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Whittle Lays It Down On Voter Fraud

Posted on | March 12, 2013 | 2 Comments

by Smitty

About the only thing I’d add here is that we move Veteran’s Day to the first Tuesday in November:

Category: Uncategorized

Detroit: What Democrats Do

Posted on | March 12, 2013 | 28 Comments

If you want to see the long-term effect of Democrat policies, there is no better example than the sad fate of the Motor City:

DETROIT — This city was already sinking under hundreds of millions of dollars in bills that it could not pay when a municipal auditor brought in a veteran financial consultant to dig through the books. A seasoned turnaround man and former actuary with Ford Motor Co., he was stunned by what he found: an additional $7.2 billion in retiree health costs that had never been reported, or even tallied up.
“The city must take some drastic steps,” the consultant, John Boyle, warned the City Council in delivering his report at a public meeting in 2005. Among the options he suggested was filing for bankruptcy.
“I thought all hell would break loose — I thought the flag would finally be raised,” Mr. Boyle recalled in an interview last week. But his warning drew little notice. “It was utterly astounding,” he said.

The Democrats who have run Detroit into the ground don’t care about anything but how much more money they can loot from the city:

Some factors were out of the city’s control. As auto industry jobs moved elsewhere over the decades, for example, Detroit lost much of its affluent tax base. Lower than expected state revenue sharing did not help, nor did corruption allegations in the administration of Kwame M. Kilpatrick, a mayor who resigned in 2008 and was convicted on Monday of racketeering and other federal charges.
But recent findings from a state-appointed review team and interviews with past and present city officials also suggest a city that over the years was remarkably badly run.

What? Democrats don’t know how to run an effective government? Shades of Jimmy Carter! I never suspected such a thing!

 

Category: Corruption, Democrats

But … It’s Science!

Posted on | March 12, 2013 | 16 Comments

Every day, it seems, we read headlines about new research that “proves” this, that or the other thing. My favorite such research was a study that found larger-breasted women are more intelligent. Can we trust such research? Alas, a story on the front page of today’s Washington Post indicates we should be cautious consumers of science:

Last year, research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that the percentage of scientific articles retracted because of fraud had increased tenfold since 1975.
The same analysis reviewed more than 2,000 retracted biomedical papers and found that 67 percent of the retractions were attributable to misconduct, mainly fraud or suspected fraud. . . .
[University of Washington research Ferric C.] Fang said retractions may be rising because it is simply easier to cheat in an era of digital images, which can be easily manipulated. But he said the increase is caused at least in part by the growing competition for publication and for NIH grant money. . . .

The article recounts a case of suspected fraud in cancer research at prestigious Johns Hopkins University, and quotes a blogger:

“The reader of scientific information is at the mercy of the scientific institution to investigate or not,” said Adam Marcus, who with Ivan Oransky founded the blog Retraction Watch in 2010. In this case, Marcus said, “if Hopkins doesn’t want to move, we may not find out what is happening for two or three years.”

Fake cancer research might fool federal officials signing off on NIH grants. Unfortunately, fake research won’t cure real cancer.

And breast implants won’t raise your IQ score.

 

Category: Scandal, Science

LIVE AT FIVE: 03.12.13

Posted on | March 12, 2013 | 3 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Falklands Vote To Stay British

Falklanders celebrate 98% "Yes" vote

Falklanders celebrate 98% “Yes” vote

Only three residents vote against maintaining overseas territory status; Kirchner dismissive

Cardinals Begin Conclave Today
Election of new pope could take as long as five days


Norks “Scrap” 1953 Armistice
“The time for final showdown has arrived,” Rodong Sinmun announces; U.S. unimpressed, imposes further sanctions



POLITICS
Former Detroit Mayor Convicted, Jailed Until Sentencing

Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick

Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick

U.S. Attorney McQuade: “Kwame Kilpatrick didn’t lead the city. He looted the city.”

White House Living Large Amid Small Sequester Cuts (Video)

Navy Deploys New Littoral Combat Ship To Singapore

This White House Tour Brought To You By…Donald Trump?

DSCC Having Second Thoughts About Ashley Judd?

