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LIVE AT FIVE: 10.30.13

Posted on | October 30, 2013 | 11 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
DNI Clapper Contradicts White House

Protesters (including Medea Benjamin, left) look on as DIRNSA testifies before Congress

Says Obama was aware of NSA snooping on allies

A Year After Sandy, Public Housing Tenants Still Waiting
Storm-damaged apartment buildings still not fixed

Narendra Modi Keeps Up Fire On “Shahzada”
No respite in attacks on Rahul Gandhi



POLITICS
Oklahoma Supreme Court Sustains Strikedown Of State’s Abortion Law

Pro-abortion protesters at a February rally in OKC

Law limited how medications could be used to induce abortions


White House Knew Obamacare Claims Were False

Senators Bicker Over States’ “Stand Your Ground” Laws


Federal Appeals Court Postpones Decision On Delay Of Stop & Frisk Ban

Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Junior Finally Starts Jail Term

Health Agency Chief Refuses To Disclose ObamaCare Enrollment Numbers

Charlie Rangel Gets It Wrong Again; Claims No Republicans Voted For Social Security

White House Asks Congress To Find A Way To Keep Aid Flowing To Egypt

House Attempts To Block “Illegal” IRS Checks, But Reid Says System Working Fine



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
WTI Declines For A Second Day As US Stockpiles Gain: NYMEX $97.40, Brent $108.59
Wall Street Listens For Cooing Of Dovish Fed
Strong Growth At LinkedIn, But Sober Forecast Sends Shares Down
US Retail Sales Fall Slightly In September
JP Morgan’s $13 Billion Settlement With Justice Department Could Be Falling Apart
Sears’ Lampert Broadens Breakup Plans As Sales Slump
Barnes & Noble Unveils New Nook GlowLight
Apple’s iPad Air Raises The Tablet Bar
New Innings For Nokia
MongoHQ Goes Into Lockdown After Detecting Breach
EA: “Titanfall” To Remain XBox/Windows Exclusive “For The Life Of The Title”



SPORTS
Derrick Rose Returns, But Heat Beat The Bulls Anyway

Rose drives by the Heat’s Mario Chalmers

Miami coasts to 107-95 win in season opener

Gold Gloves Are Pirates’ Final 2013 Strikeout

Toronto Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey Wins Gold Glove


Rangers Ice Islanders In Frantic Finish

Ducks Win 3-2 Against Flyers, But Selanne Loses Teeth

Pacers Open Season With 97-87 Victory Over Magic

Habs Edge Stars 2-1

Leafs Rout Oilers 4-0



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
“The Only People Who’d Understand Are Brad And Angelina”

VF cover girl

Nicole Kidman dishes on her marriage to Tom Cruise

Harrison Ford Answers Dumb Questions From GQ About “Ender’s Game”

“The Walking Dead” Renewed For Fifth Season

“NCIS” Star Michael Weatherly: It’s A Boy!

Jonas Brothers: “It’s Over For Now”

New Jack Nicholson Bio Reveals He Banged Meryl Streep In A Trailer


“Orange Is The New Black”‘s Laverne Cox Not Offended By Julianne Hough’s Blackface Costume

Mike Tyson Tells Chris Brown “Stop Punching People Or Else!”

Pink Goes On Twitter Tirade After Fan’s Criticize Baby’s Ride With Dad On Motorbike

Tori Spelling: I Have A Sex Tape With Sean McDermott

Camille Grammer Claims BF Brutalized Her, Wins Restraining Order

Chris Brown Enters Rehab For Anger Management



FOREIGNERS
PRC Police Hunt Eight Suspects In Tiananmen Crash
Prisoner Release Sparks Conflict In Netanyahu’s Coalition
Arab League envoy Warns Of “Somalization” Of Syria
Syrian Refugees Overwhelming Jordan
Saudi-US Rift On Middle East Causing Severe Diplomatic Strain
ROK Lawmakers Visit Reopened Kaesong Industrial Park
Russia Used USB Pen Drives To Spy On Leaders At G20 Summit
Kenyan Soldiers Jailed For Westgate Looting
Aussie Bureaucrat Loses Case For Worker’s Comp From Sex Injury
Three Of Six Suspects Arrested In Patna Bombing Case



