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SHOCKING: Libyan Mob Attack Kills Four, Including U.S. Ambassador
UPDATE: ‘Full-Blown … Crisis’
UPDATE: Hey, MSM, No Fair Shouting Questions at President Gutsy Call

Posted on | September 12, 2012 | 58 Comments

Just woke up to this news. When I went to bed last night, I knew that one American had been killed in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. But when I woke up — wow. This is stunning.

UPDATE: Washington Post:

U.S. Ambassador to Libya John Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed Tuesday in an assault on the American consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi, the White House said.
In a statement issued by the White House early Wednesday morning, President Obama said he had directed an increase in security at U.S. diplomatic posts around the world. CNN reported that the Defense Department has dispatched two Marine anti-terrorism security teams to Benghazi to reinforce security there.
Stevens and the others were fleeing the consulate when a rocket-propelled grenade struck their vehicle, news reports from Benghazi said.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton identified one of the dead as Sean Smith, a Foreign Service information management officer. The names of the other two people killed were being withheld pending notification of their families.

UPDATE II: Remember that yesterday, immediately after the attacks on our embassies in Egypt and Libya, the U.S. Embassy in Cairo issued an apology, which the White House then retracted, and as Allahpundit said:

Really looking forward to hearing Carney explain which part of the embassy’s earlier statement failed to represent the views of the U.S. government. I want to hear it in his own words; hopefully the press corps will make him elaborate.

This administration’s absurd policy deserves to be mocked, and often, and by someone who knows how:

UPDATE III: Toby Harnden of London Daily Mail:

The Obama administration is engulfed in a full-blown foreign policy crisis just two months before the presidential election with the two campaigns trading angry accusations over events in Libya, Egypt and Israel.
Footage of the body of Christopher Stevens, United States ambassador to Libya, slung over the back of a protester, was reminiscent of the 1993 ‘Black Hawk Down’ incident in Somalia in 1993 when militia fighters lynched American aircrew in the streets of Mogadishu.
President Barack Obama’s staff will also be mindful that a shadow was cast over Jimmy Carter’s presidency by the Iranian hostage crisis after the US embassy in Tehran was stormed by Islamist extremists following the Iranian revolution.

Read the whole thing.

UPDATE IV: The Lonely Conservative:

Obama Using the Carter Model
of Strength Through Confused Weakness

UPDATE V: On Twitter, David Limbaugh called this “unbelieveable”:

State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland cautioned reporters not to assume that the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Cairo today reflected growing anti-American sentiment among the Egyptian people.
In response to a reporter’s comment that “it does seem as if there is a growing anti-American sentiment in Cairo,” Nuland said, “I would urge you not to draw too many conclusions because we’ve also had some very positive developments in our relationship with Egypt.”
Protesters scaled the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and tore down and desecrated the American flag, replacing it with a flag bearing the Islamic inscription, “There is no god but Allah.”

As anyone who has studied this problem knows, our State Department’s Mideast section is crammed full of alumni of elite schools where the foreign policy curriculum is based on the works of Edward Said and other anti-American academics.

UPDATE VI: “Never let a crisis go to waste”:

UPDATE VII: I watch MSNBC so you don’t have to:

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Category: Barack Obama, Election 2012, Libya, Terrorism

LIVE AT FIVE: 09.12.12

Posted on | September 12, 2012 | 3 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
State Department Officer Killed In Jihadi Trashing Of Benghazi Consulate

Egyptian scumbags storm the Cairo embassy

Attack allegedly due to “anti-Islamic” movie

Obama, Netanyahu Discuss Iran Threat Amid Tensions
Phone conversation follows snub of Israeli PM

Obama, Romney Focus On Military Issues
Mitt criticizes proposed defense cuts while Obama reminds us who killed Osama for the five zillionth time



POLITICS
Chicago Teachers Remain On Strike

CTU strikers and supporters march in Chicago

Union head denies reports that city and union are close to agreement; even the New York Times thinks the strike’s a loser

Second-Worst President Ever Rants About “Financial Corruption” And Elections

Author Claims 9-11 Intel Ignored By Bush Administration
In other news, FDR ignored intel on Pearl Harbor attack, moon landings faked

