Wednesday, November 19, 2014

The Feds' New Racial Quotas

By Thomas Sowell

If anyone still has any doubt about the utter cynicism of the Obama administration, a recent agreement between the federal government and the Minneapolis Public Schools should open their eyes.

Under the Obama administration, both the Department of Education and the Department of Justice have been leaning on public schools around the country to reduce what they call the “disproportionate” numbers of black male students who are punished for various offenses in schools.

Under an implicit threat of losing their federal subsidies, the Minneapolis Public Schools have agreed to reduce the disparity in punishment of black students by 25 percent by the end of this school year, and then by 50 percent, 75 percent and finally 100 percent in each of the following years. In other words, there are now racial quota limits for punishment in the Minneapolis schools.

If we stop and think — as old-fashioned as that may seem — there is not the slightest reason to expect black males to commit the same number of offenses as Asian females or any other set of students.

When different groups of human beings have behaved differently in all sorts of ways, in countries around the world, for thousands of years of recorded history, why would we accept as dogma that the only reason one set of students gets punished more than others is because the people who are doing the punishing are picking on them?

BLACKOUT: Networks Refuse to Cover Obama's Amnesty Announcement and Resulting Constitutional Chaos

By Mac Slavo

Thursday evening will mark a momentous announcement from President Obama concerning his hugely controversial executive order to “shield” and otherwise legalize millions of ‘undocumented’ illegal immigrants living in the United States.

But is this tide turning presidential address scheduled to be carried live on TV for all the country to witness?

No. It seems that the big four networks – ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox – have all opted out of broadcasting the 15 minute speech, instead airing their November sweeps shows as scheduled in hopes of maximizing viewer ratings:

The administration announced today that POTUS will be speaking live from the White House at 8 PM ET on Thursday. ABC has the fall finale for Grey’s Anatomy on at that time while CBS has ratings powerhouse The Big Bang Theory, NBC has reality show The Biggest Loser and Fox has Bones. As of right now, three of those networks will not see any changes in their November sweep schedules due to the speech.

While Obama’s speech will be seen on their cable news siblings, Fox and NBC are not carrying it live on their broadcast networks tomorrow night.

Out of sight, out of mind?

Moreover, according to Deadline.com, the White House never asked the networks to carry the address:

WHY, OF COURSE HE IS: Eric Holder Shields Accused Cop-Killers From Facing Death Penalty

By Investor's Business Daily

Justice: Eric Holder, who dropped the New Black Panther case and almost had a defender of cop-killer Mumia abu-Jamal as an assistant, takes the death penalty off the table for four alleged Virginia cop-killers.

The National Guard has not been called up, Al Sharpton has not made an appearance, and neither have 40 FBI agents been dispatched to ensure the convictions of the four gang members who allegedly murdered a Virginia police officer.

Nor will there be riots and looting if they are acquitted.

When cops are the victims instead of the accused, a different standard of social justice seems to apply.

Waynesboro, Va., is not Ferguson, Mo., and 45-year-old reserve Virginia police officer Kevin Quick is not Michael Brown, shot and killed by Ferguson officer Darren Wilson.

In February, officer Quick never made it after he texted his girlfriend that he was on his way to see her.

According to police, Quick was set upon by three siblings and a fourth man, and was carjacked, kidnapped and taken from bank to bank to withdraw money using his own debit card at gunpoint before being shot to death.

His body was found in a wooded area in Goochland County six days later.

Siblings Daniel Mathis, Shantai Shelton and Mersadies Shelton have been charged along with a fourth man, Kweli Uhuru, in a federal indictment that lists them as members of a street gang called the "99 Goon Syndicate," an offshoot of the infamous "Bloods" gang, and allegedly committed the murder to climb in the gang ranks.

Larwyn's Linx: Obama’s Amnesty Loots Social Security To Give Your Money To Illegal Aliens

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Obama’s Amnesty Loots Social Security To Give Your Money To Illegal Aliens: CHQ
“Almost awesome in its evilness” – Jonathan Gruber on Obamacare: LI
Barack Obama Lied About Jonathan Gruber Before The World: Sara Noble

Should GOP Adopt "The Obama Rule" Of Executive Governance?: Ace
A White House Mass Pardon for Identity Thieves: Michelle Malkin
Baltimore Marxists plan Ferguson protests: Quinton

Life Under the Victimocracy: Daniel Greenfield
Gruber Truthers Really Need to Shut The F*** Up Now: Ace
Obama Counted On 'Minions in the Press' to Help Cover Up Gruber Scandal: CNS

Confused Elderly Woman Unsure About Which Party Won Election: Ace
Debates Threaten Hillary Candidacy: Dick Morris
Mark Levin Destroys Ashleigh Banfield: Scoop

