The GOP had the perfect response to the Obama campaign's use of "Big Bird" as an issue.
We have a $16 trillion dollar deficit. If we can't cut loose a puppet that makes $400 million a year, this country is doomed.
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
TIME TO LAY OFF THE PEYOTE, MR. PRESIDENT: Obama thought he had won the debate. Seriously.
Judgment. It's what we cherish in our leaders.
Wow? How about "Hallucinogens".
After Obama’s reaction to last week’s debacle in Denver, David Axelrod must have asked himself if The Won hadn’t taken a few too many drags on the choom.
Plus, he came armed with lousy ideas backed up by zero facts.President Barack Obama did not take his debate preparation seriously, ignored the advice of senior aides and walked off the stage in Denver believing he had got the better of Mitt Romney, according to a Democrat close to the Obama campaign.
The Democrat said that Obama’s inner circle was dismayed at the ‘disaster’ that the first presidential debate had turned out to be and believed that the central problem was that the President was so disdainful of Romney that he didn’t believe he needed to engage with him.
‘President Obama made it clear he wanted to be doing anything else – anything – but debate prep,’ the Democrat said. ‘He kept breaking off whenever he got the opportunity and never really focused on the event.
‘He went into the debate armed with a number of one-liners to throw at Romney, including at least two about Romney not caring about 47 per cent of the country. But he decided not to use them.’
The Democrat, who is aligned with the Obama campaign and has been an unofficial adviser on occasions, said that David Axelrod, Obama’s chief strategist, was stunned that the President left the stage feeling that he had won the debate.
Wow.
Wow? How about "Hallucinogens".
Larwyn's Linx: How Much of the Obama Campaign's $181 Million September Haul Was Illegal?
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Obama Campaign Scrambled to Kill Fundraising Scandal: Breitbart
Washington Post Joins Poll Truthers: DTG
Obama’s Illegal Foreign Campaign Money Loophole: Pavlich
China-Based Fundraiser Linked to Illegal Foreign Donations: Beacon
Report: Obama illegally solicited foreign donors via social media: DC
As Predicted: Now That Obama Is Losing, Dems Play Mormon Card: RSM
Gallup on Democratic hopes of retaking the House: Uhm, No.: Lane
Obama’s post-debate negativity shows he has nothing to say: NHJ
S*** Just Got Real: Ace
The Illegal Donor Loophole: Beast
Dumb as a Sack of Hammers, Gov. Hickenlooper [D-CO] Edition : Lane
Here's Why They Don't Want the Military Votes to Be Counted: Elephant
Sesame Street got $1 mil stimulus grant; created 1.47 jobs: Exam
Obama's Plan for Ohio: Kurtz
Obama Leads Cheers of “Si Se Puede!” At Cesar Chavez Rally : GWP
Princeton Economist: Obama Campaign Misleading on Romney's Tax Plan: WS
Report: Foreign Nationals Donating to Obama Campaign: Beacon
Democrats Target Anti-Voter Fraud Group True the Vote: Breitbart
Dubious donations: Peter Schweizer speaks: Power Line
I Donated to Barack Obama: RS
Meet the Obama donors at the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Beacon
Plant that got $150M in taxpayer money to make Volt batteries furloughs workers: Fox
Does Obama have a Russian Donor Problem?: Riehl
Surrounded by celebrities, Obama acknowledges poor debate performance: Exam
Juan Williams: Obama Lost Debate Because of Twitter: AIM
Buzz Bissinger: Why I’m Voting for Mitt Romney: Beast
New York Times staffers stage walkout: Salon
Andrew Sullivan on Suicide Watch: JWF
Buzzfeed Runs Deceptive Headline; Obama Team Immediately Declares “GameChanger!”: Sooper
Meet the Real Mitt Romney: CBS
Congressmen: America Should Stop Doing Business With China's Two Top Tech Firms: Insider
Egypt's draft constitution violates international law: Human Rights Watch: GlobPost
Ex-WH Staffer Linked to Fast and Furious Led a State Department Program on Iraq that Wasted $206 Million: CNS
Top US security chief in Libya says State Dept. told them to stop asking for more security: Scoop
New civility: Obama supporters threaten to riot if Romney wins: Twitchy
Breaking: Confirmed: Iran sent that drone: Matzav
Obamacare Preview: Patients Dying From Thirst And Starvation In British Government Run Hospitals: LoneCon
The administration set to issue a cybersecurity executive order: HSNW
Jaw-dropping rotating 3D nebula: Discover
The state of Android vs iOS usage among Facebook users: InsideFacebook
Visual Lies from DWS: iOTW
LTC Walter Fitzpatrick (RET) – The Growing Obama Police State: MagNote
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Pink-slip Sen. Sherrod Brown, Elect Josh Mandel
Nation
How Much of Obama's $181 Million September Haul Was Illegal?: BreitbartObama Campaign Scrambled to Kill Fundraising Scandal: Breitbart
Washington Post Joins Poll Truthers: DTG
Obama’s Illegal Foreign Campaign Money Loophole: Pavlich
China-Based Fundraiser Linked to Illegal Foreign Donations: Beacon
Report: Obama illegally solicited foreign donors via social media: DC
As Predicted: Now That Obama Is Losing, Dems Play Mormon Card: RSM
Gallup on Democratic hopes of retaking the House: Uhm, No.: Lane
Obama’s post-debate negativity shows he has nothing to say: NHJ
S*** Just Got Real: Ace
The Illegal Donor Loophole: Beast
Dumb as a Sack of Hammers, Gov. Hickenlooper [D-CO] Edition : Lane
Economy
Thomas Sowell on “Trickle Down Theory” and “Tax Cuts For The Rich”: RWNHere's Why They Don't Want the Military Votes to Be Counted: Elephant
Sesame Street got $1 mil stimulus grant; created 1.47 jobs: Exam
Obama's Plan for Ohio: Kurtz
Obama Leads Cheers of “Si Se Puede!” At Cesar Chavez Rally : GWP
Princeton Economist: Obama Campaign Misleading on Romney's Tax Plan: WS
Scandal Central
Donor Disclosure Scandal: Another Day for the Most Transparent President Ever: TatlerReport: Foreign Nationals Donating to Obama Campaign: Beacon
Democrats Target Anti-Voter Fraud Group True the Vote: Breitbart
Dubious donations: Peter Schweizer speaks: Power Line
I Donated to Barack Obama: RS
Meet the Obama donors at the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Beacon
Climate & Energy
Bankrupt green loan loser Abound Solar now under investigation in Colorado: MalkinPlant that got $150M in taxpayer money to make Volt batteries furloughs workers: Fox
Media
Mitt Romney’s 10 Best Lines, Quips, And Quotes From The Debate: RWNDoes Obama have a Russian Donor Problem?: Riehl
Surrounded by celebrities, Obama acknowledges poor debate performance: Exam
Juan Williams: Obama Lost Debate Because of Twitter: AIM
Buzz Bissinger: Why I’m Voting for Mitt Romney: Beast
New York Times staffers stage walkout: Salon
Andrew Sullivan on Suicide Watch: JWF
Buzzfeed Runs Deceptive Headline; Obama Team Immediately Declares “GameChanger!”: Sooper
Meet the Real Mitt Romney: CBS
World
Security Team Commander: Amb. Stevens Wanted Team to Stay in Libya Past August: TapperCongressmen: America Should Stop Doing Business With China's Two Top Tech Firms: Insider
Egypt's draft constitution violates international law: Human Rights Watch: GlobPost
Ex-WH Staffer Linked to Fast and Furious Led a State Department Program on Iraq that Wasted $206 Million: CNS
Top US security chief in Libya says State Dept. told them to stop asking for more security: Scoop
New civility: Obama supporters threaten to riot if Romney wins: Twitchy
Breaking: Confirmed: Iran sent that drone: Matzav
Obamacare Preview: Patients Dying From Thirst And Starvation In British Government Run Hospitals: LoneCon
The administration set to issue a cybersecurity executive order: HSNW
Sci-Tech
The Curious Imperative: GodinJaw-dropping rotating 3D nebula: Discover
The state of Android vs iOS usage among Facebook users: InsideFacebook
Cornucopia
White House Scientists Struggle to Contain Outbreak of Scrutonium: IowaHawkVisual Lies from DWS: iOTW
LTC Walter Fitzpatrick (RET) – The Growing Obama Police State: MagNote
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Pink-slip Sen. Sherrod Brown, Elect Josh Mandel
QOTD: "Engaged in a relentless battle against time and fatigue, a select group of message scientists assembled by the White House's Center for Narrative Control say they will take "all steps necessary" to contain a recent outbreak of scrutonium, a deadly poll-eating supervirus that attacks the immuno-hope system, leaving victims vulnerable to material facts.
