The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Priorities!

Posted on | June 12, 2014 | 40 Comments

Iraq is on the verge of becoming a failed state overrun by terrorists, and the Obama administration has nothing but empty words to offer.

At such a time of international crisis, it’s comforting to know that the Democrat Party has its priorities straight:

Four Democratic senators were so appalled by George Will’s widely panned arguments about rape statistics on college campuses that the lawmakers reached out directly to the conservative columnist to upbraid him for his “ancient beliefs.”
In a letter made public on Thursday, Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and Robert Casey (D-PA) ripped Will for a piece that has been publicly denounced by one of the columnist’s own Washington Post colleagues.
“Having an ongoing interest in ways to reduce sexual assaults on college campuses, we read your June 6 column on campus sexual assault with particular dismay,” the senators wrote. “Your thesis and statistics fly in the face of everything we know about this issue.”

Yes, the most urgent business facing the United States Senate is a newspaper columnist’s thoughts about sex on college campuses.

 

Category: Democrats

Kimberlin Hearing Today

Posted on | June 12, 2014 | 16 Comments

‘Speedway Bomber’ Brett Kimberlin was sentenced to 50 years in 1981

“I have filed over a hundred lawsuits and another
one will be no sweat for me. On the other hand,
it will cost you a lot of time and money . . .”

ROCKVILLE, Maryland
More than nine months after convicted bomber Brett Kimberlin filed his vexation Maryland lawsuit, Kimberlin v. Walker, et al., we’re still wading through the preliminary motions. I’m here today for another hearing in these tedious proceedings. John Hoge has mentioned the hearing. We will update you if anything newsworthy happens.

 




 

Category: The Kimberlin Files

Police Arrest Teacher, Accused of Four-Year Lesbian Affair With Teen Student

Posted on | June 12, 2014 | 95 Comments

Rebecca Diebolt, 35, was arrested Wednesday.

Orange County, California:

PLACENTIA — A Valencia High School teacher suspected of having a sexual relationship with a student was arrested Wednesday, and police say they are looking for other victims.
Rebecca Eileen Diebolt, 35, was arrested on suspicion of sexual contact with a person under the age of 18, a week after a woman told police that she and Diebolt had a sexual relationship that began when she was a student and continued after she graduated, according to a police statement.
The woman told police that in 2004, at the age of 15, she first “formed a relationship” with Diebolt, who was her language arts teacher and swim/water polo coach.
Authorities allege that Diebolt had “multiple sexual encounters” with the student, both in her classroom and at her home after school hours and on weekends.
Investigators believe the relationship continued until 2008, after the woman graduated and began attending college.

“The Emerging Menace of Female Sexual Predators”:

  • Kelly O’Rourke, 42, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in October 2013 for having sex with a 16-year-old girl.
  • Andrea Michelle Cardosa, 40, was charged with 16 felony counts in February after two former female students accused her of sexually molesting them. One accuser said Cardosa started having sex with her when she was only 12.
  • Nicole Wooten was arrested in February 2013 on charges that she had sex with a girl in 2005 and 2006, when the victim was a 12-year-old eighth-grader.
  • Linda Wallace was sentenced to prison in September after pleading guilty to having had a four-year sexual affair with a female student that began when the girl was 13.
  • Sarah Blessing, 28, was convicted in 2010 of having sex with a 17-year-old Catholic school girl who was on a swim team Blessing coached.
  • Jaymee Wallace, 30, was sentenced to three years in prison in 2007 for having sex with a 14-year-old girl who was her student at a Florida high school.
  • Amanda Michelle Feenstra, 32, pleaded guilty in October 2013 to having sex with a 17-year-old girl who was a student at the Texas high school where Feenstra was a dance teacher.
  • Tonya Drueppel was arrested in January on charges that she had sex with a middle-school girl beginning in October 2012, when the victim was 13.
  • Nichol Marie Phelps, 30, was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison last week for having sex with a 15-year-old girl who was a student at the Florida dance academy where Phelps taught.

Not like there’s a trend here or anything . . .

 

Category: Crime, Education, Gays, Sex

LIVE AT FIVE: 06.12.14

Posted on | June 12, 2014 | 4 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Al-Qaeda Takes Tikrit, Thousands Flee

Iraqi refugees at a Kurdish checkpoint

US stands ready to assist, Cameron rules out UK intervention

Cantor To Quit As Majority Leader At End Of July
Supports Majority Whip McCarthy as his successor


Bowe Bergdahl, Coast Guard Washout?
What was he doing in the Army?



