Crush Planned Parenthood

From Kirsten Powers, at USA Today, "Caught in stomach-turning video, all it can apologize for is the tone":

Planned Parenthood head Cecile Richards apologized last week for the uncompassionate tone her senior director of medical research, Deborah Nucatola, used to explain the process by which she harvests aborted body parts to be provided for medical research.

Nucatola had been caught on an undercover video talking to anti-abortion activists posing as representatives of a biological tissue procurement company. The abortion doctor said, “I’d say a lot of people want liver,” and “a lot of people want intact hearts these days.” Explaining how she could perform later-term abortions to aid the harvesting of such intact organs, she said, “We’ve been very good at getting heart, lung, liver, because we know that, so I’m not gonna crush that part, I’m gonna basically crush below, I’m gonna crush above, and I’m gonna see if I can get it all intact.”

A second undercover video released Tuesday shows another Planned Parenthood official talking about using a “less crunchy” way to perform abortions while preserving salable fetal tissue.

This is stomach-turning stuff. But the problem here is not one of tone. It’s the crushing. It’s the organ harvesting of  fetuses that abortion-rights activists want us to believe have no more moral value than a fingernail. It’s the lie that these are not human beings worthy of protection. There is no nice way to talk about this. As my friend and former Obama White House staffer Michael Wear tweeted, “It should bother us as a society that we have use for aborted human organs, but not the baby that provides them.”

Richards worked to discredit the video by complaining it was “heavily edited.” But the nearly three-hour unedited video — a nauseating journey through the inner workings of the abortion industry — was posted at the same time as the edited video. Richards intoned menacingly that the video was “secretly recorded.” So what? When Mitt Romney was caught by “secret video” making his 47% remarks, the means of attaining the information was not the focus of the story...

Yeah, so what? Leftists love "secret recordings" when they make conservatives and Republicans look bad. When leftists and Democrats look bad, not so much.

Still more.

Why Hillary's Not Hitting Trump Too Hard

From Amy Chozick, at the New York Times, "Today in Politics: Hillary Clinton Weighs Using Donald Trump Against His Party":

Good Tuesday morning from Washington. Gov. John R. Kasich of Ohio is expected to join the ever-growing field for the Republican nomination, a field that, despite its numbers, has been increasingly overshadowed by Donald J. Trump. Such a development, however, suits at least one other candidate just fine.

As Mr. Trump surges in the polls and Republican leaders call for him to drop out of the race after his comments about Senator John McCain’s war record, there is one candidate who hopes Mr. Trump continues to thrive: Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Mrs. Clinton has denounced Mr. Trump’s comments about Mexican immigrants, but she has mostly avoided responding directly to him, instead trying to position him as the unbridled subconscious of the Republican Party who says in direct (and offensive) terms what his party rivals have been saying in veiled and polite ways for years.

“It’s not enough to use language of respect if you refuse to support policies of respect,” Mrs. Clinton said.

On Saturday in Arkansas, Mrs. Clinton referred to Mr. Trump as “the Republican front-runner.” Of his rivals, she said, “The sad truth is, if you look at many of their policies, it can be hard to tell the difference.” ...

More. (Via Ms. Chozick on Twitter.)

Congressional Republicans Weigh Votes to Strip Federal Funding from Planned Parenthood

Obama would never sign legislation stripping funding from this Nazi-like industrial abortion mill.

Remember, he's President Infanticide.

Still, the fanatical pro-aborts are freakin'.

At Politico, "Congress bears down on Planned Parenthood after second video":

Congress’ planned crackdown on Planned Parenthood is looking increasingly real.

Republican leaders are weighing a series of votes to defund Planned Parenthood — possibly beginning before the August recess — after the release of a second undercover sting video allegedly showing one of the abortion rights group’s officials discussing the sale of fetal organs.

The anti-Planned Parenthood drive extends to the House and Senate: The No. 2 Republican in each chamber said he expects votes to cut off federal funding for the group soon.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told reporters Tuesday he’s anticipating amendments to strip the money over the course of the fall government funding debate. That’s in addition to a spate of Hill hearings he said are aimed at learning “the facts … and what’s truly is going on.”