Economy

Delusion: The Minimum Wage Ended Slavery: RS
Control Freaks: John Stossel
Jay Nixon To Spend $100k To Study How They Messed Up STL: Dana Loesch

Scandal Central

Exclusive: 3000 Unaccompanied Minors in Houston Schools: Breitbart
Georgetown Law Professor Jonathan Turley: Obama Amnesty Tearing at Fabric of Constitution: NRO
Gruber Visited White House 21 Times, President Obama Claims He Does Not Know The ‘Obamacare Architect’: Inquisitr

Climate & Energy

Is There Nothing That Obama Can't Do!: SDA
Buffalo Suburbs May Have Set a Record for 24-Hour Snowfall in a Populated Area: Discover
Keystone XL Pipeline Stalls in Senate Vote: Roll Call

Media

Fournier: Obama ‘Destroyed the Credibility of His Administration and Government Itself’: WFB
ABC, NBC Ignore Gruber’s Numerous W.H. Visits, CBS Barely Covers: MRC
Ex-Obama Aide Destroys Media Narrative, Admits Gruber Was an 'Important Figure': MRC

First in: Ted Cruz, Mark Levin to speak at CPAC 2015: Exam
Al Sharpton Has Novel Way to Economize on Expenses and Taxes: He Just Doesn't Pay Them: Ace
New York Times: Al Sharpton Owes $4.5 Million In Taxes And Steals From His Charities: DownTrend

Illegals Commit Over 400 Child Sexual Assaults in One Month in This Non-Border State: ConTrib
What did the press know and when did they know it?: Virginian
Jon Stewart Tears Apart Pelosi for ‘Politically Craven’ Move Against Duckworth: Mediaite

World

Oh, Jerusalem: Roger L. Simon
Jerusalem Terror: A Rorschach Test for Buzzfeed: CAMERA
UK: First military, now police warned not to wear uniforms in public for fear of attacks by jihadists: BNI

Paving the way for Islamic State in Israel: Ruthie Blum
Just Don’t Call It Islamic: Mona Charen
NY Times to Cuban doctors: Do your job and forget about freedom!: Silvio Canto

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

US safety board backs FAA on regulation of reckless drone use: CIO
Cadillac’s 2015 ATS-V wants to kill BMW’s M3/M4: Slashgear
12 Graphs That Show Why People Get Fat: Kris Gunnars

Cornucopia

Will Obama Announce Amnesty During The Ferguson Riots He Is Planning?: 90 Miles
Spock Sues Star Fleet!: Hideout
Facebook says No to Gun Safety – Bans Safes and Vaults: BuzzPo

Image: Nancy Pelosi Set to Win Reelection as House Minority Leader
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QOTD: "It’s a very sad moment, but it’s becoming a particularly dangerous moment — particularly after this election – to defy the will of Congress yet again [on Amnesty for illegal aliens through Executive Order]...

What the president is suggesting is tearing at the very fabric of the Constitution. We have a separation of powers that gives us balance. And that doesn’t protect the branches — it’s not there to protect the executive branch or legislative branch — it’s to protect liberty. It’s to prevent any branch from assuming so much control that they become a threat to liberty.

...This would be unprecedented and I think it would be an unprecedented threat to the balance of powers within our system." --Georgetown Law Professor Jonathan Turley

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Fun with the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 #GalaxyNote4

After nearly three years with my old Android smartphone -- a reliable workhorse with admirable battery life, the Motorola Razr Maxx -- it was time for a refresh. After reading a bunch of reviews, I chose the Samsung Galaxy Note 4. Often described as a "phablet", the extra-large phone is roughly the size of an iPhone 6 Plus, but holds the advantage of not being an Apple product. It also includes a built-in stylus for taking notes and dropping some art on my peeps.

The first two sketches -- each drawn in less than 60 seconds -- are depicted below.


As an aside, for the life of me I can't figure out how Microsoft OneNote is supposed to work. I was easily able to create a notebook and add some pages and sketch out a few drawings. How to export said pages has proven to be extremely frustrating. There isn't an export option. I used the sync feature to try to push the files up to the proverbial cloud; but multiple efforts to access the pages in the notebook using my laptop resulted in a blank page (Chrome) or a never-ending "progress" indicator (IE10).

How'd I get these images uploaded? Kludge central: I took a screen-cap of each on the Galaxy and simply emailed 'em to myself. Final edits occurred using GIMP, the most excellent open-source analog of Photoshop.

In any event, if I can't figure out how to use OneNote, my guess is there are many other users similarly challenged.


Hat tip: BadBlue Tech News.

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IN A WAR ZONE? One Embedded Reporter vs. the Establishment

By M.D. Kittle

MADISON, Wis. — Wayne Anderson, seeing the carnage unfold before him, did what any veteran embedded reporter in a war zone would do: He reported on it.

