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Rape Culture: German Women Terrorized by Growing Menace of Muslim Violence

Posted on | February 2, 2016 | 50 Comments

Last month, after German women were assaulted during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Cologne, I published this headline:

Muslim Rape Gangs Attack Women, and
Feminists Won’t Say a Word About It

Well, a few actually did say a word about it — Laurie Penny, for example, denounced as “racists” anyone calling attention to sexual violence committed by Muslim men — but no feminist will acknowledge the reality of what the Islamic invasion of Europe means for women there.

Feminism Is a Totalitarian Movement to Destroy Civilization as We Know It, and feminists therefore advocate (as “intersectionality”) a de facto alliance with any enemy of Christianity, capitalism and democracy. Those of us old enough to remember the Cold War know that feminists defended Soviet imperialism in Cuba, Nicaragua, Angola and elsewhere. So-called “Second Wave” feminism originated in the radical New Left of the 1960s, and in the 1980s feminists were among the most outspoken enemies of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, whose policies ultimately defeated what Reagan called the “Evil Empire.” Like every other movement of the Left, feminism is anti-social in its motives and destructive in its purposes, advocating a poorly understood goal (“equality”) that is impossible in reality, even if it were desirable in theory. Friedrich Hayek explained this long ago in The Mirage of Social Justice, and the Left simply ignored him, so there is no point explaining why the Left is wrong. If they would not listen to a Nobel Prize-winning economist, they’re not going to pay attention to me, but I digress . . .

Germany is paying a price for its government’s pro-Muslim policies:

Cologne authorities say it’s impossible to guarantee 100 percent security for the German city’s famous Carnival celebrations starting this week, but security forces will be out in force to try to ensure people can enjoy the events without fear.
In the wake of a string of robberies and sexual assaults in the city on New Year’s Eve blamed largely on foreigners, police chief Juergen Matheis said Monday he’s doubling the number of officers on hand compared with last year to more than 2,000, and also bringing in 350 cadets.
Video surveillance is also being added, and local police are coordinating closely with federal counterparts, fire and rescue units and others.

Notice the politically correct omission of the word “Muslim” from that Associated Press report and notice, also, how the article shifts the perspective — “sexual assaults . . . blamed largely on foreigners” — to signal the reader not to ask, “Who committed these crimes?” but rather to wonder, “Who blamed foreigners?” It is the implied hostility toward “foreigners” that the Associated Press finds objectionable, rather than the behavior of these “foreigners,” whose identity is never specified, so that we might imagine Taiwanese tourists or American exchange students were terrorizing women in Germany. The best way to cover Muslim violence, according to the liberal media, is to pretend that it doesn’t exist.

ITEM 1: Ercan Yasaroglu, a famous German social worker, said in a recent interview that the violence that happened in Cologne on New Year’s Eve is now routine in many German cities: “Once it gets dark, drugs are sold and passers by are robbed. They act in groups, stalking their victims, for example, at an ATM. . . . Meanwhile, there are also these sexual assaults. Girls who are surrounded and groped.” The perpetrators are “young guys from North African countries.”

ITEM 2: In the small German town of Bad Schlema, Mayor Jens Müller caused outrage at a town hall meeting when he told residents their children must stay away from certain areas and “not provoke” migrants to avoid sexual harassment, as well as suggesting they need not worry because German men are a “problem” too. One resident, who expressed concern for his 10-year-old granddaughter, told the mayor that “girls have been harassed” by refugees. The mayor said: “It’s technically not necessary for the girls to walk near the refugee shelters, there are alternative routes.” When residents became angry at being told their children cannot walk in their own community, the mayor threatened to call police to have the indignant citizens removed from the meeting.

The mainstream media in America are ignoring all of this. Nobody except Pamela Geller seems to care that an all-girls school in Cologne cancelled classes to avoid putting its students at risk of rape during this week’s Carnival celebration. Feminists fomented hysteria over a non-existent “rape epidemic” on U.S. university campuses — indeed, they insisted that anyone who doubted the existence of the fictional University of Virginia rapist “Haven Monahan” was a “rape denialist” — but when gangs of men sexually assault women in the streets of Germany, the only comment from feminists is to denounce the alleged “racism” of those who condemn this barbaric violence.

