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SOTU Response From A Veteran: NO!

Posted on | January 29, 2014 | 11 Comments

by Smitty

 

The speech was a Mark 1, Mod 0 Obama affair, “More Smears and Lies“, as Gateway Pundit deftly summarized. I expect the conservative blogs will be awash today in point-by-point denunciations and deconstructions of what #OccupyResoluteDesk excreted before Congress last night.

What motivates this post was the climax to the whole “self-congratulatory blowout celebration of how well our governing class has done their jobs”, where a wounded warrior was dangled like a prop to squeeze the final standing ovation from the crowd.

I suppose al Qaeda is cheered by seeing their handiwork on display before Congress, and I suspect that may have been the intended audience. But to have the President who has cut military pensions, and who, apparently, played spades during the bin Laden raid (what about while men were dying in Benghazi?) put on a show like this SOTU was deeply offensive. I know: as a male of European extraction, Political Correctness precludes me from becoming officially offended, due to generations of injustice perpetrated by those of similar gender and skin pigment, but still.

You want to know who has some credibility on the topic of the military? George W. Bush, that’s who. You can agree or not, but I’d contend that honoring the troops is not something done for spectacle, as seems everything that BHO does, but is rather closer to prayer, i.e. best done in secret. Anyone giving a speech can put on a spectacle; what’s done off-camera reveals the motives.

Unfortunately, Obama deals more from the deck of Gustav LeBon, where the image of a soldier with major head trauma is supposed to be what you take away from the speech. Seeing Remsburg at the climax of an hour of banalities was a punch to the gut.

In closing, this post is calling into question the cynical motives of Obama for using Sgt. 1st Class Cory Remsburg. I’m not taking away anything from Remsburg himself. Cory is a man following orders. Would that the one giving the orders were worthy.

Category: Uncategorized

LIVE AT FIVE: 01.29.14

Posted on | January 29, 2014 | 4 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
President Ignores Obamacare Stumbles While Taunting GOP

President Sham-Wow bores the cr@p out of an already apathetic nation.

As Obama talks, GOP fires back on Twitter



Commie Folksinger Pete Seeger Assumes Room Temperature
Faithful Stalinist finally shuts up



Ukraine Government Resigns, Narrowly Avoiding No-Confidence Vote
Putin warns West against meddling



POLITICS
Supreme Court Grants Stay Of Execution To Missouri Murderer

On death row since 1993 for first-degree murder

Lawyer whines that unknown execution drug mix could cause pain & suffering


Democrat Senators Urge Supremes To Deny Religious Exemption In Hobby Lobby Case


Abortion Barbie Fires Back At Critics

GOP SOTU Response: Look Outside Washington To See What Really Matters

Sen. Coburn Says Obamacare Cost Him Coverage For Cancer Doctor

Panel That Cleared Sen. Mark Udall? All Democrats.



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Falls On Increased US Inventories: US $97.18, Brent $107.40
Asia Enjoys Relief Rally As Turkey Takes Bold Step
Alibaba Quarterly Profit Rises Ahead Of IPO
Ford Posts Second-Highest Profit In Last Ten Years
Icahn Ups Apple Stake After Stock Price Drops
Indiegogo Raises $40 Million Ahead Of Global Expansion
Feds To Allow Firms To Release Data On NSA Requests
AT&T Posts Strong Q4 Profits But Loses 27% Of Customers
Google Releases Chrome-Based Lego Set
Nintendo Denies Smartphone Software Rumor
Silicon Valley Is Now Public Enemy #1, And We Have Only Ourselves To Blame



SPORTS
Knicks Win Third Straight With Celtics Rout

Carmelo Anthony scores 24; four other Knicks in double figures too

NY 114, Boston 88: early-season rout avenged


Spezza Scores In Third As Sens Edge Blue Jackets

College Athletes Take Steps To Form Labor Union


Bruins Rout Panthers 6-2

Rockets Rally For 97-90 Win Over Spurs

Predators Edge Jets 4-3

Jimmie Johnson Shocked, Supports Potential Chase Changes

Leafs Post 3-2 Win Against Lightning

Anthony Rendon Is Ready For 2014



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Zooey Deschanel Teams Up With Tommy Hilfiger

From Zooey, To Tommy: not a love note, but a clothing line

They say they’re flirty but they look nicely modest to me

Toni Braxton Buys $3 Million Mansion Just Six Months After Bankruptcy

Rosie O’Donnell Returns To “The View” As Guest Seven Years After Bitter Exit

Bieber To Be Arraigned February 14

Miley Cyrus, Madonna Performing Together For Miley’s “MTV Unplugged” Special


Kanye West Settles With LA Beating Victim

“Captain America 3” Takes Shape At Marvel

Vin Diesel’s One-Man Dance Party To Katy Perry Jam

John Noble, Lyndie Greenwood Promoted To Regulars On “Sleepy Hollow”

Alyson Hannigan Cries When Saying Goodbye To “How I Met Your Mother” Husband Jason Segel

Will Guy Ritchie Pull Sword From Stone After All And Make King Arthur Movie At Warner Brothers?

