Friday, August 22, 2014
MARK LEVIN: Former pot- and coke-head is hooked on golf like drug addicts are hooked on drugs.
They're at war with us and our pathetic president is playing golf. He's playing golf again today. He's hooked on golf like drug addicts are hooked on drugs. He used to do pot, he used to do coke, now he does golf. Unbelievable. And these pictures are sent all over the world. Every hellhole where these cockroaches live and function and rape and destroy they see it! They see him laughing five minutes after he gives that pathetic commentary. On the golf course. And he's supposed to represent us.
He pretends he's Lincoln. Lincoln! What do you think Lincoln would do under these circumstances? You think he would tolerate it? He thinks he's FDR Do you think FDR would tolerate this? He's a nobody when the history books are written. This isn't about firsts. The presidency doesn't exist for him, the presidency exists for us.
When a fellow American is so horribly abused and the other captors, it is said they used to beat the hell out of him because he was an American and his brother was in the Air Force. This poor guy. And this family. And have your son decapitated when you want to reach into that television screen and put your hand around that piece of crap's neck who is doing it to him and squeeze the freaking life out of him and we can't reach him? Bullcrap! And the Brits, to their credit, they think they know who he is. And when they know who he is our pathetic president should put a $25 million bond on his head. Cockroaches have been known to turn on cockroaches. Because that's what they do.
Good lord, I tell you what. Two bad elections and look it's happened to us as a people. Look what's happened to us. Look what's happened in the country. Look what's been done to the presidency. Look what's been done to our government. Look what's been done to our military. Look what's been done to our border. Look what's been done to our economy. Two freaking elections.
Via Mark Levin. Cartoon by @BiffSpackle.
Kansas Democrat Senate candidate Dave Domina got rich — very, very rich — while "looking out for the little guy"
LINCOLN, Nebraska – Democratic Senate nominee Dave Domina bills himself as a champion of the little guy, but his financial disclosure shows he is fabulously wealthy.
Domina is one of the most prominent trial lawyers in the state and worth between $20 million and $82 million, according to the financial disclosure forms he submitted to the secretary of the U.S. Senate.His net worth could be much higher, since he valued two farms owned by his spouse or dependent at “over $1 million,” and candidates aren’t required to report the value of their personal residences. It’s difficult to pinpoint his precise net worth, since candidates report their assets, salary and liabilities in broad ranges, such as $250,000 to $500,000. Or “over $50 million.”
But clearly, Domina is a wealthy man. He would rank 19th on Roll Call’s list of the 50 richest members of Congress.
His wealth easily overshadows his Republican opponent: The Republican nominee, Ben Sasse, reported assets of between $873,000 and $2.4 million. Sasse was president of Midland University in Fremont before resigning to focus on his campaign.
Domina has built a reputation by representing people who take on large, multi-national corporations, insurance companies and banks. In one of his high-profile cases, he won a $1.3 billion jury verdict for cattlemen against the nation’s largest slaughterhouse, which was accused of manipulating prices, although the verdict was overturned on appeal.
He criticizes the notion that corporations are people, and he has lamented the fact that the billionaire class keeps growing while the middle class shrinks. He may not be a billionaire, but he’s certainly a multi-millionaire.
CALIFORNIA ACTION ALERT: Stop SB53, the Ammo Registration and Eventual Gun Confiscation Bill
Your calls, e-mails and faxes are working! Senate Bill 53 has been stalled on the Assembly floor for days awaiting a vote. State legislators have admitted receiving tens of thousands of e-mails OPPOSING SB 53.
The war over SB 53 is heating up in Sacramento and now anti-gun advocates are attempting to split gun owners by trying to buy the support of hunters. The newest amended version of SB 53 will continue to BAN the mail and internet sales of ammunition to firearms owners in California, unless you have a hunting license. Supporters of SB 53 think that they can pretend to be "pro- hunting" while they are still violating the rights of firearms owners statewide.
Because of your efforts to OPPOSE SB 53, the supporters of SB 53 are desperately trying to SAVE AND PASS SB 53 by watering it down to benefit of select group of gun owners. You can be sure that if SB 53 is enacted this year, they will be back in 2015 to pass the full agenda of restricting ammunition sales to the rest of the law-abiding firearms owners in California.
Call AND e-mail the state Assembly NOW and tell them that hunters ARE firearms owners AND we stand UNITED in OPPOSING SB 53. Contact information for the state Assembly can be found here.
Hat tip: BadBlue Gun News.
