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The Mississippi Scandal

Posted on | July 1, 2014 | 29 Comments

Charles C. Johnson’s interview with Rev. Stevie Fielder, a pastor who says he participated in an illegal vote-buying scheme during the Mississippi Senate campaign, was lighting up Twitter last night. Aaron Gardner at Red State provides transcripts of much of the interview. Rev. Fielder provides text messages which appear to confirm that a staffer on the campaign to re-elect Republican Sen. Thad Cochran authorized and or coordinated these illegal payments.

That’s the story so far, and a damned important story it is, too. The question is whether it will be followed up, and whether law enforcement — including the Justice Department and the Federal Election Commission — will investigated these allegations.

 

Category: Mississippi

LIVE AT FIVE: 07.01.14

Posted on | July 1, 2014 | 3 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Iraqi Parliament Meets To Choose New Government

Iraqi police take positions north of Baghdad

“Things are bad. The political process is not commensurate with the speed of military developments.”
India Scrambles To Pull Citizens From Iraq




Government Motors Recalls Another Seven Million Vehicles
Some dating back to 1997

Ukraine’s Poroshenko Ends Ceasefire
Ukraine forces to go on offensive against rebel separatists



POLITICS
SCOTUS Rules In Favor Of Hobby Lobby

A narrow ruling for religious freedom

5-4 decision allows closely held companies to object to contraception mandates on religious grounds

Obama Pursuing Executive Actions On Immigration As House Effort Stalls

SCOTUS Sticks It To Public Sector Unions

200 More Troops Headed For Iraq

Gov. Corbett Won’t Sign Pennsylvania No-Tax Budget Yet

Blackwater Manager Allegedly Threatened To Kill State Dept. Investigator

“Kissing Congressman” Vance McAllister To Run For Re-Election



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Mixed On Weaker US Dollar, Continuing Iraq Crisis: WTI $105.60, Brent $112.44
Former CalPERS CEO To Plead Guilty To Conspiracy Charges
Wall Street Mixed, But Caps A Sixth Quarter Of Gains
China Manufacturing Grows For First Time In Six Months
Hormel To Acquire Muscle Milk Maker For $450 Million
American Apparel Adopts Stockholder Rights Plan
Google Terminating Orkut, Its First Social Network
Facebook’s Emotion Manipulation Study Faces Added Scrutiny
Twitter Buys Mobile App Firm TapCommerce
Microsoft’s Anti-Malware Crusade Knackers Four Million No-IP Users
Microsoft’s Cortana Adds World Cup Predictions – She’s Been Perfect So Far



SPORTS
Tigers Stun A’s With Davis’ Sayonara Slam

Rajai Davis hits a game-winning grand slam in the 9th

Oakland closer Doolittle blows three-run lead, game

Haren Pitches One-Hitter Over Seven As Dodgers Blank Tribe 1-0

Arrieta Flirts With No-Hitter, Cubs Shut Out Red Sox 2-0


Former Mets GM Frank Cashen Dies, 86

Proposed Trades From Astros’ Front Office Leaked Online

Rays Blow Lead, Beat Yankees Anyway 4-3 In Extras

Mets Miscues Boot Game Away To Braves

Bombs Away: Mariners Clout Four Homers In 10-4 Rout Of Astros

Twins Shut Down By Royals, 6-1

Harper Returns, Rockies Fall, Nats Win 7-3



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Jennifer Lopez Fits In Family Bonding During Miami Concert Series

Off the dating scene for now

Brought mother and twins to the iHeartRadio Ultimate Pool Party


If Viewers Weren’t Watching “Community” On NBC, Why Would More Watch On Yahoo?


Robert Downey Jr.’s Son Arrested For Coke Possession

Shia LaBeouf Checks Into Rehab


Joe Manganiello is PEOPLE’s Hottest Bachelor

Beyonce Tops Forbes’ Celebrity 100 List

Jenelle Evans Of “Teen Mom 2” Gives Birth To Second Son

Disney Star Billy Unger Busted For DUI

Bruno Mars Serenades Zumyah Thorpe

Kellan Lutz, Taryn Manning, Anton Yelchin Sign On With “Experimenter”

Chris Brown Carried Out Of BET Awards After-Party

First Look at “Batman V. Superman” Star Henry Cavill As Clark Kent

Former Tinder Exec Sues Tinder…For Sexual Harrassment

All Charges Dismissed In Amanda Bynes Bong-Throwing Case

Worst Celebrity Breakup Tattoos



FOREIGNERS
Reserve Bank Of Australia Holds Rates At Record Low
Netanyahu Vows “Hamas Will Pay” After Bodies Of Kidnapped Teenagers Found
HK Government Calls For Stability As Mass Protest Looms
Turkey Rejects Kurdish Independence, Seeks Iraq Unity Government
Malaysia To Extradite Diplomat To NZ “If Absolutely Necessary”
Poll: Britons Pessimistic About Promised EU Reforms
“Humiliated” Rob Ford Apologizes, Then Pivots To Campaign Speech
British TV Star Rolf Harris Found Guilty Of Rape Charges
Former Top Red Chinese General Expelled From Party; Will Face Corruption Charges
Turkish PM Erdogan Expected To Seek Presidency



