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Darleen Click Nails It

Posted on | October 1, 2012 | 1 Comment

by Smitty

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What a creepshow is this administration/media. Does the slash still indicate separation?
Not appearing in this cartoon: Jaime Zapata.

Category: Protein Wisdom

King of the Hill: GOP Congressional Staffer Parties With Lindsay Lohan

Posted on | October 1, 2012 | 9 Comments

Christian LaBella’s hands will be sore from all the high-fives he’ll collect today from his buds on Capitol Hill after his epic weekend:

Lindsay Lohan just can’t stay out of trouble, but this time the drama queen is pinning the mess on a party pest with a cell-phone camera.
The “Mean Girls” actress mixed it up with a starstruck congressional staffer in her Manhattan hotel early Sunday, prompting cops to step in.
Police say Lohan took Christian LaBella’s cell phone so she could delete dozens of pictures and videos of her partying — and she claims he got physical with her trying to get it back.
After Lohan, 26, called the cops, LaBella, 25, who works for an Illinois Republican, was initially charged with misdemeanor assault in the blowup at the W Hotel Union Square.
But law enforcement sources said the assault rap has already been dropped. . . .

Poor Lindsay, always the victim — and check out the absurd quote from Lindsay’s brain-damaged mom:

“She’s very shaken up,” Lohan’s mother, Dina, told the Daily News Sunday afternoon as she comforted the troubled starlet. “Thank God he didn’t have a weapon.”

What idiocy! If you read the rest of the article, you’ll get Lindsay’s self-serving side of the story (undoubtedly vouched for and embellished by her friend “celebrity booker Claus Hjelmbak”) when clearly all that was happening was two 20-somethings quarreling at 6 a.m. over photos of their all-night-long entertainment.

Lindsay evidently threw a conniption because she didn’t like the photos LaBella had taken, and her vehement rage — rather than any criminal action by LaBella — was the source of the dispute.

There’s a lot of this unfortunate attitude going around: “I’m angry at you, therefore you must be guilty of a crime.”

Lindsay Lohan needs to be advised that her anger-management issues don’t entitle her to have the objects of her wrath arrested.

Category: Celebrities

LIVE AT FIVE: 10.01.12

Posted on | October 1, 2012 | Comments Off on LIVE AT FIVE: 10.01.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Obama Camp Plays Down Debate Expectations

Obama speaks at a rally in Vegas

Obama and his campaign acting like underdogs
Related: Christie predicts Romney surge after first debate

Gov. Brown Vetoes Labor Protections For The Help
Bill would have extended overtime, rest breaks, and eased workers’ comp requirements for maids, housekeepers and other domestic employees


Opposition Supporters Shot By Chavista Thugs As Election Nears
Capriles: “Our people are tired of violence, of division, of confrontation.”



POLITICS
Ryan Tempers Expectations For Presidential Debate

Ryan on the campaign trail in Ohio

“I don’t think one event is going to make or break this campaign.”

California Bans Conversion Therapy For Gay Teens

Ahmadinejad’s Cameraman Seeks Asylum In US

Fauxcahontas Pulls Ahead In New Boston Globe Poll, 43-38

GOP Launches New Ads Focusing On Economy For 13 House Races

Texas High School Cheerleaders Win Restraining Order, May Continue Making Bible Verse Banners For Football Games

Supremes To Rehear Alien Tort Statute Case

Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) Says Akin Could Win Missouri



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Euro, Oil Fall On Spain, Growth Worries; NYMEX $91.36, Brent $111.66
PRC’s PMI Declines For Second Month
Euro Leaders Face Unrest Going Into “Crucial” Month
Berkshire Hathaway’s MidAmerican Power To Buy Two California Wind Farms
Oklahoma Refinery Blast Leaves One Dead, One Injured
Kodak Pulls The Plug On Another Business
Kindle Paperwhite Leaves A Glowing Impression
HP Aims For Business Users With ElitePad 900 Windows 8 Tablet
Nokia Seals Mapping Deal With Oracle
Ellison Launches Exadata 3, Takes Swipe At SAP
“Bad Piggies” Get Their Shot At Greatness
AMD Deal Brings Android Apps To Windows 8



SPORTS
This Time, Packers Overcome Blown Call

Jordy Nelson after catching an Aaron Rodgers TD pass

Green Bay rallies to edge winless Saints 28-27

For Yankees, A Playoff Berth And Unfinished Business

Orioles Beat Red Sox 6-3, Clinch Playoff Berth

Head Cases, Head Games At Dover

NHL, Players Union Complete Three Days Of Talks With No Deal

Tebow’s Slickest Moves Come Long After Giants Crush Jets 49-0

Dodgers Still In The Wild-Card Picture…For Now

Falcons Rally Past Panthers To Stay Unbeaten

Nationals Get Blown Out 12-4 By Cardinals



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Lohan Scuffles With Congressional Staffer Over Phone Pix