ROACH MOTEL: 3 Hamas generals were in a tunnel 30 meters underground when they were squashed like bugs
Report: 3 slain #Hamas commanders were in secret meeting inside 30-meter deep tunnel beneath home belonging to Kullab family in Rafah.
— Khaled Abu Toameh (@KhaledAbuToameh) August 22, 2014If you have any doubts that Thursday's hit of three senior Hamas commanders in Gaza indicates that Israeli intelligence has penetrated to the highest levels of the Hamas command, read the article below in conjunction with the tweet above from Khaled Abu Toameh.
This was not just another strike, not just another assassination. The killing of the three constituted an indication that something in the intelligence discipline at the very top of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades has cracked.The Shin Bet, as the intelligence behind the strike, and the IDF, as the operational arm, targeted the trio in a building in a crowded Rafah neighborhood on one of the heaviest days of fighting thus far. Thus this was a very different strike from the one at the start of the Operation Pillar of Defense in November 2012 when the Hamas military commander, Ahmed Jabari, was assassinated in a surprise attack that marked the beginning of that operation. Given that the fighting had re-escalated since Tuesday, and that Israel was known to be trying to hit the Hamas military leadership, the three had taken every possible precaution to evade Israeli intelligence. Those precautions simply were not good enough.It can be assumed that whether or not Muhammad Deif is still alive, those members of the Hamas military leadership who have survived are now desperately trying to figure out what went wrong. How could it be that after long weeks in which Israel was unable to get to any of the heads of the military wing, now, within 48 hours, the Shin Bet located one of Deif’s hideouts and killed three other members of the Hamas general staff?It should be stressed again: Two of the three were not mere senior commanders of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Muhammad Abu Shamala, the “head of the southern command” and Raed al-Attar, the commander of the Rafah area, were part of the founding generation of the Hamas military wing — along with Deif and several others who are no longer with us, including Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh and Emad Akel. They were among Deif’s closest brothers-in-arms — long-term veterans with experience and knowledge that cannot be easily replaced.Abu Shamala and al-Attar are tied to almost every major attack in and from the Rafah area since 2001. These include the kidnapping of Gilad Shalit on a tunnel raid into Israel in which two other soldiers were killed, and even the killing of 16 Egyptian soldiers on the Gaza-Sinai-Israel border two years ago. Thus the two had tangled not only with Israel, but also with Egypt, which knew of their ties to terrorist organizations in the Sinai.
I'm reminded of The Onion's fabulous 9/11 story entitled "Hijackers Surprised To Find Selves In Hell."
According to Hell sources, the 19 eternally damned terrorists have struggled to understand why they have been subjected to soul-withering, infernal torture ever since their Sept. 11 arrival.
"There was a tumultuous conflagration of burning steel and fuel at our gates, and from it stepped forth these hijackers, the blessed name of the Lord already turning to molten brass on their accursed lips," said Iblis The Thrice-Damned, the cacodemon charged with conscripting new arrivals into the ranks of the forgotten. "Indeed, I do not know what they were expecting, but they certainly didn't seem prepared to be skewered from eye socket to bunghole and then placed on a spit so that their flesh could be roasted by the searing gale of flatus which issues forth from the haunches of Asmoday."
Hat tip: BadBlue News.
Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear
Genesis 16
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her: 'Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son; and thou shalt call his name Ishmael, because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. 12 And he shall be a wild ass of a man: his hand shall be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the face of all his brethren.'
If you would like to read the story behind the headline, cut and paste and do a Google search.
• Pope Francis canonizes 800 men who, in dying for their faith, saved Europe from Islam
• Slain journalist James Foley's dad: "I did not realize how brutal they were"
• IS militants 'biggest threat' to US
• Gunmen execute 18 alleged collaborators in Gaza; Israel launches airstrikes
• Shi'ite militia kill dozens of Iraqi Sunnis in mosque shooting
• Dozens killed in Iraq mosque attack
• Israeli boy seriously injured murdered when Gaza mortar slams into car
• Palestinian Facebook page: More Hamas executions of suspected collaborators imminent
• Why Is Britain a Breeding Ground for ISIS Terrorists?
Enjoy your weekend, and hug the kids for me.
DIY Drunk History
The snark is strong with this one.
Upvote him, please, and send him onto the Dodgeball finals in Vegas.
Larwyn's Linx: Obama claims ISIL speaks for no religion; so what's that first "I" stand for?
