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Rule 5 Wednesday

Posted on | September 18, 2013 | 27 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


A busy weekend followed by a busier week makes for a late Rule 5 post. As usual, exercise discretion when clicking on the links: the job (or relationship) you save may be your own.


Randy’s Roundtable kicks off with Ashley Hinshaw, while Fishersville Mike is ready for Hillary (of the Jacksonville Jaguars). Animal Magnetism chips in with Rule 5 Friday and the Saturday Gingermageddon, Blackmailers Don’t Shoot has Stories From a Sad Man’s Tongue, and Laughing Conservative goes monochrome with Adriana Sklenarikova. Reaganite Republican this week goes with Aoife Walsh, a/k/a Miss Ireland 2013, while 90 Miles From Tyranny serves up Morning Mistress, Hot Pic of the Late Night, and Late Night Ladies. Goodstuff, meanwhile, reports that Miley Cyrus is twerking Syria.


EBL’s herd of (occasionally) mutant heifers this week includes Anna Shireman-Grabowski, reportedly against laying pipe; Katherine Heigl, Julia Ioffe, Eagles Cheerleaders with quinoa, some (Eli) Manning beefcake, Sea Gals, and Miss America.


Not to be outdone, A View From The Beach has Naomi Watts Stiff Upper Lip, Hippie Chick Gets Signatures For Al Qaeda Care Packages, Girls With Sturgeon, Walk The Dinosaur (with cave girl content!), Tattooed Trooper Takes Kansas, Here Come The Toad Lickers, It’s A Tough Job, Go Redskins!, and DC Proposes To Ban Stupidity.


Postaldog returns after being gone a while with Taylor Momsen, Lucy Pinder, Miley Cyrus, Courtney Stodden, Heavy Hitters, Olivia Sprauer, and Tess Taylor.


Wine, Women and Politics has a bonus babe, Hot Wednesday Women, Thursday Prime Select Beauties, Friday And Great Boobs Win/Win, and Hot TGIF Bonus Women.


Soylent Green starts with Your AM Angel, Ready For Some Football?, Monday Motivationer, The Correct Collective Noun For This Is…, Tuesday Titillation, Vintage Humpday Hawtness, We Now Return To Our Movie Already In Progress, Falconsword Fursday Trim, Corset Carumba, T-GIF Friday, Overnighty, and Weekender.


Proof Positive’s Friday Night Babe is Hope Dworaczyk, his Vintage Babe is Dusty Anderson, and the Sex In Advertising message this week is Eat Like You Mean It.  Also, the obligatory 49ers cheerleader! Dustbury is all about the red this week with Christina Hendricks and Gemma Arterton. At The Camp of the Saints, it’s Arianna Sinn and the Rule 5 News.


Thanks to everyone for their linkagery! Deadline to submit links to the Rule 5 Wombat mailbox for next week’s Rule 5 compilations is Saturday, September 21.


Category: Rule 5

LIVE AT FIVE: 09.18.13

Posted on | September 18, 2013 | 8 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Military’s Background Check System Failed To Stop Gunman With History Of Arrests

Kept Navy-issued clearance despite repeated brushes with the law

Syria’s Civil War Far From Over Despite Chem Weapons Deal
Conventional warfare increasing

Colorado Evacuations Coninue As Flood Moves Downstream
As of Tuesday, eight confirmed dead



POLITICS
House Conservatives Back Obamacare Alternative

A plan without mandates

Study Committee plan beefs up medical insurance tax deduction, funds high-risk pools

Judge: No Companies Challenged NSA Phone Record Orders

Navy Commander, Two Others Charged In Bribery Scheme


Wendy Davis To Announce Decision On Run For Texas Governor October 3

Wage Bill Aimed At Walmart Dies In DC

Fox Poll: 68% Concerned About Health Care Under Obamacare

Sex, Drugs And Obamacare

Former EPA Official Charged With Stealing Nearly $900K

Republicans Pressure Boehner On Vote To Delay, Defund Obamacare

Poll: Liberal Democrat De Blasio Has Wide Lead Over Republican Lhota

WV’s  Democratic Secretary Of State To Contend With Capito To Succeed Jay Rockefeller

