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In The Mailbox, 05.23.14

Posted on | May 23, 2014 | 14 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


OVER THE TRANSOM
Dead Republican Party: The Role Of Clergy In Conflict
First Street Journal: Economics 101 – The Left Loves Them Some Failed Policies
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: Jennifer Lawrence Targeted By Left Wing Speech Warriors
Michelle Malkin: How America Treats Illegal Aliens Vs. Veterans
Twitchy: Pressure Mounts To Free Andrew Tahmooressi, US #MarineHeldIn Mexico


RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Power: Everybody Beat Up On Ezra Klein Day
American Thinker: How Conservatives Can Defeat The Media
BLACKFIVE: Tom Kratman Strikes Again
Conservatives4Palin: AGUGrizzlies – The Many Hats Of Kevin Scholla!
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, May 22
Jammie Wearing Fools: Not Unexpected – Restaurant With “No Concealed Weapons” Sign Robbed At Gunpoint
Joe For America: FBI Chief – Fort Hood Shooting Was An Act Of Terrorism
JustOneMinute: Compare And Contrast
Pat Dollard: “I Don’t Think Kerry Gives A Damn” – Obama Regime Hammered For Silence On Marine Held In Mexico
Protein Wisdom: Rand Paul Drops Me A Note
Shot In The Dark: Trulbert! Part I – State Of Affairs
The Jawa Report: 31 Killed, 90+ Wounded As Lutherans Massacre Civilians In China
The Lonely Conservative: Senate Dems Kick Off Memorial Day Weekend By Blocking VA Accountability Bill
This Ain’t Hell: Shinseki Won’t Leave, Democrats Won’t Vote
Weasel Zippers: Al-Shabaab Leader Vows To Bring “Holy War” To America, Says Islam’s Flag Will Fly Over Washington
Megan McArdle: “Flash Deals” Won’t Save Retail


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Category: Linkagery

Obama: Dream and Reality

Posted on | May 23, 2014 | 28 Comments

“Obama: Anatomy of a World Leader,” by Alex Gray (detail)

The aspirational presidency and its predictable failure:

When they found him, he was a rare breed: a genuine African American (his father was Kenyan) who thought and talked like the academics on both sides of his family, a product of the faculty lounge who dabbled in urban/race politics, a man who could speak to both ends of the liberals’ up-and-down coalition, and a would-be transformer of our public life whose quiet voice and low-key demeanor conveyed “moderation” in all that he spoke and did. Best of all, he was the person whom the two branches of the liberal kingdom — the academics and journalists — wanted to be, a man who shared their sensibilities and their views of the good and the beautiful. This was the chance of a lifetime to shape the world to their measure. He and they were the ones they were waiting for, and with him, they longed for transcendent achievements. But in the event they were undone by . . . their signature weaknesses: They had too much belief in the brilliance of experts, they were completely dismissive of public opinion, and they had a contempt for the great middle class.
From the beginning, they made it clear that the Obama regime would be different from all others that had come before. The damaged economy was the critical issue, but the creation of jobs took a back seat to boutique left-wing causes. The stimulus, costing more than a trillion dollars, came and went leaving nothing behind it, unlike the spending of FDR’s era, which at least for a while gave jobs to real people, and left behind things like bridges and dams and parks. “Climate change” had become an obsession, symbolized by the refusal to act on the Keystone pipeline proposal, which would have created jobs in Middle America, but which Obama’s Hollywood backers denounced as unclean. . . .

Read the whole thing at The Weekly Standard. Has the Earth begun to heal? Have the oceans begun to recede? I think not.

 

Category: Barack Obama, Intellectuals

More Arrests in Mississippi Scandal

Posted on | May 23, 2014 | 25 Comments

The weirdest political scandal ever:

