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Todd Akin And Amendment 2.5

Posted on | August 20, 2012 | 61 Comments

by Smitty

One of those people you really don’t want to upset, Dana Loesch, is truly hacked off at those assailing Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin:

Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin appeared on a local St. Louis television show (below) and discussed his thoughts on abortion, even in the instance of rape or incest, which accounts for less than 1% of abortions received. (More.)

Progressive backlash from Roman Polanski fans and deniers of Occupy rapes was immediate.

Read the whole thing, as I’m not bringing forward the reference URLs.

It looks like the Left has another Alinsky Rule 12 play underway. Unlike the failed Sandra Fluke attack on Rush Limbaugh, the fiscal conservative/social conservative overlap is a better place to drive the wedge. Sadly, some nominally conservative people subscribe to SCOTUS Amendment 2.5:

Well regulated worshippers being necessary to the Progress of Hell, the right of the women to abort the children they bear of shall not be infringed.

Abortion has got to be about the sweetest lie Satan has devised. If we’re each body, mind and soul, and a society is composed of men and women arranged in families, then note the contradiction afoot. Here is an argument that purports to be about liberty of the woman, but is really about the anarchy of the body. Men and families appear nowhere in the argument about abortion. Pregnancy is some present-tense condition, free of historical context. And the ‘right’ to snuff a life is free of future impact.

This is not mature liberty for the mind; this is slavery to the crotch. The Left continually makes an emotional appeal to the body, and proudly labels itself pro-freedom, while crushing the minds of Americans with anti-intellectual arguments. Sex is wonderful, but it is ultimately the means to the end of continuing humanity. How does one purport to care about women when sex-selective abortion actively targets women? Todd Akin, himself, is treated to a 65-year late abortion by the Left for offering an argument pertaining to 1% of abortions. Disagree with him if you like; offer counter-arguments. Suggest alternative policies. But crush the man in the manner seen on Twitter? Wow, Obama has really be a healer, hasn’t he?

Of two abortions with which I’ve some familiarity, both involved a context. Four victims: two women, two humans of unknown gender. In both cases, there was significant sin involved. (Can I say ‘sin’? Are we allowed to discuss right and wrong, as though anyone is still accountable for their misdeeds to the Almighty?) And so sin was piled on sin, and there was abortion. I found out much, much later in both cases. Forgive those involved? Yes. Is it true that they’re economically better off for all that? Who knows? That’s all counterfactual. Their souls? Hopefully they’ve prayed for forgiveness. (This is the sort of thing that goes unspoken, un-alluded, even in jest. I’m unsure either woman even knows that I know.)

And so I’m supposedly the evil guy for saying that abortion is wrong, because I’ve never been directly involved with this sort of pagan act. Look how it divides! Those who are enslaved by it are doomed to defend abortion, all the way to their own grave, like the grave they dug for the unborn. If you offer an intellectual objection to the evil, then you get the emotional “You don’t understand” reply. On the contrary: Planned Parenthood doesn’t understand the teleological point of manhood, womanhood, and families.

All I can tell you, as a man, is that I have stood there while my son was born, cut the cord, and heard his first wail of life. That any man is so stunted of mind and soul that he’d share his essence with some latrodectus woman who would devour his essence is disgusting. The arguments in favor of abortion are a sad brick in the wall of the mausoleum of our culture. God have mercy on these people, and heal their blighted souls, and may the lousy ideas of the abortion proponents return to hell.

Update: Lawyers, Guns and Money takes a dishonest swipe at Stacy McCain while evading the central point of this post. Losers.

Update II: linked at The Camp of the Saints.