Virginia Lieutenant Governor’s Failure To Endorse Angers GOP

Push For Yellen At The Fed Gathers Steam



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Continues Slide As Investors Await Word From Fed: NYMEX $105.60, Brent $107.83
Starbucks Changes Course: Guns Unwelcome, Though Not Banned
Household Incomes Flat In “Improving” Economy
Walgreens Shifting Employees To Private Healthcare Exchanges
Consumer Prices Rise Slightly In August
Stock Futures Await Fed’s “Taper” Decision
Microsoft Aims Windows 8.1 At Financial Firms
Google’s AdID To Take Bite Out Of Third-Party Cookies
YouTube Adds Offline Viewing With “Add To Device” Feature
BlackBerry Unveils New Jumbo Z30 Amid Speculation Over Company’s Fate
Valve CEO: Why Linux Is The Future Of Gaming



SPORTS
R.A. Dickey And The Blue Jays Beat Reeling Yankees

R. A. Dickey, Keeper Of The Holy Flutterball

Dickey blanks Yanks 2-0 for Bombers’ fourth straight loss

O’s Postpone Red Sox Celebration As Birds Win 3-2

Bruce Hits Grand Slam As Reds Rout Astros 10-0 For Houston’s 100th Loss

Rangers Snap Skid, Beat Rays 7-1; Now Tied For Wildcard

Royals Collapse In Bitter 5-3 Loss To Indians

Dodgers Stomp Snakes 9-3, Move Closer To Clinching NL West

Cabrera Homers, Tigers Beat M’s 6-2

Viciedo, Quintana Lift White Sox Over Twins 4-3

Donaldson’s Single In 9th Gives A’s Edge Over Angels 2-1

Roark Shines As Nationals Complete DH Sweep Of Braves; Now 4.5 Back In Wildcard Race



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Sandra Bullock On Top Of The World With “Gravity”

Sandra Bullock

Relatability. She has it.

Zac Efron Focuses On Career After Rehab Stint

Is Chelsea Handler A Bad Influence On Gwyneth Paltrow?

Katy Perry Ties Rihanna For Most #1 Pop Songs

The GQ+A: Justin Theroux

Insane Clown Posse Sued

ABC Family Preps Horror Drama Starring Jamie Lee Curtis

“Mad Men” Final 16-Episode Season To Air Split Between 2014, 2016

“Prison Break” Baddie Robert Knepper Lands On NBC’s Blacklist

Lindsay Lohan Is Dating Matt Nordgren

Leonardo DiCaprio To Produce, Direct Woodrow Wilson Biopic

Hemsworth/Cyrus Split Stems From VMA Twerking – Liam “Mortified…Embarrassed”

Why Kanye West Is Getting Prosecuted And Lamar Odom Isn’t

Victoria’s Secret CEO In Alleged Torrid Affair



FOREIGNERS
Brazilian President Postpones Washington Trip In Protest Of NSA Snooping
Syria Tells Russia It Has Proof Rebels Used Chemical Weapons
Zamboanga Casualty Count Nears 300
Tony Abbott Sworn In As Aussie PM
Bangladesh Islamist Protests Against Leader’s Death Sentence Turn Violent
Iran Moving To Mend Ties With West?
Merkel Gets Tough With FDP In Countdown To German Vote
Cambodia Rallies As Parties Try To Solve Deadlock



BLOGS & STUFF
The Right Scoop: What If They Hijack The Convention?
Doug Powers: An Unnecessary Reminder About Initial Media Reports On Any Breaking Story
Twitchy: Iowahawk Notes Worst Part Of FLOTUS’ “Groove Thing” Remark
American Power: Freedom To Blog Update – Standing Up To Evil
American Thinker: Food Insecurity Junk Science
The Necropolitan Sentinel: Obamacare Watch – It’s Such A Winner, Everyone Is Running From It
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, September 17
Jammie Wearing Fools: IRS Documents Show Conservative Groups Flagged Over “Anti-Obama Rhetoric”
JustOneMinute: Navy Yard Shooter Was Mentally Ill So Let’s Change The Subject
Pat Dollard: “If We’d Had The Ammunition, We Could Have Cleared That Building”
Protein Wisdom: Musings From A Flooded Crackerado
Shot In The Dark: Low-Information Reporters
The Jawa Report: The Common Thread Between Islam And Communism
The Lonely Conservative: DC Shooter Was Pretty Happy With Obama
Megan McArdle: 13 Tips For Jobless Grads On Surviving The Basement Years