POLITICS
Polarization Dividing American Society, Not Just Politics

Partisan antipathy stronger

Partisans prefer to live, work and hang out with each other

NSA Intercepted Calls From Benghazi Attackers To Jihadi Leaders – On State Department Phones


CA Officials Debate Whether To Defend Teacher Job Protections

Hagel Admits Administration Bungled Aspects Of Bergdahl Swap

Federal Appeals Court Rules Warrant Required For Cell Phone Location Data

FBI Director Confirms Criminal Probe Of VA

WH Outing Of CIA Station Chief Results In No Punishments



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Crude Gains As Stockpiles Shrink: NYMEX $104.61, Brent $110.40
Asian Shares Retreat As Oil Nears Three-Month High
Wall Street Ends Lower After World Bank Cuts Forecast
Budget Deficit Narrows As Economy, Jobs Boost Revenue
Why Amazon’s Local Marketplace Will Be A Consumer Win
Corn Trades Near Four-Month Low As Supply Seen Increasing
TweetDeck Wasn’t Hacked, And Everyone Was Silly
Starbucks To Offer Wireless Charging Pads
Beats Solo 2: Great Looks, Better Sound
AT&T Defends DirecTV Deal To US Regulators
Nintendo Announces “Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.” For 3DS



SPORTS
Lundqvist & Rangers Keep Hope Alive, Avert Sweep

Henrik Lundqvist makes one of his 40 saves in Game 4

Rangers edge Kings 2-1 in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals

McCarthy Struggles Again As Astros Stomp Snakes 5-1

Yu Got It: Darvish Goes The Distance, Blanks Fish 6-0

O’s Blank Sox Again As Boston’s Punchless Offense Hits A New Low

Rockies’ Matzek Dazzles In Debut, Defeats Braves’ Teheran

McCutcheon Leads Pirates To Victory, Cubs Scuppered 4-2

Peralta Shuts Down Mets As Lucroy’s Hot Bat Carries Brewers

Nationals Lead Giants 4-2 As Giants Bat In Bottom Of The Eighth



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Why Anna Kendrick Is The Smartest, Savviest Social Media Star Of Her Generation

Well, that’s what Elle magazine thinks, anyway.

The cover girl for Elle’s first Social Issue

“Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever” Coming To Lifetime

Lea Michele’s New Boyfirend Is A Former Gigolo

Adam Levine Apologizing To Ex-Girlfriends Before Wedding

Casey Kasem’s Daughters Pulling His Life Support

“Bridesmaids” Writers Team Up For New Comedy

Jason Aldean’s Kids See New Girlfriend Brittany Kerr As “The Other Woman”

“Sonic The Hedgehog” Movie In The Works At Sony

Netflix Orders New Childrens’ Show Based On “The Magic School Bus”

Vanessa Lachey Preggers With Second Child

A “Now And Then” TV Series Is In The Works

Pixar Breaks Silence, Offers Inside Look At “Inside Out” At Annecy

“Under The Dome” Executive Producer Exits



FOREIGNERS
Iraq Army Flees From Jihadis In Four Cities
Ukraine President Ready For Talks If Pro-Russian Rebels Disarm
Israeli Air Strike Takes Out Jihadi After Rocket Fire
Egyptian Activist Abdel Fattah Gets 15 Years For Protest
Uzbek Jihadis Behind Karachi Airport Attack?
J.K. Rowling Abused Online By Scottish Pro-Independence “Death Eaters”
Australia Agrees Japan Should Have Role In Fixing Asia Conflicts
PM Modi Says Stop “Psychoanalyzing” Rape
Will Ferry Crew Get A Fair Trial?