Report Calls For Strengthened Missile Defense System

First Group Of Deportee Delays Approved



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Up Sharply Ahead Of German Court Ruling, Fed Stimulus Hopes: NYMEX $97.18, Brent $115.60
Gold Adds To Gains As Traders Wait On Fed
Moody’s Says US Faces Downgrade If No Budget Deal In 2013
Dollar Drops To Four-Month Low Against Euro
Zuckerberg: Facebook Future Is Mobile
Health Plan Costs Continue Climb, Outpacing Pay Raises
Judge Tells Twitter To Produce Tweets Or Face Contempt Charges
Kindle Fire HD Gives Nexus 7 Stiff Competition
Paul Krugman Trolls America Regarding The iPhone 5
Google Adds Pirate Bay To Censorship List
Foxconn Denies Using Forced Student Labor On iPhone 5 Production Lines
Microsoft Promises To Patch Flash For Windows 8 “Shortly”



SPORTS
A’s Hang On To Beat Angels, 6-5

Yoenis Cespedes greets Josh Reddick after going yard in the second inning

Oakland remains atop the wild card hunt, pushes Anaheim 7.5 back in the AL West

Red Sox Play Spoiler, Drop Yankees Into Tie for First With 6-5 Win

More Player Unity Means Longer NHL Lockout

Snakes Slip Past Dodgers With Unearned Run, Beat Kershaw 1-0

Tigers Rekindle Offense, Stoke Hopes Of Catching White Sox

 Harper, Werth Figure Out The Knuckler As Nats Beat Mets 5-3: Magic Number Now 13



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
“Today” Show Skips 9/11 Moment Of Silence For Interview with Unspeakable Armenians’ Mom

One of these things is not like the others…

Way to counter-program there, NBC.

Chris Brown: Neck Tattoo Is Not Rihanna

Anna Paquin And Stephen Moyer Welcome Twins

Tara Reid Takes A Tumble In St. Tropez

Simon Cowell’s Pick For “X Factor” Judge Is…

Rachel Bilson Sells LA Home, Hayden Christenson Moves Out



FOREIGNERS
MI6 Boss Visits Netanyahu To Urge Against Iran Strike
Pakistan Factory Fires Kill 125
Dutch Voters Shun Euro-Radicals In Parliamentary Elections
PRC Silence On Xi Jinping Fuels Speculation
Indian Anti-Corruption Cartoonist To Be Released
White House Denies Rift With Israel Over Iranian Nukes
Thousands Turn Out To Demand Catalan Autonomy



BLOGS & STUFF
The POH Diaries: Pure Awesome
WyBlog: President Downgrade, The Sequel
NRO Corner: US Embassy Favors Religious Feelings Over Free Speech, Gets Attacked Anyway
Jawa Report: White House Throws Itself Under Bus, Disavows Cairo Embassy Apology For Mohammed Film
American Thinker: The Wrong Response In Cairo
Pat Dollard: Scarborough Refutes Vanity Fair Article, “No Plans To Run” In 2016
Breitbart: Obama Announces Letterman Appearance On Day He Snubbed Netanyahu
Navy Times: Russian Black Sea Fleet Ships Displayed During DNC Tribute To Veterans
The Right Scoop: Glenn Beck Brings Blaze TV To Dish Network
Power Line: Obama Has No Time For Israel, Plenty Of Time For Pimps

Category: Live at Five

@BarackObama Campaign Running Low On Cash, #WarOnWomen Hyperbole

Posted on | September 11, 2012 | 7 Comments

by Smitty

Stacy has been covering the questions about the Obama campaign’s cash. Tonight, though, Dan Riehl’s tweet alerted me that this hysterically hysterical ad running in Virginia is now online.



The Hill:

“We can’t afford to let him take away our choices, to take away basic healthcare,” the woman in the ad continues. “I don’t think that women’s health issues have faced a crises like this in decades.”

Helpy-helperblog that we are, our sacred honor compels us to lend a hand with a few augmented completions to “I don’t think that women’s health issues have faced a crises like this since. . .”

Category: Barack Obama, Election 2012

Tres Fedoras

Posted on | September 11, 2012 | 10 Comments

by Smitty

Unrelated:

Category: Blogging, Music, Video

We Are Prepared to Come Kill You UPDATE: One American Killed, Another Wounded in Libyan Attack

Posted on | September 11, 2012 | 52 Comments

The other day I asked my wife where our 19-year-old son Bob was.

