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‘Exponential Damage’

Posted on | August 27, 2012 | 12 Comments

“You’ve got an obligation to your children and grandchildren to make sure Barack Obama goes back to Chicago … because we can’t stand four more years of this. Eight years of Obama is not twice as bad as four. There is an exponential damage that is done to our country if he gets four more years.”
— Haley Barbour, speaking Sunday at Blog Bash

Category: Uncategorized

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.27.12

Posted on | August 27, 2012 | 8 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
A Reluctant Hero Joins The Immortals

Neil Armstrong, 1930-2012, RIP

Former Navy test pilot, first man to walk on the moon.

Tropical Storm Isaac Keeps Forecasters Guessing
Could come ashore anywhere between the Florida Panhandle and southern Louisiana.

WaPo/ABC Poll Shows Romney, Obama Effectively Even Ahead Of Conventions
Much enthusiasm for Romney among GOP, not so much for Obama among Democrats as mudslinging fails to affect Romney; nobody cares about the latter’s tax returns because IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPID!



POLITICS
Ron Paul Rallies His Supporters On Eve Of GOP Convention

"They won't be able to keep us out of the tent, because we'll BE the tent!"

Texas congressman’s political career is ending, but his movement has just begun to fight

American Jihadi Complains Prison Group Prayer Ban Violates Religious Freedom

Pollster John Zogby Gives Obama A “D” For The Week

Ex-Governor Crist Endorses Obama
Unexpectedly!

Tea Party, GOP Now In Sync

Beard-Cutting Case Tests Limits Of Hate Crime Law



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Up Thanks To Isaac, Venezuelan Refinery Fire; NYMEX $97.14, Brent $113.77
Jury Finds For Apple, Fines Samsung Over $1 Billion
Wall Street Closes Higher As Bernanke Says Still Room For JelloStimulus
PRC Premier Calls For Steps To Stabilize Exports
Hertz Buys Rival Dollar Thrifty For $2.3 Billion
Burger Boom As Fast Food Finds Fans In Baghdad
Samsung Shares Slide After Shock Verdict
Saudi Aramco Whacked By Malware Attack; 33,000 Workstations Affected
Cryptic New Video Teases Possible Windows 8 Convertible Tablet
Evernote Smart Notebook Combines High-Tech With Traditional Notes
“Grand Theft Auto V” Takes Flying Leap With Skydiving
Twitter Is Joining The Linux Foundation
Verizon, Sprint Kill The Google Nexus Experience, Stick With GSM



SPORTS
Hudson Shuts Down Giants As Braves Romp 7-1

Atlnata Braves starter Tim Hudson

Lincecum walks without rhythm, doesn’t get the worm

Gonzalez Homers In LA Debut, Dodgers Beat Fish 3-1

Inept Indians Fall To Yankees, 4-2

Danica Patrick Gets Educated At Bristol


Terrell Owens Released By Seahawks

Jets’ Offense Can’t Find Spark From Sanchez Or Tebow, Falls To Panthers 17-12

Miscues, Gaffes Add Up To Phillies Sweep Of Nationals



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Hey, Snooki, It’s A Boy!

Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi

Lorenzo Dominic Del Valle: six pounds, five ounces

Anna Faris Also Has A Baby Boy

Usher’s Ex-Wife Tameka Raymond To Appeal After Losing Custody fight

Truck Owned By Randy Travis Found Wrecked In Frisco

Katy Perry Rejects $20 Million Offer From “American Idol”

Lindsay Lohan Person Of Interest In Burglary



Natalie Portman To Campaign For Obama In Nevada

Megan Lochte Apologizes For Controversial Post-Beijing Interview

Alanis Morrissette: Shows Like “American Idol” Crush Singers, Songwriters

In Memoriam: Jerry Nelson
One! One tear of sadness! Two! Two tears…



FOREIGNERS
Loyalist Helicopter Shot Down In Damascus As Fighting Rages
Afghan Jihadis Behead 17 For Partying With Dancing, Music
Strong Earthquake Hits Off El Salvador
Isaac Delivers More Misery To Haiti
Venezuela Struggles With Deadly Blaze After Refinery Blast Kills 39
UK Police Hunt For Lion On The Loose In Essex
Not a Prince Harry story, sorry
BJP Says PM’s Speech Not A Statement But List Of Excuses
Attacks On Sufi Shrines Rattle Libya
Turkey Secures Release Of Lebanese Prisoner Held By Syrian Rebels
Israelis Block 100 Jerkwads From Entering West Bank
Togo Women Call For One-Week Sex Strike