Nation
Obama claims ISIL speaks for no religion; so what's the "I" stand for?: PatheosEric Holder and The Lynch Mob Mentality in Ferguson: CHQ
Ferguson and The Real Race War: Bill Whittle
The InJustice League Of America: Crockett Lives
Pro-Israel student attacked at Temple U. by terror supporters: LI
HS Kid Arrested: Wrote School Project About Shooting a Dinosaur: Lid
Beaten to Death at McDonald's: David Paulin
Thugs smile for mugshots after eldery vet dies from beating, stabbing: FAM
Conservatives support #BlackOpenCarry despite political differences: Twitchy
Economy
Dead Broke Bill Clinton Now Enjoys $1,000 Cigars: WSUtah teacher: ‘Too much risk’ reciting the Pledge of Allegiance: EAG
Repossessions, Delinquencies Up; Auto Loan Balances Hit All-Time High: TTAC
Scandal Central
A mere 14,646 duplicate voters flagged in Fairfax, Maryland: WatchdogPeters: WH 'Murderous,' 'Un-American' for Release of Rescue Details: Breitbart
Why is Holder in Ferguson; 36 blacks in Chicago shot last weekend?: TBP
GAO Announces The Bowe Bergdahl Trade Broke The Law: Lid
Lead Travis Co. Investigator: “No Evidence Of Wrongdoing” By Perry: Brian Sikma
Rep. Mike Honda Intros Bill Banning Civilians from Buying Body Armor: NBC SF
Climate & Energy
Why, of Course It Is: Nancy Pelosi’s District Exempt From Water Restrictions: LoneConClimate Change Brings Darkness And Doom Or Something: Cove
Hysteric Air Officials Now Looking To Classify E-Cigs As Hazerdous Materials: Cove
Media
The Jihadi Serial Killer the Media's Hiding From You: Michelle MalkinThis ‘blistering’ Daily News Obama cover may be the best ever: Twitchy
Nine-Year-Old Boy Shot to Death in Chicago; Obama, Holder, Sharpton Unavailable for Comment: JWF
Key Ferguson Witness Dorian Johnson Previously Pled Guilty to Filing False Police Report: MB
Financial Support For Officer Darren Wilson Grows Rapidly – Day #3 Total $110,570: Treehouse
Blue porch lights, Darren Wilson T-shirts part of growing support for Ferguson officer: Jason Sickles
“Mr. President, get your ass off the golf course…act like a president or get the hell out!”: Scoop
Fist bump? Just when you thought Obama’s golf after Foley presser couldn’t get more sickening: Twitchy
CBS Offers a Shockingly Positive Look at Women and Guns: A 'Great American Tradition': MRC
Obama’s small-screen worldview: Jonah Goldberg
Free Beacon does it again with another fantastic MSNBC super-cut: Scoop
Father of James Foley: 'We know Jimmy's free. He's finally free': Larry Elder
World
Netanyahu: "Hamas is ISIS. ISIS is Hamas.": John Hayward'We Prefer to be Killed Rather than Convert': NRO
The Islamic State is destroying the greatest melting pot in history: Spectator
Report: Rescue Attempt Of James Foley Failed Because Obama Kept “Dragging His Feet”: WZ
James Foley Kidnapped By Obama-Backed Free Syrian Army Group, Then Handed To ISIS: WZ
Obama negotiated for Muslim Deserter Bergdahl, but not for American Journalist: Creeping
Gaza Flag Flies on Manhattan Bridge Thanks to Lax Security: Sara Noble
Why Muslim Terrorists Don’t Kidnap Russians: MB
Turkey's support for Hamas against Palestinian Authority is putting Erdogan in a pickle: ForPol
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)
The Bike That Can't Be Stolen: PopMechWindows 9 inbound: Microsoft to unveil Windows 'Threshold' in September: NetworkWorld
What Is Truth?: DailyWTF
Cornucopia
7 Fascinating Cars—Including an Alfa Jeep!—from the 2014 Concorso Italiano: Car and DriverSlingin' in the Rain: Crockett Lives
Why Conservatives Can’t Make Inroads in the Culture: John Wilson
Image: Gaza Flag Flies on Manhattan Bridge Thanks to Lax Security
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QOTD: "Can Obama still control all the forces he’s ‘separably’ unleashed? Maybe the reason he stays in the Vineyard is that he’s guessed the answer. It’s his psychological bunker, where he waits, hoping for a last minute reprieve from Steiner. He doesn’t know what comes next anymore and frankly, is afraid to look." --Richard Fernandez
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Cadillac to Throw Down Against Mercedes S-Class and BMW 7-Series
General Motors global product development chief Mark Reuss revealed Tuesday that Cadillac will press ahead with an F-segment sedan built upon a new platform.