BLOGS & STUFF
Valley Of The Shadow: Wagging The GOP Dog
Michelle Malkin: Military Bases – Obama’s New Dumping Grounds For Illegals
Twitchy: Halfwits Want Metallica’s James Hetfield Killed For Role In Bear Hunting Show
American Power: Obama Tuned Down Requests For Airstrikes In Iraq
American Thinker: The Same Fatal Flaw
BLACKFIVE: Losing The Peace In Iraq
Conservatives4Palin: Why Young People Can’t Find Work
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, June 11
Jammie Wearing Fools: Failed President Hits Personal Poll Low After Freeing Taliban Terrorists
Joe For America: Obama To Unilaterally Enact Amnesty After Cantor Loss
JustOneMinute: Cantor Out
Pat Dollard: Horror On Iraqi Roads – Al Qaeda Killing Without Mercy
Protein Wisdom: SEIU Steals Personal Information
Shot In The Dark: “Unexpected”
The Jawa Report: Turkey Reportedly Hitting Jihadi Positions Near Mosul
The Lonely Conservative: Hillary Won’t Turn Over Benghazi Notes
This Ain’t Hell: The New Bergdahl Defense – Everyone Walks Away From The FOB
Weasel Zippers: Iran Rushes Elite Quds Force Unit To Iraq To Help Stop Jihadi Advance
Megan McArdle: Cantor’s Defeat Wasn’t About The Money


Category: Live at Five

Al-Qaeda Takes Tikrit?

Posted on | June 11, 2014 | 100 Comments

When Donald Douglas told me this news, I was stunned. Iraq is falling apart and the terrorists are taking over:

BAGHDAD (AP) — Al-Qaida-inspired militants pushed deeper into Iraq’s Sunni heartland Wednesday, swiftly conquering Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit as soldiers and security forces abandoned their posts and yielded ground once controlled by U.S. forces.
The advance into former insurgent strongholds that had largely been calm before the Americans withdrew less than three years ago is spreading fear that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, struggling to hold onto power after indecisive elections, will be unable to stop the Islamic militants as they press closer to Baghdad.
Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militant group took control Tuesday of much of Iraq’s second-largest city, Mosul, sending an estimated half a million people fleeing from their homes.

Again — “militants,” “insurgents,” the media won’t call them terrorists:

The insurgents are from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS).
ISIS, which is also known as ISIL, is an offshoot of al-Qaeda.
It controls considerable territory in eastern Syria and western and central Iraq, in a campaign to set up a Sunni militant enclave straddling the border.
There were also reports on Wednesday of fighting further south, in Samarra, 110km north of Baghdad.
Separately, at least 21 people were killed and 45 hurt by a suicide bomber at a Shia meeting in Baghdad, police said. . . .
The US has condemned the militants, but BBC world affairs correspondent Paul Adams says the West’s response is not going to be military, as there is no appetite to return to a battleground that claimed thousands of British and American lives.

The terrorists control “considerable territory in eastern Syria,” so this is just a bonus dividend of the “Arab Spring.”

Way to go, Barack Obama.

 

 

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Category: Iraq, Terrorism

Libertarians Are Hitler or Something

Posted on | June 11, 2014 | 87 Comments

Eric Cantor was the only Republican Jew in Congress, so when he lost a GOP primary to economics professor Dave Brat, the Left instantly created a narrative that this represented some kind of neo-Nazi tendency of Brat’s libertarian-leaning Tea Party supporters. There are a few obvious problems with this claim, of course:

  1. Libertarianism is the exact opposite of Nazi totalitarianism;
  2. It is the Left that supports terroristic Jew-haters in the Middle East and it was the Left that spent eight years claiming that the Bush administration was in the thrall of Jewish “neocons” who allegedly promoted the Iraq War for nefarious purposes;
    and
  3. Some analysts say that Brat beat Cantor because of a surge of Democrats voting for Brat in Virginia’s “open” GOP primary.

But the Left doesn’t care about facts, and neither do the mouthpieces of the GOP Establishment at the Wall Street Journal.

 

Category: Election

‘Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones, But George Will’s Column Raped Me’

Posted on | June 11, 2014 | 57 Comments

Peter Paul Rubens, Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus (1618)

“Feminism is, among other things, a totalitarian attempt to tell us what to think by controlling what we are allowed to say.”
— Robert Stacy McCain, May 4

Who is turning rape into a joke? Feminists, by their counterfactual insistence that American university campuses are now plagued by an epidemic of sexual violence unprecedented in human history. When an unfortunate incident between between a girl and her ex-boyfriend is rhetorically magnified into a horrific crime — a U.S. Senator goes on national TV to claim Dan Kopin “brutally raped” and “nearly choked to death” Lena Sclove — it cheapens the meaning of the word “rape.”

