Thursday, October 04, 2012
Debate tweets and animated GIF bring teh funny
In chronological order:
Unconfirmed reports: @msnbc's Chris Matthews just got a chubby #debates #denverdebate
— Doug Ross (@directorblue) October 4, 2012
Mitt looks surprisingly lifelike tonight #debates #denverdebate
— Doug Ross (@directorblue) October 4, 2012
@msnbc's Andrea Mitchell calls the first debate for @barackobama: "A truly dominating performance." @mitchellreports #denverdebate
— Doug Ross (@directorblue) October 4, 2012
Could @msnbc drycleaner Mr. Chow please report to the debate desk? Mr. Matthews has an unsightly trouser stain #debates #denverdebate
— Doug Ross (@directorblue) October 4, 2012
BREAKING: Several #DenverDebate audience members injured after @cnn voice polygraph explodes during @barackobama's opening statement
— Doug Ross (@directorblue) October 4, 2012
Sweet Lincoln's mullet, Mitt Romney looks presidential #debates #denverdebate
— Doug Ross (@directorblue) October 4, 2012
Nice Benghazis!
The Clinton clan is, if nothing else, highly entertaining.
Larwyn's Linx: The Mile High Massacre
Nation
The Mile High Massacre: AceWell, that was terrific: Power Line
Have You Donated to Romney Yet?: Virtuous
LIES: Within hours, WH had 12 reports Benghazi was terrorism: Tatler
It's Over: Power Line
Romney's Win: Tabin
To be merciful, "slaughter rule" needed in debates: Hawkins
Oh, the humanity! Ted Cruz’s classless opponent self-destructs: Twitchy
Politico: Romney Up Four in Toss-Up States: Breitbart
Economy
It's Official: Obamacare Is a $1 Trillion Net Tax Hike: ATRWashington’s Disdain for Wealth Creators Is the Problem: Cato
Obama voted against Stafford Waiver for New Orleans: Twitchy
Scandal Central
Obama Book Purged of All Mentions of Communist Frank Davis : BlazeWH Mum: Libyan Mission Requested Security?: Tapper
Claim: Feds Invited Sinaloa Drug Cartel Into U.S.: Insider
Climate & Energy
Embassies Facing Security Cuts Waste Money on Chevy Volts: NLPCMedia
Observation Can Become an Intervention — The Reverse Is Also True: DriscollDNC scrambles to deflate Obama video before Daily Caller story published: DC
No, Obama’s Divisive 2007 Speech is Not ‘Old News’: Tatler
Liberal Media Calls It for Romney: Beacon
Debate Aftermath: P&F
Lying Liar Stephanie Cutter Lamely Defends Obama's Debate Performance, Attacks Moderator: AmPower
The Commander in Chief of MSNBC: Driscoll
Barack Obama’s “Other Race Speech” Vindicates Glenn Beck: Nice Deb
MSNBC’S Motto: ‘Lean Racist’: Coulter
SO, ANN, criticizing Obama’s racial hypocrisy looks ugly? : Instapundit
Ann Althouse asks: [updated]: ProWis
Obama Campaign In Disarray? Conflicting Talking Heads: Lid
World
Iranians Protest As Hyperinflation Begins: AceDictator Trifecta: JW
Does Obama Believe Israel Was Behind 9/11 Like His Human Rights Appointee Does?: Lid
American Perversions: The Not-So-Great Generation and the Vision That Dare Not Speak Its Name: AmDigest
Left wants multiculturalism to trump free speech: Hanson
Obama’s ‘Historic Firsts’ don’t put America First: Caldwell's Corner
Sci-Tech
Code Monster teaches kids to crunch Javascript, builds appetite for programming: GeekWire“Pardon Me, Soldier, but Would You Happen to Have the Atomic Time?”: DefTech
Twitter Broke Another Tweet Record And, Sorry TechCrunch, But You Bet It Matters: MarketingLand
Cornucopia
Corsi exposes Down Low Club at Trinity United: HillBuzzImportant Poll- Hilary vs Obama Whose Fake Black Accent is Better?: Lid
Ed Hochuli unplugged: his life outside the stripes and food vice: SI
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QOTD: "In 2010, even Scott Brown’s pickup truck came in for a charge of racism on MSNBC. Olbermann said that what Scott Brown voters truly opposed was having “an African-American president.”