Category: Abortion, Culture

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.20.12

Posted on | August 20, 2012 | 4 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Former CCP Boss’ Wife Given Suspended Death Sentence

Neil Haywood and Gu Kailai


Given fourteen years in poisoning of British businessman

Assad Prays In Rare Appearance As Syrian Civil War Rages On
Attendance at Eid prayers televised

Mitt Romney Goes To Church With The Media
Perhaps the only article on this without the “Mormons are WEIRD” subtext



POLITICS
Democrats Targeting Paul Ryan On Abortion

Paul Ryan speaking to SRO crowds at The Villages


They say “womens’ rights” but all they talk about is abortion

Twenty Years After Ruby Ridge Murders, Forgiveness For The Feds

Akin Says He Misspoke About Raped Women

Obama Renews Call For Aid To Halt Teacher Layoffs

“Old Ironsides” Struts Her Stuff

Maryland Court Rejects Suit Challenging Redistricting Referendum

Obama Lags On Judicial Picks



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Continues To Rise On Increasing US Consumer Confidence: NYMEX $96.31, Brent $114.24
ECB Official: Greece Should Remain In Euro
Flight Attendants Accept AMR Contract
Recovery Summer III: Unemployment Up In 44 States
Asian Stocks Fall, PRC Index Lowest Since 2009
HTC Loses $40 Million From OnLive Restructuring
Apple Claims Samsung Abused Its Power
US Viewers Watched Nearly 37 Million Online Videos In July
Google’s Motorola Files New Patent Suit Against Apple
RIM To Sprinkle Blackberry 10 With Android Mojo
The FTC’s Threat To Web Consumers
Nintendo 3DS XL On Sale Now



SPORTS
Hiroki’s Arm, Ichiro’s Bat Beat Boston

Hiroki Kuroda on the mound


Yankees sink hapless Red Sox 4-1; Beckett good, but no match for Kuroda

Melky Cabrera Testosterone Plot Thickens

Carl Crawford Likely To Have Season-Ending Elbow Surgery

Pedro Alvarez Ends 19-Inning Game With Dinger; Pirates Beat Cards 6-3

Biffle Regains Points Lead After Win In Michigan

Peyton Manning’s Home Debut A Mixed Bag As Broncos Fall To Seahawks 30-10

Gio Tops Mets For League-Leading Win #16



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Tony Scott Commits Suicide, Age 68

Tony Scott, 1944-2012 RIP


Jumped to his death off bridge; directed Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II, The Last Boy Scout

Carly Rae Jepsen Is Dating Michael Koma

“Expendables 2” #1 With $26.8 Million

James Gunn In Talks To Direct Marvel’s “Guardians Of The Galaxy”

Tonight Show Lays Off 20 staffers; Jay Leno Takes Pay Cut To Save Jobs

Diddy: American Idol Is Going To Have To PAY ME!

Lindsay Lohan Struggles To Defy Gravity In Backless Halter Top



FOREIGNERS
Pussy Riot Won’t Ask Putin For Pardon
Activists Raise Ante In Senkaku Islands Dispute Between Japan, PRC
Assange Takes Aim At US As Diplomatic Crisis Deepens
Burma Government Ends Censorship Of Local Media
South African Miners Face Dismissal Deadline
Pakistan Police Arrest Disabled Christian Girl, 11, For Alleged Blasphemy
More NZ Troops Headed For Afghanistan
Did Texts, Phone Messages Spreading Panic In India’s Northeast Come From Pakistan?
Park Geun-Hye Wins Saenuri Party Nomination For ROK President



BLOGS & STUFF
Zilla Of The Resistance: Mitt Romney Takes a Bold Stand
Valley of The Shadow: Waxman Ineligible To Run In CA-33?
Gateway Pundit: Akin Hits McCaskill On Pro-Abortion Record
Legal Insurrection: Republican Makes Stupid Statement…Everyone Swarm
NewsBusters: Politico’s Priorities – Story With “No Formal Allegations Of Wrongdoing” Deserves 1400-Word Article, E-Mail Alert
Lonely Conservative: Newsweek Cover – Hit The Road, Barack
Chicago Boyz: Newsweek Throws Obama Under The Bus
Power Line: The Spinal Tap Presidency
Deep Fried Manatees: From The “Don’t Piss On My Leg And Tell Me It’s Raining” File
Sacred Monkeys: Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) Introduces Obama As Leader Of Mission To Get Bin Laden
Marginal Revolution: Racism By Political Party
Reihan Salam: How Racism And Political Affiliation Intersect
Jihad Watch: 11-Year Old Down’s Girl Arrested In Pakistan For Blasphemy
Urban Grounds: Elizabeth Warren – Fake Indian. Fake Biker. Real Moron.