Yet the totalitarian Thought Police tolerate no criticism of feminist tactics, which is why George F. Will cannot be allowed to say this:

Colleges and universities are being educated by Washington and are finding the experience excruciating. They are learning that when they say campus victimizations are ubiquitous (“micro-aggressions,” often not discernible to the untutored eye, are everywhere), and that when they make victimhood a coveted status that confers privileges, victims proliferate. And academia’s progressivism has rendered it intellectually defenseless now that progressivism’s achievement, the regulatory state, has decided it is academia’s turn to be broken to government’s saddle.
Consider the supposed campus epidemic of rape, a.k.a. “sexual assault.”

From that beginning, Will went on to examine the “rape culture” phenomenon both anecdotally and statistically, considering it in terms of law and policy, focusing on how the Obama administration is using this as an excuse to impose new federal mandates on universities. But it was his opening paragraphs which made him a Thought Criminal.

First, Will observed that the campus climate “make[s] victimhood a coveted status that confers privileges,” and then he referred to “the supposed campus epidemic of rape.” In doing so, he violated a 21st-century commandment: Thou Shalt Not Doubt a Feminist.

The privileges conferred by the Cult of Victimhood are never to be skeptically examined, no matter how many examples — hello, Meg Lanker Simons! — of the phenomenon we may observe. And if feminists say rape is an “epidemic” on campus, we are all supposed to nod in agreement, rather than doing what George Will did, namely calling attention to evidence that this “epidemic” is a matter of statistical voodoo and elastic definitions. Rude gestures and clumsy hugs are categorized as “sexual assault,” and the claim is made that 1-in-5 college girls suffer sexual assault, despite data indicating that the real number is probably less than 1-in-30 — “too high,” Will hastened to add, “but nowhere near 20 percent.”

Creating a phony “epidemic” by statistical inflation and rhetorical exaggeration is dishonest, yet liberals always expect us to accept their lies at face-value, bristling with indignant outrage that intelligent people refuse to be bullied into mute acquiescence.

On MSNBC — America’s Least Trusted News Source™ — professional outrage peddler Michael Eric Dyson leaped atop the barricade:

“When he used phrases like so-called rape epidemic, doesn’t that trivialize the trauma that women have to endure in the face of the rape that they’ve endured, and then they’re re-raped, they’re re-traumatized again verbally and rhetorically by insensitivities like the ones Mr. Will exhibited?” Dyson asked, in typical absurdly leading fashion.
For her part, liberal guest Zerlina Maxwell said Dyson was “absolutely 100 percent” correct in that assessment.

Victims are “re-raped” and “re-traumatized” by newspaper columnists! One imagines thousands of teary-eyed women, bruised and disheveled, brought in for the police line-up. They peer at the suspects on the other side of the one-way mirror and then, pointing the accusatory finger at the septuagenarian pundit in owlish glasses, the victims scream: “That’s him! He’s the columnist who re-raped us!”

If mocking this feminist nonsense is “rape,” the sarcastic commenters at Ace of Spades HQ are turning it into a gang-bang.

 

Category: Crime, Education, Feminism, Intellectuals, MSNBC, Sex

LIVE AT FIVE: 06.11.14

Posted on | June 11, 2014 | 12 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Majority Leader Eric Cantor Crushed By Tea Party Insurgent In Shocking Upset

Cantor delivers his concession speech in Richmond

Defeated despite spending $1 million on primary campaign

Oregon Shooting Features Gun Controllers Exploiting Tragedy Again
Teenage gunman shot himself after killing fellow student


Jihadis From Syria Drive Iraqi Army Out Of Mosul
PM Al-Maliki declares state of emergency, calls on friendly governments for help



POLITICS
California Judge Rules Public School Teacher Tenure Unconstitutional

Silicon Valley entrepreneur David Welch talks about Judge Treu’s decision; his non-profit, Students Matter, filed the lawsuit that led to the ruling

Judge concludes that tenure and seniority laws affect students’ constitutional right to equal education, cites disparate impact on poor & minority students

GOP Warns That Obamacare Rules Tweak Could Trigger Taxpayer Bailout Of Insurers

Education Secretary Duncan Says Politics Forced OK Gov. Fallin To Repeal Common Core