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BOOM: Neal Rauhauser Admits Playing Key Role in Brett Kimberlin Lawsuit

Posted on | September 17, 2013 | 56 Comments

Neal Rauhauser’s role in Brett Kimberlin’s war against Aaron Walker and other bloggers was the “hook” that originally got me involved in this story in May 2012. I’d never heard of Kimberlin until then, but I knew very well how evil, crazy and deceptive Neal Rauhauser was from the “TwitterGate” episode in 2010. (See, “‘A Faint Whiff of Vigilante Hysteria’: Weinergate’s Kimberlin Connection.”) So when Brett Kimberlin filed a lawsuit in Maryland Aug. 30, the possibility that the case would expose Rauhauser’s role was  . . .

Well, it was potentially newsworthy. Little did I suspect, however, that Neal Rauhauser would make public his own role in the suit:

“You will find a suit against @AaronWorthing, @Ali, @rsmccain, @wjjhoge, and @KimberlinUnmask. I provided the plaintiff with the Twitter forensics for this suit. If you’re not being sued like this, I am probably not looking at you at all. . . .”
— Neal Rauhauser, Sept. 17, 2013

Yeah, Neal: Go ahead and delete that — too late. Screen-capped it:

You can click that image to enlarge full size. What Rauhauser is doing — beyond his inevitable habit of bragging about his exploits, of course — is attempting to intimidate other bloggers into being silent about Kimberlin’s latest “lawfare” attack on bloggers:

“Don’t get manipulated into being entertainment
for trolls, don’t get set up as a target for a lawsuit, and
definitely don’t get caught in the middle of what appears
to be a lover’s spat between Ali Akbar and Karl Rove.”

That nonsense is just the small change of Rauhauser’s disinformation efforts, which have been continuous since 2011, at least.

Neal’s claim that he is the victim of “a conspiracy theory by a single delusional, obsessive woman in New Jersey” is the exact opposite of truth. Neal is the one who keeps manipulating people, spinning conspiracy theories about his enemies, in order to create a plausible explanation for his own evident wrongdoing.

And in the process of his manipulations, Rauhauser has burned more than a few bridges with his former allies on the Left, including many members of Anonymous who realized (too late) that Neal was using them as pawns in his own selfish games, including the “Carlito2000” scam that contributed to Barrett Brown’s September 2012 meltdown.

It was always likely that Rauhauser’s association with Kimberlin would become part of the Kimberlin v. Walker et al., lawsuit. However, by admitting that this association has been active as recently as Aug. 30, now Rauhauser has practically guaranteed this.

Well, I could say more, but don’t want to say too much.



 

 

 

Category: The Kimberlin Files

The Fact of Evil: @Popehat Describes Brett Kimberlin’s Lawsuit Against Truth

Posted on | September 17, 2013 | 68 Comments

Brett Kimberlin could have been sentenced to 230 years in federal prison

“Kimberlin seemed to be the only one with a possible motive — to distract police attention from the Scyphers murder and delay or halt their quiet investigation of him.”
– R. Joseph Gelarden, Indianapolis Star, “Kimberlin case a maze of murder, deceit,” Oct. 18, 1981

Liars hate truth, and the wicked fear justice. Every honest man must oppose harassment and intimidation intended to silence those who call evil by its right name, because if truth is silenced, the righteous and innocent shall become prey for the wicked and dishonest.