The Detroit News reports the new Cadillac will slot above the full-size XTS, and will throw down against the Mercedes S-Class and BMW 7 Series.
Reuss adds that the flagship sedan is important for the brand “if it is to compete as a serious luxury carmaker” in the top luxury segment...
If it's to "compete as a serious luxury carmaker", I'd humbly suggest that moving all manufacturing to right-to-work states might be a good start.
Hat tip: BadBlue Car News.
14 Reasons the U.S. Economic Bubble is Ready to Burst
Did you know that a major event just happened in the financial markets that we have not seen since the financial crisis of 2008? If you rely on the mainstream media for your news, you probably didn't even hear about it. Just prior to the last stock market crash, a massive amount of money was pulled out of junk bonds. Now it is happening again. In fact, as you will read about below, the market for high yield bonds just experienced "a 6-sigma event". But this is not the only indication that the U.S. economy could be on the verge of very hard times. Retail sales are extremely disappointing, mortgage applications are at a 14 year low and growing geopolitical storms around the world have investors spooked. For a long time now, we have been enjoying a period of relative economic stability even though our underlying economic fundamentals continue to get even worse. Unfortunately, there are now a bunch of signs that this period of relative stability is about to end. The following are 14 reasons why the U.S. economy's bubble of false prosperity may be about to burst...
#1 The U.S. junk bond market just experienced "a 6-sigma event" earlier this month. In other words, it is an event that is only supposed to have a chance of 1 in 500 million of happening. Billions of dollars are being pulled out of junk bonds right now, and that has some analysts wondering if a financial crash is right around the corner.
#2 The last time that we saw a junk bond rout of this magnitude was back during the financial crash of 2008. In fact, as the Telegraph recently explained, bonds usually crash before stocks do...
The credit market usually leads the equity market during turning points, as happened when credit markets cracked first in 2008.
Will the same thing happen this time around?
#3 Retail sales have missed expectations for three months in a row and we just had the worst reading since January.
#4 Things have gotten so bad that even Wal-Mart is really struggling. Same-store sales at Wal-Mart have declined for five quarters in a row and the outlook for the future is not particularly promising.
FIGURES: Anti-Gun Democrat Threatens to Kill Researcher Conducting Survey on Second Amendment
Each election cycle, the Minnesota Gun Owners Civil Rights Alliance contacts the 280-plus candidates running for the Minnesota House in hopes of surveying them about their views on gun rights.
As you’d probably expect, some candidates choose not to respond to GOCRA’s questionnaire. No biggie. But the organization is recommending Rep. Ron Erhardt (D-Edina) receive anger management therapy after he allegedly threatened to kill GOCRA President Andrew Rothman when he was contacted about the survey.
Earlier this summer, GOCRA sent two emails asking Erhardt, 84, to respond to their questions. He didn’t respond, so at 5:19 p.m. on July 19, Rothman followed up with a phone call.
Here’s how that conversation went, according to an affidavit signed by Rothman:
When contacted, the individual answering the phone identified himself as Ron Erhardt. Your affiant identified himself and reminded Rep. Erhardt of the approaching questionnaire deadline. Rep. Erhardt indicated that he did not intend to complete the survey. Your affiant, following the procedure used with each candidate, reminded Mr. Erhardt that GOCRA’s policy was to give a special “F*” grade to candidates with no voting record or survey, as set out in the “How will this information be used?” section of the introduction…
Rep. Erhardt responded, yelling, “Give me a double F! No more surveys! You come near me, and I’ll blow your head off!” Rep. Erhardt then disconnected the phone call. The call’s duration was 78 seconds.
Wouldn't it be nice if these nitwits actually read the Constitution once in a while? I know, I'm a dreamer.
Hat tip: BadBlue News.
STILL HAS A GOOD FIRST STEP: Total Time it Took Obama to Tee Off After Making Foley Statement: 480 Seconds
Leadership. #Obama makes statement on #ISIS murder of reporter James Foley - Tees off 8 minutes later #Fore pic.twitter.com/VhBDIbCCwe
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) August 21, 2014Even CNN noticed the less than solemn attention Mr. Obama paid to the beheading of an American journalist. And @BiffSpackle offered his usual caustic 'toon pillorying our beleaguered POTUS.
Hat tip: BadBlue News.