Category: Live at Five

Neal Rauhauser Again? Yet Another Conspiracy Theory Smear Emerges

Posted on | August 19, 2012 | 12 Comments

Neal Rauhauser was a speaker at the 2010 Netroots Nation conference

When last we encountered Neal Rauhauser, the “TwitterGate” instigator and Brett Kimberlin associate was e-mailing false and defamatory claims about Brandon Darby to public officials, including law enforcement agencies and members of Congress.

There was a remarkable resemblance between Rauhauser’s crazytalk smear of Darby and the “Breitbart ISR” conspiracy theory that Rauhauser published in February. Anyone can examine and compare the style and content of those documents.

Now, in an anonymous 1,000-word document published on Pastebin (which we can expect soon to be deleted, as has been Rauhauser’s habit whenever his vicious online activities are exposed), Rauhauser has evidently promulgated a new smear, accusing Patterico of exploiting the mentally ill for nefarious purposes:

Pity poor John Patrick Frey aka @Patterio, owner of http://patterico.com
His despicable practice of identifying vulnerable adults and using them to do his dirty work has finally backfired on him in a truly impressive fashion.
Seth Allen, a troll who long carried water for Frey, is now deemed to be a “libelous cretin”. Less than a year ago he was begging Frey for enough money to appear for a damages hearing due for a civil suit he faced over a conflict that Frey and Islamophobic hate talker Aaron Walker had stage managed, with Allen as the fall guy. Allen’s specific defect appears to be schizotypal:
“Schizotypal personality disorder is a personality disorder characterized by a need for social isolation, anxiety in social situations, odd behavior and thinking, and often unconventional beliefs.”
Allen is on psych disability.

Mike Stack, a troll with a history of frequenting porn blogs, was left holding the bag for operations aimed at former Congressman Anthony Weiner in response to his reporting an extortion attempt by Congressman Michael Grimm, who represented NY-13 at the time. Stack was outed, publicly humiliated, trolled long and hard by Democratic Underground, and finally swatted by Brandon Darby in an effort to silence him.
[Further material deleted at request of Mike Stack — RSM]

Ron Brynaert, a former journalist who worked with Megan Carpentier and Mike Rogers at Raw Story, faced a framing attempt by Frey, in which he paid for an audio forensics expert to attempt to shift the blame from Brandon Darby. Brynaert lost his job in the summer or fall of 2010 due to the onset of an inability to control his behavior coupled with a drastic reduction in his investigative abilities, per multiple conversations involving Carpentier and Rogers, which others have overheard.
“The acts of those who have OCD may appear paranoid and potentially psychotic. However, OCD sufferers generally recognize their obsessions and compulsions as irrational, and may become further distressed by this realization.”
Brynaert is on psych disability.

“Michele Lessick” aka @ZAPEM, a troll who publishes enormous conspiracy theories, has been fed information by Frey in order to lead her into attacking targets he selects. Sooner or later she turns on anyone foolish enough to work for her and this happened for Frey in early summer of 2012.
[Further material deleted at request of Mike Stack. — RSM}

Aaron Walker, an Islamophobic troll who formerly operated http://everyonedrawmohammed.blogspot.com, has appeared more as a collaborator than a victim, but Frey uses him in a similar fashion, leading him into harm’s way and trusting that his delusions and obsessions will do the rest. Walker long attempted to provoke reactions from Muslims in America, he has made statements in court to the effect that he fears something called “The Kookpocalypse”, and he has attempted to involve himself in the Swatgate conspiracy theory.
“In cases where reporters of stalking behavior have been judged to be making false reports, a majority of them were judged (by the same people) to be delusional.”
There are no recent screen shots of Frey interacting with or discussing Walker.
Aaron Walker is not on psych disability yet, but his hate speech coupled with his poor courtroom demeanor will cost him his career as a lawyer.

