In The Mailbox: 02.02.15

— compiled by Wombat-socho


OVER THE TRANSOM
Michelle Malkin: Obama’s Taliban Tools And Treachery
Twitchy: American Sniper Sets Super Bowl Weekend Box Office Record
John C. Wright: Sad Puppies 3 Announces Its 2015 Hugo Sample Slate


RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Power: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Vows Revenge For Beheadings
American Thinker: Obama Is Openly Colluding With The Enemy
Conservatives4Palin: Ferguson – The Line To Apologize Forms On The Left
Don Surber: Why Isn’t This National News? EVIL.
Jammie Wearing Fools: RAAAAACIST Sixty Minutes Host Steve Kroft Told His Black Mistress “Don’t Dress Like Beyonce”
Joe For America: Triple-Amputee Vet’s “F*CK YOU” Letter To Obama Goes Viral
JustOneMinute: Out With The Old, In With The Older
Pamela Geller: Islamic State Burning All Books Except Islamic Texts
Protein Wisdom: I Blame The Administration And Its Niggardly Funding Of The Army
Shot In the Dark: Women And Guns
STUMP: Obamacare Tax Watch – Obama Notices
The Gateway Pundit: Anti-Netanyahu Talking Point That Israel “Blindsided Obama” Was A Lie
The Jawa Report: Netanyahu The Bibi-Sitter
The Lonely Conservative: Creepy Democrats Escorted Reporters To Bathroom At Philadelphia Retreat
This Ain’t Hell: Asians Outraged By Army Headline That Had Nothing To Do With Them
Weasel Zippers: UK Muslim Leader Accuses London Mayor Boris Johnson Of Terrorism For Calling Jihadis “Wankers”
Megan McArdle: Hillary Clinton’s Late Start Won’t Stop The Punches
Mark Steyn: No-Go Contendere


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In The Mailbox: Late Weekend Edition

— by Wombat-socho

Apologies for the lack of linkagery yesterday; I spent the morning with my lawyer before heading into the tax mines for my Friday shift, and by the time I was done with that it was almost 9 PM and I didn’t have the energy left to do anything by the time I got home. /whining
Part of what’s been sapping my energy is impending bankruptcy…ah, you can read about that here, and if you can help at all, it would be very much appreciated. Every little bit helps, and who knows – maybe the incentives will tickle your fancy. In the meantime, on with the items of interest from various and sundry blogs…

OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: Andrew Sullivan Is Retiring From Blogging
Proof Positive: The Polaroid President
Louder With Crowder: Kevin Costner Uses The N Word
First Street Journal: Obviously A Joke, But Can You Imagine The Reaction From The Feminists?
Michelle Malkin: Choose To Refuse
Twitchy: Nationwide #runwarrenrun House Parties Rival Sandra Fluke Rallies In Numbers, Diversity

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Power: Former Oregon State Student Kendra Sunderland Arrested After Making Porn Video In Campus Library
American Thinker: Pedophilia And The American Future
BLACKFIVE: Free Fire Zone – Bring It Bibi
Conservatives4Palin: Sarah Palin Is Right – Go On Offense, Tout Conservatism
Don Surber: Communists Lure Democrats. GOOD.
Jammie Wearing Fools: HuffPo Author Barack Obama Tells Democrats “Get Informed, Not By Reading The Huffington Post”
Joe For America: Here’s A DREAMER For You
JustOneMinute: Not Enough One-Percenters
Pamela Geller: Ted Cruz Calls For Investigation Into Taxpayer-Funded State Department Group Trying To Oust Netanyahu
Protein Wisdom: Liberal Writer Discovers Resurgent PC Movement Is Essentially Illiberal In Ideology
Shot In The Dark: There’s A Reason They Called Bobby Heenan “The Brain”
STUMP: What I’ve Read – The Bounty Of Zelazny
The Gateway Pundit: Jordan Threatens ISIS – Kill Our Pilot And We’ll Execute ALL Our Prisoners
The Jawa Report: War Porn – Freshly Dead ISIS Courtesy Of Iraq MOD
The Lonely Conservative: Six Million Households May Be Fined For Failure To Buy Health Insurance
This Ain’t Hell: What My Military Pension Means To Me
Weasel Zippers: Texas Governor Greg Abbott Declares February 2 “Chris Kyle Day” In Texas
Megan McArdle: A Tall Order For McDonald’s
Mark Steyn: Mood Indigo