"Failure is simply not an option," said an exhausted Mission Chief David Axelrod. "If left unchecked, this virus may actually force us to move back to Chicago."" --IowaHawk
Monday, October 08, 2012
LARA LOGAN: The Obama Administration Has Been Lying to You for Two Years About the Middle East
More confirming evidence from one of the bravest reporters you'll ever meet, Lara Logan of ABC CBS News.
Isn't it interesting that among the very few vintage media journalists willing to speak truth to power are strong female role models like Lara Logan and Sharyl Attkisson?
To paraphrase American Glob, if Logan gave Brian Ross one of her balls, they'd both have two.
Eleven years later, “they” still hate us, now more than ever, Logan told the crowd. The Taliban and al-Qaida have not been vanquished, she added. They’re coming back.
“I chose this subject because, one, I can’t stand, that there is a major lie being propagated . . .” Logan declared in her native South African accent.
The lie is that America’s military might has tamed the Taliban.
“There is this narrative coming out of Washington for the last two years,” Logan said. It is driven in part by “Taliban apologists,” who claim “they are just the poor moderate, gentler, kinder Taliban,” she added sarcastically. “It’s such nonsense!”
Logan stepped way out of the “objective,” journalistic role. The audience was riveted as she told of plowing through reams of documents, and interviewing John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan; Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and a Taliban commander trained by al-Qaida. The Taliban and al-Qaida are teaming up and recruiting new terrorists to do us deadly harm, she reports.
She made a passionate case that our government is downplaying the strength of our enemies in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as a rationale of getting us out of the longest war. We have been lulled into believing that the perils are in the past: “You’re not listening to what the people who are fighting you say about this fight. In your arrogance, you think you write the script.”
Isn't it interesting that among the very few vintage media journalists willing to speak truth to power are strong female role models like Lara Logan and Sharyl Attkisson?
To paraphrase American Glob, if Logan gave Brian Ross one of her balls, they'd both have two.
BLUE STATE DIGITAL: Is it the linchpin of the Obama campaign's foreign donor scandal?
On 30 October 2008, I wrote about a bizarre idiosyncrasy I discovered in the Obama fundraising website, which was designed by a company named Blue State Digital.
Ace of Spades reminded me of this outfit today when it noted a strange cleanup performed by the Obama campaign.
Hey, have I mentioned a company named Blue State Digital that appears to be at the nexus of this fundraising skulduggery... both in 2008 and 2012?
Their Democrat fundraising sites appear specifically designed to accept illegal donations including structured contributions to evade limits, foreign donations, anonymized prepaid cards, and so on.
Perhaps Darrell Issa could subpoena Blue State Digital's entire management and engineering teams immediately and start asking questions.
In fact, I'll write the questions for him.
Will the innovations never cease? Yesterday I described several, eh, unique capabilities pioneered by the Obama campaign in the area of campaign contributions.
Among them, failure to do even basic credit-card validation; accepting untraceable prepaid credit cards... [etc.]
Anyhow, an anonymous tipster mentioned that checking out the source code of the Obama donation website... would reveal some interesting logic. Specifically that IP addresses of the donors can be easily spoofed through a hidden field in the form. The tipster's guess was (and I concur) that the Obama campaign is recording the spoofable IP address... not the real IP address as delivered by the web server.
It's web security 101, folks. Because IP addresses map back to the original source network (your ISP, your company, etc.), the web server's log-file records the actual source IP address of the request. They certainly don't record anything that the requester provides as the genuine address.
Put simply, there's no reason to include a hidden form field for IP address. It is there for one reason alone: IP forgery -- forging the computer addresses of donations to disguise their true sources.
The net result is that IP addresses recorded in this manner can't truly be resolved to a real location. Genius!
Just chalk it up to yet another startling innovation from the minds of the most creative geniuses on Earth. When it comes to accepting money from all comers, that is.
Ace of Spades reminded me of this outfit today when it noted a strange cleanup performed by the Obama campaign.
...when this story began leaking last week, I went back and checked on this again. The weird part? The campaign donation page had been moved from "donate.barackobama.com" to "contribute.barackobama.com". After poking around a little more, I found that donate.barackobama is being hosted by Blue State Digital. This is a firm founded by former Howard Dean 2004 staffers and they run Obama's digital operation.
Meanwhile, barackobama.com and contribute.barackobama.com are hosted by a company called Akamai Technologies out of Cambridge, Mass. As best I can tell through various caching sites, this change from "donate" to "contribute" was made sometime in the last month. The question becomes why? My suspicion is that, as the Washington Examiner claims, the White House knew this report was coming out (they actually claim the White House was trying to block it) and they were trying to fix some of these issues.
Furthermore, donate.barackobama.com is not universally forwarded to contribute.barackobama.com. You can still see some examples of old pages here:
• https://donate.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gp2j9b
• https://donate.barackobama.com/page/event/search_simple
• https://donate.barackobama.com/page/event/create
• https://donate.barackobama.com/page/contribute/o2012-August1RaleighReception
• https://donate.barackobama.com/page/contribute/o2012-EastEndForObama
My best guess is they are running custom 301 redirect scripts through an htaccess file. They appear to have missed redirecting some of these older pages. You can even donate through this old site. Again, why? This is sloppy and leads me to believe this was a hastily-made change with only two months remaining in the campaign.
I'm still digging into this along with a few others to see what else we can find. If you notice something, shoot me a line on twitter.