When this insane point was met with mild resistance from Howard Fineman, Keith produced the smoking gun: “What were the Scott Brown ads, though? Every one of the Scott Brown ads had him in a pickup truck.”
I wonder if it was an “uppity” pickup truck …
As soon as the racism hunters at MSNBC come up with a final and complete list of racist code words, they should release it to the public. But it needs to be aired on a network with lots of viewers, so they better send it to Fox News." --Ann Coulter
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
By the beard of Zeus, CNN has beclowned itself during this election cycle
There are several errors of omission and comission in this piece:
• The headline on the main page reads "Right-wing media coordinate release of old Obama video". I'm wondering: was the headline for the infamous secret Romney tape "Left-wing media coordinate release of old Romney tape"?
• The full tape had never been released. In fact, only 9 minutes of the 40 minute speech had ever been seen publicly before this story broke. There are also a variety of inflammatory remarks by Obama that had before been reported (stealing from the suburbs to give to the cities; praise for the virulent anti-semite Rev. Wright, who he had just repudiated; etc.).
I would appreciate your perspective on this obviously biased article and headline.
Dave
Don't hold your breath waiting for an answer, Dave. Unless you're being driven around Martha's Vineyard by a member of the Kennedy clan.
Mark Levin: Everyone should watch Obama's 2007 videotape: it is "an evil speech full of lies, hate, and racism"
Simply put: this is an evil speech full of lies, hate, and racism.
I have never seen a president lower himself to this point. Pure demagoguery. Rather than dismiss or downplay this speech, as the big media and some foolish Republicans would have us do, everyone should watch it.
Obama is not fit, by temperament, psychology, or motive, to be leading this great nation.
We have it within our power, this November, to change course with our votes.
The city of New Orleans was not treated in some kind of discriminatory fashion. New York City and Miami are extremely diverse cities, just like New Orleans.
The federal government spent roughly $115 billion cleaning up New Orleans and surrounding areas. Does that sound like it got shortchanged?
This kind of divisive, demagogic behavior is reprehensible.
It's like we have President Sharpton in office.
America deserves better. America deserves a commander-in-chief, not a divider-in-chief.
OBAMO! It's the Official Obama Bingo Card for the #DenverDebate - Don't miss out on your chance to score in the #Debates!
Recommendation: don't do shots every time the President says one of these words because you will definitely suffer from alcohol poisoning and wake up, with a three-day beard, in the hold of a freighter headed for Singapore.
Passing the buck (and redistributing the buck) are the only things at which this man is competent.
Larwyn's Linx: EXPOSED: White House Had Advance Warning of Libyan Terror Threat
Nation
EXPOSED: White House Had Advance Warning of Libyan Terror Threat: RSMRequests for increased security in Benghazi before 9/11 denied by WH: PW
Did the White House order a cover-up in Libya?: Telegraph
Barack Obama Is An Anti-White Racist: Hawkins
Gloves Off: Romney Ad Hammers Obama on Taxes: Breitbart
Side-by-Side Comparison of Obama’s ‘Race’ Speeches: Bruce
A Few Debate Questions for Obama That Won’t Be Asked: Malkin
Is the Swing State Story a Big Media Fairy Tale?: Sundries
Hillary to Issa on BenghaziGate: Can't You Wait Until... November?: Hot Air
Economy
Biden's Idiocy Indicts Himself and Obama -- Again: WSThe Youth Misery Index Goes Up By 26% Under Obama: Exam
The Audacity of Hopelessness: Steyn
Obama Attacks Romney As Tax Hiker On Middle Class: IBD
Under Obama, Poor, Middle Class Incomes Fall Sharply: IBD
SEIU Boss: Yep, We Do Use Union Dues to Buy Democrats: LUR
Trickle Down and Tax Cuts: Williams
The Quiet Californians: Hanson
Study: Obama's Spending Plan Raises Middle Class Taxes: WS
Scandal Central
A Guide to the Obama Administration's Five Major Scandals: PJMShifting Libya attack story raises red flags: USA Today
