Jackie Johnson's Cool and Cloudy Forecast

But it's supposed be warming up by the end of the week. There's a high pressure system offshore.

I'm back at work tomorrow and Thursday, and then off again starting Friday.

Via CBS News 2 Los Angeles:

SiriusXM Announces Glenn Beck Suspended After Calling for Donald Trump's Assassination

It's Glenn Beck and Brad Thor. They had an exchange on Beck's program calling for death to Donald Trump.

At Breitbart:

BECK SUSPENDED FROM SIRIUSXM AFTER TRUMP CRACKUP... https://t.co/XAPFzVhY9U

— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) May 31, 2016

Beck finally weighs in on SiriusXM suspension: https://t.co/pQk0t0um2K

— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) May 31, 2016

These are terrible people:

.@GlennBeck's pal @BradThor on Trump's assassination: "I AM ABOUT TO SUGGEST SOMETHING VERY BAD..." @SecretService pic.twitter.com/53ise6Rh7z

— ViveLaFrance (@vivelafra) May 27, 2016

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Many Have Blamed 4-Year-Old's Parents for Death of Gorilla at Cincinnati Zoo

Following-up, "Gorilla Shot Dead at Cincinnati Zoo After 4-Year-Old Climbs in Enclosure (VIDEO)."

Here's the boy, Isiah Dickerson, via London's Daily Mail:

This is the four-year-old boy who fell into Harambe's enclosure https://t.co/3iCslqbqSV pic.twitter.com/v1uQOt5wyn

— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) May 31, 2016

And probably the best bottom line you're going to get, from USA Today:

#JusticeForHarambe is a blame game that no one wins https://t.co/YqyEufkqAL Seriously over the top.

— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) May 31, 2016

And from the Mad Jewess, I don't doubt it: "I could have given the boy a better life than his rotten parents."

Donald Trump Attacks ABC News Reporter Tom Llamas as 'Sleazy' During Press Conference (VIDEO)

Background report at LAT, "A testy Donald Trump lashes out at news media and says 'I'm not changing'."

And at the Washington Examiner, "Watch: Trump calls ABC reporter 'sleaze'":

Donald Trump on Tuesday pointed to a reporter and called him "a sleaze" at a press conference at Trump Tower in New York.

The conference was intended to clear up questions over where Trump had donated money he raised for veterans groups, but it also gave Trump a chance for him to strike at the press, which he repeatedly said should be "ashamed."

"I'm not looking for credit [for the donations] but what I don't want is when I raise millions of dollars, have people say — like this sleazy guy right over here from ABC," Trump said, pointing toward ABC News reporter Tom Llamas. "He's a sleaze in my book."

Llamas asked why Trump called him a sleaze.

"You're a sleaze because you know the facts and you know the facts well," said Trump.

After the confrontation, Llamas wrote on Twitter, "Trump just called me a 'sleaze.' Should be an interesting week."

More.

Llamas took to Twitter to defend himself:

The exchange that led Trump to call me a "sleaze." 👇 pic.twitter.com/dDwsjR4IlF

— Tom Llamas (@TomLlamasABC) May 31, 2016

And here's the video:



More at Memeorandum.

Iraqi Special Forces Launch Ground Assault on Fallujah (VIDEO)

At WSJ, "Iraqi Forces Begin Ground Assault on Fallujah":

BAGHDAD—Iraqi special forces advanced to the edge of Fallujah on Monday but struggled to enter the city, where Iraqi and U.S. officials said Islamic State extremists were amassing civilians to serve as human shields.

The offensive against Fallujah, Islamic State’s second-biggest urban stronghold in Iraq after Mosul, aims to dislodge the Sunni extremists from the Iraqi city they have occupied the longest.

If successful, it could significantly weaken them ahead of an advance on much-larger Mosul, long planned by the government and the U.S.-led coalition supporting its fight against Islamic State.

The Fallujah operation, led so far by Shiite militias and army and police forces, has almost completely cleared the city’s perimeter of Islamic State fighters since it was launched a week ago. But the next, crucial stage of that operation, led by Iraq’s U.S.-trained counterterrorism forces, got off to a fitful start Monday...

Continue reading.

Plus, an update, "Iraqi Forces in Fallujah Face Islamic State Counterattacks":

BAGHDAD—Iraqi special forces battling their way into Fallujah faced fierce counterattacks by Islamic State, with commanders of the operation warning that heavily booby-trapped streets in and around the city were hindering the advance.

A day after applauding the beginning of a risky ground assault into the militant-held city, commanders struck a more cautious public tone Tuesday.

The joint-operations center coordinating the government offensive warned about the mines and other explosive devices planted around the city—a tactic commonly used by Islamic State.