Hey, have I mentioned a company named Blue State Digital that appears to be at the nexus of this fundraising skulduggery... both in 2008 and 2012?
Their Democrat fundraising sites appear specifically designed to accept illegal donations including structured contributions to evade limits, foreign donations, anonymized prepaid cards, and so on.
Perhaps Darrell Issa could subpoena Blue State Digital's entire management and engineering teams immediately and start asking questions.
In fact, I'll write the questions for him.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: California's Green Government Gas Hits Another Record High!
But what's $5 a gallon if even just one amoeba can be saved?
Remember when then-Senator (and now Secretary of the Interior) Ken Salazar, the loathsome eco-Statist from Colorado, promised $10 gas for the American people?
Should Barack Obama get reelected, I promise you that we'll get to see $10 gas.
Gas prices across California have soared to record highs, shooting up 50 cents a gallon in just the last week... But even as prices are expected to rise slightly higher in California before falling, the West Coat price spike is not likely to spread to other parts of the country, experts say.
The average price of a gallon of regular gas in California hit $4.67 a gallon on Monday, according to AAA. It stood at $4.17 on Oct. 1 but has risen every day since then. The worst was a 17-cent spike on Friday, followed the next day by a 13-cent increase.
...On Sunday, California environmental regulators, acting on a request from Gov. Jerry Brown, agreed to allow refineries to start making a cheaper, winter blend of gasoline as soon as possible -- a move that could solve shortages of the more expensive summer blend that sparked the price spike.
Remember when then-Senator (and now Secretary of the Interior) Ken Salazar, the loathsome eco-Statist from Colorado, promised $10 gas for the American people?
Mitch McConnell (R-KY): "What is the definition of an emergency? Maybe it is $7.50 a gallon? Therefore I renew my consent request with the following modification... that the implementation date that triggers the modification would occur when the price of gasoline reaches seven dollars and fifty cents a gallon."
Ken Salazar (D-CO): "I... I... object".
MM: "Mr. President, I renew my request with the modification that the trigger be ten dollars a gallon at the pump."
KS: "I object."
We have enough oil to satisfy American needs for at least the next 100 years, but Democrats won’t let you have it. They’d rather you pay $10 per gallon at the pump and watch food prices increase 250% rather than agree to drilling. If you don’t want $10 per gallon gas, vote Republican.
Should Barack Obama get reelected, I promise you that we'll get to see $10 gas.
Larwyn's Linx: Spooks in the Machine Speak Up
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Anatomy of a Disastrous Debate Performance: Hanson
Ohio Senate: Brown (D) 46%, Mandel (R) 46%: Rasmussen
Biden Takes 6 Days Off Campaign Trail for Prep Debate: WS
Ohio Voter Turnout Modeling Predicts Big Ohio Trouble for Obama: PJM
An Incriminating Timeline: Obama Administration and Libya: Foundry
WH Withdrew Security Team From Libya Before Attack: Nice Deb
Unhinged Liberals, Yard-Sign Edition: Twitchy
Unhinged Liberals, Bumper-Sticker Edition: Twitchy
Global Food Prices Set To Soar--Again: TechReview
Voices Without a Vote: Liberty 2012
Great Graphic: Central Bank Balance Sheets: MarcToMarket
Why Obama Will Lose All Three Debates: Pelerin
Chart of the Day, This Deal Just Keeps Getting Worse edition: Lane
Story Coming on Obama’s Donors — How Damaging Will It Be?: Patterico
Rumors Swirl: How Bad Will The Obama Foreign Donor Scandal Be?: Pavlich
Earth Day, 1970: Instapundit
Agenda 21 Part II: Globalist Totalitarians Invading a Town near You – With Your Permission: RSN
Exquisitely Bored in the White House: Instapundit
Personal or Business?: Belmont Club
Change: Cold Fury
Ann Coulter Is Cherokee!: Bad Eagle
Kenneth Cole: ‘Why send money to Obama when you can buy our shoes?’ Humorless Libs freak out: Twitchy
Dispatches From the Memory Hole: Driscoll
Rahm Emanuel Terrified of Something in Chicago: HillBuzz
Obama’s debate loss: Another one gets tossed under the blame bus: Malkin
Kid Rock to Introduce Paul Ryan at Campaign Event in Michigan Monday: NB
Awesome: Allen West campaigns for Mitt Romney at Romney campaign rally: Scoop
Twitter Users Threaten to Assassinate Mitt Romney: Blaze
Welcome To The Fleet, USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112): Ace
White house 'dinner' FOR islamics: Grendel
Exclusive: Libya Cable Detailed Threats: Beast
Obama Succeeds. Salafists Move To Gain Power in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia: RS
IDF strikes Gaza in response to Hamas rocket fire: JPost
Tanks in the streets as Venezuelan electoral council declares Hugo Chavez victory: DC
As Hugo Chavez Wins Presidential Re-election Someone Makes Absolute Killing On InTrade: ZH
California Is Taking Emergency Action To End Its Gas Price Nightmare: Insider
Internet Explorer 9 Commercial (The Honest Version): Worldwide Interwebs
Have we lost 41 percent of our musicians? Depends on how you (the RIAA) count: Ars Technica
"Do the Paul Ryan": Spew
"I wonder why Obama banned this video": Lea11011
Image: At Harvard Law School, Obama endorsed restricting speech to protect minorities
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Please Support America's Comeback Team
Nation
Spooks in the Machine Speak Up: LoudonAnatomy of a Disastrous Debate Performance: Hanson
Ohio Senate: Brown (D) 46%, Mandel (R) 46%: Rasmussen
Biden Takes 6 Days Off Campaign Trail for Prep Debate: WS
Ohio Voter Turnout Modeling Predicts Big Ohio Trouble for Obama: PJM
An Incriminating Timeline: Obama Administration and Libya: Foundry
WH Withdrew Security Team From Libya Before Attack: Nice Deb
Unhinged Liberals, Yard-Sign Edition: Twitchy
Unhinged Liberals, Bumper-Sticker Edition: Twitchy
Economy
10 Reasons Public School Teachers, Unions Fail Children: NewRealGlobal Food Prices Set To Soar--Again: TechReview
Voices Without a Vote: Liberty 2012
Great Graphic: Central Bank Balance Sheets: MarcToMarket
Why Obama Will Lose All Three Debates: Pelerin
Chart of the Day, This Deal Just Keeps Getting Worse edition: Lane
Scandal Central
Is a donor scandal about to rattle the Obama campaign?: GreenroomStory Coming on Obama’s Donors — How Damaging Will It Be?: Patterico
Rumors Swirl: How Bad Will The Obama Foreign Donor Scandal Be?: Pavlich
Climate & Energy
Agenda 21: A Global Economic Disaster in the Making: RSNEarth Day, 1970: Instapundit
Agenda 21 Part II: Globalist Totalitarians Invading a Town near You – With Your Permission: RSN
Media
Dems Out Andrea Mitchell as Partisan: TobinExquisitely Bored in the White House: Instapundit
Personal or Business?: Belmont Club
Change: Cold Fury
Ann Coulter Is Cherokee!: Bad Eagle
Kenneth Cole: ‘Why send money to Obama when you can buy our shoes?’ Humorless Libs freak out: Twitchy
Dispatches From the Memory Hole: Driscoll
Rahm Emanuel Terrified of Something in Chicago: HillBuzz
Obama’s debate loss: Another one gets tossed under the blame bus: Malkin
Kid Rock to Introduce Paul Ryan at Campaign Event in Michigan Monday: NB
Awesome: Allen West campaigns for Mitt Romney at Romney campaign rally: Scoop
Twitter Users Threaten to Assassinate Mitt Romney: Blaze
World
The Islamization Of The ACLU: IBDWelcome To The Fleet, USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112): Ace
White house 'dinner' FOR islamics: Grendel
Exclusive: Libya Cable Detailed Threats: Beast
Obama Succeeds. Salafists Move To Gain Power in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia: RS
IDF strikes Gaza in response to Hamas rocket fire: JPost
Tanks in the streets as Venezuelan electoral council declares Hugo Chavez victory: DC
As Hugo Chavez Wins Presidential Re-election Someone Makes Absolute Killing On InTrade: ZH
California Is Taking Emergency Action To End Its Gas Price Nightmare: Insider
Sci-Tech
Engine in development could cut Mars travel time to three months: Ars TechnicaInternet Explorer 9 Commercial (The Honest Version): Worldwide Interwebs
Have we lost 41 percent of our musicians? Depends on how you (the RIAA) count: Ars Technica
Cornucopia
Date Night Devoured & TOTUS Debriefed: MOTUS"Do the Paul Ryan": Spew
"I wonder why Obama banned this video": Lea11011
Image: At Harvard Law School, Obama endorsed restricting speech to protect minorities
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Please Support America's Comeback Team
QOTD: "The cover of the New Yorker -- one of the tentpoles of respectable liberalism and elite opinion -- is a signifier of the scope of Obama's failure this week.