Is This The Most Criminal Act In Obama’s Criminal Presidency?: Waznmentobe
Climate & Energy
Voltonomics: A Detailed Analysis of the Chevy Volt's Profitability: Sen. John BlutarskyChevy Volt Leases Costing Taxpayers $10 per Gallon of Gas Saved: NLPC
Media
Blackout! Big Three Ignore Major New Findings in Fast & Furious Scandal: MRCCaddell Continues Attack On Bias, Likens Media To Pravda: RCP
Jon Stewart Tears Into Obama Admin’s Contradictory, Uncoordinated Response To Libya Attack: Mediaite
ABC's Stephanopoulos Leads Post-Debate Media Spin for Democrats: NB
Full 36 minute Obama speech scrubbed from the Web: Riehl
Ex-Obama Czar on Granholm's DNC Speech: 'Must Have Had Some Medications or Something': WS
World
Iran Nearing Economic Collapse?: MeadObama waives sanctions on countries that use child soldiers: ForPol
2 US border agents shot, 1 killed, near major drug corridor in Arizona: Fox
Barack Obama Gets The Highly Coveted Hugo Chavez Endorsement: RS
Diplomats asked repeatedly for more security before Libya attack, lawmakers claim: Fox
Sci-Tech
Don't Bet on a Hewlett-Packard Comeback: BizWkAnalyst Says TV Programming Price Increases Are Unsustainable And “A Train Wreck In The Making”: TechCrunch
SHA-3 Winner Announced: Slashdot
Cornucopia
"Hello, you’ve reached the White House. I’m not home right now. But I’m voting for Obama": MOTUSThis Is the T-shirt Obama Would Wear If He Wore T-shirts: IMAO
Exciting Announcement: Today, I Am A Staff Writer.: Sundries
Image: Moonbattery
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QOTD: "What? Children going hungry in Ohio? More than 70 percent of students in Bucyrus schools qualify for free or reduced lunches?
Is this the Hope or the Change?
Bucyrus, Ohio, is not a squalid inner-city ghetto. This is a small town about midway between Columbus and Toledo, in a county with a total population of less than 44,000, about 97 percent white. If the economic news is this bad in Bucyrus — unemployment stuck at 8 percent, one-third of children on Medicaid, 70 percent qualifying for free or reduced school lunches — how on earth can anybody be deceived into the belief that Obama’s policies are making things better for Ohio?
And if I can see this just by picking up a local paper in Ohio, how has it escaped the notice of those who control the Conventional Wisdom?" --Robert Stacy McCain
Tuesday, October 02, 2012
SETTING BACK RACE RELATIONS 40 YEARS: Tape Released by Daily Caller Reveals Obama Channeling Jeremiah Wright
In a video obtained exclusively by The Daily Caller, then-presidential candidate Barack Obama tells an audience of black ministers, including the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, that the U.S. government shortchanged Hurricane Katrina victims because of racism.
“The people down in New Orleans they don’t care about as much!” Obama shouts in the video, which was shot in June of 2007 at Hampton University in Virginia. By contrast, survivors of Sept. 11 and Hurricane Andrew received generous amounts of aid, Obama explains. The reason? Unlike residents of majority-black New Orleans, the federal government considers those victims “part of the American family.”
The racially charged and at times angry speech undermines Obama’s carefully-crafted image as a leader eager to build bridges between ethnic groups. For nearly 40 minutes, using an accent he almost never adopts in public, Obama describes a racist, zero-sum society, in which the white majority profits by exploiting black America. The mostly black audience shouts in agreement. The effect is closer to an Al Sharpton rally than a conventional campaign event.
I will say one thing for him: if there's a way to divide people, whether by income, race, religion, gender, ethnicity, industry, or anything else you can care to name, Obama will find it.
The Religion of... Violent Xenophobia?
Are you beginning to see the pattern yet? If you don’t now, then you soon will.
Muslim protesters torch Buddhist temples in Bangladesh
Fires rage at Buddhist temples in Bangladesh after hundreds of Muslim demonstrators set fires after they complained a Buddhist man insulted Islam in a Facebook posting.
