Let's get one thing straight: Brandon Knight did the right thing. He made the right play, the hard-working play, the courageous play, and there are plenty of other image-conscious NBA players who never would have stepped in there the way he did.
But, that being said — daaaaaaaaaaaaamn.
Monday, March 11, 2013
Brandon Knight's Epic Posterization Kerplodes on Twitter
I don't always watch the NBA, but when I do, I prefer legendary slams.
The illustration that accompanies the dictionary definition of "Insanity"
It may be just a bit taller than Shaquille O'Neal but, unlike Shaq, this stack of Obamacare regulations is still growing.
In fact, scores of employers are downsizing or moving full-time workers to part-time in order to avoid the one-size-fits-all, Rube Goldberg-style requirements of Obamacare.
The hubris of the far left Democrat Party is stunning: they believe that the billions of individual health care decisions made by Americans each year can be replaced with a centralized, Politburo-style bureaucracy headed up by a 15-person panel called "IPAB". Here's a cheat-sheet: they can't.
There's one major reason that the Soviet Union's economy imploded. Central planners thought they could effectively manage all of the billions of economic interactions necessary to grow, instead of having individuals exercise their own free will.
And like the old Soviet Union, Obamacare is destined to implode as surely as night follows day.
Hat tip: BadBlue 24-hour News.
The office of Senator Mitch McConnell, the GOP minority leader in the Senate, has sent out a shocking photo.
This is over 20,000 pages and measures 7′ 2.5″. These are all the Obamacare regulations published in the Federal Register up through last week. Then last Friday they added another 828 pages.
...And hidden in this giant stack of intrusive new regulations that seem to grow every month is a major job loss problem. Douglas Elmendort, Director of the Congressional Budget Office, said in February of 2011 that Obamacare could cost 800,000 jobs and the Federal Reserve has stated that Obamacare is the reason for “planned layoffs.”
On March 6, The Hill reported, “The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released an edition of its so-called ‘beige book,’ that said the 2010 healthcare law is being cited as a reason for layoffs and a slowdown in hiring.”
In fact, scores of employers are downsizing or moving full-time workers to part-time in order to avoid the one-size-fits-all, Rube Goldberg-style requirements of Obamacare.
The hubris of the far left Democrat Party is stunning: they believe that the billions of individual health care decisions made by Americans each year can be replaced with a centralized, Politburo-style bureaucracy headed up by a 15-person panel called "IPAB". Here's a cheat-sheet: they can't.
There's one major reason that the Soviet Union's economy imploded. Central planners thought they could effectively manage all of the billions of economic interactions necessary to grow, instead of having individuals exercise their own free will.
And like the old Soviet Union, Obamacare is destined to implode as surely as night follows day.
Hat tip: BadBlue 24-hour News.
Judge tells scale-model, would-be dictator Napoleon Bloomberg to take his soda ban and stuff it
Major kudos are due Judge Milton Tingling, who metaphorically pimp-slapped the height-challenged mayor of New York.
Bloomturd must have had an inkling this decision was going to come down. On Sunday, visiting the little-known and lesser-watched CBS Sunday show -- which I believe is called Sunday Morning With Some Really Old Dude, if memory serves -- Bloomberg denied his ban was a ban.
Unfortunately for many businesses, the expensive changes to their business mandated by Mayor Mussolini had already taken their toll:
Worse still, Mini-Mayor had "plans to ambush stores with inspectors toting 17-ounce measuring cups":
Soft-drink size is the mayor's top priority at the same time that the public school system for which he is responsible has an unbelievable 80 percent illiteracy rate.
This man exhibits all the traits of a very sick individual and I sincerely hope he seeks professional help.
A state judge on Monday stopped Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration from banning the sale of large sugary drinks at New York City restaurants and other venues, a major defeat for a mayor who has made public-health initiatives a cornerstone of his tenure.