BLOGS & STUFF
Dead Republican Party: Cultural Marxism And The “Diversity” Hoax
First Street Journal: Just Who The Hell Is In Charge Around Here?
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: #Obamacare Is Textbook Bad Economic Policy
Doug Powers: Sebelius Touted “Silver Lining” In O-Care System Right Before It Crashed
Twitchy: Tommy Christopher Sez If You Like Your Health Care Plan, You Don’t Know Sh!t
American Power: Breaking Barack – Obamacare Lies And Obama’s Lies
The Necropolitan Sentinel: Obamacare Watch – While There’s Breath, There’s Hope
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, October 29
Jammie Wearing Fools: NY Doctors Resisting Obamacare Mess
JustOneMinute: You’re Damn Right We Ordered The Code Red
Pat Dollard: McCain Says They’ll Try To Pass Immigration Changes After GOP Primaries
Protein Wisdom: Precious Concern Trolling
Shot In The Dark: Watching The Astroturf Grow – Money Changes Everything
The Jawa Report: Group Behind Mumbai Massacre Openly Raising Money In Pakistan
The Lonely Conservative: New Democrat Talking Point – You Can Keep Your Insurance If It’s “Good” Insurance
Megan McArdle: Would You Buy Groceries On Amazon?


Category: Live at Five

Creepy Criminal Sex Freaks Planning Halloween ‘Wedding’ on Prison Island

Posted on | October 29, 2013 | 58 Comments

Washington State has a facility for convicted violent sex offenders called the Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island near Tacoma.

And speaking of “special commitments” . . .

When Hank Pollock and his transgender bride Rebecca Elmore tie the knot Thursday, they will become the first two residents [of the Special Commitment Center] to marry each other.
“Just because you’re in there, you don’t lose your civil rights,” said Chris Case, a spokeswoman for the Department of Social and Health Services, which operates the SCC. “Washington law says they can get married so they can get married. . . .
Pollock, 47, and Elmore, 57, say their day-to-day lives might not change much but they hope their marriage will pave the way for others, including fellow sex offenders . . .
The friendship between Pollock and Elmore reaches back a decade to when Pollock moved to the SCC.
Elmore was already there after pleading guilty in 1995 in Clark County to second-degree kidnapping and second-degree assault with sexual motivation. When Elmore petitioned to be released in 1999, the state Attorney General’s Office persuaded the judge to deny it based on Elmore’s “sexually-motivated cannibalistic fantasies.”
In 2002, Elmore changed his first name from Keith to Rebecca as part of his transgender transformation.
Pollock, who changed his name from Andrew Drescher in 2002, was convicted of five counts of sex crimes against children in Kitsap and Thurston counties from 1987 to 1993. He was committed to the SCC for being a repeat sex offender. . . .

Wait a minute! A tranny kidnapper with “sexually-motivated cannibalistic fantasies” marrying a serial child molester on a prison island? Is this a news article or a Bravo network reality series we’re talking about? Oh, and it’s going to be a lovely ceremony:

To find a pastor to conduct the ceremony, they wrote the nonprofit organization Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians and Gays. A Seattle Christian pastor agreed to officiate at their wedding free of charge.
They chose Oct. 31 to be wed, because it is Samhain, the start of the Wiccan New Year. Not only is it an important date for their religion, they said, but it also symbolizes a new start for the couple. The ceremony will take place in the visiting room at SCC and be limited to two hours. Seven residents will be allowed to attend, not including the pastor and his partner.

“. . . the pastor and his partner . .  .”

(Hat-tip: Pundit From Another Planet.)

