Wednesday, October 02, 2013

The New Republic suggests Obama dissolve Congress, exterminate opponents, and install himself as Dictator

Guest post by Eric Boehm

Apparently, this is what The New Republic thinks about our old republic.

In a post Wednesday afternoon, Julia Ioffe made a not-so-subtle suggestion about how she thinks chief executives should handle opposition from democratically-elected legislators.

“What is a president in a presidential constitutional republic to do when faced with an intransigent, bull-headed faction among his people’s representatives?” she asks, rhetorically.

The answer, of course, is to do exactly what Boris Yeltsin did in Russia in 1993: dissolve the parliament — known at the time as the “Supreme Soviet” — and do what you want.

But Yeltsin didn’t just shut down the Russian parliament in 1993. No, he literally ordered tanks to shell the building, while some of the leaders of the parliament were still inside because they refused to let the chief executive act in such a dictatorial manner.

More than 100 people died in the riots that ensued during the 10-day siege of the parliament building, ironically called “The White House.”

According to an account from The Guardian on the 10-year anniversary of Yeltsin’s aggressive negotiations, he didn’t just sack the parliament, but “also scrapped the constitution, replacing it with another that gave him near-monarchic executive powers.”

No wonder Russia has such a highly-functioning democracy two decades later.

Thankfully, it’s nearly impossible to imagine President Obama ordering the military to shell the U.S. House of Representatives because he blames them for shutting down the government.

But imperialists on the left can dream.

 
Boehm can be reached at EBoehm@Watchdog.org. 

James Madison explains the Government Shutdown to Drones, "Journalists", Marxists, RINOs and other Progressives

But I repeat myself. The Machiavellian, writing at The Virtuous Republic, explains:

This little history lesson is for all the members of the Democratic-Socialist Party and their unpaid propagandists in the media who decry Republicans as terrorists in regards to the current government shutdown.

Simply, this is how our republic is supposed to work. There are checks and balances between branches, there are checks and balances between states, and there are checks and balances between factions as well.

From Federalist No. 58, penned by James Madison (for the lefties out there, he might just be considered the foremost authority on the Constitution):

Admitting, however, that they should all be insufficient to subdue the unjust policy of the smaller States, or their predominant influence in the councils of the Senate, a constitutional and infallible resource still remains with the larger States, by which they will be able at all times to accomplish their just purposes.

The House of Representatives cannot only refuse, but they alone can propose, the supplies requisite for the support of government. They, in a word, hold the purse that powerful instrument by which we behold, in the history of the British Constitution, an infant and humble representation of the people gradually enlarging the sphere of its activity and importance, and finally reducing, as far as it seems to have wished, all the overgrown prerogatives of the other branches of the government.

This power over the purse may, in fact, be regarded as the most complete and effectual weapon with which any constitution can arm the immediate representatives of the people, for obtaining a redress of every grievance, and for carrying into effect every just and salutary measure.

In other words, the Democratic-Socialist faction, also known as the “takers” have imposed an onerous piece of legislation known as Obamacare, upon the creators and workers. Simply put, the House of Representatives is addressing the grievance.

The Senate is not the House of Lords, and Obama does not rule by Divine Right. The only solution to the current shutdown is a redress of our grievances. Nothing else will suffice.


Sorry about that, Machiavellian, but I quoted the whole thing. To make up for it, here's your free Obamacare pink slip.


The Brains Behind the Democrat Party Explains Why He Wants Universal Health Care, Except for Children With Cancer

No wonder Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is the single least popular member of Congress.

Dana Bash, CNN: You all talked about children with cancer unable to go to clinical trials. The House is presumably going to pass a bill that funds at least the NIH. Given what you've said, will you at least pass that? And if not, aren't you playing the same political games that Republicans are?