BLOGS & STUFF
Proof Positive: Would You Like Some OJ With That Race Baiting?
Doug Powers: Another Law Signed By Bill Clinton Comes Back To Bite The Dems?
Twitchy: Angry Lefties Scold SCOTUSBlog For Hobby Lobby Decision – Just One Problem…
American Power: Lois Lerner Death Threats? Well, Boo Freakin’ Hoo
BLACKFIVE: The Army’s Racist Helicopters
Conservatives4Palin: Governor Palin On SCOTUS’ Hobby Lobby Ruling
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, June 30
Jammie Wearing Fools: Democrats Outraged Over Schumer Legislation Protecting Religious Freedom
Joe For America: Jenny Beth Martin Is A High Priced [Expletive Deleted]
JustOneMinute: Contraceptive Mandate Limited
Pat Dollard: Hillary Opines On Hobby Lobby Ruling – Having Religious Freedom Is “Deeply Disturbing”
Protein Wisdom: Six Stupid Arguments About Hobby Lobby From Dumb Liberals
Shot In The Dark: Best Voting System In America!
STUMP: Labor Participation Rates, Part 2
The Jawa Report: Nigerian Islamists Celebrate World Cup In Traditional Way – Blowing Up Churches
The Lonely Conservative: An Epidemic Of Koch Derangement Syndrome
This Ain’t Hell: 200 More Troops To Iraq
Weasel Zippers: Newspaper Apologizes To Its Readers For Endorsing Obama In 2008
Megan McArdle: Hobby Lobby Hobbyhorses


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Category: Live at Five

Women’s Studies, IYKWIMAITYD

Posted on | June 30, 2014 | 20 Comments

What aspect of feminism was I researching when I found this? Never mind; it doesn’t matter now. The point is that I found a 2009 syllabus for a Women’s Studies course (“Introduction to Feminisms”) at Boston College, which was taught that year by Ellen Friedman. This sophomore-level class is cross-listed under the departments of sociology, history and English, and is required of Women’s Studies minors (Boston College doesn’t offer a major in the subject).

Friedman’s syllabus includes the names of many authors familiar to any student of feminism: Audre Lorde, Simone de Beauvoir, Adrienne Rich, Gloria Steinem and Susan Brownmiller, to name a few. However, the principal textbook for the course was Feminist Frontiers, edited by Verta Taylor, Leila Rupp and Nancy Whittier. This is a 576-page paperback described by its publisher, McGraw-Hill, as the “most widely used anthology of feminist writings,” which is now in its ninth edition.

Feminist Frontiers, earlier editions of which were subtitled “Rethinking Sex and Gender,” was first published in 1983, edited by Taylor — then at Ohio State University — and her mentor, sociology professor Laurel Richardson. It was while at Ohio State that Taylor met Leila Rupp, who became (a) the first faculty member of the Women’s Studies program there, and (b) Taylor’s lesbian lover. Taylor and Rupp are now on the faculty of the University of California-Santa Barbara, where they are proud to be known as “the professors of lesbian love.”

The third editor of the ninth edition of Feminist Frontiers, Nancy Whittier, got her Ph.D. in sociology at — you guessed it — Ohio State University. She is now a professor at Smith College, where she lives with her lesbian partner, feminist historian Kate Weigand, and their three children. Weigand, who gets a shout-out in the preface of Feminist Frontiers for her “feedback” and “companionship,” is the author of Red Feminism: American Communism and the Making of Women’s Liberation, about which reviewer Henry Makow says, “Weigand . . . shows that modern feminism is a direct outgrowth of American Communism. . . . Many second-wave feminist leaders were ‘red diaper babies,’ the children of Communists.”

So, the three editors of “the most widely used anthology of feminist writings” — a basic college textbook for introductory Women’s Studies classes, which has been in print for more than 30 years — are all lesbians. Just a coincidence, I’m sure.

 

Category: Education, Feminism

Rule 5 Monday: Air-Cooled

Posted on | June 30, 2014 | 10 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

This week’s Rule 5 roundup post almost got punted to Tuesday on account of a weekend spent getting face time with friends and some wrestling with a window air-conditioner tonight, which will make the burrow much more habitable over the next few horribly humid months here in the Washington DC area. Anyway, I remind y’all that the links which follow are to pics of attractive women (usually) dressed in revealing beachwear or lingerie, and sometimes less than that. Do exercise discretion when clicking.

Fishersville Mike kicks it off this week with the Redskinettes, followed by Goodstuff with Gisele Bundchen, Rotten to the Core with Maria Sharapova, and at Randy’s Roundtable, Britney Spears. Ninety Miles from Tyranny checks in with Morning Mistress, Hot Pick of the Late Night, and Girls With Guns; meanwhile, Blackmailers Don’t Shoot wants to know – Did Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult Break Up? First Street Journal has a leftover late post from last week about The Glam Life, and Grumpy Patriot wraps it up with Kaley Cuoco.