“The first response vehicles arrived and I thought, ‘Oh, shit, something is up here,’” Anderson told Wisconsin Reporter in an interview last week. “They started offloading the dead and wounded, and I had the presence of mind to get my video camera out of my pocket and start taping this news event.”

He quickly went about talking to witnesses and military officials on the ground at the U.S. Army’s Camp Mike Spann, the U.S. Army base not far from Mazar-e-Sharif in northern Afghanistan. The camp is named for the first American casualty of America’s longest war.

It was all standard operating stuff for the 59-year-old freelance journalist from Frederic, who was on in his second tour of embedded reporter duty in a war zone.

Anderson’s journalistic instincts cost him his job and his professional reputation, setting off a four-year First Amendment fight with the U.S. Department of Defense that is far from over.

Of Obama and the History of Failed Presidencies

By George Friedman

We do not normally comment on domestic political affairs unless they affect international affairs. However, it is necessary to consider American political affairs because they are likely to have a particular effect on international relations. We have now entered the final phase of Barack Obama's presidency, and like those of several other presidents since World War II, it is ending in what we call a state of failure. This is not a judgment on his presidency so much as on the political configuration within it and surrounding it.

The midterm elections are over, and Congress and the president are in gridlock. This in itself is not significant; presidents as popular as Dwight Eisenhower found themselves in this condition. The problem occurs when there is not only an institutional split but also a shift in underlying public opinion against the president. There are many more sophisticated analyses of public opinion on politics, but I have found it useful to use this predictive model.

Analyzing a President's Strength

I assume that underneath all of the churning, about 40 percent of the electorate is committed to each party. Twenty percent is uncommitted, with half of those being indifferent to the outcome of politics and the other half being genuinely interested and undecided. In most normal conditions, the real battle between the parties -- and by presidents -- is to hold their own bases and take as much of the center as possible.

Larwyn's Linx: Shut. It. Down.

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Shut. It. Down.: Erick Erickson
Debate over Amnesty is “between Obama and Obama”: Jazz Shaw
Video Found: Obama Admits He Stole Ideas From Jon Gruber: Sooper

ICE Agents Demoralized by Obama’s Treasonous Policies: MB
MO Gov. Nixon Declares State of Emergency, Activates Natl. Guard: Treehouse
Gruber Got Almost Ten Million Dollars Of "Stupid" Taxpayer's Money: Lid

Gruber, Again: Stupid Racist Floridians And ‘Awesome In Evilness': Sara Noble
A Legacy of LIberalism: Thomas Sowell
Congressman Hal Rogers’ Corrupt (But Legal) Bargain For Amnesty: CHQ

Romney Praises Jonathan Gruber’s ‘Econometric Model’: GotNews
Gov. Walker: I Could Run in 20 Years and Be Granny Clinton’s Age: JWF
Jonathan Gruber: “I Love the Hillary Clinton Plan”: GotNews

Economy

Why Dems Lack Working Class Appeal: It’s Immigration, Stupid: Dick Morris
Chinese Americans: Common Core same as China's Communist Core: Scoop
Poverty Causes Crime?: Dennis Prager

Scandal Central

Gruber: Obama personally asked me to help disguise unhelpful Obamacare facts: Guy Benson
Gruber-gate gets to Obama: ‘No, I did not’ mislead Americans: Noah Rothman
Obama Happily Jumps Into The Lies About Jonathan Gruber: DownTrend

Climate & Energy

Keystone pipeline vote will fail in the Senate: Mary Landrieu is toast: RS
Below freezing temperatures expected in all 50 states: The Week
Climate change was not to blame for the collapse of the Bronze Age: WUWT

Media

Special Report airs devastating report on Gruber’s connection to Democrats and Obama: Scoop
The GOP punditocracy’s fear of winning: RS
American Voters Apparently Too Stupid to Understand that Obamacare is Working: Leon Wolf

5 Years Since ClimateGate: Ten Credibility-Killing Quotes the Media Ignored: MRC
Watch Rand Paul win over Bill Maher: RedAlert
It’s All Right, Ma, I’m Only Bleeding: Chris Floyd

World

Terrorist Attack In Israel – Four Praying Israelis Murdered in Jerusalem Synagogue Attack: Treehouse
In CNN Headline on Jerusalem Terror, Integrity is Another Casualty: CAMERA
Putin Targets the Scandinavians: AmInt

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Benetti Launches the Veloce 140 Yacht: Robb Report
This Clever Design Could Replace Ugly QR Codes With Light: Gizmodo
The Internet in the era of VHS: CNet

Cornucopia

What Miserable Drones And Traitors Have We Nourished And Promoted: Camp o' the Saints
The True Story of How Muhammad Discovered America: MOTUS
Isn't Jon Gruber the guy Bruce Willis threw out of Nakatomi Tower?: AWD

Image: Obama turns to McConnell to secure his legacy
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QOTD: "Obama was elected as an anti-war candidate and then picked as his vice president a man who voted for the war and both his secretaries of state voted for the war. Ha ha ha. Oh, you stupid voters.