BLOGS & STUFF
WyBlog: Hurricane Isaac Throws Tantrum, Monkey Wrench Into RNC Plans
American Power: Mitt Romney, A Charitable Man Of Faith
Lonely Conservative: Leftist Protestor Arrested Outside RNC Site With Machete
Scared Monkeys: Ode To A Career Politician
Gateway Pundit: Code Pink Makes Disgusting Debut At RNC
Weasel Zippers: Romney Saya Obama’s Given Up And Is Just Playing The Blame Game
USA Today: Jeb Bush Tells Obama To Lay Off His Brother
Nice Deb: Mary Matalin Says GOP To Back Write-In Candidate Against Akin, McCaskill?
Daily Pundit: The Welfare Of The Public Purse Comes First

Category: Live at Five

World’s Youngest Blogger: ‘Can We Have A Creedence Clearwater Revival Revival?’

Posted on | August 26, 2012 | 9 Comments

Category: World's Youngest Blogger

Cecilia Jimenez Unleashes BHO Metaphor

Posted on | August 26, 2012 | 7 Comments

by Smitty

Via Althouse, picture worth a thousand words about a topic that has exactly zilch-point-jack worth of originality to offer:

Cecilia, of course, was the little old lady who did a special makeover of Jesus. Say what you will of Jimenez’s work. Having been to the Basilica of the Annunciation, which has a full spectrum of Madonnas holding the Christ from around the world, I’ll cop to a shockingly liberal view of such efforts.

Now that “trashing” famous works in this fashion is a meme, one is reminded of #OccupyResoluteDesk. Obama’s chief trick is to take something recognizable, e.g. the Mona Lisa, turn it into crap, and sell it as Hope & Change. He’s been a smashing success smashing the pillars of Western Civilization.

Barack’s triumph of style over substance should not have been so hard to detect. Hence the fact that John McCain called Obama ‘eloquent but empty‘. And the re-election campaign has been a study in intellectual vacuum, a happy face on a George Washington portrait.

Romney wins the election by subtly forcing Barack to reveal that he is the political equivalent of Oakland, CA.

Update: Soopermexican comes at the point from a slightly different vantage. Lacking the raw sack of Neil Armstrong, Obama instinctively attempts to co-opt him. But the the attempt to attach BHO to N.A. is N/A. This is just a variation on the theme of Seal Team 6; find courage, insert self.

Update II: linked at The Rio Norte Line

Category: Ann Althouse, Barack Obama

Rule 5 Sunday: Only God Knows Why

Posted on | August 26, 2012 | 8 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Standard disclaimer: some of the following links are to photographs liable to cause unfavorable reactions from wives, girlfriends, boyfriends, fellow workers, bosses, Gender Studies majors, and other people in a position to make your life miserable or otherwise pollute your purity of essence. Discretion is advised.

We welcome Senator Blutarsky  to Rule 5 Sunday; his inaugural post concerns how even Communist airlines have surpassed ours in comfort. Laughing Conservative checks in next with Tulisa Contostavlos, and A Fool’s Game has clearly developed a heroine addiction; see also here and here. The Rio Norte Line brings the vintage goodness with Liz Hurley, Randy’s Roundtable breaks with Rachel Stevens and Jennifer Ellison, and IMNSHO seems to be adopting the practice of Corset Fridays. Reaganite Republican is staying tuned to Fox News Channel’s Jenna Lee, and First Street Journal has their own take on Rule 5 in “A Weapon And A Smile“. Fishersville Mike is ready for the new TV season.

The Camp of the Saints checked in late last week, so we held Tamara Ecclestone and Mary Elizabeth Winstead over for this week. Three Beers Later goes country this week with Hillbilly Girl, Cotton-Eyed Joe, and Fine Looking Country Girl. Also, Les Miz. Proof Positive brings Alexis Bellino, vintage babe Morgan Fairchild, another reminder that football season looms, and Marisa Miller in the Sex In Advertising segment. Dustbury offers Sheree Murphy and Sela Ward this week.

