At the Times of Israel, "Baby killed as car rams crowd in Jerusalem terror attack," and "Baby killed in Jerusalem terror attack laid to rest."
Also, video at Israel Matzav, "And again: 'Palestinian' terrorist drives into crowd near light rail station, murders 3-montth old girl."
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Charlie Cook Isn't Quite as Whacked as the Kos Kook
Well, Charlie's predicting no 14-seat GOP pickup in the Senate, like the Kos Kook from the other day, "'Democratic Armageddon'."
Indeed, it's no sure thing for the Republicans. See, "Kansas and Georgia Change the Equation on Senate-Majority Math":
Indeed, it's no sure thing for the Republicans. See, "Kansas and Georgia Change the Equation on Senate-Majority Math":
Republicans still have the edge for a Senate majority, but this fight has a lot more uncertainty than the computer models suggest.No matter the size of the GOP gains, the Democrats are going to get hammered. It's not going to be pretty.
Evidence Supports Officer's Account of Shooting in Ferguson
At the Washington Post.
Via Instapundit, with snark, "IT’S LIKE WE WERE SOLD A FALSE NARRATIVE BY A MEDIA EAGER TO ENABLE DEMOCRATS’ ELECTION-YEAR RACE-BAITING OR SOMETHING."
And at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Source: Darren Wilson says Michael Brown kept charging at him." (Via Memeorandum.)
Via Instapundit, with snark, "IT’S LIKE WE WERE SOLD A FALSE NARRATIVE BY A MEDIA EAGER TO ENABLE DEMOCRATS’ ELECTION-YEAR RACE-BAITING OR SOMETHING."
And at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Source: Darren Wilson says Michael Brown kept charging at him." (Via Memeorandum.)
The Hunter Biden Chronicles of Cronyism and Corruption
From Michelle Malkin:
Crony influence-peddling=Hunter Biden’s life story. Where r critics of elitist privilege now? http://t.co/NSUtkRtlhv pic.twitter.com/aKplWWPIE2
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) October 22, 2014Everything you need to know about Beltway nepotism, corporate cronyism and corruption can be found in the biography of Robert Hunter Biden. Where are the Occupy Wall Street rabble-rousers and enemies of elitist privilege when you need them? Straining their neck muscles to look the other way.Pretty rich, but keep reading, heh.
The youngest son of Vice President Joe Biden made news last week after The Wall Street Journal revealed he had been booted from the Navy Reserve for cocaine use. His drug abuse was certainly no surprise to the Navy, which issued him a waiver for a previous drug offense before commissioning him as a public affairs officer at the age of 43. The Navy also bent over backward a second time with an age waiver so he could secure the cushy part-time job.
Papa Biden loves to tout his middle-class, “Average Joe” credentials. But rest assured, if his son had been “Hunter Smith” or “Hunter Jones” or “Hunter Brown,” the Navy’s extraordinary dispensations would be all but unattainable. Oh, and if he had been “Hunter Palin,” The New York Times would be on its 50th front-page investigative report by now.
Despite the disgraceful ejection from our military, Hunter’s Connecticut law license won’t be subject to automatic review. Because, well, Biden.
Biden’s bennies are not just one-offs. Skating by, flouting rules and extracting favors are the story of Hunter’s life.
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
What We Know About Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, Gunman in Ottawa Terror Attack
At Toronto's National Post, "Alleged Ottawa shooter apparently had criminal past in Quebec, was repeatedly brought in on drug charges."
And at the Blaze, "Here’s Everything We Know About Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, the Gunman Identified in the Canada Shooting."
PREVIOUSLY: "Ottawa Terrorist Attack."
And at the Blaze, "Here’s Everything We Know About Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, the Gunman Identified in the Canada Shooting."
PREVIOUSLY: "Ottawa Terrorist Attack."
Holiday Shopping at Amazon
Get started with some shopping for the kids, at Amazon, 2014 Holiday Toy List.
Bonus: And for mom and dad, Snow Sports.
Bonus: And for mom and dad, Snow Sports.
Texas Democrat Wendy Davis: She's All About 'Dildos, Cripple-Shaming, and Killin' Viable Infants'
Seriously.
Man, it's come to this?!!
At Twitchy, "Keep digging, Wendy! Tapped-out Team Davis reduced to playing the dildo card."
Man, it's come to this?!!
At Twitchy, "Keep digging, Wendy! Tapped-out Team Davis reduced to playing the dildo card."
Dildos, cripple-shaming, and killin' viable infants: @WendyDavisTexas is in touch with Texas values.
— Neal Dewing (@Neal_Dewing) October 20, 2014'Hot Shots' Calendar Under Fire for Photo Shoot on U.S. Military Base
Heh, some of my favorite British hotties.
At Telegraph UK:
Also at Free Beacon, "PICTURES: Unauthorized Models Infiltrate U.S. Army Compound."
At Telegraph UK:
'Hot Shots' calendar under fire for photo shoot on US military base http://t.co/REfxvtnHCa (Pic: Hot Shots/Facebook) pic.twitter.com/peeVzH86hy
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) October 21, 2014Also at Free Beacon, "PICTURES: Unauthorized Models Infiltrate U.S. Army Compound."
Batgirl, Mr. Incredible Knockdown Fight in Hollywood
Well, that's L.A. for you.
At LAT, "Mr. Incredible, Batgirl brawl in Hollywood; Freddy Krueger keeps peace."
At LAT, "Mr. Incredible, Batgirl brawl in Hollywood; Freddy Krueger keeps peace."