Then there is global warming, a cockamamie theory that using oil and coal will burn up the planet. None of the computer models to date has predicted the temperatures accurately. In fact, even though we have hit a historic high for atmospheric carbon dioxide, temperatures remain below what they were 1,000 years ago.

But it is science, right. And you are stupid if you disagree. That Nobel Prize in Physics means nothing to them, Ivar Giaever. You're just another stupid denier to them.

You know who else was considered stupid? The people who could not see the Emperor's New Clothes in the Hans Christian Andersen story. Only when a boy shouted the emperor was naked did the crowd finally feel free to laugh at the buffoonery of their elite leader." --Don Surber

Monday, November 17, 2014

PASS THE POPCORN, NAHANNI: Politico reports that Democrat Leaders are Lashing Out at "Stretch" Pelosi

"Stretch" being the nickname bestowed upon the Baroness of Botox by none other than Mark Levin. And it's the sobriquet she prefers, I hear. Say, Nahanni, could you pass the melted butter, too?

The discontent with Nancy Pelosi is breaking out in the open... Democrats in the House have quietly grumbled about Pelosi since suffering devastating losses on Election Day, but there is a growing number of members willing to go public on their party leaders.

And it seems so disconcerting for Democrats to have lost faith in a pathetic old leftist whose signature achievement is warbling "We have to pass the bill to find out what's in it" like Katherine Hepburn.

The 74-year-old Pelosi’s hold on power seems secure, but buy-in from her conference is shaken... “When any party suffers two comprehensive midterm defeats, as we did, you’re going to have soul-searching and you’re going to have finger-pointing and I think that’s natural,” added Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) “I would hope that we will create a mechanism for rational analysis of what went wrong and why and what we can do to take correct measures to be successful in 2016 and beyond.”

Connolly and other lawmakers had suggested that the next DCCC chairman be elected by rank-and-file members, instead of being handpicked by Pelosi...

I like the phrase "a mechanism for rational analysis." Of course, "rational analysis" being a known strength of a political party that rejects logic, reason, and all of human history.

Pelosi even told POLITICO that she might have thought about retiring if Democrats had won the House, but she needs to stay all the more because the party lost seats. That comment caused some eyes to roll in Democratic circles.

“If we had lost 30 or 40 seats, rather than the dozen we lost, then [Pelosi] would have said she’s never leaving,” joked one Democrat, speaking on condition of anonymity. “If we keep losing seats, she’ll be here until she’s 90.”

Well, this calls for another face-lift, eh, Stretch?

...[Outgoing Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve] Israel also has started to try to stem frustrations from Democratic donors, who are upset with the elections. The New York Democrat held a conference call last Thursday to talk about the midterm results. Not everybody’s concerns have been quelled. Several Democratic lobbyists, who cut large contributions to the party committee and to candidates and lawmakers, said Pelosi and the DCCC in the 2016 cycle will have to make the case that they have a credible plan in place before they open their checkbooks again.

Some Democrats privately complained that Israel told rank-and-file lawmakers last week that he couldn’t tell them how bad things were across the country before the election, although Israel vehemently denied that accusation.

Geez, Nahanni! You finished the popcorn? Where'd you hide the Twizzlers?


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FUTURE WAR IN SPACE: China Aggressively Tests New Anti-Satellite Weapons as Obama Unilaterally Disarms America

By Investor's Business Daily

Defense: Members of Congress warn that the State Department is working on arms accords to demilitarize space and ban anti-satellite weapons, leaving Russia and China with a huge lead in military space capabilities.

On Jan. 17, 2012, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a statement announcing the Obama administration's intention to work with the European Union on an International Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities. It was supposed to be sort of a "rules of the road" for space-faring nations to deal with issues such as the accumulating space junk jeopardizing satellites and manned space activities such as the International Space Station.

It soon became apparent that the vague, loosely worded and allegedly nonbinding accord that would be negotiated would become a pretext to restrict the so-called militarization of space. In 2007, a successful Chinese test of an anti-satellite weapon against an aging weather satellite spewed tens of thousands of pieces of debris into low-Earth orbit, posing a hazard. Space treaty advocates felt that space was getting crowded enough without militarizing it.

However, a 2012 EU analysis of the draft code provided to the House Armed Services Committee at the time warned that if the U.S. "were to make a good-faith effort at implementing the requirements of the draft code," it would have an impact on U.S. military operations.

GRIM MILESTONE: Public Loathing of Obamacare Hits New High

Paraphrasing Jammie, "What do these stupid Americans know, anyway?"

