following re-post. It's funny, satirical and will likely offend some of the more conservative folks. But it isn't fake and its a genuine look into my slightly twisted psyche.

Here's the thing, I've vowed to always fight for the right of free expression. It's allowed, no matter what the profession. I pride myself in having earned the respect of many because I make no apologies for the truth and hold nothing back. I don't fight for things because they serve me, I fight for them because they are right. Sources trust me because I am an unadulterated version of the truth. I won't ever bend just because its popular to do so and I'm not bending now.

This is my voice. Hope it makes you laugh.

1. I've gone bra-less during a live broadcast and no one was the wiser.

2. My best sources are the ones who secretly have a crush on me.

3. I am better live when I have no script and no idea what I'm talking about.

4. I've mastered the ability to contort my body into a position that makes me appear much skinner in front of the camera than I actually am.

5. I hate the right side of my face.

6. I'm frightened of old people and I refuse to do stories involving them or the places they reside.

7. Happy, fluffy, rainbow stories about good things make me depressed.

8. I've taken naps in the news car.

9. If you ramble and I deem you unnecessary for my story, I'll stop recording but let you think otherwise.

10. I've stolen mail and then put it back. (maybe)

Hillary Clinton Mini-Series

At iOWNTHEWORLD, "More Hillary Mini-Series Treatments." (More here and here.)

Background at USA Today, "NBC to air Hillary Clinton miniseries: Diane Lane will star, and the action will begin in 1998." Also at Memeorandum.

The leftist media's fluffing this woman up. CNN's been running Hillary stories all day, no doubt providing cover from the Weiner tie-in.

Shendelle Schokman Bikini Beach Stroll

Lovely.



PREVIOUSLY: "Smokin' Bikini Model Shendelle Schokman at Cardiff State Beach in Encinitas."

VIDEO: Huntington Beach Riot at U.S. Open

There was rioting at this contest in 1986. It used to be held on Labor Day weekend, but the city moved the contest to the end of July, hoping to avoid further alcohol-precipitated rioting.

I took my youngest boy down there a couple of years ago to check out the skateboarding, but they had a some big free concert this year and the crowds are obviously out of control.

See the Los Angeles Times, "Huntington Beach riot: bike shop workers fought off looters."

Check the video at that link, and more at Legal Insurrection, "Huntington Beach Rioting Follows U.S. Open of Surfing Competition."

And checking YouTube:



More here, "Huntington Beach Riot 2013 #1"

American Historical Association Seeks Embargo on Posting Dissertations

I caught this story last week when the AHA blog post was aggregated at Memeorandum.

See, "American Historical Association Statement on Policies Regarding the Embargoing of Completed History PhD Dissertations."

I don't know. Thinking hard I can see the logic, but surely the first casual thought of most observers would be, "Gawd, how freakin' lame."

But what really caught my attention was this passage at the post:

...it is not unusual for an early-career historian to spend five or six years revising a dissertation and preparing the manuscript for submission to a press for consideration. During that period, the scholar typically builds on the raw material presented in the dissertation, refines the argument, and improves the presentation itself. Thus, although there is so close a relationship between the dissertation and the book that presses often consider them competitors, the book is the measure of scholarly competence used by tenure committees.

All true, of course. But when I finished my dissertation I just wanted to breathe a long sigh of relief. The thought of revising the whole thing for publication was very unappealing. I'd started teaching as an adjunct professor at Fresno State in 2000, so I had some expectation for publishing, but then I took my job at Long Beach Community College and there wasn't going to be any "publish or perish" pressures, which I didn't mind. (Or, I was actually kind of torn about it, at least at first.)

Now, though, I both cringe and laugh at the thought of spending "five or six years revising a dissertation..."

In any case, more on this at the Chronicle of Higher Ed, "Scholarly Group Seeks Up to 6-Year Embargoes on Digital Dissertations."

And even the New York Times deigns to chime in, "Historians Seek a Delay in Posting Dissertations."

Speedway Bomber Brett #Kimberlin Charged With Sex Offense

At the Other McCain, "SHOCKING ALLEGATIONS IN KIMBERLIN V. KIMBERLIN":

ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

Last night I told readers I was going on a road trip to cover a big story — but I didn’t tell you how big it was going to be:

Brett Kimberlin, the convicted bomber-turned progressive activist, had sex with his wife when she was only 15, according to charges filed Monday in Maryland. A native of Ukraine who is now estranged from her husband and seeking a divorce, 32-year-old Tetyana Kimberlin says she had sex with Kimberlin multiple times during her 1996 visit to the United States, before she turned 16, the legal age of consent in Maryland. . . . At the time of the alleged offense, Kimberlin was on parole from federal prison for a 1978 bombing spree that terrorized the Indianapolis suburb of Speedway. . . .

In accusing Kimberlin of a third-degree sex offense, Tetyana says she met him when she was 14 and living in Ukraine, where Kimberlin traveled on business after his 1993 parole. In charges filed Monday with the Montgomery County District Court, Tetyana says she was 15 when she arrived in Maryland in September 1996 and that Kimberlin, who was 42 at the time, had sexual intercourse with her repeatedly before her 16th birthday in November of that year. . . .

[A]ccording to the charges filed Monday, Kimberlin “enticed me to come to Maryland so I could be his sex partner and bride,” Tetyana Kimberlin wrote. “Brett Kimberlin had sex with me every single day between the day I arrived and the day I turned sixteen, on Nov. 16, 1996.” Tetyana wrote that her cousin, who was 12 at the time, “also met Brett Kimberlin in Ukraine and coae to live with him … shortly before I did. On at least one occasion, I saw him attempt to seduce her.” . . .