A View From The Beach has Heather Graham, cupcakes as contraceptives, “Under The Bridge”, “Debt Bomb”, They Call Him Flipper, “Land Down Under” (starring Miranda Kerr), Sixty Years Of The Uneven Bars, Chicago Prepares For Zombie Outbreak, and “Bring Me Little Water Sylvie”. Zombies but no cave girls? The Wombat is not pleased.

El Opinador Compulsivo returns from the cutting edge of science to bring us a nanoprint of Lena Soderberg, along with some larger, more enjoyable pix. Also, Gemma Massey, Olivia Munn, a B&W gallery [Old school! :)], four reasons not to drive an ultra-compact car, and the new Carl’s Jr. BBQ ad starring Sara Jean Underwood and Emily Ratajkowski. Deme dos, indeed! Also, strategic body paint and some non-Rule 5 shots from the recent Dream Theater concert in Buenos Aires.

American Power leads off with Britney Spears and follows that up  with Nicole Kidman, Natalie Portman, Ashleigh Hughes, the aforementioned Memphis BBQ Burger ad, and Salma Hayek.

Soylent Green begins the week with this important health tip: don’t forget to floss. Monday Motivationer Rachelle follows, along with Tuesday Titillation, Humpday caliente Andrea, a link that’s actually SFW, nostalgia for Westerns, The Call of Corsetcare, a Twilight Tumblr, and something to commemorate post #2300.

The Daley Gator’s Daleybabes this week include Erina Mano, Salma Hayek, Ayaka Tomada, Leila Lopes, Naoho Ichihashi, Thais Concepcion, Kanon Hokawa, and Sivan Krispin with some hot links!

Thanks to everyone for their linkagery! Links for next week’s Rule 5 roundup are due to the Rule 5 Wombat mailbox by Saturday, September 1.

 

 

Category: Rule 5

Ybor City Scenes

Posted on | August 26, 2012 | 21 Comments

Chef cooks in the window of La Creperia Cafe
on 7th Avenue, Ybor City, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012

TAMPA, Florida
Our accommodations for Convention Week are in the historic Ybor City neighborhood, walking distance from 7th Avenue, the major nightlife scene in Tampa. When I woke up this morning about 7:30 a.m., I decided to go get breakfast and eventually found La Creperia Cafe, which is a lot less la-dee-da than the name might suggest. A breakfast crepe and coffee was $11, with 77 cents tax and I tipped $3.25 for a $15 tab. (Hit the freaking tip jar!)

After breakfast, I took a stroll down 7th Avenue, which is sort like the French Quarter in New Orleans, in that it’s jumping all night and pretty quiet in the morning. All the local merchants are rolling out the welcome mat for the Republican National Convention.

A gay-themed welcome poster hangs in the window of an art gallery. As in other similar neighborhoods, a significant gay presence is part of the whole “gentrifying” yuppie vibe in Ybor City.

The Gonzalez Martinez Cigar Factor is also home to the famed Columbia Restaurant. Ybor City is historically known as the “Cigar Capital of the World,” and shops still feature hand-rolled cigars — quite literally, you can watch while they roll a cigar just for you.

A sign in the window of Gaspar’s Grotto advertises their award-winning Cuban sandwiches. Ali Akbar, his assistant Devon Wills and I went out for a midnight dinner Saturday night and I had the Cuban sandwich, which they serve with plantain chips. Gaspar’s Grotto calls itself a “Notorious Pirate Bar,” but the Saturday night crowd included more lesbians than pirates. NTTAWWT.

 





 

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Category: Fear and Loathing at the Republican National Convention, Florida

FMJRA 2.0: Stone Cold Crazy

Posted on | August 26, 2012 | 6 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

When the Truth Goes Viral

The Truth Goes Viral Again: Progressive Labor Leader Speaks Explicitly About Occupy Movement’s Communist Goals

Report: Republican Todd Akin Will Withdraw From Missouri Senate Race

Does Anybody Think @BillMaher Is Funny?