Joni Ernst Brings Back Hogs in New Campaign Spot
Remember from earlier this year, "'I'm Joni Ernst. I grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm. So when I get to Washington, I’ll know how to cut pork...'"
And now at National Journal, "New Joni Ernst TV Ad Goes Back to Her Hog-Castrating Roots."
And now at National Journal, "New Joni Ernst TV Ad Goes Back to Her Hog-Castrating Roots."
First-Person Reporting on Ottawa Terror Attack from Inside Canadian Parliament
It's Josh Wingrove, from Toronto's Globe and Mail, on Twitter.
Still in lockdown. Am safe. Check @globeandmail for video of the attack on Parliament Hill. Ignore any cursing you hear from me.
— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) October 22, 2014Ottawa Terrorist Attack
A huge story today.
At Toronto's National Post, "CPL. NATHAN CIRILLO IDENTIFIED AS SOLDIER AMBUSHED AND KILLED AT OTTAWA WAR MEMORIAL."
Also, "Ottawa attack timeline: At 9:56 a.m., motionless body seen outside Library of Parliament," and "Firsthand accounts of fatal Ottawa shooting: ‘There was a very real sense that nothing will ever be the same again’."
And at the Globe and Mail, "Potential flaws in parliamentary security pointed out in 2012 report," and the New York Times, "Canadian Soldier Dead After Attack Near Parliament in Ottawa."
Expect updates...
At Toronto's National Post, "CPL. NATHAN CIRILLO IDENTIFIED AS SOLDIER AMBUSHED AND KILLED AT OTTAWA WAR MEMORIAL."
Also, "Ottawa attack timeline: At 9:56 a.m., motionless body seen outside Library of Parliament," and "Firsthand accounts of fatal Ottawa shooting: ‘There was a very real sense that nothing will ever be the same again’."
And at the Globe and Mail, "Potential flaws in parliamentary security pointed out in 2012 report," and the New York Times, "Canadian Soldier Dead After Attack Near Parliament in Ottawa."
Expect updates...
CDC Is Awash in Social-Justice Ideology
So lame.
From Heather Mac Donald, at City Journal, "Infected by Politics":
Sill more at that top link.
From Heather Mac Donald, at City Journal, "Infected by Politics":
The public-health establishment has unanimously opposed a travel and visa moratorium from Ebola-plagued West African countries to protect the U.S. population. To evaluate whether this opposition rests on purely scientific grounds, it helps to understand the political character of the public-health field. For the last several decades, the profession has been awash in social-justice ideology. Many of its members view racism, sexism, and economic inequality, rather than individual behavior, as the primary drivers of differential health outcomes in the U.S. According to mainstream public-health thinking, publicizing the behavioral choices behind bad health—promiscuous sex, drug use, overeating, or lack of exercise—blames the victim.Remember, if the Ebola doesn't kill you, leftism will.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthy Communities Program, for example, focuses on “unfair health differences closely linked with social, economic or environmental disadvantages that adversely affect groups of people.” CDC’s Healthy People 2020 project recognizes that “health inequities are tied to economics, exclusion, and discrimination that prevent groups from accessing resources to live healthy lives,” according to Harvard public-health professor Nancy Krieger. Krieger is herself a magnet for federal funding, which she uses to spread the message about America’s unjust treatment of women, minorities, and the poor. To study the genetic components of health is tantamount to “scientific racism,” in Krieger’s view, since doing so overlooks the “impact of discrimination” on health. And of course the idea of any genetic racial differences is anathema to Krieger and her left-wing colleagues.
Local public-health programs are just as committed to “social justice.” The National Association of County and City Health Officials promoted a seven-part PBS documentary, Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making us Sick?, to trigger community dialogues about health equity. NACCHO’s Health Equity and Social Justice initiatives seek to “advance the capacity of local health departments to tackle the root causes of health inequities.”
During the height of the AIDS epidemic, the public-health profession abjured any focus on abstinence as a means of stopping the spread of the disease. This silence was contrary to decades of public-health response to venereal disease, which stressed individual responsibility, as well as contact tracing, to prevent further infections.
The American Journal of Public Health recently published a study coauthored by Columbia University professor and longtime police critic Jeffrey Fagan arguing that young black men who have been stopped and questioned by the New York Police Department suffer from stress and anxiety. The more times an individual gets stopped, Fagan claims, the more stress he may feel. The study did not consider whether individuals who have been stopped numerous times by the police may be anxious because they are gang members operating in a world where retaliatory shootings are common. Nor did it compare the stress of stop subjects with the stress once experienced by law-abiding residents of high-crime neighborhoods before the NYPD brought violent crime down 80 percent.
The public-health profession has a clear political orientation, so it’s quite possible that its opposition to a visa and travel moratorium is influenced as much by belief in America’s responsibility for the postcolonial oppression of Africa, and suspicion of American border enforcement, as it is by a commitment to public-health principles of containment and control...
Sill more at that top link.
Jeanne Shaheen Won't Say She Voted for Obama, Audience Erupts in Laughter
From last night's New Hampshire Senate debate:
Renée Zellweger?
I thought she was nice looking. She had a nice face. And she went and did this?
At People, "Renée Zellweger to PEOPLE: 'I'm Glad Folks Think I Look Different'."
At People, "Renée Zellweger to PEOPLE: 'I'm Glad Folks Think I Look Different'."
Yes, Renee Zellweger looks pretty much unrecognizable these days http://t.co/7PtlHAqFJ5 pic.twitter.com/rv2dOiEUwE
— Page Six (@PageSix) October 21, 2014British War Brides
An interesting piece, from Duncan Barrett, at the Los Angeles Times, "British war brides faced own battles during 1940s."
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