Heh, from Noah Rothman's conclusion, at Hot Air, "Reason Magazine actually asked climate protesters what they want to do, and it’s hilarious."
You gotta watch. And keep in mind these people aren't fringe. They're mainstream leftists, the kind of whacked out weirdos who've ventured out time and again at all the progressive, Democrat Party protests since Obama took office. The loons are the mainstream of today's left, and they have no freakin' clue.
Monday, September 22, 2014
Jessica Chastain at Salomé Screening in London
According to Just Jared:
Salome is a filmed version of the Oscar Wilde‘s controversial play, while Wilde Salome, which also screened that day, is a documentary that chronicles the challenges Al [Pacino] faced while performing in the play and simultaneously directing both features.Well, check out Ms. Chastain on the carpet, at Egotastic!, "Jessica Chastain Yellow Dress at Salome and Wilde Salome Screening."
Munich Oktoberfest
Heh, looks awesome.
Via EuroNews:
Via EuroNews:
The 181st Oktoberfest is underway in Munich, following its opening amid pouring rain on Saturday.
Long ago, the festival was brought forward to September in the hope of better weather.
But come rain or shine, few care once the beer starts flowing...
Jordan Arrests 11 Islamic State Jihadists
At the Times of Israel:
Security official says suspects admit to plotting attacks in Hashemite Kingdom; Israel has indicated it will act should group reach neighboring state.More.
Jordan said it arrested 11 members of the Islamic State group suspected of plotting terrorist attacks inside the Hashemite Kingdom
A security source said the suspects were planning to harm high-value interests in the country and admitted to the charges against them, Israel Radio reported.
Earlier this month, Israel told the US that should the extremist group start operating in neighboring Jordan, it will not hesitate to act, according to a Channel 2 TV report which cited diplomatic sources.
The report did not specify what actions Israel might take if Islamic State started impacting upon Jordan, but Israel is wary of its eastern neighbor being challenged by the brutal terror group, and would seek to guard against further inroads that would directly threaten Israel...
Why Poor Students Struggle
An interesting piece from Vicki Madden, at the New York Times.
Seems like a pretty accurate account, and race is not highlighted so much as socioeconomic background. Interesting.
Seems like a pretty accurate account, and race is not highlighted so much as socioeconomic background. Interesting.
Sunday, September 21, 2014
White House May Check Tourists From Afar
Looks like those fence-jumpers have rattled the cage a bit.
At the New York Times, "White House May Check Tourists Blocks Away."
And background from the Washington post, "Fence-jumper makes it into the White House."
At the New York Times, "White House May Check Tourists Blocks Away."
And background from the Washington post, "Fence-jumper makes it into the White House."
Sunday Cartoons
At Flopping Aces, "Sunday Funnies."
More at Randy's Roundtable, "Friday Nite Funnies," and Reaganite Republican, "Reaganite's SUNDAY FUNNIES."
Also at Legal Insurrection, "Branco Cartoon – Fakers," and Theo Spark's, "Cartoon Round Up..."
CARTOON CREDIT: William Warren.
More at Randy's Roundtable, "Friday Nite Funnies," and Reaganite Republican, "Reaganite's SUNDAY FUNNIES."
Also at Legal Insurrection, "Branco Cartoon – Fakers," and Theo Spark's, "Cartoon Round Up..."
CARTOON CREDIT: William Warren.
Perv-Shaming Your Bottom-Pincher is a Low Blow
Heh, you gotta love that headline, from Radhika Sanghani, at Telegraph UK.
It's about New York bartender Laura Ramadei, who named and shamed the guy who allegedly groped her. See Gothamist, "A NYC Bartender's Powerful Open Letter to the Hedge Funder Who Allegedly Grabbed Her Ass."
The accused, hedge-fund financier Brian Lederman, denies it. At the New York Post, "Hedge-funder’s defense in ‘grope’ case: I never grabbed her."
It's about New York bartender Laura Ramadei, who named and shamed the guy who allegedly groped her. See Gothamist, "A NYC Bartender's Powerful Open Letter to the Hedge Funder Who Allegedly Grabbed Her Ass."
The accused, hedge-fund financier Brian Lederman, denies it. At the New York Post, "Hedge-funder’s defense in ‘grope’ case: I never grabbed her."