Reality TV Star Dies Surreal Death

‘A Daily Barrage of Sexually Based Comments and Unsuitable Conduct’

FMJRA 2.0: Halcyon

I Call A Bullish Hit

 

Rule 5 Sunday: A New England

Neal Rauhauser Again? Yet Another Conspiracy Theory Smear Emerges

Todd Akin And Amendment 2.5

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.20.12

Memo to Code Pink: Perhaps You Have Misunderstood the ‘Pussy Riot’ Concept

‘Because Truth Is an Absolute Defense’

Objectively, Todd Akin Is Doomed

Regulations Not The Problem: Complexity

Rove: Akin ‘Irreparably Damaged’; UPDATE: NRSC Turns Against Akin

Top Missouri Republicans Call for Akin to Quit Senate Race; He Says He’s Staying In

The Politics of Dumb

Separated At Birth: Kerry Gauthier / Gerry Connolly Edition

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.22.12

Twenty Thousand Muslims Expected to Attend Democrat Convention in Charlotte

Kids! What’s the Matter With Kids Today?

Is Elizabeth Warren Willing To Go Deeper Than ‘Diving Klaxon’ Kennedy’s ’67 Olds To Win Back ‘His’ Seat? Why, Yes.

Lowry to Climate-Change Zealot: Put Your Hockey Stick Where the Sun Don’t Shine

LIVE AT FIVESEVEN: 08.23.12

Like the New York Times, But Better

President of a Black Fear

We Are Once Again Reminded Why You Can’t Spell ‘Huckabee’ Without an ‘F’

Bouie In: ‘Off-Beat Tales Of Racism And The Master Baiter; Wax On, Wax Oft’

Tampa, Here I Come

Sean Bielat: On A MA-4 Mission

Top linkers this week:

  1. (tied) Hogewash and The Camp of the Saints (9)
  2. Daily Pundit (6)
  3. (tied) Jackie Wellfonder, Lonely Conservative, Nice Deb, Daley Gator (5)

Thanks to everyone for their linkagery! Links for next week’s FMJRA are due Friday,  August 29.

 

Category: FMJRA Award

First Arrest of RNC Protesters Reported

Posted on | August 26, 2012 | 26 Comments

TAMPA, Florida
Reported by Kameel Stanley of the St. Petersburg Times:

Two suspected protesters were arrested after they were found playing with a BB gun atop a downtown parking garage, authorities said.
They are the first arrests in the city tied to the Republican National Convention, which kicks off tonight with a huge welcome party at Tropicana Field.
St. Petersburg police spokesman Mike Puetz said the agency got a call late Thursday from a concerned citizen who saw people on the roof of a parking garage at 100 Second Ave. S.
“That unto itself is odd,” Puetz said.
The caller also claimed to have seen the people playing with a gun.
Officers found two men and a female teen runaway hanging out.
They also found several items indicating the people were protesters, including antigovernment T-shirts and a backpack stuffed with a large machete, a pocketknife, tin snips and a pry tool, Puetz said.
The backpack belonged to Trevor Swanson, 19, of St. Petersburg, who is prohibited from having weapons because of a domestic violence injunction.
Police said the other man on the roof, Kyle Shaw, 21, had a BB gun in his waistband.
Authorities also found bandanas, black gloves and a putty that Swanson admitted was for securing a mask, police said.
Shaw, listed as a transient from Largo, was arrested on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon. Swanson was arrested on charges of possessing burglary tools, violating an injunction and being a delinquent felon in possession of a weapon.

Hmmm. A 19-year-old with a domestic violence injunction? Burglary tools? Gloves? A machete? Weird stuff, and undoubtedly the tip of a very large iceberg of weirdness among the anarchists and “Occupy” scum expected to descend on Tampa this week.

UPDATE: Brandon Darby reports that the anti-RNC protesters have “a coms group that is trying to shut down the EMS communications structure for the city. That’s really happening. They’re trying to shut down the communications structure for the city for law enforcement and emergency medical personnel.”

Isn’t that wonderful? With a hurricane approaching Tampa — and as Bryan Preston notes, there are already trees down in Miami — the Left is trying to shut down 911!

Category: Fear and Loathing at the Republican National Convention
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