"Dirty deal."
Sounds, well, dirty.
Via ReasonTV.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Monday, October 14, 2013
#StopRush Troll Melissa Brewer and the Kimberlin-Schmalfeldt Axis of Criminal Harassment and Intimidation
Robert Stacy McCain posted an entry the other day explaining the significance of the conservative campaign against Brett Kimberlin and his associates.
See, "WHY BRETT KIMBERLIN MATTERS."
It might seem funny that Robert would write such an entry, especially given the massive anti-Kimberlin blog-burst that erupted 18-months ago in defense of a number of TCOT bloggers who'd been targeted by the convicted Speedway Bomber and nascent left-wing "justice-through-music" shakedown scam artist. (See Michelle Malkin for a refresher, "Free speech blogburst: Show solidarity for targeted conservative bloggers; Update: It’s Everybody Blog About Brett Kimberlin Day; Donation fund for targets.")
But as anyone who's even sporadically kept up with this situation knows, Kimberlin maintains a deep bench of malicious hate-activists ("hatevists") conducting long-term intimidation campaigns to harass into silence conservative voices online, on Twitter and the right blogosphere. While no doubt many of the original participants in the Everybody Blog About Brett Kimberlin blogburst have moved on --- either having lost interest, or in fact having little skin in the game to keep them angry and engaged against the haters --- the core group of bloggers targeted by the Kimberlin axis are still battling the hate, most prominently by defending themselves against a $1 million Kimberlin lawsuit filed in Montgomery County, Maryland, in September.
I confess to often overlooking the need to stay up-to-date on the Kimberlin cabal, and I certainly haven't blogged as much as I should have on this --- against an utterly depraved program of hatred, perversion and criminal violence attempting to destroy anyone who dares speak truth against the evil.
I'm now updating after seeing the latest developments at the Other McCain, "The #Shutuppery Files: ‘Twitter Gulag’ #StopRush Crew Joined Team Kimberlin." The entry focuses on the nefarious #StopRush troll Melissa Brewer (pictured above), who in a previous incarnation posted under the Twitter handle "Melisssa in DC (@subculturestuff). Brewer, under that nom de guerre, organized a campaign against Sister Toldjah, which included the creation of an enemies list of conservatives to be targeted for dispatch to Twitter gulag. Right-blogger Serr8d was on the list and has it posted at his blog, "Twitter 'Hit List', Organized by the #StopRush Liberal Fascists Who Are All Hatetivists."
Brewer's harassment went well beyond Twitter malevolence campaigns. This is someone who was deeply involved in criminal harassment of conservatives, including publishing the personal information of her targets, as well as contacting employers of the people she'd targeted for destruction. Check this post for an idea of this woman's machinations, "Twitler's List."
It turns out that new information links Brewer to Bill Schmalfeldt's completely unhinged psycho-killer campaign against Kimberlin target Aaron Worthing and others. New information also ties her to the various mob-style smear campaigns of Kimberlin’s associate Neal Rauhauser.
I'm not an expert on these things, as mentioned. It's hard enough keeping up on my day job. But I've been targeted in equally evil campaigns of workplace intimidation and harassment. These attacks are among the signature methods of the anarchist-Alinskyite-nihilist left. Frankly, I was shocked at the enormity of lies that leftist enemies were willing to spew in their disgusting and wicked campaigns of workplace harassment. I now know there's no depth to which regressive leftists won't stoop to literally annihilate those whom they detest. And thus, for true patriots there is no higher battle than standing up for decency and right. In the end, defending truth is the ultimate virtue, for if you don't have truth you have tyranny. And what the left wants more than anything is to destroy any semblance of virtue that stands athwart its totalitarian project. They have not reason nor faith. Only brute force and the legions of Lucifer willing to do their bidding. I don't exaggerate on this. Brett Kimberlin's personal jihad against any and all who deign to even mention his name speaks to the left's genuine existential hatred of goodness and righteousness. I suspect most people haven't the personal constitution and fortitude to withstand the onslaught. Indeed, many will simply run and hide from the hate-addled monstrosity of progressive intimidation. But it can't be ignored. Civil society will perish if no one stands in its defense. As I get older, and I see how the U.S. has become largely a shell of itself and its past glory, I know the fight is long but that conservative values will again prevail with nurture and perseverance. The defense against the Kimberlin axis is but one theater in the right's long campaign against the left's postmodern socialist takeover of America. These are truths of my being. I will die vindicating them.
In any case, more from the Other McCain:
See, "WHY BRETT KIMBERLIN MATTERS."
But as anyone who's even sporadically kept up with this situation knows, Kimberlin maintains a deep bench of malicious hate-activists ("hatevists") conducting long-term intimidation campaigns to harass into silence conservative voices online, on Twitter and the right blogosphere. While no doubt many of the original participants in the Everybody Blog About Brett Kimberlin blogburst have moved on --- either having lost interest, or in fact having little skin in the game to keep them angry and engaged against the haters --- the core group of bloggers targeted by the Kimberlin axis are still battling the hate, most prominently by defending themselves against a $1 million Kimberlin lawsuit filed in Montgomery County, Maryland, in September.
I confess to often overlooking the need to stay up-to-date on the Kimberlin cabal, and I certainly haven't blogged as much as I should have on this --- against an utterly depraved program of hatred, perversion and criminal violence attempting to destroy anyone who dares speak truth against the evil.
I'm now updating after seeing the latest developments at the Other McCain, "The #Shutuppery Files: ‘Twitter Gulag’ #StopRush Crew Joined Team Kimberlin." The entry focuses on the nefarious #StopRush troll Melissa Brewer (pictured above), who in a previous incarnation posted under the Twitter handle "Melisssa in DC (@subculturestuff). Brewer, under that nom de guerre, organized a campaign against Sister Toldjah, which included the creation of an enemies list of conservatives to be targeted for dispatch to Twitter gulag. Right-blogger Serr8d was on the list and has it posted at his blog, "Twitter 'Hit List', Organized by the #StopRush Liberal Fascists Who Are All Hatetivists."
