Sunday, August 15, 2010

Larwyn's Linx: Awesome--Illegals getting driver's licenses in 3 states

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Nation

Awesome: Illegals getting driver's licenses in WA, NM and UT: WZ
Clarice's Pieces: Requiem for a Heavyweight: AT
A Little Shuteye for Sheila Jackson Lee: Moonbattery

Dems P.O.ed Over Obama’s Ground Zero Comments: GWP
Leftists Exposing More Secrets: RWN
Walking my way back on mosque, babe: Surber

Economy

How Obama is Locking Up Our Land: Malkin
The Tax Left-Wing Professors Act: GWP
The Not-so-Hidden Dangers of Federal Direct Student Lending: NAS

CA Teachers' Unions Endangering Kids' Lives?: RWN
Barney Frank and the Code of Ethics for Government Service: Riehl
Race Card Payment Coming Due: Goldberg

American Taxpayer, Financial Jihadist: NRO
Obama restores funding for zero-down home loans: BlogProf
Ruh roh: Agencies look to revamp CRA: Hill

Climate & Energy

U.S. Chamber lawsuit attacks EPA's emissions limits: Hill
NOAA: Warmest June Ever! Caveat: We Made It Up: PJM
Socialist Energy Czar Browner: Screw America, We'll Use Lame Duck Session to Pass Energy Taxes: Hill

Media

Obama keeps everyone on message: Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!: LegalIns
Senate Passes "The ______Act of____" (Not a Joke): Berman Post
Eliminating 25 million Americans: Lifson (10/23/2008)

'The Left Has Collapsed': Driscoll
Journalism Warning Labels: Tom Scott
Long Tubular Heads Leave Little Room For Brain Capacity: iOTW

California Reporter Nick Green Says He Is ‘Victim of an Andrew Breitbart Wannabe’: RSM

World

Obama Is Colluding with a New Fascist Imperialism: AT (Lewis)
Islamic Supremacist Mosques: A Primer for Protest: Atlas
61 MP-bound explosives-laden trucks found missing: Times of India

9/11 Families Stunned by President’s Support of Mosque at Ground Zero: McCarthy
Islamists "Stealing" Ground Zero Are Following Muslim Tradition: YWL

SciTech

Stuxnet could hijack power plants, refineries: CNet
Attack of the 'iPad Killers': PC World
Climate change alarmists ignore scientific methods: Chron

Cornucopia

Top 5 Exotic Supercars for 2010: Sub5Zero
Time-Lapse London: Sullivan
Creepy Uncle Sings Hilarious Song About Ages of Consent: HuffPo

Obamas Go On Vacation Again--Wait, I Mean, Show 'Solidarity With A Region Struggling In Wake Of Massive Oil Spill': WZ
Obama Will Be There At the Ribbon-Cutting: iOTW
Jackie O'Not: “for the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really not proud of my first lady.“: AmDigest

Images: Weasel Zippers
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Saturday, August 14, 2010

Fun with Google Auto-Complete

Inspired by Moonbattery and the formidable Malkin-Powers duo.




Find any good ones? Email me your findings and if I like 'em, I'll publish 'em complete with what ever name you want to use. Like your wrestling name, or Buck Nekkid, or whatever.


Update: Reliapundit:




Update II: W:



Update III: CBullitt:




Berwick's First Strike: Susan G. Komen Foundation and Ovarian Cancer Alliance Decry First-Ever Medicare Denials of FDA-Approved Cancer Drugs

Just days after the recess appointment of Donald Berwick, the controversial new head of Medicare and Medicaid, the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance posted the following grim news: for the first time in history, an FDA-approved anti-cancer therapy may not be covered by Medicare.

Provenge, a vaccine to treat the recurrence of prostate cancer, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)... Medicare usually covers the cost of FDA-approved anti-cancer therapies. However, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is still reviewing whether it will cover Provenge, and at what rate.