George Clooney’s Reddit AMA: The Ten Best Questions And Answers



FOREIGNERS
India Raises Interest Rates To Stem Inflation
Putin: We Stand By Ukraine Commitments
Are Queen Elizabeth’s Advisers Wasting Money While Palaces Crumble?
Pope Francis Makes The Cover Of Rolling Stone
Trierweiler: Outside Forces Killed My Marriage
Indian Court Refuses To Review Gay Sex Ban
HK Tycoon’s Lesbian Daughter Pens Open Letter To Dad: Stop Trying To Buy Me A Husband
South African Opposition Groups Merge Ahead Of Vote
Karzai Suspects US Is Behind Recent Insurgent Attacks
Turkish PM Delivers Speech As Ten Foot Tall Hologram
GCHQ Chief, Buffeted By Snowden Leaks, To Step Down



BLOGS & STUFF
First Street Journal: Looks To Me Like Someone Else Needs To Go To Jail
Doug Powers: CNN Host Apologizes For Making It Look Like Hillary Is Laughing About Benghazi
Twitchy: Is This The Most Unsettling Part Of President Sham-Wow’s SOTU Speech?
Moe Lane: NYT – TREMBLE, Mortals, At The Power Of The Koch Artillery War-Zeppelin! (N.B.: He’s taking volunteers for crew in the comments. ^_^)
American Power: “America’s Most Successful Communist” Trending At Memeorandum
American Thinker: Guns Don’t Kill People, Democrats Kill People
Blackfive: Snowden, The Government, And You
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: From The Comments At Talking Points Memo
The Necropolitan Sentinel: Obamacare Watch – The GOP Alternative
Conservatives4Palin: McCain, Palin, And The Difference Between Support And Agreement
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, January 28
Jammie Wearing Fools: Historic! Record Number Of Americans To Ignore King Obama’s Rant
Joe For America: Christian Grammy Nominee Natalie Grant Walks Out On The Awards Show
JustOneMinute: I’m Not Having A Senior Moment, I’m Just Accessing My Vast Database
Pat Dollard: ICE Officers Plead With GOP To Stand Up To Obama
Protein Wisdom: The Price Of Liberal Cosmopolitanism
Shot In The Dark: What Could Go Wrong?
The Jawa Report: Muslims Massacred At Mosque By Christian Extremists
The Lonely Conservative: Obama’s Ambassador To PRC Admits “I’m No Real Expert On China”
This Ain’t Hell: Pelosi Has Brain Fart, Complains “We Did Not Treat President Bush This Way”
Megan McArdle: Not All Democrats Want A Higher Minimum Wage


Category: Live at Five

Perhaps @TomKludt Could Explain Why Killing Babies Is Such a Good Thing

Posted on | January 28, 2014 | 14 Comments

Kludt wrote a Talking Points Memo blog with this headline:

Erick Erickson Responds To Greta Van Susteren With Graphic Anti-Abortion Screed

We could get bogged down by asking why Tom Kludt is stirring up a fight between Erickson and Van Susteren, or ask why this argument is being treated like a popularity contest, as if Erickson and Van Sustern were rival candidates for sophomore class president. But that would be a distraction from the actual public policy issue involved, and such a distraction is exactly what Kludt is trying to create.

Is abortion a good thing or a bad thing?

If you think abortion is a good thing, you are simply wicked. Even most people who are in favor of keeping abortion legal will admit that the act itself is morally repugnant, an evil that they would prefer to avoid but do not believe can be or should be effectively outlawed. With such people, it is possible to have civil and reasonable disagreements. Not so those who are consciously pro-abortion, e.g., NARAL and Planned Parenthood and other abortion industry lobbying groups.

They and their supporters actively encourage abortion, because they are heartless bloodthirsty monsters who love evil. And the Texas Democrat candidate for governor, Wendy Davis, has welcomed the embrace of these ghoulish Death Merchants. Davis filibustered Texas legislation to restrict late-term abortion.