Brewer's harassment went well beyond Twitter malevolence campaigns. This is someone who was deeply involved in criminal harassment of conservatives, including publishing the personal information of her targets, as well as contacting employers of the people she'd targeted for destruction. Check this post for an idea of this woman's machinations, "Twitler's List."
It turns out that new information links Brewer to Bill Schmalfeldt's completely unhinged psycho-killer campaign against Kimberlin target Aaron Worthing and others. New information also ties her to the various mob-style smear campaigns of Kimberlin’s associate Neal Rauhauser.
I'm not an expert on these things, as mentioned. It's hard enough keeping up on my day job. But I've been targeted in equally evil campaigns of workplace intimidation and harassment. These attacks are among the signature methods of the anarchist-Alinskyite-nihilist left. Frankly, I was shocked at the enormity of lies that leftist enemies were willing to spew in their disgusting and wicked campaigns of workplace harassment. I now know there's no depth to which regressive leftists won't stoop to literally annihilate those whom they detest. And thus, for true patriots there is no higher battle than standing up for decency and right. In the end, defending truth is the ultimate virtue, for if you don't have truth you have tyranny. And what the left wants more than anything is to destroy any semblance of virtue that stands athwart its totalitarian project. They have not reason nor faith. Only brute force and the legions of Lucifer willing to do their bidding. I don't exaggerate on this. Brett Kimberlin's personal jihad against any and all who deign to even mention his name speaks to the left's genuine existential hatred of goodness and righteousness. I suspect most people haven't the personal constitution and fortitude to withstand the onslaught. Indeed, many will simply run and hide from the hate-addled monstrosity of progressive intimidation. But it can't be ignored. Civil society will perish if no one stands in its defense. As I get older, and I see how the U.S. has become largely a shell of itself and its past glory, I know the fight is long but that conservative values will again prevail with nurture and perseverance. The defense against the Kimberlin axis is but one theater in the right's long campaign against the left's postmodern socialist takeover of America. These are truths of my being. I will die vindicating them.
In any case, more from the Other McCain:
So, to recap: The same Melissa Brewer who was part of the hateful #StopRush boycott effort to silence Rush Limbaugh, the same Melissa Brewer who was part of the hateful effort to silence @SisterToldjah and other conservatives on Twitter, this was the Melissa Brewer who claimed to have an “Anon leak about people being PAID to blog about Kimberlin,” and this same Melissa Brewer was communicating multiple times daily with Bill Schmalfeldt, who has harassed Aaron Worthing, Ali Akbar, Lee Stranahan, Patrick “Patterico” Frey, John Hoge and others. Lee Stranahan, Feb. 16:Go back and RTWT.
Cease & Desist: Melissa Brewer aka @CatsRImportant Is Working With Bill SchmalfeldtThat was at the time Stranahan was pursuing harassment charges against Schmalfeldt. It has been alleged by Kimberlin Unmasked that Melissa Brewer is “Xenophon,” who has published multiple attacks on Team Kimberlin targets. And guess what? Kimberlin Unmasked also is a defendant in the Kimberlin v. Walker et al. lawsuit. Now, after all this, Melissa Brewer has posted a long article with this headline:
My Story: PTSD, Survival, and Feminism
#ObamaCare Deductibles a Dose of Sticker Shock
Everyday, another report of the law working exactly opposite of the way Democrats promised it would.
Consumer costs are supposed to be coming down, but they're not.
See the Chicago Tribune:
Consumer costs are supposed to be coming down, but they're not.
See the Chicago Tribune:
Obamacare deductibles a dose of sticker shock http://t.co/St0ZS9k1nm
— Anne Leary (@backyardconserv) October 14, 2013
Adam Weldzius, a nurse practitioner, considers himself better informed than most when it comes to the inner workings of health insurance. But even he wasn't prepared for the pocketbook hit he'll face next year under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.Keep reading.
If the 33-year-old single father wants the same level of coverage next year as what he has now with the same insurer and the same network of doctors and hospitals, his monthly premium of $233 will more than double. If he wants to keep his monthly payments in check, the Carpentersville resident is looking at an annual deductible for himself and his 7-year-old daughter of $12,700, a more than threefold increase from $3,500 today.
"I believe everybody should be able to have health insurance, but at the same time, I'm being penalized. And for what?" said Weldzius, who is not offered insurance through his employer. "For someone who's always had insurance, who's always taken care of myself, now I have to change my plan?"
Many Illinoisans buying health coverage on their own next year will face a similar dilemma spurred by the health care overhaul: pay higher monthly insurance premiums or run the risk of having to shell out thousands more in deductibles for health care if they get sick.
To promote the Oct. 1 debut of the exchanges, the online marketplaces where consumers can shop and buy insurance, Obama administration and Illinois officials touted the lower-than-expected monthly premiums that would make insurance more affordable for millions of Americans. But a Tribune analysis shows that 21 of the 22 lowest-priced plans offered on the Illinois health insurance exchange for Cook County have annual deductibles of more than $4,000 for an individual and $8,000 for family coverage.
Those deductibles, which represent the out-of-pocket money consumers must spend on health care before most insurance benefits kick in, are higher than what many consumers expected or may be able to stomach, benefit experts said.
By comparison, people who buy health insurance through their employer have an average individual deductible of just more than $1,100, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Although millions of Americans will be eligible for federal assistance to help offset some of those costs, millions will not, underscoring one of the trade-offs wrought under the law's goal to ensure most people have access to health insurance.
"It's been major sticker shock for most of my clients and prospects," said Rich Fahn, president of the Northbrook-based insurance broker Excell Benefit Group. "I'm telling (clients) that everything they know historically about health plans has changed. They either have to pay more out-of-pocket or more premiums or both. It's an overwhelming concern."
