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Separated At Birth? JR/WJ Edition

Posted on | June 14, 2012 | 9 Comments

by Smitty

Dallas is back tonight. Peering into the future, I see a show that is mostly a retread of the classic I watched in my youth, with a heavy subtext of George W. Bush and Mitt Romney bashing.

I could be wrong. The show might play an even hand, and show that capitalism is what makes a first-rate country tick, in addition to showing that money doesn’t buy virtue. Maybe I’ll TiVo it.

What we can be confident about is that the show won’t make any comparisons along these lines:

His Sliminess His Slickness

At least the new Dallas can’t be the first to put George W. Bush’s head on a pike. As though that ‘just kinda happened’ and there was no thought of free advertising involved. None.

via Breitbart

Update: linked by Daily Pundit, who says that capitalism was bashed in the original iteration. I admit to having been young at the time.

Category: Democrats

Norquist And His Pesky Pledge

Posted on | June 14, 2012 | 20 Comments

by Smitty

[Clip below the fold, to preclude auto-play disaster.]

A few notes:

  • The Left cannot make a positive point. The caller has to insinuate that there is evil afoot when influence and money are used to constrain Leviathan. I’ll bet the beverage of your choice that the caller is some civil servant, GS-14 or better, whose dreams of bureaucratic utopia are hampered by Grover the Hobbit and his crew. Make a positive case, lady! Start from first principles and explain why giving money and power to the likes of our federal government isn’t like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
  • Ah, the sound of the Left hand clapping. Is the audience supposed to overlook the fact that the Left lobbies just as hard, or harder? Understood, everything the Left does is predicated upon the assertion: “The people are stupid.” Conservatives will continue to beat the Left with the Wisconsin stick until the Left grasps that this assertion is like Lincoln’s quote about fooling people. The internet has limited “some of the time” considerably, Lefty jackwagons.
  • Editorial question to Breitbart: how do you decimate an individual?

Read more

Category: Andrew Breitbart, Video

LIVE AT FIVE – 06.14.12

Posted on | June 14, 2012 | 7 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
SecState Clinton Warns Russia Over Syria Policy

Syrian villagers gather for the funeral of a man allegedly killed by Assad loyalists

Reproves Russians for continuing arms shipments to Assad regime

R. Allen Stanford To Be Sentenced For Role In $7 Billion Swindle
Could get 200-year term for bilking investors

Federal Prosecutors Drop Charges Against John Edwards
Former Presidential candidate won’t face retrial



POLITICS
Casino Mogul Adelson Gives $10 Million To Pro-Romney PAC

Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson

Outside contributions to pro-Romney PACs could top $1 billion

Federal Judge Stops Union Organizing Election At American Airlines

Alleged LulzSec Member Indicted For Hacking Fox, PBS Websites

Abortion Bill Passes Michigan House

NY Lawmakers Back Parental Consent For Piercing

Obama Taps Entertainers To Replace Wall Street Money

Conservative PAC Hits Democratic Senate Candidates In Six Battleground States

Battered Tarkanian To Chip Away At Horsford In NV-4



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Trades Near Eight-Month Low Before OPEC Meeting; NYMEX $82.62, Brent $96.80
Troubled Nokia To Cut 10,000 Jobs By End Of 2013
Spanish Bonds Close In On 7% After Moody’s Cuts Rating
May Foreclosures up 9%, Rise Above 200K Annualized Level
Troubles In Europe Sink US Stocks
Asia Stocks Fall As Europe Debt Turmoil Worsens
BDO Agrees To Pay $50 Million In Tax Shelter Case
Target Board approves Dividend Increase
Dot-mayhem: The Domain Landgrab, By The Numbers
Retina MacBook Pro “Least Repairable” Laptop Ever
DOJ Probing Cable Companies’ Internet Data Limits
Asian Electric Car Consortium In Talks To Buy Saab
Time Inc. To Sell Its Magazines On Apple’s Newsstand



SPORTS
Matt Cain Pitches First Perfect Game In Giants History

Matt Cain celebrates with his catcher and first baseman

Personal-high 14 K’s and two great catches later, it’s 10-0 for Cain and the Giants over the hapless Astros

