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In The Mailbox, 01.21.15

Posted on | January 21, 2015 | 4 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: ISIS And Boko Haram Are Misogynist Death Cults
Proof Positive: A Pen And A Phony
Michelle Malkin: Attack Of The Open Borders Mau-Mauers
Twitchy: “You Lost” – Futile Attempts Made To Bring Blissfully Unaware Harry Reid Back To Reality


RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Power: Page Three Models Lead Backlash Against “Comfy Shoe-Wearing, No-Bra-Wearing Man Haters”
American Thinker: A Gunfight In Kansas
Conservatives4Palin: A New Year – Why, Mr. President? Why?
Don Surber: Gun-Control Hypocrite Loses His Guns. GOOD.
Jammie Wearing Fools: Shocker – MSNBC Guest Who Made Racist Remarks About Bobby Jindal Is An Obama Donor
Joe For America: Islam’s Sexual Fatwas, Ethnic Purges, And Worldwide Rampages – Clash Of Civilizations
JustOneMinute: Obama’s Plan To Tax “The Rich”
Pamela Geller: Muslim Cleric Orders French Muslims To Avenge Mohammed – “Charlie Did Not Understand The Lesson”
Protein Wisdom: Price Of Electricity Hit Record High In 2014
Shot In The Dark: How To Get Ahead In Minnesota Politics
STUMP: Public Pensions Watch – Why Are New Jersey Pensions So Screwed?
The Gateway Pundit: Islamic Houthi Rebels Seize Presidential Palace In Yemen (Obama Success Story!)
The Jawa Report: Begun The Cyberwar Has, Jamaat-i-Islami Hacked
The Lonely Conservative: After Calling For Civility, Obama Immediately Taunted Republicans
This Ain’t Hell: “Treasonous” A-10 Defenders
Weasel Zippers: Salon Writer Laments “Having To Suppress My Black Rage To Get Along With White People”
Megan McArdle: It Might Be Time To Panic About Greece
Mark Steyn: The State Of The State Of The Union


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Category: Linkagery

Feminist Hears Voices in Her Head

Posted on | January 20, 2015 | 78 Comments

Julie Zeilinger (@juliezeilinger) has found a new feminist hero:

[F]eminist vlogger Kat Lazo . . . recently decided to stride confidently around her Queens, New York, neighborhood in the nude, and then post footage of the NSFW stroll online for the masses to see.
“I can say that there hasn’t been a day where I’m not consciously fighting against the voices in my head from the pressures of society’s beauty standards,” Lazo writes in a blog post explaining her decision to film the video. “It’s exhausting to constantly reject the lies that the media and sometimes even your own family feeds you. . . . I wanted to silence all the voices in my head so I could hear my own voice.”

Consulting a few online psychiatric sources, we learn that people who hear voices in their head and run around naked may be suffering from schizophrenia. Haldol or Thorazine are often prescribed to control these symptoms. But the feminist lunatics are running the asylum:

At the end of the day, Lazo . . . wants to “challenge the media, question social norms and encourage young folks, particularly young women, to think critically about the world.”

Sure. Go ahead. “Think critically about the world.” But don’t forget that the world is also thinking critically about you, and we’re pretty sure you need a daily dose of Thorazine.





 

Category: Feminism

European Economic Crisis?

Posted on | January 20, 2015 | 51 Comments

There is a lot of very important news out there today, but perhaps nothing is really more important than this:

The completely unexpected decision of the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to remove the 1.20 floor on the Swiss franc against the euro [last week] was one of the biggest currency shocks since the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in 1971.

Then yesterday, the Danish central bank “cut its interest rates to dampen investor interest in the Danish krone ahead of a closely watched European Central Bank meeting Thursday.” The Wall Street Journal quotes an analyst’s opinion:

“This is all part of the currency war in which the ECB has become a big player last week. The weakness of the euro became too much for them. On the back of the SNB move, there was speculation that the eurodenmark peg could come under speculative pressure. Obvious difference is that Denmark does not have to cope with safe-haven flows, like the SNB does. There is not the same degree of pressure than on Swiss. Another difference is that the krone is not overvalued by many measures.”