 

Category: Crime, Gays, Marriage, Sex

Parents Permitted Teen Daughter’s Relationship With Sex Offender

Posted on | October 29, 2013 | 24 Comments

Here’s some cheerful, positive, upbeat news:

Authorities are asking for the public’s help in finding a convicted sex offender who had been having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a teenage girl while living with her family.
The Starr County [Texas] Sheriff’s Office is looking for 42-year-old Jorge Luis Dominguez on a sexual assault with a previous conviction charge.
Investigators told Action 4 News that Dominguez is a convicted sex offender but had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl for about four weeks time.
Deputies said Dominguez was living with the girl’s family at their Rio Grande City area home and that her parents consented to the relationship.
Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) records show that Dominguez is a sex offender who was sentenced to seven years in prison for a sexual crime back in 1999.
Investigators said Dominguez is a Mexican national and was deported but came back to the United States illegally.

Immigrants: Screwing teenagers American sex offenders won’t screw.

 

Category: Crime, Immigration, Sex

Just in Time for Halloween: ‘The Evil Baby-Killing Monster From Hell’

Posted on | October 29, 2013 | 24 Comments

Otherwise known as “choice”:

The mother accused of suffocating her newborn then dumping the body in the tank of a bar toilet will go on trial for the child’s death.
On Monday, Northampton County Magisterial Judge David Tidd ruled that Amanda Catherine Hein should go on trial for criminal homicide.
Hein was charged in August after a baby’s body was found in a restaurant toilet.
Police say that the 26-year-old Allentown, Pa. resident suffocated her baby with a plastic bag and then put the baby in the tank of a toilet in the woman’s restroom inside Starters Pub in Lower Saucon Township. . . .
She could end up facing the death penalty if she’s found guilty of the charges against her. The intentional killing of a child under the age of 12 is a capital offense.

Mark Crutcher of Life Dynamics:

Why are the nation’s pro-choice organizations not rushing to the defense of this woman? Remember, two of their standard arguments in support of abortion is that (a) women are the ones who get to determine when life begins and (b) the government has no legal right to tell a woman she has to have a baby she doesn’t want.
Well, if those things are true, Ms. Hein fits the pro-choice model to a tee. . . .
The fact is, if the body of this little boy had been found in the bathroom of an abortion clinic instead of in the bathroom of a bar, the country would have never heard about it and Ms. Hein would just be another enlightened woman exercising her constitutional right to choose. . . .

 

Category: Abortion, Crime

Inmate Number 288928

Posted on | October 29, 2013 | 42 Comments

Roger Shuler, Shelby County Jail inmate No. 288928

“Shuler is his own worst enemy. . . . He seems to enjoy being his own lawyer. He has given his only client some bad advice.”
— U.S. District Judge William Acker, Jan. 28, 2011

“At some point during the eight years of George W. Bush’s presidency, a substantial segment of the Democrat Party went nuts. Or maybe they were always nuts, but during the Bush years all these liberal kooks logged onto the Internet, and they have been plaguing America with their lunacy ever since.”
— “Crazy in Alabama,” The American Spectator

It’s all fun and games until you get fired from your job, get sued for defamation and land your ass in the Shelby County Jail, eh?

The weirdness of Roger Shuler is perhaps not a subject of general interest, as editors would say, and the Kook Rights Movement is still a fringe phenomenon, but as an example of a social trend, I think there’s something to see here that is worth contemplating.

Rather than to front-load this post with a lot of navel-gazing and pontification, however, let’s update you with some actual news:

A court injunction that led to the arrest of an Alabama blogger last week could imperil free speech rights, a national organization said Monday. “Legal Schnauzer” blogger Roger Shuler was arrested Wednesday and held without bond in the Shelby County, Ala., jail on a contempt of court charge after he refused to comply with a preliminary court injunction that prohibited him from continuing to repeat accusations against the son of former Alabama Gov. Bob Riley.
“Unfortunately for bloggers and free speech advocates, the injunction in the Shuler case could have a chilling effect,” Ali A. Akbar, president of the National Bloggers Club said in a press release Monday. “As a result, the National Bloggers Club believes the injunction, not the case itself, poses the real threat to bloggers.” . . .

Read the whole thing at Viral Read, and ask yourself this important question: Was Roger Shuler sane before he started blogging?