Veterans Take Over Washington Mall, Liberate War Memorials — #1MVetMarch
William Jacobson had the awesomely-titled post yesterday, "Liberation of WWII Memorial."
In all my years of tea party protests and anti-ObamaCare rallies, I don't think anything has resonated so viscerally with American freedom.
At Fire Andrea Mitchell, "Pictures From Million Veteran March – Media AWOL in Coverage."
And one hella roundup at Weasel Zippers, "DEVELOPING… Veterans Storm D.C. #VetMarch."
Also at Gateway Pundit, "Patriots at the Million Vets March Carry Barricades from Lincoln Memorial to Set Up at White House (Video)."And from the Mad Jewess, "Vets, Patriots & Truckers Throw Obama’s Bolshevik Barriers On The White House Lawn."
In all my years of tea party protests and anti-ObamaCare rallies, I don't think anything has resonated so viscerally with American freedom.
At Fire Andrea Mitchell, "Pictures From Million Veteran March – Media AWOL in Coverage."
And one hella roundup at Weasel Zippers, "DEVELOPING… Veterans Storm D.C. #VetMarch."
Also at Gateway Pundit, "Patriots at the Million Vets March Carry Barricades from Lincoln Memorial to Set Up at White House (Video)."And from the Mad Jewess, "Vets, Patriots & Truckers Throw Obama’s Bolshevik Barriers On The White House Lawn."
Follow @RealJamesWoods on Twitter!
He's freakin' amazing.
Yesterday he was tweeting a storm on the veterans' march on D.C.
And last week, at Twitchy, "‘My country first’: James Woods doesn’t ‘expect to work again’ after brutally honest criticism of Obama."
Yesterday he was tweeting a storm on the veterans' march on D.C.
Thank God we have baton wielding riot police to protect us from 85 yr old vets in wheelchairs. Thanks, Mr. Obama pic.twitter.com/hrxWzMkO18
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) October 13, 2013
And last week, at Twitchy, "‘My country first’: James Woods doesn’t ‘expect to work again’ after brutally honest criticism of Obama."
New Versions Question Dakota Meyer's Account of Battle at Afghanistan’s Ganjgal Valley in September 2009
I was reading this story Saturday night on my iPhone before bedtime, at WaPo, "For Medal of Honor recipient Capt. William Swenson, a rocky path to the White House."
It turns out that retired U.S. Army Capt. William Swenson will be honored this week with the Medal of Honor at a White House ceremony, although it took tremendous pressure to bring about the recognition. According to the report:
I'm not one to question anyone's service, and since I wasn't there it's difficult to be sure exactly what happened. Still, as I finished the article I closed the app on went back on Twitter, and up pops this tweet from Laura Ingraham in my timeline:
I thought to myself, "Damn, that guy Dakota's indeed a huge self-promoter, hmmm." And then tweeted this out:
Never did hear back from any of 'em on Twitter. So, wtf?
It turns out that retired U.S. Army Capt. William Swenson will be honored this week with the Medal of Honor at a White House ceremony, although it took tremendous pressure to bring about the recognition. According to the report:
After returning from the battlefield, Swenson engaged in a lengthy and bitter dispute with the military over the narrative of one of the Afghan war’s most notorious firefights.The details of the battle at the link, but here's more:
The questions he raised resulted in reprimands for two other officers and what he and others say was an effort by the Army to discredit him. His account also cast doubt on the exploits of another Medal of Honor recipient from the same battle, Dakota Meyer of the Marine Corps.
United in war, the two men have taken far different paths since. Meyer has found celebrity and success, with a book and a personal assistant, boosted by a story that Swenson considers an inflated and misleading account of that harrowing day.
Swenson — the first Army officer since the Vietnam War to be awarded the medal — has been unemployed since leaving the service in 2011. He is single and lives in Seattle, growing a thick beard and long hair, in contrast to the clean-cut look of his military days, and escaping often to the mountains to find solitude in “my forced early retirement.”
“Are you familiar with Pyrrhic victories?” Swenson said in a recent interview. “That’s what I specialize in.”
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) has never spoken with Swenson, but he was incensed when he learned about his case last year.RTWT.
A former Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, Hunter was frustrated by what he called the “armchair bureaucracy sitting back at the Pentagon changing what the guys on the ground are saying happened.”
The congressman took up Swenson’s cause, writing letters to high-ranking military officials. “It’s taken four years for Swenson to get the medal,” Hunter said in an interview. “Don’t tell me you can’t do it in six months.”
After an internal investigation, Army officials concluded that Swenson’s digital nomination packet had been lost in the computer system for 19 months. Landay also reported that the Army’s investigation had uncovered evidence that military officials may have improperly attempted to downgrade the original nomination to a Distinguished Service Cross.
An Army spokeswoman said this past week that Swenson’s award had not been downgraded and that Medal of Honor award procedures were not violated. Swenson was renominated in 2011 after Marine Gen. John R. Allen, then the commander in Afghanistan, took interest.
“The Army is reviewing ways to ensure this type of injustice does not happen again,” said spokeswoman Tatjana Christian, adding that it typically takes one to three years to process a Medal of Honor nomination before it reaches the White House. She also noted that a medal was awarded this spring to Army Chaplain Emil J. Kapaun, a Korean War prisoner of war who died in captivity in 1951.
During the delay, Westbrook’s widow, Charlene Westbrook, who lives in Colorado, shared her frustrations in telephone conversations with Swenson. “It was almost like a blacklist,” she said in an interview. “He said something, criticized the upper ranks, and he’s being punished for it.”
Swenson retreated further into private life while Meyer became a prominent public figure. Last fall, Meyer published an autobiography titled “Into the Fire,” co-written by military author Bing West. Meyer said in the book that he killed a Taliban fighter by bashing him on the head with a rock — a detail he had not told investigators after the battle.