The CMS statute states that Medicare must cover therapies that are reasonable and necessary, while the FDA is instructed to approve drugs that are safe and effective. Because of the conflicting Federal coverage and approval requirements, there are some non-FDA approved drugs (called off-label drugs) that are paid for by CMS. However, with respect to Provenge, it appears that CMS is arguing that while the treatment is safe and effective, it may not be reasonable and necessary. For the first time, an FDA approved anti-cancer therapy may not be covered by Medicare.

A life-saving cancer treatment "may not be reasonable and necessary"? Gee, that kind of decision-making by an unelected federal bureaucracy certainly sounds like a death panel to me.

Say, I thought the President said that pre-existing conditions would always be covered. Isn't cancer a pre-existing condition?

Oh. What's this?

Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Ovarian Cancer National Alliance Appeal to FDA and Key Lawmakers on Avastin Issue

Patient Access and the Impact on Development of New Treatments at the Heart of Komen for the Cure's Concerns


Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance (OCNA) today urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to continue to allow the use of the drug bevacizumab, commonly known as Avastin, for metastatic breast cancer patients, noting that it is effective for some patients and warning of a chilling effect on new drug development if approval is withdrawn...

...In a joint letter sent to the FDA and key Congressional lawmakers Thursday, Komen for the Cure and the OCNA wrote, "We are particularly concerned about patients who are presently receiving bevacizumab and the message that this decision sends about drug development for women with advanced breast cancer."

...According to Komen, the decision to use Avastin should be made between a woman and her doctor after a thoughtful conversation that carefully considers the drug's benefits and risks. Komen does not want to see access limited by Medicare and Medicaid.

Gee, and I thought no one would be denied coverage by ObamaCare.

Didn't the President himself say, "I want seniors to know, despite what some have said, these reforms will not cut your guaranteed benefits."

That's what President Obama told us, endlessly and repeatedly, for months on end.

Do you mean to say he was lying?

Folks, this is precisely why the cancer survival rate for the U.K. is so much lower than that of the U.S. -- and, in some cases, lower than Eastern Europe's. And why Donald Berwick's nickname is Dr. Death.

America's seniors are about to find out that having coverage is not the same thing as receiving care. And our seniors are about to pay the piper.


Update: Under Dr. Berwick, Death Panels Coming to Life. Hat tips: Valerie Ward and Mark Levin.

Obama Logic: Disdained White House Nativity Scene Due to Separation of Church and State, Vocally Markets Islamic Victory Mosque at Ground Zero

If someone figures out the tortured logic of the left, could you please send me an email and let me know?

Exhibit A

Exhibit B

Exhibit C

My favorite is Exhibit C.

White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers... [said] that this year the White House would have a "non-religious" Christmas celebration... "Ms. Rogers [noted] that the Obamas did not intend to put the manger scene on display — a remark that drew an audible gasp from the tight-knit social secretary sisterhood. (A White House official confirmed that there had been internal discussions about making Christmas more inclusive and whether to display the crèche.)"

After the outcry, the White House withdrew its bizarre ban of the Nativity scene.

Compare and contrast.

At Ramadan Iftar dinner, Obama supports new mosque on private property near Ground Zero


"I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country. That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances."

In addition to hosting a Ramadan Iftar dinner, the President also released his special Ramadan message to Muslims around the world this week.

On behalf of the American people, Michelle and I want to extend our best wishes to Muslims in America and around the world. Ramadan Kareem.

Ramadan is a time when Muslims around the world reflect upon the wisdom and guidance that comes with faith, and the responsibility that human beings have to one another, and to God. This is a time when families gather, friends host iftars, and meals are shared. But Ramadan is also a time of intense devotion and reflection – a time when Muslims fast during the day and pray during the night; when Muslims provide support to others to advance opportunity and prosperity for people everywhere. For all of us must remember that the world we want to build – and the changes that we want to make – must begin in our own hearts, and our own communities.