Idaho Nixes Taxes On Girl Scout Cookies, Cloud Computing; Makes Gun Confiscation A Crime

Bloomberg Vows To Fight Judge’s Rejection Of Soda Ban

Congressman Seeks Restrictions On Free Cellphone Program After Smartphones Sent To Dead People

SEC Nails Illinois For Lying About Pensions In Muni Bond Offerings



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Crude Oil Prices Mixed In Asia: NYMEX $92.21, Brent $110.18
Dow Ends With Record Again, S&P Posts Seventh Straight Gain
Asia Reverses Gains, Slips On Profit Taking
SEC Nominee White Faces Questions About Her Work For NFL, Major Banks
Carlos Slim’s America Movil Faces Breakup Pressure From New Mexican Bill
Fed Shifts Focus To Jobs From Inflation
Whole Foods To Require GMO Labels
Two Cheers For Sheryl Sandberg, Who Helped Give Us The Financial Crisis
Your Facebook Likes May Reveal More Than You Probably Like
PRC Officials Want Rules And Cooperation On International Hacking
Defense Distributed Founder Speaks Out At SXSW
The Hard Road To BlackBerry 10
Ouya MMORPG To Launch By End Of 2013
Necomimi Cat Ears’ Creators Branch Out Into Brain-Controlled Headphones
EA Promises “SimCity” Players A Free Game “For Their Trouble”
Xi3 Taking Preorders For Piston “Steam Box” Console
Colin Powell’s Facebook Page Hacked



SPORTS
Vikings Trade Harvin To Seahawks

Seattle's new WR

Seattle’s new WR

Minnesota gets three draft picks for stud receiver

#1 Gonzaga Crushes St. Mary’s 65-51 For WCC Title

Bruins Take Down Senators In Shootout


Spurs Stifle Durant, Thunder For 105-93 Win

Surging Kings Snuff Flames At Home, 3-1

Jets Pick Up David Garrard

Big East Tourney Marks End Of An Era

BU Coach Jack Parker Retires After 40 Years

Gio Gonzalez Excited For Home Town Start In WBC



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
From Wholesome & Disney To Raunchy & Trashy

Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez

Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez

Starlets Gomez and Hudgens hitching their stars to more provocative fare

Olivia Wilde’s Streak

Dozens Of Celebs Hacked, Financial Info Made Public

Unspeakable Armenian Ticketed For Overly Dark Window Tints

Third Child On The Way For Mark-Paul Gosselaar


“Star Wars” On TV Headed In New Direction, Disney And Lucasfilm Say

Adrienne Maloof, Sean Stewart Split

Justin Bieber Scraps Portugal Concert After Ticket Sales Soft

Amanda Bynes Going Through Changes

Barbara Walters: Elizabeth Hasselbeck Not Being Fired From “The View”



FOREIGNERS
Cameron Tells Argentines To Respect “Yes” Vote In Falklands
Delhi Gang Rape Suspects Allege “Inhuman” Sexual Assaults In Tihar Jail
Japan’s Utilities To Hike Rates Amid Weak Yen
PM Singh: Italy’s Refusal To Extradite Marines Unacceptable
Syrian Rebels: Russia Should Cut Arms To Assad
Oscar Pistorius’ Family Denies “Suicidal” Claim
Queen Elizabeth II Withdraws From Public Event At Westminster
Hungary’s Controversial Constitutional Changes



BLOGS & STUFF
Neo-neocon: Bloomberg’s Big Soda Ban Banned For Now
Hit & Run: Judge Blocks Bloomberg;s Big Beverage Ban
Power Line: The War Against The Second Amendment Has Only Just Begun
Protein Wisdom: “Lawmakers Eye Nee Taxes On Guns, Ammo In Latest Wave Of Legislation”
Paul Ryan: The GOP Plan To Balance The Budget By 2023
Peter McArdle: What To Expect From This Week’s Dueling Budget Proposals
JustOneMinute: Eliminating The Middle Man, Or, Krugman Bankrupt Ethically
Jammie Wearing Fools: Boston Globe Falls For Satirical Paul Krugman Bankruptcy Story
AmSpecBlog: Wishing Krugman Story Were True
Allahpundit: Democrats Reconsidering Ashley Judd For Senate?
American Thinker: World’s First Nanoassault Rifle
Jihad Watch: “The Only Good Zionist Is A Dead Zionist” – US Army Vet Fights Alongside Syrian Rebels
Small Dead Animals: We Don’t Need No Stinking Sparky Cars
Stephen Kruiser: FL Senate Says No To Governor Scott, Medicaid Expansion
Jim Geraghty: A New GOP Challenger For Lindsay Graham?
Weasel Zippers: Congressional Black Caucus Disappointed In Obama For Picking Mostly White Cabinet
Jawa Report: Jewish Lawyer For Wannabe Taliban Wants Jew-Free Jury
Lonely Conservative: No Sequester For White House’s Six-Figure Staffers


Category: Live at Five

Does Brett Kimberlin Really Need Another Lesson in ‘The Streisand Effect’?