Mets’ Knuckleballer Dickey Holds Rays To One Hit, Wins 9-1

Parise Spurns Rangers, Hopes To Stick With Devils

Dodgers Lose 2-1 To Angels On Homers By Aybar, Callaspo

NBA Approves Sale Of Hornets

Campbell, Kelly Returning To Bruins

Yankees Sweep Braves For Sixth Straight Win


Clarke Targets World Domination For Australia In Cricket

There Was A Big Baseball Scandal…Sorta

Stephen Strasburg Is First Pitcher To Reach 100 K’s This Season

Moore Fills In, Blasts Two Dingers To Help Nats Complete Second Straight Sweep



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Second Miss USA Contestant Comes Forward

Miss USA 2012 finalists

Anonymous contestant supports allegations that the Trump pageant was rigged

Is Kanye’s Nude Twitter Pic K-Dash Or (Some Other) Porn Star?

Our Long “Twilight” Nightmare Is Nearly Over

Miley Cyrus Sports Super Trim Bikini Bod

Cox And Arquette Have No Prenup; He Could Walk Away With Half Her $75 Million Fortune

Showtime’s “Weeds” To End This Year

Julianne Hough Talks Stripping & Pole Dancing

Some Jerk In A Bar Suing Bristol Palin



FOREIGNERS
New Evidence Of War Crimes In Syria
Bangladesh Rebuffs UN Call To Admit Refugees From Rakhine State Violence
Syrian Ambassador To Russia Accuses West Of Sabotaging Annan Plan
Aung San Suu Kyi Begins Triumphant Tour Of Europe
Death Toll In Iraq’s Shiite Pilgrimage Bombings Reaches 72
UN Sustainable Development Conference Opens In Rio
NATO Chief Praises Afghan Forces’ Professionalism
Merkel: Germany Cannot Save Eurozone On Its Own
Breakthrough On Civilian Nukes Boosts US-India Ties
Japan Has Evidence Nork Mobile Missile Launchers Came From PRC



BLOGS & STUFF
Jawa Report: Former President Bush’s Severed Head Used In “Game Of Thrones”
Legal Insurrection: Is Shellie Zimmerman Indictment More Prosecutorial Overreach?
WyBlog: Affirmative Action Stupidity
American Power: Chris Matthews Sucks Up To Fauxcahontas In Slobbering Interview
Conservative Hideout: Union Bosses Abandoning Obama?
PJ Tatler: Leaked Document Hints Obama Would Grant Foreign Companies In US Advantages Over American Companies
S. E. Cupp: The Real Ronald Reagan
Hit & Run: Obama’s Secret Weapon? Voters Too Stupid To Realize His Drug Policies Suck
Fire Andrea Mitchell: CNN Continues To Crumble
AmSpecBlog: Liberal Anti-Mormonism On The Rise
Lonely Conservative: After Shelling Out $32K To Private School, Parents Discover Kids Can’t Read
Mickey Kaus: We Don’t Recriminate Like We Used To
Maggie’s Farm: First They Came For Your French Fries…
Ed Driscoll: Just NBC The Reason Old Media Is Dying
Volokh Conspiracy: Auto Bailout Or UAW Bailout?
Riehl World View: Bloomberg’s NYC Health Board May Expand Reach To Popcorn, Milkshakes

Category: Live at Five

Nigel Farage Sugarcoats The Euro Situation UPDATE: Daniel Hannan Also Has Vague Pleasantries On Offer

Posted on | June 13, 2012 | 16 Comments

by Smitty

Here, watch this. See if you can figure out Farage’s real opinion of Brussels under all of the whitewash and indirection:

Via American Power.

UPDATE, via Zero Hedge, that other famous British MEP also seems unwilling to commit to any tangible opinion on the Euro:

I just wish these Brits could somehow communicate what it is they’re on about a little better.

Update II: welcome, Instapundit readers!

Update III: transcript of Nigel and more at AoSHQ.