Lindsay Lohan

Assault charges filed, dropped already says NYPD

Anne Hathaway Marries Adam Shulman

Justin Bieber Barfs On Stage

Yes, Ashton And Demi Were Actually Married Legally

Kings Of Leon Rocker Jason Followill Marries Model Martha Patterson

Rick Ross, Young Jeezy Brawl At BET Awards, Shots Fired

Lindsay Lohan Blasts Dr. Phil As A Bully, Fraud On Twitter

Arnold Schwartzenegger Confirms Affair With Brigitte Nielsen



FOREIGNERS
Japan’s PM Noda Reshuffles Cabinet To Boost Support
Five Dead In Clash Between US, Afghan Troops
Russian Court Set To Hear Pussy Riot Appeal; Orthodox Church Requests Leniency
Georgia Votes In Tense Parliamentary Polls
Thousands Turn Out In Caracas To Support Capriles; Estimates Range Up To One Million In The Streets
Kenyan Forces Hit Al-Shabaab Bases Around Abandoned Kismayo
Ospreys Deploy To Okinawa Despite Protests
Turkey’s Erdogan Re-Elected As AK Party Leader



BLOGS & STUFF
WyBlog: Top Twelve Reasons People Vote For Democrats
PPP: Obama Up By 4 In Oiho
Riehl World News: How The Economy Collapsed As A Political Issue
Bill Gertz: White House Hack Attack
Weasel Zippers: DNC Predicts Romney Will Win First Debate
Daily Caller: Univision Report Connects “Fast & Furious” To Massacre Of Mexican Teens
Babalu: MSM MIA On 2000 KIAs, Pentagon AWOL On Military Absentee Ballot Requests
Gateway Pundit: Administration Blames “Friendly Fire” Attacks In Afghanistan On US Troops
Say Anything: Third Parties Score Victory, Get Corporate Sponsorships Pulled From Presidential Debates
American Power: More Libya Lies – Plouffe Denies Coverup
Scared Monkeys: Senator McCain Calls Obama “Ignorant” And “Inept” In Response To Libya Attacks
Fausta’s Blog: Pat Caddell Says Media Have Become The Enemy Of The American People
Jawa Report: Kenyan #ProudSavages Kill Child In Grenade Attack On Sunday School
Lonely Conservative: Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez Endorses Obama

Category: Live at Five

Thought Experiment For Stephanie Coontz

Posted on | September 30, 2012 | 13 Comments

by Smitty

A fine outpouring of feminist piffle:

ONE thing standing in the way of further progress for many men is the same obstacle that held women back for so long: overinvestment in their gender identity instead of their individual personhood. Men are now experiencing a set of limits — externally enforced as well as self-imposed — strikingly similar to the ones Betty Friedan set out to combat in 1963, when she identified a “feminine mystique” that constrained women’s self-image and options.
Although men don’t face the same discriminatory laws as women did 50 years ago, they do face an equally restrictive gender mystique.
Just as the feminine mystique discouraged women in the 1950s and 1960s from improving their education or job prospects, on the assumption that a man would always provide for them, the masculine mystique encourages men to neglect their own self-improvement on the assumption that sooner or later their “manliness” will be rewarded.

Not to wish harm on anyone, but I should like to round up these “gender identity” feminists and park them all on a tropical island, with all the materials and tools they need to build their utopia.

I’m guessing after about a month or so this men==women nonsense would drain away.

Or, I could be wrong. Maybe the women would build some aesthetically pleasing masterpiece, some testosterone-free tropical Eden. Certainly replete with fashionable porn.

via Althouse and Insty.

Category: Uncategorized

Rule 5 Sunday

Posted on | September 30, 2012 | 22 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


As usual, this post contains links to material that may not be suitable for all readers. The management accepts no responsibility for the contamination of your precious bodily fluids, reduction in strakh, or other forms of social ostracism.


EBL kicks off the week with a warning about Peak Bacon, notes the arrival of Oktoberfest, and brings Brazilian craziness to Zilla’s Batsh*t Crazy News. Also, Diane Lane!


Elsewhere in the blogosphere, Laughing Conservative brings us Elle Liberachi, Fishersville Mike alerts us to “Revolution”, and Blake Lively catches the eye of Polyphemus. Reaganite Republican spotlights Fox News reporter Julie Banderas, while Three Beers Later posts Kellie Pickler videos, Beer Goggles and family values, and some wholesome family exercise fun.