As New Enrollment Period Starts, ACA Approval at 37%


As the Affordable Care Act's second open enrollment period begins, 37% of Americans say they approve of the law, one percentage point below the previous low in January. Fifty-six percent disapprove, the high in disapproval by one point.

...Approval has been in the low 40% or high 30% range after a noticeable dip that occurred in early November 2013. This was shortly after millions of Americans received notices that their current policies were being canceled, which was at odds with President Barack Obama's pledge that those who liked their plans could keep them. The president later said, by way of clarification, that Americans could keep their plans if those plans didn't change after the ACA was passed.

The current 37% reading comes on the heels of last week's midterm elections, in which Republicans won full control of both houses of Congress. Already, party leaders are discussing efforts to repeal the unpopular law.

Repeal is highly unlikely, given Obama's veto power, but the law's new low in approval -- and new high in disapproval (56%) -- could potentially have an impact on its future.

This is so odd: who could have predicted that a 2,200-page bill, that not a single Democrat read and which attempted to centrally manage one-sixth of the U.S. economy, would have turned out to be a complete and utter clusterbungle?


Hat tip: BadBlue News.

Chicago's Impending Pension Catastrophe, Visualized

By Ted Ballantine, Pension360.org

Among the country’s largest cities, Chicago’s per-capita pension debt is unmatched — in a bad way. Check out the chart below to see just how much pension debt each person in Chicago is shouldering compared to other large cities.

Here’s how Chicago’s unfunded liabilities broke down by system as of 2012, according to the city’s website:

– Municipal Employees’ Annuity & Benefit Fund of Chicago (MEABF): $8.2 billion

– Laborers’ & Retirement Board Employees’ Annuity & Benefit Fund (LABF): $0.9 billion

– Policemen’s Annuity & Benefit Fund (PABF): $7.0 billion

– Firemen’s Annuity & Benefit Fund (FABF): $3.1 billion

– Chicago Teachers Pension Fund (CTPF): $7.1 billion

– Park Employees Annuity and Benefit Fund (PEABF): $0.4 billion

 
Read more Ted Ballantine at Pension360. A few states consistently pop up as having the most pension debt. Hawaii isn’t always on that list. But it should be. Read… Hawaii: Fiscal “Sinkhole State”

Larwyn's Linx: Obama Just Stepped in a Pile of Gruber

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Obama Just Stepped in a Pile of Gruber: Breitbart
Obama now allowing Central American youth to legally come to U.S.: Times
Lying Liar Obama on Gruber Videos: “I just heard about this”: JWF

No, the GOP should NOT choose Obamacare Capitulation: Aaron Gardner
Immigration Reform: Obama’s payoff to far left activists: RS
Dear Black People: Democrats Are About To Break Up With You: Derek Hunter

Obama met with Ferguson protesters to cheer them on: GWP
DHS Head: Terrorists Crossing Border Illegally OK If They’re Kurds: Sara Noble
Staging Near Ferguson: III Percent

The Obamacare "Architect" Lets Us in on the Joke: DiploMad
‘Has Gruber-gate Scuttled Mitt, 2016?’: Ed Driscoll
How Democrats Defeated Themselves: Star Parker

Economy

House continues ban on earmarks: RS
Why are many blue cities unaffordable to the middle class?: DHB
Italy’s Crazy New Economy from Hell: Wolf Street

Scandal Central

Jonathan Gruber cashed in even more than previously thought: Michelle Malkin
Muslims forcibly remove Christian woman at Washington National Cathedral: FAM
Gruber Didn’t Disclose His HHS Contract To The NEJM Back In July: David Dayen (2010)

Climate & Energy

New term: ‘Grubering’ and how it applies to Climate Alarmism: WUWT
Obama Flips the Bird at Canada: IOTWReport

Media

Brit Hume brilliantly ties Gruber to liberal ideology in less than 30 seconds: Scoop
Two Politico headlines four months apart show how media is helping Obama cover up Gruber’s involvement: Scoop
DEA agents raid NFL medical staffs after games: AP

Parrots, Whores, and Clowns: Barack Obama’s Press Corps: Erick Erickson
CBS’s Bob Schieffer Was Shocked, SHOCKED Upon Hearing Jonathan Gruber’s ObamaCare Remarks: Treehouse
Incredible Graphc of the Week: Ace

World

Petulance Down Under – Obama Exemplifies Stompy Feet Diplomacy In Australia: Treehouse
Iran TV airs Muslim cleric’s threats to raze Tel Aviv, target US bases: JihadWatch
Imagine a Nuclear Iran: IOTWReport

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

State Department and White House Networks Hacked at the Same Time: DefenseOne
BTS: Creating a Sports Action Shot Using 3D Printed Figurines: PetaPixel
Radical advice for tech companies: Put the designer in charge: GeekWire

Cornucopia

So Awesome! This School Lets Students Pose With Something Extra on Picture Day: Insider
The irony and the odyssey: Sondrakistan
Gratitude: Ace

Image: US Review of IS Video Confirms American's Death
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QOTD: "Nobody I know was fooled by the arguments in favor of Obamacare. Polls consistently showed a supermajority of the American people against Obamacare. The only ones for it were those who thought--maybe correctly--that they would get something for free for which "others" would pay.

