Rose Bertram Takes Topless Dancing to Another Level (VIDEO)

Watch, at Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, "Topless dancing. Endless twerking. A bikini-clad SI Swimsuit rookie. If that doesn't get you excited for this video, I don't know what will. Rose Bertram visited St. John in the US Virgin Islands for her photo shoot and I'm not sure the folks of this quaint island knew what hit them."

No Room for Indifference on anti-Semitism

From Professor Michael Curtis, at American Thinker:

Actions speak louder than words, but nevertheless it is a welcome sign of change that the European Commission is holding its first annual Fundamental Rights Colloquium on October 1-2, 2015 in Brussels. Its theme is tolerance and respect, preventing and combating anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim hatred in Europe.

The Colloquium is not simply an opportunity for a widespread discussion of issues. Participants, governments, political, civil, religious, and academic leaders, are expected to explore concrete ways to combat anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim hatred. However, it should be said at the outset that while anti-Arab and anti-black attitudes are contemptible and should be opposed, they do not have the same resonance as anti-Semitism.

The need is urgent. A 2013 EU Fundamental Rights Agency survey on discrimination and hate crime against Jews found that more than three quarters of those surveyed felt that anti-Semitism, including anti-Semitism on line, has got worse in the countries in which they lived. It is surprising that about three-quarters of Jewish people do not report anti-Semitic harassment to the police. More correct and accurate data on the perceptions and experiences of Jews is essential if corrective action is to be taken. A related problem is that the number of officially recorded incidents is so low that it is difficult to measure a long-term trend.

Evidence is clear that a worrisome increase in hate incidents concerning Jews has occurred in recent years. Some of the recorded data is as follows...

Oh, there's plenty of evidence, but keep reading.

High School Shooting Plot Foiled in Tuolumne County — 4 Boys in Custody (VIDEO)

Phew, good thing.

And sheesh, it's chilling.

At the Modesto Bee, "Tuolumne County sheriff offers details into arrest of four in Summerville High shooting plot":

SONORA - Deputies have arrested four male students after uncovering a shooting plot targeting Summerville High School, authorities said.

At a press conference Saturday afternoon, Tuolumne County Sheriff Jim Mele said the case came to him Wednesday when students noticed three suspects acting suspiciously and notified administrators. School staff on the Tuolumne campus immediately called the sheriff’s department.

During the investigation, detectives identified a fourth suspect. While serving two search warrants in the case, Mele said, authorities found “evidence verifying a plot to shoot staff and students at Summerville High School,” which the suspects later confessed to in statements to investigators. He said the plot was detailed, and included a list of victims, locations and methods for the attack.

“They were going to come on campus and shoot and kill as many people as possible on the campus,” Mele said. “It is particularly unsettling when our most precious assets —which are our students, their teachers — are targets for violence.”

Authorities said the plot was in the beginning stages and no students or adults were hurt. Mele said he wanted to emphasize that there is no current danger to students or staff at the high school and the department is confident they have all the suspects involved in custody.

“I believe, with all my heart, the reason we were able to stop this was because we have a level of trust within our community,” Mele said. “When you have a level of trust with the law enforcement, your education – we meet monthly, we meet constantly – you can do this.”

Detectives arrested all four students on charges of conspiracy to commit an assault with deadly weapons on Friday afternoon at their homes and turned them over to the Tuolumne County Probation Department. The suspects’ names were not released because they are juveniles. Mele also would not release their ages or grade levels. Mele said all of the suspects’ families have cooperated fully with the investigation.

Mele said the plan was uncovered when students overheard the suspects talking about it at school and alerted staff Wednesday afternoon. Evidence was later found included paperwork with statements and a list of potential victims including “several students and/or staff” who would be targets at an upcoming event on campus. Three of the students were taken out of school immediately on Wednesday and as the investigation continued the fourth was taken out of school on Friday morning.

No weapons were found, but Mele said the students were in the process of trying to obtain some to carry out the attack...

Keep reading.