It’s a question I occasionally ask about myself. A certain minimal level of craziness is probably necessary for success in this racket, but as wildly gonzo as this trip sometimes gets — and hey, I’m being sued for RICO, along with Glenn Beck, Simon & Shuster and a deputy D.A. in Los Angeles County — you don’t want to spin out of control.

My remarkable success in monetizing insanity depends on keeping a close eye on the mental tachometer. If it ever goes beyond the sort of hypomanic range where the “good crazy” happens, it could turn into a full-blown psychotic meltdown and, fun as it may be to watch that kind of total freakout as a spectator, it’s never much fun for the performer.

Sept. 12, 2012: Barrett Brown rants about his plan to ‘destroy’ an FBI agent

But why bring up Barrett Brown at this point, really? There is a parallel between what happened to Barrett and what happened to Shuler. Both of them had underlying personal issues that, while obvious enough to the observer experienced in dealing with kooks, were not apparent to those who saw them as heroic crusaders for certain political causes.

Let’s face it: A lot of the people involved with Anonymous were (and are) dangerously crazy and among the hacker groupies, the fanboys and wannabes, there wasn’t a lot of the kind of objectivity that would lead them to ask, “Is Barrett Brown a lunatic?”

Glory days: Barrett Brown interviewed by Michael Isikoff, 2011

With his boyish appearance, his rumbling baritone “Take Me Seriously” voice and his innate penchant for pretentious bullshit — he loved to throw around SAT-prep words like “erudite” — Brown was able to convince a lot of unskeptical people that he knew what he was talking about and had it all under control. But he was a mentally disturbed junkie the whole time, cleverly faking his way through the media charade, hiding his personal grudges behind a lot of paranoid political gibberish and slowly sliding toward a state of complete desperation:

“I know what’s legal, because I know what’s been done to me and if it’s legal when it’s done to me it’s going to be legal when it’s done to f**king FBI Agent Robert Smith, who is a criminal, who is involved in a criminal conspiracy. . . . Uh, anyway, so that’s why Robert Smith’s life is over. And when I say his life is over I don’t say I’m gonna go kill him, but I am gonna ruin his life and look into his fuckin’ kids, because Aaron Barr did the same thing, and he didn’t get raided for it. How do ya like them apples?”
— Barrett Brown, Sept. 12, 2012

Maybe you’ve never watched that video, the third and final episode in the Barrett Brown YouTube Epic Meltdown Series (Part One and Part Two), and maybe you’ve never read the transcripts (Part One, Part Two, Part Three) to see just how insane he really was. The fact that his deluded admirers have tried to depict him as a First Amendment martyr doesn’t change the basic truth: Barrett Brown was crazy.

And something else to notice: There is nobody on the Right who is (a) as crazy as that, and (b) celebrated as a hero for being that crazy.

No, not even me.

If you ever go off the deep end and threaten to “destroy” an FBI agent, vowing to kill any cops who try to stop you, your only hope to be embraced as a hero is to do so in the name of a left-wing cause. There certainly are some dangerous kooks who could be politically categorized as “right wing,” but they’re not getting sympathetic write-ups in The Weekly Standard, whereas you can see Barrett Brown depicted as a sort of romantic renegade in Rolling Stone.

This creates an incentive for bad behavior on the Left that has no parallel on the Right, and it’s time we stop pretending that there is a moral equivalence, because there really isn’t. When you see a kook like Barrett Brown or Roger Shuler spin out of control and get himself arrested, there is a certain logic to them doing this in pursuit of a left-wing agenda, because the Left offers incentives to such behavior, especially the hope of becoming a Heroic Martyr for the Cause.