Awesome! Neocon Robert Kagan Slams Leftist Jane Harmon's Soft Power Narrative to Beat #ISIS (VIDEO)
National Review has the abbreviated clip, "Robert Kagan: Obama Administration Must Prove It’s Willing to Fight ISIS in Order to Gain Allies."
But the whole segment is good, from Face the Nation this morning. Kagan says soft power is fine and dandy, but ISIS doesn't care about soft power. If you want to beat folks like this you need to destroy them on the ground and bolster American respect around the world. Allies will flock to your banner then.
A great panel. Kagan's comments on hard power come at about 6:20 minutes.
But the whole segment is good, from Face the Nation this morning. Kagan says soft power is fine and dandy, but ISIS doesn't care about soft power. If you want to beat folks like this you need to destroy them on the ground and bolster American respect around the world. Allies will flock to your banner then.
A great panel. Kagan's comments on hard power come at about 6:20 minutes.
Control of the U.S. Senate Hasn't Been This Unsteady Since the Post-Civil War Era
From Ronald Brownstein, at National Journal, "THE VOLATILE SENATE":
Brownstein should know, by the way. He's the author of The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America.
Instability is a constant in the modern Senate. After the 1980 election, Republicans controlled the chamber for six years (until 1986); Democrats held it for eight (through 1994); and Republicans regained control for six, until the 2000 election divided the chamber exactly 50-50. The next two years saw the parties trading the gavel (as a GOP defector provided Democrats a temporary majority) before Republicans regained control in the 2002 election. But they held that advantage only until 2006, when Democrats won the majority Republicans are now threatening.More.
This turbulence contrasts with the 26 years of uninterrupted Democratic Senate control from 1955 through 1980. Earlier in the 20th century, Republicans and Democrats each ran off 14-year streaks of unbroken control. From 1895 through 1912, Republicans posted an 18-year reign.
Control of the Senate hasn't been this unsteady since the decades after the Civil War. It's no coincidence that was another period, like ours, of intense economic and social upheaval as America was reshaped by reinforcing waves of industrialization, immigration, and urbanization. And yet even then, the Senate wasn't unstable for as long as it has been since 1980.
The Senate is now flipping so frequently partly because neither party can amass much of a cushion even when it gains control. From 1959 through 1980, the Democrats held a Senate majority larger than 10 seats in all but one of the 11 sessions; since then, the majority party has accumulated an advantage that large only three times in 17 sessions. These thin margins have left the governing party unable "to sustain their majority ... when things go badly," notes Brookings Institution senior fellow Thomas Mann...
Brownstein should know, by the way. He's the author of The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America.
Western Survival Requires the End of Islamist Jihadism
Well, QED.
From Professor Michael Curtis, at the Commentator (via Blazing Cat Fur):
Oddly enough, even if the Obama administration agreed with the analysis, to actually act on it would repudiate all the President Obama has stood for since running in 2007. He's boxed in by his own "tide of war is receding" stupidity.
From Professor Michael Curtis, at the Commentator (via Blazing Cat Fur):
What the world needs now may be love, but more urgently it needs the end of Islamist jihadism: the greatest danger to Western civilization and values. The arrest on September 18, 2014 in Sydney, Australia of 15 alleged jihadists, local Islamic State supporters, preparing to kidnap at random innocent persons and behead them in a gruesome spectacle in the streets of Sydney, is another reminder of that urgent need.More.
No wakeup call is required to realize that the same kind of direct threat exists against the homeland of the U.S. It serves no purpose to minimize, as some spokespersons for the Obama Administration have done, the danger to the U.S. and Western countries of terrorist attacks.
Similarly shortsighted is the view of Daniel Benjamin, former State Department counterterrorism adviser, that public comments about the ISIS threat have been a “farce.”
It is equally pointless to relax one’s guard on the belief that there is no credible information of an impending attack on the West from IS. The world is now full of Jihadist groups, whether al-Qaeda, the Nusra Front, or the Islamic State, some of whose supporters are trained to carry out terrorist attacks in their Western countries of origin. For policy purposes, it is useful to list some of the groups to which attention should be paid.