In the book, Meyer and West praise Swenson and criticize the Army for its handling of his case. But Swenson remains skeptical of Meyer and the publicity he has sought. Swenson has not spoken publicly about the Ganjgal battle.
I'm not one to question anyone's service, and since I wasn't there it's difficult to be sure exactly what happened. Still, as I finished the article I closed the app on went back on Twitter, and up pops this tweet from Laura Ingraham in my timeline:
A great time w/ @JonahNRO & @Dakota_Meyer at @GoldwaterInst Gala last night. #MedalofHonor #Phoenix pic.twitter.com/Py08jlPLDT
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) October 13, 2013
I thought to myself, "Damn, that guy Dakota's indeed a huge self-promoter, hmmm." And then tweeted this out:
.@Dakota_Meyer For Medal of Honor recipient, a rocky path to White House. @JonahNRO @IngrahamAngle http://t.co/RtgDLsPO0M
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) October 13, 2013
Never did hear back from any of 'em on Twitter. So, wtf?
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Spectacular David Ortiz Grand Slam Sparks #RedSox Come-From-Behind Victory to Tie #ALCS at One Apiece
Ima post the video when it's up at MLB's YouTube page.
Meanwhile, here's the Vine of Jarrod Saltalamacchia walk-off singe in the bottom of the 9th.
More At LAT, "David Ortiz spurs Red Sox to 6-5 comeback win over Tigers."
And at Fox Sports, "Red Sox-Tigers Live: David Ortiz’s Grand Slam Highlights Red Sox’ Amazing Walk-Off Victory in Game 2."
BONUS: At NYT, "Facing Unbeatable Starters, Red Sox Exploit Tigers’ Bullpen."
Meanwhile, here's the Vine of Jarrod Saltalamacchia walk-off singe in the bottom of the 9th.
No words. https://t.co/TDT5Sh0eFv
— Boston Red Sox (@RedSox) October 14, 2013
More At LAT, "David Ortiz spurs Red Sox to 6-5 comeback win over Tigers."
And at Fox Sports, "Red Sox-Tigers Live: David Ortiz’s Grand Slam Highlights Red Sox’ Amazing Walk-Off Victory in Game 2."
BONUS: At NYT, "Facing Unbeatable Starters, Red Sox Exploit Tigers’ Bullpen."
Dodgers in Trouble, But They've Overcome 0-2 Series Deficits Before
I'm not happy about it, obviously, but I would't count out any team down 0-2 in a best-of-seven series.
At LAT:
No matter, Ima be holding my breath through most of the game tomorrow, only gulping some oxygen to say a prayer.
More, "Dodgers' offense remains in hiding, Cards win 1-0 on unearned run."
See also Bill Plaschke, "Dodgers' title hopes take a one-two punch in St. Louis."
The Dodgers' 1-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday put the team in a bad position in their best-of-seven National League Championship Series and sent their fans reeling on social media. In the hours after the loss, so-called fans took to Twitter and Facebook, sending out messages of "Series over" or "Dodgers need to make some big changes."Still more examples at the link.
How soon they forget.
In 1965, the Dodgers faced the Minnesota Twins in the World Series. They were heavily favored, especially since they had Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax pitching Games 1 and 2. No way they lose both those games.
But they did, losing 8-2 and 5-1 in Minnesota.
Game 3 was set for Dodger Stadium, but the Twins were pitching noted Dodgers-killer Camilo Pascual, so a 3-0 series deficit seemed likely. If there had been social media then, the reaction would have been similar to the reaction Sunday. Up next this time, the Dodgers face Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright.
So, Dodgers fans, pay attention to this history lesson: In Game 3, 1965, Claude Osteen shut out the Twins, 4-0. Drysdale and Koufax then won Games 4 and 5, and the Dodgers won Game 7 in Minnesota, 2-0, to win the Series. Koufax pitched a three-hit shutout on two days' rest in the clincher and was named Series MVP.
Big deal, though, right? Its happening once doesn't mean much.
Well, it happened three other times.
In the 1981 National League division series, with their two best pitchers, Fernando Valenzuela and Jerry Reuss starting, the Dodgers lost Games 1 and 2 in Houston. They won the next three at Dodger Stadium to win the best-of-five series.
In the 1981 World Series, the Dodgers lost the first two games in New York before sweeping the next four from the Yankees to win the title.
No matter, Ima be holding my breath through most of the game tomorrow, only gulping some oxygen to say a prayer.
More, "Dodgers' offense remains in hiding, Cards win 1-0 on unearned run."
See also Bill Plaschke, "Dodgers' title hopes take a one-two punch in St. Louis."
Sunday Cartoons
At Flopping Aces, "Sunday Funnies."
Also at Randy's Roundtable, "Friday Nite Funnies," and Reaganite Republican, "Reaganite's SUNDAY FUNNIES."
More at Legal Insurrection, "Branco Cartoon – Got Your Back, Ted."
CARTOON CREDIT: William Warren.
Also at Randy's Roundtable, "Friday Nite Funnies," and Reaganite Republican, "Reaganite's SUNDAY FUNNIES."
More at Legal Insurrection, "Branco Cartoon – Got Your Back, Ted."
CARTOON CREDIT: William Warren.
Sunday Roundup of the Roundups — And Some #Rule5 Too!
Let's start it off with the Other McCain, "FMJRA 2.0: Cold Rock the Mike."
More, "An Interesting Admission: The Lies of Team Kimberlin and ‘The Gaped Crusader’."
Also from Bob Belvedere, "Resistance to Tyranny Forever – #OUTLAW."
And at the Conservative Hideout, "Sunday Links: Facebook Friends Pic Edition, Volume 83."
At Proof-Positive, "Best of the Web* Linkaround."
And from Blackmailers Don't Shoot, "Pretty Girls on a Thursday, Oh My Edition."