God bless Ken White at Popehat, who hates evil liars:

One of the problems with Kimberlin’s complaint about being called a pedophile is that his detractors disclosed the factual basis for using that epithet against him. Among other things, they pointed out that (1) Kimberlin has said sexually creepy things about teenaged girls; (2) Mark Singer’s book about Kimberlin describes a relationship with an underaged girl that some find inappropriate and suggestive of pedophilia; (3) Kimberlin’s wife accused him of having sex with her before she was 16, and in 2013 filed charges against him on that basis, although prosecutors declined to prosecute the case and she apparently later retracted and disavowed the charges after the defendants wrote about them; and (4) even accepting Kimberlin’s position that he did not have sex with his wife before she was 16, by his own version of events it appears that he met her in Russia before she was 16 when he was in his 40s, she traveled to the United States, and they married when she was 16 and he in his 40s. . . .

Please read the whole righteous truth.

UPDATE: Let me slightly disagree with Ken White:

People follow and support Brett Kimberlin for several reasons. First, like many sociopaths, he is superficially charming and socially adept. People support him for the same reason that people got into Ted Bundy’s Volkswagen Bug.

Clever, but somewhat inaccurate. People who support Brett Kimberlin are either spectacularly stupid or active agents of evil.

Which is to say, they’re Democrats.

That statement of fact probably won’t endear me to any Democrat lawyers who may be considering taking on the battle against Brett Kimberlin, but it is important that anybody who gets into this thing know exactly what they’re getting into, eh? Whereas a sociopath like Brett Kimberlin will tell any lie to achieve his evil purposes — and falsely accuse others of doing the wrongs he is himself actually doing — an honest man will speak truth even at his own peril.

Even at this very minute, Brett Kimberlin’s vicious allies are lying about me, and why? Because I keep telling the truth about them.

Go read the rest of Ken’s post, and thank him in the comments for help.

 

Category: The Kimberlin Files

Who’s a ‘Bully,’ @GregFlynn? Democrat Operative Targets North Carolina Mom

Posted on | September 17, 2013 | 235 Comments

North Carolina Democrats have apparently adopted the radical motto “By Any Means Necessary” in their war to destroy conservative opposition, as the intimidation tactics employed by Democrat operative Greg Flynn against a citizen-activist make clear:

Lady Liberty is a blogger, but she is also a mother worried about her children. Greg Flynn (an editor at the left-wing blog BlueNC.com, a former employee of the state department of education and a Democrat Party activist) apparently decided that identifying Lady Liberty by name would be a good way to shut her up, exposing her family to harassment from his radical Democrat allies. Every conservative in North Carolina — no, by God, every conservative in America — should be mad as hell about Greg Flynn‘s vicious intimidation tactics.

WHAT WOULD ANDREW BREITBART DO?

Lady Liberty has been a leading voice in the opposition to “Common Core” in North Carolina. You should follow her on Twitter.

Every blogger needs to speak out on her behalf.

And pray for ten thousand angels to guard her family.


UPDATE: Greg Flynn wants to correct the record and also to justify what Sister Toldjah calls “shutuppery”:

See? If you are a stay-at-home mom and Democrats recognize you in a photo, Greg Flynn will publish your name, because shut up.

 

Category: Democrats, North Carolina

Deranged Cyberstalker Bill Schmalfeldt: Often Wrong, But Never in Doubt

Posted on | September 17, 2013 | 26 Comments

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Last night, Ali and I did a podcast that began with a half-hour on the Washington Navy Yard shootings and then continued on for another hour-and-a-half about the continuing madness of Bill Schmalfeldt. What we didn’t know what that Schmalfeldt stayed up past his bedtime to listen — and fulminate with rage, which John Hoge chronicles.

Fulminating with rage is Bill Schmalfeldt’s modus operandi. Here’s a Facebook threat he sent to a woman in 2011:

“Now . . . you’re going to wind up being the Monica Lewinsky for Jeremy’s Bill Clinton unless you start telling the truth and start telling it quick. I’m done fucking around, and I am not going away. You’ve already had “the media’s” interest in this case explained to you. Now, do you wanna play dumb and lose your kids? Or do you wanna play smart and keep what you got? I am not making any threats. I am just trying to help you avoid a shit storm for some giggling fuck who doesn’t give a rat’s ass about you. Do you really want to be dragged through the mud for THIS giggling shitwit. I’ll wait to hear from you. But I send what I have … EVERYTHING … to the Wisconsin Media tomorrow.”