These rituals remind us of the principles that we hold in common, and Islam’s role in advancing justice, progress, tolerance, and the dignity of all human beings.... today, I want to extend my best wishes to the 1.5 billion Muslims around the world – and your families and friends – as you welcome the beginning of Ramadan... I look forward to hosting an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan here at the White House later this week, and wish you a blessed month.

This President is a cipher in every way. And that's not a good thing.


Linked by: Michelle Malkin and Ed Driscoll. Thanks!

Larwyn's Linx: 70 Congressional Democrats Belong to Socialist Group

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Nation

70 Congressional Democrats Belong to Socialist Group: GWP
Obama Attacks Americans For Prosperity: RWN
The Maxine Waters Show: 'I Won't Cut a Deal!': Malkin

F*** Kool-Aid: No Sheeples Here
At DOJ, Military Voting Rights Hang in the Balance: Adams
Most Egregious Performance Ever by a District Judge: Bench Memos

HSINO: The $600 million Homeland Security In Name Only bill: Malkin
A Vicious Cycle of Dependency: RWN
The Stunning Decline of Barack Obama: BigGovt

Economy

The Summer of Our Recovery: MOTUS
ACORN Funding Ban Upheld By 2nd Circuit: Malkin
The Obvious Message of Jerry Brown's Pension: Simon

Federal Employees Continue to Prosper: Cato
Change: Caterpillar moves from IL to TX: BlogProf
Hindenburg Omen: Fear This: Reuters

Climate & Energy

Yet another Dem boondoggle on life support: AT
Obama's Land Grab: Malkin

Media

Why We Can't All Get Along: AT
Patterico Vindicated on the Constitutionality of Stripping ACORN of Funding: Patterico
Journolist member, world's dumbest blogger, advocates lying: Driscoll

AP Teases Out Details Of Arab ‘Stabber’: S&L
Really? I Mean, F***ing Really?!?: DPU (Language warning)
Former SNL Cast Member Confirms What We Already Knew About Al Franken: Powers

World

Terror Ties: Ground Zero Imam Attended Hizb-ut Tahrir Conference : PJM
The Husseinization of Lower Manhattan: GoV
Islamists "Stealing" Ground Zero Are Following Muslim Tradition: YWL

Obama's Ground Zero Mosque: BigPeace
'Obama Defends Ground Zero Mosque Plans': Driscoll
Iran’s Holocaust Cartoons: The Latest in Holocaust Denial: PJM

Merkel's budget cuts worked: German economy grew at fastest pace in 20 years: TAB
Is Obama a f***ing moron, or is he criminally stupid? Or is he a f***ing criminal?: No Dhimmitude (mm, language warning)

SciTech

Protestors Show Up At Google HQ To Demand Net Neutrality: Insider
Google defends Net neutrality proposal: CNet
Droid 2 Review: Engadget

Cornucopia

Attempting the “Man vs. Food” Challenge at Orochon Ramen: Just a Guy Thing
Secret Origins: the Trailer: CBullitt
The Choice of Children: The Logic of Gay Marriage and Abortion: First Thoughts

Images: Big Journalism
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: 9/11 RALLY AT GROUND ZERO (Atlas)

QOTD: ' Oh No: Alvin Greene Indicted On Felony Obscenity Charge As Ben snarked: This could cost him the election.. Well, this could cost him the election, and all the lead paint chips he ate as a child, and a teenager, and an adult. ' -- Ace of Spades


Friday, August 13, 2010

Oh, Noes! Now Even Black Democrats Reconsidering Party Affiliation

And it couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of Marxists.

Michelle Rena Jones cheered when candidates Barack Obama and Joe Biden visited south-central Michigan in 2008. She supported Mr. Obama that November along with a slate of Democrats, including Mark Schauer in the 7th congressional district.

Now, the 40-year-old is rethinking her lifelong support for the party. She has been without steady work for two years, lost her home and car and began receiving cash assistance from the state for the first time. This year, she says, "I'm willing to take a chance on something different."