Larwyn's Linx: The Sheldon Cooper Presidency
Nation
The Sheldon Cooper Presidency: AceSen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) meets Jew-hating constituents: Moe Lane
Report: Harry Reid 'Seethed' At Disengaged President Obama: Charlie Spiering
War-gaming November: Incumbents vs. Angry Voters: Stephen Green
ISIS ‘a national security threat’: Cal Thomas
Opportunists fan the flames of racial unrest: Victor Davis Hanson
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA: Erickson
Major Liberal Group Could Be About To Reject Hillary Clinton: WJ
Time to Pay Attention to Kansas: RS
Holder to "Investigate" Ferguson Shooting for "Civil Rights Violations": GWP
Ferguson: We've Seen Enough to Know That Mike Brown Was a Thug: Publius
Communists Inciting Violence in Ferguson: RebelPundit
Economy
More Bad News for Obamacare: LoneConNew Poll Suggests Pretty Much Everyone Hates Common Core: CI
About That Sovereign "Safety": Karl Denninger
Scandal Central
More Trouble for Eric Holder? Judge Resurrects Fast and Furious Scandal With Order Against DOJ: Fred LucasPerry Grand Juror Was A Democratic Party Delegate During Proceedings: MediaTrackers
Why Is Obama Hiding ObamaCare Enrollment Data?: IBD
After Foley Beheading, Obama Making Golf Getaways Difficult to Defend: Joe Concha
DREAMer Who Killed Two Girls In Hit And Run Won't Be Deported, Still Protected By DACA: Caroline May
About Sums It Up: Reaganite
Media
Ferguson: We Need To Stop Talking About “Media Bias”—And Start Talking About Media Evil.: VDAREJames Foley found out ISIS doesn't care who you voted for: Allen West
Missouri cop was badly beaten before shooting Michael Brown, says source: Fox
Obama Congratulates Spurs For Hiring Female Coach While Ignoring Death of Two Star General: Treehouse
New book: The ‘SNL’ skit Obama killed, Hillary’s ‘entitlement’ attitude: BPR
If What This Writer Says Is True, Harry Reid May Be About To Destroy Obama: WJ
Ferguson: Not Even An O.J. Jury Would Convict Officer Wilson: Larry Elder
LAGOP’s #AirMary Attack On Landrieu Is Hysterical But True: HayRide
Two From the Prof: WRSA
World
The Enemy Knows We’re In A World War, But Democrats Don’t: HayRidePresident Obama Shows Why He Cannot Beat ISIL: Erick Erickson
Gen. Allen: Destroy the Islamic State Now: Gen. John R. Allen
ISIS Crucifixion Of Children Could Lead To A Christian Holocaust: WJ
Was beheaded American journalist James Foley’s murderer released from Guantanamo Bay?: BPR
Hamas sends a love letter to ISIS (with 10 tips): Commentator
The Full Video Of James Foley’s Beheading -- Hidden by the Media -- Has Been Found: Shoebat
Switzerland: Muslim Protesters Attempt to Storm Synagogue: INN
American Decapitated by Englishman: Mark Steyn
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)
Heroin’s new hold on Indiana: IJECData Breaches May Drive Consumers Back to Cash: Douglas Ceto
Tesla to allow iPhone to start Model S without key/fobs with v6.0 update: 9to5Mac
Cornucopia
If You're Gonna Crash Your Motorcycle...: Feral IrishmanThe End of Pax Romana: Can I Get a Big Portabella with that?: MOTUS
Robin Williams and Our Strange Times : Jim Geraghty
Image: Weapons can be easily smuggled past airport body scanners
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QOTD: "The last couple seasons of the show [Saturday Night Live] were the only two in the show’s history where we were totally like every other comedy show: basically, an arm of the Hollywood Democratic establishment. [Jon] Stewart was more nuanced. We just stopped doing anything which could even be misinterpreted as a criticism of Obama." --SNL writer-producer James Downey, who retired in 2013
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Juxtaposed Headlines o' the Day
Obama Has Played 29.5 Hours On The Golf Course As Race Riots Rage
White House "Did Not Know" National Guard Was Being Deployed In Ferguson
By the numbers, "Obama is in the middle of a two-week vacation at the $12 million, 17-room mansion of a Democratic Party fundraiser wherein, according to ABC News, he has played 29.5 hours of golf, attended a Democratic fundraiser, partied at a birthday bash, spent 6.5 hours on the beach, and attended a jazz concert on Sunday... According to Gallup, Obama's job approval stands at just 41%."
Hat tip: Badblue News.
THIS IS YOUR RECOVERY. And This is Your Recovery On Drugs.