The city is "enjoined and permanently restrained from implementing or enforcing the new regulations," wrote New York Supreme Court Judge Milton Tingling, blocking the rules one day before they would have taken effect. The city's chief counsel, Michael Cardozo, pledged to quickly appeal the ruling.
In halting the drink rules, Judge Tingling noted that the incoming sugary drink regulations were "fraught with arbitrary and capricious consequences" that would be difficult to enforce with consistency "even within a particular city block, much less the city as a whole."
...In his ruling, Judge Tingling found the Board of Health's mission is to protect New Yorkers by providing regulations that protect against diseases. Those powers, he argued, don't include the authority to "limit or ban a legal item under the guise of 'controlling chronic disease.' "
...Across New York City, restaurants, bars and movie theaters had already started bracing for the change... Brother Jimmy's BBQ, a chain with five locations in the city, had already ordered 1,000 new glasses for soft drinks at their five New York City locations. The restaurants serve soda in 24-oz. glasses, CEO Josh Lebowitz said earlier this month—8 oz. more than city's new rules.
Bloomturd must have had an inkling this decision was going to come down. On Sunday, visiting the little-known and lesser-watched CBS Sunday show -- which I believe is called Sunday Morning With Some Really Old Dude, if memory serves -- Bloomberg denied his ban was a ban.
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg assured Face the Nation’s Bob Schieffer that his soft-drink size restriction that goes into effect this week is just “portion control,” and not a ban...
He said that ... government “is reminding you what’s in your interest” as opposed to companies motivated by profits. He also told New Yorkers that “it’s totally your choice” how much soda you want to have, as long as they are willing to make multiple purchases of 16-ounce sodas.
Unfortunately for many businesses, the expensive changes to their business mandated by Mayor Mussolini had already taken their toll:
Monday is the last day New Yorkers will be able to buy super-sized sugary drinks at restaurants, movie theaters, sports venues and street carts in New York City.
The cola crackdown goes into effect on Tuesday. The new regulation puts a 16-ounce limit on sugary drinks and applies to both bottled and fountain drinks... establishments like Dunkin’ Donuts have posted colorful fliers explaining the complex rules surrounding coffee... For example, Lattes are exempt because they’re more than half milk and it’s OK for customers to fill their own cups of large coffee with all the sugar they want.
Starbucks announced it plans to continue offering 20 ounce venti-sized drinks because of the milk content. Like Dunkin’ Donuts, customers will also be able to add their own sugar to their coffee...
Worse still, Mini-Mayor had "plans to ambush stores with inspectors toting 17-ounce measuring cups":
Come Tuesday city inspectors will be armed with 17-ounce cups to police New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s controversial new law banning large sodas and other sugary drinks.
The Health Department will begin implementing routine inspections to make sure eateries, including sit down restaurants and fast food chains, are not selling sugary beverages in servings larger than 16 ounces.
Those inspectors will have specially ordered measuring cups to help them enforce the new rule, Deputy Health Commissioner Daniel Kass said in an affidavit recently filed as part of the legal challenge to Bloomberg’s anti-big-soda policy.
Soft-drink size is the mayor's top priority at the same time that the public school system for which he is responsible has an unbelievable 80 percent illiteracy rate.
This man exhibits all the traits of a very sick individual and I sincerely hope he seeks professional help.
Larwyn's Linx: Ryan: Repealing Obamacare Key to Balanced Budget
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Ryan: Repealing Obamacare Key to Balanced Budget: Tatler
John McCain, American 'Hero': PJM
McCain, Schumer, other Senators hush-hush as they craft immigration bill: Fox
Sheriff: CO Dems Used Threats, Extortion, Blackmail on Gun Ban: Nice Deb
Grandpa, Tell Me Again About Freedom: RWN
Beware the Droids of March: NoisyRm
Feinstein: It’s legal to hunt humans with high-capacity magazines: Owens
Incoherent rhetoric from the Left weakens anti-gunners' arguments: TPNN
Nearly 1 in 3 state sheriff groups now oppose Obama gun controls: Exam
Obama's Spendthrift Nature: Patterico
Obama not quitting golf, despite sequester: RedAlert
Ex-TSA screener says the job does little to keep fliers safe: Post
Conservative Iowa law prof denied new trial in political discrimination case: LI
The Greening of Portland: 54°40’ Or Fight!