Ms. Jones is part of an unmeasured, agitated mass: unemployed Americans who don't believe the Obama Administration and Congress have done enough to produce jobs. With elections coming up, their unease is especially troublesome for the Democrats, who control both chambers. [Ed: and have for four -- count 'em -- four long years.]

One of the busiest places in Albion is Michigan Works!—a work force development office that provides services for job seekers and employers... It is early in the morning but the building is full. Ms. Jones, who supported the Democratic slate in 2008, scrolls through job postings on a computer terminal. The mother of two now lives in public housing and is receiving $403-a-month public cash assistance while she waits for employment... One interview, for a job at the Michigan secretary of state's branch office, recently fell through simply because Ms. Jones couldn't get there. She has no car and there is no local public transportation. She was counting on her employment program to give her a ride. But the interview site in Kalamazoo, more than 50 miles away, is beyond the program limit... [Ed: note the public sector theme...]

...Susan Kruger, 51, is living on $1,300-a-month unemployment—well below the $41,000 a year she earned as a librarian before she lost her job in October. It's the first time she has been without a job in a library since she was 16. "I never thought I'd be out of work and I sure never thought I'd be out of work this long," she says...

The welfare state is collapsing as we speak. The public sector, at every level of government, must shrink in order for all of us to survive.

And all Americans -- African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Indian-Americans, Native Americans and every other form of hyphenated citizens -- must reject the Democrat Party that loves to divide us. Freedom is our watchword and hatred of slavery is our creed.


Hat tip: Ace o' Spades, via my bookmarks, via my muscle memory, via waaay too much time online.

Citing Overwhelming Support by Vast Majority of Muslims Living in Foreign Countries, Obama Defends Ground Zero Mosque

Just when you think things couldn't get more preposterous, our beloved President unloads another pile of crack-pottery.

President Barack Obama defended the plan to build a mosque near the site of the 2001 terror attacks in New York, telling Muslim guests at a Ramadan dinner at the White House that the nation's commitment to freedom of religion "must be unshakable.''

Mr. Obama's remarks came after weeks of the White House sidestepping the debate that has roiled New York and the nation since developers announced plans to build a $100 million, 13-story mosque and Islamic cultural center just two blocks from the World Trade Center site.

[He said] "But let me be clear: as a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country. That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan... This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakable..."

...A Marist College poll found that 53% of New York City voters oppose constructing the mosque near the former site of the World Trade Center. Just 34% favored the plan.

Debra Burlingame, whose brother Charles Burlingame was the pilot of the plane the terrorists hijacked and flew into the Pentagon, said she was furious over the president's remarks.

"I'm so angry. I believe this president has abandoned the American people,'' she said. "This isn't a fight about religious freedom for Muslims. No one has argued they don't have the property rights. This is about a project led by someone who says he's trying to build bridges and bring the community together and he's chosen probably the worst place in America and the worst way to do it.''

The president's statements are utterly, completely false.

The imam in question has endorsed the implementation of Sharia law in the United States. By his own admission then, the brand of Islam he wishes to practice is not a religion -- it is a political system.

Sharia law is a legal system that completely rejects the Constitution and the American form of government. Thus, there is absolutely no "separation of church and state" issue.

3,000 souls were murdered by Islamists in the name of their political religion on 11 September 2001. Tens of thousands of innocents have perished since then -- killed in beheadings, stonings, executions, hangings, beatings, floggings, suicide bombings and more.

All were murdered in the name of a political system that adopts the guise of a religion.

But as with health care and the economy, President Obama doesn't care what you or I think. Facts, logic, reason and history play no part in his "decision-making". Only ideology matters with this particular breed of hard-left Democrats.


Hat tip: Larwyn. Linked by: Michelle Malkin. Thanks!

'Dual Capacity': The Straw that Broke the Economy's Back

Easy-to-follow instructions: how to kill the economy in four easy steps -- and touch off the Dempression of 2011:

Step 1: Create an unbelievably onerous new regulation that hits small businesses particularly hard.