The counterattacks took place on Fallujah’s southern edge, Nuaimiya, where counterterrorism forces advanced Monday following a weeklong offensive to surround the city. The U.S.-trained units repelled the two attacks, which included suicide bombers and snipers, said Lt. Gen. Abdelwahab al-Saadi, commander of the operation.

Gen. Saadi said Islamic State was using every possible method it could to slow the government offensive, including flooding farmland.

Fallujah, where aid agencies and Iraqi officials estimate at least 50,000 civilians are trapped, is expected to be a tough and unpredictable urban battleground, even for the elite fighters leading the government push.

While counterterrorism units have battled Islamic State militants inside cities before, including in Ramadi last year, Fallujah is more complicated because of the large numbers of civilians who have been unable or unwilling to flee.

The Sunni city also has long been a stronghold for Sunni extremists, including al Qaeda in Iraq, the predecessor of Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL...

Keep reading.

Roosmarijn de Kok for Victoria's Secret

Hmm...

She's new.

Beautiful.

At Egotastic!, "Roosmarijn de Kok Thongtastic tor Victoria's Secret."

Also, from last summer at Sports Illustrated:

"@ignatiusjulius: #SI_Swimsuit: Next up f/t 2016 #SISwim: Casting Calls is Roosmarijn de Kok http://t.co/TRUrhv6BLW pic.twitter.com/jw6NvFTmOn"

— Ignatius Jacobs (@ignatiusjulius) July 24, 2015

The YouTube clip is here, "Roos Plays Never Have I Ever - Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Casting 2016."

'They are the reason people are able to go shopping at the mall today...'

Tributes to the fallen today in Los Angeles.

At the Los Angeles Times, "L.A. gathers for ceremony at National Cemetery, home to '80,000 stories of bravery'":

The weather was warm and sunny with a soft breeze, a perfect day to head to the beach, fire up the grill or hit the outlet sales. But for Rafael Vila, the only destination that made sense Monday was the flag-dappled lawn of Los Angeles National Cemetery.

 “I don’t know if there’s any place else I’d rather be than honoring people who served,” said Vila, a Vietnam-era Navy veteran from Long Beach. With graves stretching in perfect lines behind him, he said the sacrifice of the military made possible the freedoms Americans love.

“They are the reason people are able to go shopping at the mall today,” Vila said.

Vila and his wife, Angelica, were among hundreds who gathered at the cemetery Monday morning for a ceremony featuring music, prayer, reenactors on horseback and a salute to the Tuskegee Airmen, the all-African American World War II flying squadron that paved the way for military integration. Eight members of the group, including Walter Crenshaw, a 106-year-old believed to be the oldest living Tuskegee Airman, attended and received a standing ovation.

The crowd was enthusiastic, but many said it should have been larger, especially given the number of Americans currently deployed abroad. More than 88,000 veterans and family members are buried on the 114-acre Westwood property, which opened in 1889.

“God bless you for taking the time to be here,” the keynote speaker, retired Army Lt. General Rick Lynch, told the gathering. Lynch, whose four-decade military career included commanding 25,000 in the Iraqi surge, said he starts every morning in prayer for the 153 of his troops killed in that campaign...

More.

That's a lot of veterans buried there, along with family members. And the cemetery's right across the street from the Wilshire Federal Building, where the hard-left anti-American radicals routinely hold protests. The clash of values has never escaped me. Frankly, it's always front and center in my consciousness whenever I'm there. (Remember, from 2014: "Communists, Hamas Solidarity Protesters Demand Israel's Extermination in Los Angeles — #ANSWERLA.")

Former Marine in Defaced Venice Beach Mural Works to Restore it After Vandalism (VIDEO)

Here's more on the story I've been blogging, "Volunteers Work to Clean Up Memorial Wall in Venice Beach Defaced with Graffiti (VIDEO)."

Watch, at ABC News 10 San Diego, "Marine in defaced veterans mural talks to 10 News: The Marine modeled for the mural 24 years ago and is now working to restore it after it was vandalized."

Amber Lee's Sunny and Warming Forecast

It was very nice today. I've been enjoying baseball, and some "Band of Brothers" on HBO.

I'm taking the day off tomorrow as well, to spend with my wife. Back to school on Wednesday and Thursday, and then just one more week until summer vacation. Yay!

Here's Ms. Amber, via CBS News 2 Los Angeles:

Volunteers Work to Clean Up Memorial Wall in Venice Beach Defaced with Graffiti (VIDEO)

Following-up from yesterday, "Graffiti Vandals Deface Vietnam War Memorial in Venice Beach (VIDEO)."

More, via CBS News 2 Los Angeles:

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I used to have one of these Norelco shavers. They're pretty convenient.

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The Reason 35,000 Americans Died in Korea

Here's VDH, for Prager University (via Ed Driscoll, at Instapundit).

A great video!