California Capital Airshow 'After Dark' (VIDEO)

Hmm... It's a big weekend for air shows.

Watch, at KCRA News 3 Sacramento, "Planes set sky on fire during airshow."

Sean Naylor's New Book, Relentless Strike: The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command

At Amazon, Relentless Strike: The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command.

Since the attacks of September 11, one organization has been at the forefront of America's military response. Its efforts turned the tide against al-Qaida in Iraq, killed Bin Laden and Zarqawi, rescued Captain Phillips and captured Saddam Hussein. Its commander can direct cruise missile strikes from nuclear submarines and conduct special operations raids anywhere in the world.

Relentless Strike tells the inside story of Joint Special Operations Command, the secret military organization that during the past decade has revolutionized counterterrorism, seamlessly fusing intelligence and operational skills to conduct missions that hit the headlines, and those that have remained in the shadows-until now. Because JSOC includes the military's most storied special operations units-Delta Force, SEAL Team 6, the 75th Ranger Regiment-as well as America's most secret aviation and intelligence units, this is their story, too.

Relentless Strike reveals tension-drenched meetings in war rooms from the Pentagon to Iraq and special operations battles from the cabin of an MH-60 Black Hawk to the driver's seat of Delta Force's Pinzgauer vehicles as they approach their targets. Through exclusive interviews, reporter Sean Naylor uses his unique access to reveal how an organization designed in the 1980s for a very limited mission set transformed itself after 9/11 to become the military's premier weapon in the war against terrorism and how it continues to evolve today.

 Buy the book, at Amazon.

Rangers Win American League West; Angels Playoff Hopes Shattered (VIDEO)

Well, considering all the ups-and-downs of the Angels' season, I think the players can be proud. They have no quit in them, and yesterday's spectacular comeback win was one of the best ever.

Frankly, I'm surprised they stayed in contention right to the very last game of the season. There were a couple of times in the last month or so that I'd pretty much given up on them.

Better luck next year.

At the Los Angeles Times, "Rangers use seventh-inning outburst to eliminate Angels from playoffs."

Also at ESPN, "Rangers win AL West on final day; Angels' loss puts Astros in playoffs."

Plus, watch, at MLB, "10/4/15: Rangers clinch AL West behind Hamels' gem."

Thousands Enjoy Last Day at MCAS Miramar Air Show, Despite Morning Rain (VIDEO)

Well, good thing we're getting some rain. I think folks down in San Diego can live with a shortened air show schedule. We need the water!

Watch, at ABC News 10 San Diego, "Thousands enjoy last day of Air Show despite morning rain."

$50 Credit with Qualifying Camera Purchase

Any photographers among my readership?

Get a credit on camera purchases at Amazon, Shop - Get a $50 Credit Toward a Camera or Lens with a Qualifying Accessory Purchase.

Plus, in books, from Michael Wolff, Television Is the New Television: The Unexpected Triumph of Old Media in the Digital Age, and Alan Wolk, Over the Top: How the Internet Is (Slowly but Surely) Changing the Television Industry.

'Saturday Night Live' Premiere Was Basically a Hillary Clinton Campaign Ad

Yes, unexpectedly!

(Click through at the link to a lengthy analysis at the Daily Beast.)

Arizona State Sorority Sisters Mocked for Taking Selfies at Baseball Game (VIDEO)

The MLB video's here, "9/30/15: Fans are having some fun with their smartphones, taking some selfies as the D-backs host the Rockies at Chase Field."

Also, an Inside Edition video, "Sportscasters Mock Sorority Girls Taking Selfies at Baseball Game."

See London's Daily Mail, "'Here's the first bite of my churro; here's the second!' MLB announcers mock sorority sisters taking selfies during Arizona baseball game in scathing rant live on air."

And they were given some free tickets, which they donated to charity. Pretty classy, at Hollywood Reporter, "Sorority 'Selfie' Girls Decline Free Baseball Tickets, Ask to Donate to Domestic Violence Charity," and ABC News 7 San Francisco, "SELFIE-TAKING SORORITY GIRLS USE INTERNET FAME FOR GOOD."