Meanwhile, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas said he expects lawmakers to offer a Planned Parenthood amendment to the highway bill, a major piece of must-pass legislation that’s slated for consideration beginning this week. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who is vying for the party’s 2016 presidential nomination, is personally eyeing such a strategy.

And some top Republicans expect GOP lawmakers to try to attach similar amendments to nearly any measure that crosses the Senate floor. Senate Republican Conference Committee Chairman John Thune of South Dakota, for example, said lawmakers will “offer amendments to whatever vehicles are coming across the Senate floor to deal with that: Defund it or deal with it in some other fashion.”

Planned Parenthood came under fire last week after an anti-abortion group released footage of an executive casually talking over lunch about doctors collecting fetal organs for biomedical companies during abortions — and allegedly about how much money could be earned through sales of fetal tissue.

On Tuesday, the same anti-abortion activists from the Center for Medical Progress released another undercover video depicting a different executive talking about the acceptable cost of such tissue, joking that she wants a Lamborghini as payment.
Planned Parenthood officials have said they do not profit off of fetal organs and have lambasted the videos as a smear campaign aimed at hurting the women’s health organization that also performs abortions.

The defunding threats come as pro-abortion rights group CREDO Mobile — which claims to be the largest corporate donor to Planned Parenthood — launched a campaign, imploring activists to contact Hill Democrats to support the organization more vocally...

Good luck with that.

I have a feeling the majority of congressional Dems will leave PP dangling in the wind. The politics of this whole thing are definitely not tilting leftward, and there's lots more videos to come.

Well played, Center for Medical Progress. Well played.

Still more at the link.

Cajon Pass Drivers Who Ran for Their Lives Frustrated by North Fire Towing Fees

I've heard different reports, and the Los Angeles Times indicates that some towing companies waived fees as a public service. See, "Cajon Pass fire victims outraged about towing fees: 'I didn't do anything illegal'."

But watch this report at CBS News Los Angeles: "Despite Volunteer Effort, Tow Truck Firms Hoping to 'Cash In' on Cajon Pass Fire."

Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 31 in Turkish Border Town

At the Wall Street Journal, "Attack is near embattled Syrian town of Kobani":

ISTANBUL—Turkey’s government blamed Islamic State for a suicide bombing in a Kurdish border town that killed at least 31 people, one of the worst cases of spillover violence from the four-year-old war in neighboring Syria.

The attacker targeted a cultural center in the town of Suruc where some 300 members of socialist youth groups from across the country were meeting Monday to prepare rebuilding projects in the Syrian city of Kobani, just across the border. Authorities said they suspect a suicide bomber on foot waded into a crowd and detonated explosives, shattering windows and leaving limbs scattered in the yard. More than 100 people were wounded.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the deadliest attack along the border in more than two years. But if Islamic State was behind it, it would be the group’s first known suicide bombing in Turkey.

The Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani was the site of a major victory for Kurdish militia forces over Islamic State in January after a four-month battle. The Syrian Kurdish forces went on to push the extremist fighters from other parts of northern Syria more recently—raising the possibility that the attack in Suruc was retaliation for those Kurdish advances.

The bombing may also have been a response to an intensified Turkish crackdown on Islamic State in recent weeks, a government official in Ankara said. Authorities have arrested scores of suspected members of the group in raids across the country, stepping up ongoing raids. Officials have tightened border controls to try to stem the flow of foreign fighters, deporting about 1,500 mostly Western visitors to Turkey as allies increased intelligence sharing.

“Initial findings point to a suicide bomber and Daesh,” Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, referring to Islamic State by its Arabic acronym. Speaking after an extraordinary security meeting on the attack, he said terrorist organizations were trying to sabotage Turkey and derail a stable democracy in the region.

Suruc has emerged as a major staging ground for Kurds and their supporters seeking to cross into Kobani.

“They were targeted by anti-democratic forces that don’t want Kobani to be rebuilt,” said Idres Nassan Hassan, a Kurdish official in Kobani. “Those who carried out this attack are part of the terrorists that we are fighting.”

Thousands of people across Turkey protested the bombing, with some marching against Islamic State, also known as ISIS.

But others criticized the government and Mr. Davutoglu’s party, repeating oft-heard accusations that they support or tolerate Islamic State for the greater goal of ousting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The prime minister vehemently rejected the charge.