Sen. Harry Reid: Listen, Senator Durbin explained that very well. And he did it here, he did it on the floor earlier, as did Senator Schumer and it's this: what right do they have to pick and choose what part of government is going to be funded? It's obvious what's going on here. You talk about reckless and irresponsible, wow. What this is all about is Obamacare. They are obsessed – I don't know what other word I can use. I don't know what other word I can use. They are obsessed with this Obamacare thing. It's working now and it will continue to work and people will love it even more than they do now by far. So they have no right to pick and choose.

Bash: But if you could help one child who has cancer, why wouldn't you do it?

Reid: Why would we want to do that?

I assume Democrats are incredibly proud of this man, what with his stunning charisma, intellectual prowess, movie star looks, and debate-star eloquence. He makes Mitch McConnell look dynamic.


Hat tip: BadBlue News.

Apparently the Obama administration operates government websites powered by federal employees using hand-cranks

That's the only way I can offer a plausible explanation for this:


I'm marking this one down as Reason 8,604 that the federal government is simply too damned fat and bloated.


Quite possibly the saddest photo I've ever seen. And the most damning.

For no other reason than spite, Barack Obama ordered the open-air World War II Memorial park closed and barricaded. In doing so, he intentionally shut the door on veterans visiting -- for perhaps the last time in their lives -- under the "Honor Flight" program.

Now, for those who aren't aware, this memorial is in an open-air park, it was paid for with private funds, and it is unattended. According to its website, it is open to the public 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

That is, until the Obama administration doesn't get its way. That's when this kind of disgraceful idiocy occurs:


Again, out of pure spite, Barack Obama ordered the open-air memorial barricaded to prevent access. He also ordered the arrest of veterans entering the grounds.

How do I know Obama's actions were motivated by pure spite? Courtesy of John McCormack, here's the barricade around the World War I Memorial:


So we know as a matter of fact, not speculation, that the barricades were intended to spit in the faces of veterans visiting the Memorial for perhaps the first and last time in their lives.

Earlier today, Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act request to get to the bottom of this outrageous act on the part of an administration that is completely out of control. Governor Sarah Palin also called for civil disobedience.

This is why I liken Obama to a petulant six-year old throwing a temper tantrum when he doesn't get his own way.

Which reminds me that, a while back, I wrote about this kind of behavior in some detail in an article entitled: "FOREVER SIX: The Traits of a Narcissist".

Perhaps the truckers and bikers visiting D.C. over the next week and a half will drop by the Memorial to show their respect.


Photo credit: ExPatMonkey.

Larwyn's Linx: Hold Your Ground and Shut John Cornyn Up

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Nation

Find Your Representative, call them, and tell them to HOLD THEIR GROUND

Hold Your Ground and Shut John Cornyn Up: Erick Erickson
Obamacare Kills People -- Starting Now (No, Really): Karl Denninger
The Obamacare Fight is Just Beginning: Rich Lowry

Obama spitefully chose closing WWII Memorial to veterans: Ace
Park Service threatens to arrest WWII vets who try to visit their memorial: ST
Video: House GOP Crashes Park Service Barricade for WW2 Vets: Tatler

Government Shuts Down. People Point And Laugh.: Tammy Bruce
Democrats Vote For Shut Down and Exempt Themselves From Obamacare: RWN
Joe Manchin is Duplicitous Coward: Daniel Horowitz

Economy

Destroying Household Jobs: Thomas Sowell
It's the end of the federal government as we know it and I feel fine: AWD
Second-largest U.S. Drugmaker to Fire 8,500: Drew Armstrong

Student Debt Crisis Passes Another Milestone: Walter Russell Mead
Vallejo, Mired in Pension Debt Again; Lesson for Stockton and Detroit: Mish
“Adult Daycare” in DC for furloughed workers affected by shutdown: Quinton

CT’s ObamaCare CYA of the Day: Unsolicited
CT Health Exchange Sees 28K Visitors But Only 167 Applications For Insurance: WZ
Conservatives Sue to Enforce Obamacare Employer Mandate: Elizabeth Harrington