As the dozens of snarky articles, brutal editorial cartoons, late night comedy shows taking new and unaccustomed shots at Obama (I'm not counting Chris Matthews and his epic rant) build up a certain cultural momentum, the sense that Obama's failings are suddenly funny is a deadly virus in the bloodstream of liberal opinion.
Barack Obama is a man of abundantly evident self-regard. The growing sound of mockery and derision must be painful to him, especially coming from the unexpected quarters of his erstwhile allies. Once the mockery starts, it's hard to stop. Ask Bill Clinton.
The clues of an Obama meltdown in high-, low- and even pop-culture tell me that the next debates for Obama aren't just consequential: they're existential." --Rick Wilson
Sunday, October 07, 2012
Old Car Trends I Just Don't Get
This has always confused me.
Could someone explain to me the concept behind wood-paneling on cars? Here's one.
1972 Ford LTD Country Squire Station Wagon
And another, earlier example:
1964 Ford Falcon Squire Wagon
And for that matter, a trend that still persists -- albeit barely -- to this day: the fake convertible tops?
Here's a more modern vinyl top:
2010 Buick LaCrosse CX
I don't get it.
Could someone explain to me the concept behind wood-paneling on cars? Here's one.
And another, earlier example:
And for that matter, a trend that still persists -- albeit barely -- to this day: the fake convertible tops?
Here's a more modern vinyl top:
I don't get it.
THE BUSH-OBAMA DEBT CHART: "As God is my witness: I never thought that it would get this bad"
One of Instapundit's readers offers the following graph, which Moe Lane promptly designated "Chart o' the Day":
Glenn Reynolds notes this illustrates just "how absurd it is to blame today’s huge national debt on George W. Bush’s spending on Iraq and Afghanistan."
Glenn Reynolds notes this illustrates just "how absurd it is to blame today’s huge national debt on George W. Bush’s spending on Iraq and Afghanistan."
MELTDOWN: Intel Community Blasts Obama for Removing Amb. Stevens' Security, Lying About Al Qaeda and Covering Up Its Epic Failures
I wonder if releasing a movie that depicts the president double-tapping Bin Laden will help?
Obama, of course, stated during his convention acceptance speech that "al Qaeda is on the path to defeat", which could explain his reluctance to release contradictory information. One intel insider said, "[Obama] is afraid to admit al Qaeda is running rampant throughout the region because it would expose the truth instead of what [he] so pompously spouted during the Democratic Convention."
And some brave souls are willing to go on the record with the administration's disastrous decisions.
Not only did the Obama administration pull Ambassador Stevens' security before the attack, it refused to send help once word of the attack had been received.
What is really going on in the Middle East? It's safe to say we have no idea because this administration seems to have misled the American people about everything.
Revolt of the Spooks
Intelligence officials angered by Obama administration cover up of intelligence on Iranian, al Qaeda surge in Egypt and Libya
Weeks before the presidential election, President Barack Obama’s administration faces mounting opposition from within the ranks of U.S. intelligence agencies over what career officers say is a “cover up” of intelligence information about terrorism in North Africa.
Intelligence held back from senior officials and the public includes numerous classified reports revealing clear Iranian support for jihadists throughout the tumultuous North Africa and Middle East region, as well as notably widespread al Qaeda penetration into Egypt and Libya in the months before the deadly Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.
...Intelligence officials pointed to the statement issued Sept. 28 by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) that raised additional concern about the administration’s apparent mishandling of intelligence... Officials say the ODNI’s false information was either knowingly disseminated or was directed to be put out by senior policy officials for political reasons, since the statement was contradicted by numerous intelligence reports at the time of the attack indicating it was al Qaeda-related terrorism...
Obama, of course, stated during his convention acceptance speech that "al Qaeda is on the path to defeat", which could explain his reluctance to release contradictory information. One intel insider said, "[Obama] is afraid to admit al Qaeda is running rampant throughout the region because it would expose the truth instead of what [he] so pompously spouted during the Democratic Convention."
And some brave souls are willing to go on the record with the administration's disastrous decisions.
Congress to probe security flaws for Libya diplomats
CBS News has learned that congressional investigators have issued a subpoena to a former top security official at the US mission in Libya. The official is Lt. Col. Andy Wood, a Utah National Guard Army Green Beret who headed up a Special Forces "Site Security Team" in Libya...
...Lt. Col. Wood [said] that his 16-member team and a six-member State Department elite force called a Mobile Security Deployment team left Libya in August, just one month before the Benghazi assault... despite the fact that US officials in Libya wanted security increased, not decreased...
...Sources critical of what they view as a security drawdown say three Mobile Security Deployment teams left Libya between February and August in addition to the 16-member Site Security Team on loan from the military. That's 34 highly-trained security personnel moved out over a six month period.
One State Department source told CBS News the security teams weren't "pulled," that their mission was simply over...
Not only did the Obama administration pull Ambassador Stevens' security before the attack, it refused to send help once word of the attack had been received.
Obama Decided Not To Send In The Military To Rescue Benghazi Personnel
According to the Wall Street Journal, as the attack on the U.S. consulate was raging, Obama took a “wait and see” approach.
