Judge Jeanine Blasts Unserious Obama

Time to get serious, you indifferent hack.

Denmark Police Kill Suspect at Noerrebro Train Station, Near Copenhagen Synagogue (VIDEO)

At the Guardian UK, "Copenhagen shootings: police kill man after deadly attacks at cafe and synagogue – rolling report."



And at Euronews, "Copenhagen: Man killed in police shoot-out after two deadly attacks."

Second Shooting Reported at Copenhagen Synagogue

At Twitchy, "Second shooting reported in Copenhagen, this time near synagogue; Three shot, including two police officers."

And at Telegraph UK, "Twin attacks in Copenhagen leave one dead, six injured":

Gunman opened fire on a synagogue, hours after one man was killed and three police officers wounded during an attack on free speech event in city.

More at NYT, "Fatal Shootings at Cafe and Near Synagogue in Copenhagen."

And watch, at CNN, "Police: Second shooting reported in center of Copenhagen."

PREVIOUSLY: "At Least One Dead in Attack on 'Freedom of Speech' Event at Krudttønden Cafe in Copenhagen, Denmark (VIDEO)."

Obama Arrives in Palm Springs, Golfs at Sunnylands — Blissfully Indifferent as World Burns

Hard at work.

At the Palm Springs Desert Sun, "Obama arrives in Palm Springs, golfs at Sunnylands."

From the airport, Pres Obama heads to the golf course at the Sunnylands Annenberg Estate. He's played there 5 times on previous visits.

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) February 14, 2015

Barack Obama: Mainstreaming Jew-Hatred in America

From Caroline Glick, "Mainstreaming Jew hatred in America":

U.S. President Barack Obama is mainstreaming anti-Semitism in America.

This week, apropos of seemingly nothing, in an interview with Mathew Yglesias from the Vox.com website, Obama was asked about terrorism. In his answer the president said the terrorism threat is overrated. And that was far from the most disturbing statement he made.

Moving from the general to the specific, Obama referred to the jihadists who committed last month’s massacres in Paris as “a bunch of violent vicious zealots,” who “randomly shot a bunch of folks in a deli in Paris.”

In other words, Ahmedy Coulibaly, the terrorist at Hyper Cacher, the kosher supermarket he targeted, was just some zealot. The Jews he murdered while they were shopping for Shabbat were just “a bunch of folks in a deli,” presumably shot down while ordering their turkey and cheese sandwiches.

No matter that Coulibaly called a French TV station from the kosher supermarket and said he was an al-Qaida terrorist and that he chose the kosher supermarket because he wanted to kill Jews.

As far as the leader of the free world is concerned, his massacre of four Jews at the market can teach us nothing about anything other than that some random people are mean and some random people are unlucky.

And anyway, Obama explained, we’re only talking about this random act of senseless violence because as he said, “If it bleeds, it leads.” The media, desperate for an audience, inflates the significance of these acts of random violence, for ratings.

Obama’s statement about the massacre of Jews in Paris is notable first and foremost for what it reveals about his comfort level with anti-Semitism.

By de-judaizing the victims, who were targets only because they were Jews, Obama denied the uniqueness of the threat jihadist Islam and its adherents pose to Jews. By pretending that Jews are not specifically targeted for murder simply because they are Jews, he dismissed the legitimate concerns Jews harbor for their safety, whether in Diaspora communities or in Israel.

If nothing distinguished Coulibaly’s massacre at Hyper Cacher from a mugging or an armed robbery gone bad, then Jews have no right to receive unique consideration – whether for their community’s security in London or Paris, or San Francisco – or for Israel’s security.

As subsequent statements from administration spokespeople made clear, Obama’s statement was not a gaffe. When questioned about his remarks, both White House spokesman Josh Earnest and State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki doubled down on Obama’s denial of the anti-Semitic nature of the massacre at Hyper Cacher. Earnest said that the Jews who were murdered were people who just “randomly happened to be” at the supermarket.

Psaki said that the victims didn’t share a common background or nationality, pretending away the bothersome fact that they were all Jews.

Just as bad as their denials of the anti-Jewish nature of the attack on Hyper Cacher, were Psaki’s and Earnest’s belated revisions of their remarks. After coming under a storm of criticism from American Jews and from the conservative media, both Psaki and Earnest turned to their Twitter accounts to walk back their remarks and admit that indeed, the massacre at Hyper Cacher was an anti-Semitic assault.

Their walk back was no better than their initial denial of the anti-Jewish nature of the Islamist attack, because it amplified the very anti-Semitism they previously promoted.