Scandal Central

Judge delivers blow to Eric Holder's Fast and Furious scandal: BPR
Fresh DOJ loss in ‘Fast and Furious’ docs fight: Politico
Dr. Benjamin Carson Gets His First Visit From a Politicized IRS: Jeff Poor

Non Profit Sued For Fraud 18 Months Ago Now Enrolling People In Obamacare: LoneCon
Obama Pals Crafted Disastrous Fed Health Exchange Website: JW
Obamacare: "Please Wait": Boker Tov Boulder

Climate & Energy

IPCC: Fixing the Facts: Climate Audit
IPCC Backpedals on Extreme Weather Claims: S. T. Karnick

Media

Liberal New Republic Suggests Obama Use Military Against the Tea Party: Joe Newby
#NewTone: WaPo Ponders Ways to Punish Congress for a Shutdown: “Line ’em up and shoot ’em”: JWF
Will this nightmare never end? Shutdown hits FLOTUS Twitter feed: Tatler

Low-info Obamabots find out they must pay a fee for not having health insurance: Poor Richard
Gerson Is Ignorant to Political Consequence.: Jen Kuznicki
Creepy Propaganda: High School Bands To Play Obamacare Songs: RWN

World

Netanyahu tells UN: 'We will stop Iran alone if we need to': Matzav
So, Obama wishes God's blessing on leader of terrorist state but threatens to arrest our WWII vets. Got it: ynet
80 Airmen Threatened, Harassed For Refusing To Support Gay Marriage: RWN

Violent Illegal Alien California Refused To Deport Kills His Wife: RWN
Biden Criticized for Calling Palestinians ‘Least Ideological and Sectarian’ Mideast Arabs: Algemeiner
Where Jihad and Christian persecution run rampant: Raymond Ibrahim

Sci-Tech

Public release of IE exploit could spark widespread attacks: Lucian Constantin, IDG
iOS 7 nausea and cybersickness: What causes it, and why it’s a sign of things to come: Sebastian Anthony
Split, a diminutive, bite-controlled music player in earbud form: Timothy J. Seppala, Engadget

Cornucopia

Dr. Roberts Day: the Official Birth of Obamacare 10-01-13: MOTUS
Oath Keepers is Going “Operational” by Forming Special “Civilization Preservation” Teams: Oathkeepers
Judith Miller blows the whistle on “Special Counsel” Patrick Fitzgerald?: IP2P

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QOTD: "The Vitter amendment and the medical device tax are shiny objects designed to make you clap like a seal while Boehner, Cantor, Cornyn, and McConnell cave on funding and implementing Obamacare... Friends, you absolutely must keep the pressure on congressional Republicans to hold the line. The longer they keep passing appropriations bills to fund the government, the more this is clearly about Barack Obama. The President would rather starve veterans than spare America his healthcare plan." --Erick Erickson

Bonus QOTD: "...there is something the president could be doing. He said he will not negotiate on the debt ceiling. A reasonable position. ‘I will not be blackmailed’ he said. But he should be talking. They should be meeting, discussing this, because as I think Steve Ratner showed earlier, the American economy is at stake and the president, if there is a downturn or a collapse or whatever could happen here that’s bad, it’s going to be on his head. The history books are going to say, we had an economic calamity in the Presidency of Barack Obama. Speaker Boehner, indeed, is playing a role on this. Go back to the Great Depression in the 1930s. I’ll bet no one can name who was the speaker of the House at the time. Henry Thomas Rainey. He’s not in the history book it’s on the President’s head. He’s got to lead. He’s got to talk. And the absence of discussion here, I think, is baffling element." --Bob Woodward

Tuesday, October 01, 2013

Best #Shutdown Graphics

Heh.


OH, THE HUMANITY: Roughly 60 percent of government workers unaffected by "shutdown"

Guest post by Accuracy in Media

WASHINGTON — So much for a complete government shutdown. It is more of a partial government shutdown as an overwhelming majority of government workers head to work this morning.