“If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks…will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered…. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.” – Thomas Jefferson
Does this chart portray an economic recovery in any way? Wages have been stagnant since the START of the supposed recovery in 2010. Real median household income, even using the highly understated CPI, is on a glide path to oblivion. You just need to observe with your own two eyes the number of Space Available signs in front of office buildings, strip centers and malls across America to realize we have further to fall. Low paying, part-time burger flipping jobs aren’t going to revive this debt saturated economic system. But at least the .1% are enjoying their Federal Reserve created high. Fiat is a powerful drug when administered in large doses to addicts on Wall Street.
The S&P 500 has risen from 666 in March of 2009 to 1,972 today. That is a 196% increase in a little over five years. During this same time, real household income has fallen by 7%. There have been a few million jobs added, while 11 million people have left the labor market. According to Robert Shiller’s CAPE ratio, the stock market valuation has only been higher, three times in history – 1929, 1999, and 2007. He seems flabbergasted by why valuations are so high. Sometimes really smart people can act really dumb.
The Federal Reserve balance sheet was $900 billion before the 2008 financial crisis. Today it stands at $4.4 trillion. The Fed has increased their balance sheet by 220% since the March 2009 market lows. Do you think there is any correlation between the Fed puppets printing $2.4 trillion and handing it to their Wall Street puppeteers, who used their high frequency trading supercomputers and ability to rig the markets so they never lose, and the third stock bubble in the last 13 years? It’s so self evident that only an Ivy League economist or CNBC anchor wouldn’t be able to see it.
As Obama Disarms America, China Unveils Another New, Hypersonic "Carrier Killer" Weapon System
National Security: Beijing is moving fast on a maneuverable, hypersonic glide vehicle designed to evade America's defenses, including the Aegis ballistic missile system guarding our carrier battle groups.
On Aug. 7, China conducted a second test of its hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV), known as the WU-14, yet another example of its relentless pursuit of high-tech weaponry as the United States abandons what the administration dismisses as Cold War weaponry.The first test, conducted in January, saw China's HGV reach speeds in the vicinity of Mach 10, about 10 times the speed of sound. In the latest test, according to Internet reports, the WU-14 was the upper stage of a missile launched from the Jiuquan satellite launch facility in China's western Gobi desert.
Strategic experts say that the importance of this weapons program cannot be understated. The Washington Free Beacon quotes Rick Fisher, senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center, as saying:
"Accelerated HGV testing could potentially allow China to develop a second-generation antiship ballistic missile (ASBM) warhead that is more maneuverable and more difficult to counter."
As we noted after the January test, development of the WU-14 comes on the heels of China's deployment of a "carrier-killer," the DF-21D, a road-mobile ASBM. This land-based missile is designed to track and target our carrier battle groups in the western Pacific with the help of satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles similar to our drones, as well as over-the-horizon radar.
"GENTLE GIANT" MICHAEL BROWN: Beat Ferguson Police Officer Wilson Within an Inch of His Life, Say Sources
Wilson was coming off another case in the neighborhood on Aug. 9 when he ordered Michael Brown and his friend Dorain Johnson to stop walking in the middle of the road because they were obstructing traffic. However, the confrontation quickly escalated into physical violence, the source said.
“They ignored him and the officer started to get out of the car to tell them to move," the source said. "They shoved him right back in, that’s when Michael Brown leans in and starts beating Officer Wilson in the head and the face."
The source claims that there is "solid proof" that there was a struggle between Brown and Wilson for the policeman’s firearm, resulting in the gun going off – although it still remains unclear at this stage who pulled the trigger. Brown started to walk away according to the account, prompting Wilson to draw his gun and order him to freeze. Brown, the source said, raised his hands in the air, and turned around saying, "What, you're going to shoot me?"
At that point, the source told FoxNews.com, the 6-foot-4, 292-pound Brown charged Wilson, prompting the officer to fire at least six shots at him, including the fatal bullet that penetrated the top of Brown's skull, according to an independent autopsy conducted at the request of Brown's family.
Wilson suffered a fractured eye socket in the fracas, and was left dazed by the initial confrontation, the source said. He is now "traumatized, scared for his life and his family, injured and terrified" that a grand jury, which began hearing evidence on Wednesday, will "make some kind of example out of him," the source said.
If we had a real president, he would speak out for peacable assembly and law and order, no matter the race, creed or religion involved. But MLK, Jr. he ain't.
Hat tip: BadBlue News.