Members of the Buddhist minority in the southeast of the country said unidentified people were bent on upsetting peaceful relations between Muslims and Buddhists. At least four temples came under attack...
Ethnic Cleansing of Christians in the Sinai
In events being ignored not only by the Egyptian authorities, but also by the mainstream media and human rights organizations in the West, Muslim terrorists have in recent weeks attacked Christian families and forced them out of their homes and businesses in the Sinai town of Rafah. The terrorists have threatened to pursue their jihad against Christians until all of them leave the Sinai.
According to reports from the Sinai, all the Christians who used to live in Rafah have already fled their homes after being targeted by Muslim terrorists...
CONSIDER IT "FAST-AND-FURIOUS" FOR THE NEW CALIPHATE: Obama gifts Egypt $450MM just two weeks after U.S. Embassy stormed
Obama gave the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood government $450 million two weeks after protesters stormed the US embassy and torched the American flag. The New York Times reported:
The Obama administration notified Congress on Friday that it would provide Egypt’s new government an emergency cash infusion of $450 million, but the aid immediately encountered resistance from a prominent lawmaker wary of foreign aid and of Egypt’s new course under the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The aid is part of the $1 billion in assistance that the Obama administration has pledged to Egypt to bolster its transition to democracy after the overthrow last year of the former president, Hosni Mubarak. Its fate, however, was clouded by concerns over the new government’s policies and, more recently, the protests that damaged the American Embassy in Cairo.
The United States Agency for International Development notified Congress of the cash infusion on Friday morning during the pre-election recess, promptly igniting a smoldering debate over foreign aid and the administration’s handling of crises in the Islamic world.
The origin of the Muslim Brotherhood, as you may know, is intertwined with the rise of Germany's Third Reich. And, in many ways, the two ideologies are virtually indistinguishable.
Not a single dollar should go to Egypt until the Muslim Brotherhood is out of power.
REVEALING PHOTO: President Obama Draws a Red Line At the U.N.
There's a large kernel of truth in this satirical illustration.
No, it's not a conspiracy theory. The Cloward-Piven Strategy is very real, and its results are unfolding before us today.
A PRINTABLE CHEAT SHEET: A simple one-pager you can give to any undecided voter you know
For that reason, Biff Spackle has created a PDF version of an "Undecided Voter Cheat Sheet" that you can print on a single piece of paper at your local Kinko's.
It's an easy way to get the word out. Print some copies, knock on doors, hand them out, and ask for support. Email it to your contact list. Print some out for church. Share it with your friends and colleagues.
We don't have to go to war to save our country the way our ancestors did. All we have to do is marshal everyone we can. November is coming.
IRONIC, GIVEN ITS SUPPORT OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: Obama fundraising by warning women their "lady parts" are at risk
This embarrassing attempt to fund-raise was regrettably short-lived. The site now yields a "404 not found" error.
As Moe Lane observes, the only "lady parts" threatened by a candidate are those possessed by Egypt's women, thanks to $450 million of your money the Obama administration is sending to the Muslim Brotherhood. Which, as you may recall, supports Ritual Female Genital Mutilation under Sharia Law.
