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Friday, May 30, 2014

6 STARTLING TIME-LAPSE PHOTO SEQUENCES: The Utter Collapse of the Democrat Utopia of Detroit

Using publicly accessible street maps, the folks at GooBing Detroit compared various Motor City properties over a period of time. Each of the following photo sequences were taken in the 2009 to 2011 time-frame.

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Killer's Own Words Confirm NRA's Truism: Only Good Guys With Guns Stop Bad Guys With Guns

By Yehuda Remer

"It would be impossible to kill enough of my enemies before being dispatched by those damnable cops."

Elliot Rodgers, the UCSB murderer who killed six people, seemed to take a chapter out of the NRA playbook, echoing Wayne LaPierre’s now famous words – “the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun.”

In his 141-page manifesto Rodgers writes:

“Another option was Deltopia, a day in which many young people pour in from all over the state to have a spring break party on Del Playa Street. I figured this would be the perfect day to attack Isla Vista, but after watching Youtube videos of previous Deltopia parties, I saw that there were way too many cops walking around on such an event. It would be impossible to kill enough of my enemies before being dispatched by those damnable cops.”

In other words, the more good guys on the ground, the more likely mass killings can be reduced. So says the killer.

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QOTD: "I go to Europe a lot for various speeches. I always get asked how come Obama’s not paying attention to us? I think he is. The problem is the Europeans have to change. This is not -- he can't rely only on America with a different policy. The Europeans have to understand now they're equal partners and more is expected of them. I think that's exactly what the president -- the kind of foreign policy the president wants." --Howard "YEEEHHAHHAHAWWWW" Dean

Thursday, May 29, 2014

AWESOME: Because it isn't powerful enough, Feds announce plan to take over local zoning decisions

Last Friday night, as the long holiday weekend began, the Obama administration furtively announced a plan to being controlling local zoning decisions at the federal level. Stanley Kurtz, writing at the National Review, explains:

...not a word has been heard of late about a truly transformative Obama executive action, his rule on “affirmatively furthering fair housing” (AFFH). That rule will push Americans into living how and where the federal government wants. It promises to gut the ability of suburbs to set their own zoning codes. It will press future population growth into tiny, densely-packed high-rise zones around public transportation, urbanizing suburbs and Manhattanizing cities...
You won’t see a more ambitious Obama administration initiative than this. Yet Obama never discusses AFFH. Although a preliminary version of the rule was released in July of 2013, the president didn’t mention it in his State of the Union address. The controversial rule was the subject of a Weekly Standard cover, yet as far as I can tell neither The New York Times nor The Washington Post has ever done a story on AFFH...
[There isn't] an issue more worthy of public debate and discussion in advance of the 2014 midterm election than the AFFH rule and the Obama administration’s “regionalist” housing policies. You can see dry runs for what Obama hopes to do with his new housing rule in recent planning initiatives in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Twin Cities...

How can conservatives help draw the public's attention to these radical and unconstitutional dictates?

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HILLARY'S NEW BOOK "HARD CHOICES" AND THE BIN LADEN RAID: 7 Ways POTUS Led From Behind

By Rusty Weiss

With her memoir, Hard Choices set to be released in the coming weeks, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her publishing company have provided an excerpt in which she claims President Obama’s actions during the Bin Laden raid were “as crisp and courageous a display of leadership” that she had ever seen.

Here are 7 reasons that Obama’s leadership during the raid was neither crisp or courageous.

1) Obama Canceled the Mission to Kill Bin Laden Three Times

Clinton writes about one of the strongest examples of decision-making under pressure:

“Perhaps the most famous example from my four years as Secretary of State was President Obama’s order to send a team of Navy SEALs into a moonless Pakistani night to bring Osama bin Laden to justice. The President’s top advisors were divided. The intelligence was compelling, but far from definitive. The risks of failure were daunting.”

The Clinton memoir tries to paint a picture of decisiveness despite “risks of failure” and “far from definitive” intelligence. President Obama made the call despite the numerous doubts. That isn’t necessarily the case, however.

According to a book released in August of 2012, titled Leading from Behind: The Reluctant President and the Advisors Who Decide for Him, a source “with Joint Special Operations Command who had direct knowledge of the operation and its planning,” claims that Obama squashed the kill order on bin Laden in January, February, and March of 2011. Bin Laden was successfully taken down in early May.