Continue reading.

Also at Hogewash, "Brett Kimberlin: Pedophile?," and "#BrettKimberlin and Bogus Documents."

BONUS: ICYMI, spend a few minutes with this, "Bill Schmalfeldt Finally Gets His Reply."

U.S./Mexico 'Secure Border Fence' at Penitas, Texas

You know, because all the conservative/tea party talk about securing the borders first is all grandstanding and "hostage taking." Remember, "We could have 20 divisions lining the border from San Ysidro to Brownsville and the GOP would still oppose comprehensive immigration reform," or some bull like that, squawked by all the Center for American Progress/Democrat Party open borders shills in D.C.

Via AoSHQ, "Must Watch: Alleged Border Wall Is Missing the Actual Wall Part, Creating Unobstructed Pathway From Mexico to Texas Town."

Hillary Clinton Fuming Over 'Carlos Danger' Comparisons

The talk has been that Huma's like a second daughter to Hillary, but if that scuzzy bitch and her skeevy husband's troubles were to disrupt Madame Secretary's 2016 presidential plans, you'd see Democrat Party crime bosses coming down on the Weiners faster than a pack of Tiparillos on Monica Lewinsky.

At the Post, "Bill and Hillary Clinton are 'livid' at comparisons to Weiner’s sexcapades and Huma’s forgiveness." (Via Memeorandum.)

More at Althouse, "'The Clintons are upset with the comparisons that the Weiners seem to be encouraging...'"

VIDEO: Dude Throws Raccoon to Save His Dog

This is pretty good:



And the original, "My dog Toaster was attacked by a raccoon."

Britain's Co-operative Group Attacks 'Harmful' Lads' Mags

They're under a lot of pressure, no doubt.

At London's Daily Mail, "The Co-op declares war on 'harmful' lads' mags: Supermarket insist on 'modesty covers' for its shelves."

The magazines are popular. But all the more reason to reject the left's disgusting program of intolerance.

FRONT 184 is in stores today! Here's why you need it in your life http://t.co/CH4W8ZEqtj pic.twitter.com/vPLMPYxNVF

— FRONT Magazine (@frontmag) July 18, 2013

More, "FRONT MAGAZINE ISSUE 184 - DANIELLE."

RELATED: At the Other McCain, "British Left’s War on ‘Page Three Girls’."

Christina Ricci Glowing, Radiant at 'Smurf 2' Screening

My memory of Christina Ricci is more along the "Sleepy Hollow" side of things. She's a kind of horror culture lady to me, but she looks healthy and wise in these photos from the "Smurf 2" premiere, which I noticed earlier when I posted on Britney Spears.

See, "She's glowing! Christina Ricci's radiant in minimal make-up as she attends screening... but falls flat in the wardrobe department with her odd-fitting frock."

The frock's fine. She looks good all around.

Just for a refresher, I checked her filmography on Wikipedia. She's a big star, a busy star with a long list of credits.

Good for her.

'Turn Coat Mofo'

Never heard of this Goldie Taylor lady, but she sure does have the leftist plantation thing down cold.

At NewsBusters, "MSNBC's Goldie Taylor: CNN's Don Lemon a 'Turn Coat Mofo' for Agreeing With O'Reilly on Race."

And by the way, I think Lemon does a great job at the original commentary, "CNN's Don Lemon Backs Up Bill O'Reilly: 'He Doesn't Go Far Enough' In Criticizing Black Culture."

Obama Frays the U.S. Social Fabric

The New York Times messed up its headline.

It's Obama who's fraying the social fabric. The most divisive president in American history, a class warrior who has set Americans against each.

But FWIW at the Times, "Obama Says Income Gap Is Fraying U.S. Social Fabric":

GALESBURG, Ill. — In a week when he tried to focus attention on the struggles of the middle class, President Obama said in an interview that he was worried that years of widening income inequality and the lingering effects of the financial crisis had frayed the country’s social fabric and undermined Americans’ belief in opportunity.

Upward mobility, Mr. Obama said in a 40-minute interview with The New York Times, “was part and parcel of who we were as Americans.”

“And that’s what’s been eroding over the last 20, 30 years, well before the financial crisis,” he added. “If we don’t do anything, then growth will be slower than it should

. Unemployment will not go down as fast as it should. Income inequality will continue to rise,” he said. “That’s not a future that we should accept.”

Only a fool (or an idiot leftist) would take serious anything this man has to say. He's had almost five years to try to reduce inequality, and he's not done jack but push for failed big government boondoggles and idiotic "green" energy scams. There's more at that top link, and the full interview is at Mememorandum.

Tim Hudson Broken Ankle

I saw a picture of Hudson sprawled out in pain while reading the L.A. Times the other day. But I've got the Braves and St. Louis on right now, on ESPN, and they showed the replay.

"Gruesome" is putting it mildly, at the Times, "Tim Hudson suffers gruesome broken ankle [video]."

Scroll forward to 1:40 minutes at the clip.

Britney Spears at 'Smurfs 2' Premiere

Hey, lookin' good!

At London's Daily Mail, "Ooh la la! Britney Spears wows in a clinging blue dress as she attends The Smurfs 2 premiere with her adorable sons."