Turkey’s government said it was tightening security along its 565-mile border with Syria after the bombing. Ankara’s effort to clamp down on supporters may trigger more strikes by terrorists going forward, another Turkish official said.

“We are aware of ISIS capabilities inside Turkey,” the official said. “Turkey is seriously prioritizing this issue to bring it under control.”

Still more.

Also, "Turkey Says One Suspect Identified in Suicide Bombing."

'Before you decide to go to war on the Internet, first consider the fate of Max Read...'

Following-up up on "Nick Denton's Gawker Removes Gay-Shaming Post About Condé Nast CFO."

GamerGate's not my bailiwick, although it's interesting as hell.

So don't miss this excellent entry from the indubitable Robert Stacy McCain, at the Other McCain, "Congratulations, ‘Dishonest Fascists’ — #GamerGate Destroys Max Read":

“Never underestimate your enemy,” is a maxim of military strategy. Before you decide to go to war on the Internet, first consider the fate of Max Read, who was riding high as editor of Gawker until he decided that insulting #GamerGate was a smart move. He chose poorly.

Custer at Little Bighorn, the French at Dien Bien Phu — military history offers many parallels to Max Read’s fateful miscalculation, but perhaps the best would be Gen. John Sedgwick. On May 9, 1864, Sedgwick was directing the placement of Union artillery near Spotsylvania, Virginia. Annoyed that his men were ducking to avoid fire from Confederate sharpshooters a thousand yards away, he said: “Why are you dodging like this? They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance.” A moment later, Sedgwick was killed by a bullet from one of the Confederates whose marksmanship he had disparaged. Hubris, meet nemesis.

The resignation Monday of Max Read as editor-in-chief of Gawker, along with his executive editor Tommy Craggs, will not likely be interpreted by major media as a vindication of #GamerGate, because most of the media share the same shallow prejudice that led Read to declare his disdain for #GamerGate as “a small, contemptible crusade . . . of dedicated anti-feminist internet trolls.” Well, he who laughs last, et cetera...

Keep reading.

Plus, a pretty good inside scoop at the New York Observer, "Is Gawker Destroying Itself From the Inside? Let’s Hope So."

And from Gabriel Sherman, at New York Magazine, "Nick Denton had been at odds with Executive Editor Tommy Craggs over company's long-term direction, with Denton telling Craggs that Gawker was 'too mean'." (Via Mediagazer.)

BONUS: From Ed Driscoll, at Instapundit, "THE DAY GAWKER TORE ITSELF APART, from Lloyd Grove of the Daily Beast, who also formerly worked for Condé Nast, whose CFO’s life was upended by Gawker last week..."

WATCH: New Video Shows Baltimore Riots Erupt While Police Told to 'Hold the Line' and 'Do Not Chase' — #FreddyGray

Yeah, the video comes out months later. Like it was some secret.

Remember, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake wanted to create "safe space" zones for black thugs to destroy the city.

Via CNN:



FLASHBACK: "Baltimore in Flames."

Militant French Ferry Workers Light Tires to Block Channel Tunnel Terminal (VIDEO)

At the Independent UK, "Calais strikes: French ferry workers block access to Channel Tunnel terminal."

And watch, at Reuters, "Striking ferry workers set fires to block Chunnel."

New Victoria's Secret Model Barbara Di Creddo for Vanity Fair Italia July 2015

We're getting into the fall season, which means Victoria's Secret will start pumping out lingerie videos in preparation for the December fashion show.

So, Ms. Di Creddo's one of the new kids on the block. She's nice.

At Egotastic!, "BARBARA DI CREDDO IN VANITY FAIR ITALY."

And also at Dreaming of Dior, "'The Island That Is' - Barbara Di Creddo for Vanity Fair Italia July 2015."

Cool Chameleon Like to Pop Bubbles

Reason number umpteenth million why we love the Internet.

At ABC News San Francisco, "WATCH: This chameleon is super excited to pop bubbles."

And on YouTube, "This clever chameleon just can't get enough of popping bubbles."

Refugio State Beach Reopens Two Months After Oil Spill (VIDEO)

The oil spill was just about two month ago. See, "Santa Barbara Refugio Oil Spill is Bleak Reminder of 1969 Environmental Disaster."