It is incorrect to suppose that feminists are merely stupid or misguided. They are active agents of evil. They hate honesty, decency and kindness, and love everything that is false, selfish and wicked.




 

Category: Crime, Germany, Islam, Sex Trouble, Terrorism

LIVE AT FIVE: 02.02.16

Posted on | February 2, 2016 | 13 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


Your rape culture moment of Zen.


TOP NEWS
TRUMP THUMPED

Ted Cruz – sealing his victory in the Iowa caucuses with a kiss

“Iowa has sent notice that the Republican nominee and next president of the United States will not be chosen by the media, will not be chosen by the Washington establishment,” Cruz said.



SANDERS DECLARES VIRTUAL TIE
With 99% of precincts reporting, Clinton clings to narrow 23-21 delegate edge

BRAZIL: ZIKA VIRUS OUTBREAK WORSE THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT
Health Minister Marcelo Castro says 80% of those infected with virus show no symptoms



POLITICS
HUCKABEE SUSPENDS CAMPAIGN AFTER POOR SHOWING IN IOWA

Former Arkansas governor pulled off upset in 2008, but not this year


Martin O’Malley also calls it quits

Ammon Bundy Seeks Release From Custody As Oregon Protesters Rally

Withheld Clinton E-Mails Contained Operational Intel, Put Lives At Risk


House Report: Obama Lied To Congress About Debt Limit

Senate Probe: Administration Left Migrant Children In U.S. At Risk Of Sex Trafficking

VP Biden’s Cancer “Moonshot” Price Tag Now $1 Billion

Judges Overturn Demotions For VA Officials Accused Of Job Scam

Congressman Vows To Defund Sanctuary Cities If AG Doesn’t Take Action



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Falls For Second Day On China Worries, OPEC Glut: Brent $33.68, WTI $30.95
BP Reports Worst Annual Loss In Over Twenty Years, Cuts More Jobs
Abbott Labs To Buy Test Maker Alere For $5.8 Billion
U.S. Construction Spending Hit Eight-Year High In 2015
Fox To Cut $250 Million Through Staff Buyouts
Affordable Care Act Dark Spot For Aetna
WhatsApp Hits One Billion Users, Still Looking For Revenue
Tablet Shipments Down, But Detachables Catch On
Trained Eagle Destroys Drone In Dutch Police Video
Facebook Is Screwing With Your News Feed Again
You Can Play Star Citizen For Free This Week



SPORTS
JOHN SCOTT: FROM UNWANTED TO UNBELIEVABLE

How can the MVP of the NHL All-Star Game not even be playing in the league?

Traded away by the Coyotes, sent down by the Habs, Scott nevertheless emerges as the hero of the All-Star Game.

Houston Rallies To Upset #12 SMU

Terriers Beat Huskies To Advance To Beanpot Finals



Yankees Lose 1B Greg Bird For The Season

Teague Scores Season-High 32 As Hawks Blow By Mavs

#15 Baylor Falls Out Of First After Loss To Texas

NCAA Votes To Extend President Through 2020

Will The Nationals Prove Everyone Wrong In 2016? Bryce Harper Thinks So



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
DANBURY INMATES FURIOUS OVER “SNITCH” GIUDICE’S LESBIAN CLAIMS

Reality star-turned-inmate looking for another fifteen minutes?

Forthcoming book alleges rampant lesbianism at prison; warden may come forward to rebut


Jay-Z’s Label Sues Rita Ora

Azealia Banks Offered Deal In Boob-Biting Case


The Bachelor‘s Ashley Salter Is Pregnant

Oscar Winners Taking Over Broadway

Grease Live Surges On Fox With 12.2 Million Viewers

Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney Among ACM Awards Nominees

American Lung Association Calls Out Leo DiCaprio For “Deeply Troubling” Behavior



FOREIGNERS
Aussie PM Weighs Early Election To Break Political Deadlock
Former Malaysian Law Minister Files Suit Over Failure To Charge Former PM Over Financial Scandal
“No Deal” Following UK/EU Talks
“World’s Best Chef” Found Dead
US Calls On Beijing To Clarify Status Of Missing HK Booksellers
Over 3500 Syrians Flee To Turkey As Loyalist Forces Advance
Boko Haram Kills At Least 65 In Nigerian Raid
New Democratic Era Dawning In Burma?
Greece Not Interested In Playing Gatekeeper For EU
China’s Handling Of Norks Called “Hypocritical”



BLOGS & STUFF
EBL: Democrats With Benefits
Da Tech Guy: The Cost To The GOP Of Fighting Ted Cruz
Proof Positive: Nary A “Fare Thee Well”
Political Hat: Obama Administration Declares War On The Gender Binary
Doug Powers: Ted Cruz Wins In Iowa; Sanders, Clinton Running Neck And Neck
Twitchy: Jeb! Spent How Much Per Vote In Iowa?