Larwyn's Linx: The Hell That is the Obama White House
Nation
The Hell That is the Obama White House: David HorowitzListen To The American People: Secure Border, No Amnesty: Michael Johns
Everybody Harry Reid’s ever viciously attacked getting ready for 2016: Moe Lane
Dorian Johnson recants?: Treehouse
Ferguson Feeding Frenzy: Michelle Malkin
ISIS Supporters Reach Out To The Ferguson Mob: Nice Deb
Ferguson in Perspective: Jason Riley Tells Hard Truths: Paul A. Rahe
Grand Jurors Break Law to Explain How Perry Broke Law: Bryan Preston
Pentagon Fires Back At Critics of 'Police Militarization' Program: Russell Berman
Rick Perry Becomes the 2016 GOP Frontrunner: Aaron Gardner
Here Comes the Mob (Again)!: Kathy Shaidle
State fines upstate farm that rebuffed same-sex wedding: Jimmy Vielkind
Economy
Tuition Pays for This: Walter WilliamsSemi-Retired President Heads Back To Vacation: WZ
Americans Sick of Government Regulation: Betsy McCaughey
Scandal Central
The Rich Oeuvre of Saint Michael Brown: MBOfficer Darren Wilson Suffered “Orbital Blowout Fracture to Eye Socket” During Mike Brown Attack: GWP
Perry Prosecutor Defended Child Killer, Sex Trafficker, Corrupt Leaders: Brian Sikma
Rick Perry is ‘setting the record straight’ in new ad: RedAlert
GOP selects head of legal team for Benghazi Select Committee: Twitchy
The Republicans who helped Indict Rick Perry: RS
Climate & Energy
Another Species Has Gone Extinct: Erick EricksonGary Peters Plays Both Sides of Energy Debate for Dollars: Dan Riehl
If there wasn't an election soon I might be happy about falling gas prices: WyBlog
Media
There’s a Mobius Loop Going On: Ed DriscollProgressive Activist Launches Campaign to Vandalize Books: Glob
Probably Not The Mug Shot the Dems Were Hoping For: Ace
Yes, AP Violated Its Style Guide to Refer to Michael Brown, 18, as a ‘Youth’: Ed Driscoll
David Gregory's Liberal Tenure at 'Meet the Press': More Mouthpiece Than Moderator: MRC
What a Getty Photographer Captured Before He Was Arrested in Ferguson: NatlJrnl
MSNBC's Al Sharpton Led His First Anti-Semitic Race-Riot In Crown Heights, 23 Years Ago Today: Lid
‘We will prevail': Gov. Rick Perry turns himself in to authorities amid cheers; Updated: Twitchy
Profiles in Moonbattery: Sylvester Stallone: MB
World
The Meltdown: Bret StephensUnder What Conditions Can The US Army Engage Citizens: The Army's "Civil Disturbances" Primer: ZH
AFDI Rally for Israel & Persecuted Religious Minorities in the Middle East: Urban Infidel
Why Jordan Doesn't Want More Palestinians: Gatestone
Islamic State Burying Yazidis Alive, Woman Tied To Car And Split In Two: WZ
The Temple Mount and the Tallit: MyRightWord
ISIL Claims to Behead an American Photojournalist: Polly Mosendz
Low-flying helicopters alarm St. Paul residents: Stripes
Government's Response To Snowden? Strip 100,000 of Their Security Clearances: TechDirt
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)
Record valet shenanigans in your new Corvette? Yes, you can.: Lyndon Johnson, TechTellGerman Ebola scare: Nigerian woman faints in jobcentre forcing 600 into quarantine: DailyMail
US won't reveal records on health website security: Jack Gillum
Cornucopia
Vote In The Right Wing News 2016 Presidential Candidate Survey For August of 2014: John HawkinsSeparated at Birth?: MB
Longtime ‘SNL’ announcer Don Pardo dies at 96: Times
Image: AFDI Rally for Israel & Persecuted Religious Minorities in the Middle East
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QOTD: "President Obama went back to his vacation on Martha’s Vineyard Tuesday evening following less than 48 hours in Washington, leaving people puzzled over why he came back in the first place.
Obama’s two days in Washington were mostly quiet, and concluded with the president receiving his daily national security briefing in the morning, and joining Vice President Biden to huddle with members of his economic team in the afternoon.
Administration officials have insisted for weeks that the president just wanted to return to the White House for a series of meetings, but the explanation was met with a healthy dose of skepticism, since Obama rarely interrupts his vacations." --Justin Sink, The Hill
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
UKRAINE'S NEXT CRISIS: Economic, Not Military
Ukraine’s next crisis will be a devastatingly economic one, as violent conflict destroys critical infrastructure in the east and brings key industry to a halt, furthering weakening the energy sector by crippling coal-based electricity production.