A View From The Beach didn’t let being on vacation in Italy keep him from some Rule 5 posts. Looka Data Girl, Quinque Terra, St. Mark’s Basilica, and Venice all got covered; back home, it was weiners being pulled and some tuna. All done from an iPad on a crowded bus, too.


El Opinador Compulsivo checks in this week with another fine B&W gallery, Sofia Vergara busting out, ballooning, another shot of Sofia, an eyeful, and a tasteful reflection on the new government in Quebec.


Soylent Green starts the week early with a Sunday morning snoochette, continuing with Monday Motivationer Jessa, Tuesday Titillation Megan, Humpday Hawt Fernanda, a commemoration of the 19,000th commenter, overnighty Mila, “All Is Proceeding As Planned”, Corsetcare The Musical, overnighty Jengie, afternooner Kitty B, and snooch de soir.


Proof Positive’s Friday Night Babe is Anna Torv, Vintage Babe is Anne Archer, and Sex In Advertising asks, “Got Milk?”. Also, obligatory 49ers cheerleader. Dustbury has Kirsten Prout and Queen of the Bronies Tara Strong. At the Camp of the Saints, it’s Hannah Simone and the Rule 5 News.


Back from vacation and into the cleanup spot, it’s the DaleyGator and his DaleyBabes! This week, Laila Ali with a Rule 5 roundup, Melanie Elyza, Demi Lovato, Hikari Agarie, Carrie Underwood giving a boy his first kiss, Precious Muir, Faith Ford, Michelle Kwan, Krystal Forscutt, Rebecca Rubio, and Alana Campos.


Thanks to everyone for their linkagery!   To be included in next week’s roundup, send your links to the Rule 5 Wombat mailbox no later than Saturday, October 6.

Category: Rule 5

An Opportunity For Romney To Run Affirmative Action Right Up The Middle

Posted on | September 30, 2012 | 12 Comments

by Smitty

Via Althouse, we have Politico pointing to the 10 October SCOTUS argument on Affirmative Action:

In court briefs, the Obama administration has backed the University of Texas’s right to run its affirmative action program. It’s being challenged by Abigail Fisher, a white undergraduate applicant who was denied admission. But Obama aides have a history of being skittish about getting publicly enmeshed in debates over race — and education-related affirmative action in particular.
A federal government policy statement on the use of race in education languished in protracted interagency debates until last December.
“It took three long years to pull that policy out of the Obama administration. It was only after we pestered and cajoled them that they finally got it out,” John Brittain, a civil rights activist and law professor at the University of the District of Columbia, said in an interview soon after the document was released. “The administration had a paralysis of analysis. …. Overall, the Obama administration just has a reluctance to take on race and equality, and when they do so everything is so carefully sanitized and scrubbed to make sure it’s the least offensive thing possible.”

This blog would like to suggest that Romney say something like:

“Racism is intolerable, and antithetical to the liberty upon which this country was founded. Sure, you can point to where the reality took time to catch up to the ideal, but that does not negate the ideal itself. In contrast, Affirmative Action is to liberty what the Hammurabi Code is to vision and dental health; great work if you’re an optometrist or dentist, but cui bono, other than bureaucrats?
A Romney Administration would seek to eliminate all federal Affirmative Action legislation. It is fundamentally wrong for a taxpayer of Asian extraction to fund a system that may be used against that taxpayer. Liberty and meritocracy are essential to who we are as Americans, and continuing to fund systems used by the likes of Elizabeth Warren to tilt the game in her favor is just false.”

I submit that such a statement would be worth 2-3% on election day.

Category: Uncategorized

‘You Didn’t Build That’? Don’t Try Telling That to Jack Gilchrist

Posted on | September 30, 2012 | 9 Comments

He doesn’t have a free cellphone, and he’s not the 47 percent:

Category: Uncategorized

The U.S. Crumbles, While President ‘I’ Candy Couches It On ‘The View’

Posted on | September 30, 2012 | 25 Comments

by Smitty

UPDATE: CNSNews dropped the page, for whatever reason. I updated my URL to point to Google, and my source article is the second link.

UPDATE II: Aha, a ruse! Thanks to Thane Eichenauer in the comments.

CNSNews reports the Lakota Sioux, led by Russell Means, have called it quits for the second time.

“We are no longer citizens of the United States of America and all those who live in the five-state area that encompasses our country are free to join us,” long-time Native American radical leader Russell Means said. The move potentially impacts the states of Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana and Wyoming.

Category: Blame Erik Telford
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