American Power: The Biggest Loser Coming Out Of Iowa? Donald Trump
American Thinker: Who Received Hillary’s Secret E-mails?
BLACKFIVE: Book Review – The First Order By Jeff Abbott
Conservatives4Palin: Sarah Palin – I’m Not Asking Donald Trump “For Anything”
Don Surber: Biggest Loser In Iowa? The Des Moines Register
Jammie Wearing Fools: Deeply Religious Trump Confuses Communion Offering With Collection Plate
Joe For America: 14-Year-Old Beheaded Before Parents Leaves Michael Moore Silent
JustOneMinute: Hope, Change, And A Future (Or Past!) We Can Believe In
Pamela Geller: Muslim Mob Found Guilty Of “Frenzied” Knife Attack In London Sentenced To Life
Protein Wisdom: Men And Women Are Fundamentally Different
Shot In The Dark: Urban Liberal Privilege
STUMP: On Alternative Assets And Pensions – Multiple Stories In New Jersey
The Gateway Pundit: MASSIVE TURNOUT IN IOWA – ADVANTAGE TRUMP
The Jawa Report: Jawa Iowa Caucus Results
The Lonely Conservative: Obama Claims He Didn’t Know About Hillary’s Private E-Mail – But He E-Mailed Her Eighteen Times
This Ain’t Hell: Justin Sullivan – ISIS In North Carolina
Weasel Zippers: Iowa Democratic Party Says Results From 90 Precincts Have Gone Missing
Megan McArdle: Tax Cuts Can’t Motivate The Republican Base Any More
Mark Steyn: Mohammed’s Millinery


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Category: Live at Five

In The (Rape Culture) Mailbox, 02.01.16

Posted on | February 2, 2016 | 1 Comment

— compiled by Wombat-socho


Because we have a theme going here. XD


OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: SPLC
Proof Positive: “Affluenza” Poster Child Kills Four, Not Held Responsible
First Street Journal: The Racism of Modern Feminism
Da Tech Guy: “Rhodes Must Fall” Falls
Conservative Intel: Win or Lose, Trump Leaves His Mark
Michelle Malkin: How Did Dulce Candy Get Into The Military?


RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Power: Trump Downplays Hawkeye State Significance On Eve Of Caucuses
American Thinker: Islam And The First Amendment
BLACKFIVE: Book Review – The Ex By Alafair Burke
Conservatives4Palin: Four Roads Out of Iowa For Republicans
Don Surber: The Power Of Newspaper Endorsements
Jammie Wearing Fools: “This Was All Planned” – Former State Dept. IG Says Hillary, State Department Are Lying
Joe For America: Watch Larry The Cable Guy Come Out Of Character And Go After Liberals
JustOneMinute: Something New Under The Sun?
Pamela Geller: Cologne All-Girls High School Closes For Carnival For Fear Of Sexual Attacks
Protein Wisdom: Socialism Ruins Venezuela, WaPo Blames “Bad Luck”
Shot In The Dark: Fiction And Fact
STUMP: Followup On One Of The Fraud And Pensions Cases
The Gateway Pundit: Germans Turn on Merkel, Jeer And Boo Chancellor In Neubrandenburg
The Jawa Report: Another Case of Disney Jihad?
The Lonely Conservative: SEIU, Democrats Trying To Make 5 Million Immigrants Citizens Before November Elections
This Ain’t Hell: SecDef Carter Won’t Demote Petraeus
Weasel Zippers: Soros Contributes $6 Million To Hillary Super-PAC
Megan McArdle: Hey, Trump Voters – He’ll Offend You Next
Mark Steyn: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow


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Category: Linkagery

The Iowa Caucus Is Rape Culture

Posted on | February 1, 2016 | 68 Comments

Does that headline make sense? Of course not, but I’ve been reading so much feminist literature lately, I’ve come to realize that expecting headlines to make sense is patriarchal oppression.