Category: Europe

#GOPEstablishmentIn4Words For Users Craving Knick-knacks

Posted on | June 13, 2012 | 23 Comments

by Smitty

 

 

Update: in reply to the query about “undermining and sapping the GOP voting base” in the comments, I’ll tell the GOP the same I’d tell BHO: respect is an earned commodity, Mike Foxtrot. Via RedState. Nicking the summary:

  • Only 20 members of the House have voted for every amendment to cut spending. All are Republicans.
  • 50 members of the House have voted against every amendment to cut spending. 49 are Democrats. One is a Republican (Bonner).
  • The average Republican voted for spending cuts 59% of the time. (Republican Freshman are only slightly better at 60%.)
  • The average Democrat voted for spending cuts 6% of the time.
  • The nine Republicans, including four freshmen, who have least often voted to cut spending are: Bonner 0%, Meehan 4%, LaTourette 4%, Bass 4%, Simpson 4%, Lucas 4%, King, P. 4%, Grimm 4%, and Dold 4%
  • The eight Democrats who have most often voted to cut spending are: Matheson 32%, Rush 31%, Kucinich 30%, Polis 28%, Cooper 20%, McIntyre 17%, Velazquez 17%, and Honda 17%
Category: GOP

Time to Ask: What Did Brett Kimberlin Know and When Did He Know It?

Posted on | June 13, 2012 | 19 Comments

FROM AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION
Following up on the tipster who tells Brooks Baynes he has identified one of Neal Rauhauser’s “beandogs” as a prime suspect in the SWATting of conservatives, please take time to examine — also via Brooks Bayne — the e-mail Rauhauser sent to SWATting victim Mike Stack on May 24.

This involves, as Brooks says, a lot of “crazytown” and “paranoia” from Rauhauser, but it also evidently involves a New York City school-teacher named Lane Lipton who repeats malicious falsehoods about me, as well as a repetition of Rauhauser’s assertions that he is privy to information obtained from FBI agents.

How long has Neal Rauhauser been on Brett Kimberlin’s payroll at the non-profit Velvet Revolution? Were Rauhauser’s efforts to influence Mike Stack part of a conspiracy to obstruct justice?

To what extent were Rauhauser’s secretive poison-pen e-mails — including the spreading of defamatory disinformation about me, Patrick Frey and others — approved, authorized and paid for by Kimberlin and/or Velvet Revolution?

Go read that e-mail at Brooks Baynes’s site. Surely, what Rauhauser has been doing for the past 10 months cannot be defended as tax-exempt non-profit “activism.”

– Robert Stacy McCain, Whereabouts Unknown

 

THE KIMBERLIN FILES

 

Category: The Kimberlin Files

A High Time on the Low Road: Smears Target Brett Kimberlin’s Enemies List UPDATE: SWATting Supect ID’d?

Posted on | June 13, 2012 | 34 Comments

When “Speedway Bomber” Brett Kimberlin was convicted in 1981,
he could have been sentenced to 230 years in federal prison.

“Brett C. Kimberlin schemed to elude justice with a series of bizarre plots designed to murder, maim and rob his enemies, create havoc . . . and discredit the chief government prosecutor.”
— R. Joseph Gelarden, “Kimberlin Case a Maze of Murder, Deceit,” Indianapolis Star, October 18, 1981

FROM AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION
As soon as any blogger becomes a nuisance to Brett Kimberlin, that person is targeted by the Web site I call “Not Brett Kimberlin,” and harassed on Twitter by a number of pseudonymous trolls, including the one that on Monday viciously attacked Mandy Nagy.

Over the weekend, the Not Brett Kimberlin site — which I neither link nor call by its actually name, so as not to publicize it — was shut down for a while because it was clearly in violation of its hosting provider’s Terms of Service. Yesterday, Not Brett Kimberlin came back online and posted a dishonest disclaimer that it was taking “the high road” and then immediately published an attack on Lee Stranahan.

Why Lee Stranahan? Because he has been doing yeoman’s work in exposing Kimberlin’s menace to the First Amendment. It was, of course, Stranahan who declared May 25 “Everybody Blog About Brett Kimberlin Day,” producing a YouTube video that made clear who Kimberlin is. More recently, when Kimberlin’s 501(c) Velvet Revolution claimed that Kimberlin had been the victim of a “SWATting,” Stranahan contacted the Montgomery County (Md.) Police Department, who said that no such incident had occurred.