To partly fund ObamaCare, Democrats altered 1099 reporting requirements for small businesses beginning in 2012. Via a Google search, you can see the backlash from small business here. For a specific reaction, from one of many industries with serious concerns, see the National Restaurant Association. The move would saddle small businesses everywhere with a huge new administrative burden, as well as raise their taxes at a time when we need job growth from them.

Step 2: After weathering the outcry, pretend to listen to the American people and reconsider the new 1099 reporting regulations.

Late yesterday Majority Leader Reid re-filed a substitute to the small business jobs bill [which modifies] the expanded 1099 reporting provision enacted as part of the health reform bill.

Rather than simply repeal the regulation (as the GOP had attempted to do), the Democrat alternative will raise taxes on oil and gas companies in the U.S. only.

Step 3: Enact new taxes on domestic energy companies by taxing their foreign profits -- which are already heavily taxed in each foreign country in which the companies operate.

In the Obama administration’s 2011 budget proposal, included are provisions to change existing “dual capacity” rules, which are laws that grant tax breaks to American companies who generate income in foreign countries. These tax credits are used to offset the U.S. income tax on foreign income. Plans to change this policy would result in double-taxation on domestic oil and gas producers... [Foreign energy companies] carry on ...free of this added expense. State-controlled competitors in countries like Russia, Venezuela and China will secure energy sources at our expense.

In short, this will make domestic energy production completely unprofitable and will kill American jobs deader than Benito Mussolini.

Step 4: Profit! Well, the public sector profits, but Joe and Jane taxpayer take it on the chin, again.

It's a triple-whammy: energy prices will definitely increase (because there's less competition); Americans will lose jobs (as domestic energy companies cut unprofitable staff); and America will become even less secure (as more of our plentiful domestic energy sources lie fallow).

* * * * * * * * *

Add in the expiration of the evil Bush tax cuts on January 1st, 2011, and we have the recipe for a stake in the heart of the economy.

And should it be allowed to proceed unchecked, the "Great Recession" will henceforth be known as the "Dempression".

You've got to act in November, folks. That really is our last chance to set things right for our children. I'm not kidding -- it's happened throughout history and it can definitely happen again. That's not fear-mongering -- that's a fact.


Larwyn's Linx: The Destiny of a Free Nation

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Nation

The Destiny of a Free Nation: Doc Zero
The Enumerated Powers Act: a Simple Test: AT
Figures: racist plant at rally was Obama campaign worker: GWP

14-year old shot in the back, killed by twice-deported illegal alien: WZ
The Weeping, Wailing, and Gnashing of Teeth: Hanson
John Boehner's Testing Time: BigGovt

Economy

Democrats funding abortion with your tax dollars: RWN
$26.1B Union Bailout Went to States that Didn’t Need it: GWP
Pensions that exceed base pay: blame the unions: RWN

An Argentina-like Economic Crisis: AT
White House: Fight Racism--Hire Criminals and Deadbeats: Patterico
SEIU intimidation outside of Whitman fundraiser: BlogProf

Obama: Hiring teachers for empty classrooms: Surber
Issa: I.G. agrees: Stimulus signs are inappropriate: PJM
Democrats' Two Steps to Sink Small Businesses: Enzi

Climate & Energy

It Has Been Foretold: Roger Pielke Jr.
Boone Pickens’s Plan Full of Hot Air: Jeff Rubin
Spinning the Defeat of Cap-and-Trade: GloWarm

Media

The Free Press / Public Knowledge Stylebook for Public Debate: MediaFreedom
Does Special Ed Own a Mirror?: Yardale
The Top Fifty U.S. Conservative Blogs In The United States: iOTW

How did the word 'Ponzi' get into the MSM?: Denninger
America's Slipping Grasp on Self-Governance: AT
George Will: Netanyahu, the anti-Obama: Solomonia