“Shut the f–k up! Because patriarchy!”

To a feminist, everything is rape culture, and so the Iowa caucus must be part of it somehow. When coeds at the University of Alabama (scarcely a haven of radicalism) form a Feminist Caucus and issue a manifesto full of Women’s Studies jargon — the gender binary! heteronormativity! social constructs! — about “rape culture” in Tuscaloosa, we must realize American culture is so thoroughly corrupted nothing can save us from the destructive tsunami of complete decadence. As I explained the night Obama was re-elected, we are Doomed Beyond All Hope of Redemption. Meanwhile, in Iowa . . .

With 17% of precincts reporting in the Republican caucus, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has 30%, businessman Donald Trump has 27% and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has 19%, Dr. Ben Carson has 10% and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is . . . losing. Very badly.

So maybe there is a tiny glimmer of hope.

UPDATE 9:45 p.m.: With 37% precincts reporting, according to the New York Times, it’s Cruz 29%, Trump 26%, Rubio 20%, Carson 10% and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush . . . still losing.

UPDATE 10 p.m.: Meanwhile, with 63% of precincts reporting on the Democrat side, it’s the Criminal Clinton 51%, Socialist Sanders 49% and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is losing even worse than Jeb Bush.

UPDATE 10:50 p.m.: OK, so 99% of precincts are counted, Cruz is the winner with 28%, Trump second with 24% and a surprisingly strong third-place finish for Marco Rubio with 23%. Marco just gave his big speech — full of the rhetoric of American exceptionalism — and sounded very confident about his prospects. Meanwhile, on the Democrat side, Martin O’Malley has hoisted the white flag, suspending his campaign, as has Mike Huckabee among Republicans.

At Jeb Bush HQ, it’s got to look like a Downfall parody video tonight. The dude spent $80 million and got 3%.

 

Category: Election, Iowa

‘Rape Culture’ in Tuscaloosa?

Posted on | February 1, 2016 | 26 Comments

Lindsay Macher, Cameron Ridgeway, Jessica Morgan, Jilisa Milton, Rachel Ledbetter, and Isabelle Beauregard are members of the “Feminist Caucus Executive Committee” at the University of Alabama where, to judge from their rhetoric, every male student is a rapist and every female student is a victim:

Sexual assault is often a difficult topic to speak about, especially for those of us who are survivors. We do not choose to share a personal story in this article, as it would most likely be exploited and undermined for faux campus initiatives.
The “It’s On Us” initiative on our campus has done nothing to eliminate rape culture and has only perpetuated it. It is impossible to end sexual assault without first addressing the social mechanisms on which it thrives. One doesn’t have to be a scholar in feminist theory to realize that the toxic representations of women in the media and general attitudes towards women and members of the LGBTQ+ community on campus create a culture where victims feel responsible for their attacks and perpetrators feel justified.

(How many victims? How many attacks? How many perpetrators? Could we get some estimate of the scope of this problem in Tuscaloosa? Never mind. We must endure a lecture about “social mechanisms” and “toxic representations of women.”)

The first meeting of “It’s On Us” that a representative of UA Feminist Caucus attended featured a speaker from the Women and Gender Resource Center explaining the extent of rape culture as it relates to our campus, with suggested measures of bystander intervention. Her lesson was extremely helpful in dismantling rape culture and preventing sexual assault through the use of societal pressure, and some of the suggestions from the group were encouraging. However, as women who have a 1 in 5 chance of facing sexual assault (notwithstanding other factors such as race and gender identity) during our college experiences, the initiative has only left us concerned.

(There it is again — the infamous “1 in 5” statistic that refuses to die, no matter how often or how thoroughly it is debunked. It’s a zombie statistic, and no flamethrower can ever kill it.)