Ninety minutes after news of the attack reached Washington, Obama, Sec. of State Hillary Clinton, JCS Chair General Martin Dempsey, and a national security adviser convened for an oval office meeting in which they ultimately rejected the course of U.S. military intervention. Instead, they decided to reach out to the Libyan government to ask if they would send reinforcements.
When the U.S. personnel at the consulate left the main building for what was supposed to be a safe house, questions regarding the deployment of forces seemed moot.
But the battle was still raging, and Ambassador Stevens’ life was close to its end.
What is really going on in the Middle East? It's safe to say we have no idea because this administration seems to have misled the American people about everything.
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FOREVER SIX: The Traits of a Narcissist
"A person who gives too much importance to himself, to the extent that he does not think about the feelings and sentiments of other people is said to be a narcissist. People who are narcissists consider themselves to be perfectionists who can never do anything wrong. They are governed by their false ego which requires ample amounts of admiration and praise to survive. It is said that narcissists live in a world of their own where they can think only about their problems and issues regarding power, prestige and personal adequacy. This makes them selfish individuals who do not have the ability to understand the problems of people around them. Such people are said to suffer from the problem of narcissistic personality disorder. As their egos are very fragile, a slight disrespect or challenge can lead to the development of fury which can cause harm to the person who was the reason for such provocation..." --Deepa Kartha
Joanna M. Ashmun, a well-known author on the topic of narcissism, writes:
[The narcissist's] moral intelligence is about at the level of a bright five- or six-year-old; the only rules they recognize are things that have been specifically required, permitted, prohibited, or disapproved of by authority figures they know personally.
Ashmun lists the major traits of narcissism, listed as bullet-points below:
• Contemptuous, Lack of Empathy:
How I became George Obama's 'brother':
A few days ago I received a call from a man I recently met named George. He was a bit flustered, and soon informed me that his young son was sick with a chest condition. He pleaded with me to send him $1,000 to cover the medical bills. Since George was at the hospital I asked him to let me speak to a nurse, and she confirmed that George’s son was indeed ill. So I agreed to send George the money through Western Union. He was profusely grateful. But before I hung up I asked George, “Why are you coming to me?” He said, “I have no one else to ask.” Then he said something that astounded me, “Dinesh, you are like a brother to me.”
Actually, George has a real life brother who just happens to be the president of the United States. (George Obama is the youngest of eight children sired by Barack Obama Sr.) George’s brother is a multimillionaire and the most powerful man in the world. Moreover, George’s brother has framed his re-election campaign around the “fair share” theme that we owe obligations to those who are less fortunate.
One of Obama’s favorite phrases comes right out of the Bible: “We are our brother’s keeper.” Yet he has not contributed a penny to help his own brother. And evidently George does not believe, even in times of emergency, that he can turn to his brother in the White House for help.
Obama Went to Bed While Consulate was Under Siege:
Fox News’ Special Report informed us that Barack Obama knew of the attack on the Libyan consulate within 90 minutes of it beginning...
There is no doubt that Obama knew that the attacks involved AK-47s, along with Rocket propelled grenades.
He knew that his ambassador was in grave danger and yet knowing all of this, and not knowing the status of Ambassador Stevens, Obama allegedly went quietly to bed.
• Envious and competitive - According to The New York Times, Obama spends extraordinary amounts of time and energy to compete in — trivialities:
For someone dealing with the world’s weightiest matters, Mr. Obama spends surprising energy perfecting even less consequential pursuits.
He has played golf 104 times since becoming president, according to Mark Knoller of CBS News, who monitors his outings, and he asks superior players for tips that have helped lower his scores. He decompresses with card games on Air Force One, but players who do not concentrate risk a reprimand (“You’re not playing, you’re just gambling,” he once told Arun Chaudhary, his former videographer).
His idea of birthday relaxation is competing in an Olympic-style athletic tournament with friends, keeping close score. The 2009 version ended with a bowling event. Guess who won, despite his history of embarrassingly low scores? The president, it turned out, had been practicing in the White House alley...
Kantor’s piece is full of examples of Obama’s odd need to dominate his peers in everything from bowling, cards, golf, basketball, and golf (104 times in his presidency). Bear in mind, Obama doesn’t just robustly compete. The leader of the free world spends many hours practicing these trivial pursuits behind the scenes...
• Grandiose - Again, according to the Times, "he vastly overrates his capabilities":
...even those loyal to Mr. Obama say that his quest for excellence can bleed into cockiness and that he tends to overestimate his capabilities. The cloistered nature of the White House amplifies those tendencies, said Matthew Dowd, a former adviser to President George W. Bush, adding that the same thing happened to his former boss. “There’s a reinforcing quality,” he said, a tendency for presidents to think, I’m the best at this...
“I think that I’m a better speechwriter than my speechwriters,” Mr. Obama told Patrick Gaspard, his political director, at the start of the 2008 campaign, according to The New Yorker. “I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And I’ll tell you right now that I’m going to think I’m a better political director than my political director.”
• Oddly unaware of the passage of time:
Narcissists often look, or think they look, significantly younger than they are; this youthful appearance is a point of pride to them, and some will emphasize it by either preserving the styles of their golden youth or following the styles of people the age they feel they "really" are. That their faces don't show their chronological age is a good sign that they haven't been living real lives with real life's wear and tear...
Remember the president's odd statement when he appeared on The View last month?
"I told folks I'm just supposed to be eye candy here for you guys," President Obama said during a back-and-forth about him being the only man on the program. The show's five co-hosts are women.
• Disappointing Gift-Givers:
Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty:
Barack Obama met the Queen at Buckingham Palace today and gave her a gift of an iPod loaded with video footage and photographs of her 2007 United States visit to Richmond, Jamestown and Williamsburg in Virginia. In return, the Queen gave the President a silver framed signed photograph of herself and the Duke of Edinburgh – apparently a standard present for visiting dignitaries.
To my special friend Gordon, 25 DVDs:
As he headed back home from Washington, Gordon Brown must have rummaged through his party bag with disappointment. Because all he got was a set of DVDs. Barack Obama, the leader of the world's richest country, gave the Prime Minister a box set of 25 classic American films - a gift about as exciting as a pair of socks... The Prime Minister gave Mr Obama an ornamental pen holder made from the timbers of the Victorian anti-slave ship HMS Gannet.
• Stingy:
Obama only began donating to charities once he decided to run for President:
Does it not bother you that a guy like Obama can serve a poor district and give away a paltry $1000 to charity? He only stepped up his giving when he decided to run for President and he knew his charitable giving would be made public. How could anyone see that much misery and not try to personally do something about it?
Barack Obama only started making substantial donations to charity when he became a public figure.:
From 2000 through 2004, before being elected to the United States Senate, Obama gave less than 2% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 a year (In the two previous years, Obama gave less than 1% of his income to charity). Since becoming a national figure, that amount has jumped to about 6%.