Where is Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley when Frey, who is a Deputy D.A., is engaged in this pattern of finding and manipulating vulnerable adults? Cooley is not up for election and has endorsed Democrat Jackie Lacey against Republican Alan Jackson. There have been multiple internal investigations of Frey, but nothing has stuck yet.
Where is California Attorney General Kamala Harris? If Cooley is unable to touch this problem for some reason it would seem natural that Harris is the next stop.
Where is Washington D.C. U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen? There is a grand jury evaluating election fraud on the part of James O’Keefe and Frey has attempted to obstruct the investigation by intimidating a key witness, Nadia Naffe. Frey used the Scribd account of his wife, Deputy District Attorney Christi Frey, dumping medical records that reveal she, too, is a vulnerable adult.
Where is Eastern District of New York U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch? There is a grand jury evaluating a racketeering case against Congressman Michael Grimm, and the swatting of Mike Stack is clearly part of a payback scheme that Grimm aimed at former Congressman Anthony Weiner. While executed by Brandon Darby and Lee Stranahan, Frey had knowledge of this extremely dangerous stunt after the fact and did nothing to bring justice to the perpetrators.
The particulars of the story change with each event, but Frey’s modus operandi is quite clear – find someone who is either on psych disability or who could easily qualify if their stable living/working situation were disrupted. Learn their specific weakness, manipulate them into a conflict, and stage managing them via a cutout persona that disappears once Frey’s objectives are met.
Frey’s behavior is either that of an extreme ideologue, willing to destroy the lives of anyone he can lure into his schemes, or he is an outright sociopath/psychopath.
If the Washington D.C. grand jury or Staten Island grand jury don’t put a stop to Frey’s dangerous, unethical, illegal conduct, either Jackie Lacey or Alan Jackson will have to deal with him after one of them is elected as the Los Angeles County District Attorney.
Have a good day, Deputy District Attorney John Patrick Frey.

* * * END OF DOCUMENT * * *

In calling attention to this document, of course, I must caution that it is either (a) 100% false, or (b) a carefully crafted concotion of fact and fiction, created so as to discredit witnesses who might possibly provide testimony implicating Rauhauser in the lawsuit that Aaron Walker has filed in Virginia: “All of these people are crazy!” Read more

Category: The Kimberlin Files

Rule 5 Sunday: A New England

Posted on | August 19, 2012 | 13 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

For the benefit of those reading Rule 5 compilations for the first time, or who have forgotten since last time: some of the links below are most definitely Not Safe For Work and could contribute to the pollution of your precious bodily fluids.

Laughing Conservative leads off this week with Lucy Mecklenburgh, EBL reminds us that Phoebe Cates is now vintage Rule 5 (speaking of which, Ann Margret), and Valley of the Shadow marks his 1000th post with Kat von D. Fishersville Mike finds Rule 5 at Crumb and Get It, while Randy’s Roundtable takes a break from his vacation to post Kelly Brook. IMNSHO chips in with some Olivia Munn, and First Street Journal has women in uniform at the rifle range.

A View From The Beach starts with Tara Reid, continues with the obligatory cavegirls, mutant butterflies, Ghost Tits, Roller Derby Queen Dani Cushman, the Spice Girls, and finishes with something for Shark Week.

El Opinador Compulsivo cranks up the already-high quality with Lindsay Marie (part 1) and (part 2); Bryci, Katya Bazhenova, Elizabeth Loiaza, and finishes with a suburban Princess Leia.

Soylent Green begins his week with Bella, followed by Monday Motivationer Cara, Tuesday Tomb Raider, Ella Milano for Humpday Hawt, a Thursday Test Drive, Son Of Corsetcare 2, and concludes with Saturday Serbian Snoochskia.

Proof Positive has another San Francisco cheerleader, Angie Harmon, vintage babe Susan Denberg, and Scarlett Johansson putting the Sex In Advertising. Dustbury, meanwhile, wishes hapy birthdays to Halle Berry and Kyra Sedgwick.

American Power returns with Sabine Jemeljanova, the Unspeakable Armenian, Penelope Cruz, Bar Rafaeli, and Katy Perry.