Honestly, my knowledge of the situation is too meager to be able to say what this means, but it is possible — I emphasize, merely possible — that this is one of those signs of an impending economic crisis. The underperforming European economies (PIGS = Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain) have been a drag on the Euro for several years, dependent on the ability of the stronger economies (especially Germany) to patch up the related currency problems. But these were always patchwork fixes, and the underlying problems are too deep to be permanently fixed, no matter how much cash the Germans could provide, no matter how strict the austerity measures imposed on the fiscally disastrous Mediterranean governments.

Maybe the ECB will be able to find another patch, but if the Swiss and Danes are hedging their bets . . .? I don’t know what this means, but if I were a major investor, I might be worried. Any readers with extensive knowledge of the European financial situation are invited to offer their analysis in the comments.

(via Memeorandum.)

 

Category: Economics, Europe

LIVE AT FIVE: 01.20.15

Posted on | January 20, 2015 | 2 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Iran Confirms Israelis Bagged One Of Their Generals In Strike On Hezbollah

General Mohammed Ali Allah-Dadi: assumed room temperature with the help of the IDF

Five other Iranians along with six Hezbollah members croaked by Israeli helicopter attack in Syria
UN observers say it was drones, not helicopters
Israel, Lebanon brace for possible Hezbollah retaliation


Fighting Rages In Donetsk, Lugansk
Russia admits “volunteers” fighting alongside rebels

Oscar-Nominated “American Sniper” Tops Holiday Weekend Box Office
At $105.3 million, over four times the take of #2 “Paddington”



POLITICS
Nobody Cares About The State Of The Union Speech

President Obama reads the 2014 SOTU

David Greenberg: “I think there is a sense of fatigue with the Obama administration.”

Boehner Mocks Obama’s College Plan With Taylor Swift GIFs

MLK Honored Amid Scattered Protests

Study Used To Support NY Fracking Ban Developed By Anti-Fracking Activists

Gov. Jindal Slams Muslim No-Go Zones, Pushes Assimilation

Gov. McAuliffe Hospitalized After Being Thrown From Horse

Rep. Duckworth Considering Challenge to Sen. Mark Kirk

FCC Watchdog Insists To Congress Some Of Its Agents Need To Be Armed



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Dips On PRC GDP Data: WTI $47.45, Brent $48.80
Red China Posts Slowest Growth In 24 Years
IMF Downgrades Global Growth Forecast
Credit Crackdown Exposes Flimsiness Of Red China’s Rally
Texas Preparing For An Oil Bust
Samsung Mulling Stock Split
Google May Invest In SpaceX For Satellite Internet
NSA Hacked Nork Networks Before Sony Attack
Microsoft’s Outlook Hacked In Red China After GMail Blocked
WinPhone Update Adds 4K Video, Expands Cortana Availability
Mario Lives: Researchers Inject AI Into Nintendo’s Leading Man



SPORTS
Scherzer Signing Creates Embarrassment Of Riches For Nationals

Seven years, $210 million

18-5, 3.15 ERA for the Tigers last season in 220 1/3 innings

Knicks End Sixteen-Game Slide With Win Against Pelicans

Blue Jackets Hang On For 3-1 Win Over Wild

Rangers Acquire Gallardo From Brewers

Canucks Edge Panthers 2-1

Duke Beats Pitt; Coach K One Away From 1,000


Islanders Top Flyers In 7-4 Slugfest

Nationals To Host 2018 All-Star Game?



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Jennifer Aniston On Kate Hudson’s “Irresistible Tush”

Too hot to not handle?