Plus, from Director Blue, "Larwyn's Linx: Obamacare -- Mind-Boggling Incompetence," and "AWESOME: Vets Dismantle Fences Around War Memorials, Then Barricade the White House."
More at Marooned in Marin, "Veterans, Citizens Take Back Their Memorials From Obama's Spite House."
At Maggie's Notebook, "The Real Story of Opening the WW II Memorial Barricades on October 5th, 2013."
And at BCF, "'If Muslims were treated in this country as Christians are in Egypt and Syria, there would be international outrage'."
At Maggie's Farm, "Saturday morning links."
Also from Drunken Stepfather, "STEPLINKS OF THE DAY."
And Egotastic!, "Melissa Debling, Chanelle Hayes, and Stacey Poole Topless Monthly Mammaries Kick Off 2014 Calendar Season."
See also Warner Todd Huston, at RWN, "Illinois School Gives Kids a Death Panel Assignment."
And at the Smoking Jacket, "She's Pretty: Get to Know Playmate Kayla Collins All Over Again" (via Linkiest).
At AoSHQ, "Republicans Spooked by NBC Poll, Ready to Cut a Deal For Like Whatever, Man."
And Michelle's Mirror, "Shutdown Day 13: A WTF Theatre Episode, “Shelter in Place.”
Still more at Sweetness and Light, "AP: Obama Brings Chilling Effect On Journalism."
Daley Gator, "DaleyGator DaleyBabe Marisol Gonzalez."
And finally, at Pirate's, "Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup," and "If All You See……is a watering hole that has obviously been dried up from Someone Else preparing chili for football Sunday, you might just be a Warmist."
Drop your links in the comments to be added to the next roundup!
Also from Bob Belvedere, "Resistance to Tyranny Forever – #OUTLAW."
And at the Conservative Hideout, "Sunday Links: Facebook Friends Pic Edition, Volume 83."
At Proof-Positive, "Best of the Web* Linkaround."
And from Blackmailers Don't Shoot, "Pretty Girls on a Thursday, Oh My Edition."
Plus, from Director Blue, "Larwyn's Linx: Obamacare -- Mind-Boggling Incompetence," and "AWESOME: Vets Dismantle Fences Around War Memorials, Then Barricade the White House."
More at Marooned in Marin, "Veterans, Citizens Take Back Their Memorials From Obama's Spite House."
At Maggie's Notebook, "The Real Story of Opening the WW II Memorial Barricades on October 5th, 2013."
And at BCF, "'If Muslims were treated in this country as Christians are in Egypt and Syria, there would be international outrage'."
At Maggie's Farm, "Saturday morning links."
Also from Drunken Stepfather, "STEPLINKS OF THE DAY."
And Egotastic!, "Melissa Debling, Chanelle Hayes, and Stacey Poole Topless Monthly Mammaries Kick Off 2014 Calendar Season."
See also Warner Todd Huston, at RWN, "Illinois School Gives Kids a Death Panel Assignment."
And at the Smoking Jacket, "She's Pretty: Get to Know Playmate Kayla Collins All Over Again" (via Linkiest).
At AoSHQ, "Republicans Spooked by NBC Poll, Ready to Cut a Deal For Like Whatever, Man."
And Michelle's Mirror, "Shutdown Day 13: A WTF Theatre Episode, “Shelter in Place.”
Still more at Sweetness and Light, "AP: Obama Brings Chilling Effect On Journalism."
Daley Gator, "DaleyGator DaleyBabe Marisol Gonzalez."
And finally, at Pirate's, "Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup," and "If All You See……is a watering hole that has obviously been dried up from Someone Else preparing chili for football Sunday, you might just be a Warmist."
Drop your links in the comments to be added to the next roundup!
CNN, Salon Hatemonger Joan Walsh Tout Confederate Flag at Million Vets March — #1MVetMarch
Look, this is just the start of it. You'll see attacks on the "racist, Confederate" veterans all next week during the primetime newscasts. And "tea baggers" too.
Here's Ben Shapiro at Big Government, "CNN MOCKS MILLION VET MARCH AS TEA PARTY CRAZIES."
And at CNN, "Rallier tells Obama to ‘put the Quran down’."
Notice how CNN positions the Confederate flag front and center in its reporting:
And disgusting hate-merchant Joan Walsh took to Twitter to smear veterans as "racist neo-Confederates":
More, ICYMI, from Dana Loesch, "Media Targets Million Veteran March."
@AmPowerBlog I'm waiting for media headlines "veteran tea baggers."
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) October 13, 2013
Here's Ben Shapiro at Big Government, "CNN MOCKS MILLION VET MARCH AS TEA PARTY CRAZIES."
And at CNN, "Rallier tells Obama to ‘put the Quran down’."
Notice how CNN positions the Confederate flag front and center in its reporting:
And disgusting hate-merchant Joan Walsh took to Twitter to smear veterans as "racist neo-Confederates":
That Confederate flag at the White House today is really a nice touch: pic.twitter.com/avXiBME6Xd
— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) October 13, 2013
More, ICYMI, from Dana Loesch, "Media Targets Million Veteran March."
Powerful Photos From #1MVetMarch!
I'm overwhelmed with all the incredible news out of Washington. I'll try to post more, but the photographs from the Million Vets March are some of the most powerful of the Obama era.
See Twitchy, "Powerful photo from Million Vets March sums up ‘American spirit’," and Protein Wisdom, "Vets remove barrycades from memorial, carry them to the #SpiteHouse [Darleen Click] UPDATED!"
Added: "‘Shut down the White House!’ Million Vets March protests outside the Spite House [pics]."
This protest is so devastating to the left's narrative that now we have "mainstream" media outlets attacking veterans as "a 'group of conservatives' who are basically birthers and racists and hate Obama." In other words, "tea baggers." See Dana Loesch, "Media Targets Million Veteran March."
PREVIOUSLY: "Million Vets March."