A Call to Arms for 'Conservatarians'

It's Charles C.W. Cooke's new book, The Conservatarian Manifesto: Libertarians, Conservatives, and the Fight for the Right's Future.

Two Israelis Murdered by Palestinian Terrorist in Stabbing Attack in Jerusalem

It's bad enough that Israelis are being murdered, but then the BBC whitewashes it with Orwellian headlines, "Palestinian shot dead after Jerusalem attack kills two."

They've changed the headline now, but see the Times of Israel, "Israel raps BBC for ‘unethical’ terror attack headline."

Plus, "Islamic Jihad threatens return to suicide bombing attacks."

And watch, at Arutz Sheva, "Funeral of Terror Victim in Jerusalem," and "Second Jerusalem Stabbing Victim Laid to Rest."

PREVIOUSLY: From yesterday, "Thousands Attend Funeral for Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin, Who Were Murdered by Arab Terrorists in Front of Four Children (VIDEO)."

Doctors Without Borders Closes Afghan Hospital, Condemns 'U.S. War Crimes' (VIDEO)

Nobel Peace Prize update.

At the Los Angeles Times:

The medical charity Doctors Without Borders closed its hospital in the Afghan province of Kunduz on Sunday, and charged that a suspected U.S. airstrike that killed 22 people there appeared to have been a war crime.

The closure was a blow to the embattled northern province where more than 400 people have been injured in the last week in fighting between Afghan security forces and the Taliban. The group took control of the provincial capital briefly last week.

The Pentagon said there are three investigations into the airstrike, one by the Defense Department, one involving both the United States and Afghanistan, and one by NATO. Pentagon officials have thus far said only that a U.S. airstrike Saturday morning may have caused collateral damage.

Doctors Without Borders said it would be satisfied only with an investigation by an independent, outside authority.

The aid agency called the bombing, which went on for more than an hour, horrifying and said it had informed U.S. and Afghan officials of the hospital's GPS coordinates before the strike occurred.

Doctors Without Borders, also known as Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) in French, said Sunday that the death toll had risen to 22 — 12 staff members and 10 patients, three of them children. The toll was an increase of three over the figure announced previously. In addition, dozens of people were injured.

“Under the clear presumption that a war crime has been committed, MSF demands that a full and transparent investigation into the event be conducted by an independent international body,” the organization said in a statement on its website. “Relying only on an internal investigation by a party to the conflict would be wholly insufficient.”

Senior Pentagon officials said the three investigations that have been launched are centered on whether the U.S. military knew the hospital was nearby when an AC-130 gunship opened fire and whether the clinic was being used by the Taliban to launch attacks.

Thus far, no U.S. or Afghan personnel have been able to gain access to the hospital because the area remains contested, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Sunday. He called the situation “confused and complicated.”

The investigations “will be, and needs to be, full and transparent," Carter told reporters aboard the Pentagon's E-4B “Doomsday” plane en route to Madrid. “There will be accountability, as always in these incidents, if that is required.”

Still more.

Springfield Armory M1A™ SOCOM 16

From Kurt Schlichter, on Twitter, "Picked up my SOCOM 16 today. Store packed with free Americans defying President Fail. @ChrisLoesch @DLoesch."

It looks like this! @rubedawg1061 @ChrisLoesch @DLoesch pic.twitter.com/5A5Q0AnChI

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) October 4, 2015

Demi Lovato Vanity Fair Photo Shoot (VIDEO)

Here, "Demi Lovato’s Spontaneous, Nude, Makeup-Free Photo Shoot."

And watch, "Demi Lovato Explains Her Nude, No-Makeup Photo Shoot."

John Boehner Cries on 'Face the Nation', Wants to Be Remembered as 'a Good Man' (VIDEO)

Poor Boehner.

In the end, he's going to be remembered as a candy-assed compromising crybaby.

With John Dickerson this morning, at Face the Nation:



The full interview is here, "Full interview: John Boehner, September 27."

