The Other McCain

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Women’s Empowerment

Posted on | September 23, 2013 | 37 Comments

“Trying not to over-think it, I raised the gun, located the target, and pulled the trigger of the .22. The gun barked, kicking in my hands. I hadn’t hit the black square in the center, but I wasn’t far from it. Roe kept coaching me, I kept firing, and 45 minutes later, when we switched to the 9-mm, which recoiled so markedly that I swore in surprise, I wasn’t half bad at it. In fact, I discovered, I liked it. . . .
“Equalizer. The word stuck in my mind. A handgun makes the short woman tall, the anxious woman less afraid. Right now, guns are a lightning rod topic, reviled and defended with equal passion. You can’t fire a gun without stepping into a war, without getting into the politics of it. Of course, that doesn’t change the fact that firing a gun made me feel powerful, if only for an afternoon.”
— Susannah Breslin, “A Girl And A .22,” Forbes

Category: Feminism

Pennsylvania School Officials Resign After Bizarre Racist Text-Message Scandal

Posted on | September 23, 2013 | 38 Comments

Superintendent Richard Como has retired and Director of Athletics and Activities Jim Donato has resigned after the school officials in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, were caught exchanging grossly obscene and racist text-messages on their school-provided cell phones.

Transcripts of the exchanges between Como and Donato obtained by the local newspaper are shocking beyond description.

Honestly, you don’t want me to transcribe those messages. And keep in mind, these are public school officials — government-licensed, taxpayer-employed educational specialists.

Why aren’t you home-schooling yet?

 

Category: Education

The Enemy Within: American, Canadian and British Jihadis in Kenya Attack

Posted on | September 23, 2013 | 38 Comments

Britain’s terrorist ‘White Widow,’ Samantha Lewthwaite.

At least 62 people were killed and 170 reported injured in the Islamic terrorist attack on a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya.

Shots Heard as Kenya Presses
Assault Against Mall Attackers
— New York Times

Smoke pours from Kenya mall as forces ‘close in’
— Reuters

Nairobi attack: Kenya forces
storm Westgate centre
— BBC

Meanwhile, as Bridget Johnson reports at PJ Tatler, the al-Qaeda-allied Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab claims that Americans are among the gunmen who committed the attack in Kenya. And a notorious British woman may have played a key role in this atrocity:

In messages sent via Twitter, the Islamic militant group al-Shabaab named five young Americans, a Canadian and a British man among the terrorists who perpetrated the Westgate massacre. Two of the men — Ahmed Mohamed Isse, 22, and Abdifatah Osman Keenadiid, 24 — were reportedly from Minnesota; Mustafe Noorudiin. 27, is reportedly from Kansas City; Shafie Die 25, is reportedly from Tucson, Arizona; Dagestan Abdelkarem Ali Mohamed, 21, is reportedly from Illinois; Abdirizak Mouled, 24, is reportedly from Ontario, Canada; and Qasim Said Musa, 22, is reportedly from London, England. . . .
A British official told Andrew Malone of the London Daily Mail that a British woman known as the “White Widow” was suspected to be among the terrorists involved in the Kenya attack. Samantha Lewthwaite, 29, converted to Islam and married a Muslim man, Jermaine Lindsay, she met through an online chat room when she was 17. Lindsay killed himself in a suicide bombing that was one of the so-called “7/7? attacks on July 7, 2005, that killed 52 people in bombings on subways and buses in London. . . .

Read the whole thing at Viral Read. It’s shocking to think that some people are so alienated from their own culture that they would embrace the deadly ideology of terrorist enemies.

 

 


Category: Kenya, Terrorism

Rule 5 Monday

Posted on | September 23, 2013 | 20 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

If I have to tell you not to read this at work, or around people who get wrapped around the axle by scantily-clad (or nekkid) women, there’s probably no hope for you.

Randy’s Roundtable starts this week’s parade of pulchritude with Rozanna Purcell, followed by Fishersville Mike with Kaley Cuoco, and Blackmailers Don’t Shoot’s Pretty Girls On A Thursday: End Of Summer Edition. Laughing Conservative has Adrianne Pulacki, Reaganite Republican goes with Miss Sweden, and The Pegu Blog reminds us that last Thursday was Talk Like A Pirate Day. Animal Magnetism changes it up this week with Rule 5 Bikini Friday and a Saturday Brunettenarok. Goodstuff alerts us to this Thai push-up bra ad, and also tips us to Ana Hickman and Sydney Leathers in Issue 115 of his blogging magazine. First Street Journal is starting over with some pics of the brave women who volunteer for the Afghan National Police.

EBL’s herd of heifers and oddities this week includes Creepy Uncle Sam, older women keeping up appearances, Angie Dickinson, Star Trek: Into Darkness, and a well-endowed bovine beauty.