See Twitchy, "Powerful photo from Million Vets March sums up ‘American spirit’," and Protein Wisdom, "Vets remove barrycades from memorial, carry them to the #SpiteHouse [Darleen Click] UPDATED!"
Added: "‘Shut down the White House!’ Million Vets March protests outside the Spite House [pics]."
This protest is so devastating to the left's narrative that now we have "mainstream" media outlets attacking veterans as "a 'group of conservatives' who are basically birthers and racists and hate Obama." In other words, "tea baggers." See Dana Loesch, "Media Targets Million Veteran March."
PREVIOUSLY: "Million Vets March."
Backlash Against Britain's Treasonous Guardian Newspaper
I check Louise Mensch's Twitter feed everyday.
She's been on a crusade to bring charges against the Guardian UK for its treasonous publication of the NSA files, including the identities of UK intelligence personnel.
And see the devastating editorial at London's Daily Mail, "The paper that helps Britain's enemies."
Also at CIF Watch, "The paper which hates Britain? Guardian leaks ‘worst blow to British intel ever’":
She's been on a crusade to bring charges against the Guardian UK for its treasonous publication of the NSA files, including the identities of UK intelligence personnel.
The Guardian backtracking frantically, trying to avoid Terrorism Act 2000 prosecution over GCHQ ... http://t.co/wgOCj5KMzC
— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) October 13, 2013
My questions about Guardian trafficking GCHQ names panicking paper - they only deny SPIES names ... http://t.co/0inH1wfaNF
— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) October 13, 2013
You will note the @Guardian does not deny trafficking names of GCHQ staff - a clear crime under the Terrorism Act http://t.co/cNu0KEDVEG
— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) October 13, 2013
Did it FedEx names of GCHQ personnel to ProPublica? Did you, @Guardian? #Snowden #TerrorismAct http://t.co/cNu0KEDVEG
— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) October 13, 2013
There is no public interest defence to the crime of disclosing identity of anyone who works in the intelligence services. Guardian panicking
— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) October 13, 2013
And you better believe I have been collating the tweets and quotes of vainglorious Guardianistas who now realize trafficking data a crime
— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) October 13, 2013
There is a difference in law between receiving files and reporting on them, and then copying, trafficking and distributing them #Snowden
— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) October 13, 2013
The Guardian have copied, duplicated and trafficked the files as @janinegibson and @arusbridger have both boasted online
— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) October 13, 2013
Meanwhile, it seems all is not well with Edward #Snowden. His father was promised he could see him. #Wikileaks now keeping him from his son.
— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) October 13, 2013
#Snowden's father traveled to Russia to see his boy and now is being denied access. What a surprise.
— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) October 13, 2013
And see the devastating editorial at London's Daily Mail, "The paper that helps Britain's enemies."
Also at CIF Watch, "The paper which hates Britain? Guardian leaks ‘worst blow to British intel ever’":
The focus of this blog is of course to monitor the Guardian for antisemitism and the assault on Israel’s legitimacy, but it’s vital to understand the broader ideology which inspires the anti-Zionism we are constantly documenting. Glenn Greenwald, as with his fellow political travelers at the Guardian, is not a mere “progressive” commentator (yet alone a “journalist) but, rather, a radical activist inspired by an “anti-imperialist” ideology which holds his own country and its democratic allies in contempt, and advances propaganda which amplifies the message of our enemies.Actually, I disagree there: They hate their country with a white-hot revulsion, as do any hard-leftists in any country, such as the American left supporting traitors such as Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden himself.
The Guardian’s editor Alan Rusbridger, typifying the vitriol directed against the West by many within the leftist intelligentsia, in defending his paper’s right to publish classified documents, referred to George Orwell’s book ’1984′ and argued that US and British intelligence gathering went “beyond Orwell’s imagination”. However, Orwell understood the advantages of even flawed democracies over totalitarian regimes and realized the danger of an intellectual elite which doesn’t understand such stark moral differences.
In 1945, Orwell published “Notes on Nationalism” which argued that within the leftist intelligentsia there is “a derisive and mildly hostile attitude towards Britain [that] is more or less compulsory”, and that that, to such intellectuals, political outrage is inevitably directed not towards truly totalitarian regimes, but “almost entirely against Britain and the United States.”
The Guardian’s role in nurturing indifference towards its own country’s national security – a political orientation John Stuart Mill characterized as a “decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling” – should rightly be seen as a genuine threat to the Western political values to which true liberals remain loyal.
Guardian editors and contributors may not hate Britain, but their activism certainly serves to aid and abet those who do.
Million Vets March
I wish I was there.
At the Washington Times, "UPDATED: "Million" vets are in DC to demand their monuments be opened."
And at CBS News DC, "'Million Vet March' Storms DC Memorials."
More a Twitchy, "#1MVetMarch: Barrycades down! Spite House barricades no match for Million Vets March [photos]."
And, "‘It belongs to the people!’ Sarah Palin and Sens. Cruz, Lee address Million Vets March [pics]," and "‘Awesome!’ Veterans remove Barrycades from memorials, transport to White House [pics]."
At the Washington Times, "UPDATED: "Million" vets are in DC to demand their monuments be opened."
And at CBS News DC, "'Million Vet March' Storms DC Memorials."
How this great nation was founded and how it will be resurrected. MR. OBAMA, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL: pic.twitter.com/j9nUQobGhW
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) October 13, 2013
More a Twitchy, "#1MVetMarch: Barrycades down! Spite House barricades no match for Million Vets March [photos]."
And, "‘It belongs to the people!’ Sarah Palin and Sens. Cruz, Lee address Million Vets March [pics]," and "‘Awesome!’ Veterans remove Barrycades from memorials, transport to White House [pics]."
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Pressure on Twitter to Change
Twitter's already changing for the worse, but once that IPO is consummated, it could be all downhill.