Larwyn's Linx: Uh oh: CNN sources say Obama lied about BenghaziGate
Nation
CNN sources say Obama lied about Benghazi: ScoopWH tells contractors to break law-not warn workers of layoffs: Ace
Debate Moderators Don't Dare Ask Obama These Questions: IBD
What’s behind Obama’s timing of Gitmo jihadist Khadr’s release?: Malkin
PublicPolicyPolling says Ohio is still in play; liberals freak out: Twitchy
The Incumbent as Underdog: Villainous
Joe Biden Escapes from the Attic... Again: AmSpec
Survey: Doctors choose Romney over Obama: DC
DCCC Goes Dark on Brendan Mullen: Hoosier
Economy
News From Ohio: Obamanomics Sucks: RSMObama Makes 10th Vegas Trip—Since Warning Not to Visit: CNS
What If I Am Wrong About Europe?: Mish
Debt Jumped $1.3T in FY 2012; Beats 2011: CNS
WH bribing defense contractors not to issue layoff notices to workers: RS
Surprise! Obama ignores a law to aid his reelection: Malor
Scandal Central
A look at the horrific, graphic Univision excerpt: Flopping AcesEric Holder’s Violent Radical Black Militance: How Was this Covered-Up?: Loudon
VA: Military absentee ballots going AWOL in 2012: Watchdog
Climate & Energy
Good News! Only Two Years Left Till The World Ends From Climate Change: CoveHundreds line up for $1.84 gas -- the price when Obama took office: MLive
Media
Another Newspaper Attempts Suicide: CatoFascinating Chart of the Day: Villainous
What will be 2012's October surprise?: Hill
Greatest Orator Since Lincoln If Not Cicero, Says He's Merely "Okay" At Debating: Ace
Jennifer Rubin Forces Washington Post to Explain Its Own Bogus Poll: NB
‘Get On Board And Haul Romney Across The Finish Line’: Camp o' the Saints
Columbus Dispatch Shreds Its Credibility With Latest Dishonest Polling: Virtuous
Be afraid, be very afraid: Supreme Court possibilities if Obama reelected: Riehl
The Washington Post Reveals Its True Colors in Ryan Hit Piece: ATR
Univision Exposes Fast and Furious' Rising Body Count: IBD
Obama’s Anti-Mormon Campaign Targeting Christian Voters: Nice Deb
CNN Says Economists 'Reluctantly' Favor Romney Over Obama 3-to-1: NB
World
Is the State Department Squelching Documents on Libya Attack?: FoundryA New Course for the Middle East: Romney
Ethnic Cleansing of Christians in the Sinai: Gatestone
Obama Demands Emergency Gift of $450 Million to Muslim Brotherhood: MB
The Administration’s Messy Story on Libya Attack: Foundry
Army Can't Say What It Pays Disgraced General To Do: Wired
Thank God W Isn’t President Anymore: Mead
Indonesia: 5,000 Muslims chanting "Allahu akbar" march on U.S. Embassy: JihadWatch
Tricare Prime fees jump 17% today for some: ArmyTimes
Sci-Tech
Blurring the Boundaries: DianaMore Mobile News Consumers Choosing Web Over Apps: Forbes
Replacement Ear Grown On an Arm: BoingBoing
IPhone 5 WiFi bug leads to giant cellular data overages: CNNMoney
Scary New Malware Uses Your Smartphone To Map Your House for Robbers: Gizmodo
How millions of DSL modems were hacked in Brazil, to pay for Rio prostitutes: Sophos
Cornucopia
Obama Front Group Sends Election Intimidation Letter to 60,000 Pastors: LifeNewsKrauthammer Gives Debate Advice: Obama's "Weak Point Is That He Is Thin-Skinned": RCP
Democrat Sluts Can’t Do Math: RSM
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QOTD: "“Americans have been getting a lot of information about the possible cover-up in the Justice Department, the tragedy of Brian Terry getting killed, but what about the Mexicans?” says Miami-based Gerardo Reyes, Univision’s director of investigative reporting, in an interview Saturday with the Monitor.
“The sinister part of this, and I know it sounds very hard, is that the success of this operation depended in part on the fact that the guns were used in Mexico to kill,” says Mr. Reyes. “In order to reach the target of the operation, which was identifying the drug traffickers who were using the guns, [ATF agents] were waiting for the guns to be used. And how are guns used in Mexico? Killing people. I talked to an ATF agent who said there was no other way to explain it.”" --Jim Geraghty
Monday, October 01, 2012
The Most Brutal Jobs Graph of the Year
The press quotes all sorts of figures for the number of monthly job gains needed to keep up with population growth. We see numbers like 80,000, 100,000, 125,000 and 175,000 thrown around like statistical snow as the number of jobs needed each month just to keep up. What's the right one? How many jobs are needed each month just to keep up with population growth?
The actual monthly amount can be calculated and the Atlanta Fed even did us a huge favor by publishing an interactive monthly jobs calculator so you can go check for yourself. This month shows we need 104,116 payroll jobs to maintain the same unemployment rate of 8.1% with all of the other same terrible conditions the state of employment is in.
