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Ted Cruz! Ted Cruz! Ted Cruz!

Posted on | May 30, 2012 | 11 Comments

by Smitty

We’ll just mooch Erick Erickson’s quick summary of the Texas situation:

David Dewhurst and Ted Cruz are in a runoff in Texas.
Cruz has long odds in the runoff, given the margin of Dewhurst’s victory.
But it is very doable. Conservatives across the country, however, must unite today. This race must be a national priority for each and every conservative. It is not enough to pray for Ted Cruz, though that helps tremendously.

Via the Chicago Tribune:

Dewhurst led the field, but did not manage to avoid a July 31 runoff. He had about 45 percent of the vote and Cruz about 34 percent with 84 percent of the precincts counted, according to unofficial results on the Texas Secretary of State website.

I, for one, love to see the GOP establishment on notice that conservative support is not a given. The GOP has relatively less Progressive taint than the CommunistDemocrat party, but some days the enthusiasm is difficult to locate.

Ted Cruz for Senate

Category: Republicans, Texas

Have Years Of Exposure To Biden Left Obama Totally Potted?

Posted on | May 30, 2012 | 21 Comments

by Smitty

Via Ace comes another OPRA* moment:

Maybe this is a deliberate chaser insult to follow the under-bus toss exemplified in canceling Theater Ballistic Missile efforts:

Two recent editorials from Heritage fellows have criticized the Obama administration for abandoning Eastern European allies. According to the editorials, Obama has given up proposed missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic (sometimes called the “third site”). They argue that this will will serve to embolden Russia and increase our vulnerability to Iran’s missile capabilities. The first problem with their arguments is that Obama has not yet abandoned the proposed missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic. In fact, after a report released in a Polish newspaper said that the sites had been abandoned, administration officials were quick to point out that all options were still on the table.

Yeah, Barack’s position is ‘evolving’.

God preserve us until we can send this incompetent boob packing. More at Hot Air and Twitchy. And look at this summary from Nile Gardiner in The Telegraph:

. . .these were carefully scripted remarks by the president reading off a teleprompter. Six millions Poles died at the hands of Nazi Germany during World War Two, including three million Polish Jews during the Holocaust. The president’s use of the term “Polish death camp” is hugely insulting to the Polish people, and will reinforce the growing image across Eastern and Central Europe of an American presidency that cares little for key US allies, especially against the backdrop of its controversial and weak-kneed “reset” policy towards Russia. For a US administration that likes to boast of “smart power,” this was an act of staggering historical ignorance as well as crass insensitivity.

Who knew Rutherford was an NWA fan?
(NSFW reference for pic)

Via Insty, the White House attempts a ‘clown nose off‘**:

National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor said: “The president misspoke. He was referring to Nazi death camps in Poland. We regret this misstatement, which should not detract from the clear intention to honor Mr. Karski and those brave citizens who stood on the side of human dignity in the face of tyranny.”
Anxious to quell the controversy, the White House also noted that the president had visited the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial while in Poland and that he has repeatedly discussed the bravery of Poles during World War II.
The Polish Embassy in Washington, on its website, has a “how-to guide” on concentration camps that states that references to Polish death camps are “factually incorrect slurs” that should be corrected.

*Only Problematic in Republican Administrations

**Props to Treacher.

Category: Barack Obama, Europe, Foreigners, Russia

LIVE AT FIVE – 05.30.12

Posted on | May 30, 2012 | 6 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Romney Clinches Nomination With Texas Primary Win

Mitt speaks to supporters in Vegas

Speech to supporters in Vegas focuses on jobs, jobs and jobs.

White House Defends Drone Attacks, Kill List
Because interrogation is so politically messy

Cruz Forces Runoff With Dewhurst In Texas GOP Senate Primary
Seen as latest victory for Tea Party against party establishment



POLITICS
Pelosi Fights Back For Crony Capitalism

How dare Mitt Romney question the investment wisdom of Obama?