The answer: Hiking up a mountain with an 85-pound pack.

He recently enlisted in the Army, having scored a near-maximum on the ASVAB test, and will report to boot camp in a few months — some kind of delayed-entry deal — as an aspiring candidate for the elite Special Forces. Already a Red Cross certified lifeguard, he is so fired-up that he’s voluntarily doing PT (physical training) in advance, which is why he hiked up the mountain with an 85-pound pack.

Because he is preparing to kill our nation’s enemies.

My wife is concerned for our son’s safety. No, dear — let our nation’s enemies worry about their own safety. Because he’s coming to kill them.

Do you want to be America’s enemy? Really?

Egyptian protesters scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy on Tuesday, tore down the American flag and burned it during a protest over what they said was a film being produced in the United States that insulted Prophet Mohammad. . . .
Once the U.S. flag was hauled down, some protesters tore it up and showed off pieces to television cameras. Others burned the remains outside the fortress-like embassy building in central Cairo. . . .
“This movie must be banned immediately and an apology should be made,” said 19-year-old Ismail Mahmoud, a member of the so-called “ultras” soccer supporters who played a big role in the uprising that brought down Hosni Mubarak last year.

Hey, Ismail: Do you think this flag-burning stuff is smart? You want to turn this into war? You want my son to come kill you?

I don’t know anything about this movie you and your “ultra” mob are all excited about, Ismail, but attacking a U.S. embassy isn’t the kind of thing that Americans take lightly, no matter what gutless apologies you get from the pussies at the State Department. And the same goes for that mob of violent savages in Benghazi:

Gunmen and security forces clashed at the U.S. consulate office in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Tuesday as the armed group protested over a film being produced in the United States, a security official said. . . .
“There are fierce clashes between the Libyan army and an armed militia outside the U.S. consulate,” Abdel-Monen Al-Hurr, spokesman for Libya’s Supreme Security Committee, said.
“The U.S. consulate’s security guards inside the building fired at the militia as it was trying to enter and attack it.”

See, I’ve got skin in the game, so to speak, and this is what enrages me about the folly of appeasement, which only invites such attacks.

This administration’s idiotic policy blunders — and not some movie — are to blame for the signals of weakness that make these thugs think they can attack us with impunity.

Weakness inspires aggression, and war arises not from the power of our enemies, but from the foolishness of our leaders.

America would not be attacked if we were respected. We are not respected because our enemies believe we are weak and cowardly, and they believe this because our leaders don’t often enough remind them that our sons are strong and do not fear them.

The American people will be safer — and the entire world will be safer — when we have leaders who deserve the confidence of a nation willing to send its sons to war if need be, but who yet pray for peace. America’s strength is the best hope for peace.

The enemies of America are the enemies of peace, and they should be warned: My strong son — like the sons of so many thousands more Americans — is prepared to come kill you.

UPDATE: Dana Loesch at Breitbart.com:

An American has been killed on the 11th anniversary of 9/11 as Islamist mobs attacked and burned the U.S. consulate in Libya. . . .
It is so far the only death from mob attacks in Libya and Egypt over Islamist anger at an alleged film in production by Coptic Christians focusing on Islam. The United States spent 9/11 apologizing for hurting Islamists feelings in Egypt which caused them to desecrate our flag and storm the walls of the U.S. embassy and our Libyan consulate.

Annihilate these savages. Hunt them down and kill them, and kill any of those other vicious fanatical bastards who try to stop us.

Category: Egypt, Libya, Military

Domino ‘Wardrobe Failure’: Carbon ‘Quantitatively Eased’ Out Of Sugar

Posted on | September 11, 2012 | 12 Comments

by Smitty

Now, for a quick glance at carbohydrates at Wikipedia, with the Hispanic carb- lost (Car’los’), the remaining Irish O’Hydrate piece of, for example, lactose C12H22O11, is all wet (H20).

Why is everyone intolerant of my lactose joke? Is there anything I can do to sweeten it?

via Volokh

Category: humor

9/11

Posted on | September 11, 2012 | 2 Comments

by Smitty

Forgiveness is liberty
And thus I can find a way
To loose evil bin Laden.