2) Obama’s Indecisiveness Was Decided For Him

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CITIZEN OF THE WORLD: Incompetence knows no borders

New York Magazine captured the reactions of seven diverse media outlets to President Obama's foreign policy speech at West Point earlier this week. The highlights included "[he] demolish[ed] straw men" (Slate), "highly partisan and defensive in tone", "weak, indecisive and unconvincing" (Bloomberg), "a defensive, lawyerly answer to critics" (CNN), and "ludicrous" (The New York Times, no less).

As former VP Dick Cheney summed it up: "We've got a problem with weakness, and it's centered right in the White House. It's as though he wasn't even around when 9/11 happened."

Hat tip: Mark Levin.

ObaVAcare

As A.F. Branco observes, "the V.A. is but the tip of the iceberg."

Hat tip: BadBlue News

Larwyn's Linx: The 'Almost Exclusively White Phenomenon' of Constitutional Conservatism

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Nation

The 'Almost Exclusively White Phenomenon' of Conservatism: John Bennett
Establishment GOP Takes The 30 Pieces Of Silver To Pass Amnesty: ConHQ
Cuccinelli: Amnesty could destroy the GOP Base: PJM

1,700 vets hidden from VA wait list, wait times for others averaged 115 days: Hot Air
Eric Holder's Money Shot: Mark Steyn
When Obama Called the Plame Leak a Major Crime: GWP

The Elvis Presley Movie Presidency: HayRide
Michelle: Republicans “Playing Politics” with Kids’ Health: Keith Koffler
Rahm Emanuel Wants All Chicago Gun Sales To Be Videotaped: Glob

Economy

Unions Try To Block Veterans From Receiving Civilian Care: LoneCon
Gibson Guitar Knows Why The Feds Raided Them: Bryan Preston
NYT: Recovery Has Replaced Good Jobs With Bad Jobs: S&L

The Saddest, Scariest Millennial Statistic You’ll See Today: Bryan Preston
Have Insurance Through Your Employer? Get Ready For The Obamacare Pain: LoneCon
“A smoking gun in debate over consumer class actions?”: Overlawyered

Scandal Central

UNREAL: Obama Wants Race-Based Legal System in Hawaii: ConTrib
Labor Secretary Tweets Out Pro-Communism Message: YC
Judge who put Conyers back on the ballot is one of Harry Reid's "nuclear option" confirmees: Poor Richard

Climate & Energy

IPCC findings dispute ABC, CBS, NBC alarmist and flawed Antarctica sea level rise claims: WUWT
Al Gore: ‘Global Warming Will Cause Millions of People’s Heads to Explode’: Rash
More wind farms could lead to blackouts: Express UK

Media

Dear Democrats: If this administration can’t get socialism right, how will any administration, ever?: Bookworm
Huffington Post Article Promotes Anti-Semitic Elders of Zion Libel: TR
CNN Caught Red-Handed Sabotaging Gun Control Poll!: BuzzPo

WATCH: Mark Levin talks to Hannity about Obama scandals, Republicans in DC, and more…: Scoop
L.A. Times: Leaker of Valerie Plame Identity Was ~~Richard Armitage~~ Scooter Libby: Patterico
One-Percenter Gwyneth Paltrow Says Internet Criticism as ‘Bloody, Dehumanizing’ as War: Sooper

Hillary’s New Book: 7 Ways Obama Failed to Lead During the Bin Laden Raid: Rusty Weiss
Don’t Stigmatize Murderers!: Ann Coulter
The Intellectual Dishonesty of Obama and Other False Purists: Ron Fournier

World

Ouch: Less Than 25% of West Point Cadets Stood Up For Obama After He Was Introduced: WZ
New Ad: 'CAIR Leaders Convicted of Jihad Terror-Related Crimes': TR
Hamas-CAIR Thugs at Work: AFDI “Truth About CAIR” ads defaced with antisemitic vandalism: Pamela Geller

Cheney slams Obama on Afghanistan: Was he around when 9/11 happened?: Scoop
The tea party lives — in Europe: Cal Thomas
TSA check misses empty AK-47 clips in Yemeni man’s luggage: Post

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

This cheap and beautiful machine is 3D printing's best chance at going mainstream: Verge
Snowden Addresses Critics, Explains Why He Won’t Return to Face Charges: Wired
It’s not a man bra—it’s a wearable technology optimization device: QZ

Cornucopia

Strong Safety: Ann Barnhardt
Megyn Kelly Roasts Joe Scarborough: Have Fun with Your ‘Four Viewers’: Josh Feldman
‘A Million Ways to Die in the West’ is a worthy Western sendup: Post

Image: E-cigarettes could save millions of lives, experts tell WHO
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: BOOM: Chris McDaniel for Senate

QOTD: "Obama chafes at ... even-handed analyses. He dismisses them as "false equivalence" because the president won't be happy until every news story casts him as the hero and Republicans as the villains.

