Sunday, August 15, 2010

Aerial Photograph: The Exact Location of Ground Zero Victory Mosque

I got it here, via Larwyn.

Oh, yes, I'm certain the location is designed to engender feelings of peace and tolerance among all people.

Pass it on.


Tolerance Road, Exit 1 Mile






Thanks to the useful idiots on the Left, the road to tolerance is one-way only.


Update: Religious Tolerance, Egyptian-Style.

Taxpayer-subsidized Islamic Outreach Digest

Also known as The Daily Outrage.

The State Department’s Islamic Supremacist


It's unbelievable but true: the imam of the projected Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero, Feisal Abdul Rauf, is on a grand tour to Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates - paid for by the U.S. State Department with taxpayer money.

The State Department confirmed Tuesday that they were sending Rauf on this mission. "He is a distinguished Muslim cleric," insisted P. J. Crowley, a State Department spokesman...

Documents Posted On DHS And U.S. Muslim Brotherhood’s January Meeting


...documents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that detail a two-day meeting on January 27 and 28, 2010, between DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and Arab, Muslim, Sikh, and South Asian "community leaders." The documents include a list of participating individuals and organizations, some with controversial radical ties, including:

  • Imad Hamad, Midwest Regional Director of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. According to press reports, Hamad is connected to the Marxist-Leninist terrorist group Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and has financially supported the Islamist terrorist group Hezbollah. In a television interview in 2002 on Fox's Detroit affiliate, Hamad supported a Palestine Authority TV program that urged children to become suicide bombers, calling the program "patriotic."

  • Salam Al-Marayati, Founder of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC): According to press reports, Al-Mayarati has long been criticized for his extremist views and statements. In 1999 former House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt (D-MO) withdrew his nomination of Al-Mayarati to the National Commission on Terrorism because of Al-Mayarati's extremist politics

One of the organizations that attended the meeting, the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), was named as an unindicted co-conspirator by the federal government in a plot by the now-defunct Holy Land Foundation to fund the terrorist group Hamas.

Obama: No, Wait a Minute. I do Endorse THAT Ground Zero Mosque.


At the iftar dinner, Obama cast his vote with the mosque builders. And then he pulled back.

And then he had his spokesman pull back the pullback. “Just to be clear, the president is not backing off in any way from the comments he made last night,” the White House’s Bill Burton said Saturday. “It is not his role as president to pass judgment on every local project. But it is his responsibility to stand up for the Constitutional principle of religious freedom and equal treatment for all Americans. What he said last night, and reaffirmed today, is that if a church, a synagogue or a Hindu temple can be built on a site, you simply cannot deny that right to those who want to build a mosque.”

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I keep shaking my head, as if awakening from a bad dream, and asking myself, "Can you believe this s***?"

But it's all very real. And the consequences will literally shake the foundations of this country unless we can begin reversing course in November.


Photo Puzzle: Find Obama's Nutrition Czar


Note: I apologize, but I forgot exactly where I found this photo. Send me an email if you happen to know where it came from and I'll provide attribution.

Update: Ken advises me that Tammy Bruce supplied the photo (supposedly it's been 'shopped) and I probably saw it over at Vanderleun's joint.

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
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Sharron Angle for U.S. Senate

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.