The Ukrainian military’s showdown with separatists in the industrial east has forced coal mines to severely cut production or close down entirely. This has led to an electricity crisis that can only be staunched by cutting domestic production along with exports to Europe, Crimea, and Belarus -- or worse, getting more imports from Russia.In the coal centers of Ukraine’s industrial east—Luhansk and Donetsk—fighting has forced the full closure of an estimated 50 percent of coal mines, while overall coal production has fallen 22 percent over the same period last year.
Key industry sources say they will potentially run out of coal in less than three weeks.
For Ukraine, the second largest producer of coal in Europe, this will have a devastating impact on the energy sector, which is in a state of emergency, unable to get coal to thermal power plants that provide some 40 percent of the entire country’s electricity.
CALLOUS DISREGARD: Obama's Ferguson Remarks Ignore Yet Another Bloody Week in Chicago
Malignant Neglect: The president talks about Ferguson, Mo., but not about a Chicago weekend where three dozen people were shot, seven of them killed, including a 16-year-old black girl who wanted to be a doctor.
To his credit, President Obama was more judicious than usual talking about the shooting of Michael Brown outside St. Louis. He did not say the police acted stupidly. He actually made a rare attempt at acknowledging individual responsibility when he said that when young black men "commit a crime, they need to be prosecuted, because every community has an interest in public safety."One of those communities is Chicago, about whose routine carnage the president has said little of substance, and where last weekend, as the fires of looted stores in Ferguson burned, seven people were shot dead and 29 were wounded. No need to put out the fires of perceived racial animosity or place special focus on the situation when it is young blacks routinely killing other young blacks.
If Sasha and Malia Obama, the president's young daughters, had another sister, she might look like 16-year-old Shaquise Buckner. Chicago police say Shaquise, who was the same age as Malia, appeared to have been the unintended target of a gang-related drive-by shooting early Saturday morning.
Yet Attorney General Eric Holder went to Ferguson, not Chicago. Thirty-six people are shot in Chicago in a single weekend, seven of them fatally, yet the FBI sends 40 agents to Missouri to investigate the shooting death of one young black male.
In his remarks on Ferguson and the difficulties of young black men, Obama spoke of "communities that feel left behind; who, as a consequence of tragic histories, often find themselves isolated, often find themselves without hope, without economic prospects. You have young men of color who are more likely to end up in jail, or the criminal justice system, than they are to end up in a good job or college."
One of those communities is Chicago.
NO GUN-FREE ZONES HERE: Deep Blue Los Angeles, CA School Systems Use AR-15s to Discourage Shooting Sprees
School’s back in session next week, and the campus police in Compton are packing more heat than ever. That’s not a reference to the hot drought California has faced in 2014—we’re talking guns. Specifically: controversial AR-15 semi-automatic rifles, approved for use on school campuses to prevent future gun rampages.
“This is our objective—save lives, bottom line,” Compton Unified Police Chief William Wu told the city’s school board. The board has been told that select campus police officers will be allowed buy the rifles and keep them in their cars, in case of a mass shooting incident or terrorist attack.
“Everyone wants children safe. At this time, we as a community, we have to come together and find other ways. But in the interim, our police officers need to be equipped,” he said.
Wu went on to explain how handguns wouldn’t cut it when it comes to thwarting a killer armed to the hilt. “Handguns, you’d be lucky to hit accurately at 25 yards,” he said. Wu added that with a rifle in the right hands, you could strike at “50, 100 yards accurately.”
...The police chief and the mayor of the small city of Fontana, California, meanwhile, backed a controversial line item to order 14 AR-15 rifles in an effort to safeguard schools. The guns are to be stored in locked safes within the schools.
“It’s unfortunate that we have to have that, but it’s the best message we can send to anybody that thinks to harm our children,” said Fontana Police Chief Rodney Jones. “The message we’re sending is…not here, not now, we’re prepared for you. And if you seek to harm our children, we will neutralize that threat and you will most likely be killed.”
What the hysterical author M.L. Nestel fails to inform the reader is that school shootings are down across America:
...the media’s understandable obsession with newsworthiness not only gives Americans a misimpression of what is happening to crime rates and mass killings, but it also encourages mass killers, who thrive on this attention. Reading the Santa Barbara killer’s manifesto, it is clear that he was just one more person who craved attention and felt he could get it by killing as many people as possible.
Unfortunately, these misimpressions caused by the media have real consequences. Legislation gets passed that disarms law-abiding citizens and makes attacks more likely.
I won't hold my breath waiting for Vocativ to issue a rebuttal from a real expert like John Lott.
Hat tip: BadBlue Gun News.




