Dodgers Rally for 4-2 Win Over Mets After Blowing Lead in Eighth (VIDEO)

The Dodgers have been on ESPN a couple of times in the last couple of weeks, and then Fox Sports West had the Angels/Dodgers freeway series on the air recently as well.

The Angels might not be contending for a playoff spot this year. They're struggling. Hopefully I'll be able to see a lot of Dodgers games then. They definitely have a shot, especially with ace starter Clayton Kershaw.

Here's the Los Angeles Times on last night's come-from-behind win:

Adrian Gonzalez stopped a few feet from first base, turned toward the Dodgers dugout and pumped his fist. With one swing, he had rescued his manager.

Standing on the steps in the ninth inning of a 4-2 victory, Dave Roberts saluted his first baseman. He would not wear the weight of a defeat. His team flew to Chicago late Sunday evening with six victories in the last seven games after capturing this series over the Mets.

“These guys are resilient,” Roberts said. “There’s been some adversity earlier. They’re banding together. They’re not letting a lot of things affect them.”

The offense provided a swift answer after a pitching change by Roberts backfired. In the eighth inning of the 51st game of the season, Roberts visited Clayton Kershaw on the mound for the first time in his managerial career. The two men did not have a conversation.

Kershaw fumed into his glove as Roberts informed the umpire about his call to the bullpen. Kershaw clutched the baseball in his left hand, aware that his ownership of the evening would soon end. He looked away from Roberts as he bequeathed control. The Dodgers (27-24) would soon pay for his departure.

With two outs and left-handed hitter Curtis Granderson batting, Roberts took the baseball away from Kershaw, the sport’s finest pitcher. He did not hand it to closer Kenley Jansen, who was warmed up in the bullpen. Roberts chose left-hander Adam Liberatore.

Liberatore surrendered a game-tying triple. The hit diminished the line on Kershaw, who went 72/3 innings, gave up two runs, struck out 10 and walked none. But Mets closer Jeurys Familia stumbled for the second time this weekend in the top of the ninth inning. With the bases loaded, Gonzalez stroked a 99-mph fastball into center field to reclaim the lead.

“There was no emotional letdown,” Gonzalez said...

More.

Bill Kristol Doubles Down on Betrayal of America

Previous iterations of the debate are here, "Renegade Jew Backlash."

And here comes David Horowitz for another round, at FrontPage Magazine, "Kristol's Betrayal Gets Serious" (and Big Government, via Memeorandum):

Over the Memorial Day Weekend, Bill Kristol doubled down on his betrayal of this country… https://t.co/RzgH5toXhF https://t.co/ZtADspVdJv

— memeorandum (@memeorandum) May 30, 2016

Open borders, Sanctuary Cities, importing unvetted Muslim refugees from the Middle East are but the tip of the iceberg in assessing the threat that the Democratic Party and its candidate (whoever it is) pose to America’s national security. For twenty-three years since the first bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993, the Democratic Party has been the party of appeasement and retreat in the holy war that fanatical Muslims have declared on us. The first bombing of the World Trade Center misfired but still killed 6 people and wounded 1,000 others. Clinton never visited the site while his administration insisted on treating it as a criminal act by individuals who needed to be tried in criminal courts, an attitude that would culminate in Barack Obama’s refusal to recognize that we were in a war at all, and certainly not one with fanatical Muslims. To a man and woman the Democratic Party’s elected officials continue to participate in and support this denial.

Following the first World Trade Center bombing, there were three more devastating attacks on American assets by al-Qaeda’s barbarians during the Clinton administration, with no response and no change of mind towards the nature of the threat. There were also massive security breaches, including the theft by Communist China of America’s nuclear arsenal and the publishing of all our hitherto classified data from America’s nuclear weapons tests. Clinton’s leftist Secretary of Energy published the reports for the world to see, as she put it, “to end the bomb-building culture.

Following the 9/11 attacks the Bush administration focused on Afghanistan, which had provided al-Qaeda with a base to attack us, and Iraq, which had violated 16 Security Council resolutions designed to enforce the Gulf War truce, which Iraq’s dictator Saddam Hussein had repeatedly violated and prevent him from reviving the massive chemical and nuclear weapons programs we had destroyed. In 1998 Saddam threw the U.N. weapons inspectors out of Iraq, a further violation of the Gulf War truce and a clear sign of his determination to revive his weapons programs. Embroiled in the Monica Lewinsky scandal, Clinton fired 451 cruise missiles into Iraq, a pointless response that was correctly seen by critics at the time as an attempt to deflect attention from his appearance before the grand jury looking into his personal disorders.