Alternate New York Times Headline: ‘Global Warming Saves Civilization’: RS
Intellectual Lightweight Paul Krugman: Choosing Waterboarding over Drone-Killings ‘a Very Odd Notion’: NRO
Bloomberg, America's Littlest Dictator: We're Not Banning Anything: WZ
Matt Yglesias Retweets New York Times Op-Ed Challenging Israel's Right to Exist: AmPower
No Cameras Allowed While Obama Wooed The Press At Gridiron Dinner: LoneCon
Still Got It: Ace
Kerry’s failed mission in Cairo: JPost
Meet Malik: 12 Wives, Accused Of Seducing A Teenager and Beating His Wife, Politician And Obama’s Brother: WZ
Susan Rice to NSA?: Hot Air
One of Pope Benedict XVI's last acts: canonizing 800 Christian martyrs murdered by Muslims: JihadWatch
Why is Iran still holding Robert Levinson and what is the US doing about it?: Scoop
Asteroid 2013 ET passes close to Earth: Telegraph
Mini desktop air-conditioner: Philippine Stuffs
Bernard Hopkins at 48 beats his own record: oldest man ever to win a major world title: NYDN
Study: Even Ancient Mummies had Clogged Arteries: Cheng
Image: AP, Indy Star
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Nation
Ryan: Repealing Obamacare Key to Balanced Budget: TatlerJohn McCain, American 'Hero': PJM
McCain, Schumer, other Senators hush-hush as they craft immigration bill: Fox
Sheriff: CO Dems Used Threats, Extortion, Blackmail on Gun Ban: Nice Deb
Grandpa, Tell Me Again About Freedom: RWN
Beware the Droids of March: NoisyRm
Feinstein: It’s legal to hunt humans with high-capacity magazines: Owens
Incoherent rhetoric from the Left weakens anti-gunners' arguments: TPNN
Nearly 1 in 3 state sheriff groups now oppose Obama gun controls: Exam
Economy
Ryan: GOP Budget Blueprint Includes Repeal of Obamacare Nightmare: GWPObama's Spendthrift Nature: Patterico
Obama not quitting golf, despite sequester: RedAlert
Scandal Central
Oops! WH: Killing 16 Year-Old Denver Boy in Drone Strike a Mistake: GWPEx-TSA screener says the job does little to keep fliers safe: Post
Conservative Iowa law prof denied new trial in political discrimination case: LI
Climate & Energy
We're all going to die!: Thurber's ThoughtsThe Greening of Portland: 54°40’ Or Fight!
Alternate New York Times Headline: ‘Global Warming Saves Civilization’: RS
Media
The So Called Adults Within the GOP Are Stupid: RSIntellectual Lightweight Paul Krugman: Choosing Waterboarding over Drone-Killings ‘a Very Odd Notion’: NRO
Bloomberg, America's Littlest Dictator: We're Not Banning Anything: WZ
Matt Yglesias Retweets New York Times Op-Ed Challenging Israel's Right to Exist: AmPower
No Cameras Allowed While Obama Wooed The Press At Gridiron Dinner: LoneCon
Still Got It: Ace
World
UN report: Hamas killed BBC reporter's baby in Gaza -- not the Israelis as was reported worldwide: JihadWatchKerry’s failed mission in Cairo: JPost
Meet Malik: 12 Wives, Accused Of Seducing A Teenager and Beating His Wife, Politician And Obama’s Brother: WZ
Susan Rice to NSA?: Hot Air
One of Pope Benedict XVI's last acts: canonizing 800 Christian martyrs murdered by Muslims: JihadWatch
Why is Iran still holding Robert Levinson and what is the US doing about it?: Scoop
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue.com/Tech)
Special Report: Apps that keep parents in the dark: WBRC-6Asteroid 2013 ET passes close to Earth: Telegraph
Mini desktop air-conditioner: Philippine Stuffs
Cornucopia
Needed This St. Patrick’s Day: Ronald Reagan: RWNBernard Hopkins at 48 beats his own record: oldest man ever to win a major world title: NYDN
Study: Even Ancient Mummies had Clogged Arteries: Cheng
Image: AP, Indy Star
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QOTD: "As Republican senators Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Marco Rubio, and James Inhofe prepare to introduce a measure to defund Obamacare — and threaten to hold up a continuing resolution to fund the U.S. government if the measure is not given a vote — some conservatives are unhappy that the House, controlled by Republicans, did not do the same thing.