Sunday Cartoons

At Flopping Aces, "Sunday Funnies."



Also at Reaganite Republican, "Reaganite's SUNDAY FUNNIES," and Theo Spark's, "Cartoon Roundup."

Still more at Paco Enterprises, "Sunday Funnies."

Cartoon Credit: Legal Insurrection, "Branco Cartoon – Horrible."

BONUS: At Knuckledraggin', "You surely didn’t expect him to leave ’em hanging…"

Poll: Majority Doubts More Gun Control Would Stop Criminals and Mentally Ill from Purchasing Firearms

The poll's from September 14, at CNN, a couple of weeks before the Oregon shooting massacre.

We might see a bump in support for more gun control, but any increase will be ephemeral.

See, "CNN/ORC poll: Guns, immigration, abortion increasingly important to voters":

At the same time, many express doubts that expanded gun laws would be able to prevent those with mental health problems from buying guns (44% see that as likely, 56% unlikely), or that such laws would keep guns out of the hands of convicted criminals (42% say that's likely, 58% unlikely). But most also say it wouldn't necessarily make it harder for a law-abiding citizen without mental health problems to buy one, 57% say it's unlikely to do that.

Even among those who say it is now too easy to buy a gun, just small majorities believe that implementing more comprehensive background checks for all gun purchases would be likely to stop gun purchases by the mentally ill (53%) or convicted criminals (55%).

President Barack Obama receives mostly negative reviews for his handling of gun policy, 59% disapprove of his handling of the issue on which he said he's been the "most frustrated and most stymied" during his presidency; just 35% approve of his work. That's worsened since a June poll, and nears his 2014 low of 33% approval on it. That drop off comes particularly among liberals. In the new poll, just 53% of liberals approve of Obama's handling of gun policy, down from 63% in June. Among moderates (44% then, 41% now) and conservatives (23% then, 19% now), the declines have been smaller.

RTWT.

New Jobs Report Shows Weak Employments Gains, Corporate Earnings

Updates from the Obama depression.

At IBD, "Will Chilly Job, Wage Gains Keep the Fed on Ice?":

U.S. private-sector job growth downshifted to the slowest pace in more than three years as the labor force participation rate sank to a 38-year low, the Labor Department reported Friday.

The unexpectedly soft job growth and flat wages in September lowered the odds that the Federal Reserve will begin raising interest rates in December.

Stock indexes opened sharply lower on concerns that global weakness is hurting the U.S. more than was thought, but the prospect of a more patient Fed seemed to raise spirits. The S&P 500 turned a 1.6% drop into a 1.4% gain. The 10-year Treasury yield still settled at 1.99%, the lowest close since April.

The private sector added 118,000 jobs in September after August's downwardly revised 100,000 rise, the worst two months since the spring of 2012. Private hiring averaged 205,000 over the first seven months of the year and 254,000 in 2014.

Government added 24,000 jobs in September, lifting total payrolls by 142,000, well below the 206,000 expected.

The jobless rate held at 5.1%, the lowest since 2008, but only because 350,000 people stopped looking for work, pushing labor force participation to 62.4%, the lowest since October 1977.

IHS Global Insight Chief Economist Nariman Behravesh blamed the tepid job growth on "weakness outside the U.S. hitting exports and volatility in the stock market," which led firms to slow hiring and capital spending. He thinks slower hiring may persist for a few months but sees "slightly better than 50/50 odds" of a December hike, as long as the next couple of job reports aren't quite as bad as Friday's.

Barely more than half of all private industries — 52.9% — added staff, the weakest report since February 2010, noted John Silvia, chief economist at Wells Fargo Securities.

"Job losses in the mining and manufacturing industries reflect the effects of continued weakness in commodity prices and sagging global demand," he wrote...

Still more.

Oregan Shooter Chris Harper-Mercer Purchased Firearms Legally

Yeah, here's another fact that depraved leftists completely ignore.

At PuffHo, "Authorities: Weapons Recovered In Oregon Shooting Purchased Legally."