Posted on | March 11, 2013 | 13 Comments

Aaron Walker tells the story of his most recent encounter with the “Speedway Bomber.” It’s like Wile E. Coyote and Acme rocket skates: You might think he’d learn a lesson, but somehow he never does:

Brett Kimberlin – who spent 17 years in federal prison after being convicted as Indiana’s infamous “Speedway Bomber” – showed up at a Maryland court house and began photographing Walker’s wife.
While Walker was attending a March 1 hearing and his wife was in their car in the parking lot outside, Kimberlin “circled the vehicle, looking into its interior and at my wife,” Walker wrote at his “Allergic to Bull” blog. Walker said Kimberlin “drove around and then parked in the space directly facing my wife … and started taking pictures or filming her.”

“Streisand Effect” — you can look it up. Attempts to suppress the truth tend to have the opposite effect in the New Media age.

What is the truth that Brett Kimberlin so desperately wants to suppress? Just read this: “When Jessica Was 10, 11, 12 . . .”

When the pro-Kimberlin trolls get up in my face on Twitter, I just start Tweeting out that link, and pretty soon, they get out of my face. Why? Because calling attention to someone who tells the truth about Kimberlin sort of defeats the purpose of the Kimberlin fanboy trolls.

And so, truth! truth! truth! What happened to Julia Scyphers?

Blog Bash is Thursday night. The place will be packed to fire-code capacity, and Aaron Walker will be there, along with hundreds of bloggers who all have a motive to tell the truth about Brett Kimberlin.

Let me ask you something: Wouldn’t you like to see video of that event — hundreds of bloggers cheering — when Aaron Walker receives a check to help with his legal expenses? Give what you can — $10, $20, $50 — and make sure the truth about Brett Kimberlin gets told.

UPDATE: Patterico writes:

This news comes on the heels of reports that Kimberlin and his associate Neal Rauhauser have made calls to the establishment hosting the BlogBash party, which Aaron plans to attend, threatening the establishment with protests by Muslims due to Aaron’s involvement with the “Everyone Draw Mohammed” web site, which Aaron and others created to stand up to Islamic extremists who would kill those who dared to depict Mohammed.

C’mon: $10, $20, $50 for the truth.

 

Category: Aaron Worthing, CPAC, The Kimberlin Files

Is ‘Senator Bruce Carroll, (R-SC)’
The New Hotness?

Posted on | March 11, 2013 | 18 Comments

by Smitty

Props to Bruce Carroll:

I felt it best to resign from GOProud in advance of the CPAC conference this week so that my position in GOProud would not be a distraction from my serious deliberations regarding my potential future plans in South Carolina public service.
I wish only the best to my colleagues and fellow supporters of GOProud moving forward and I’ll always do what I can to be helpful from the crowd.
Over the next few weeks, I will be studying the resources, time and effort it would take to do my part in holding Lindsey Graham accountable for his voting record and his attitude toward the voters in South Carolina.

Feel free to disagree with me on the point, but I’m not holding anything against Carroll, sexual or otherwise. Hopefully we’ve the liberty to support great candidates without that translating into 100% endorsement of all that candidate’s personal choices, fashion or otherwise.
Feel free to request an “Axis of Speedo” photo op with Stacey McCain at CPAC this year for a campaign fundraiser. Stacy would dig that. I think.

Update: Wonkette does a typical Lefty job of focusing on the crotches, and not the issues. Ace of Spades is a supporter.

via Gay Patriot, Sharky, and Red State

Category: South Carolina

British Left’s War on ‘Page Three Girls’

Posted on | March 11, 2013 | 27 Comments

Since 1970, Britain’s largest-selling newspaper, The Sun tabloid, has been famous — or, as some would say, notorious — for publishing photos of topless models on page 3, so that the “Page Three Girls” have become something of a national institution. Yet now, radical feminists have mounted a campaign to ban these buxom beauties:

The campaign to have the infamous ‘Page 3’ of The Sun Newspaper stopped, banned or otherwise censored has reached incredible feats over the past few months. There is no doubt that when it comes to orchestrating a campaign, Lucy-Anne Holmes and her sidekicks are no fools.
From high-profile news stories to political buy-in, from university blanket bans to a petition now signed by 85,000 people, the anti-boob campaigners are allowing their censorious and illiberal tendencies to shine through.