Also discussed the Academy’s snub of “Cake” with Ellen DeGeneres


Backstage Brawl At Non-Violence Concert


The Brutal Secrets Behind “The Biggest Loser”


“Annie” Star Quvenzhane Wallis Gets Her Allowance Cut

Fox Confirms “X Files” Reboot; Duchovny, Anderson To Return

Elizabeth Olsen, Fiance Break Off Three-Year Engagement

Fat Commie Douche Mouths Off About “American Sniper”

Billy Crystal: Some Gay Sex On TV Too Graphic

Netflix Sets Will Arnett Comedy “Flaked” For 2016

Amazon To Produce, Purchase Movies For Theatrical Release



FOREIGNERS
Argentine Prosecutor Who Accused President Kirchner Over 1994 Bombings Found Dead
Pope Francis: Catholics Don’t Have To Breed Like Rabbits
Australia Raises Terror Threat Level To “High”
EU Launches Anti-Terrorism Projects With Muslim Nations
No Terrorism, Explosion In Crashed AirAsia Jet’s Recordings
Police Disperse Anti-Kabila Protest In Kinshasa
UK Plea to Imams To Fight Extremism Draws Charges Of Islamophobia
Zambia Votes For A New President
Chechens Stage Angry Protest Of Charlie Hebdo
Canadian Special Forces Troops Clash With IS In Iraq



BLOGS & STUFF
American Power: Britain’s Sun News Drops Page 3 Girls
American Thinker: MSM Claims Judaism, Christianity As Violent As Islam
BLACKFIVE: Boots On The Ground To Train “Moderates”
Conservatives4Palin: Governor Palin – God Bless Our Troops, Especially Our Snipers
Don Surber: Boris Badenov Finally Wins. EVIL.
Jammie Wearing Fools: Dingy Harry May Retire Rather Than Face Defeat In 2016
Joe For America: Grow Your Own Food? Obama Says You’re An Extremist
JustOneMinute: Gay Marriage And Political Cover
Protein Wisdom: In The Midst Of Measles Outbreak, Anti-Vaxxers “Stand Firm”
Shot In The Dark: Let’s Get Ready To Lobbyyyyyyyyyyy!
STUMP: A Tax Interlude (With A Little Obamacare Thrown In)
The Gateway Pundit: White #BlackLivesMatter Protesters Found Living With Parents In Luxury Mansions
The Jawa Report: It’s Not Often GIMF Posts Mohammed Cartoons
The Lonely Conservative: Obama’s Legacy – The Decline Of The Middle Class
This Ain’t Hell: Dear Jane Fonda – Vets Don’t Forget
Weasel Zippers: Woman Who Called Duke University To Complain About Muslim Chants Claims Campus Police Investigated Her Afterwards
Megan McArdle: A Square Peg In A Round Euro
Mark Steyn: How Do You Make An Entente Cordiale?


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Category: Live at Five

Crazy? Yes, But Also Evil

Posted on | January 19, 2015 | 210 Comments

Last week, in a post called “Feminism’s Big Lie,” I wrote:

Satan is the Father of Lies (John 8:43-45). Satan is the false accuser (Revelation 12:9-11). Satan constantly tells us lies about ourselves and lies about God. If you listen to that satanic voice, you will drive yourself crazy, because the lies are contradictory. Satan will tell you whatever you want to believe, whatever it takes to destroy you. Satan will tell you that your sins are so wicked that God cannot possibly love you. Then Satan will tell you there is no such thing as sin. Satan will tell you that good is evil, and evil is good, and that you should do evil because that will make you happier than doing good. Most of all, Satan tells us to reject God’s law, to instead make our own judgment of right and wrong.
This was the original lie of history: “Ye shall be as gods!”

That was controversial, because a lot of conservatives online aren’t religious, and also because it is widely assumed — without much evidence, actually — that overt appeals to biblical authority are bad for the Republican Party. Political experts tell us that young voters are alienated by expressions of Christian conservatism, and so we should just shut up about all that Bible stuff. My hunch is that the political experts, as usual, are wrong. And also, Satan is real.

Would you like to see evidence of metaphysical evil? In February 2014, a “genderqueer” woman posted this on Tumblr.com:

Recently my grandmother found out I’m queer. Her response was to tell me that she disapproves of me living with my “friend” (i.e. my girlfriend) and that I should give up my vile queer ways and become a Christian (Lol). She even sent me a bible. Here are its remains, which I made into black-out poetry.