Lindsey Graham Wins SC GOP Senate Primary

House Unanimously Passes VA Treatment Bill

Weed Tax Collections Booming In Colorado

NYC Settle Occupods’ False Arrest Lawsuit

Senate Votes $2 Billion For Child Illegals



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Up Slightly From US Close: NYMEX $104.46, Brent $109.75
Best Buy Boosts Dividends For First Time In Two Years
World Bank Shaves 2014 Growth Expectations For Global Economy
Dow Hits Record For Fourth Day Although Wall Street Finishes Flat
United Airlines To Overhaul Frequent-Flyer Program
Radio Shack Reports Wider 1Q Loss
The Old Is New Again At E3 For Sony And Microsoft
Google Buying Satellite Company Skybox For $500 Million
Sony Touts Streaming, Nintendo Reveals Amiibo
Alamo Drafthouse Bans Google Glass
Legend Of Zelda For Wii U Coming In 2015



SPORTS
Spurs Come Out Shooting, Hand Heat South Beach Beatdown

Danny Green, one of the “other” Spurs, plays a leading role in tonight’s win with 15 points and five steals

San Antonio hands Miami first post-season loss at home, 111-92

Former A’s Pitcher, Cy Young Winner Bob Welch Dead At 57

Cubs Spoil Polanco’s Debut, Thrash Pirates 9-3

Snakes Beat Astros 4-1

Wainwright Delivers Third Consecutive Shutout For Cards, Rays Fall 1-0

Fish Rally Late, Top Rangers 8-5

Workman One-Hits O’s, BoSox Win 1-0

Royals Hang On To Defeat Tribe 9-5

Matt Williams Fondly Recalls Days With Giants



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Rumors False: J-Lo To Be At World Cup Opening Ceremonies

The cameltoe – er, show – must go on!

Will be performing with rapper Pitbull, Brazilian singer Claudia Leitte


Kelly Rowland Is Expecting!

Gwyneth Paltrow, Beyonce Planning A Retreat Together

Jason Schwartzman Welcomes Daughter #2

Shailene Woodley Is Vanity Fair’s July Cover Girl


Kris Jenner’s Instagram Hacked

“Love & Hip-Hop” Star Stevie J Busted – Owes $1 Million In Child Support

James Franco Writes A Short Story About Lindsay Lohan

Sandra Bullock’s Alleged Stalker Owns A Machine Gun

Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams Fuel Dating Rumors

Ice Cube’s Son, O’Shea Jackson Jr., To Play Rapper In Biopic “Straight Outta Compton”

Bryan Singer Could Lose “X-Men: Apocalypse”

R. Kelly’s Youngest Child Comes Out As Transgender

Keira Knightley’s July Glamour Cover Shoot



FOREIGNERS
Friendly Fire Kills Five Americans In Afghanistan
Brazil’s President Defends World Cup In Speech
Syria Begins Freeing Prisoners Under Assad Amnesty
Likud’s Reuben Rivlin Elected President Of Israel
Red China Announces Roundup Of Alleged Cult Members
Six Thousand Police Raid Korean Religious Compound To Find Aides Of Ferry Owner
On The Hunt For Boko Haram
Colombian President Announces Talks With ELN Rebels
Merkel Cites “Threats” In Warning To Cameron



BLOGS & STUFF
Doug Powers: Hillary Relates To The Working Class – We Were “Dead Broke” After Leaving The White House
Twitchy: Laura Ingraham Has Question For “Double Amnesty, Extra Hot” Obama
Monster Hunter Nation: The Naive Idiocy Of Teaching Rapists Not To Rape
American Power: “This Woman, Marie Larf (Harf) Seems To Be The White Susan Rice, Only Dumber And More Preposterous”
American Thinker: Are Most Mass Murderers Really White?
BLACKFIVE: Big Apple Run – AAR And Apology
Conservatives4Palin: The New Regressives
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, June 10
Jammie Wearing Fools: Shootings Up 43% Last Month In NYC, But At Least There’s No More Stop & Frisk
Joe For America: Obama’s Cloward-Piven Immigration Strategy
JustOneMinute: Showing The Common Touch
Pat Dollard: Border Agents Warn Of Chicken Pox, MRSA From Illegal Child Crossings
Protein Wisdom: And I’m Never Going Back/To My Old School
Shot In The Dark: This Is A Spree Killer’s Brain On Lead
The Jawa Report: ISIL Jihadis Capture Armored Hummers Given To Iraq
The Lonely Conservative: Your Tax Dollars At Work – Helping Planned Parenthood Teach Teens The Joy Of S&M
This Ain’t Hell: So, How’s It Feel To Be Thrown Under The Bus, Mr. Secretary?
Weasel Zippers: Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) Compares Taliban To American Revolutionaries
Megan McArdle: A Little Student Loan Debt Never Hurt Anyone


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