It wasn’t for lack of effort, at least on the part of some conservative Republicans. As the House prepared to consider its own version of the continuing resolution last week — it ultimately passed 267 to 151 — more than two dozen conservative GOP lawmakers signed on to an amendment that would have defunded Obamacare. They submitted the amendment and hoped it would receive a vote but were stymied when the House leadership declared that no amendments would be allowed.
“If that amendment had gone to the floor, far and above a majority of the conference would have voted for it,” said Arizona Rep. Matt Salmon, one of the supporters, in an interview Saturday. “I think everyone in the conference would have voted for it,” added Florida Rep. Ron DeSantis, another supporter.
Nevertheless, the Republican leadership did not allow the amendment to be considered. And that, Salmon, DeSantis, and other conservative Republicans believe, is a measure of the leadership’s uneasiness with continuing the legislative fight against Obamacare. Some Republicans — lawmakers who might have felt pressure to vote to defund Obamacare — believe privately that the fight is essentially over, and that the GOP should come to terms with the reality of national health care" --Byron York
Sunday, March 10, 2013
FOR THE BIG TEN TITLE: Up 5 with the ball and 52 seconds left... #iubb #goblue
The Big Ten -- the best basketball conference in the country this year -- featured a doozy of a final regular season game earlier today. #2 Indiana, seeking its first outright Big Ten title since 1993, visited #7 Michigan on its Senior Day. A Michigan win would cement a three-way tie for the conference title.
The game featured three likely First Team All-Americans -- Michigan guard Trey Burke, IU center Cody Zeller, and IU guard Victor Oladipo -- and they were all intimately involved with the last minute of the game.
The game featured three likely First Team All-Americans -- Michigan guard Trey Burke, IU center Cody Zeller, and IU guard Victor Oladipo -- and they were all intimately involved with the last minute of the game.
GRAPH: 400,000 Years of Warmal Colding
In the extremely unlikely event that anthropogenic (human-caused) global warming is actually occurring, it may be rescuing us from another Ice Age:

Given the writings of the more extreme Climatards (which is the term they prefer, I hear), eradication of the "Human Virus" is the goal.
Hat tip: BadBlue News Service.
...in terms of the geologic time scale, human history is the blink of an eye compared the 4.5 billion year age of the earth. The end of the last ice age, a monumental, undeniably non-anthropogenic warming event, happened about 12,000 years ago; to a geologist it may as well have happened a week ago last Thursday. Yet climate scientists rarely address the implications of that warming event on their modern-day warming theories.
But this week, a new study came out which alarmingly concludes that CO2-forced temperatures are at or near their Holocene (post ice age) maximum... data from the Vostok Ice Core ... affords a look at the last 400,000 years of earth history, encompassing several ice ages.

...The top graph shows CO2 concentration in the atmosphere; the bottom one shows average temperature departure from the 1950 value. Two observations are readily apparent:
• For the last 400,000 years at least, "normal" = "COLD!"
• The warm periods are but brief interludes between ice ages. Wild temperature fluctuations were common before any possible impact of human civilizations. The anomaly is the stability of the moderate temperatures during the Holocene, the last 12,000 years (indicated by my red arrow), when warm weather fostered the development of human agriculture, cultures and civilization.