That's the key, the current terrible conditions the state of employment is in today. One of the reasons the number of jobs to keep up with population growth is so low is due to so many having dropped out of the labor force. If we had more people being counted as needing a job, the number of jobs to keep up with population growth would be much higher...
...our favorite and never reported BLS statistic amplifies the terrible situation for labor in this country. The BLS surveys people considered not part of the labor force and asks if they want a job right now. [Above] is a graph of the people who said yes and watch how this figure swells.
For August 2012, those not counted in the labor force but report they actually want and need a job increased by 403,000 in a month. That, folks, should have you horrified. Literally we have desperate and destitute people falling through the statistical crevasse, into the abyss where they can only shout out from the numerical darkness, yes I want a job!
The ongoing jobs catastrophe represents reason #3,054 that this ad...
...is the most terrifying political advertisement ever created.
Hat tip: BadBlue Money Channel.
SURPRISE! Obama's green energy policies hit the poor hardest
Last week, Examiner columnist and Manhattan Institute fellow Diana Furchtgott-Roth, author of the new book “Regulating to Disaster: How Green Jobs Policies Are Damaging America’s Economy,” explained that:
Most people think green is good but pay little attention to associated increases in costs. In 2015, it will cost between $49 and $79 to generate one megawatt hour of electricity from natural gas. A megawatt hour from onshore wind will cost between $75 and $138, and from solar photovoltaic will cost between $242 and $455.
As her book demonstrates in this chart, rising costs of energy hit lower income Americans the hardest, because they spend a higher proportion of their incomes on energy.
Not to mention that President Obama sent 80 percent of his $16 billion green energy windfall to his campaign bundlers and contributors, leaving only 20% to those who did not contribute.
KNOW ANYONE WHO WORKS FOR A DEFENSE CONTRACTOR? You may want to tell them about the surprise layoffs they'll be getting
Because the administration's desperate to avoid these notices going out to employees before the election, it is "now openly bribing defense contractors not to issue layoff notices to workers."
That's right: the Obama administration is attempting to get these companies to break the law to ensure as few employees as possible find out about the cuts that will cost them their jobs.
The Labor Department issued guidance in July saying it would be “inappropriate” for contractors to issue notices of potential layoffs tied to sequestration cuts. But a few contractors, most notably Lockheed Martin, said they still were considering whether to issue the notices — which would be sent out just days before the November election.
But the Friday guidance from the Office of Management and Budget raised the stakes in the dispute, telling contractors that they would be compensated for legal costs if layoffs occur due to contract cancellations under sequestration — but only if the contractors follow the Labor guidance.
...Here is the problem for defense contractors: If they don’t file those layoff notices as required by the WARN Act, they are going to get sued by a lot of workers when the workers get fired immediately once the defense cuts go into effect. The lawsuits alone could bankrupt defense contractors whether the defense contractors win their cases or not. So the OMB is trying to sweeten the pot by telling them “Hey, we’ll (actually the taxpayers) pay your legal costs when you get sued. Don’t worry, we got your back (wink-wink) so long as we don’t send out those layoff notices.”
This is a brazen attempt to trap defense contractors into committing suicide for the purpose of getting Obama re-electe... never mind a quarter million workers losing their job suddenly in a day without any notice. The easiest way for defense contractors to avoid any liability is to comply with the WARN Act, simply following the law.
Oh, you're going to get laid off. If it wins reelection, the Obama administration will have nothing to stop it from completely shredding the U.S. military. We can see its priorities in action through its recent decision to fund the Muslim Brotherhood over, say, the U.S. Marines.
Make sure you forward this article to anyone you know who works for a defense contractor. This administration needs to go.
MEXICAN STREETS RUN RED WITH THE BLOOD OF CHILDREN: Holder Lies to Congress; Obama Covers Up; U.S. Media Ignores the Slaughter
In the mean time, Mexico's government has put Holder's death toll at over 200 dead, not to mention U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, who was killed by Mexican drug smugglers armed by Holder's Justice Department.