On a sad and mournful day
From where he still lives rent-free
In the hearts of those hatin’.

For looking back, there’s no play
To effect resurrection
For those we’d love to see.

And it’s a contradiction
For the spirit to be gray
In mere static self-pity.

When the mind must drive action
Seeing justice properly
Given to all in the fray.

But emotions are dodgy
Given to vengeance and sin
Keeping problems underway.

Let us deal rationally
And continually pray
Lest we be evil as him.

Last year’s post is here.
On a brighter note, welcome, my 6,000th Twitter follower.

Category: Blogging

Obama’s ‘Bounce’ That Wasn’t

Posted on | September 11, 2012 | 15 Comments

“To put it as bluntly as possible, the economy sucks, and the attempt by Democrats to exculpate Obama for this situation — to place the blame on Republicans, or to say that the economy would suck even worse if Romney were elected — is perhaps more difficult than Nate Silver’s statistics suggest.”
— Robert Stacy McCain, “Omens of Doom,” The American Spectator, Sept. 10, 2012

The media’s effort to manufacture the appearance of a decisive shift toward President Obama — not merely a predictable post-convention “bounce” in the polls — dismayed, discouraged and enraged Republicans who were not psychologically braced for it.

When people are attempting to manipulate your perceptions, your awareness of their effort is your first defense. Your second defense is your knowledge of the underlying reality. Long experience in following campaigns and polls would forewarn you that (a) all presidential campaigns get a poll “bounce” from their conventions, (b) the liberal media’s enthusiasm for Obama would make his “bounce” larger, and (c) none of this changes the underlying reality that the economy sucks.

Americans are not as stupid and gullible as the liberal media would like to think, and so the coordinated effort to turn Obama’s “bounce” into a decisive shift in the campaign has predictably failed:

Last week’s Democratic National Convention helped President Obama improve his standing against Republican Mitt Romney, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, but did little to reduce voter concern about his handling of the economy.
The survey shows that the race remains close among likely voters, with Obama at 49 percent and Romney at 48 percent, virtually unchanged from a poll taken just before the conventions.
But among a wider sample of all registered voters, Obama holds an apparent edge, topping Romney at 50 percent to 44 percent, and has clear advantages on important issues in the campaign when compared with his rival.

What does this tell you? Even after a week of the media’s giggly schoolgirl gushing during the Democrat convention, the most active and engaged citizens — “likely voters” — harbor such profound doubts about Obama’s economic policies that it is still a dead heat. Whatever actual edge Obama has over Romney occurs among the “low-information voters” who aren’t even sure they’ll vote.

Yesterday’s CNN poll that produced such indignation — showing Obama leading 52-46 — was a  statistical outlier, a dot far outside the main cluster of the scatter chart.

The idea that the electorate shifted a full six points in the span of a week (the same CNN poll had the race tied at 48% a week earlier) is absurd. People do not suddenly change their minds that way, merely because of speeches at a convention — especially a convention where the incumbent seeking re-election is less popular than President Blowjob.

This is not to say that media manipulation is irrelevant or harmless. John Nolte rips Politico today for its transparent effort to create an “Inevitability Narrative” for Obama:

[Politico editors John] Harris and [Jim] VandeHei and their team of shameless JournOlisters don’t give a damn about the jobless or the poor or the middle class or the concept of objective and honest reporting — all Harris and VandeHei and their team of shameless JournOlisters care about is dragging Their Precious One over the finish line.
Obama-hugger gets more attention than 368,000 people dropping out of the workforce.
Romney not mentioning the troops in his speech gets more attention that Obama blowing his speech entirely.
Democrats booing God and Israel at their convention gets 1/50th the attention Clint Eastwood received.
Ryan’s marathon brag gets more attention than middle class incomes falling.
Romney’s tax returns get more attention than the increase in poverty.
Ryan being branded a liar for telling the truth about that GM plant in Janesville gets more attention than manufacturing contracting three months in a row.
And over the next 57 days, the dishonest, corrupt Politico will only get worse.

The “news” at Politico is all about gloomy clouds for Romney, while the sun is always shining in Obamaville.

Do not be deceived, and do not be discouraged.

The economy still sucks.

 

 

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Category: Barack Obama, Election 2012, Media Bias, Mitt Romney, Polls
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