USA Today reported that 59% of nondefense federal workers will head to their offices to work, which is a far cry from the liberal mainstream media and Democrat’s cry of a complete government shutdown.

41% of workers will report to work then be told they’re on furlough (i.e. sent home early), national parks are closed, passport and visa offices will be delayed along with gun permits. Some bankruptcy court proceedings will be slowed down in addition to mortgage application approvals.

The Democrat-majority Senate rejected several last-ditch efforts by the House GOP to prevent a shutdown by defunding ObamaCare, which is one of the most unpopular laws on the books. But, Harry Reid and Obama said they will not negotiate or compromise when Americans want them to.

But, thankfully, the military will be paid as a last-ditch effort of Republicans to push this effort to Barack Obama, who approved it.

It’s almost business as usual in Washington, D.C.


Hat tip: BadBlue News.

It is now 8pm Eastern Time... and all of the Obamacare Health Exchange websites are not well

Surprise! Everything's still broken!


Four of the four websites I tried are down including the main Sebelius HHS site, California, Maryland and Oregon.

But don't worry, folks: these are the technological whiz-kids who will keep all of your personal medical data tippity top-secret!


Hat tip: BadBlue News.

BEAUTIFUL: Kathleen Sebelius Unveils the 2013 Obamacare Commemorative Stamp Collector Set

Via the invaluable People's Cube comes this sneak peek at the 2013 Obamacare Commemorative Stamp Set.


As Twitchy reported earlier today, the Obamacare health insurance exchanges aren't working, websites are crashing, and the entire system is le total cluster---- (as the French might say).

You can see the rest of the stamp collection here.


Hat tip: BadBlue News.

Larwyn's Linx: The culmination of Democratic dysfunction – #BlameHarryReid #ObamaReidShutdown

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Nation

The culmination of Democratic dysfunction – #BlameHarryReid: Jacobson
Surprise, The World Spins On: Erick Erickson
GOP, You’ve Tried Surrender; Let’s Try Fighting: David Limbaugh

Entitled federal workers tell Washington Post they’re totally essential: Hot Air
Shutdown benefits – 90 percent IRS’s workforce gets furloughed: FAM
Obamacare Website Quietly Deletes Reference to 'Free Health Care': WS

Unless The Right Acts Now, Missouri Will Turn Blue By 2016: MoTorch
California Obamacare Exchange Offline: WZ
ObamaCare Website Fails when Congressman Tries to Sign Up: Huelskamp

Economy

Historic! As Government Shutdown Nears, King Putt Hits the Links: JWF
Federal agencies go on their ‘use it or lose it’ shopping sprees: WaPo
It's the Spending, Idiots!: Western

Make the Able Bodied Work for Food Stamps: Outcast
Shutdown claims its first victims: Senate Democrats’ graphics art team: RS
What's a Little Fraud When We're Talking Obamacare?: Sara Noble

Scandal Central

Harry Reid Reportedly Talked Obama Out of Negotiations Over Shutdown: Mediate
Lois Lerner's Pension Could Be as Much as $102,600/Year, $3.96 Million Lifetime: CNS
‘1940s Germany’: Parents Livid After Video of Celebrities Who ‘Pledge’ Support for Obama: NoisyRm

Climate and Energy

Democratic congressman eviscerates new EPA coal regulation: Ashe Schow
MIT's Lindzen: IPCC Report "Hilariously Flawed": Ace
Top MIT scientist Dr. Richard Lindzen: Newest UN climate report is ‘hilariously’ flawed: RWN

Media

Would you look at that..Another Anti-Conservative Post From the Conservative Blogosphere!: Jen Kuznicki
Surviving a government shutdown: an Idiot’s Guide: Protein Wisdom
Why is the British Leftist Henry Porter so eager to have gun control in the U.S.?: Winter Soldier