But the media -- with the exception of a few dogged reporters -- has largely ignored a story a dozen times bigger than Watergate. In fact, the Univision network has conducted the first substantial investigation of Fast and Furious and the slaughter of hundreds that resulted:
On January 30, 2010, a commando [team] of at least 20 hit men parked themselves outside a birthday party of high school and college students in Villas de Salvarcar, Ciudad Juarez. Near midnight, the assassins, later identified as hired guns for the Mexican cartel La Linea, broke into a one-story house and opened fire on a gathering of nearly 60 teenagers...
...Outside, lookouts gunned down a screaming neighbor and several students who had managed to escape. Fourteen young men and women were killed, and 12 more were wounded before the hit men finally fled.
...the United States government played a role in the massacre by supplying some of the firearms used by the cartel murderers. Three of the high caliber weapons fired that night in Villas de Salvarcar were linked to a gun tracing operation run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), according to a Mexican army document obtained exclusively by Univision News.
...Univision News identified a total of 57 more previously unreported firearms that were bought by straw purchasers monitored by ATF during Operation Fast and Furious, and then recovered in Mexico in sites related to murders, kidnappings, and at least one other massacre...
As part of Operation Fast and Furious, ATF allowed 1,961 guns to "walk" out of the U.S. in an effort to identify the high profile cartel leaders who received them. The agency eventually lost track of the weapons, and they often ended up in the hands of Mexican hit men , including those who ordered and carried out the attack on Salvarcar and El Aliviane, a rehabilitation center in Ciudad Juarez where 18 young men were killed on September 2, 2009.
...Following the death of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry at the hands of Mexican bandits on December 14, 2010, media and Congressional investigations prompted hearings. On September 20, the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General report, which opened the door for sanctions of 14 ATF and DOJ officials...
...In Washington, the Fast and Furious scandal became politicized, diverting the attention from the human cost in Mexico to political battles on Capitol Hill. In June, a vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt ignored the real tragedy in Mexico.
"Americans are not often moved by the pain of those outside [their country]…" Javier Sicilia, a Mexican poet whose son was killed in the midst of the violence, told Univision News. "But they are moved by the pain of their own. Well, turn around and watch the massacres..."
...Other firearms under ATF surveillance were permitted to leave the country from Texas, according to court documents and the exclusive testimony of Magdalena Avila Villalobos, the sister of an ICE agent who survived a confrontation with cartel hit men on a rural highway in Mexico on February 15, 2011. His fellow agent, Jaime Zapata, was killed during the attacks...
... "It's not from Arizona and Fast and Furious," Avila Villalobos told Univision News, speaking in her brother's stead for the first time, "but it's a very similar operation..." She later added, "Those weapons that have been recovered, it's been confirmed that they were weapons used in the shootout that killed Jaime Zapata and wounded Victor Avila." ...
The Texas-based operation and the firearms linked to the attack were bought by two trafficking rings in the state, according to Raymond Thomas, the Zapata family's lawyer...
Earlier this year, Texas Senator John Cornyn had echoed Thomas' assertions . Moreover, on September 25, Congressman Darrell Issa and Senator Charles Grassley, the politicians behind the Fast and Furious congressional report released in July, sent a letter to the Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General, requesting an investigation into Avila's and Zapata's case...
And Eric Holder dares to claim ignorance of the entire operation. Plainly, that's impossible for a program of this magnitude.
Furthermore, Fast and Furious was designated as an OCDETF operation (Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force), which required the highest level of cooperation between 94 U.S. Attorney's Offices, the DOJ, the ATF, the FBI, the DEA, the IRS, the U.S. Coast Guard, ICE, and the U.S. Marshal's Service.
As OCDETF, it is impossible to believe that Eric Holder did not have knowledge of the operation.
Mitt Romney should mention Holder's malfeasance every chance he gets. Holder is a disgrace and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. But, given his corrupt Justice Department, it will require a new president.
Mexico's streets are running red with blood of children; Eric Holder's response is to stonewall Congress and cover up. And Barack Obama is doing his level best to shield Holder from prosecution by claiming "executive privilege", which plainly does not cover obvious wrongdoing as is the case here.
And our disgusting, corrupt, state-run media has nothing to say about this slaughter. Kudos to Univision for doing the work American media used to do, in a time long ago and a place far away.