So when Erickson defends his criticism of Davis by describing late-term abortion in vivid terms, he is trying to place the focus where it belongs — on these gruesome atrocities, and on Democrats like Wendy Davis who advocate these atrocities. “Abortion Barbie” is not the worst thing she could be called. Perhaps Tom Kludt can explain why “slaughtering children on the altar of Moloch” is a good thing. But nobody ever asks liberals for such explanations.

 

Category: Abortion

How Bad Is Stephen Glass? ‘Morally Unfit to Be a Lawyer in California’!

Posted on | January 28, 2014 | 25 Comments

Are California lawyers particularly moral people? However low the threshold of morality to be admitted to the practice of law in California, disgraced journalist Stephen Glass failed to clear it:

The decision is long and citation-filled. It claims to make a rational, precedential case that Glass has not met the legal standard for being a lawyer in California. But reading it as a non-lawyer and a non-Californian, I’m instead struck by its anxious snobbishness. The Committee of Bar Examiners and the Supreme Court justices — every one a lawyer — don’t want to let Glass be a lawyer because they’re embarrassed that anyone could possibly think that he’s like them. He’s not one of us, dear.

David Plotz thinks this is wrong. and maybe he’s got a point: if we kicked all the liars out of journalism, where else could they go?

There are only 535 seats in Congress . . .

 


Category: Journalism

From Child Abuse to Child Pornography: ‘Our Society Is Quick to Judge’

Posted on | January 28, 2014 | 138 Comments

The quoted phrase is from the mother of former Republican Senate aide Jesse Ryan Loskarn:

Ms. Loskarn complained about the “media frenzy” surrounding her son’s arrest in December.
“The last month of Jesse Ryan Loskarn’s life was surrounded by a media frenzy, with what appeared to be the goal of destroying his reputation beyond repair,” Mrs. Loskarn said. “Newspapers and other media outlets depicted him mostly in a negative light and stole away any good he had done during his short but full life.”
Mrs. Loskarn added: “During this tragic time he had no voice, but in his death he can be heard. Our society is quick to judge especially when the topic surrounding his death is so difficult. This letter written by Jesse Ryan Loskarn was found after he took his own life on January 23, 2014. If his words can help just one person who is suffering in silence, it will be his greatest accomplishment.”

Blaming media scapegoats? Portraying the criminal as victim? What were those who “depicted him mostly in a negative light” supposed to do after Loskarn was arrested with “hundreds of videos depicting underage boys … in sexually explicit conduct“?

Loskarn committed suicide — a decision for which he alone was responsible — and his mother obviously doesn’t want to accept that her son was responsible for his own choices. Jesse Ryan Loskarn’s final letter is an interesting document in its own right, but his mother’s preface to the letter is . . . well, it seems rather misguided.

It was not the media that destroyed Loskarn’s “reputation beyond repair,” it was Loskarn’s own criminal actions. But we are living amid an epidemic of Special Snowflake Syndrome, typified by several bad ideas: Nothing bad should ever happen to the Special Snowflake and, if misfortune should befall him, however great his own role in bringing about that misfortune, the Special Snowflake is not really to blame.

Bad things happened to Ryan Loskarn, some of which clearly were not his fault. He was only to blame for his own choices, but those were very bad choices and if, as Mrs. Loskarn says, “our society is quick to judge,” I’m not sure we are judging too quickly.

If you think the problem with “our society” is that we are too judgmental about perversion, you obviously aren’t paying attention.

 

Category: Crime, Sex

‘Mr. Kimberlin’s Fantastic Allegations’

Posted on | January 28, 2014 | 14 Comments

The quoted phrase comes from a motion by the attorney for Michelle Malkin to dismiss Brett Kimberlin’s federal lawsuit that John Hoge has dubbed Kimberlin v. the Universe, et al. Of course, the word “fantastic” is used not in a positive sense, as a synonym for “wonderful,” but rather in the sense of unbelievably delusional.

Furthermore, in that motion for dismissal, Malkin’s attorney provides evidence that suggests Kimberlin forged a summons for Twitchy, the site Malkin created and recently sold. John Hoge examines that evidence at his blog, which is fantastic in the good way.

While I am not a lawyer and do not wish to draw a hasty conclusion, if the federal court should find that Kimberlin did what Malkin’s lawyer says he did, this would tend to indicate that Kimberlin’s notorious lifelong pattern of dishonesty has not been discontinued.

 


Category: The Kimberlin Files

LIVE AT FIVE: 01.28.14

Posted on | January 28, 2014 | 8 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Snowden Claims “Angry Birds” Are Working For The NSA

The popular game has been downloaded 1.7 billion times.