OK, enough with the pontification, for now at least, and let me get back to the serious business of pimping my latest column:

Roger Shuler runs a blog in Alabama called “Legal Schnauzer.” To be more accurate, Shuler was running that blog until he got arrested last week for violating a court order. As of Monday afternoon, Shuler was still being held without bail in the Shelby County Jail as inmate number 288928. The charge that landed Shuler in jail was contempt of court, to which was added a resisting arrest charge. Maybe he should change the name of his blog to “Illegal Schnauzer.”
The contempt of court charge against Shuler stemmed from a defamation suit brought against him by Robert R. “Rob” Riley Jr., a prominent Birmingham attorney whose father, former Alabama Gov. Bob Riley, is a Republican. Shuler seems to believe all Republicans are “corrupt,” engaged in “fraud,” and conspiring against him. After getting fired from his university job in 2008, Shuler has spent the past several years clogging the courts with lawsuits — filed pro se, which is to say, with Shuler acting as his own attorney — and filling the Internet with accusations against those corrupt and fraudulent Republicans he insists are out to get him. What windmills were to Don Quixote, Republicans are to Roger Shuler. His weird obsession might be harmless, if it weren’t for the fact that he keeps publishing defamatory claims on his blog. . . .

Read the whole thing at The American Spectator, because I’m just crazy enough to explain this kind of insanity to normal people.




 

 

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Category: Barrett Brown, Roger Shuler

‘Sooner or Later …’

Posted on | October 29, 2013 | 25 Comments

“. . . you run out of other people’s money.”

Post by Mike Smiley.

 

 


Category: Economics

The Liar-in-Chief

Posted on | October 29, 2013 | 54 Comments

How bad is the failure of ObamaCare? Bad enough that MSNBC’s Morning Joe can’t ignore it, says Pete Da Tech Guy. While they cannot ignore it, however, the liberal media must find some explanation that makes this failure look less predictable than it was, and how to make President Obama’s deliberate lies look like innocent errors:

President Obama repeatedly assured Americans that after the Affordable Care Act became law, people who liked their health insurance would be able to keep it. But millions of Americans are getting or are about to get cancellation letters for their health insurance under Obamacare, say experts, and the Obama administration has known that for at least three years.
Four sources deeply involved in the Affordable Care Act tell NBC NEWS that 50 to 75 percent of the 14 million consumers who buy their insurance individually can expect to receive a “cancellation” letter or the equivalent over the next year because their existing policies don’t meet the standards mandated by the new health care law. One expert predicts that number could reach as high as 80 percent. And all say that many of those forced to buy pricier new policies will experience “sticker shock.” . . .

So all those promises — that rates would go down and that people could keep their existing plans — were deliberate lies. And all the conservatives who tried to warn that ObamaCare was doomed to failure were correct. But the liars were all Democrats, and the people who told the truth were all Republicans, so there will be no apologies and no repentance. Instead, they’ll just come up with new lies.

 


Category: Barack Obama, Health Care

LIVE AT FIVE: 10.29.13

Posted on | October 29, 2013 | 11 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Federal Judge Strikes Down Key Elements Of Texas Abortion Law

Pro-death protester

Strikes down admitting-privilege and strict drug protocol requirements

US Spy Chiefs Face Congress Amid Euro Snooping Fury
DIRNSA, DNI Clapper, Deputy AG Cole to testify today


Obama Campaign Links Hacked
Syrian Electronic Army claims credit for hijacking OFA Twitter, Facebook followers to propaganda websites



POLITICS
Former Representative Ike Skelton Dies, 81

Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), 1931-2013, RIP

Former House Armed Services Committee chairman lost his seat in the 2010 wave; had been in Congress since 1976

Obama To Campaign For McAuliffe On Sunday

Cuomo Casino Push Seeks To Return Catskills To Past Glory

Detroit Bankruptcy Trial Veers Off Course As Gov. Snyder Takes The Stand

Want To Know How Good Your ObamaCare Coverage Is? Too Bad.