Her “black-out poetry” consisted of using neon highlighter on some words, and using black marker to obliterate the rest. She transcribes her poetic creations, one of which is this:

Fisting (from Judges 8:5) — “water/ lap the water/ drink/go down to drink/your hands/go down/I give into your hands/go down/encouraged/down/on the seashore/the whole hand/your hand/inside/I get to the edge/and shout/grasping/crying out/Beth/Beth/Beth/Beth/Beth/God/I came”

You can click here to see a photo of that blasphemous “poem.” (Having consulted my Bible, I realize that the passage she uses actually begins with Judges 7.) Can you imagine the insane hatred inside this woman, that she would take a Bible — a gift from her own grandmother! — and make it into such a heinously abusive celebration of degeneracy?

Do you think that people this crazy and hateful are not also in the grasp of a frightening evil? What kind of person do you think would act this way? Nine months later, the same person posted this:

Please help me pay for my
medical expenses and diagnoses!
Hello! My name is Robin. I am 25 years old, queer, and non-binary. Because of my disabilities and mental illnesses, I have been unable to work since March of 2014. Back when I was working, I was only able to work part-time, for minimum wage, at extreme cost to my mental and physical health. This has led me to seek medical treatment, as well as official diagnoses for my illnesses and disabilities so that I may apply for disability income (also known as Social Security Income, or SSI).
My disabilities and illnesses include: I am on the Autism Spectrum. I also have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, depression (including mania and dissociative symptoms), generalized anxiety, joint pain that makes bending, walking, and standing for long periods of time difficult, and fatigue. I have been having to see a gastroenterologist for digestive issues and pain that have lasted several months now. He recommended a colonoscopy that is well out of my budget.
My partner is currently helping with my living costs, but she cannot continue doing so indefinitely and cannot assist much with my medical expenses. . . .
Once my physical health is taken care of, I will seek treatment and official diagnoses for my mental illnesses and for Autism. These diagnoses by medical professionals are required for me to apply to SSI. If I were to be accepted, it would greatly relieve our financial burdens and stress. It would allow me more stability while I try to recover from my mental illnesses and physical health issues.

Robin the Disabled Mentally Ill Nonbinary Queer has useful skills!

In exchange for helping me out, please allow me to do Tarot readings for you! I have been reading Tarot for myself for five years and for others for one year. . . .
I currently have the World Spirit Tarot, the Shadowscapes Tarot, the Romance Angels Oracle, and the Angel Therapy Oracle. If you have a preference which deck or spread I use, please let me know. Otherwise, I will pick the one most suited to your question.

So, five years ago, she began doing tarot card readings, and by November 2014 she’s so sick and crazy she’s soliciting donations to help her get diagnosed to be eligible for federal disability payments. Maybe you think this is all just a coincidence, that Robin’s mental illness and her sexual perversion are unrelated to her blasphemous hatred of God and her dabbling in the occult. Maybe I’m just an ignorant hillbilly Bible-thumper for suspecting that Robin’s misfortunes are not entirely coincidental.

Perhaps you’d care to check out Robin’s witchcraft Tumblr site? 

I’m reminded of what Pat Robertson said more than 20 years ago:

“The feminist agenda is not about equal rights
for women. . . It is about a socialist, anti-family
political movement that encourages women to leave
their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft,
destroy capitalism and become lesbians.”

I keep telling you people: Every single word of that is true.




 


 

“There are no Christian feminists, because feminism is a sort of narcissistic idolatry, wherein women deny God and instead worship themselves as their own divinity.”
— Robert Stacy McCain, Dec. 17

 

 

Category: Feminism, Religion, Sex Trouble

Well, This Happened

Posted on | January 19, 2015 | 47 Comments

Readers may recall @HollyRFisher as the mom whose Facebook image holding a Chick-fil-A iced tea in front of Hobby Lobby made liberals’ heads explode in July 2014. Her stand for religious freedom made her the target of rape threats from “tolerant” liberals, and conservatives responded with the #IStandWithHolly campaign.