That’s from Raheem Kassam of The Commentator, who points out that the argument made by feminists is that — wait for it — celebrating beautiful women hurts the feelings of less-beautiful women:

Holmes declared her selfish and self-hating motivations in an interview with The Guardian in September 2012.
She said, “It took me until I was 35 to go, ‘why have I hated my boobs?’… Oh, because I’ve been comparing them to this image in the paper that is purely for the gratification of men. I have never really owned this part of my body.”
Does Holmes’s insecurity seem like a good reason to stop other, secure women from using their bodies in a way they choose to, and in a way that drives the sales of the most popular newspaper in Britain?

Hmmm. This war against “Page Three” confirms Rush Limbaugh’s Undeniable Truth of Life #24: “Feminism was established so as to permit unattractive women easier access to the mainstream.” It also looks as if it might be part of a larger strategy to hurt the business of The Sun’s publisher — Rupert Murdoch — by depriving his most successful newspaper of one of its most popular features.

But the question should be asked: Other than hurting the feelings of ugly feminists like Lucy-Anne Holmes, is “Page Three” bad for women? The models themselves aren’t complaining. The very first “Page Three Girl,” Stephanie Rahn was 62 when she described the impact on her career on the 40th anniversary of her Sun debut:

“I’d done the pictures for a modelling agency and I got a  call one day to tell  me my picture was appearing in The Sun. . . .
She says: “I would never have got other modelling jobs if it wasn’t for The Sun. Being on Page 3 until 1978 opened doors.
“I loved the people, the newspaper and I loved what they did for me and my career. I’m very grateful for my time on Page 3.”
Stefanie, from north London, notched up a few minor roles on TV series such as Some Mothers Do ’Ave ’Em, The Benny Hill Show and The Cut Price Comedy Show.
Her most famous role was playing Lady Marie in The French Revolution section  of Mel Brooks’ comic masterpiece, History Of The World: Part I in 1981.

Read more about the war on “Page Three” at The Commentator, and you should follow Raheem Kassam on Twitter. I met this young conservative British journalist Sunday in D.C. and he reminds me much of the late Christopher Hitchens, of whom he is a great admirer.

UPDATE: “For Leftists, anything that is not illegal shall be mandatory. Anything that is not mandatory shall be illegal.” If the Left ever decided that every chick with a nice rack must appear on Page Three, I might consider becoming a leftist.

UPDATE II: The ever-diligent Donald Douglas is prepared to do extensive research on Page Three girls. Oh, the sacrifices required of a citizen-journalist . . .

 


Category: Feminism, Great Britain, Rule 5

GOP: Don’t Defend ObamaCare. Defund.

Posted on | March 11, 2013 | 18 Comments

by Smitty

Lo and behold, there is some chance of getting the Democrats to do their job:

Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Budget Committee say they hope to keep the focus during this week’s expected marathon markup on setting a sound course for the country’s fiscal future.
Though such issues have dominated the national political conversation since 2008, this week marks the first time in four years that members will actually debate a budget resolution, with proceedings expected to kick off Wednesday.
“Senate Budget Chair Patty Murray, and her colleagues, will introduce the long-delayed Democrat plan on Wednesday,” Senate Budget ranking member Jeff Sessions of Alabama said Saturday in the GOP weekly address, previewing the Republican rebuttal to the proposal to be unveiled by the Democratic senator from Washington.

Senator Jeff Sessions laid down the GOP response in the Weekly Address on Saturday:
Around 5:18, Sessions gets around to going over a laundry list of swell ideas that would indeed be improvements. However, it’s almost as though Sessions accepts the basic premise that Americans work for the government, not the government for Americans.

In fairness to Sessions, the Weekly GOP Address is not the place for spitball throwing and rabble-rousing. He’s just relating the party line.

However, should the GOP want voters to take it seriously, it’s got to do more than re-arrange the railcar loads of deck chairs at the titanic train wreck. SWIDT? The GOP itself is a Progressive cliché. Rehabilitating it is going to take more courage that killing efforts to defund ObamaCare in the House. Again, in defense of Boehner, the election failed to deliver enough Republican political heft to go calling any shots. However, acceding to ObamaCare  will be selling the Democrats the rope with which they tied the propaganda noose.

Sometimes you have good options. Sometimes you’re Dennis Hopper in True Romance, to the Democrat’s Christopher Walken.

via Memeorandum

Category: Republicans
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