So, naturally, Stranahan must be targeted for the same kind of character assassination that has been aimed at all others who have written the truth about Brett Kimberlin. These attacks are merely an attempt to change the subject, to divert attention from Kimberlin’s own dishonest criminality, and wise men will not be deceived by such tactics. Let us pause, reader, to ask a few questions:

  • Why have the operators of the “Not Brett Kimberlin” site taken extraordinary steps to conceal their own identities?
  • What would we discover about the operators of this site, if their identities were known?
  • Most importantly, who is paying for this elaborate ongoing effort to smear and defame Britt Kimberlin’s critics?

We know that Brett Kimberlin’s tax-exempt non-profit organizations have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars, and we furthermore know that Kimberlin is now a client of Neal Rauhauser, who in 2010 was accused of organizing a gang of foul-mouthed thugs to harass Tea Party activists on Twitter.

Is the “Not Brett Kimberlin” site part of Rauhauser’s operation? Whatever the strategic wisdom of this “brass knuckles reputation management” — as Professor Glenn Reynolds has called Kimberlin’s campaign of harassment and intimidation — one thing should be clear: Such activities are clearly not legitimate uses of tax-exempt funds. Here are the most recent available IRS 990 forms for Kimberlin’s outfits:

People experienced in the management of non-profit organizations who have examined those 990s describe them as “thinly documented.” The phrase “red flag” occurs when discussing these IRS forms with such experts, who marvel that anyone would contribute to groups that exhibit such an astonishing lack of tranparency about exactly how they spend the money they collect.

When Velvet Revolution claimed (apparently falsely) that Brett Kimberlin had been “SWATted,” Lee Stranahan published a statement by Kimberlin associate Kevin Zeese who said that “we are cooperating with the FBI.”

But aren’t Zeese and Kimberlin also “cooperating” with the shadowy online presences that are attacking Stranahan and other names on Brett Kimberlin’s enemies list? Isn’t Velvet Revolution employing the paranoid self-proclaimed “hacker” Neal Rauhauser, who appears to be conducting a secretive campaign against Kimberlin’s enemies? Isn’t all of this extraordinary effort to intimidate Kimberlin’s critics — including Kimberlin’s “lawfare” harassment of Aaron Walker — being funded with proceeds of tax-exempt non-profit organizations?

These are reasonable questions, given the evident facts, and many other people are now asking such questions. It is high time that the people asking these questions include members of Congress, who have already called for Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate SWATtings, but who have yet to invoke the independent authority of Congress to investigate Brett Kimberlin’s profoundly suspicious “non-profit” activities.

UPDATE: The details of the alleged SWATting suspect described in the e-mail to Brooks Bayne are certainly very interesting:

Last year, under Twitter handle @solaar, he trolled Greg W. Howard and threatened to slit his throat, among other things. He ran with the beandogs, specifically leducviolet and methadonna. . . .

Those are Twitter handles of two of the most vicious members of the “beandogs” crew that Rauhauser was accused of organizing against Tea Party types in “TwitterGate,” a 2010 online scandal that was unfortunately ignored by most in the media at the time. Greg W. Howard was one of the primary targets of “beandogs” harassment. Baynes’s e-mail informant further adds:

Brett [Warren] had contact with Neal R. under both of his Twitter accts (Stranded Wind and the name one). Neal wasn’t quite aware of how busy Brett had been. Trust me on this. He tried to dissociate himself, but it didn’t work out too well. . . .
Neal did attempt to contact my law school and stir up shit, but that didn’t work because I had screenshots and email trails of everything.
Both Neal and Brett contacted me via VOIP numbers on Google phone.

Readers will excuse me for smiling at this tidbit of info about the alleged SWATting suspect:

Brett also got busy as the University of Florida fan in an infamous video in which he professed to know four types of martial arts and challenged University of Alabama fans to meet him at a gate and fight him.

Heh. Roll Tide.

UPDATE: Linked by Bill Quick at Daily Pundit and Dan Collins at The Conservatory — thanks!