She was soon appearing on national TV as a conservative heroine. Suddenly being thrown into the spotlight was apparently a disorienting experience that nearly destroyed her family. Her personal problems were entirely private, however, until somebody decided that gossip should be news. For reasons known only to himself, Chuck Johnson of GotNews.com applied his skills as an investigative reporter to expose Mrs. Fisher’s affair with a videographer named Joel Frewa.

Really, Chuck? Was this necessary? Did this serve any legitimate journalistic purpose? At a certain level, I can understand the logic here. Democrats are the party of lies and perversion and, as antagonists of such evil, conservative journalists are quite eager to report the typical Democrat behavior of Bill Clinton, Eliot Spitzer, Anthony Weiner, Terry Bean, Joe Morrissey, et al. So when we become aware of Republicans behaving like Democrats, conservative journalists are thrown onto the horns of a dilemma, faced with two choices:

  1. Do we report the story?
    or
  2. Do we ignore it, cross our fingers and hope that the misbehavior of these Republicans doesn’t turn into a damaging scandal?

The answer is almost always Number Two, and we sometimes feel like awful hypocrites for staying silent. More than once, I’ve become aware of shady behavior by people on “our side” and kept it to myself, only to see the scandalous truth subsequently blazoned in headlines at Politico or some other liberal outlet. Well, OK, this is how the partisan game is played: Liberals expose Republican scandals and conservatives expose Democrat scandals, and it is not my job to help liberals do their work.

Is that cynical? Sure, but a certain amount of cynicism is necessary to be able to maintain your sanity in this crazy business.

The world if full of misery and wickedness, and if you let it get inside your head — if you start taking the news too personally — you’ll end up either in a looney bin or lost in the bottom of a whiskey bottle.

One of the best investigative reporters I ever knew drank himself out of a job and, after he’d wrecked his own personal life and professional career, he decided to blame his misfortune on his former colleagues. I had never thought of him as anything other than a friend nor ever did him any wrong, and I knew nothing of his problems (divorce, alcoholism, etc.) until he popped up on the Internet falsely accusing me of anti-Semitism (!!!) as part of his misguided quest for vengeance. My friends knew better than to believe that fool’s spiteful lies, but real harm resulted from his heinous libels against me and others.

Chuck Johnson’s erratic judgment reminds me of that guy, and also reminds me of myself. Having a “loose cannon” reputation as a journalist can be a lot of fun, and I know that one of the reasons this blog has been so popular (about 3 million page-views annually) is that gonzo factor: “What kind of dangerous craziness is McCain going to get himself into today?” When I dive into a whirlpool of insanity — the Kentucky census worker story or the Kaitlyn Hunt story — people know that I’ll not only find the facts, but I’ll report the facts in a way that is entertaining.

Chuck Johnson is an arrogant young hotshot, and I recognize something of myself in him, both good and bad. His story about Holly Fisher is the bad side, a serious error in judgment that a lot of people will probably never forgive. Here’s the key point: In the war of politics, Holly Fisher is a civilian volunteer.

Until July 2014, she was just a mom with a Facebook page. Thrust onto the stage in the middle of a national controversy, she could not have anticipated how the semi-celebrity world of political activism can make people think that the rules don’t apply to them.

Oh, the stories I could tell if I ever decided to start telling stories. Let’s put it this way: Drunk people act like drunk people, without regard to partisan affiliation or political ideology. Furthermore, the Law of Large Numbers applies here. If you send X number of political activists out on the road for Y number of days — traveling to conferences and campaign events, staying in hotels, going to bars and restaurants together — it is inevitable that, as the numbers X and Y increase, so also will the number Z, representing the amount of non-marital sexual activity. Avoiding temptation in such environments is an acquired skill and as for resisting temptation when people fail to avoid it? Oh, the stories I could tell.

BREAKING: REPUBLICANS HAVE SEX
Developing . . .