Consider what a global ice age would mean. Cincinnati, OH and points north would be under a glacier hundreds of feet thick (not necessarily a bad thing, in the mind of some readers and SEC football fans). Agriculture would be impossible in North America. The planet could sustain a tiny fraction of its current population.
Given the writings of the more extreme Climatards (which is the term they prefer, I hear), eradication of the "Human Virus" is the goal.
Hat tip: BadBlue News Service.
Historical chart illustrates the biggest problem in America today: Congressional Recidivism
Many fine writers have observed that there exists a de facto Ruling Class in Washington. Once men and women get to Congress, no matter how inept, inane, or diabolical they prove to be, the power of incumbency makes dislodging them akin to prying a Reese's Cup from Michael Moore's pudgy fingers.
An exhaustive study -- "Reelection Rates of Incumbents in the U.S. House" (PDF) -- performed in 2006 illustrates the dramatic changes in reelection rates since America's founding. It aggregates the results of every House election cycle between the years 1790 and 2006.
Over the years, the reelection rate of incumbents has increased steadily, likely the results of pork, quid pro quo funding to campaign contributors, and legislative skulduggery (the McCain-Feingold bill, for instance, could have been called The Incumbent Protection Act):

Until the Woodrow Wilson era, incumbent reelection rates hovered between 70 and 80 percent. Since then, however, massive wealth redistribution programs at the federal level -- the New Deal, the Square Deal, the Fair Deal, Great Society, etc. -- began cementing incumbents in place. Constituents dependent upon federal largesse became permanently addicted to these programs and the incumbents who fueled them.
Had the various branches of government shown fidelity to the Constitution, none of these programs would have come to be.
Term limits are one option to resisting incessant federal power grabs, but so too would be leveling the playing field for challengers.
Only a return to Constitutional government will solve the Congressional Recidivism problem.
An exhaustive study -- "Reelection Rates of Incumbents in the U.S. House" (PDF) -- performed in 2006 illustrates the dramatic changes in reelection rates since America's founding. It aggregates the results of every House election cycle between the years 1790 and 2006.
Over the years, the reelection rate of incumbents has increased steadily, likely the results of pork, quid pro quo funding to campaign contributors, and legislative skulduggery (the McCain-Feingold bill, for instance, could have been called The Incumbent Protection Act):

Until the Woodrow Wilson era, incumbent reelection rates hovered between 70 and 80 percent. Since then, however, massive wealth redistribution programs at the federal level -- the New Deal, the Square Deal, the Fair Deal, Great Society, etc. -- began cementing incumbents in place. Constituents dependent upon federal largesse became permanently addicted to these programs and the incumbents who fueled them.
Had the various branches of government shown fidelity to the Constitution, none of these programs would have come to be.
Term limits are one option to resisting incessant federal power grabs, but so too would be leveling the playing field for challengers.
Only a return to Constitutional government will solve the Congressional Recidivism problem.
STUNNING PHOTOS OF POLLUTION IN CHINA: Could Someone Let the EPA Know About This?
As the EPA tries to micro-manage industrial policy in the United States using unlawful and impossible dictates, the world's worst polluter goes unmentioned in the U.S.:
In short, while the EPA tightens the screws on America's already clean industries using flatly unlawful tactics, America's policy-makers ignore the elephant in the atmosphere.
In China, public anger over secrecy on environment
When China's environment ministry told attorney Dong Zhengwei he couldn't have access to two-year old data about soil pollution because it was a "state secret", it added to mounting public outrage over the worsening environment.
...The environment has already been one of one of the most frequently raised issues at the annual parliament session and China's authoritarian government has admitted it has a problem... China does not usually allow public scrutiny of governance, particularly on sensitive issues such as corruption and security. But public anger over the environment may force authorities to accommodate the public in small ways...
...A choking smog in Beijing in January, far above hazardous levels, has been one of the most dramatic signs of China's environmental problems, but Dong is convinced that soil pollution is the country's "silent killer." ... Citing "state secrets", the environment ministry last month denied a request from Dong for information on data on soil samples that was collected in a national survey that started in 2006 and ended in 2010.