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In the Mailbox, 01.29.15

— compiled by Wombat-socho


OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: Epstein’s Fantasy Island
Proof Positive: President Obama’s Credibility Takes A Dive
First Street Journal: The Pennsylvania AG’s Office Is Vacant In Everything But Name
Louder With Crowder: Chilling Interview With Imam Anjem Choudhury
Jerry Pournelle: Abolish The Air Force, And Other Stories


RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Power: Reaction To Jonathan Chait’s Essay On Political Correctness Proves His Thesis Correct
American Thinker: The Elites Bow To Mecca
BLACKFIVE: Hosting Secure Freedom Radio And Talking Iran
Conservatives4Palin: Amazing America To Feature the Motor City Madman
Don Surber: Is Scott Walker The Democratic Nightmare? GOOD.
Jammie Wearing Fools: Deranged Lefties Want Boehner Tried For Treason For Inviting Netanyahu To Speak To Congress
Joe For America: White House Pressuring Army To Let Bergdahl Go Free
JustOneMinute: Too Dumb Even For Environmentalists
Pamela Geller: Sharia Tribunal In Texas – This Is How It Starts
Protein Wisdom: Trigger Warning – “I’ve Already Seen The Bulge…”
Shot In the Dark: Trulbert! Part XXVI – Darkness Before The Damned
STUMP: Are Public Pensions Actually In Crisis? Or Is It “Just Math”?
The Gateway Pundit: Race Hoax Exposed – Cop Who Detained NYT Columnist’s Son Was Also Black
The Jawa Report: Blog Sabbath On A Wednesday – IStoned Edition
The Lonely Conservative: Seattle Residents To Be Fined For Throwing Out Too Much Food
This Ain’t Hell: Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) Introduces Legislation To Half-Ass The War Against ISIS
Weasel Zipper: NOW Feminazi Mocks Joni Ernst By Wearing Bags On Her Feet
Megan McArdle: Moral Panics Won’t End College Rape
Mark Steyn: Education As Child Abuse


Administrivia: Live At Five will be on hiatus until the site’s scheduling software gets fixed. I’m tired of staying up until all hours and setting posts to go off at 5 AM only to not have them post until 2 PM after I’ve poked them.


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In The Mailbox, 01.27.15

— compiled by Wombat-socho


OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: Deflategate Super Bowl Meatball Recipes
Doug Powers: Fauxcahontas Reminds Drug Companies – You Didn’t Pilled That!
Twitchy: UN Halts Gaza Rebuilding Efforts As Middle East Donors Fail To Make Good On Billions Of Pledges (As Don Surber would say, GOOD.)
Sultan Knish: The Hollywood Jihad Against American Sniper
Monster Hunter Nation: Sad Puppies 3 – The Ensaddening


RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Power: Double Blow To Germany’s Leadership
American Thinker: Okay Liberals, Let’s Talk Inequality
Conservatives4Palin: A Few Iowans Byron York Didn’t Interview
Don Surber: Maryland Upended Democrats’ Racial Politics. GOOD.
Jammie Wearing Fool: Obama Sits There Chewing Gum During India Parade – “An Ungainly Sight”
Joe For America: Another Reason Black Lives Don’t Matter
JustOneMinute: The Morality of Torture
Pamela Geller: US Nixed Israeli Arms Transfer To Nigeria To Fight Boko Haram
Protein Wisdom: Obama Doesn’t Believe In Nation Building
Shot In The Dark: Naming Committee
STUMP: Public Pensions Watch – Illinois Pension Reform Lawsuits
The Gateway Pundit: Facebook Ordered To Block Posts Insulting The Prophet Mohammed
The Jawa Report: Islamic State Of Losers Loses Kobane
The Lonely Conservative: Russian Spy Arrested In NYC
This Ain’t Hell: Hagel Says “Nonstop War” Is Forcing Good Troops To Leave Service
Weasel Zippers: US Closes Embassy In Yemen After Shia Rebels Overrun Obama’s One-Time Anti-Terror Success Story
Megan McArdle: Syriza’s Tall Order For Greece
Mark Steyn: Happy Australia Day!


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Props To Prof. William Jacobson And Judicial Watch

by Smitty

Legal Insurrection does the Founder’s Work:

The short version is that the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department warned NBC News that it could not possess an actual high-capacity magazine, but NBC News went ahead and did it anyway. The MPD recommended a warrant for Gregory’s arrest, but that request was nixed by the D.C. Attorney General Irvin Nathan because — my paraphrase — Gregory was just too nice a guy and had no other criminal intent.

That attitude stood in stark contrast to the D.C. Attorney General’s vigorous prosecution of other lesser-known people who also were nice people and had no other criminal intent, but violated D.C.’s gun laws.

We served a Freedom of Information Act request but D.C. held back numerous documents. So we filed suit.

We were assisted by attorneys Jim Peterson and Ramona Cotca of Judicial Watch, who did a great job. Everybody give them a round of applause.

This is another tiny step along the way toward recovering from a system awash in too many laws, “unexpectedly” unwilling to enforce them, and thus veering toward tyranny.

via Hot Air

In The Mailbox 01.23.15

— compiled by Wombat-socho


OVER THE TRANSOM
Proof Positive: American Cypher
Doug Powers: World Economic Forum Attendees Heroically Attempt To Halt Global Warming With Fumes From 2000 Private Jets
Twitchy: John Kerry Praises Late Saudi King Abdullah As “Man Of Vision And Wisdom”


RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Power: Britain First Launches “Christian Patrols”
American Thinker: The President As Pest
BLACKFIVE: Free Fire Zone – Secure Freedom Strategy To Defeat Global Jihad
Conservatives4Palin: Sheriff David Clarke – “Al Sharpton Oughta Shut Up And Go Back Into The Gutter”
Don Surber: Obama, The CNN Of Presidents. GOOD.
Jammie Wearing Fools: Historic! 300 Million Americans Avoid Obama’s State Of The Union As Ratings Plummet
Joe For America: SCAM ALERT – “Struggling” Mom Showcased At Obama SOTU Address Was Democratic Operative!
JustOneMinute: And Back In Yemen
Pamela Geller: No-Go On The No-Go – Paris Mayor Joins In The Massive Fox Pile-On
Protein Wisdom: If Lefty Reviewers Can Pan “American Sniper” Without Watching It…
Shot In The Dark: Hands Up – Don’t Spread Narratives Without Thinking
STUMP: How Not To Look Like A Complete Ass – Saying “I Don’t Know” When You Don’t Know
The Gateway Pundit: E-Mail Shows Gov. Nixon Ordered National Guard Out Of Ferguson Before Riots, Destruction
The Jawa Report: Attention Retard Abu Suleyman (@LONEWOLF_03)
The Lonely Conservative: “It Takes A Special Brand Of Incompetence And Cowardice…”
This Ain’t Hell: Walmart Shopper Attacked by Vigilante Because…Gun!
Weasel Zippers: Liz Warren To Drug Companies – “You Didn’t Do It Alone…We Built Those Innovations Together”
Megan McArdle: Obamacare’s Long-Term Prognosis
Mark Steyn: The Morning After The State Before


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Barrett Brown, Who Threatened Me, Is Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison

In September 2012, days before his final epic meltdown — ranting on YouTube about his plans to “destroy” an FBI agent — Barrett Brown threatened me, warning of dire consequences if I did not call him immediately. To that I responded with an email:

“Look at yourself, Barrett: Publishing error-strewn ‘documents’ on Pastebin. . . . You’re publicly self-destructing, and it’s not a pretty sight. Seek professional help.”