Fortunately, you’ll never click that banner link at Drudge and find my byline on the story, because my sources trust me to know the difference between gossip and news. There are stories that I can never report, because my sources swore me to secrecy. Gonzo journalism can’t work any other way. Sane people are always suspicious of reporters, and if you want to get close enough to the story to learn the real truth, you have to demonstrate to the people involved that you can be trusted not to report everything you know. There is an implied contract between a reporter and his sources in that kind of situation, as simple as four words:

NEVER BURN YOUR SOURCES.

If somebody is giving you the inside lowdown on a story, not only must you give them an ironclad guarantee of their anonymity, but you cannot report the story in a way that hurts your source. There are professors of journalism who would certainly be horrified at the kind of ethical compromises that are sometimes necessary to the day-to-day business of finding the truth, but to hell with professors of journalism. My sources quite often are also my personal friends, and my personal friends know that it’s against my religion to pay a bar tab.

Ethics, schmethics: As long as what I am reporting is factual, how I get the facts is my own business. It’s certainly nobody else’s business who’s paying for my beer, but if I have any say-so in the matter, you can bet your bottom dollar I’ll be gone before the bar tab arrives.

The journalistic ethics of free beer is, however, only tangentially related to the grievous wrong Chuck Johnson has done here.

As Donald Douglas says at American Power, “we’re all fallen. We’re human.” One thing that keeps conservatives from getting involved in politics is because they know that the liberal media will use anything — e.g., Michelle Duggar’s lesbian sister — to try to undermine the reputations of patriots who stand up for American values. Democrats have no compunction about using character assassination or terroristic intimidation tactics to silence their opponents. Should conservative activists also have to fear such tactics from Chuck Johnson?

Why on earth would a political “civilian” like Holly Fisher be considered a fair target of this kind of treatment? Ethics has nothing to do with this. Johnson’s story cannot be justified as journalism because it cannot be justified as morality. Who was Chuck Johnson’s source for this story? Who tipped him off? You can search Twitter and make a few guesses, but Chuck Johnson is obligated to protect his sources, which means that if anyone manages to figure out where Chuck Johnson got this story, that is also Chuck Johnson’s fault.

Once upon a time, I was on the phone with someone who asked my advice on whether they should publish a sex-scandal story.

No, you can’t report that, I told them, and explained why: It’s a one-source story. Even though you know it’s true — your source provided you with documentation that confirms their story — you can’t report it, because the person whose reputation you would destroy will immediately be able to figure out where you got it. Your “anonymous” source will lose their anonymity as soon as you publish this story. Unless you can get another source who is able to confirm the facts (and it would be helpful if at least one of your sources was willing to have their name in the story), you’ll just have to let this go. Such was my valuable advice.

Anonymous sources are a two-edged weapon, and reporters have to think very hard about these things. The more serious the accusation involved, the more important it is to be able to obtain independent verification of what the source tells you. And there are inevitably going to be occasions when you invest a lot of time developing a story — a story you know is absolutely factual — that you can’t publish because you just can’t get it sourced properly.

Now, some of my friends will criticize me for even noticing Chuck Johnson’s story about Holly Fisher, much less linking his story, but I’m going to link it here just once so that if readers want to go see for themselves, they can learn why you don’t publish a story like that.

Once upon a time, I had a story that was nailed down cold, but I never contacted the subject of that story until after I decided not to publish it. If I had decided the other way, the damage to this person and their family would have been irreparable, but I had the facts nailed down cold and I was this close to clicking the “publish” button when I stopped. I realized that as evil as this person was (and trust me, the left-wing evil was strong in this one), innocent people would also be harmed if I clicked “publish.” So I decided against it, and sent them an email explaining my decision.

What was the result of my kindness? This person told their friends that I had “threatened” them, when in reality I’d done them a favor and had offered them some friendly advice.

See, if I could find this particular set of scandalous facts — confirming the scandal so clearly that I didn’t even need to ask this person for an explanation — certainly any other good reporter could confirm it, as well. You keep doing what you’re doing, I told them, and somebody else is sure to discover these scandalous facts and decide to report the story. I didn’t click “publish,” because I’m a Christian. On the other hand, I explained, some people in this business are not Christians, and I sure would hate to get scooped on a story this juicy.