A View From The Beach offers A Royal Pain, Ginger Halestorm, Two Drunk Irish Critique “Wrecking Ball”, Hotshots 2014 Preview, Economic Good News, Awesome!, A Modest Proposal, and Don’t Let Me Die In Florida.

Wine Women and Politics winds up his week with Hot Sunday Sweeties, preceded by Saturday Sweeties, TGIF: Some Fine Fillies, Thursday Delights, and Hump Day Hotness.

Soylent Green performs atonement before posting Requestkitteh, and kicking off the week with Monday Motivationer Lightning Rod, naturally followed by Tuesday Titillation, Humpday Hotness: Flowers For Sung Hi Lee, Falconsword Fursday Sushi, Evening Awesome Alexis, Corset Awesome, T-GIF Friday, Overnighty Mosh, Weekender Bare Rug, Afternooner, and Overnighty Destiny.

Proof Positive’s Babe of the Week is Kellie Pickler; his vintage babe is Ann Miller. Sex in Advertising is covered by Julia Roberts this week, and of course, there’s the obligatory 49ers cheerleader. At Dustbury, it’s Mallika Sherawat and Sherlyn Chopra.

The DaleyGator returns with Chelsea Gilligan, and continues his Hot 100 list with Sarah Shahi, Daphne Joy, Minka Kelly, Diane Lane, Ali Landry, Monica Bellucci, Halle Berry, Salma Hayek, Lisa Marie Scott, and Emma Samms. Other DaleyBabes included Rio Ogawa, Avonte Wright, Kersti Richards, Calanthe Gregory, Britt Bliss, Angela Henderson, Christa Elise, Brittany Alexis, Paula Marciniak, Claudia Sampedro, Alesha Dixon, Dejana Zivkovic, and Nathalia Bodemuller. Also, Why Does PETA Hate Katy Perry’s Breasts?

Thanks to everyone for their linkagery! Links for next week’s Rule 5 roundup are due to the Rule 5 Wombat mailbox no later than Saturday, September 28.


 

Category: Rule 5

Liberalism, a Job-Killing Machine

Posted on | September 23, 2013 | 25 Comments

“The problem isn’t just ObamaCare, though. It’s the entire regulatory assault on employers coming out of Washington — everything from the EEOC” — the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission hits companies hard when employees claim age, race or sex discrimination — ”to the Dodd-Frank monstrosity. Employers are living in a state of fear.”
— Bob Funk, Express Employment Services

 

Category: Economics

Perhaps Everyone in America Wants to Read About @ScottMuska’s Erection

Posted on | September 23, 2013 | 111 Comments

Scott Muska’s Twitter profile describes him as “Copywriter // Journalist // Lefty // Unselfish Lover,” and he elsewhere reveals that he is a 2010 graduate of Penn State University.

Do you want to read about Scott Muska’s erection? Because Scott Muska wants you to know he had one:

Dear Woman Who Was Sitting Next to Me
on The Plane When I Developed An Erection

That’s the headline at a site which seems to be share Scott Muska’s belief that this is “funny stuff.” Your mileage may vary:

In the interest of honesty and transparency, I acknowledge that your aesthetics probably factored into the whole erection thing. Because, well, you’re pretty.
Anyway, I first noticed you in Pittsburgh International, while we were sitting in the terminal waiting to board the flight. . . .
I momentarily lost my composure when I saw you — probably due your wardrobe choice of Lululemmon yoga pants that went very nicely with your butt, which looked like two crescent moons facing opposite each other?. . .

(Oh, you charming rogue.)

I boarded the plane and upon realizing I was assigned the seat next to you (what a treat!), I also noticed you were carrying a Kindle (women who read are hot) and that you smelled vaguely of suntan lotion (which always makes me think of kissing the first girl I ever loved at the public pool one summer day, something I won’t say is hot, really, because it’s weird to think back on making out with a 14-year-old, but yeah — that scent does it for me for whatever reason). . . .

(An earlier generation paid psychiatrists to listen to such things. Nowadays, these weirdos just spew it out on the Internet.)

I woke up when the flight attendant announced we had begun our descent. You woke up shortly after, rubbed your eyes, and glanced around. I was attempting to lock eyes with you as you surveyed your surroundings, thinking it might lead to a brief conversation about how crazy it was that we’d both conked out during the flight, and whether you also live in New York, and if so, would you like to eat street meat with me sometime?
But instead your eyes locked on my crotch. I gasped. (It should be noted that this was the first time a woman had spied my junk and I’ve gasped a negative gasp. I think.) Your sleepy expression turned into one that seemed like unpleasant surprise and thinly veiled anger. It was like you had never seen a pitched tent before.
It’s also possible that you were angry re: the lack of length. If so, I assure you that I make up for it in girth. . . .