As many Obama supporters no doubt interpreted their behavior, first Obama and his flaks stood strong in their conviction that Jews are not specifically targeted. Then after they were excoriated for their statements by Jews and conservatives, they changed their tune.

The subtext is clear. The same Jews who are targeted no more than anyone else, are so powerful and all controlling that they forced the poor Obama administration to bow to their will and parrot their false and self-serving narrative of victimization.

The administration’s denial of the unique threat Jews face from jihadists is not limited to its anti-Semitic characterizations of the attack at Hyper Cacher.

It runs as well through Obama’s treatment of Israel and its actions to defend itself against its jihadist enemies from Hamas to Hezbollah to Iran...

The left's Jew-hater-in-Chief.

Keep reading.

VIDEO: Archive Footage Shows 'Muhammad' Artist Lars Vilks Saying 'I'm a Constant Target'

Well, indeed he is.

Via Telegraph UK:



PREVIOUSLY: "At Least One Dead in Attack on 'Freedom of Speech' Event at Krudttønden Cafe in Copenhagen, Denmark (VIDEO)."

Also, "VIDEO: Aftermath of Terrorist Attack at 'Free Speech' Event, Krudttønden Cafe in Copenhagen, Denmark," and "Inna Shevchenko, FEMEN Activist, Live Tweets Terrorist Attack at Krudttønden Cafe in Copenhagen, Denmark."

Inna Shevchenko, FEMEN Activist, Live Tweets Terrorist Attack at Krudttønden Cafe in Copenhagen, Denmark

Supreme irony.

Here's Ms. Shevchenko at FEMEN's blog, "Inna Shevchenko e le Femen in topless al Festival di Berlino (foto)."

And on Twitter:

In some hours will speak about freedom of speech at a panel debates with Lars Vilks in Copenhagen
— inna shevchenko (@femeninna) February 14, 2015

shots during our panel in Copengagen
— inna shevchenko (@femeninna) February 14, 2015

i ran away with some people though the back door, didn't see anything, heard 20 shots at the entrance to the building of our panel
— inna shevchenko (@femeninna) February 14, 2015

with me at the room there was Lars Vilks, french ambassador and dozens people from the audience
— inna shevchenko (@femeninna) February 14, 2015

i didn't see anything, i heard around 20 shots while speaking and then people started to run
— inna shevchenko (@femeninna) February 14, 2015

i am not sure what was that, i don't know what we heard but everybody was running
— inna shevchenko (@femeninna) February 14, 2015

another escaper joined me: we got info policemen were shot and some civilians i dont confirm it
— inna shevchenko (@femeninna) February 14, 2015

the event we were at was protected by police. They were at the entrance of the building. as it is reported now, some of them were shot
— inna shevchenko (@femeninna) February 14, 2015

in the room with me there were few dozens of people, french ambassador Francois Zimeray, Lars Vilks
— inna shevchenko (@femeninna) February 14, 2015

police is everywhere around
— inna shevchenko (@femeninna) February 14, 2015

We are in police station now
— inna shevchenko (@femeninna) February 14, 2015

I was at the point of ny speech when i was saying that often it is an illusion that we have freedom of speech in Europe.then we heard shots
— inna shevchenko (@femeninna) February 14, 2015

1/2"We dont have to talk about freeedom of speech, we have to practice it" was the point of my today's speech
— inna shevchenko (@femeninna) February 14, 2015

2/2 it was interrupted by someone who was practicing his ideology
— inna shevchenko (@femeninna) February 14, 2015

We are all in police station describing today's attack in #Copenhagen pic.twitter.com/HCyem0Bhb0
— inna shevchenko (@femeninna) February 14, 2015

PREVIOUSLY: "At Least One Dead in Attack on 'Freedom of Speech' Event at Krudttønden Cafe in Copenhagen, Denmark (VIDEO)," and "VIDEO: Aftermath of Terrorist Attack at 'Free Speech' Event, Krudttønden Cafe in Copenhagen, Denmark."

VIDEO: Aftermath of Terrorist Attack at 'Free Speech' Event, Krudttønden Cafe in Copenhagen, Denmark

Via Telegraph UK:



PREVIOUSLY: "At Least One Dead in Attack on 'Freedom of Speech' Event at Krudttønden Cafe in Copenhagen, Denmark (VIDEO)."

At Least One Dead in Attack on 'Freedom of Speech' Event at Krudttønden Cafe in Copenhagen, Denmark (VIDEO)

Well, so much for "freedom of speech."

At Legal Insurrection, "#CopenhagenShooting: Deadly Attack on Meeting Hosted by Muhammad Cartoonist."