Larwyn's Linx: MUST SEE - The Obama Administration’s Benghazi Cover-Up #BenghaziGate
Nation
MUST SEE - The Obama Administration’s Benghazi Cover-Up: TatlerWhen it comes to polls, readers beware: Barone
Muslim Violence is Our New Law: Sultan Knish
WE ARE THE 91%: only 9% cooperate with pollsters: Zombie
Obama campaign reduced to spammer tactics to raise money: Greenroom
Allen West event turns into food-fight when SEIU thugs arrive: RedAlert
Infiltration, Treason, Jihad – Welcome to The Project: NoisyRm
Dear Mitt: Please Don’t Morph into a Wuss During the Debates.: Giles
White House Misled Americans About Benghazi Attack for 12 Days: Ace
Economy
Obama's Fourth Recovery Summer Ends: RSHundreds of Thousands Flee Democrat-Run California: Breitbart
Obama Is Not Improving Ohio's Economy - Fracking Is: FreedomWorks
Scandal Central
57 New Fast and Furious Guns Used in Mexican Crimes: UnivisionPaul Ryan: Eric Holder must go over Fast and Furious: DC
Did Stabenow botch Corzine investigation--or protect a friend?: Detroit News
Obama's Chicago Arab-American network comes into focus: AT
Nadhmi Auchi’s London law firm targets American Thinker website: Illinois Pay to Play
As college student, Eric Holder participated in ‘armed’ takeover of former Columbia U. ROTC office: DC
Media
Univision Uncovers Mexican Massacre Tied to Eric Holder’s Fast and Furious: SooperNYT: Occupy Film Is 'Calm and Smart,' But Movie Criticizing Teachers Unions Has 'Political Agenda': NB
Politico: Romney’s the One With an Adviser-Related Libya Problem: BizzyBlog
The Media Is Already Treating Romney as the Incumbent: Pollak
Lapdog Sunday headlines: Media ignore #Benghazigate, focus on Romney: Twitchy
How the ObamaMedia Faked Obama’s Growth in the Polls: Greenfield
World
Whose Side Is Barack Obama On?: WesternGeller Agonistes — Truth in Advertising About the Jihad Against Israel: Bostom
Dershowitz: Amended MTA rules "Unconstitutional" and "it's going to encourage violence": Atlas
Obama’s Budget Priorities: $1 Billion for Muslim Terrorists; Laying Off 2,000 U.S. Marines Instead: Greenfield
Hillary's "Reformer" Bashar al-Assad Continues His Genocide, Preps Chemical Weapons: Charen
Great news! Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has lost track of Syria’s Weapons of Mass Destruction: FAM
Chinese hackers breach White House military network in charge of president’s nuclear football: Beacon
Washington Post points out Obama’s dangerously failed foreign policy: Riehl
Paul Ryan: “We’re Seeing the Ugly Fruits of Obama’s Foreign Policy Unravel on Our TV Screens”: GWP
Sci-Tech
These $10 Robots Will Change Robotics Education: WiredHow a rogue appeals court wrecked the patent system: Ars Technica
Why was a scam company able to raise $76 Million Series B?: yCombinator
Cornucopia
Comic Book: Commander Romney & The Liberty Squadron: Morlock RevoltMolsterman #4: The “nose” knows: MOTUS
Seriously: Why Doesn't Obama Take More Of An Interest In Golf?: Ace
Image: Eric Holder participated in ‘armed’ takeover of Columbia U. ROTC office
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QOTD: "Hackers linked to China’s government broke into one of the U.S. government’s most sensitive computer networks, breaching a system used by the White House Military Office for nuclear commands, according to defense and intelligence officials familiar with the incident.
One official said the cyber breach was one of Beijing’s most brazen cyber attacks against the United States and highlights a failure of the Obama administration to press China on its persistent cyber attacks.
Disclosure of the cyber attack also comes amid heightened tensions in Asia, as the Pentagon moved two U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups and Marine amphibious units near waters by Japan’s Senkaku islands.
China and Japan—the United States’ closest ally in Asia and a defense treaty partner—are locked in a heated maritime dispute over the Senkakus, which China claims as its territory." --Bill Gertz






