(Dude, you just published that on the Internet, where everybody in the world can read about your stubby chubby, not to mention your erotic associations involving suntan lotion and 14-year-old girls.)

In hindsight, I probably should not have been traveling in basketball shorts.

(In hindsight, you should seek counseling.)

Eventually, you made eye contact, not really making an effort (or a successful one, anyway) to hide your revulsion. I blushed, shrugged, opened my notebook, and began drafting this letter to you.
Look: these things happen. I get random boners all the time. Especially when I’m in the proximity of a good-looking woman. It’s natural. And most of the time, I have zero control over when and how often boners happen. I’m virile, and for that I will not apologize.

So there you have it: Scott Muska gets “random boners all the time” whenever he is “in the proximity of a good-looking woman,” which we must assume is rather a rare experience for Scott Muska, perhaps in part because of his “lack of length,” but also because Scott Muska is the kind of creep who wears basketball shorts on airplanes and gets erections while fantasizing about 14-year-olds who smell like suntan lotion.

And for that, Scott Muska “will not apologize.”

Did we mention Scott Muska is a “Lefty” and an “Unselfish Lover”? Because that’s what Scott Muska says on his Twitter profile.

 

Category: Sex

LIVE AT FIVE: 09.23.13

Posted on | September 23, 2013 | 19 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Gunfire At Besieged Kenyan Mall; Jihadis Threaten Hostages

A Nigerian policeman secures the road past Westgate Mall in Nairobi

Nigerian Army Colonel Cyrus Oguna: “We will not negotiate with terrorists.”
Final Assault Beginning





Angela Merkel Celebrates Big Win In Germany
CDU/CSU bloc takes 41% of Bundestag, FDP falls out with less than 5%
Biggest victory since Kohl’s reunification vote



POLITICS
Obama’s “Independent” NSA Review Panel Actually Working Closely With DNI Clapper

This woman is on Verizon’s “Share Everything (With the NSA)” plan, thanks to the FISA Court, which convenes in the courthouse behind her.

Meets in offices on loan from DNI. Coordinates interviews and press statements through DNI press office. Exempted from pubic meeting requirements by DNI.

Bid To Avert Government Shutdown Moves To Senate

No Appetite For Gun Control In Washington

Sikh Professor Attacked By Harlem Teens

Lawyers Debate Death Penalty For Boston Marathon Bomber

Georgians Hate Obamacare, Love Key Provisions

Pelosi Accuses GOP Of Using “Legislative Arson”

Ron Paul: “We Probably Can’t Get Rid Of Obamacare”

Congress Looking Into VA Bonuses Amid Agency Problems



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Crude Oil Mixed In Asian Trade, WTI Continues To Fall: NYMEX $104.71, Brent $109.23
Asian Shares Flat Despite PRC Data, More Fed Talk Ahead
Demand Grows For Northeast Shiitake Mushrooms
US Stock Futures Trade With Slight Gains
Allegiant Airlines Flights Resume After Jet Slide Problems Force Grounding
US Unemployment Applications Rise To 309K
BlackBerry Returns To Corporate Roots To Avoid Oblivion
LinkedIn Customers Allege Company Hacked Their E-Mail Addresses
A7 Processor Used In iPhone 5S Made By Apple’s Arch-Rival Samsung
Microsoft’s Surface Tablet: A $900M Makeover?
Valve Countdown Teases Three Upcoming Announcements



SPORTS
Braves Clinch First NL East Title In 8 Years

Jason Heyward returns from the DL, just in time for the playoffs

Beat Cubs 5-2 as Nats fall to Fish


A’s Clinch AL West In 11-7 Slugfest With Twins

Reds Rout Pirates 11-3, Tie For Wildcard Lead



Phillies Name Ryne Sandberg Permanent Manager, Sign Him To 3-Year Deal

Cardinals Clinch Playoff Berth But Lose To Brewers 6-4

Indians Scalp Astros 9-2 For Another 4-Game Sweep

Rays Beat O’s 3-1 To Maintain Wildcard Lead

Maxwell’s 10th Inning Slam Lifts Royals Over Rangers

Tigers Fail To Clinch, Fall To White Sox 6-3

Nationals Close Home Slate With Win, Split DH With Marlins; Five Games Back In Wildcard With Six To Play



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Emmy Awards 2013: And The Winners Are…

Writer/producer Vine Gilligan accepts the award for “Breaking Bad”

The full list of nominees and winners

Klugman’s Son Rips TV Academy Over Failure To Include Tribute: “It Was A Self-Induced Tragedy”