And at Telegraph UK, "Copenhagen shooting during debate on Islam: live":

One dead in shooting at a Copenhagen cultural centre, where a meeting about freedom of speech was being held - organised by a Swedish artist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad.

Expect updates...

10:12am PST: At London's Daily Mail, "BREAKING NEWS: One dead after 200 bullets are fired into Copenhagen cafe in failed Charlie Hebdo-style attack on Swedish artist who drew the Prophet Mohammed."

And at Atlas Shrugs, "1 dead after shooting at event with Muhammad cartoonist."

10:17am PST: At Blazing Cat Fur, "Shooting at Copenhagen blasphemy debate featuring Mohammed Cartoonist Lars Vilks: 3 police injured."

And from Ed Morrissey, at Hot Air, "Breaking: Shots fired at free-speech event in Copenhagen; Update: One dead."

10:26am PST: At Twitchy, "‘Charlie Hebdo-style attack’ in Denmark leaves one dead, three injured."

10:48am PST: At Russia Today (FWIW), "Copenhagen Shooting: Deadly attack at free speech meeting with cartoonist who depicted Muhammed (VIDEO)."

11:06am PST: Now a Memeorandum thread, "Copenhagen shooting during debate on Islam: live."

Kelly Brook in Los Angeles

Turns out she's trying the Atkins Diet to shed a few pounds.

Busty as ever, that's for sure.

At the Mirror UK, "Kelly Brook shows off cleavage in busty beach workout as she embraces California life."

Also at London's Daily Mail, "Kelly Brook almost spills out of low-cut work out vest as she flashes her cleavage in multi-coloured sports bra on the beach," and "Dip it low! Kelly Brook continues with her weight-loss mission as she shares video of her working out in low cut top on the beach."

BONUS: "Flower power! Kelly Brook rocks a floral headband as she poses for a series of busty bikini selfies with her Los Angeles 'roomie'."

Distorting Christian History to Defend Islam

From Michael Ortiz, at the Wall Street Journal, "Secularism didn’t save the West from religious excesses, and it won’t save us from jihadists":

In an attempt to find a peaceful alternative for those in the Islamic world who advocate violence for political and religious goals, Christians in the West shouldn’t distort the history of Christianity, or stand idly by while others do so. Letting this version of events shape perceptions of Christian history invariably means a portrait of religion as a force of darkness, while science and technology will always be beacons of sanity and light.

The narrative portraying religious conviction as antithetical to reasoned comity among people and nations is easy enough to fall into. At the national prayer breakfast last week, for instance, President Obama compared the excesses of the Crusades and the Inquisition to the terrorism of today’s radical Islam. The president went on to condemn (rightly) those who advance their religious convictions with violence.

But what he and many others miss is the conviction that Western core values come from a faith in which God enters into human history precisely to save the world from the erring reason that fails, among other things, to recognize that terrorism is an affront to God and humanity.

The all-too-common narrative goes like this: Centuries ago, Catholics and Protestants gladly burned heretics up and down Europe by the thousands until, thank God—or All Powerful Goodness, as Ben Franklin would put it—the rise of Enlightenment thinkers banished the barbarity that is somehow native to religious fervor. Only with the liberalizing mandates of Vatican II (1962-65), we’re told, did Catholicism—usually the main boogeyman in this version of history—come to grips with the idea of democracy and religious freedom, and finally extinguish the last embers of the Inquisition.

This narrative is false according to the historical record and to the origins and abiding ethos of Christianity, Catholic and Protestant. Historians call this the la leyenda negra—the “Black Legend”—because it blackens the name of Catholicism in particular and religion in general. According to this legend, the Inquisition is on a continuum with the Holocaust and the terrors of Stalinism.

Yet objective historians realize that in the most infamous example, in Spain, several popes condemned the Inquisition’s excesses. Moreover, the 6,832 members of the clergy executed by the Spanish Republican Red Terror in 1936 is more than twice the number of those executed in 345 years of the Inquisition in Spain.

Far from being an enemy of reason and peace, Christianity’s overwhelming message through the centuries has been one of tolerance, a message that underpins many of the values that people of all faiths, and of no faith, can live by. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI ’s work as a theologian has done great service in trying to correct the erroneous view that faith and civil tolerance must always be opposed.

He looks forthrightly at the negative aspects of the rise of democracies in the West, while not forgetting their positive legacies. As then- Pope Benedict pointed out in a 2005 address to the Roman Curia—the church’s governing body—popes of the 19th century condemned democracy because so many of its exponents were claiming “to embrace with their knowledge the whole of reality to its limit, stubbornly proposing to make” God completely “superfluous.” He thus reminds us that a Western culture beset by nihilism cannot provide a way out of the nihilism of the jihadist...