• Hyper-sensitive to criticism:
Press Corps Increasingly Aggravated at Thin-skinned, Aggressive White House:
The White House has adopted a pugilistic attitude towards the press, lashing out at journalists who criticize the president, shutting others out, and adopting a deferential attitude towards the press corps that has some journalists reminiscing about the openness of -- gasp -- the George W. Bush presidency... One of the most irritating practices of the Obama White House is when aides ignore inquiries or explicitly refuse to cooperate with an unwelcome story—only to come out with both guns blazing when it takes a skeptical view of their motives or success...
• Lack of a sense of humor:
"Obama’s no-humor zone: what does it say about him?":
Obama’s angry reaction to the New Yorker cover has highlighted a fact that has been obvious for some time: the man has no sense of humor.
Oh, I know, every now and then he tries a little quip. But his heart’s not in it. It seems to me that most of these “jokes” have had the same theme: mocking himself for his tendency to be a bit too “perfect,” and the extremity of the adulation he inspires in his supporters. They fall flat, in part perhaps because he believes he is rather perfect and deserves the worship.
• Amoral/conscienceless:
"Obama's silence exposes lack of moral character":
A Democrat Super PAC ad features a man, Joe Soptic, claiming Romney's Bain Capital shut down his plant, terminating his health insurance and resulting in the death of his wife who had stage 4 cancer. Pretty serious stuff... The ad was a bald-faced lie, yet Obama has remained silent even in the face of evidence of his campaign's collusion with the ad's creators. What kind of man would not immediately try to correct such an egregious lie? What kind of man would make himself party to such a lie? Answer: A man without any moral character...
...Obama's absence of moral character, though, has never been in doubt. Rewind to the Illinois state senate in 2001, 2002 and 2003 when Obama thrice opposed the Illinois Born Alive Infant Protection Act that would have required doctors to care for babies born alive after failed abortions.
• Self-imposed, self-invented eccentric dietary regime:
Foods That Barack Obama Eats:
Obama's eating habits are notoriously disciplined. He favors salmon for dinner and trail mix for snacks. His build is lean and muscular with no excess body fat. He might have even less fat now, because he seemed to get thinner the longer he spent on the road.
Forever Six
From the age of five to six, Barack Obama -- who had never known his birth father -- was temporarily abandoned by his step-father Lolo Soetero, who returned to Indonesia:After living in Seattle, Washington, with her infant son Barack from September 1961 to June 1962 while taking classes at the University of Washington, Ann Dunham returned to Honolulu and resumed her undergraduate education at the University of Hawaii in January 1963. In January 1964 she filed for divorce from her estranged husband, Barack Obama Sr., who had left Hawaii in June 1962 to pursue graduate study at Harvard University.
[Lolo] Soetoro and Dunham met at the East-West Center while both were students at the University of Hawaii. Soetoro and Dunham married in Hawaii in 1965. Soetoro, a geographer, returned to Indonesia in 1966, to help map Western New Guinea for the Indonesian government, while Dunham and her son moved into her parents' house in Honolulu to complete her studies at the University of Hawaii... In 1967, Dunham and her six-year-old son moved to Jakarta to rejoin Soetoro.
Why is the age of six so important to a child's self-esteem? Because, as Ashmun explains, trauma or arrested development around the age of six can be mapped directly to the traits of narcissism.
She writes that, "some psychologists trace NPD to early infantile neglect or abuse..."
Selected Characteristics of Normal Six-Year-Olds
...The items below are not intended to be a comprehensive description of six-year-olds, but only the selected bits that seem to be related to adult narcissists' traits discussed elsewhere... My interest here is in pointing out that many of the narcissistic characteristics that are abnormal in adults are completely normal at six years of age and that the survival of these childish characteristics into adulthood is, essentially, immaturity rather than bad intentions. But bear in mind that, while everyone who grows up passes through this stage of development, most of us spend only a few months this way before moving on to more integrated behavior. Narcissists, on the other hand, apparently spend the rest of their lives in this state of highly volatile ambivalence and uncertainty.
...• "The child is now the center of his own universe." (p. 2, 15) [Emphasis in original]
• delighted by any silly thing that calls attention to himself; may do silly, show-offy things to call attention to himself when he feels neglected or shut out (pp. 71-72)
• arrogant (p. 7)
• self-important ("extremely aware of the importance of being Six") (p. 22)
• demands rather than asks (twice on p. 6, 16)
• thinks own way is always right (p. 7)
• once started, will stick to a course of bad behavior or bad judgment regardless of the inevitability of being punished for it (p. 7)
• asks to be flattered and praised as "good," even ("rather sadly and touchingly") following his worst behavior (p. 6)
• can't accept criticism (p. 7)
• feelings are hurt over very small criticisms, comments, failures (p. 6)
• "He is so extremely anxious to do well, to be the best, to be loved and praised, that any failure is very hard for him." (p. 6)
• wants to win every time (p. 4, 21, 45)
• poor sport, can't stand to lose (p. 7, 16)
• argumentative and quarrelsome (p. 21)
• defiant, pert, fresh, snippy (p. 6, 17)
• competitive, combative (p. 20)
• belligerent, verbally and physically aggressive (p. 21)
• threatens, calls names, gets physically violent (p. 21)
• violent temper tantrums may require physical restraint because of striking out (p. 29)
• jealous, envious (p. 7, 21)
• to make sure of winning, will cheat or make up own rules (pp. 21-22, 45)
• complains that others are cheating and not following the rules (p. 45)
• some are very cruel to younger children (p. 22)
• does not always tell the truth (p. 16)
• will not admit to wrongdoing (p. 41) [Note: A technique is given for getting the facts out of kids that also works with narcissists: instead of asking if they did it, ask how they did it.]
• goodness means the things explicitly required or allowed by parents or other authority figures; badness means the things explicitly disapproved of or forbidden (p. 66)
• little forgiveness (p. 22)
• very critical of others' conduct (p. 22)
• expects friendships to be resumed immediately following tremendous complaint and conflict (p. 22)
• wants to boss (p. 21)
• "Many children think their father knows everything -- even what goes on at home while he is at work."(p. 16)
• thinks his teacher knows the best and only right way of doing things; may not know which rules to follow when school rules differ from home rules (p. 18)
• "highly undifferentiated -- everything is everywhere" (p. 7)
• can't always tell the difference between "yours" and "mine," and so often steals (pp. 39-41)
• "random and unconstructive expenditure of energy" (p. 31)
• more interested in merely handling or using tools than in what is accomplished with them (pp. 53-54)
• less interested in actual final products than in whatever he may be doing at the moment(p. 56)...
To be sure, I'm no psychologist, but the traits are the traits. Whether or not they apply to this president is left as an exercise for the reader.