San Francisco Floats Tax On Sugary Drinks

House Passes Bill To Cut Bonuses At VA

Ex-Rep. Renzi Gets Three Years For Corruption, Money Laundering

Tubby Troops Turn To Liposuction To Beat Body-Fat Requirements



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Crude Oil Drops In Asian Trade As Traders Await Word From Fed: NYMEX $98.47, Brent $109.11
Apple Profits Slip Again Despite iPhone Launch
S&P 500 Ends On Record High On Fed Hopes
Toyota Keeps Top Spot In Sales, Beating GM, VW
Burger King Reports Strong Growth In Third Quarter
Factory Slowdown Shows US Economy Has Little Traction
The Mystery Of Google’s Floating Barges
Motorola’s “Project Ara” Modular Smartphone Switches Out Hardware Like Apps
Brit Charged With Hacking NASA, US Military Computers
Why Samsung Needs To Woo Developers
Play-i Robots Teach Kids To Code



SPORTS
Red Sox One Win Away From World Championship

Jon Lester: in command

Lester shuts down Cardinals, and another unsung hero delivers the winning hit for the Sox

Seahawks D Snuffs Rams’ Final Drive For 14-9 Win

Habs Ruin Rangers’ Home Opener With 2-0 Shutout

Pens’ Defense Stifles Hurricanes In 3-1 Win

Canucks Rally In Third Period, Upset Capitals 3-2

Stars Hang On For 4-3 Win Against New-Look Sabres

Tigers Interview Ausmus As Search For Leyland’s Replacement Continues

Strasburg Has Bone Chips Removed From Right Elbow



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Britney Spears Songs Used To Scare Off Somali Pirates

The Merchant Marine’s secret weapon

“These guys can’t stand Western culture or music, making Britney’s hits perfect.”


“Fifty Shades Of Grey” Start Date Pushed Back To December 2

50 Cent Cops Plea, Domestic Violence Charges Dismissed

Charge Against Chris Brown Reduced To Misdemeanor Assault

Kelly Osbourne/Lady Gaga Feud Continues Despite Peace Offering Cake


Jennifer Hudson Chops Off All Her Hair, Debuts Chic Pixie Cut

NBC Developing Sitcom With Lesbian Lead From Ellen DeGeneres

Lisa Kudrow – Therapy For Peanuts

Kendra Wilkinson’s Secret Rendezvous With Ex-BF

Joan Jett Rocking Indie “Undateable John”

Emile Hirsch To Play John Belushi In Indie Biopic

Katy Perry Tells “Naked” Pop Star Peers To “Put It Away”



FOREIGNERS
Uighur Muslims Sought After Five Die In Fiery Tienanmen Crash
Death Toll From European Storm Hits 13
US Peace Talks On Syria Over Before They Begin?
Polish PM Tadeusz Mazowiecki Dies, 88
Obama, Netanyahu Discuss Iran
Saudi Women Defy Authorities Over Driving Ban
Aussie PM Abbott Declares “End Of Longest War” In Surprise Visit To Afghanistan
Minority Support: A Bridge Too Far For Narendra Modi



BLOGS & STUFF
Dead Republican Party: The Tapestry Of Rights And Obligations
Proof Positive: Mitt Romney: The Nicest Guy You Don’t Want to be President
First Street Journal: Is Inflation On The Horizon?
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: New York Times Says Not Enough Bros Signing Up For ObamaCare
Michelle Malkin: What Happened To All Of Obama’s Technology Czars?
Twitchy: “Didn’t Know He Didn’t Know What Was Going On” – Blissfully Unaware President Sparks Mockery
American Power: Valerie Jarrett Blames Insurance Companies For Millions Of Cancellations Under #ObamaCare
American Thinker: Provincial Coastal Media Cover The World Series
The Necropolitan Sentinel: Obamacare Watch – Dude, Where’s My Healthcare?
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, October 28
Jammie Wearing Fools: Strategist With “Close Ties” To White House Says “Dem Party Is F****d” Thanks To Obamacare
JustOneMinute: What Will Dick Cheney Say?
Pat Dollard: Megyn Kelly Snaps At Democrat Guest Over Obamacare – Don’t Go To Your “Happy Place”, Answer The Question!
Protein Wisdom: Dear Democrats – If You’ve Lost David Frum…
Shot In The Dark: The Original Wrapper
The Jawa Report: The Lost Return Of The Jedi Laserdisk
The Lonely Conservative: Terrorism Hit An All-Time High In 2012
Megan McArdle: Obamacare’s Big Thinkers Forgot To Bring In The Doers


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