The progressives arguing in favor of Obamacare, in fact, were either stupid or dishonest. That is the choice they have. The rest of us know and knew it as a scam. Had the American people been allowed to vote on Obamacare, and not just a cabal of dishonest and stupid politicians under the leadership of Reid and Pelosi, is there any doubt what would have happened to it?

It is imperative that the new Republican Congress keep quoting Gruber and launch a relentless effort to dismantle the Obamacare abomination." --W. Lewis Amselem

Sunday, November 16, 2014

MARK LEVIN: Democrats "should thank God every single day that we are a peaceful, law-abiding people"

By Mark Levin


You heard Donald Berwick, who flat-out stated that the purpose of government-run health care is to redistribute wealth, is to redistribute services. Then you heard Obama lie about every aspect of this law that they were constructing and promoting, every piece of it -- you could keep your doctor, you could keep your policy, your costs will go down $2,500 a year per family, it would reduce the annual deficit and the overall debt -- just absurd.

Now you're going to hear from Gruber, Professor Gruber again with one additional audio, telling you, bragging about how he lied, how Obamacare as told to you was a fiction, and how the statute itself, its complexity, its length, was used to bamboozle you. And I want to add this -- not only was the President of the United States behind this, the entire Democrat party, the entire media, they were all behind it. They were all behind it. Jonathan Gruber -- pro-fessa, MIT.

And by the way, the man who uncovered this is a patriot citizen outside of Philadelphia. If you go to my social sites, marklevinshow/facebook, marklevinshow/twitter, I link to a story by Bloomberg News about this gentleman. He lost his health care and literally, in his basement, maybe it's his mother's basement, he wanted to know who the people were who were the architects behind this and he started to dig and dig and dig and he listened to these long speeches. He's the one that came up with this! Not a single major news service -- because they didn't care. They're cheerleaders -- they are Praetorian Guard media. I told you, the media created Obama, they're not going to destroy him. You've heard some of this but again, I'm making the case, one step at a time.

Smartest President Ever Prefers Shipping Oil by Train Rather Than Dangerous, Experimental Devices Known as "Pipes"

By Investor's Business Daily

Energy Transport: New data show fast-rising rail shipments from North Dakota's Bakken shale formation and the need for a safer alternative to rail — like the Keystone XL pipeline.

In his post-election press conference, the president noted in justifying his continual kicking of the Keystone XL oil drum down the road that "while this debate about Canadian oil has been raging ... we've seen some of the biggest increases in American oil production and natural gas production in our history."

That increase is due in large part to oil recovered from the Bakken shale formation centered on North Dakota. So much oil has been found there that the Energy Information Administration notes a 13.4% jump in rail shipments of oil over last year, a trend likely to continue.

This is both good news and bad news, for increased rail shipments of oil raise the risk of catastrophic train derailments. A State Department analysis released in June found that rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline project would result in 2,947 injuries and 434 deaths as oil companies shipped their oil by means, including rail, that are demonstrably less safe.

Larwyn's Linx: The Point of Impeachment

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The Point of Impeachment : Andrew C. McCarthy
Known Terrorists Captured After Crossing Border From Mexico: MB
Impeachment Goes Mainstream: Breitbart

Illegal aliens taunt ICE because Obama's protecting them from justice: RWN
DHS chief: Obama immigration order 'in final stages': Rachel Huggins
Ferguson Grand Jury Verdict: Preparing for the Worst: Stacy Washington

The Gruber Tapes 1 - 7: Nice Deb
Thank you, Jonathan Gruber: Rich Lowry
Could Obamacare Architect Be Prosecuted For His Deceit?: RWN

Critically ill surgeon with Ebola transported to Nebraska: DailyMail
TX bill declares all federal gun control invalid and non enforceable: Ben Swann
ISIS video claims beheading of American hostage Peter Kassig: Fox

Economy

Rich don’t just pay a ‘fair share,’ they pay almost everybody’s share: AEI
The Economic End Game Explained: Brandon Smith
Sen. Feinstein Goes to War Against Airbnb: Debra Saunders

Scandal Central

Darrell Issa to Jeh Johnson: Turn over Secret Service report by Monday: Exam
Holder Takes Death Penalty off Table for Gang-Bangers Charged as Cop-Killers: Breitbart
In Letter to Obama, ex-FBI Asst. Dir. Slams Holder as 'Chief Among Ferguson Antagonists': Katie Pavlich