Still more.

Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss

Well, they deny they're lesbians. Just platonic BFF, I guess.

At Vogue, "On the Road with Best Friends Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss."

And there's a video, "Taylor Swift vs. Karlie Kloss—Who's the Best, Best Friend?"

Fear and Loathing of the Penis

From Robert Stacy McCain.

He's really become expert at this.

Update on Brianna Wu

Following-up from last October, "Brianna Wu Goes Into Hiding — #GamerGate."

See Milo Yiannopoulos, at Breitbart, "The Wacky World of Wu: The Tortured History of GamerGate's Self-Styled Feminist Martyr."

Well, this definitely clears a number of things up. Turns out, for example, Brianna Wu used to be John Flynt.

More:

In October, Brianna Wu failed to attend a scheduled recording of an internet radio show hosted by the present correspondent in which she was to answer charges that she was responsible for whipping up a media frenzy about GamerGate supporters, accusing them of crimes to which she cannot possibly have linked them to the satisfaction of any law enforcement agency.

Wu later claimed to be “on the run” and “in fear of her life” while continuing to conduct media interviews from her home. She has since positioned herself as what some call a “professional victim,” soliciting pity and crowdfunded donations on the back of ever-more outlandish and implausible claims of real-world persecution on social media. But there has not been a single arrest or prosecution on the basis of any complaint she has made, either to the police or to the FBI, about the harassment she says she has received.

Rialto Police Officer's Son Mauled by K-9 Belgian Malinois, Has Leg Amputated

The neighbor busted down the gate and tried to break the dog's death grip.

At LAT, "Son of Rialto officer has leg amputated at ankle after attack by police dog."

Chicago Law School Professor Eric Posner: 'Students today are more like children than adults and need protection...'

This is bizarre.

See, "Universities Are Right — and Within Their Rights — to Crack Down on Speech and Behavior."

Read it at the link.

Also, from Noah Rothman, "No, professor, you shouldn’t treat the oversize toddlers in your classroom like ‘children’," and the College Fix, "SPEECH CODES ARE GREAT BECAUSE STUDENTS ARE BRAIN-IMPAIRED IDIOTS, LAW PROF SAYS."

Islamic State Lays Siege to Key Base at al-Baghdadi, Iraq

See Noah Rothman, at Hot Air, "That ISIS attack on an Iraqi military base was a lot worse than the Pentagon let on":

It sounded like a close call when the story broke. Little did we know how close it truly was.

On Thursday, the Pentagon disconfirmed reports that a successful ISIS assault on the al-Baghdadi district of Anbar Province culminated in an assault on the al-Asad Airbase. That 25-square mile facility houses 320 U.S. Marines and other American military personnel who are tasked with advising the Iraqi Security Forces in their fight against ISIS.

According to a Navy spokesperson, early reports that indicated the base had been surrounded and under assault were inaccurate. Only “ineffective indirect fire” near that base had been reported, the Navy insisted. Despite the fact that this facility has come under mortar and rocket attacks in the past, this particular assault was not a threat to American servicemen and women.

A CBS News report published on Friday morning indicated, however, that this attack was more threatening and coordinated than the Pentagon initially conceded. No fewer than eight militants and at least three suicide bombers penetrated al-Asad before they were dispatched by ISF troops. According to CBS News, however, American soldiers were deep enough inside the base at the time of the attack that they were in no immediate danger.

More.

VIDEO: Alabama Policeman Fired, Arrested After Slamming Indian Grandfather to Ground

At the Birmingham News, via Memeorandum, "Alabama police fire, arrest the officer who badly injured Indian grandfather during sidewalk stop."

Watch: "Video shows Alabama police throwing grandfather from India to the ground."

David Carr, New York Times Columnist, Dies at 58

It's pretty bizarre, but he died just hours after appearing with Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras in a panel discussion, including Edward Snowden by live feed, on the documentary "Citizenfour."

I liked Carr's columns, and routinely blogged his stuff. Some of my commenters objected --- mainly because they object to anything from the far-left Old Gray Lady. But I'm like Althouse when it comes to leftist media bias: you go to political war with the mainstream journalism that you have.

In any case, at the New York Times, "David Carr, Times Critic and Champion of Media, Dies at 58," and "David Carr, a Journalist at the Center of the Sweet Spot."

Also at Memeorandum.

Canada's Sun News Shuts Down

Kind of abruptly, at that.

At BCF, "Sun News Network Is No More."

Also, see Kathy Shaidle, at Pajamas, "Canada’s Sun News Goes Off the Air."