The Daley Gator’s DaleyBabes this week include Giulia Olivetti, the Unspeakable Armenian (would-be destroyer of right-wing blogs?), Marie Kai, Fumina Suzuki, Joahnie Taylor, Lorena Bueri, and Yurika Tachibana.

Thanks to everyone for their linkagery! Next week’s links are due no later than Saturday, August 25 to the Rule 5 Wombat mailbox.

Category: Rule 5

Separated At Birth: Joe Biden / Ron Burgundy

Posted on | August 19, 2012 | 3 Comments

by Smitty

This blog cannot succumb to partisan bias. In the interests of even-handedness, we now present:

This blog hopes that Ron Burgundy fans take no offense.
via Power Line

Oh, and, flog me gently with a claidheamh mòr:

Pseudajawea Ferrusequus

via Legal Insurrection

Category: Democrats, humor

When the Truth Goes Viral

Posted on | August 19, 2012 | 35 Comments

‘Occupy the Truth’ rally in Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 18, 2012
Photo by Pat Dooley (Hat-tip: Instapundit)

Iowahawk’s observation — “Paul Ryan represents Obama’s most horrifying nightmare: math” — is well on its way to becoming world famous, and may yet become the final epitaph on Obama’s presidency. As I remarked Thursday:

If voters can be made to focus on the numbers — including the administration’s record deficit spending and historically high unemployment — it seems unlikely that the Democrat incumbent can be re-elected. And polls indicate that the “Ryan Effect” may already be making a difference. Not only does the Romney-Ryan ticket now lead both the Gallup and Rasmussen national tracking polls, but the latest Ohio polls also indicate a bounce for the Republicans since Ryan was announced as Romney’s running mate.

The Democrat-Media Complex has expended a lot of effort trying to convince us that Mitt Romney made a bad choice, and that the selection of Paul Ryan is a mistake. But the bold truth is always better politics than a timid evasion, and telling the truth — that Obama’s policies are actually a threat to the Medicare benefits of current retirees — is what the Ryan pick is all about. Evidence of the “Ryan Effect” includes the huge enthusiastic crowds that have begun showing up at GOP rallies, including Saturday’s unprecedented turnout at The Villages in Florida:

I have no idea how many people were there, I’ve never seen a crowd that large at any of the events I’ve attended at The Villages, and the crowd was not disappointed.

Instapundit: “These guys don’t seem to be following the script that the Dems and media had written for them.” Exactly so. One of the great secrets to clear-thinking conservatism is being able to tune out the disinformation emanating from the liberal media — and from Republicans who have internalized a negative self-image based on the liberal worldview. The idea that retirees in Florida are so ignorant and so vulnerable to the Democrats’ “Mediscare” demagoguery that they will automatically reject any attempt at entitlement reform is part of the GOP’s negative self-image that cannot be defeated unless it is directly confronted.

Democrats succeed by distractions and distortions, and we have become so accustomed to this that we often don’t even notice it. Generic promotional boilerplate from ABC News:

Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter and Romney campaign senior adviser Kevin Madden face off on the latest battles in the 2012 presidential campaign, Sunday on “This Week.”
Mitt Romney and his new running mate Rep. Paul Ryan hit the campaign trail this week, looking to gain momentum with just over one week before the Republican convention in Tampa. Has Ryan’s selection energized the ticket and galvanized conservative supporters for the fall? Or will continued scrutiny of Ryan’s Medicare proposals and Romney’s tax returns hurt their campaign for undecided voters?

The alternatives presented here are dishonest to the point of being counterfactual, and give us a glimpse into the liberal mindset.

First of all, there is no question — none at all — that Ryan’s selection has “energized the ticket.” I don’t need any polls or pundits to tell me this, because I’ve seen it with my own eyes, live and in person, in the thousands of fired-up Republicans who flocked to see Romney-Ryan in Manassas, Romney in Chillicothe and Ryan at Miami (Ohio) University. The fact that ABC News poses this as a question can only be understood as a bizarre attempt to confuse readers.