Climate & Energy

U.S. Fuel Costs Drop to Historic Lows, Thanks to Shale Oil Boom — And No Thanks to Obama!: AmPower

Media

Media Fraud in Progress: ABC News Report Edition: RWN
Ezra Klein's No S*** Sherlock Statement About Jonathan Gruber: IOTWreport
1 small shirt for a man, 1 giant leap backward for women: Glenn Harlan Reynolds

Rand Paul Savages EEOC Nominee over Raids on Innocent Businesses: Grabien
Rape Allegations: Media Hunt Cosby, Celebrate Clinton: Breitbart
Bombshell documentary about Hollywood pedophile ring preying on child actors: DailyMail

World

Obama Shows Democracy Dissident Aung San Suu Kyi How a Real Tyrant Operates: GWP
Petulant Obama Lectures Americans on Why He can Violate the Constitution: FreeLight
ErdoÄŸan Says Muslims Discovered America, not Christopher Columbus: GWP

The Washington National Masjid: GoV
UAE designates CAIR a terrorist group: LI
Merry Christmas! The U.N. Arms Trade Treaty In Force December 24th: Sara Noble

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Macro View Makes Dark Matter Look Even Stranger: UniverseToday
Rise of the Robot Security Guards: MIT TechReview
20-Year Mystery of the Universe's Brightest Objects Solved: Space.com

Cornucopia

"The world stands out on either side": American Digest
Post-Obamacare Syndrome Gruber Therapy®: MOTUS
Liberal Bulls***: William Voegeli

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QOTD: "The elites need a geopolitical disaster so overwhelming that all economic changes taking place in the background go completely unnoticed. They also need to set themselves up as the prognosticators and rescuing heroes in the midst of the coming chaos, as outlined in my last article.

I do not know what that disaster will specifically look like, because there are too many possibilities to consider. Think about this honestly, 10 years ago, would you or your friends and family have ever thought that the U.S. would be at war in Syria with a terrorist organization we created ourselves out of thin air? That we would be immersed in renewed tensions and the possibility of economic warfare with Russia? That our presidency would have attempted and failed the initiation of socialized healthcare? That our military would be tapped as a possible response force for domestic unrest? That an outbreak of Ebola would be suggested as a trigger for medical martial law?

How many conspiracies have been exposed in just the past few years? How many government crimes have hit the headlines and then disappeared? Benghazi, Fast and Furious, IRS targeting of activists, government-aided illegal immigration, etc. — a nonstop parade of corruption that few would have thought possible a decade ago. We are being boiled slowly, economically as well as politically. We are being conditioned to accept imminent crisis as a way of daily life, to become used to it and to blame these crises on hundreds of various scapegoats, but never the international banks." --Brandon Smith, "The Economic End Game Explained"

Saturday, November 15, 2014

The 8 Funniest Gruber Quotes

The inimitable Nice Deb collates all of Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber's greatest hits ("Remember that golden oldie, 'You're So Stupid'?"). The leftist crackpot was the recipient of $400,000 of wealth redistributed from you, confiscated solely for the purpose of nationalizing one-sixth of the U.S. economy.

Without further ado, may I present the eight funniest Gruberisms?

8 "The stupidity of the American voter is exceeded only by its slovenliness."

7 "P.T. Barnum said a sucker is born every minute, but his estimate was laughably low."

6 "Exploiting the stupidity of the American voter is fun and easy: kinda like squeezing a lemon."

5 "If any American really believes that Obamacare is going to control costs, I've got some real estate in Whitewater, Arkansas I'd like to sell them."

4 "Are you really questioning the wisdom of central planning? Because the happy citizens of Cuba and North Korea beg to differ."

3 "When we're done with employer-based health insurance, it will have as much life in it as Jimmy Hoffa."

2 "The typical American voter is so stupid, his dog teaches him tricks."

1 "Your mama so stupid, she thinks a quarterback is an income tax refund."

Now these aren't word-for-word quotes, I'm paraphrasing. Consider it artistic license, like the kind Democrats used to jam the Obamacare crap sandwich down the collective throat of the citizenry.

Oh, and Power Line has an interview with Richard Weinstein, the man who carefully sifted through Gruber's speeches and public comments, a task far too difficult for ABC, CBS, NBC, The New York Times and The Washington Post.

Which highlights the lack of a role for a "media" that act collectively as the public relations arm for the Oligarchs.


Hat tip: BadBlue News.

Legacy of Lies

By Lawrence Sellin

Who amongst us has ever heard of William A. Wirt?

In her exceptional book "American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character," Diana West writes that Wirt, a Gary, Indiana schools superintendent, asserted before a Congressional committee in May 1934 that there was a deliberately conceived plot among members of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal administration to overthrow the established social order in the United States and substitute a communist-style planned economy.