The Bush administration put 200,000 troops on Iraq’s borders, which prompted Saddam Hussein to re-admit the inspectors, but then to throw obstacles in their path. Bush went before the UN and secured a 17th Security Council resolution, unanimously passed, in the form of an ultimatum to Saddam to destroy any weapons of mass destruction he possessed and provide proof that he had done so. Bush also went to Congress and got an authorization for the use of force from Senate but not House Democrats. The ultimatum date came and went, and to prevent the word of the United States and the commitment of 200,000 troops from meaning nothing, Bush proceeded to invade Iraq. But before he did so he gave Saddam the option to quit the country in which case the invasion would be called off. A simpler measure would have been to assassinate Saddam, since he was the Iraq problem. But thanks to a law passed by the post-Watergate Democrats the CIA is prevented from assassinating foreign leaders, which made the invasion necessary.

Within three months of the invasion, with American troops still in harms’ way. The Democrats who had authorized the use of force and spoken in favor of the removal of Saddam turned against the war and began a five-year campaign to sabotage it. The Democrats reversal – and betrayal of our men and women in arms - was triggered by a presidential primary in which a leftwing candidate, Howard Dean, was running away with the Democratic nomination. This betrayal prevented us from pursuing Saddam’s generals and chemical weapons into Syria, and bringing Assad to heel. Bush managed to rescue the war effort and defeat al-Qaeda on the battlefield through the “surge” that Democrats opposed. But then Obama took charge and implemented, the Democrats’ America-is- guilty platform of appeasement and retreat, creating a power vacuum in Iraq and Syria that ISIS quickly filled. At the same time, the Democrats have systematically taken down our military which is now at its lowest levels since World War II.

This is the issue that defines the coming election. A party in denial about the Muslim holy war against America and its allies, whose basic instinct is to weaken America’s defenses and enable her enemies, is opposed by a party that wants to rebuild America’s strength, secure our borders and put the safety of our people first.

The Kristol attack on the Republican Party and its candidate Donald Trump, is an attack on all Americans, and needs to be seen in that light.

RTWT at the link.

Pollyanna McIntosh for Playboy (VIDEO)

Whoa!

This lady's pretty rad.

Watch, at Playboy, "Pollyanna McIntosh Defines Badassery, Brandishes a Cat-o’-Nine-Tails."

AmazonBasics Apple Certified Lightning to USB Cable

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Graffiti Vandals Deface Vietnam War Memorial in Venice Beach (VIDEO)

Watch, at CBS News 2 Los Angeles, "Vandals Deface Vietnam War Memorial In Venice."

And at Instapundit, "ANTI-AMERICAN HATE CRIME: Vietnam War Memorial Wall In Venice Tagged With Graffiti."

Great White Shark Attack Closes Stretch of Beach in Corona del Mar (VIDEO)

Wow.

A great white too. That's major.

At the O.C. Register, "UPDATE: Newport Beach lifeguards spot possible shark bite victim in distress, rescue her."

And at CBS News 2 Los Angeles, "Beach Closed After Alleged Great White Shark Attack."

Tabitha Renee Brubaker Attacks 'Hate Preacher' with Baseball Bat, Arrested for Aggravated Assault (VIDEO)

Leftists are cheering the violence on Twitter, "#TabithaBrubaker is a fucking hero: Preacher w/ ‘you deserve to be raped’ sign hit over the head by baseball bat."

The ghouls at Raw Story are down with it, via Memeorandum, "Preacher carrying ‘you deserve to be raped’ sign hit over the head by baseball bat-wielding woman."

Basically your free speech ends with an aluminum baseball bat to your head.

Watch, at ABC News 15 Phoenix:



And from KTVK 3 Phoenix, "Young woman accused of attacking self-proclaimed preacher with baseball bat [WARNING: Graphic video]":

PHOENIX (KPHO/KTVK) - Glendale police have arrested a 19-year-old woman suspected of attacking a controversial street preacher with a baseball bat outside Apollo High School.

Tabitha Renee Brubaker was taken into custody Thursday. She is facing an aggravated assault charge in connection with the April 26 incident.

The sound of a metal bat striking a hard object was captured on cell phone video.

"I was so distraught hearing that, and seeing that that's being posted on my sister," said Kayla Brubaker. "My sister, she's not that type of person."

The victim, Dean Saxton, known as Brother Dean, was using a megaphone to preach his beliefs to kids at the school across the street.

"Many of you Apollo High schoolers are going to hell!" he shouted.

Saxton has made headlines in the past for holding signs that say women who dress immodestly deserve to get raped. During the demonstration at Apollo High, he told gay students they were going to hell and disparaged Muslims as "dirty."

Within minutes, several students and parents approached Saxton and urged him to leave. While speaking with one parent, someone struck him over the head with a bat...

Still more.

Violent leftists.

They usually get a pass, but leftist attacks have been increasing, so it's getting harder for MSM outlets to ignore. In this case, the story's getting coverage because progressive media types think the guy deserved it.