EBL’s thundering herd of heifers this week includes some World Cup action, Kevin McCarthy, the combative Hope Solo, “skinterns”, Courtney Barnett, Molly Ball, Huma Abedin, Danish Success, and some sideboob action.

A View from the Beach opts for quantity this week with Black Box’s Kelly Reilly, Homo Bureaucratus (cave girls),In Honor of the World Cup, I Take No Position On This, Redhead Beats the Rap, Blown Away, Hope’s on the Ropes, How to Drink Vodka Like a Russian, CNN Coached Crowd to Cheer Hillary, and It’s Colossal!

At Soylent Refuge, the week begins with Coffee Creamer Lauren, followed by the Monday Motivationer, Humpday Hawt Veronica, the Fursday Flavor Saver Fricassee, Corset Conundrums, T-GIF Friday Motherf*cking Science, T-GIF Friday Encore Of Awesome, Happy Hour Hotness, Weekender Ashlyn, and Bath Night Bonanza.

Proof Positive’s Friday Night Babe is Monica Spear, his Vintage Babe is K.T. Stevens, and Sex in Advertising is covered by Lingerie CPR. At Dustbury, it’s Payal Ghosh and Felicia Day.

Thanks to everyone for their linkagery! Deadline to submit links to the Rule 5 Wombat mailbox for next week’s Independence Day Weekend Rule 5 post is midnight on Saturday, July 5.


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Category: Rule 5

Taco Shout-Out To Harry ‘The Cadaver’

Posted on | June 30, 2014 | 11 Comments

by Smitty

Via Instapundit:

Harry Reid (who lives in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel) said liberals are getting bullied by Republican billionaires but the Democratic Party “doesn’t have many billionaires” behind it.

Remember, you can’t spell “billionaires” without the letters in “liar is on bile”. Take it away, Taco:

Update:

The Cadaver on Twitter:

 

  1. Isn’t this Tweet insinuating that the SCOTUS is sexist?
  2. Why are only the female Justices apparently valid in Reid’s eyes?
  3. Isn’t ANY decision by the court having some kind of impact on women, even if Harry doesn’t agree?
  4. How did these Godless Commie Sodomites raise birth control to the level of a human right, for Fluke’s sake?
Category: Democrats, Nevada

Virginia Democrat Indicted on Pornography, Underage Sex Charges

Posted on | June 30, 2014 | 11 Comments

You remember Virginia state legislator Joe Morrissey: Last year it was learned the 56-year-old Democrat delegate was under investigation in relation to a sleepover with underage girl.

That was 10 months ago. Now a grand jury has finally indicted him:

HENRICO — A special grand jury today issued five indictments against Del. Joseph D. Morrissey, D-Henrico, adding to a long political and legal career marked by controversy, sanctions and, now, allegations of illicit sex.
The charges by the grand jury meeting in Henrico include felony counts of indecent liberties with a minor, possession of pornographic images of an underage female and of solicitation to obtain the images.
“He had sex with her twice in his law office and texted someone about it,” special prosecutor William Neely said.
Morrissey also was indicted on a felony charge of distribution of child pornography and a misdemeanor charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Another typical Democrat sex offender. Allegedly.

 

Category: Crime, Democrats, Sex, Virginia

Three Scary Words

Posted on | June 30, 2014 | 24 Comments

“Gay Boy Scouts” — a contingent of whom led the New York Gay Pride parade Sunday. Those of us who participated in Scouts in our youth (I made it to Star Scout and my older brother made Life Scout) have no trouble explaining our common sense objections to “equality” in this context, but if radical ideologues cared about common sense, they wouldn’t be radical ideologues, would they?

Somewhere, executives at the Bravo network are imagining the notorious SNL “Canteen Boy” sketch as a reality show.

 

Category: Gays

The #HobbyLobby Hysteria

Posted on | June 30, 2014 | 44 Comments

Years ago, while reporting on federally funded research — the infamous “porn arousal” studies at Northwestern University — I developed what I like to think of as the Existential Theory of Liberalism: To a liberal, nothing exists unless it is mandated, subsidized and/or regulated by the federal government.

If you think it is a waste of taxpayer money to give a creepy psychology professor a federal grant to measure women’s sexual arousal to pornography, you will be condemned as “anti-sex.” If you want to reduce deficit spending by limiting tax money for the National Endowment of the Arts, you’re “anti-art.” Don’t agree with proposed EPA environmental regulations? You’re “anti-science.”

The reaction to today’s Supreme Court decision in the Hobby Lobby case — where a business objected, as a matter of religious liberty, to ObamaCare’s mandated insurance coverage for contraceptives — is a case in point: Liberals want us to believe that, unless businesses are compelled by federal law to provide contraception to their employees, contraception will cease to exist.

Their arguments are absurd, but if liberals were capable of understanding facts and logic, they wouldn’t be liberals, would they?

 

Category: Contraceptive Culture, Feminism, Planned Parenthood, Supreme Court
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