NSA denies accusations of snooping on smartphone game for personal info

Farm Bill Cuts Food Stamps By $800 Million
Also scraps direct subsidies in favor of crop insurance


Yushchenko Bends On Protest Laws, Offers Amnesty
Harsh laws limiting protests to be scrapped; protesters who seized Justice Ministry to receive amnesty



POLITICS
Republican Senators Pitch Obamacare Reform

Senators Coburn and Burr

Blueprint would scrap individual mandate, coverage requirements, and make state exchanges optional, among other changes

White House Vows Veto Of Obamacare Abortion Funding Ban

California Denies Law License To Plagiarist Stephen Glass

Western States Face Water Rationing As Feds Reduce Water Flow

Chuck Schumer Wants Tracking Devices For Autistic Kids

Florida High Court Okays Medical Marijuana Initiative



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Crude Futures Steady As Stockpiles Weigh On Prices: NYMEX $95.71, Brent $106.69
Dollar Mixed Ahead Of Fed Meeting
Caterpillar Forecast Tops Estimates As Construction Recovers
Can Debit Cards And Microloans Save The Postal Service?
Asian Stocks Swing Between Gains And Losses On PRC, Fed News
US Steel Loss Widens As Shipments Fall
Google Sees Less Geeky Future With New Glass Designs
Microsoft To Rename SkyDrive OneDrive, Retain Logo
Google, Samsung Forge Global Patent Deal
ROK Says No To Bloatware
Microsoft Buys “Gears Of War” Franchise



SPORTS
Pierce Scores 33, Nyets Lose Anyway

Pierce loses the ball after being fouled by the Raptors’ John Salmons

Toronto edges Brooklyn 103-102


Bruins Best Islanders, 6-3

San Francisco Bulls Of The ECHL Go Out Of Business

Zambrano Apologizes For Venezuela Dustup


Fleury Slams The Door Shut Again As Pens Silence Sabres

Love Scores 31 As Timbermutts Beat Bulls

Hurricanes Rally Past Blue Jackets, 3-2

Clippers Wrap Road Trip With Rout Of Bucks

Danny Espinosa Confident He Can Win Back Second Base



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Ashley Benson’s Rules For On-Screen Nudity

There are rules?

Cosmo’s cover girl for March


Beyonce Slammed By Parents: “It’s A Sad Day When We Can’t Even Let Our Kids Watch The Grammys”

Quentin Tarantino Suing Gawker Over Leaked Script

Heidi Klum And Martin Kirsten Split

Elizabeth Banks To Direct “Pitch Perfect 2”


Jonathan Banks From “Breaking Bad” Joins Prequel “Better Call Saul”

Ariana Grande: Bieber Needs Help, Not Punishment

Ramona Singer, Husband Mario Separate

Tom Hanks Joins Paul Rudd For Spot-On “Bosom Buddies” Parody

Rosie O’Donnell Returns To “The View”

Scarlett Johansson’s Sexy Super Bowl Commercial

Sean Lowe Marries Catherine Giudici



FOREIGNERS
Egypt’s Supreme Council Of The Armed Forces Empowers Field Marshal Al-Sisi To Run For President
Mexico Legalizes Vigilante Forces, Nabs Cartel Leader
Animal Rights Wackos Pester Pope After Peace Doves Attacked
Large Israeli Delegation Including 54 MKs, Marks Holocaust Day At Auschwitz
Boko Haram Attacks In Nigeria Leave 74 Dead
Report Claims Norks Exterminated Relatives Of Purged Uncle
US Airstrike In Somalia Targets Jihadi Leader
Thieves Steal Reliquary Containing John Paul II’s Blood
Rahul Gandhi Accuses Gujarat Government Of Abetting 2002 Riots
Turkish Imam Fethullah Gulen Condemns Ruling AK Party’s Actions