From Farhad Manjoo, at WSJ, "Please Twitter, Just Stay Weird: An IPO Will Pressure Twitter to Change—and Not for the Better":
It's already trying to be more like a "social media" site, and a lot of the changes aren't working too well, as indicated by Michelle Malkin's tweet above.
We'll see how it goes.
From Farhad Manjoo, at WSJ, "Please Twitter, Just Stay Weird: An IPO Will Pressure Twitter to Change—and Not for the Better":
Dear @Twitter: PLEASE let me turn off "retweeted a Tweet you were mentioned in" notifications. Drowning.
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) October 8, 2013
I am an inveterate Tweeter. I use Twitter more than any communications medium other than email. I check it first thing in the morning, last thing at night, and about a billion times in between. (Assume that for every sentence in this article, I've refreshed Twitter three times.) I've tweeted my wedding, my kids' births, and my major surgeries.Continue reading.
I have joked with my wife—who, like most sensible people, doesn't use Twitter but loves Facebook FB +0.12% —that by neglecting the microblogging service, she's missing out on the most interesting facet of my personality. The sad thing about this is that, most days, it isn't really a joke: @fmanjoo is usually a lot more fun than Farhad Manjoo.
But as for all true loves, I've never been able to explain what I get out of Twitter, or why exactly I find it so enthralling. I don't think I've ever convinced a single person I know in real life to join Twitter. Twitter Inc., the company, seems to have a similar problem. It has long struggled with huge "churn"—many people who sign up don't use it—and reports suggest that its user growth slowed. Part of this stems from Twitter's insular conventions, all those mysterious @s and #s.
But there's a larger reason for Twitter's mainstream difficulty: Twitter is, fundamentally, a strange, nearly surreal service. Unlike Facebook, it isn't for everyone. That's what the initiated love about it—but now that Twitter is going public and looking for growth, Twitter's inherent weirdness is at risk.
When it is public, Twitter will be forced to do a couple things that it might not have otherwise considered. First, it will have to run a lot more ads. This isn't surprising—every website turns on the spigot at some time—and it won't be ruinous. Twitter's ads, which show up as regular tweets, are some of the least annoying ad units found anywhere online. But Twitter will also face intense pressure to alter its service in order to make the service more widely appealing.
To meet investors' expectations of growth, Twitter will increasingly be pushed to mimic services like Facebook and Instagram: to favor pictures and videos over texts, to highlight interactions with friends, or to impose some kind of order on your chaotic, fast-moving stream of tweets. The danger in Twitter's IPO is that it will be pushed to turn into something for everyone—something it isn't.
As I've argued before, most Web services take off by offering an online analogue for activities we already do offline. Facebook is an online phone book, Google an online library, Amazon an online store. These services instantly make sense to new users. Twitter isn't like that. What's Twitter? It's an online ham radio. The activities Twitter is good for—posting public links and commentary, making "friends" with people you don't know offline, following breaking news—aren't mainstream pursuits. Twitter is a natural platform for celebrities, journalists, politicians, marketers, and anyone else who wants to cultivate a public following or connect with strangers. But most people don't have anything to sell, they don't have a brand to burnish, and a lot of us are justifiably leery of posting publicly...
It's already trying to be more like a "social media" site, and a lot of the changes aren't working too well, as indicated by Michelle Malkin's tweet above.
We'll see how it goes.
Tommy Robinson, Former EDL Leader, Capitulates to Islam, Joins Forces of Global Jihad
I have wonderful respect for my co-counter-jihad bloggers, but I have to say I've never been one to tout the bona fides of former EDL leader Tommy Robinson. I can spot a fascist organization when I see it, and the EDL is a bunch of drunks, hooligans, and criminal thugs. I wouldn't ally with them, frankly, and I personally warned Pamela Geller about these people a few years back. She's been wary, for good reason, but has been willing to listen to Robinson, and has championed him during his struggles against Britain's Islamo-coddling left.
But now the bloom is off the rose, if there ever was one.
Here's Pamela's report, "TOMMY ROBINSON: BREAKING BAD." (Robinson's pictured below with Islamist supremacist Mohammed Ansar.)
And more from Robert Spencer, "And here's to you, Tommy Robinson."
Folks can read all the accounts at the links.
My theory is simply that Robinson sold out counter-jihad to save his sorry ass from a long stay in a British penitentiary. By confessing his sins, abandoning his blasphemy from the religion of Islamist supremacy, and redirecting his firepower against those still standing for freedom in the West, he's attempting to gain the good graces of the totalitarian forces now raising the black flag of Muslim tyranny over Europe. He's the Marshal Petain of contemporary Britain, a former warrior against jihad injustice and Islamic death, now a craven turncoat surrendering to an Occupied Britain.
See the Guardian UK, for instance, "Ex-EDL leader Tommy Robinson says sorry for causing fear to Muslims." And at London's Daily Mail, "Former EDL leader Tommy Robinson vows to help police track down 'racists' within the organisation and says he's sorry for scaring British Muslims."
He's turned states's witness, the sorry-assed coot.
Expect updates. I'm wondering how some of my fellow counter-jihadists are handling this, and will provide additional links as I find them.
Added: At Saberpoint, "The Effemination of Tommy Robinson Continues: He Publicly Apologizes to U.K. Muslims for Telling the Truth #EDL, #TommyRobinson, #Islam."
More: Check out Janice Fiamengo, "Tommy Robinson Exits the Field":
But now the bloom is off the rose, if there ever was one.
Here's Pamela's report, "TOMMY ROBINSON: BREAKING BAD." (Robinson's pictured below with Islamist supremacist Mohammed Ansar.)
And more from Robert Spencer, "And here's to you, Tommy Robinson."
Folks can read all the accounts at the links.
My theory is simply that Robinson sold out counter-jihad to save his sorry ass from a long stay in a British penitentiary. By confessing his sins, abandoning his blasphemy from the religion of Islamist supremacy, and redirecting his firepower against those still standing for freedom in the West, he's attempting to gain the good graces of the totalitarian forces now raising the black flag of Muslim tyranny over Europe. He's the Marshal Petain of contemporary Britain, a former warrior against jihad injustice and Islamic death, now a craven turncoat surrendering to an Occupied Britain.