Is a person who does things like that rational? The “Jeremy” referenced is apparently Jeremy Ryan of AddictingInfo.org, whom Schmalfeldt described as his “colleague.” In fact, Schmalfedlt contributed exactly three articles at that site, This was during the Wisconsin recall effort and Bill was at war with a conservative Facebook group called “Operation Burn Notice,” and Schmalfeldt was evidently trying to get some information from this woman . . . why? We don’t know.

It was a bit of irrelevant trivia involving a Facebook group and thus Schmalfeldt’s wildly disproportionate wrath — threatening that the woman would “lose your kids” after he sent information to the media — can only be explained as symptomatic of madness.

Is it any wonder Bill got banned from Facebook? And then turned his complaint against Facebook into an 18-minute YouTube video?

Bill Schmalfeldt has a clear pattern of such behavior. Ken White has written a lengthy examination of Schmalfeldt’s threatening rhetoric.

Bill Schmalfeldt of Elk Ridge, Maryland, a.k.a. “Liberal Grouch”

What could possibly justify Bill Schmalfeldt’s threats like that?

Nothing — except perhaps the voices inside Bill’s head.

 

Category: Bill Schmalfeldt

Navy Yard Shooter Aaron Alexis Received Government Benefits, Had Mental Issues

Posted on | September 17, 2013 | 82 Comments

The man who killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard reportedly received disability benefits, telling a friend in Fort Worth this involved some problem with his feet. Whether or not there was anything wrong with his feet, there was definitely something wrong in his head:

Aaron Alexis seems a study in contradictions: a former Navy reservist, a Defense Department contractor, a convert to Buddhism who was taking an online course in aeronautics. But he also had flashes of temper that led to run-ins with police over shootings in Fort Worth, Texas, and Seattle.
A profile began to emerge Monday of the man authorities identified as the gunman in a mass shooting at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., that left 13 people dead, including the 34-year-old man. While some neighbors and acquaintances described him as “nice,” his father once told detectives in Seattle that his son had anger management problems related to post-traumatic stress brought on by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. He also complained about the Navy and being a victim of discrimination.
U.S. law enforcement officials told The Associated Press that Alexis had been suffering a host of serious mental issues, including paranoia and a sleep disorder. He also had been hearing voices in his head, the officials said. Alexis had been treated since August by the Veterans Administration for his mental problems, the officials said.

More headlines:

Suspect In Navy Yard Attack Previously Arrested
In Seattle For “Anger-Fueled” Shooting
— Seattle Police

Alleged Washington shooter served as Navy
reservist, may have recently lost job
— NBC News

Navy Yard shooter ‘had a pattern of misconduct’
— Los Angeles Times

He was a disgruntled kook who blamed his problems on others. We used to lock up kooks in the loony bin. Now we give them government checks and turn them loose. That’s working out real good, isn’t it?

 

Category: Crime

LIVE AT FIVESEVEN: 09.17.13

Posted on | September 17, 2013 | 12 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
GUNMAN OPENS FIRE AT WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, 13 DEAD

The shooter

Worst attack since Fort Hood “workplace violence”

UN Report Confirms Nerve Gas Used In Syria
Inspectors don’t make clear whether Sarin was used by Assad forces or rebels

More Than 60 Zamboanga City Hostages Free
Unclear whether they escaped or were liberated by Filipino special ops forces






POLITICS
Obama Attacks GOP On Budget, Debt Ceiling During Navy Yard Shootings

Krauthammer: “Extremely bad taste”

Calls on Congress to pass “budget without drama”

Bill Daley Bails On IL Governor Race

Private Prison Company CCA Held In Contempt Of Court

Stacy’s Crazy Cousin John Warns Against Government Shutdown

Obscure Mussel On Front Line In Pennsylvania Between Drillers, Greens

Thompson Concedes NYC Dem Mayoral Primary To DiBlasio

California Raisin Grower Fights Federal Order Taking Almost Half His Crop

Obama, Feinstein Reignite Gun Control Fight After Navy Yard Shooting



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Crude Oil Drops As Syria Threat Recedes: NYMEX $105.91, Brent $109.72
German Investor Sentiment Brightens On Eurozone Outlook
UK Inflation Slows To 2.7% In August
Wall Street Role In Ethanol Credits Questioned
British Government Makes $61 Million Profit On Sale Of Lloyd’s Shares
Rain Helps Some Nebraska Crops, But Not Corn
Rhapsody Sheds Staff, Execs Amid Difficult Music Market
Apple Offering “Last Compatible Version” Of iOS For Older Hardware
Google Goes With A $30 Million Bump
Game On At LinuxCon
“Grand Theft Auto V” Set To Smash Sales Records