Authorities say the vice chairman of the Mississippi Tea Party and two other men conspired with Clayton Kelly to photograph U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran’s bedridden wife in her nursing home and create a political video against Cochran.
Mark Mayfield of Ridgeland, an attorney and state and local tea party leader, was arrested Thursday along with Richard Sager, a Laurel elementary school P.E. teacher and high school soccer coach. Police said they also charged John Beachman Mary of Hattiesburg, but he was not taken into custody because of “extensive medical conditions.” All face felony conspiracy charges. Sager also was charged with felony tampering with evidence, and Mary faces two conspiracy counts.
The arrest of Mayfield, well-known in political, business and legal circles, caused shock in Mississippi, in a criminal case and election that already had Mississippi in the national spotlight. . . .
Cochran’s opponent in a bitter GOP primary race, tea party-backed state Sen. Chris McDaniel of Ellisville, continued to deny any involvement with Kelly or the video and to accuse Cochran of gaming the incident for political points.
Authorities said they have no evidence at this point linking the alleged conspiracy to a campaign. But Cochran’s camp has continued to question when and how McDaniel and his staff knew of it, and point to inconsistent answers McDaniel and others on the campaign have given since Kelly’s arrest Friday night.
McDaniel in a statement Tuesday called on Cochran to take down a new ad. It says a “Chris McDaniel supporter has been charged with a felony for photographing his wife in a nursing home. Had enough? … Rise up against dirty politics.”
McDaniel said, “It is shameful for a sitting U.S. senator to engage in such desperate slander and lies.”

(Via Memeorandum.)

 

Category: Election, Mississippi, Scandal

Adm. McRaven: Mandatory Palate Cleanser

Posted on | May 22, 2014 | 37 Comments

by Smitty

Savor all ~20 minutes of this:

McRaven is the antithesis of Obama’s fatuousness. I’m just posting this here for ready reference after the next installment of Barack’s Caillou-esque blather.

In fact, the GOP should just play excerpts of McRaven between now and November, just to ensure a full-on tsunami of red-meat eating Americans arrive at the polls.

Alternately, I’m just a squid, and this speech is tantamount to porn. And no, I never qualified even to apply to go to BUDS, being far too blind. Seriously, though: watch this speech if you have trouble remembering pre-Obama America.

Remember: this is the Admiral whom #OccupyResoluteDesk referred to as a General.

via HotAir, and God bless whoever posted it.

Category: Bacon

Feminists Outraged After Young Actress Shailene Woodley Says, ‘I Like Men’

Posted on | May 22, 2014 | 74 Comments

She refused to join the Angry Marxist Lesbian Man-Haters Club:

In a recent interview with Time magazine, the actress Shailene Woodley was asked if she considered herself a feminist.
“No,” said Ms. Woodley, 22. “Because I love men, and I think the idea of ‘raise women to power, take the men away from the power’ is never going to work out because you need balance.”

This was such an outrage that it required a 1,600-word article in the New York Times to tell Ms. Woodley how wrong she is, even after she was denounced by every Angry Marxist Lesbian Man-Hater with a blog or Twitter account. Evidently, every woman who has ever held a job earning more than minimum wage owes her achievements to the feminist movement, so that for any professional woman to say “I am not a feminist” — well, this cannot be permitted.

Hat-tip: Donald Douglas at American Power.

 

Category: Celebrities, Feminism

Hillary Lied, Americans Died

Posted on | May 22, 2014 | 36 Comments

“This has been a difficult week for the State Department and for our country. We’ve seen the heavy assault on our post in Benghazi that took the lives of those brave men. We’ve seen rage and violence directed at American embassies over an awful internet video that we had nothing do to with. It’s hard for the American people to make sense of that, because it is senseless, and it is totally unacceptable.”
— Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sept. 14, 2012, while standing over the caskets of the four Americans killed at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya

We cannot forget how Hillary Clinton deliberately lied about the Benghazi attack, blaming it on “an awful internet video,” and spreading that lie everywhere in an attempt to conceal from American people the truth: This was an Islamic terrorist attack, there was advance warning of the danger, warnings which the State Department and the Obama administration failed to take seriously, so that when the attack came — on the 11th anniversary of 9/11 — they were unprepared to protect the lives of the Americans who died there.

We know this, and the American people deserve to know the truth, but Team Hillary doesn’t want them to learn the whole truth:

Hillary Clinton’s world was so worried about a Republican investigation of the Benghazi attacks, they sent a message to House Democrats: We need backup.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) publicly considered boycotting the panel, an idea that Clinton supporters feared would leave the potential 2016 candidate exposed to the enemy fire of House Republicans.
So Clinton emissaries launched a back channel campaign, contacting several House Democratic lawmakers and aides to say they’d prefer Democrats participate, according to sources familiar with the conversations. Pelosi’s staff said they have not heard from Clinton’s camp.
On Wednesday, Pelosi appointed five Democrats to the committee, giving Democrats another crucial mission in the months ahead of what was already a tough election year: act as Clinton’s first line of defense.