The groups exist around the world: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP); Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghrab (Aqim) in Mali; Boko Haram in Nigeria; Al-Shabab in Somalia; Taliban in Afghanistan; Ansar al-Sharia in Libya; Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia; Jemaah Islamiah in Indonesia; Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines; Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis in Egypt.
Above them all is the Islamic State (IS), (formerly ISIS or ISIL), in Iraq and Syria, a ruling state, a Caliphate, as well as a terrorist organization.
It needs to be repeated that IS, a Caliphate with enormous wealth, large quantities of weapons, and an appetite for power, has ambitions to expand its territorial control in the Middle East. Under its ruthless leader the Caliph and Commander in Chief, formerly known as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who claims to be descended from the Prophet, the IS is first consolidating its rule, then plans to conquer the bordering Muslim states, and then to “battle against the Crusaders” (the West).
IS has a governing structure and a functioning bureaucracy with two parts, one for Syria and the other for Iraq, each with 12 Governors, an eight-man Shura Council, the religious monitor, and a number of committees, each responsible for specific services.
Along with the ambition of IS in the Middle East, the Western individuals who have joined the ranks of IS really do pose a potential danger to their countries of origin, including the U.S. homeland. Thus, the need for a strong Western response to the threat is urgent. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has reported on his attempts to form a coalition, to enlist allies in the fight, to obtain the support of ten Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and some promises from others...
Oddly enough, even if the Obama administration agreed with the analysis, to actually act on it would repudiate all the President Obama has stood for since running in 2007. He's boxed in by his own "tide of war is receding" stupidity.
Erin Andrews: America's Babe, Now More Than Ever
She's so sweet --- and smokin' hot.
At USA Today, "Erin Andrews reflects on her life in health."
BONUS FLASHBACK: "New Erin Andrews Bikini Pics!"
At USA Today, "Erin Andrews reflects on her life in health."
Thank you @usatoday pic.twitter.com/Sxc46rt7Uw
— Erin Andrews (@ErinAndrews) September 19, 2014BONUS FLASHBACK: "New Erin Andrews Bikini Pics!"
Capitalism vs. the Climate: Anti-Global Warming Idiots for the Revolution
Bogus data and false memes.
These people as sadly behind the times, to say nothing about behind the science. Remember, "Whatever Happened to Global Warming?"
Lolz. Clueless dolts. Literally a joke, like the "indigenous" marchers today in the Big Apple, "LOL! Climate Change March Dressed Up as Indegenious People's 'Social Justice' Protest."
Klein argues that we cannot solve "this problem" (of bogus "climate change") without a profound ideological transformation --- which is another way of saying we need a communist revolution to overthrow capitalism. Great, like that's worked out so well already.
F-king morons.
More, "Naomi Klein on the People's Climate March & the Global Grassroots Movement Fighting Fossil Fuels."
These people as sadly behind the times, to say nothing about behind the science. Remember, "Whatever Happened to Global Warming?"
Lolz. Clueless dolts. Literally a joke, like the "indigenous" marchers today in the Big Apple, "LOL! Climate Change March Dressed Up as Indegenious People's 'Social Justice' Protest."
Klein argues that we cannot solve "this problem" (of bogus "climate change") without a profound ideological transformation --- which is another way of saying we need a communist revolution to overthrow capitalism. Great, like that's worked out so well already.
F-king morons.
More, "Naomi Klein on the People's Climate March & the Global Grassroots Movement Fighting Fossil Fuels."
How Many Rape Reports Are False?
From Megan McArdle, at Bloomberg (via Instapundit):
If someone comes into a police station with their face bashed in, you can be pretty much certain that unless they’re a professional boxer, a crime has occurred. If a rape kit shows evidence of sexual intercourse, however, all that tells you is that … something happened. Because this is something that a lot of people do to each other voluntarily, you cannot proceed immediately to the arrest. Usually there are only two witnesses, telling different stories. Often drugs or alcohol were involved, and intoxicated people make lousy witnesses.Yeah, but Glenn adds:
We don’t want that to be true. Rape is an especially heinous crime, and heinously unfair -- it is mostly something that stronger men do to weaker women. How can we pile on an extra dose of unfairness -- by failing to prosecute so many of the crimes?