Extremely Extreme Extremists: Ace
New Poll Suggests People Hate Republicans: Ace
Bad News: NBC, CNN Scrap Hillary Clinton Movies: Ed Driscoll

Peter King’s Media Whoring Showing No Signs Of Slowing Down: “I Can Never Forgive Ted Cruz”: WZ
Half of New Jerseyans are blissfully unaware of Obamacare's impending fascism: WyBlog
Sally Kohn upset at starring in four Twitchy posts in two days — so we’re making it five: Twitchy

World

Aren't They a Pair?: Ed Driscoll
Al-Shabaab and Obama’s Family Push For Islamic Kenya: FPM
A subculture that praises, and deliberately breeds, serial killers: Ace

Sci-Tech

Obama HHS seeks to reduce cases of cancer in US…by changing the definition of cancer: Poor Richard
What Was It?: MagNote
John McAfee takes on the NSA with secure anonymity device: PC World

Cornucopia

Shut. It. Down.: Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
Sad Breaking Bad is over? Watch these 5 mini-episodes you've probably never seen: The Week
7 Adorable Animals Sad About Obamacare: Jon Gabriel, BuzzFeed

Image: Michael Ramirez
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QOTD: "What we have today, uniquely in human history, is a terrorism that seems myopically focused on killing as many people as possible and which has no clear political goals and no stated territorial aims. The question is, why? It is not moral masturbation to ask this question or to point out the peculiarity and perversity of modern Islamist violence. My penny’s worth is that this terrorism speaks to a profound crisis of politics and of morality. Where earlier terrorist groups were restrained both by their desire to appear as rational political actors with a clear goal in mind and by basic moral rules of human behaviour – meaning their violence was often bloody, yes, but rarely focused narrowly on committing mass murder – today’s Islamist terrorists appear to float free of normal political rules and moral compunctions. This is what is so infuriating about the BBC’s refusal to call these groups terrorists – because if anything, and historically speaking, even the term terrorist might be too good for them." --Brendan O'Neill

Monday, September 30, 2013

The Ugly Face of Tyranny: Feinstein and Other "Progressives" are Coming For Your Right To Speak Freely Online

Guest post by Mac Slavo

Senator Diane Feinstein has taken up the fight for truth and liberty, just as she has done for health care and the widespread disarmament of American citizens.

This month Congess has been debating a new media shield law, which according to its authors, aims to protect journalists and bloggers from being forced to testify about their work should their sources or information come into question.

But Diane Feinstein has refused to support the bill, noting that the law would essentially grant this shield privilege to anyone who chooses to share their opinion on the internet (including those pajama sporting bloggers and news aggregators working out of their basements).

But because freedom of speech, as interpreted by Feinstein, is nothing more than a privilege granted to us by her and her ilk in Congress, she has taken steps to ensure that only those journalists sanctioned by the government will be protected by the new shield laws.

The final hurdle for the Judiciary Committee was defining who is a journalist in the digital era.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) insisted on limiting the legal protection to “real reporters” and not, she said, a 17-year-old with his own website.

I can’t support it if everyone who has a blog has a special privilege … or if Edward Snowden were to sit down and write this stuff, he would have a privilege. I’m not going to go there,” she said.

Feinstein introduced an amendment that defines a “covered journalist” as someone who gathers and reports news for “an entity or service that disseminates news and information.”

The definition includes freelancers, part-timers and student journalists, and it permits a judge to go further and extend the protections to any “legitimate news-gathering activities.”

An Illustrated Critique of Breaking Bad's Coup de grâce

Let's say you're a chemist out to exact revenge on a gang of ruthless Nazi drug dealers who stole $70 million from you. You're dying of lung cancer, so the personal risk to you of carrying out an attack on their headquarters is virtually nil.

So here are your two choices for taking out the Nazis:

OPTION 1 - WHAT ACTUALLY OCCURRED DURING THE FINALE


OPTION 2 - WHAT WOULD HAVE REALLY HAPPENED



Hat tip: BadBlue Fame - Entertainment News.