And now Refugio's back open, via KEYT Santa Barbara:

No Apologies: Darla Neugebauer, Owner of Marcy's Diner, Screams at Toddler to Stop Bawling (VIDEO)

WTF, the damned kid was screaming for an hour?!!

Talk about some divine patience that most people do not have.

And the entitled parents can just STFU. My wife and I would have had our own baby out of the restaurant in minutes. If the kid doesn't stop crying we'll take our dinner to go, thank you. It's not acceptable to upset everyone else's meal with a spoiled, screaming brat. And people are outraged as Ms. Neugebauer? Sorry, go get a life people. You and your screaming princesses.

At the Portland Press-Herald (careful the auto-play video ads), "Owner of Portland diner defends yelling at screaming child":

The Marcy's Diner proprietor says the girl was disrupting her customers' dining experience.

You think?



Great advertising for the establishment. Rational people are no doubt swarming the place, slapping down 25 percent tips.

Rev Up Your Engines with April Rose

I used to post quite a bit on April Rose when she was doing videos for Maxim. I wondered what happened to her, since she hasn't been featured at Maxim's YouTube page lately.

Well, mystery solved. Turns out she's graduated to Playboy, heh.

Maybe she'll be a Playboy Playmate of the Month pretty soon!

Watch: "Rev Up Your Engines and Get Ready to Race With April Rose."

Report: Mohammod Abdulazeez 'Did Internet Searches on Martyrdom' Ahead of #Chattanooga Shootings

Do these idiots in the press have enough "evidence" to start calling this guy an Islamic jihadist?

This is ridiculous. It's like Chinese water torture or something.

Previously, "Mohammod Abdulazeez Surfed Anwar al-Awlaki Videos in Lead-Up to #ChattanoogaShootings."

And now at CNN:

Chattanooga gunman did Internet searches on martyrdom in days before rampage, source says. http://t.co/jRamEN99YS

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 21, 2015

The Right Lays Off Gaffe-Prone Donald Trump

It's all playing out in real time.

I think the Wall Street Journal announced Trump's obituary prematurely, although what goes up must come down, as they say.

In any case, Noah Rothman's a little perturbed, heh, in an otherwise perceptive essay.

See, "The GOP Entertainment Wing’s Flight of Fancy."

The Right Lays Off Gaffe-Prone Donald Trump, Abetting a Political Sideshow: https://t.co/hlMrcfe6qQ via @NoahCRothman @Commentary #TRUMP

— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) July 21, 2015

Father of Kathryn Steinle, Victim of #Democrat Sanctuary City Murder, Testifies Before Congress (VIDEO)

Mr. Jim Steinle's prepared statement is here.



And from ABC 7 News San Francisco:

#KateSteinle's dad is sitting front + center at hearing. Family met @SenFeinstein yesterday to share their concerns. pic.twitter.com/MUJ0w36DmQ

— Chris Nguyen ABC7 (@ChrisNguyenTV) July 21, 2015

In her remarks, @SenFeinstein said #KateSteinle's family is "resolute + concerned about doing the right thing" #DC pic.twitter.com/7eyfr8lESb

— Chris Nguyen ABC7 (@ChrisNguyenTV) July 21, 2015

Jim Steinle will be the 5th person to testify this AM; wife of fallen @SacSheriff Dep. Danny Oliver was 1st to address cmte. #KateSteinle

— Chris Nguyen ABC7 (@ChrisNguyenTV) July 21, 2015

Jim Steinle: “All children are special in their own way. Kate was special in the way she connected with people.” http://t.co/VFCHYJVssL

— ABC7 News (@abc7newsBayArea) July 21, 2015

Jim Steinle: “Everywhere that Kate went throughout the world she shined the light of a good citizen.” WATCH LIVE: http://t.co/VFCHYJVssL

— ABC7 News (@abc7newsBayArea) July 21, 2015

Jim Steinle: “On many levels the U.S. has suffered a self-inflicted wound in the murder of our daughter.” WATCH LIVE: http://t.co/VFCHYJVssL

— ABC7 News (@abc7newsBayArea) July 21, 2015

#NOW: Jim Steinle says he'd be proud to see Kate's name assoc. w/ legislation that helps take undocumented immigrant felons off the streets.