Former Speaker defends loan guarantees to now-bankrupt Solyndra

Foie Gras Feeding Frenzy Grows As California Ban Nears



Bob Dylan, John Glenn, Others* Receive Medal Of Freedom

Obamacare’s Small Business Health Care Insurance Tax Credit Disappoints

Longtime Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) Upset In Primary

ACLU Lawsuit Targets IL Gay Marriage Ban

Michigan Reviewing McCotter’s Nomination Petitions For Criminal Fraud



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Continues Slide As Euro Turmoil Dampens Appetite For Risk; NYMEX $90.01, Brent $105.94
Greek Exit From Euro May Expose Deposit-Guarantee Flaws
Asian Markets Fall On Spain Bailout Fears
Challenges Mount For Chinese Electric Car Maker
Fiat Industrial Proposes Full Integration With US-Based CNH
Kuwaiti Consortium Gets Nod To Explore For Oil In Southern Iraq
Home Prices On The Rise In Most US Cities?
Consumer Confidence Index Falls In May
Japan’s Marubeni Buys Gavilon Grain Company For $3.6 Billion
Spanish Oil Company Repsol To Stop Drilling In Cuba
Apple CEO Tim Cook Hints At End To Facebook Feud; Complains Patent System Is Broken
Iranians Claim They Have Fix For Flame Malware
Google Chromebox Challenges Mac Mini
If Facebook Wants Opera, The Price Just Went Up
Logitech Announces New Solar Keyboard For iOS Products
Menlo Park, California Likes Facebook’s HQ Plans
Nextel Network’s Days Are Numbered



SPORTS
Parker Leads Spurs To 120-111 Win Over Thunder

Coach says Kevin Durant needs to step up for Thunder

San Antonio wins 20th straight game, now up 2-0 on Oklahoma City

Swisher Denied As Angels Crush Yanks 5-1 For Eighth Straight Win

Rangers Sign Roy Oswalt

Mets Rookie Hefner Cleans Up With First Win, Homer

Kemp 1-4 In Return From DL, Dodgers Lose To Brewers 2-1 Anyway

Red Sox Get To Verlander, Down Tigers 6-3, Move Above .500


Terrell Owens Cut, Ousted From Ownership Of IFL Team

Clippers Will Stick With Del Negro For Next Season

SEC Wants Best Four Teams In College Football Playoffs; System Could Include Bowls

Harper, Zimmerman Come Up Empty In Eighth As Nats Fall To Fish Again



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Casting For Finnick Narrows Down To Three

Armie Hammer, Taylor Kitsch, and Garrett Hedlund

Lionsgate narrows options for casting “Hunger Games” sequel’s heartthrob

Phillip Phillips Surgery Postponed

Bieber Beatdown Case Going To Prosecutor

Founder Of TMZ Dies At 58

Kat Von D Sued By Insurer For Burning Her House Down


Kate Joins The Queen (And 8,000 Others) For Tea

“Hatfields & McCoys” Sets Ratings Record With 13.9 Million Viewers

Selena Gomez Tweets Support For Sex-Filled “Spring Breakers”

Britney v. J-Lo: It’s All About The Benjamins



FOREIGNERS
Wikileaks Chief (Alleged) Rapist Loses Final UK Extradition Appeal
Russia Categorically Against Syrian Intervention
Burmese Migrants Workers Speak Of Suu Kyi Joy
Five Arrests After Deadly Qatar Mall Fire
NATO Airstrike Whacks AQ #2 In Afghanistan
Top Philippines Judge Impeached, Ousted
Hard Truths From Pyongyang’s Prodigal Son
Robert Mugabe Asked To Be UN Leader For Tourism