World

Everything you need to know about Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf (Ground Zero Mosque Imam): GWP
U.S. Treasury Department Marketing 'Zakat': Atlas
'Turks hit PKK with chemical weapons': JPost

The Left vs. America at Ground Zero: JRubin
An Iranian Connection to the Cordoba House Ground Zero Mosque?: PJM
Irregular Crossings: AmSpec

Who can I turn to?: Belmont Club
Man Wearing Burqa Robs Bank…: WZ
The Internet: Avenue For Women Jihadi 'Participation': Eurasia Review

SciTech

Android 'Voice Action' Launches: PC Mag
Digging History: The Latest Archaeology News: Fox News
Oracle sues Google over Android and Java: CNet

Cornucopia

These are not desks: iOTW (Semi-SFW)
Jackie Evancho, 10-year old Opera Singer: YouTube
Israel Finds 2,200-Year-Old Gold Coin, Most Valuable Ever: Fox News

Pics of the Day: Babies Refusing to Make Eye Contact With Dear Leader…: WZ
Rooftop Tennis Inside the Queen City's Tiara: YouTube
Performance Reviews: Clowns to the Left of Me: MOTUS

Images: Weasel Zippers
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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Clinton denies role in Sestak job offer, Sestak denies Clinton's denial, Gibbs blows a gasket, and polygraphs around the country explode

Well, this is interesting.

...as you may recall, starting last year (and as recently as May 2010) Joe Sestak began to allege that the White House offered him an administration job in exchange for dropping out of Pennsylvania’s Senate Democratic primary... such offers are ...against the law.  Sestak never recanted and the administration claimed that he had garbled a perfectly-innocent and certainly not felonious invitation by President Clinton to have Sestak serve on a commission.  As Sestak had gone on to win the primary anyway, it seemed obvious that all parties involved on the Democratic side of things wanted to let the matter drop quietly.  As for Clinton... he never said anything at all on the subject, really.

Until now (see also here).  Bill Clinton’s now denying that he tried to get Sestak out of the race.

Now, we can only speculate as to why this is coming out now, but consider the following:
  • Clinton and Obama have been having proxy fights in a number of Democratic primaries lately.
  • The latest one of these was Colorado: Obama backed Bennett, Clinton backed Romanoff.
  • Romanoff was the other Senate candidate who reported being offered a job by the White House in exchange for dropping out of the race.
  • The Colorado primary was Tuesday.
  • Clinton’s denial of being involved in the Sestak job offer took place on Wednesday.
So you tell me.  Or, more accurately, Clinton and Sestak can tell the Republicans on the House Oversight Committee, who are quite keen to find out just who is lying.

Interesting.

A few months ago, one of our eagle-eyed commenters aligned another piece of the Sestak-White House puzzle.

I think that we can probably infer from your timeline that the job offer (Navy Sec.) to Sestak was made sometime between early February, 2009 to, at or around, March 26, 2009- contrary to what the White House and Sestak claimed last Friday that the offer was sometime "last summer". Sestak likely turned down the offer and told them he would stay in the race, so then Obama nominated Mabus. Any offer by the White House to Sestak after March 26 would've been predicated upon Mabus stepping down or being replaced -- possible, but less likely.

A possible related note: I have no idea whether this is relevant to your timeline at this point, but it might be, so I'll throw it out there: The White House Counsel at the time the job offer was made to Sestak was Gregory Craig. Robert Bauer, a former Democrat election lawyer, who wrote the Sestak legal memorandum released last Friday, now holds the position.

Rumors started leaking last summer -- less than half a year on the job -- that the highly experienced Yale Law grad Gregory Craig was already on his way out, and were reported in many media outlets (WaPo, WSJ, etc.). On July, 22, 2009 White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina denied the rumors, "Sounds like typical Washington parlor games to me. These rumors are wrong." (WaPo), and denied it again to the WSJ a month later...