— Chris Nguyen ABC7 (@ChrisNguyenTV) July 21, 2015

Jim Steinle of Pleasanton, father of slain Kate, to Senate Committee: "If Kate's Law saves 1 daughter,1 son..Kate's death won't be in vain.'

— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) July 21, 2015

During Jim Steinle's testimony, family members seated behind him could be seen holding hands, and gripping each other closely. #KateSteinle

— Chris Nguyen ABC7 (@ChrisNguyenTV) July 21, 2015

Powerful testimonies before the Senate Judiciary Cmte. this AM. Nearly every seat in the room is taken. #KateSteinle pic.twitter.com/gVrBBqvHYn

— Chris Nguyen ABC7 (@ChrisNguyenTV) July 21, 2015

Dr. Mary Gatter Haggles Over Abortion Baby-Parts, Wants Lamborghini, in New Investigative Video

The Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the political action committee behind America's abortion holocaust, is feverishly pumping out pro-abort propaganda, working especially to destroy the credibility of the activists behind the investigation of the left's illegal abortion baby-parts market.

And it's easy to see why.

The Center for Medical Progress is out with a new and devastating video.

Twitchy reports, "Planned Parenthood HAGGLES over baby body parts; This brutal point says it all. And what it says is horrifying," and "MONSTERS part 2: Butchery HAGGLING? This 2nd shocking Planned Parenthood video will make you sick."

Plus, "Why is Lamborghini trending? Just when you thought Planned Parenthood couldn’t get more depraved … ; Update: Screenshot."

Watch these leftist ghouls at the video: "Second Planned Parenthood Senior Executive Haggles Over Baby Parts Prices, Changes Abortion Methods."

Also at the Federalist, "Second Video of Planned Parenthood’s Baby Organ Trafficking Scheme Surfaces."

California Black Lawmakers Urge Fort Bragg Name Change

Okay, here we go.

Taking down the Confederate flag won't be enough. The left is insatiable. It's like "1984."

At the Sacramento Bee:

The California Legislative Black Caucus has joined the nascent campaign to rename the small coastal community of Fort Bragg in Mendocino County.

In a letter Thursday, eight members of the caucus urged Mayor Dave Turner to “engage your community in a serious re-examination of the historical implications of your city’s name and come to the conclusion that now is the time to end your ties to such a disgraced and treasonous figure in our nation’s history.”

Fort Bragg was originally a 19th-century Army outpost named for officer Braxton Bragg, who later became a high-ranking general and adviser to Confederate States of America President Jefferson Davis, as well as the owner of more than 100 slaves.

Questions over whether the town would be forced to rebrand itself recently emerged after the introduction of Senate Bill 539, which would prohibit public entities in California from bearing the name of Confederate leaders.

Sen. Steve Glazer, D-Orinda, amended the bill this week to explicitly exclude cities, but not before asking Fort Bragg officials to consider a voluntary name change. So far, residents have expressed little interest in the idea.

It's a Democrat majority in Sacramento, so no doubt leftists will get this through and move on to the next memory-hole target.

Remember the controversy over the Robert E. Lee Elementary School in Long Beach? Well, leftists are turning up the pressure. See, "Activists demand renaming of Robert E. Lee Elementary in Long Beach."

The Real Reason Our Troops at Chattanooga Were Unarmed is Absolutely Infuriating

From Kurt Schlichter, at IJR:

Service members on base and outside at remote recruiting sites are not being deprived of weapons just because of short-sighted directives. It’s much worse than that. They have no access to guns to protect themselves – though in most states the civilians they pass in the streets off-post can legally and easily carry concealed – because senior military leaders are more terrified of career-ending “incidents” than the safety of their troops.

It’s a disgrace, but it’s only another example of the moral rot within the leadership of our Armed Forces that began before the Obama era but which now, under his poisonous leadership, threatens to destroy the greatest military in human history...

That's almost depressing.

But keep reading.

Rick Perry on 'Meet the Press': 'We're Seeing the Real Donald Trump Now'

From Sunday morning;



My dream ticket is Perry/Fiorina, which I imagine is about as likely as Trump winning the nomination.