JUST PEACHY: Boehner and Company Secretly Working to Put a Stake in the Heart of the GOP Once and for All

Just hours ago, Erick Erickson -- whose ear is among the closest to the group inside the Beltway -- warns that the House GOP is preparing for a full-fledged surrender in the battle over the Continuing Resolution.

This is just embarrassing. The House GOP has refused to fight on Obamacare. Right now they are going through an elaborate dance routine, complete with leotards and streamers, to show everyone they are really fighting for something.

They’ve gone through so many iterations, no one is really sure what it is they are fighting for, but it is for certain they are not fighting to defund Obamacare.

...stop negotiating with yourself, get into the shutdown, then dare the Democrats to refuse to continue to negotiate. Negotiating with yourselves is embarrassing.

Stand your ground, stop whittling down your proposal, and fight... Or just pass a clean CR, own the suck, stop wasting everybody’s time, and move on.

Oh, and it gets better. While everyone's attention is diverted onto Obamacare Kabuki Theater, House leadership is still trying to pass Amnesty!

...The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, has been discussing possible legal status for the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. He's also been working with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a fellow Virginia Republican, on a bill offering citizenship to immigrants brought illegally to the U.S. as children.

Reps. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, and Ted Poe, R-Texas, are working on a plan to create a visa program allowing more lower-skilled workers into the country... Goodlatte and the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Mike McCaul, R-Texas, hold out hopes for floor action by late October on a series of immigration bills that already have passed their committees.

What a bunch of freaking idiots.

And, once again, I ask the following question of the GOP establishment:


With all due respect, of course.


Hat tip: BadBlue News.

Larwyn's Linx: Political Elitists Living High Life While Americans Suffer

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Nation

Political Elitists Living the High Life While Americans Suffer: NoisyRm
Democrats' Smart, Nuanced, Civil Messaging: Ace
Boehner, Cruz excoriate Reid for refusing to negotiate: GWP

Remember when David Gregory grilled Obama this intensively?: LI
Bachmann's persuasive case: why we don't fear a shutdown: Exam
Our Truest Lies: Victor Davis Hanson

Oppose the Medical Device Tax Repeal: RS
House Hearing Room Bursts Out Laughing at Obama's ‘Red Line’ on CR: CNS
Dem lawmaker attacks ‘tea baggers’ from Senate floor: BPR

QOTD, Pro-Obamacare Trolls Will Hate Reading This edition.: Moe Lane
"We did not elect a dictator!": NoisyRoom
Sunday morning feel good stories: This Ain't Hell

Economy

Shut It Down: RWN
Twitter users have shutdown questions: Glob
Just Deserts: SEIU Workers On Strike Over Job Losses Caused By Obamacare: RWN

Scandal Central

IRS scandal means bad news for Obama: Column: Glenn Harlan Reynolds
Justice Department to challenge North Carolina voter ID law: Josh Gerstein
AMA Culpable In Our Government Healthcare Fiasco: CFP

Climate & Energy

Climate Cover-Up: UN IPCC Folds Under Pressure From US, Other Governments: Lid
The EPA takes an ax to self-sufficiency: most wood-burning stoves will soon be illegal: Organic Prepper
The IPCC’s mountainous molehill: STACLU

Media

I Will Not Comply: Matthew May
Architect of Destruction: Give Us Liberty 1776
The IRS And ObamaCare Is Kind Of Like…: Glob

When You've Lost Shepard Fairey...: GWP
CNN Does 12-Minute Interview With Susan Rice: No Mention of Benghazi: Noel Sheppard
“Your hate for this president is coming before your love of this country”: JWF

Kristol Blasts Granholm for Suggesting Iran Acting ‘More Rationally’ Than House GOP: WFB
‘SNL’ ridicules President Obama for flaws in Obamacare: Red Alert
Newsweek’s Golden Age: James Joyner