Larwyn's Linx: A Fantasy Election, an Imaginary Man
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Mitt Romney seizes momentum with 30 days left before election: Hill
After debate failure, Obama consults most trusted adviser: Pundette
Obama Unfiltered: McCarthy
Barack's Debate Notes: SDA
Hilarious: Obama's Friends Explain Why He Lost The Debate: Ace
The Shield Cracks: Rick Wilson
The Real Reason Obama Lost to Romney: RWN
John Kerry thrown under bus for his poor debate prep: Twitchy
Team Obama declares ‘War on Social Security’: DC
The ugly truth about that "great" jobs report: Harsanyi
Intelligence officials slam cover up of Iranian, al Qaeda surge: Beacon
Swing State Polls are Rigged: Morris
Soaring Gas Prices in California: PragCap
Calif. gas prices at all-time high; up 4 cents overnight: USA Today
Despite Best Efforts By Obama-Media – Mitt Romney Takes Lead in Latest Polling: GWP
Facebook blocks Twitchy from posting for 24 hours, threatens permanent ban: Twitchy
Washington Post Asks Why Mitt Romney Isn't Richer, and Doesn't That Disqualify Him From the Presidency?: Ace
Elmer Williams Critiques Snoop Dogg’s Voting Rationale: RSM
Boom! Ace of Spades destroys spin that Obama is ‘too professorial’ to win debates: Twitchy
BOOM! New Romney ad calls Obama campaign out for lying about his economic plan: “$5 Trillion”: Scoop
SNL Obliterates MSNBC's Post-Debate Meltdown: Scoop
Video proof: Pelosi eminently qualified to control your health care choices: IMAO
IDF shoots down drone that penetrated deep into Israel: Times of Israel
Stratfor Sources: U.S. Troops in Mexico as Feds Aid Cartels: NewAm
Compare and Contrast: Rants & Refinements
BTW, Obama Decided Not To Send In The Military To Rescue Our Benghazi Personnel: RWN
Downed drone: Iran testing Israel's capabilities: ynet
Google Puts Its Virtual Brain Technology to Work: TechReview
When Will We See Collisions for SHA-1?: Schneier
Get the Listing: Godin
So, it Seems Michael Vick Has a Dog: Crossing Broad
Image: Get Ready for Winter With 'Fascionable' Headware for the 1%!
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Nation
A Fantasy Election, an Imaginary Man: KlavanMitt Romney seizes momentum with 30 days left before election: Hill
After debate failure, Obama consults most trusted adviser: Pundette
Obama Unfiltered: McCarthy
Barack's Debate Notes: SDA
Hilarious: Obama's Friends Explain Why He Lost The Debate: Ace
The Shield Cracks: Rick Wilson
The Real Reason Obama Lost to Romney: RWN
John Kerry thrown under bus for his poor debate prep: Twitchy
Economy
ROMNEY IN COAL COUNTRY: You Call This a ‘Recovery’?: RSMTeam Obama declares ‘War on Social Security’: DC
The ugly truth about that "great" jobs report: Harsanyi
Scandal Central
Top U.S. security official in Libya rips Obama administration: ScoopIntelligence officials slam cover up of Iranian, al Qaeda surge: Beacon
Swing State Polls are Rigged: Morris
Climate & Energy
NYT: CA gas prices “often high because of regulations”: GayPatriotSoaring Gas Prices in California: PragCap
Calif. gas prices at all-time high; up 4 cents overnight: USA Today
Media
Not Since Johannes Gutenberg …: RSMDespite Best Efforts By Obama-Media – Mitt Romney Takes Lead in Latest Polling: GWP
Facebook blocks Twitchy from posting for 24 hours, threatens permanent ban: Twitchy
Washington Post Asks Why Mitt Romney Isn't Richer, and Doesn't That Disqualify Him From the Presidency?: Ace
Elmer Williams Critiques Snoop Dogg’s Voting Rationale: RSM
Boom! Ace of Spades destroys spin that Obama is ‘too professorial’ to win debates: Twitchy
BOOM! New Romney ad calls Obama campaign out for lying about his economic plan: “$5 Trillion”: Scoop
SNL Obliterates MSNBC's Post-Debate Meltdown: Scoop
Video proof: Pelosi eminently qualified to control your health care choices: IMAO
World
U.S. Soldiers Urged Not to Shoot Taliban at Night so Locals Can Sleep: BreitbartIDF shoots down drone that penetrated deep into Israel: Times of Israel
Stratfor Sources: U.S. Troops in Mexico as Feds Aid Cartels: NewAm
Compare and Contrast: Rants & Refinements
BTW, Obama Decided Not To Send In The Military To Rescue Our Benghazi Personnel: RWN
Downed drone: Iran testing Israel's capabilities: ynet
Sci-Tech
Can ResearchGate really be the Facebook of science?: GigaOmGoogle Puts Its Virtual Brain Technology to Work: TechReview
When Will We See Collisions for SHA-1?: Schneier
Cornucopia
How to make unemployment work for you!: MOTUSGet the Listing: Godin
So, it Seems Michael Vick Has a Dog: Crossing Broad
Image: Get Ready for Winter With 'Fascionable' Headware for the 1%!
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QOTD: "The mystery Obama—the hollow receptacle of out-sized fantasies left and right—is not a creation of his own making, political chameleon though he may well be. It emanates instead from a journalistic community that no longer in any way fulfills its designated function, that no longer even attempts the fair presentation of facts and current events aimed at helping the American electorate make up its mind according to its own lights. Rather, left-wing outlets like the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, NBC News, ABC News, CBS News, and the like have now devoted themselves to fashioning an image of the world they think their audiences ought to believe in—that they may guide us toward voting as they think we should. They have fallen prey to that ideological corruption that sees lies as a kind of virtue, as a noble deception in service to a greater good.
Theirs are largely passive lies and lies of omission. The active frauds—NBC’s dishonest editing of videos to reflect a leftist worldview, ABC’s allowing Democratic operative George Stephanopoulos to masquerade as a newsman, the Los Angeles Times’ suppressing even the transcript of the video in their possession that shows candidate Barack Obama at a meeting with a PLO-supporting sheik—these are only egregious salients of the more consistent, underlying dishonesty. The real steady-state corruption is revealed in the way Obama scandals like Fast and Furious, Benghazi-gate, and the repeated breaking of federal campaign laws have been wildly underplayed, while George W. Bush’s non-scandals, like the naming of Valerie Plame and the firings of several U.S. attorneys at the start of his second term, were blown out of all proportion." --Andrew Klavan
Saturday, October 06, 2012
SPHINCTER-CLENCHING DRAMA: Iran firing drones into Israel
Not, it's not a Tom Clancy novel. It's actually happening. The Middle East is devolving into chaos, the inevitable outcome of a world without America.
To put it in simple terms for drones, leftists and other miscreants:
• Iran is arming Hezbollah with increasingly sophisticated reconnaissance and weapons-delivery platforms
• Iran is reportedly weeks away from completing its first nuclear weapon
• Iran's proxy terror group -- Hezbollah -- is also operating in Mexico, assisting drug cartels with the construction of car-bombs and other terror tactics
• The administration's "open borders" policy -- and tacit endorsement of illegal immigration -- raises the possibility of terror groups smuggling nuclear weapons into the U.S. through our southern border
With Obama in office, I'm thinking the Mayans were onto something.
Downed drone: Iran testing Israel's capabilities
Unmanned aircraft shot down by F-16 jets in south Israel was apparently launched from Lebanon by Hezbollah, or perhaps even by the Iranians themselves; IDF looking into possibility aircraft was supposed to photograph Dimona reactor
A few hours after two fighter jets shot down a small unmanned aircraft that penetrated Israeli airspace in the south Saturday morning, it is safe to say that an element operating in Lebanon under the auspices of Iran and with its support, apparently Hezbollah, activated the drone. The drone itself, which was downed in the south Mount Hebron area, was apparently made in Iran.