BLOGS & STUFF
*WyBlog: Obama Introduces Presidential Medal Of Socialism
Gateway Pundit: Trump Takes Shot At CNN’s Ratings During Fiery Exchange With Wolf Blitzer
American Thinker: Romney Should Go For The Big Win
The Lid: Forget Trump – Why Won’t Obama Disavow Al Sharpton?
IBD.com: At Kimberlin Hearing, Walker Handcuffed, 1st Amendment Muzzled
Legal Insurrection: What’s Going On In Maryland?
Atlas Shrugs: Free Speech Deathwatch – Speedway Bomber Brett Kimberlin Is Free While Aaron Walker Is In Custody
Pat Dollard: Poles Angry Over Obama’s “Polish Death Camps” Comment
Lonely Conservative: “Smartest President Ever” Misspoke When Talking Of “Polish Death Camps”
Ironic Surrealism: Obama Awards Medal Of Freedom To Honorary Chair Of DSA
NewsBusters: NBC “Today” Panel Rips Chris Hayes – “He Looks Like A Weenie” After Anti-Military Comments
Fausta’s Blog: Robert Mugabe, UN Tourism Ambassador
Moe Lane: Artur Davis Hearing The Siren Call Of The Dark Side
Weasel Zippers: Hilda Solis’ Commerce Department Honors Michelle Obama On Memorial Day Instead Of Fallen Troops
Israel Matzav: Commerce Dept. To Label Arab-Americans A “Disadvantaged Minority”?

Category: Live at Five

Undisclosed Location Springs Leak!

Posted on | May 29, 2012 | 43 Comments

by Smitty

A picture of Stacy McCain beavering away on the blog surfaced today through means that remain obscure:

American Glob straight up plays the “They Told Me If I Voted. . .” card, and points to Munsey’s Technosnarl, with an eyewitness account of today’s court circushearing at Munsey’s Technosnarl.

But, Walker didn’t press the credibility of Kimberlin enough. He was too easily sidetracked by the latter’s machinations, and every time Walker veered off, the Judge got madder.

Read the whole riveting thing.

At any rate, the story owned the top 9 bullets at Memeorandum, and will get us in the range of 35k hits by midnight. No’ so bad.

Secret locations don’t come cheap. Please consider making use of this button:




Otherwise, Andrew Sullivan may make Stacy McCain say something nice about Tabitha Hale, who, notably, emailed the link to the Aaron Walker arrest link to the BlogCon group. Stay awesome, Tabitha!

Update: via The Camp of the Saints,
David Hogberg at IBD:

The judge then said that Walker was the type who didn’t want to get into it “mano-y-mano” with Kimberlin but “you want to get together with all of your friends, who have nothing else to do with their time, in this judge’s opinion … and you are creating a conflagration, and you don’t care where it goes. And so you get some freak out in Oklahoma with nothing better to do with his time, so he does the nastiest things he can to this poor gentlemen (Kimberlin). What right does he have to do that?”
“He has no right to do that, your honor,” Walker replied.
“But you incited him,” Vaughey said.
The judge then went into brief discussion on how these things were settled where he grew up in Brooklyn.

What a travesty.

Category: The Kimberlin Files

World’s Youngest Blogger, Neighborhood Watch Edition

Posted on | May 29, 2012 | 17 Comments

by Smitty

Wise Judge Vaughey says to keep a close watch out for bloggers whose names rhyme with Scarin’ Stalker. That’s just what the World’s Youngest blogger sets out to do, in his matchless disguise as a 10 month-old. Who would guess that these seemingly infantile hands can take on a rampaging camel?

And yet, watch Niklas do battle with a camel in this very clip:

This artifact is known as “The 100”. I had been in the basement all day, writing python code in a courier font. Mrs. Other Smitty and her sister had been shopping, and bought a small sign that said “Loo”, i.e. a British lavatory, to hang on the bathroom. Only they hung it on the camel’s neck. I looked at this thing and saw “lOO”, and asked “What’s the 100?” Some stuff you just don’t live down.

Category: World's Youngest Blogger

REPORT: Aaron Walker Arrested After Maryland Hearing on Kimberlin Case UPDATE: Walker Now Released

Posted on | May 29, 2012 | 280 Comments

UPDATE 6:25 p.m. ET: Sources say that blogger Aaron Walker has been released from custody in Rockville, Maryland. He was charged with “incitement,” but released on his own recognizance. Readers are encouraged to donate to the National Bloggers Club to help support Aaron’s defense against Brett Kimberlin.