The second alternative presented by ABC News, of factors that might “hurt their campaign for undecided voters,” is actually a repetition of Obama campaign talking points. It is only Democrats, and their friends in the media, who believe that “Romney’s tax returns” are a legitimate issue, or that “Ryan’s Medicare proposals” are a liability with “undecided voters.” The “continued scrutiny” of which ABC News speaks is coming entirely from journalists who are echoing and amplifying the Democrats’ message.

Where is the ABC News story about the threat to Obama’s re-election posed by “continued scrutiny” of the Fast and Furious scandal?

(Crickets chirping.)

At some point, blatant dishonesty from the media loses its effectiveness for the simple reason that people just aren’t as stupid as the media think they are. Once people start figuring out they are being scammed and hustled, once they see for themselves the yawning chasm between the media’s misrepresentations and the actual truth, the media constructed illusion rapidly collapses.

The White House’s attempt to defend Joe Biden’s “chains” remark is doomed to fail for this very reason: People can see for themselves what Biden said — how he said it, and to whom that “y’all” was directed — and it is impossible to evade the self-evident truth.

Two weeks from today, Sept. 2, Romney’s lead in the polls will be a solid fact that the media won’t be able to ignore. Then we’ll see a lot of stories about how Team Obama plans to mount a comeback — casting Democrats in the underdog role, even though anyone can go back and see that, in early August, the same media were trumpeting polls that allegedly showed Obama a shoo-in for re-election.

On Aug. 12, the Real Clear Politics average of national polls showed Obama leading by 4.7 points. That lead has now narrowed to 3.4 points, despite all the confusion caused by the disinformation emitted from the Democrat-Media Complex.

We are still a week away from the Republican National Convention in Tampa and, by the time that concludes on Aug. 30, we will see a steady stream of polls that show the Romney-Ryan ticket moving ahead. So when the Democrats convene Sept. 3 in Charlotte, Obama will be on the defensive, trailing in the RCP average for the first time all year. And what then? An avalanche of lies.

Democrats will unleash smear-and-fear tactics in a campaign of raw dishonesty unprecedented in American political history. The only question is to what extent the liberal media will cooperate in Team Obama’s attempt to decieve their way to re-election. During the final 10 weeks of this campaign, journalists will find themselves forced to choose between their political loyalty to the liberal cause, and their professional obligation to the truth.

The Democrat-Media Complex would be unwise to risk what remains of their credibility on politically convenient falsehoods.

Liars cannot succeed, when the truth goes viral.

Update (Smitty): Thank you, Instapundit, for not pussyfooting around. Except for when you do:

 

 

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Category: Barack Obama, Election 2012, Joe Biden, Media Bias, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan

I Call A Bullish Hit

Posted on | August 19, 2012 | 18 Comments

by Smitty

Jammie Wearing Fools has a post pointing out pure silliness from the Obama campaign:

“We have plenty of time for big rallies,” a campaign spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, said between the rallies on Thursday. “Our focus right now is on exciting our supporters and winning over undecided voters and the smaller and medium-size events are the best venue to accomplish that because the president can closely engage with the crowd.
”Big rallies are expensive, especially given the logistical and security challenges for a president as opposed to a mere United States senator. And Obama campaign operatives, both at the Chicago headquarters and in swing states where Mr. Obama recently has stumped, say the campaign intentionally limits crowds by restricting tickets. The reason is to allow the president to better connect with supporters, aides say.

If you believe that, Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and Tinkerbell will show up, backing Axelrod in “Confiscated Guns ‘n’ Subsidized Roses“, and perform their 30-minute blues-rock jam, “In a Gadda da Bushdunnit” as an Obama fundraiser.

Ride right through them, they’re demoralized as hell.

Update: linked by Daley Gator, Hogewash, and Da Tech Guy.

Update II: brilliant!

 

Category: Democrats

Geekzer Bait Taken

Posted on | August 19, 2012 | 9 Comments

by Smitty

To answer Daily Pundit,

The old HP-48 is depicted here, along with a scrap of RPL I wrote against it in the dim, dark past. The old 48GX may not be as old as what Daily Pundit mentioned, but it’s just a great piece of hardware. As recently as 5 years ago, I still used it as an alarm clock.

Wouldn’t light off, though. I may need some fresher AAAs.

Category: Bill Quick
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