World

The Gang Religion of Islam: Daniel Greenfield
The Obama Doctrine: Richard Baehr
Saudi Arabia "Outraged" At Obama's Peace Overtures With Syria, Iran: ZH

I'm sorry, but we have to talk about the barbarism of modern Islamist terrorism: Brendan O'Neill
New day, new Jihadi massacre. Now in Nigeria: The Commentator
White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite 'plotted Nairobi massacre from lair just 100 yards away': Mirror

'White Widow' smeared her face in blood to flee: Blazing Cat Fur
Westgate Mall attack and an Islamic Reality: Shoebat
Israel says it has caught alleged Iranian spy: CNS

Sci-Tech

Inside the Fall of BlackBerry: Globe and Mail
Light-bending black hole mimic is first you can watch: Jacob Aron, NewScientist
Lambrecht Chevrolet auction: top five sales from Day 1: AutoWeek

Cornucopia

'Breaking Bad's' Series Finale Cements Its Status As One of the All-Time Greats: Andrew Romano
Garbage in, garbage out!: MOTUS
Breaking Bad Homeowners Vow They'll Never Sell: TMZ

Image: 'Breaking Bad's' Series Finale Cements Its Status As One of the All-Time Greats
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QOTD: "After over a thousand years, after its own empires and conquests stretching around the world, after endless religious schools, reform movements, theological debates and splinter groups, Islam is not able to leave its gang roots behind. It is still at its core a gang religion. That is why it appeals so well to convicts who recognize that they are interacting with something far more ancient than Kingism.

That is also why Islam, like most street gangs, degenerates so readily into internecine violence. No matter how much its devotees dream of conquering the decadent West and planting the black flag of Islam everywhere, they can't help turning their guns on each other, because gangs are naturally primed to fight amongst themselves. The gang code never suffices to settle disputes among men who live by violence. They may fight to impose Islamic law on the world, but they can't live by it.

Syria is Islam at its most primal with gangs fighting over the ruins of cities, small groups joining up, Shiite and Sunni militias killing each other, Free Syrian Army and Al Nusra Front gangs fighting over bakeries and pipelines, an endless stream of recruits from around the world rushing to join up in a gang war that has claimed over 100,000 lives." --Daniel Greenfield

Sunday, September 29, 2013

T Minus One Hour... and Counting #GoodbyeBreakingBad

Someone is just a little too into Breaking Bad.

HELPFUL FLOWCHART: How do I get health care under Obamacare's individual mandate fee tax penalty program?

Yes, it's just this simple:


Crystal clear.

So crystal clear, in fact, that Congress exempted itself from its own draconian, disastrous law.


Media doing yeoman's work for Democrats; issuing shrill cries to try and blame #ObamaReidShutdown on GOP

Not unexpected, but surprisingly lame. Everyone knows a man whose starting negotiating position is that he will not negotiate is responsible not only for any shutdown that occurs but also perpetuating a dysfunctional government.

The Washington Bezos-Post: "House pushes U.S. to the edge of a shutdown"

CBS News-Rather: "Risking government shutdown, House GOP seeks Obamacare delay"

NBC-Sharpton News: "Shutdown nears as House passes funding bill that delays Obamacare"

MSNBC-Madcow News: "House Republicans embrace government-shutdown plan"

Al Reuters: "U.S. Republicans reject Senate bid to avoid government shutdown"

The New York Daily Bloomberg: "House Republicans Increase Likelihood of Government Shutdown"

The House holds the power of the purse. It is their Constitutional duty to pass responsible spending bills.

It is Obama and the Democrats who ignore all Constitutional checks and balances.

They will not negotiate with the House. They won't discuss even a single penny.

What does it say about a president who states quite explicitly that he will negotiate with terrorists, mass-murders and despots -- but not Republicans?

The radical extremists leading the Democrat Party -- men and women who refuse to negotiate -- are responsible for any shutdown that occurs.


Hat tip: The Minority Report.