...And just last month, the government acknowledged for the first time that pollution had given rise to "cancer villages", admitting that cancer rates in villages near factories and polluted rivers were far higher than they should be.
In short, while the EPA tightens the screws on America's already clean industries using flatly unlawful tactics, America's policy-makers ignore the elephant in the atmosphere.
Larwyn's Linx: I Am a Gun
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I Am a Gun: Clash
Circumventing Heller and McDonald: LibertyZone
The Danger of Attributing Malice to Stupidity: Max Velocity
2,000 Violent Illegal Alien Offenders Released, More Coming: MagNote
The Panopticon State: Steyn
Tuition Assistance Cut for Military -- But Not For Illegals: Sentinel
The Real Reason McCain-Graham Attacked Ted Cruz: PJM
Sobriety checkpoints and the 4th Amendment: HoosierAccess
Holder; Obama decides who's entitled to gun rights: WZ
Bloomberg Prances Through Education Disaster: Mead
Only 2% of insurance plans meet all Obamacare rules: Comm'l Appeal
The Great Obama Failed Recovery, in graphs: LI
Anti-Semitic Coffee Shop "Busboys and Poets" Attacks Customer: LI
Not Enough Fingers to Contain the Leak in the Dyke: Mish
More than 70% of Federal Spending Goes to Dependence Programs: Foundry
Vassar Student — The Sequester Illustrates President Obama’s Laziness: CI
OOPS: Gabby Giffords' Husband Buys AR-15: Breitbart
Kerry pressured to make Benghazi survivors available: Hill
Bitter codger John McCain takes his whining about Rand Paul to Piers Morgan – no one watched: FAM
MMA Fighter Fallon Fox May Lose Her License After Revealing She’s a Trans Woman: Jezebel
Obama Meets the Press—for Dinner: WS
Another California Coastal Commission Horror Story: Coyote
900 Dead Pigs Float in Chinese River: Beast
Flag Carrier Strips Flag Wearer: BlackFive
Jesse Jackson Compares Hugo Chavez To Founding Fathers: Western
Muslim hackers target U.S. banks, demand removal of Muhammad video from YouTube: JihadWatch
Soccer riots threatening to engulf Egypt: Haaretz
Egypt bakers threaten strike over rising costs: GlobalPost
Susan Rice The Front Runner For National Security Advisor: WZ
Greta Van Susteren: Time to Subpoena Obama Officials on BenghaziGate – “Put Them Under Oath!”: Nice Deb
UN Confirms Hamas Rocket Kills BBC Reporter's Son: IPT
Google Sneaking Up On Dealer Internet Marketing: AutomotiveDigest
Four months in, Windows 8 needs help: CNet
Top Ten Sequester Cuts to Hit the White House: Dossier
15 Year Old Kid Develops Easy, Foolproof Test for Pancreatic, Ovarian and Lung Cancer: Mish
Image: Benjamin Sklar
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Nation
I Am a Gun: ClashCircumventing Heller and McDonald: LibertyZone
The Danger of Attributing Malice to Stupidity: Max Velocity
2,000 Violent Illegal Alien Offenders Released, More Coming: MagNote
The Panopticon State: Steyn
Tuition Assistance Cut for Military -- But Not For Illegals: Sentinel
The Real Reason McCain-Graham Attacked Ted Cruz: PJM
Sobriety checkpoints and the 4th Amendment: HoosierAccess
Holder; Obama decides who's entitled to gun rights: WZ
Economy
CBO: Excessive Spending, Not Insufficient Taxation, Explains Deficits: CFIFBloomberg Prances Through Education Disaster: Mead
Only 2% of insurance plans meet all Obamacare rules: Comm'l Appeal
The Great Obama Failed Recovery, in graphs: LI
Anti-Semitic Coffee Shop "Busboys and Poets" Attacks Customer: LI
Not Enough Fingers to Contain the Leak in the Dyke: Mish
More than 70% of Federal Spending Goes to Dependence Programs: Foundry
Vassar Student — The Sequester Illustrates President Obama’s Laziness: CI
Scandal Central