He didn’t listen. He was sentenced to federal prison Thursday:

A Dallas man who acted as a spokesman for the underground group Anonymous and whose prosecution raised First Amendment concerns among journalists and Internet activists was sentenced Thursday to five years and three months in prison.
Barrett Brown, 33, pleaded guilty in April to threatening an FBI agent, attempting to hide two laptops during the execution of a search warrant and offering to help another hacker. The charges related to a 2011 hack of Austin-based Strategic Forecasting Inc., or Stratfor, which disclosed previously unknown information about the world of defense contractors.
“Mr. Brown collaborated with and supported the hackers,” U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay in Dallas said in court on Thursday. “He is more involved than he wants me to believe.”

Given that he has already spent 31 months in federal custody, the sentence means that Brown will be eligible for release sometime in 2017. He was also ordered to pay nearly $900,000 in restitution and fines. The Guardian goes to great lengths in its effort to depict Brown as a martyred hero, but he was a victim of nothing except his own insane arrogance. I tried to warn him in September 2012:

“You don’t need a lawyer, Barrett. You need a psychiatrist, or perhaps a priest to exorcise your demons. You are traveling a road to destruction, as harmful to yourself as to any of your chosen enemies. Get help.”

Barrett Brown was no hero. He was not an “investigative journalist.” Barrett Brown was a grandiose fool, a heroin-addicted famewhore chasing the phantoms of his paranoid imagination.

He was The Kook Who Knew Too Much.

 

In The Mailbox, 01.22.15

— compiled by Wombat-socho


OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: “American Sniper” – A Review
Proof Positive: Lame Duck Dynasty
First Street Journal: Democrisy! The Democrats Are Terribly Upset About Senator Joni Ernst’s Shoes
Michelle Malkin: The “NAACP Bombing”…Or The Barbershop Bang?
Twitchy: “Finally!” NY Democrat Corruptocrat Sheldon Silver Taken Into FBI Custody


RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Power: Sun News Trolls Feminist Campaigners, Brings Back “Page Three”
American Thinker: The Muslim Population Of America Is Expanding At Warp Speed
BLACKFIVE: “American Sniper” – Some Thoughts
Conservatives4Palin: Governor Palin Issues Strong Response To President Obama’a State Of The Union
Don Surber: J-School Professor Opposes Free Speech. EVIL.
Jammie Wearing Fools: Another Obama Success Story – Rebels Tighten Grip On Yemen’s Capital After Seizing Army Base
Joe For America: State Of The Useless 2015 – He’s Still Talking
JustOneMinute: No Federal Charges Against Officer Wilson
Pamela Geller: American Muslims Charged With Attempted Murder Of US Marshals While Screaming “Allahu Akbar”
Protein Wisdom: It’s Almost Tragic That I Have To Link This…
Shot In The Dark: So In Other Words…
STUMP: Obamacare Tax Watch – Mess To Come Noted By Tax Pros, Conservative Media
The Gateway Pundit: Even Liberal Media In Complete Disbelief Of Obama’s Foreign Policy Statements
The Jawa Report: Armed Women Repel Boko Haram Attack
The Lonely Conservative: Obamacare Wasn’t Enough, Now Libs Calling For More Reforms
This Ain’t Hell: Congressman Mac Thornberry Opposes Personnel And Equipment Cuts
Weasel Zippers: Valerie Jarrett Says We Shouldn’t Be “Throwing Around Labels” Like Islamic Extremism Or Radical Islam
Megan McArdle: Obama’s Lofty, Unattainable Goals
Mark Steyn: The Penis Mightier Than The Sword


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