The Dichotomy: An Illustrated Story

It's been a while since I published a "picture story" (examples here, here and here), but the latest news from Washington motivated me to create one.

Pathetic, ain't it?

Larwyn's Linx: Dammit, Conservatives, Wake The Hell Up

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Nation

Dammit, Conservatives, Wake The Hell Up: Camp o' the Saints
House passes bill to delay Obamacare, keep government funded: Times
I think I can see the 2014 midterms from my desktop: William A. Jacobson

Do The Democrats Think We’re Not Paying Attention?: R.S. McCain
Beware the Medical Device Tax Fig Leaf: Daniel Horowitz
Common Core: 3 x 4 = 11: RWN

Withdrawing My Consent: Karl Denninger
The House Votes To Avert A Shutdown... Here are the Details: Treehouse
Whether We Like it, or Not.: Backwoods Engineer

Economy

Downsizing America: 300 employers cut jobs/hours over Obamacare: Atlas
SEIU Workers On Strike Over Job Losses Caused By Obamacare: RWN
GOP’s Huelskamp Schools Al "Not So" Sharpton: RWN

Two Charts Show Why We Need Comprehensive Tax Reform: FreeEnt
One Degree of Fannie-Freddie: John Berlau
"It's a street fight" on Capitol Hill: Matthew Boyle, Breitbart

Red light cameras - for safety or revenue?: Ace
Because of ObamaCare '88% of Jobs Created This Year Are Part-Time': NB
Don’t get your “beard” in the honey pot: MOTUS

Scandal Central

American public: IRS guilty as sin, but protected by Barack Obama: Moe Lane
Obama and Thugs Pulled Off the Heist of the Century: Wayne Allyn Root
Credit card firm cuts off nation's No. 1 gun store --- for selling guns: Paul Bedard

Media

Seymour Hersh on Obama, NSA and the 'pathetic' American media: The Guardian
NBC Launches Massive Obamacare Propaganda Campaign: WZ
Thanks to the digital revolution, a conservative uprising can rally its troops: Hot Air

Sarah Palin’s Shocking Eliminationist Rhetoric: Ed Driscoll
'Breaking Bad' and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle: Fay Voshell
Elbert Guillory: GOP must act swifly because America has a massive termite problem: Scoop

James Fallows, Eminent Fool, and the Surprising Vindication of John C. Calhoun: R.S. McCain
‘Cultural shift?’ SNL lampoons Obamacare with #BreakingBad Jesse Pinkman cameo: Twitchy
Bloomberg's (the Idiot Mayor, not the News Service) Magical Misery Tour: David Codrea

World

Jihad in Kenya: Horrific Claims of Torture in Nairobi Mall: Atlas
Terrorists used new tactic to spare some Muslims: Rukmini Callimachi, AP
Jihad in the Philippines: 200 dead in hostage crisis: Atlas

Sci-Tech

Every soldier a sniper? Rifle may give the greenest shots deadly accuracy at ridiculous range: Lance M. Bacon
Howard Leight Impact Pro Earmuffs Review: GH&G
Two Years In Prison For Using Infrared Contact Lenses To Cheat At Poker: Slashdot

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QOTD: "We are moving past the “cost estimate” stage of Obamacare into reality of what Obamacare will mean to Americans’ pockets. As the state exchanges get ready to go live on Tuesday, the Department of Health and Human Services released the cost of insurance premiums for individuals in some states, and the numbers aren’t good.

Sure, progressive “journalists,” such as New York Magazine’s Jonathan Chait, took a thesaurus to White House press releases and published rewritten end zone dances, featuring lines like, “I grant that glitches and setbacks have occurred, mostly but not entirely because of fanatical Republican sabotage effort.” ...

...Obamacare was designed to fail, but it was designed to fail eventually, not quickly. Progressives, with the help of the media, would blame a failure a few years from now on the “free market.” But failure from the start will force the blame fall where is squarely belongs – on government control." --Derek Hunter