“What difference, at this point, does it make?”

It makes a lot of difference, and we should not let Democrats — or Hillary’s hired liars in the media — convince us otherwise.

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Category: Hillary Clinton, Libya

You Had Me at ‘Mariel Hemingway’

Posted on | May 22, 2014 | 56 Comments

When I learned that Mariel Hemingway was among the celebrities caught in James O’Keefe’s latest video sting, politics briefly disappeared into a sort of fog of nostalgic imagination: Mariel Hemingway!

Oh, that was a name to conjure with, back in the day!

It wasn’t just her striking beauty, although Mariel’s face seemed as if it had been sculpted by an artist — such cheekbones! More than her mere beauty, there was a frisson of the taboo about Mariel Hemingway in the era of my youth. My senior year in high school, she made her film debut at age 15 (with her older sister Margaux) in the twisted psycho-thriller Lipstick. Then in 1979 — I was a sophomore in college — she played Woody Allen’s teenage lover in Manhattan (which, as weird as it seemed at the time, seems much creepier in retrospect). Then in 1982, at a time when lesbianism was still very much an exotic idea, she played a bisexual track star in Personal Best.

All of this is to explain why the name “Mariel Hemingway” pings a certain mental resonance, so to speak, even now that I’m middle-aged and she is, too. It’s strange how memory freezes an image, an idea, in the mind this way. When I was young, grown-ups would talk about Elizabeth Taylor as a famous beauty, and I just didn’t see it. Not until many years later, when I saw her in A Place in the Sun (1951) did I realize what all the fuss was about: Wow! Legendary hotness!

(The same factor operates with women’s memories of teen idols, by the way. My high-school Latin teacher, Miss Dismer, had a lifelong crush on Michael Landon, who had been starring in her dreams since she was a young girl watching “Little Joe” on Bonanza.)

Anyway, now you know why Mariel Hemingway’s name caught my attention when I learned about the latest Project Veritas video:

The video features an undercover journalist from Project Veritas posing as “Muhammad,” a member of a Middle Eastern oil family, offering $9 million in funding to American filmmakers to fund an anti-fracking movie. He was joined by a second undercover activist posing as an ad executive.
O’Keefe entraps actor Ed Begley Jr., actress Mariel Hemingway, and director Josh Tickell, who agree to the film while promising to hide the source of the funds.
The undercover activist tells the group that “if Washington, D.C., continues fracking, America will be energy-efficient, and then they won’t need my oil anymore.”
In a phone call to Tickell, the “ad executive” states, “My client’s interest is to end American energy independence; your interest is to end fracking. And you guys understand that?”
Tickell’s response: “Correct. Yes, super clear.”
The environmental team even submitted a video of Oscar-nominated actor Mark Ruffalo offering his unwavering support for the fictitious anti-fracking film project.

More at Powerline: James O’Keefe Punks Hollywood Greens.

It’s sad that Mariel Hemingway grew up to be an America-hating Commie environmentalist wacko, but we’ll always have Star 80, eh?

 

Category: Celebrities, Environmentalism, James O'Keefe

LIVE AT FIVE: 05.22.14

Posted on | May 22, 2014 | 10 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Devastating Nigeria Attacks Show Twisted Ambition Of Boko Haram

Boko Haram has Nigeria living in fear

Jihadis piling more pressure on Jonathan administration

Obama Defends Veteran Policies, Vows Accountability In Health Care
Yeah, suuuuuure.


India’s Anti-Corruption Party Leader Jailed After Refusing To Post Bail
Kejiriwal sued for defamation



POLITICS
Local Officials Blast Obama Move To Create National Monument In New Mexico

Organ Mountain Monument – nature preservation, or crime corridor?