In politics and in everyday life, rarely are both sides equally wrong, which is why journalists shouldn't draw false equivalence. [WaPo liberal writer Dan] Balz is an example of how to measure blame fairly, not necessarily equally.

Rarer still is one side 100 percent right, which is why Obama is guilty of false purity. Obama's intellectual dishonesty has prevented him from learning on the job, which is what's required of great presidents—the kind who overcome obstacles that others whine about." --Ron Fournier, National Journal

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

ANOTHER BENGHAZI MYSTERY: Where was the USS Bataan?

By Investor's Business Daily

Benghazi: The administration deploys an assault ship with 1,000 Marines to Libya after ordering Americans to leave as the country implodes. Where was this ship on Sept. 11, 2012? Where was the president?

The families of the Benghazi dead must be cursing and scratching their heads at the sight of the amphibious assault ship Bataan, with about 1,000 Marines aboard, sailing into the Mediterranean Sea to assist in evacuating Americans if the current round of deadly fighting in Libya worsens.

Suddenly the administration is paying attention to the warning signs of a crisis of its own making and issuing concerns about security that were absent when four Americans died begging for help from an indifferent administration and a president who was resting prior to yet another fundraising trip.

Based on escalating security concerns, the U.S. State Department recommended Tuesday that Americans in Libya "depart immediately." In addition to the Bataan and its helicopters, America also has 250 available Marines, seven Osprey combat aircraft and three refueling planes in Sigonella, Italy, AFP reported.

Three years after President Obama supported the move to topple and kill longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi, Libya has descended into armed chaos, and there isn't even a YouTube video to blame this time.

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IF WE CAN JUST SAVE ONE CHILD: The Smallest Victims of the Ruling Elites' Amnesty Blather

By Genevieve Wood

There has been a lot of talk from the Obama administration about having more “humane” immigration policies — but the sad fact is that on President Obama’s watch, one of the most inhumane realities of illegal immigration has skyrocketed. Children are crossing the border – and they’re doing it without their parents.

Noemi Álvarez Quillay (Photo: medianetset via Twitter)

The number of minor children crossing or attempting to cross the U.S. southern border unaccompanied by a parent or other adult relative has exploded from 6,560 in 2011 to an estimated 60,000 for fiscal year 2014. Border patrol agents in South Texas reported over 1,000 such children were apprehended by officials earlier this month, including a 3-year-old boy from Honduras.

What explains the dramatic increase?

As a government official from Ecuador told The New York Times, one of the main reasons is a belief held by many in Central America and Mexico that some sort of immigration reform will be passed that allows anyone who can get into the United States illegally to be able to stay.

In other words, the prospect of amnesty is encouraging more illegal immigration – and in this case, the human trafficking of children. Often raised by their grandparents or other relatives because their parents have already come to the U.S. illegally, these children are traveling alone or with human smugglers, called coyotes, who are paid to get them across the border.

And what happens once they’re here? According to the Department of Health and Human Services, by law, the U.S. government must assume custody of “unaccompanied alien children” apprehended by law enforcement who file claims to remain in the United States. The government then contracts with state-licensed facilities to care for the children until it can place them with sponsors.

According to a judge in Texas who has reviewed numerous such cases, the U.S. government is guilty of encouraging this illegal behavior.

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OBAMA'S WORDS: Like Sand Against the Wind

By Lawrence Sellin

For Barack Obama speeches are not just motivational instruments or representations of a desired state of affairs, but feats of political transubstantiation, where, if he utters them, words become reality.

It is a behavior not dissimilar to Adolf Hitler maneuvering imaginary German divisions from his Berlin bunker while Russian troops rampage throughout the city above him.

Delusional is the only term that I can muster to describe the chasm that exists between the words Obama uses and the differing reality into which they are dispensed.

In politics and foreign policy, words have power if they are truthful and followed by corresponding actions. When they lack authenticity, however, words degenerate into the coarse tools of a con artist, receptive only to the cynical or the equally delusional.

It is as if Obama is following the George Burns axiom, the key to success is sincerity, if you can fake that, then you've got it made.

Case in point was his 2014 commencement speech at West Point, which was little more than a collection of false assumptions and imaginary accomplishments.

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