The Roosevelt administration well understood that if Wirt's accusations were seriously investigated it might distract from or even halt their political momentum. For that reason, it was decided that the proceedings would be a suppression of the truth rather than an uncovering of the truth.

For performing his patriotic duty, Wirt was branded a liar by committee Democrats, smeared by the press and even ridiculed by Roosevelt himself, a fate that would likewise befall future anti-communists such as ex-Soviet agent Whittaker Chambers, journalist M. Stanton Evans, Representative Martin Dies (D-TX) and Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-WI).

WICKED PICS: Navy Deploys First Laser Weapon

I must say: this looks like something out of Battlestar Galactica.


It's official: the US Navy has entered the future. Vice Admiral John Miller tells Bloomberg that the USS Ponce, an amphibious transport, has been using the Navy's Laser Weapon System (LaWS) in the Persian Gulf since late August.

Larwyn's Linx: Super-Amnesty Will Turn Your City into Detroit

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Nation

Super-Amnesty Will Turn Every City into Detroit: Daniel Greenfield
Obama Creates New Program to Import Children from Latin America: CNS
New Gruber Video: Employer-sponsored Health Plans are Screwed: Ace

Riot, Mayhem, and Pillage: Now Just "Natural Disasters": American Digest
Is This the Political Map of the Future?: Michael Barone
New Liz Warren ad says US should be more like Red China: PR

Obama budget director Orzag also part of Gruber brigade: Ace
On the Way to Making a Point, Wehner Loses His Composure: Jen Kuznicki
Father of son killed by illegal asks Obama for an executive order: RWN

New Gruber vid: Obamacare designed to kill employer-based insurance: Ace
Civil war among Democrats over Team Hillary lifeboats already: Ed Morrissey
Hillary’s “Mook Mafia” preparing to crush all of us, “mafia style”: LI

Economy

HHS Chief: Obamacare should be available to DREAMers: RedAlert
Bill of Rights gets disturbing makeover in major classroom publication: EAGnews
Contemplating Stocks without QE: Peter Schiff

Scandal Central

Gruber in 2012 confirmed Obama participation in destruction of employer-based health plans: NB
A.N.S.W.E.R.Coalition and the Partnership for Civil Justice: Lee Cary
Your Tax Dollars at Work: Jawa Report

Climate & Energy

US-China Climate Change Deal Is Terrible; Fortunately, It Doesn’t Matter: David Harsanyi
Liberal Idiot o' the Day: Joe for America
GOP lawmaker: Senate Dems, Obama need to pass Keystone: Hill

Media

CBS Evening News: ‘Embarrassed Democrats’ Trying to ‘Turn Gruber into a Stranger’: WFB
Morning Joe Panel: Hillary Doesn't Know Why She's Running For POTUS: TR
CNBC Alums Say Network Mgmt. Stopped Them From Telling Truth About Obamacare: Lid

Jon Stewart and Sean Hannity In a War of Words: NB
Mark Levin Fires Back at Peter Wehner’s Attack on Reagan’s Pro-Life Record: CNS
The Nazi Rap: Radix

Another Five Year Old Murdered In Racially Motivated Wisconsin Attack: Treehouse
Obfuscating Language for Political Purposes: Elephant
Why Lena Dunham Triggers the American Right: Radix

World

Compelling Israel to go Nuclear: Another Obama Triumph: James Lewis
Norway Anti-Racist Group Demands Exclusion of Jews From Kristallnacht Commemoration: CAMERA
Free Speech v. Political Correctness: Gatestone

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Man Took the Exact Same Picture Every Day for a Year to Highlight Beijing’s Air Pollution: PetaPixel
Comet probe uploads last-minute data from 'alien world': Phys.Org
Cool Infographics Explain 8 Key Events on Orion’s EFT-1 Test Flight: UniverseToday

Cornucopia

Obamacare is like a box of chocolates: Crashr
Not Senile Yet: American Digest
Exactly who is Field Marshal Gruber calling stupid?: MOTUS

Image: Incendiary Image of the Day: Elementary School Disarmament Poster Edition
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QOTD: "Nearly 50 million Americans on food stamps, nearly 50 million in poverty, the lowest labor participation rate since 1978, and Jon's beloved president who once said George Bush's debt was 'irresponsible and unpatriotic' has almost accumulated more debt then every other President before him combined. Do I even need to remind him about keeping our doctors, our health plans and saving money? And how is that healthcare website working out? Or Iraq, ISIS, the 'Russian reset'?

Jon's problem is he has his head so far up Obama's ass he cannot see clearly, he is obviously better suited to reading his joke writers' material, and making his clapping-seal audience happy.

I await another Rally to Restore Sanity with Fatwa supporter Cat Stevens." --Sean Hannity