Not a threat, just an explanation. If the person on the receiving end of that email told their friends they had been “threatened,” so they could pretend to be a victim of right-wing malevolence, so what? Let them save face by claiming victimhood, because I knew the truth, and there wasn’t a damned thing they could do to stop me from clicking the “publish” button if I ever changed my mind. Plus, I know a lot of reporters who would have run with that story in a heartbeat if I had sent them my copious files of documentation. I’ve still got those files, and the draft version of that story I didn’t publish? Yeah, one click is all it would take.

The decision not to publish a story is one that every journalist must learn to make. It’s frustrating to spend hours or days chasing after a story and then have to decide that you’ve just wasted your time in pursuit of a story that either (a) can’t be properly confirmed, or (b) just isn’t worth reporting. Chuck Johnson made a bad decision on his Holly Fisher story. This is certainly not the first bad decision he’s made lately, but it’s likely to hurt him worse than any previous bad decision he’s made.

The world has gone crazy: Islamic terrorism in Belgium, civil war in Yemen, Miss Israel taking selfies with Miss Lebanon, and yet Chuck Johnson has nothing better to do with his time than to report on the private lives of Tea Party moms? Are you kidding me?

Holly Fisher writes about her experience:

My life crumbled. My marriage crumbled. I lost my faith in God. . . .
I have suffered from depression and anxiety most of my life, only recently telling my family about it, but after being at my lowest, my darkest, and literally about to end it all, my daughter started laughing. My sweet, angelic baby girl toddled into the room while I was sitting on the edge of my bed, and she was squealing with delight.
Right then and there I knew I needed to get off my butt and get on my knees. My daughter, along with God, saved my life. I regained my ability to pray after a few long nights of my husband squeezing me tight and helping me realize that we are a team, we are best friends, we are partners, and no matter how lost we’ve been in the past, we can survive anything.

God bless you, ma’am. And thank you for your graciousness as we are all reminded of some very valuable lessons about life.





 

Category: Journalism, R.S. McCain School of Journalism, Scandal, Tea Party

Let Me Be Perfectly Clear. . .

Posted on | January 19, 2015 | 8 Comments

by Smitty

  • Bulungi is not an actual country.
  • “Profits insulting” is a play on “Insulting the Prophet”
  • The whole gag is a Benghazi reference, specifically to throwing Nakoula Nakoula in the joint.

Note that no religious figures have been explicitly depicted (much less, mentioned) in the making of this joke.

Category: humor

In The Mailbox, 01.19.15

Posted on | January 19, 2015 | 2 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


OVER THE TRANSOM
First Street Journal: Sounds Like A Great Place To Eat!
Louder With Crowder: MLK Jr. Speaks To Ferguson


RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Power: American Sniper Busts Out To Record-Breaking Opening Weekend
American Thinker: No Room For Parody
BLACKFIVE: President Obama, You Have Got To Be F*cking Kidding Me
Conservatives4Palin: Governor Palin’s Message To The SC Tea Party Convention
Don Surber: Why Less Than Half Of Adults In WV Work. EVIL.
Jammie Wearing Fools: Czechs March Against Islam – “Islam Is Evil”
Joe For America: Dianne Feinstein’s Husband Gets Billion-Dollar Sweetheart Government Deal
JustOneMinute: Live From Paris, It’s Saturday Night!
Protein Wisdom: The Argument Over Obama’s “Fundamental Transformation” Is Over
Shot In the Dark: (Bombed) Houses Of The Holy
The Gateway Pundit: #BlackLivesMatter Protesters Hold Bay Area Dance Protest – With NO Black Protesters
The Jawa Report: The Beheading Of Laila Bint Abdul Muttalib Basim
The Lonely Conservative: Here We Go – Sharpton To Shake Down The Oscars
This Ain’t Hell: Hagel Becomes Angel Of Death For Troops’ Compensation
Weasel Zippers: Obama – Let’s Pay For “Free” Community College By Taxing Those Who Save For College
Megan McArdle: Does Mitt Romney Know When To Quit?
Mark Steyn: Schlock And Awe


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