Feminists would like to rectify that unfairness by treating rape accusations as presumptively true, making it easier for victims to come forward. That’s understandable. But there’s a risk that this makes it easier for false accusations to get through the system, resulting in destroyed lives for men such as Brian Banks. Men’s-rights activists would like to make it harder for innocent men to get caught in a web of lies, so they want rape accusations to be interrogated with deep suspicion. But treating rape victims as possible or likely liars may make it harder for them to go forward, leaving rapists free to stalk their next victim.
Thing is, all the rape-talk isn’t about getting justice for victims. It’s about stirring up female voters for Hillary, while demonizing, marginalizing, and silencing men, and about justifying policies that generate employment and self-esteem for “social justice warriors.” Given that these are generally execrable people, any policy that enlarges their power or perks should be viewed with deep suspicion.Word.
Ambassador Samantha Power Is a Bleedin' Moron
I can hardly bear to watch this, man.
And this woman was once one of the greatest voices speaking out against Western inaction in the face of genocide.
Face it, if you're about to be ethnically cleansed by ISIS right now, you're screwed.
And this woman was once one of the greatest voices speaking out against Western inaction in the face of genocide.
Face it, if you're about to be ethnically cleansed by ISIS right now, you're screwed.
Samantha Power sounds like a bleeding idiot calling the Islamic State "issel." Hey don't count on Obama admin. if you're about to be killed.
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) September 21, 2014Face it, if you're about to be ethnically cleansed by ISIS right now, you're screwed. #IslamicState
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) September 21, 2014California Drought Causes East Porterville Children to Go to School Unbathed
Now this is a bummer.
California, with the 8th largest economy in the world, and one of highest per capita income levels of the 50 states, can't even ensure that Central Valley residents have enough water.
At the Los Angeles Times, "'HI, DO YOU HAVE WATER?' IN A CENTRAL CALIF. TOWN, ANSWER IS OFTEN NO."
California, with the 8th largest economy in the world, and one of highest per capita income levels of the 50 states, can't even ensure that Central Valley residents have enough water.
At the Los Angeles Times, "'HI, DO YOU HAVE WATER?' IN A CENTRAL CALIF. TOWN, ANSWER IS OFTEN NO."
LOL! Climate Change March Dressed Up as Indegenious People's 'Social Justice' Protest
The New York Times reports on New York's climate change protest today, what the whacked out leftists have turned into a "people's climate" campaign. Yeah, that oughta work, lol.
Here: "Climate Change March Begins in New York City." (Via Memeorandum.)
Obviously, some freaky leftist hangers-on attending, who don't look very oppressed.
See, even Leo DiCaprio is down with the little people, lol. (Remember, DiCaprio is working on bringing space travel to the masses as well, so we can forgive that he's got one of the largest carbon footprints on the planet.)
F-king morons.
Here: "Climate Change March Begins in New York City." (Via Memeorandum.)
A People’s Climate Movement: Indigenous, Labor, Faith Groups Prepare for Historic March http://t.co/hdrEyA4lBS pic.twitter.com/yGdn81HM0z
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) September 20, 2014.@KatiePavlich Well, they've turned it into an "indigenous people's" march. They're oppressed and exploited by iPhones and shoes, lol.
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) September 21, 2014Obviously, some freaky leftist hangers-on attending, who don't look very oppressed.
Pretty RT "@tylerhunter23: Chewbacca pits 🙊 pic.twitter.com/KXGQYy6PeQ"
— LittleMissRightie (@LilMissRightie) September 21, 2014See, even Leo DiCaprio is down with the little people, lol. (Remember, DiCaprio is working on bringing space travel to the masses as well, so we can forgive that he's got one of the largest carbon footprints on the planet.)
F-king morons.
Leonardo DiCaprio marches at #PeoplesClimateMarch in NYC http://t.co/J1DfrVsLgc pic.twitter.com/mu5AT0knJN
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) September 21, 2014Joe Green, President Mark Zuckerberg's Pro-Amnesty Lobbying Group, Ousted After 'Lack of Movement' on Immigration Reform
At Re/Code, "Joe Green Pushed Out at FWD.us."
Edged out by more innovative, energetic & cheaper worker? "Pres. of Zuckerberg Pro-Amnesty Group Resigns http://t.co/8N5Rciq3kK
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) September 21, 2014
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