Almost half a million acres set aside; most will be wilderness, barred to motor vehicles

Supreme Court Halts Missouri Execution

Pelosi Reluctantly Makes Picks For Benghazi Probe

Pennsylvania Judge Strikes Down Gay Marriage Ban

Wyoming Lawmakers Mull Firing Squad For Executions

Colorado Tightens Controls On Marijuana Edibles, Concentrates

Louisiana Plans New Abortion Restrictions Modeled On Texas Law



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
WTI Trades Near 4-Week High On PRC Factory Data, Brent Steady: NYMEX $104.02, Brent $110.59
Wall Street Ends Higher After Fed Minutes
Lorillard Hits Record On Reynolds Takeover Speculation
Less Oil In Monterey Shale Than Originally Estimated?
Google May Spend $30 Billion Buying Offshore Firms
Lowe’s Earning Miss Estimates, Stock Dips
EBay Urges Users To Change Passwords After Data Breach
Top Videogame Producer Files Suit Against Oculus
Facebook Launching Tagging Feature For Movies, TV
Hacker Says Apple’s Response To Security Flaw Is Too Late
Steam In-Home Streaming Now Available



SPORTS
Spurs Put Thunder In The Hole With Game 2 Rout

Tim Duncan: 14 points, 12 rebounds

OKC’s Durant, Westbrook effectively absent in 112-77 defeat

Kings Even It Up With 6-2 Win Against Hawks

Wendell Scott Elected To NASCAR Hall Of Fame

Royals Rally Past White Sox

Indians Refuse To Lose, Sweep Tigers

Pirates Earn Split With O’s

A’s Edge Rays 3-2


Ozuna Hits Grand Slam As Fish Pound Phillies

Encarnacion’s Double Dingers Doom BoSox

Lohse, Reynolds Lead Brewers Over Braves

Andrus, Choo Power Rangers Past Mariners

Astros Late Rally Not Enough; Angels Win 9-3

Nats Offense Comes Up Short In 2-1 Loss To Reds



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Molly Ringwald Joins “Jem And The Holograms”

(I got nothin’.)

It’s a movie about a 1980s cartoon. *shrug*

Maks & Meryl Talk “Dancing With The Stars” Win, Dating Rumors

It’s Got A Title Now: “Batman v. Superman: Dawn Of Justice”

No, Jessica Chastain Is Not Doing “True Detective” S2

Mark Wahlberg: The Modern Fatherhood Of A Street Kid

Robert Pattinson Has Some Advice For Bratty Child Stars

Mike Myers’ Comeback Is Groovy, Baby

Katy Perry And Madonna Pose For V Magazine – In Leather

Selena Gomez Bares Her Bikini Body, Is “Taking My Power Back”



FOREIGNERS
PRC, Russia Sign $400 Billion Natural Gas Deal
Thai Army Chief To Press Political Rivals For Compromise
Attack Hits Sinkiang Capital Urumchi
Iranian Youths In “Happy” Video Released, Director Still Detained
Seeking Balance On Mideast Visit, Pope Pleases Few
Libya On The Brink Of Civil War
Olive Branch: Modi Invites Nawaz To Inauguration
Egyptian Court Sentences Former President Mubarak To Three Years For Graft



BLOGS & STUFF
Doug Powers: Obama Addresses VA Scandal – Mad As Hell And Going To Take It Some More
Twitchy: “Spare Us” – Veteran Uses Obama’s Own Words To Pummel White House Over VA Scandal
American Power: “Whatever Happened To Vox And Five Thirty-Eight?”
American Thinker: The Age Of Academic Ruin
BLACKFIVE: Manning Gets Top Of The List, Vets Get Death List
Conservatives4Palin: Why The Left Doesn’t Care About Bad Economic News
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, May 21
Jammie Wearing Fools: VA Scandal Primarily The Fault Of The Partisan, Bureaucracy-Protecting Press
Joe For America: “Green” Hollywood Liberals Caught In Bed With Big Middle East Oil
JustOneMinute: Since It Is All About Hillary…
Pat Dollard: Dem Congressman Unloads On Obama, VA Officials – “They Told A Damn Lie!”
Protein Wisdom: Remember, Only “Peace Officers” Should Be Allowed To Carry Weapons
Shot In The Dark: Compare And Contrast
The Jawa Report: Sandcrawler PSA – This Is Your Brain On Fitna
The Lonely Conservative: No White House Hashtag For Marine Held In Mexico
This Ain’t Hell: Police And Their Irrational Fear Of Veterans
Weasel Zippers: FLASHBACK – Paul Krugman Gushes Over The VA’s “Huge Success Story”
Megan McArdle: Where Did The Obamacare Data Go?


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