When it has been proven that membership in a social fraternity significantly contributes to the likelihood of perpetrating sexual assault, it is difficult not to be wary of an initiative spearheaded by greek students. Initially, we gave it the benefit of the doubt, thinking, “Who better to solve this problem than those who are prominent within it?” However, Jordan Forrest’s article about her project stated “We do not let our friends walk alone late at night or ignore their requests for a designated driver. We hold our friends and ourselves accountable, and we never blame the victim.” While we admire the intentions of those who came together to write these articles and lead this initiative, it must be noted that the very sentence that warns us not to blame the victim is preceded by victim-blaming through false notions of “accountability.” The goal of this initiative was to create a culture of accountability, but this accountability seems to be only for those more likely to be targeted rather than those who may perpetrate it.

(Translation: All men are rapists.)

This is one of the main problems of “It’s On Us.” At the first meeting, some members of the task force suggested solutions to a hypothesized situation including a man displaying potentially aggressive behavior towards a woman at a bar. Their solutions included interrupting him or trying to distract him while simultaneously taking care not to offend him. Without sternly expressing that this behavior is threatening and unacceptable, we challenge nothing and change nothing, hardly providing the safety that the initiative claims to create.
Another “solution” of the campaign that assisted in victim-blaming was the campus walk. Members of the task force walked around campus after dark and pointed out places that could be more well-lit. This is problematic because women (as the campaign frequently assumes all victims are cis women) should not have to walk in large groups or in well-lit places to avoid being assaulted. We should not be responsible for preventing violence against ourselves. The only suitable way to prevent sexual assault is to teach people not to sexually assault others.

(Yes, this the “only suitable way to prevent sexual assault”! Many will recall that, on Sept. 11, 2001, we realized the only way to prevent terrorism was to teach guys named Mohamad not to fly commercial airliners into skyscrapers.)

Providing better lighting is treating a symptom of a larger epidemic, and an ironic approach considering the University’s late-night shuttle service hardly works.
Secondly, this idea of “stranger danger,” in which women are only attacked at night by “bad guys” is a false notion. Eighty-two percent of assaults are perpetrated by someone the victim knows, including their intimate partners or spouses. The walk, as well as the whole campaign, did little but give a group of people two hours of self-righteousness while doing nothing but furthering myths about sexual assault.

(Every man is a rapist and rape is an “epidemic” in Tuscaloosa. To believe otherwise is a “myth,” saith the Feminist Caucus.)

It goes without saying that no one was inspired to come forth and tell their story at any of the events for “It’s On Us.” To foster true change, our campus needs to listen to victims, rather than blame and criticize them, and remind them that they are more than their assault or merely a story to use as our own resume-builder. We need to have a solid pushback on men who refer to women as sexual objects.

(Obviously, “men who refer to women as sexual objects” are rapists, because all men are rapists, saith the Feminist Caucus.)

We need to focus less on what White House initiative we can complacently adopt, but rather on our own specific needs, catered to our own environment.
This starts with recognizing where we are failing. We need more campaigns that publicly promote consistent training about consent, frequently muddled at this university, along with fully-inclusive sex education, which is much harder than signing a wall on the Quad and then returning to a life of perpetuating violence. We need to analyze the deepest parts of rape culture, not just scrape the surface. Ending the stigma about women’s sexuality and the social construct of virginity are good starting points. From there, we can expand into heteronormative expectations of men and women within the gender binary and then further into queer and trans erasure.

(Yes, “the gender binary” and “heteronormative expectations” are “the deepest part of rape culture,” saith the Feminist Caucus.)

By following this progression, eventually we can manage to achieve what seems to be the impossible: the destruction of a culture that justifies and covers up sexual assault.
While the idea behind “It’s On Us” is well-intentioned, our campus’s handling of it has been nothing more than a moment of self-glorification. Fixing this complex issue requires difficult self-reflection on the part of every individual on this campus.

In other words, once they have banished males from campus — or perhaps criminalized heterosexuality — the Feminist Caucus will have achieved “the destruction of a culture” in Tuscaloosa.

This is what “fixing this complex issue requires,” they imply, but dare we suggest an alternative? Go to Auburn.

If you hate the University of Alabama so much — you accuse the administration of “perpetuating violence” and blame your fellow students for “rape culture” — why not get the hell out of Tuscaloosa?