Operating a drone by remote control from such a long distance requires advanced capabilities, which Israel was not aware Hezbollah had acquired...
...The drone was apparently launched by Iran or one of its allies to test the IDF's detection and interception capabilities, and perhaps even to search for specific targets in south Israel. The drone apparently began its flight in Lebanon and then headed in the direction of Gaza's coastline after flying over the Mediterranean Sea. This route was chosen not only because it utilized the depth of the sea's airspace, but also because Israeli UAVs regularly hover above Gaza...
...Hezbollah tried to conceal the fact that it had sent the drone by selecting a long route that passed through the Mediterranean Sea. It wanted the drone to enter Israel near Gaza, perhaps in an attempt to place the blame on Hamas, which is currently considered hostile to elements that are loyal to Iran...
To put it in simple terms for drones, leftists and other miscreants:
• Iran is arming Hezbollah with increasingly sophisticated reconnaissance and weapons-delivery platforms
• Iran is reportedly weeks away from completing its first nuclear weapon
• Iran's proxy terror group -- Hezbollah -- is also operating in Mexico, assisting drug cartels with the construction of car-bombs and other terror tactics
• The administration's "open borders" policy -- and tacit endorsement of illegal immigration -- raises the possibility of terror groups smuggling nuclear weapons into the U.S. through our southern border
With Obama in office, I'm thinking the Mayans were onto something.
WHEREIN I DRINK THE SWEET, SWEET TEARS OF CHER: After debate debacle, Obama races back to LA to "reassure Hollywood donors"
Allow me to reassure Messrs. Weinstein and the rest of the Hollywood kooks: your ROI on Obama is going to go negative next month.
Oh, and as for you Hollywood-types: we're not going to forget your anti-American efforts. You live in the lap of luxury, enjoying the fruits of the most magnificent society ever created, while supporting those whose mission is to destroy it.
So when we boot Obama out of office in November, we'll not only be sending you kooks a message. We'll be doing it for the children.
The president arrives for a star-studded concert and high-roller dinner on Sunday amid "shock" in Hollywood over his Denver debate performance.
President Barack Obama returns to Los Angeles Sunday for a star-bedecked celebrity concert and fundraising dinner. In the wake of his Denver debate troubles, however, the long scheduled visit has acquired another, equally urgent purpose—reassuring his Hollywood supporters that he's fighting to win the race and he's poised for a comeback in the next televised forum with former Gov. Mitt Romney.
...There’s also no doubt that the president’s Hollywood supporters were deeply shaken by his lackluster performance in this week’s debate with Republican nominee Mitt Romney... “Everyone is in shock,” said one long-time Democratic activist. “No one can understand what happened.”
At the very least, several longtime Obama supporters told THR, the chief executive should expect some directorial notes on how to tailor his performance to television’s split screen. “Everyone with a connection to the president is reaching out to him,” said another veteran Dem. “At the end of the day, the best coach he has is himself.”
...The cloud of anxious fallout from Denver has all but overshadowed what otherwise would be considered a particularly glittering and gala L.A. appearance for Obama. His Sunday evening will kick off with a concert at downtown L.A.’s Nokia Theater featuring Katy Perry, Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Hudson, Earth Wind and Fire, and Jon Bon Jovi. Presidential pal Clooney will make a special appearance to introduce Wonder. Afterward, Obama will head next door for a $25,000-per-plate dinner at Wolfgang Puck’s chic WP24. Both events were sold out before the debate. The two events could easily raise more than $5 million for the president's reelection campaign.
Oh, and as for you Hollywood-types: we're not going to forget your anti-American efforts. You live in the lap of luxury, enjoying the fruits of the most magnificent society ever created, while supporting those whose mission is to destroy it.
So when we boot Obama out of office in November, we'll not only be sending you kooks a message. We'll be doing it for the children.
GASMAGEDDON: Before and After Photos
Before and after Obama, that is.
And, as a senator in Washington who knows firsthand says, Obama "has the most aggressive anti-fossil fuel agenda in history."
And, as a senator in Washington who knows firsthand says, Obama "has the most aggressive anti-fossil fuel agenda in history."
Would Obama and the Democrats have cared more if it had been Big Bird who'd been raped and murdered in Benghazi?
I only ask because Big Bird (who is wealthier than Mitt Romney) appears to have become some kind of cause celebre among the denizens of the Left, who can't seem to find anything to cut from the bloated central government in Washington.
At the same time, Obama and the left are curiously silent about the rape and murder of our Ambassador to Libya:
While the usual suspects blather on about a fake issue, the Obama administration continues to cover up what really happened in Benghazi and why it issued a series of fabrications to the American people in the aftermath of the attacks.
At the same time, Obama and the left are curiously silent about the rape and murder of our Ambassador to Libya:
According to the Arabic website, Tayyar:
...the American ambassador in Libya [Christopher Stevens] was sexually raped before being killed by the gunmen who stormed the embassy building in Benghazi last night [Tuesday, September 11], in protestation of a film insulting to the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings upon him.
Then there is this picture, rarely shown on the MSM. Perhaps he is being rescued from the jihadis, but why, exactly, are his pants down?
The al-Qaeda affiliated men who sexually abused and killed Gaddafi are the same sort of men who sexually abused and killed America’s ambassador. We were told that the late Libyan dictator was killed because he was an evil oppressor of his people. Why was the American ambassador killed, who had hailed the revolution and was there helping to “build a better Libya“?
These are the questions the media and the Obama administration need to be answering...
While the usual suspects blather on about a fake issue, the Obama administration continues to cover up what really happened in Benghazi and why it issued a series of fabrications to the American people in the aftermath of the attacks.
ILLUSTRATED: Obama's "Plan" to make America Energy Independent
Tweeted by @JennHanin in D.C.:
I forget: does Obama want to make America energy-independent? Or independent of energy?
I forget: does Obama want to make America energy-independent? Or independent of energy?
EXPLAINED: What the president means when he says we must "grow from the middle out"
When the president first uttered the following, I hadn't really understood what he meant:
That is, until Biff Spackle sent me this montage.
Then it all became clear.
Oh, and as you could have predicted, "The First Food Czar’s School Lunchroom Mandate is Failing."
This country doesn’t just succeed when just a few are doing well at the top. It succeeds when the middle class gets bigger. Our economy doesn’t grow from the top down -- it grows from the middle out.
We don’t believe that anybody is entitled to success in this count
That is, until Biff Spackle sent me this montage.
Then it all became clear.
Oh, and as you could have predicted, "The First Food Czar’s School Lunchroom Mandate is Failing."
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President Barack Obama did not take his debate preparation seriously, ignored the advice of senior aides and walked off the stage in Denver believing he had got the better of Mitt Romney, according to a Democrat close to the Obama campaign.



