See the Guardian UK, for instance, "Ex-EDL leader Tommy Robinson says sorry for causing fear to Muslims." And at London's Daily Mail, "Former EDL leader Tommy Robinson vows to help police track down 'racists' within the organisation and says he's sorry for scaring British Muslims."
He's turned states's witness, the sorry-assed coot.
Expect updates. I'm wondering how some of my fellow counter-jihadists are handling this, and will provide additional links as I find them.
Added: At Saberpoint, "The Effemination of Tommy Robinson Continues: He Publicly Apologizes to U.K. Muslims for Telling the Truth #EDL, #TommyRobinson, #Islam."
More: Check out Janice Fiamengo, "Tommy Robinson Exits the Field":
I hope I am wrong about what has happened to Tommy Robinson. I hope he will go on to successful anti-jihad activism with moderate Muslims and other Britons of good will. But I am afraid that his actions signal the end of genuine resistance to Islamism in Briton and represent the next stage in a tragic drama of capitulation and collapse of a once-valiant nation.RTWT.
Democrats Reject Republican Plan to Extend Borrowing for Six Weeks
At WSJ, "Pace Quickens on Budget Resolution: White House Rejects House GOP Plan to Extend Borrowing for Six Weeks, Argues for Longer-Term Talks."
And at the New York Times, "Impasse Grinds On as House Says Its Offer Was Rejected," and the Hill, "Boehner reports no progress as focus shifts to Senate plan":
And at the New York Times, "Impasse Grinds On as House Says Its Offer Was Rejected," and the Hill, "Boehner reports no progress as focus shifts to Senate plan":
Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) said Boehner told members that there is "no deal" and "no negotiations" going on with the White House. The leadership is still waiting for more engagement from President Obama, Hudson said.Still more at Roll Call, "House GOP Talks With Obama Break Down as Both Look to Senate" (via Memeorandum).
Conservative Rep Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) said they were told negotiations are stalled with White House.
"It's up to the Senate Republicans...the president rejected our deal," he said.
Asked if he had reason to hope for a resolution, Rogers said: "I don't see much reason."
The Collins proposal would set up longer-term budget talks between the House and Senate with a goal of reporting back by Jan. 15, 2014.
In exchange, Republicans are asking for minor changes to Obama's healthcare law that would include a two-year delay to a tax on medical devices. They would also ways to verify that people who get subsidies under ObamaCare are eligible to receive them.
In a Friday meeting at the White House, Obama did not embrace their competing plan, but it is clear that this is where the talks are now focused.
House Republicans expressed anger at the developments on Saturday.
“They are trying to jam us with the Senate and we are not going to roll over and take that,” House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said after the conference meeting. Ryan said he was headed back to his district and would not return until after the Columbus Day holiday on Monday.
There is growing pressure on Republicans to bend and agree to a deal given surveys showing their approval rating is tanking. They are also running out of time, as the Treasury Department says the debt ceiling will be reached in just six days.
On Friday, GOP lawmakers in both chambers said there was confusion and frustration about the party’s strategy.
"There's plates spinning everywhere. Everybody's now trying to work on this," said Rep. James Lankford (R-Okla.), a member of House GOP leadership. "It's just confusing to try to figure out what's the deal that's actually getting traction."
Boehner would not comment on Friday. He spent about an hour eating Chinese food and kibitzing with fellow House Republicans in a smoke-filled room in the Capitol before departing for the evening.
Ezra Klein, #ObamaCare Über Cheerleader, Admits Democrat Healthcare Launch Is Total Disaster
Hey, CWCID.
I don't like Ezra Klein. He's a bald-faced liar and partisan hack. A juice-box loser.
But hey, things are so bad even this tool can't spin things otherwise.
From Mary Katharine Ham, "Ezra Klein: Let’s face it, they’ve done a terrible job launching Obamacare."
And FWIW, here's the juice-box boy at WaPo, "Wonkbook: Obamacare’s Web site is really bad."
#ObamaCare is wrong for America and the disastrous health exchange launch is only a glimpse of the crushing incompetence and failing care in the years to come.
It's going to take full repeal to get rid of this monstrosity, but fortunately things are going so badly the GOP will leveraged into power in the coming elections, especially 2016.
I don't like Ezra Klein. He's a bald-faced liar and partisan hack. A juice-box loser.
But hey, things are so bad even this tool can't spin things otherwise.
From Mary Katharine Ham, "Ezra Klein: Let’s face it, they’ve done a terrible job launching Obamacare."
And FWIW, here's the juice-box boy at WaPo, "Wonkbook: Obamacare’s Web site is really bad."
#ObamaCare is wrong for America and the disastrous health exchange launch is only a glimpse of the crushing incompetence and failing care in the years to come.
It's going to take full repeal to get rid of this monstrosity, but fortunately things are going so badly the GOP will leveraged into power in the coming elections, especially 2016.
Stacey Poole Official 2014 Calendar
I mentioned this lovely yesterday.
She's on Twitter.
And at Egotastic!, "Stacey Poole Topless 2014 Calendar Photoshoot."
She's on Twitter.
And at Egotastic!, "Stacey Poole Topless 2014 Calendar Photoshoot."
Jake Tapper: 'I haven’t heard Republicans comparing the Democrats to suicide bombers or to kidnappers or to arsonists...'
I haven't had a chance to post this clip, but it's not too late. The Democrats have gone absolutely rabid with their demonizations of Republicans.
Via Ed Morrissey:
More at Hugh Hewitt's, "Jake Tapper On Media Bias and the Government Shutdown."
Via Ed Morrissey:
More at Hugh Hewitt's, "Jake Tapper On Media Bias and the Government Shutdown."
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