...In September, Craig told a group of three people, which included the president, that he was thinking of resigning (according to Politico). He then announced his resignation in November, with Politico reporting that, "[H]is decision was unrelated to the difficulties in closing Guantanamo Bay prison or other policy issues." Politico also reported that, "Craig said he could 'think of many ways in hindsight that I could have better served the president' but declined to be more specific."

So, who knows Craig's specific reason for resigning, but inquiring minds might want to know...

One more data point: in news you definitely could have missed, White House Deputy Counsel Daniel J. Meltzer resigned earlier this year:

...Among other things, Mr. Meltzer played a leading role in the administration’s efforts to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and related policies affecting terrorism detainees.

He was also the White House’s main contact with the Justice Department’s powerful Office of Legal Counsel, which evaluates whether proposed policies would be lawful...

Fascinating.

Anyone willing to bet that our beloved investigative pro journalists at the "newspaper of record" will diligently research these matters?


Militant Quaker arrested at Atlanta airport for multi-state stabbing spree

I'm just guessing here, mind you, but all the signs point to another militant Quaker running wild.

Elias Abuelazam was about to board a plane for Israel when police arrested him Thursday in connection with a three-month stabbing spree that left five men dead, 13 others wounded and a Michigan city in terror. In the moments before the bald, pudgy man in flip-flops and shorts was handcuffed, passengers saw him nervously talking on his cell phone, insisting he wasn't violent.

The Israeli citizen and legal U.S. resident is charged in just one case out of Flint, Mich., the battered industrial city where most of the stabbings occurred, but authorities said more charges are expected there and in Ohio and Virginia. At least 15 of the 18 victims were black but it was unclear whether the attacks were racially motivated.

Interestingly, some media outlets are spelling Abuelazam's last name like this: "Abu Elazam".

Far be it from me to assume that legacy media would intentionally obfuscate the surname Abu Elazam, but the fact is that militant Quakers are running wild. And my sincere hope is that some staunch protectors of American liberty -- like, say, Morley Safer or Mike Wallace -- will report on this deadly scourge.


The 15 Craziest 'Before and After' Rock Star Photos

The full slideshow is here. Brace yourself: you'll be amazed, shocked and -- in some cases -- nauseous.















Not to be cruel, but when did Linda Rondstadt become a Chris Farley impersonator?

Also: remember how your parents always told you that time goes by quickly? They weren't joshin' you.

Andrew Cuomo's Great Escape

Ed Morrissey, reporting at Hot Air:

For a man who made time to stand up on stage with Charlie Rangel at his fundraiser/birthday party to be seen by Democratic bigwigs and party donors, Andrew Cuomo sure didn’t want to let New Yorkers see him at the event...

Cuomo left the Plaza Hotel by an underground tunnel and popped up a block away — but not far enough to elude trackers with cameras. Cuomo hailed Rangel while in the Plaza as a man who “delivered” for his constituents, but didn’t have much to say to constituents as he raced for his car, as GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio notes on his site today...

Cuomo, a gubernatorial hopeful who also wavered on whether he would attend, had kind words for Rangel. “Charlie delivered for New York,” Cuomo said. “He delivered for this nation.”

GOP gubernatorial contender Carl Paladino slammed Cuomo for standing by Rangel while promising to clean up Albany.

“How can New Yorkers believe Cuomo’s the man to correct the course of our corrupt ship of state when he’s laying in bed with Ripoff Rangel at the The Plaza hotel?” asked Paladino.

Heck, they can’t even ask Cuomo to answer that question; he runs too fast to get an answer.

The current Attorney General has little to say about alleged corruption and ethics violations when it comes to Democrats, except to raise funds for those colleagues. Shouldn’t his office be investigating the allegations specified by the House rather than partying with the defendant in that trial?

Ouch.

If you're unfamiliar with Cuomo's outrageous background -- namely the fact that he should be wearing an orange jump suit in Leavenworth -- I'd suggest reading Architect of Ruin, his illustrated resume.