*** PREVIOUSLY (11:59 a.m.) ***

FROM AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION
Aaron Walker, whose complaint against convicted terrorist Brett Kimberlin became a conservative cause célèbre this past week, was reportedly taken into custody today after a court hearing in Rockville, Maryland.

One person who attended the hearing in Montgomery County District Court said that Kimberlin asserted that Walker’s continued blogging represented a violation of a “peace order” Kimberlin had obtained against the Virginia attorney, who says Kimberlin tried to “frame” him for assault earlier this year.

During the course of the hearing — which reportedly lasted about an hour — Judge C.J. Vaughey appeared to become increasingly hostile toward Walker, who was taken into custody when the hearing concluded.

On Thursday, May 17, Walker published a 28,000-word account of his experience being targeted by Kimberlin, which soon caught the attention of leading figures in online New Media, including University of Tennessee law professor Glenn Reynolds, who writes the popular Instapundit blog, and bestselling author Michelle Malkin, who warned her readers, “Please remember: Kimberlin is a radical, violent, lying, dangerous felon.”

UPDATE: According to a source, Kimberlin claimed during the hearing that he has received death threats as a result of Walker’s violation of the peace order. In 1981, Kimberlin was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for his crimes, including the 1978 terrorist bombing that brutally maimed Vietnam veteran Carl DeLong.

UPDATE II: A copy of the “final peace order” (time-stamped 10:52 a.m.) states that Kimberlin is “in fear of imminent serious bodily harm” as a result of a “countless number” of death threats, and that “there is clear and convincing evidence that [Walker] is likely to commit a prohibited act in the future against [Kimberlin].”

UPDATE III: To understand what is going on here, please see my column today at The American Spectator:

During his time in federal prison, [Kimberlin] became a prodigious jailhouse lawyer, filing more than 100 actions on his own behalf, and his litigious habits have continued until this day. When Patrick Frey, the blogger known as Patterico, wrote about Kimberlin’s criminal past in 2010, he was immediately threatened with a libel suit. By then, Kimberlin had already sued Seth Allen, who eventually got legal assistance from Aaron Walker, a Virginia attorney who had blogged under the pseudonym “Aaron Worthing.” This evidently made Walker a target of Kimberlin’s harassment tactics, with the result that Walker says both he and his wife lost their jobs. . . .
Kimberlin’s critics say his litigation against Allen and Walker, and threats of action against others, are a type of “lawfare,” which is defined as “the illegitimate use of domestic or international law with the intention of damaging an opponent, winning a public relations victory, financially crippling an opponent, or tying up the opponent’s time so that they cannot pursue other ventures such as running for public office.” And this is part of what many see as a wide-ranging strategy of intimidation waged against conservatives . . .

Read the whole thing. I’m still trying to confirm facts about Walker’s hearing and reported arrest.

UPDATE IV: Just spoke to a source who confirms that witnesses saw Walker led out of the courtroom in handcuffs. Ali Akbar, president of the National Bloggers Club, Tweets:

Will know more on Aaron’s situation at 3:30/4:30pm.

The National Bloggers Club has created KimberlinFiles.org to help call attention to the case and to enable “supporters to make financial donations to a relief fund as a show of support.”

– Robert Stacy McCain, Whereabouts Unknown

 

 

THE KIMBERLIN FILES:

 




 

UPDATE V: Welcome Ace of Spades HQ readers!

Now a Memeorandum thread, with links by The Jawa Report, Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit, Wake up America, Bob Owens, Capitalist Preservation, Legal Insurrection, FilmLadd Blogs, That Mr. G Guy’s Blog and Truth Before Dishonor — thanks!

Michelle Malkin has been absolutely on fire over this.