Putting “Girls” To Shame

The Deschanel Sisters: The Eyes Have It


Jackman & Gyllenhaaal’s “Prisoners” Wins Weekend Box Office With $21.4 Million

Miley Cyrus Breaks Down On Stage In Vegas

Andy Samberg Weds Joanna Newsom

Transgender Teen Crowned Homecoming Queen At O.C. High School

Jon Gosselin Warns Off Paparazzo With Gunfire



FOREIGNERS
Death Toll From Pakistan Church Bombing Hits 81, Christians Protest Attack
Snake On A Plane Cancels Qantas Flight To Paris
Three Venezuelan Soldiers Busted For Smuggling 1.4 Tons Of Cocaine To France
Typhoon Usagi Wreaks Havoc On Hong Kong, Southern China
Kremlin Denies Rumors Of Putin Remarriage
Palestinian FM: Murder Of IDF Soldier No Reason To Stop Peace Talks
Two Muslims Charged After UK Terror Arrest
Former CCP Boss Bo Xilai Sentenced To Life In Prison
Russia Rejects US/EU Plan To Enforce Syria Resolution



BLOGS & STUFF
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: Hot Cosplay Chicks And A Quick Primer On Base & Superstructure Marxism
American Power: No Surrender – Sarah Palin Slams Cannibalistic RINOS On #DefundObamaCare
American Thinker: What The Secular Media Doesn’t Know About Pope Francis
The Necropolitan Sentinel: Obamacare Watch – YOINK!
Don Surber: Weekend Scoreboard
Jammie Wearing Fools: Stunner! Shootings Up 10% In NYC After Liberal Hack Judge Ruled Stop & Frisk Unconstitutional
Pat Dollard: McDonald’s, Dunkin Donuts To Gun Owners – Hey, We Respect Gun Laws
Protein Wisdom: Dad Doesn’t Follow Potemkin Village Q&A Charade…
Shot In The Dark: Open Letter To The MinnPost Editorial Team
The Jawa Report: Impotent Rage
The Lonely Conservative: While IRS Targeted Tea Party Groups, CAIR Got Away With A Lot Of Shady Funding
Megan McArdle: US Workers Pay A High Price For Free Trade


Category: Live at Five

Deranged Cyberstalker Bill Schmalfeldt Returns to Examiner as ‘Lester Klemper’

Posted on | September 22, 2013 | 70 Comments

This is likely to be short-lived. Bill Schmalfeldt has twice before gotten himself banned from Examiner.com, yet somehow weaseled his way back in under the pseudonym “Lester Klemper”:

Evidently, Schmalfeldt got suspended from Twitter again and tried to set up @HoCoLiberal (the “HoCo” being short for Howard County, Maryland). After that got suspended, Schmalfeldt then created the @FreeStateLib account which resulted in further online dramatics:

Combine an irrational hatred of his enemies with a bizarre persecution complex, and Bill Schmalfeldt is a sort of meltdown formula. The man produces more dramatics than the Royal Shakespeare Company.

UPDATE: Schmalfeldt was kicked off Examiner in December 2011 because of his personal attacks on the Wisconsin group “Operation Burn Notice” (OBN). An Examiner editor sent Schmalfeldt this note:

Bill,
I am yet again forced to discuss your column after you continued to (1) make your OBN articles personal, rather than talking about what such an organization is attempting to do and its potential implications, and (2) continued to reply in an antagonistic manner within the comments sections / Facebook.
Due to the continued disregard for projecting yourself in a professional manner, I am forced to suspend your access to our publishing platform again.
This was not how I hoped things would work out, but I’m no longer in a position to justify the amount of effort we as an organization have to put in to mitigate the complaints your work is constantly receiving. I wish you well on your blog.

Lee Stranahan described a later Schmalfeldt episode at the Examiner:

Bill Schmalfeldt . . . mocked Andrew Breitbart’s death and deliberately misled Examiner readers about a website and Twitter account that he made specifically to mock Andrew’s loss. This is a horrible person. And further, he defends Brett Kimberlin in the story. This is a sick, twisted person.
Here’s the article Schmalfeldt wrote under an assumed name where he says:

Yesterday, someone started a satirical website called “Big Damnation.” It is a swipe at the right wing blogosphere posing as the late Andrew Breitbart, blogging from hell, where his eternal punishment is to “tell the truth forever and ever” to make up for the lies he told in life. The name pokes fun at the “Big Government” and “Big Journalism” sites Breitbart operated before his “Big Heart Attack” on March 1.
The blog had an accompanying Twitter account @DeadAndrew.

Someone? SOMEONE started a website? No, YOU did. YOU, the author of the article. So you’re covering that up.
A contemptible person. Not a journalist. A liar. A bully. A misogynist. And horribly ineffective.

A July 13, 2012, article at Twitchy (“Vile lefty sets up @DeadAndrew Twitter account, mocks Kimberlin targets“) described Bill Schmalfeldt as a “festering human pustule.”

 

Category: Bill Schmalfeldt
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