SPORTS
Cashner Narrowly Misses No-No Against Pirates

Andrew Cashner

Padres win 2-0; no-hit bid frustrated by Tabata single in 7th

Cueto Throws 5 Scoreless Innings In Return As Reds Thrash Astros 9-1

Royals Top Tribe 7-1 To Open Critical Series

Rays Take Wildcard Lead With 6-2 Drubbing Of Rangers

White Sox Score Seven In 1st, Coast To Easy Win Against Twins

Porcello Sharp As Tigers Beat M’s 4-2

Bengals Beat Steelers 20-10; First Monday Night Win Since 2007

Braves-Nationals Game Postponed Due To Navy Yard Shootings



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Miss America Nina Davuluri Brushes Off Racist Idiocy

Nina Davuluri brings Bollywood to the Miss America talent contest

“I have to rise above [the negativity]. I always viewed myself as first and foremost American.”

Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth Call Off Engagement

Britney Spears’ Big Concert Announcement

Ben Affleck’s “Gone Girl” Casts Emily Ratajkowski

Sky Ferreira, Zachary Cole Smith Busted For Drug Possession

“Walking Dead”‘s Laurie Holden Gets Role In “Dumb And Dumber To”


Paula Deen’s Extortionist Sentenced To 60 Days In Prison

AMC Prepping “Walking Dead” Companion Series For 2015 Launch

Dina Lohan Has No-Booze Birthday Bash After DWI Arrest

Caroline Manzo Taping “Real Housewives Of NJ” Spinoff Pilot

Gaga, Kinney Still Going Strong

Seinfelds Throw Noisy Bash To Mark End Of Yom Kippur

Brand Dating British Heiress

Telling A Smart Story



FOREIGNERS
Stricken Costa Concordia Set Upright In Italy
Facebook, Twitter Blocked Again In Iran After Brief Respite
Turkish Fighter Shoots Down Syrian Helo After Airspace Violation
Bangladesh Islamist’s War Crime Penalty Changed From Life Imprisonment To Death
Doubts Over Merkel Coalition Grow Despite Bavaria Win
Brazil Looks To Break From US-Centric Internet
Donors Pledge $1.8 Billion Euros For Somalia
Israel Dismmisses Letter By Former European Leaders
ROK Military Defends Shooting Of Defector
Egyptian Security Forces Storm Town Held By Hardline Islamists



BLOGS & STUFF
Doug Powers: John Kerry – When I said a deal with Russia was impossible, I did that knowing full well it was possible
Twitchy: “Unmitigated Ass” – Did You See How Douche-Ghoul David Frum Politicized Navy Yard Shootings?
American Power: The Depravity Of The Anti-Israeli Left
American Thinker: The Myth Of Red State Welfare
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: This Stupid Week, Ride To Hell Edition
The Necropolitan Sentinel: ObamaCare And Pink Triangles
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, September 16
Jammie Wearing Fools: Hapless Ezra Klein Still Quoting Obama Campaign Pitches – “It’s Change We Can Believe In”
JustOneMinute: Now Is The Summers Of Their Discontent Made Glorious By…Assad?
Pat Dollard: PC Police To Decide Promotions In US Military
Protein Wisdom: Diane Feinstein (Fascist-CA) Uses Navy Yard Massacre To Demand Gun-Grabbing
Shot In The Dark: Do You Hear The Sound Of Heads Exploding?
The Jawa Report: Report – 50% Of Syrian Rebels Are Islamists
The Lonely Conservative: Boy, Even With Declining Membership Those Union Bosses Sure Are Doing Well
Megan McArdle: The False Furor Over Larry Summers


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