UPDATE VI: Linked at Twitchy, Popehat, Nice Deb, Sooper Mexican, Darth Chipmunk, Daily Pundit, Andrew J. Patrick, Daley Gator, PJ Tatler and The Camp of the Saints — thanks! — and welcome, Instapundit readers!

UPDATE VII: A witness blogs about the hearing:

It went bad for Walker pretty quickly. . . .
Judge Vaughey had read up on the matter, knew Kimberlin’s history of felony convictions, but clearly was technically ignorant of even basic facts about what Twitter is, in one instance point saying “He Googled you 500,000 times” through the Tubes or whatever. The Judge had identified himself, earlier, as being “of the Royal Typewriter Generation,” and at another point, when confronted with the voluminous material from both sides, asked “don’t people have jobs, who reads this stuff?”
That said, Judge Vaughey did know a lot about the kind of respect a Judge is owed. He also, again, knew all about Kimberlin, saying “even a prostitute is entitled to protection.”
And Walker pissed him off. So did Kimberlin, but Walker identified himself as a Yale-trained lawyer, albeit one who was representing himself. Kimberlin made any number of allegations — essentially, everything that was said about his side -– issuing death threats, harming business interests, summoning SWAT teams to the home–was said by Kimberlin to have been done by Walker’s side.
The pair went back and forth, back and forth, with Walker getting increasingly flustered, and the Judge finally asking, “what did they tell you in Yale Law School about interrupting a judge?”

My own source who was on the scene said of Judge Vaughey: “He couldn’t find the Internet to save his life.”

 

Category: Aaron Worthing, The Kimberlin Files

Matthew Vadum Talks Brett Kimberlin

Posted on | May 29, 2012 | 10 Comments

FROM AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION
One of the very valuable advantages I’ve had in reporting on Brett Kimberlin’s activities is that I’ve got Matthew Vadum’s phone number in my speed-dial. An investigative reporter and author of Subversion, Inc.: How Obama’s ACORN Red Shirts are Still Terrorizing and Ripping Off American Taxpayers, Vadum is a leading expert on non-profit organizations. He has provided me with valuable information, including the IRS 990 forms for Kimberlin’s Justice Through Music Project (2010 form PDF, 2009 form PDF) and Velvet Revolution (2010 form PDF, 2008 form PDF).

On “Everybody Blog About Brett Kimberlin Day,” Vadum appeared on Ezra Levant’s Canadian TV program to discuss the Kimberlin case:

You may also want to read Matthew’s column at Front Page Magazine, “Brett Kimberlin and the Hall of Fame of Leftist Terrorists.”

Category: The Kimberlin Files

LIVE AT FIVE – 05.29.12

Posted on | May 29, 2012 | 14 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Tensions Flare As Revolutionaries Frustrated By Egyptian Election Results

Ahmed Shafiq (L) and Mohammed Morsi (R)

Former Mubarak VP Shafik, Muslim Brotherhood’s Morsi to square off in second round of Egyptian Presidential election
Related: Shafik’s HQ Set On Fire By Protesters

Thad McCotter Fails To Qualify For Ballot
Will stage write-in candidacy for re-election after signature snafu on nominating petition

Mitt Promises World’s Strongest Military
Explicitly rejects European path of fatter welfare state, skeletal military
Related: Stacy’s Crazy Cousin John Rips Memorial Day Heckler



POLITICS
Romney Ready To Claim Nomination After Tuesday’s Texas Primary

Mitt Romney enjoys the view from his campaign plane between San Diego and Colorado

Will be largely unopposed in Texas; main focus on fundraising trip with Donald Trump