 

Category: Education, Feminism, Sex Trouble

IOWA CAUCUS PREDICTION

Posted on | February 1, 2016 | 47 Comments

Jeb Bush will lose. The question is, will he be crushed, embarrassed and humiliated so badly that he quits? Probably not:

Jeb Bush’s supporters have spent $15 million on slickly produced ads to win over Iowa voters. Barely registering in the polls and increasingly desperate in the shadow of the Iowa caucuses, he’s now trying a cost-free, personal tactic: hugs.
When 67-year-old Harrison Cass, Jr., of Waterloo, pledged to caucus for Bush Monday night, the former Florida governor jogged across a crowded town hall-style meeting to embrace him.
“I give out hugs,” Bush said at the Cedar Falls event. “I’m from Miami, that’s what we do.”
Bush, once considered the Republican presidential front-runner, is doing whatever it takes to stay relevant in the 2016 contest.
And whether it’s a friendly squeeze or a scathing attacks ad from his allies, he’s showing no signs of going quietly. That’s despite the wishes of some Republican strategists, who fear his underdog candidacy is making it harder for his party’s mainstream wing to coalesce behind another candidate.
All the while, billionaire businessman Donald Trump has maintained a huge lead over the so-called establishment candidates.
Bush’s super PAC, Right to Rise, has disgorged tens of millions of dollars attacking the candidates seen to be in direct competition with him: Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
Right to Rise has spent more than $24 million on ads contrasting the former Florida governor with one or more of those three, most often Rubio, data from advertising tracker Kantar Media’s CMAG show. That’s on top of a tidal wave of millions of dollars of mail to voters in Iowa and New Hampshire opposing Rubio, Kasich and Christie — sometimes all three at once, expenses documented in Federal Election Commission reports.
Overall, Bush’s allied super PAC had spent more than $80 million on television and radio advertising this campaign season as of midday Sunday. That includes more than $15 million in Iowa alone — which is about as much as the total by super PACs aligned with the other Republican candidates still in the race.

The possibility of a Bush comeback is the Phantom Menace of 2016. For 10 days, ever since National Review devoted its cover to an all-out attack on Trump, I’ve been haunted by this scenario: Somehow, Jeb survives an embarrassing fifth-place finish in Iowa and then, with a massive ad blitz, takes fourth-place in New Hampshire — a result that drives both Kasich and Christie from the field. Next, the Nevada caucuses, where Jeb again finishes fourth and then South Carolina, where an unprecedented onslaught of Bush TV ads combined with endorsements by sold-out GOP officials enables Jeb to finish third, ahead of Rubio. If Marco finishes fourth in South Carolina, he’s doomed, and this would effectively make it a three-man race — Trump, Cruz and Bush — heading into Super Tuesday on March 1.

Super Tuesday is only a month away, and here’s the question: Why shouldn’t Team Bush, which has already unloaded more than $80 million to get Jeb to 2% in Iowa, hang on for another month and try to make that comeback happen? Neither of his so-called “mainstream” Republican rivals, Kasich and Christie, has a hope in hell of going all the way. If Jeb can just endure a few defeats, he’s three weeks from South Carolina, where the latest Real Clear Politics average shows this:

Trump …….. 36.0%
Cruz ………… 19.7%
Rubio ………. 12.7%
Bush ………… 10.0%

If the gap between Marco and Jeb in South Carolina is less than three points, how many millions of dollars does Team Bush have to spend smearing Rubio in order to finish him off? All my conservative friends, now at each others’ throats in the Trump-Cruz-Rubio fight amongst the current GOP front-runners, seem willing to ignore this nightmare scenario: Jeb emerging from South Carolina with a third-place finish that Team Bush can spin as a miraculous comeback victory. But this sense of dark foreboding has haunted me like Banquo’s ghost.

Bush must be destroyed — Jeb delendus est — or we are doomed.




 

Category: Election, Iowa, Republicans

Rule 5 Sunday: Nighthawks

Posted on | January 31, 2016 | 14 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Devoid of inspiration this week, so we’re just going to segue into the standard disclaimer and stick in Edward Hopper’s classic painting, because we can.

An old favorite.

Ninety Miles from Tyranny leads off this week with Hot Pick of the Late Night, Morning Mistress, and Girls with Guns, followed by Goodstuff with Laura Prepon and other red-headed space chicks, The Last Tradition with Chloe Grace Moretz and Selita Ebanks, and First Street Journal with American women in uniform. Also, Postaldog returns with Rita Ora, Hilary Duff, Kate Hudson, and Micaela Shafer. Also also, Animal Magnetism has Rule 5 Friday and a Super-Sized Asian Invasion!