– Robert Stacy McCain, Whereabouts Unknown

 

 

 

THE KIMBERLIN FILES:

 


Category: The Kimberlin Files

LIVE AT FIVE – 06.13.12

Posted on | June 13, 2012 | 3 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Anti-Putin Protesters Return To Moscow Streets

Thousands march in the rain

Tens of thousands turn out for peaceful protest against Putin

North Dakota Voters Reject Abolition Of Property Tax
Also, Fighting Sioux nickname for UND to be retired




Ron Barber Holds Giffords’ Old Seat For Dems
Bests Jesse Kelly 53-45 with 50% of precincts in



POLITICS
Obama Thinks Most Americans Aren’t Paying Attention To 2012 Race

President Obama shakes hands after a campaign event in Philadelphia

Ignores party strategists who say Democratic message not working

Fight Over GMO Crops Heads For November Ballot In California



Allen Easily Wins Virginia GOP Primary

Dill, Summers Winning Maine Senate Primaries

Gay Marriage Nullification Referendum Qualifies For November Ballot In Washington

Rocker Joe Walsh Snubs Namesake, Backs Duckworth In IL-8

Governor Brown Demands More Cuts From California Democrats



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Prices Stagnant As Traders Await OPEC Meeting; NYMEX $83.32, Brent $97.14
World Stocks Mixed As Investors Fret Over Italy, Spain
Facebook Fights Criticism Over Its Ad Power
Yahoo, CNBC Form Content Partnership
Treasuries A Bubble About To Burst?
US Solar Market Booming
Zynga Drops Amid Worries About Decline In Facebook Gaming
Dell Follows Apple, Cisco; Will Start Paying Dividends
Is Apple Fragmenting The iPhone?
Samsung TecTiles: Wireless Stickers With Secret Phone Powers
New Verizon Plans Will Unify Devices
Facebook Expands Integration With WordPress
Windows 8 Business Apps In The Pipeline
Microsoft “Mulled Nokia Buyout, Ran Away Screaming”
Amazon Cloud Player Launches On iPhone



SPORTS
Thunder Rolls

Oklahoma City's Durant. Westbrook combine for 63 points

Oklahoma City wins Game 1 105-94

A-Rod Hits 23rd Grand Slam To Tie Gehrig

Rivera’s Three-Run Dinger Paces Dodgers To 5-2 Win Over Angels



Bumgarner K’s 12, Homers In 6-3 Giants Win Vs. Astros

Greinke Superb, Brewers Lose To Royals Anyway

Davis’ Bat Returns From Dead As Mets Rip Rays 11-2

Slumping Phillies Lose 11-7 Slugfest In Minnesota

Harper’s Mammoth Shot Highlights Nationals’ Fifth Straight Win



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
David Arquette Files For Divorce From Courtney Cox

David Arquette

Wants custody of daughter Coco, not seeking child or spousal support

Alyson Hannigan Welcomes Baby Daughter Keeva Jane

Lindsay Lohan’s New Leading Man: Porn Star James Deen?

Philip Seymour Hoffman Offered Role In “Catching Fire”

Pregnant Drew Barrymore Back From Honeymoon, Goes Shopping For Baby Clothes

Salma Hayek Is InStyle’s Cover Girl

Kobe & Vanessa Bryant Put Divorce On Hold

Hugh Laurie In Talks To Play “Robocop” Remake’s Villain

“Gone With The Wind” Actress Ann Rutherford Dies, 94



FOREIGNERS
Israel Concerned Hezbollah May Move Syrian Arms To Lebanon
Bombs Kill At Least 20 Shiite Pilgrims In Baghdad
UN Envoy Arrives In Strife-Torn Rakhine State
Yemeni Soldiers, Armed Tribesmen Drive Al-Qaeda Out Of Two Southern Towns
Ubiquitous Indian Child Laborers Belie Official Claims
Top UN Peacekeeper Says Syrian Violence Has Escalated Into Civil War
Segolene Royal Gets Tweet-Slapped By President Hollande’s New Girlfriend
Ottawa 15-Year-Old Girls Charged With Prostitution, Kidnapping



BLOGS & STUFF
Maggie Gallagher: Obama Losing 20% Of Black Vote In NC
Weasel Zippers: Gallup Poll Shows Obama’s Support Among Whites Down 5%
Legal Insurrection: My People Are Letting Go!
Riehl World View: George Zimmerman’s Wife Shellie Arrested For Perjury
Byron York: Dems Tell Obama Voters Don’t Believe Economy Talk
Ed Driscoll: Obama Channels Bush 41’s Problems
American Power: SecState Clinton Accuses Russia Of Sending Attack Helicopters To Syria
Mark Krikorian: No More Bushes
Jihad Watch: Anti-Gay Muslim Sues NYPD For Not Hiring Him
Power Line: Bush League

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