California 9/11 Scholarship Fund Raided To Plug Deficit Holes

Gallup: Veterans Prefer Romney

FEMA Trailer Litigation May Soon Be Over

Ted Cruz Aims To Ride Second Tea Party Wave

Louisiana Senate Restores $340 Million In Cuts To State Budget Imposed By House

GOP Hangs NH Student Debt Around Obama’s Neck

Lugar Says He Won’t Campaign For Mourdock

Marisa DeFranco Comes Out Swinging, Demands Four Debates With Fauxcahontas



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Up As Iran Tension Continues; NYMEX $91.41, Brent $107.62
Greek Euro Exit Aftershocks Risk Affecting US, PRC
JP Morgan Dips Into Cookie Jar To Offset “London Whale” Losses
Funds Cut Exposure To Eurozone Banks
Gold Inches Up On Weaker Dollar, Spain Concerns
Peruvian Anti-Mining Protests Turn Violent; 2 Dead 50 Injured As Government Cracks Down
Frustrated By Market Barriers, European Companies Looking To Reduce PRC Investments
Argentina Overtakes Venezuela As South America’s Biggest Default Risk
Facebook Smartphone To Be Released Next Year
Russian Firm: Iran Under Attack By “Flame” Malware
Samsung Galaxy S Smartphone Goes On Sale In Europe
RIM Prepares For Radical Moves With Global Restructuring
Facebook To Buy Opera?
Sharp Pantone 5 Has Eight Color Choices, 3.7″ Screen…And A Radiation Detector
GameStop Adds Android Tablets To 1600 Stores
38 Studios Is Dead; Fallout Over Company’s Implosion Takes On Life Of Its Own



SPORTS
James Scores 32 As Heat Run By Celtics In Game 1

LeBron James drives past the Celtics' Paul Pierce

Celtics fall 93-79

Angels Ace Jered Weaver Out Early With Back Injury, Team Wins Wild 9-8 Slugfest Against Yankees Anyway

Brewers Edge Dodgers 3-2

Napoli, Cruz Homer For Rangers In 4-2 Win Over M’s

Cubs Outslug Padres 11-7, End 12-Game Losing Streak

Zajac’s Late Return Key To Devils’ Success

Sale K’s 15 As Chisox Edge Rays 2-1

Tigers Get Mad, Sox Get Even, Reach .500 With 7-4 Win At Fenway

Zimmerman Laments Mistakes In 5-3 Loss To Fish



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Justin Bieber Gets Physical

Justin Bieber

Wanted for questioning in wake of paparazzi scuffle

Gordon Ramsay Leaves Charity Soccer Game On A Stretcher

Take A Good Long Look At Elle Cover Boy David Beckham



Lindsay Lohan Sought In $40K Tanning Salon Judgment

Kenya Bell’s Estranged Husband Begs Her To Be His Sugar Mama

Demi, Ashton Have Second Counseling Meeting With Rabbi

Amanda Bynes Accused Of Another Hit & Run



FOREIGNERS
Northern Italy Hit By Another Earthquake; This One 5.8
Assad Meets With Annan
Qatar Shopping Mall Fire Kills 19, Including New Zealand Triplets, 10 Other Children
Ex-PM Blair Testifies In Murdoch Inquiry
No Slim Times At Jubilee Parties
Tensions Rise In PRC As Tienanmen Square Anniversary Coincides With Tibetan Religious Holiday
FBI Joins Investigation Into Kenyan Bombing
The Butler Did It: Paolo Gabriele Charged In Document Leaks From Vatican



BLOGS & STUFF
Daily Pundit: I’m Sure Chris Hayes Would Be A Lot More Comfortable With That
Jawa Report: “Happy Memorial Day, Maggot”
Pat Dollard: CNN’s Erick Erickson Gets SWATted
Patterico: Caller To Lee Stranahan Show Claims To Be My SWATter
American Thinker: McDonald’s Toy Causes Saudi Heads To Explode
Israel Matzav: New Massive Spy Malware Found In Iran
Weasel Zippers: First Lady Sponsors Nuke Sub USS Illinois – With All-Female Crew
American Power: As The Nation Remembers This memorial Day, Don’t Forget Obama Was The Most Antiwar Candidate Since George McGovern
Atlas Shrugs: Muslim Mobs Set Fire To Ahmed Shafiq’s Campaign HQ
The POH Diaries: In Memoriam – The Old Obama
Jihad Watch: Muslims Stone French Catholics During Mass

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