BLOGS & STUFF
Tony Katz: There’s No Such Thing As A Living Wage
First Street Journal: When Teachers Cover Up Other Teachers Molesting Children
Michelle Malkin: It Begins – Afghanistan Releases Dangerous Jihadis Over US Objections
Twitchy: Michelle Obama Asks For $10 Donations To Help “Protect Obamacare”, Guffaws Ensue
American Power: More Americans Getting Sick Of Militant Homosexual Agenda
American Thinker: Democrats Are Playing The Knockout Game
The Necropolitan Sentinel: Obamacare Watch – Don’t Help Your Friends!
Conservatives4Palin: Keep Your Doctor, Change Your Senator – @MonicaForOregon
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, January 27
Jammie Wearing Fools: The Future Under Obamacare – Man Found Dead In ER After Waiting Eight Hours For Doctor
Joe For America: Rand Paul Calls Out Bill Clinton As A Sexual Predator
JustOneMinute: They Lost Me At “Hello”
Pat Dollard: Must See – Michele Bachmann Takes On Bernie Sanders
Protein Wisdom: Compare And Contrast
Shot In The Dark: Chanting Points Memo – Will Susan Perry Ever Stop Treating Readers Like Junior High Kids?
The Jawa Report: Al Qaeda Unionizes In Syria
The Lonely Conservative: Dems Pushing For Minimum Wage Pay Their Interns Nothing
This Ain’t Hell: Generals Gone Wild
Megan McArdle: Will Legal Pot Mean Fewer Drug Addicts?


Category: Live at Five

Rule 5 Monday

Posted on | January 28, 2014 | 21 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

First Street Journal is late to last week’s Rule 5 Sunday, but early to this week’s Rule 5 Monday. He’s joined by Lowering The Boom, which offers Supermodels Turning Forty, and some strays from EBL: AFC and NFC.

Valley of the Shadow returns after a long absence with Morticia Addams – or rather, Carolyn Jones, Anjelica Huston, and a cartoon. Animal Magnetism brings Rule 5 Friday and the Saturday Gingermageddon, Laughing Conservative introduces Shelby Chesnes, and Fishersville Mike has a super cheerleader. Randy’s Roundtable features Cora Skinner, and Ninety Miles From Tyranny brings the usual trifecta: Morning Mistress, Hot Pick Of The Late Night, and Girls With Guns. We now paise for a commercial break courtesy of IMNSHO. Also, First Street Journal spotlights the female soldiers of Switzerland this week. Also also, Blackmailers Don’t Shoot likes him some Selena Gomez and Kaley Cuoco, who adorns his Top Ten Search Engine Results post.

EBL’s herd of notable heifers this week includes Safety Mom, Selena Gomez, Democrat Amore, and The 12th Man. You can thank me later for sparing you SOTU Empathy.

Wine Women and Politics has a number of interesting Rule 5 posts this week. Except for Too Hot To Handle, Friday Hottie, and Little Miss Homemaker, I didn’t like any of the titles and decided to exercise editor’s prerogative.

A View From The Beach posted Klondike Girls, French First Lady Freaks, The Flip Side Of Going To The Gym, Surfin’, The Ambien Zombie Menace, Check Out Those Freckles, Any Opinion So Long As It’s Theirs, and Stretching Your Morning Obamacare Schadenfreude.

Meanwhile, at that 24×7 emporium of snooch known as Soylent Siberia: I Don’t Always Ride In Bentley, But When I Do…, Your Morning Coffee Creamer, Overnighty Balloons, Monday Motivationer Gregor Bernadett, Overnighty Chaise Longue, Tuesday Titillation, Amateur Linky Love Contender, Okay, I’ll Be Merciful, Humpday Hawtness Mirror Mirror, Evening Awesome, Corset Cowbell, T-GIF Friday Use Force, Overnighty Rough Rider, and Weekender Sabrina.

American Power returns after a long absence with Sexy Saturday Rule 5, Stacey Poole’s Boxing Workout, Kelly Brook, Katy Perry At GQ, The SI Swimsuit Mystery, Jimmy Fallon With Alessandra Ambrosio, The Lucy Pinder 2014 Calendar, and Kate Upton At SI.

Proof Positive’s Friday Night Babe is Nicole Minetti; also, there’s Sex In Advertising and the obligatory 49ers cheerleader. Dustbury offers Sandra Bullock and Christine Lakin, while The Camp of the Saints returns with Ashley Graham, Charlotte Springer, and Penny Mordaunt (Tory MP). Three Beers Later checks in with Danica Patrick and Colt Ford and a notice that Women Interrogators Are Tired Of You Hitting On Them. (Everybody knows the linguists are hotter anyway. ;))

The DaleyGator’s DaleyBabes last week included Ai Kumano, Dai Macedo, Chemmy Alcott, Amber Seyer, Zain Asher, Miku Ahashi, Kate Boldaun, Natalie Velez, Saya Hikita, and Aika Yumeno. Also, Video Impulse and who’s hotter? Nicole Beharie or Tamron Hall?

Thanks to everyone for their linkagery! Deadline to submit links to the Rule 5 Wombat mailbox for next week’s Rule 5 Sunday is Saturday, February 1.


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