EBL tells the Arizona Cardinals to cheer up,  and also presents Rose Leslie, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, Megyn Kelly, Grace Slick, rape hoaxer Jackie Coakley, and Basic Instinct.

A View from the Beach has Another Great Dane – Solveig Mørk, Turkey Pumpkin Chili?, The Origin of the Wheel, Pardon Me If I Post More Snow, War, What Is It Good For? (cave girls), Because We Definitely Need Some Warmth Today, Can the Broncos Stomp the Patriots?, and Elites Fear Robots Will Take Their Place (beware, robots)

After a long absence, the Daley Gator returns to brighten our Sunday with Michellen Cristina, Erica Tonooka,  Who says Black and White photos are not sexy?, Analicia Chaves, Akira Riyu Mitsuki, Caity Lotz, Ami Tokito, and Karen Vi.

At Soylent Siberia, it’s two for tea, Monday Motivationer Rise & Shine, Tuesday Titillation Seeing DDouble, Humpday Red Hawt Jenny, Falconsword Fursday Fantasy, and Weekender Backslide Lakeside.

Proof Positive’s Friday Night Babe is Camille Neviere (who also has Sex in Advertising covered), his Vintage Babe is Mary Healy, there’s The Return of Women Of PETA XLVI, the obligatory NFL cheerleaders, and their sisters! At Dustbury, it’s Carol Burnett, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Zooey looking good; Angelina Jolie, not so much.

Thanks to everyone for their linkagery, here and at the FMJRA, where Rule 5 Sunday is again the most-linked post of the past week. Deadline to submit links to the Rule 5 Wombat mailbox for next week’s Rule 5 roundup is midnight on Saturday, February 6.

Nighthawks
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Category: Rule 5

Is This Donald Trump’s Testimony?

Posted on | January 31, 2016 | 52 Comments

by Smitty

Byron York talks to The Hair and The Donald beneath it, asking the following:

Let’s go to Ted Cruz. He is apparently testing ways to attack you in Iowa. His campaign is calling people, testing, saying you have never asked God for forgiveness, saying you’re a “New York liberal pretending to have conservative values.” What do you think about that?

Well, first of all, I’m a believer in a very big way. I went through my Sunday school, I’ve done everything that you’re supposed to do and that I love doing, and I feel really great about it. I think that the evangelicals have really taken to me, and I taken to them, and I’ve always taken to them. I’m doing very well with the evangelicals. In fact, nationwide, I’m leading by a substantial margin.

Stipulate that there is not a precise, cookie-cutter approach to offering a testimony, and York did not ask: “What is your Testimony?” So, one must take whatever the answer is at face value.
This bit from Inquisitr.com is of note:

According to the progressive publication Thinkprogress, Donald Trump’s consistent claims to be a member of the Queens Presbytery has been a source of considerable embarrassment and discomfort to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. It is well known that the denomination has publicly come out in support of gay marriage and other liberal policies. Additionally, the church as a whole has publicly committed to assisting the proposed intake of Syrian refugees. Both of these positions are directly opposed to Donald Trump’s positions and statements.

The church issued a statement Wednesday denouncing Trump’s comments as un-Christian and inconsistent with the teachings and example of Jesus Christ. They also announced their intention to attempt to expel Donald Trump from the Presbyterian faith. Presbyterians have a mechanism for expulsion that is similar to the Catholic practice of excommunication. An entity or individual within the church can make a complaint against a member which leads to judicial proceedings. Depending on the outcome of these proceedings, the member may then be expelled from the church. This would effectively mean that Trump would no longer have access to church services and sacraments, and would also put paid to any connection Donald Trump’s campaign might seek to establish with the Presbyterian denomination.

It’s hard to tell what to make of all that, on a variety of levels. In the case of, for example, Carson, Rubio, Cruz, Santorum, Huckabee, and Paul, it’s less hard to tell. I’ve heard Christie allude to his Catholicism. Don’t know about Fiorina too much.
Faith, while a personal matter, is an important check on megalomania. It would be instructive to hear, in an offline, off the record setting, Donald Trump’s actual testimony.

Category: Religion, Republicans
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