Andy McCarthy: Holder is trying to get KSM into civilian court using Bin Laden son-in-law: ScoopOOPS: Gabby Giffords' Husband Buys AR-15: Breitbart
Kerry pressured to make Benghazi survivors available: Hill
Media
Sen. Feinstein’s Husband a Board Member and Point Man on Current TV Sale to Al Jazeera: CreepingBitter codger John McCain takes his whining about Rand Paul to Piers Morgan – no one watched: FAM
MMA Fighter Fallon Fox May Lose Her License After Revealing She’s a Trans Woman: Jezebel
Obama Meets the Press—for Dinner: WS
Another California Coastal Commission Horror Story: Coyote
900 Dead Pigs Float in Chinese River: Beast
World
Francis (Franz) Lieber 1800 - 1872: Early ally in the fight against America’s Progressive Movement: Tea Party 911Flag Carrier Strips Flag Wearer: BlackFive
Jesse Jackson Compares Hugo Chavez To Founding Fathers: Western
Muslim hackers target U.S. banks, demand removal of Muhammad video from YouTube: JihadWatch
Soccer riots threatening to engulf Egypt: Haaretz
Egypt bakers threaten strike over rising costs: GlobalPost
Susan Rice The Front Runner For National Security Advisor: WZ
Greta Van Susteren: Time to Subpoena Obama Officials on BenghaziGate – “Put Them Under Oath!”: Nice Deb
UN Confirms Hamas Rocket Kills BBC Reporter's Son: IPT
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue.com/Tech)
Researchers: Stonehenge started as huge graveyard: APGoogle Sneaking Up On Dealer Internet Marketing: AutomotiveDigest
Four months in, Windows 8 needs help: CNet
Cornucopia
10 impressive conservative women: RedAlertTop Ten Sequester Cuts to Hit the White House: Dossier
15 Year Old Kid Develops Easy, Foolproof Test for Pancreatic, Ovarian and Lung Cancer: Mish
Image: Benjamin Sklar
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QOTD: "Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen born in New Mexico, was whacked by a Predator not on a battlefield but after an apparently convivial lunch at a favorite Yemeni restaurant. Two weeks later, al-Awlaki’s son Abdulrahman was dining on the terrace of another local eatery when the CIA served him the old Hellfire Special and he wound up splattered all over the patio. Abdulrahman was 16, and born in Denver. As I understand it, the Supreme Court has ruled that American minors, convicted of the most heinous crimes, cannot be executed. But you can gaily atomize them halfway round the planet. My brief experience of Yemeni restaurants was not a happy one but, granted that, I couldn’t honestly say they met any recognized definition of a “battlefield.”
Al-Awlaki Junior seems to have been your average anti-American teen. Al-Awlaki Senior was an al-Qaeda ideologue, and a supposed “spiritual mentor” to everyone from the 9/11 murderers to the Fort Hood killer and the thwarted Pantybomber. On the other hand, after September 11, he was invited to lunch at the Pentagon, became the first imam to conduct a prayer service at the U.S. Congress, and was hailed by NPR as an exemplar of an American “Muslim leader who could help build bridges between Islam and the West.” The precise point at which he changed from American bridge-builder to Yemeni-restaurant take-out is hard to determine. His public utterances when he was being feted by the New York Times are far more benign than those of, say, Samira Ibrahim, who was scheduled to receive a “Woman of Courage” award from Michelle Obama and John Kerry on Friday until an unfortunate flap erupted over some ill-phrased Tweets from the courageous lass rejoicing on the anniversary of 9/11 that she loved to see “America burning.” The same bureaucracy that booked Samira Ibrahim for an audience with the first lady and Anwar al-Awlaki to host prayers at the Capitol now assures you that it’s entirely capable of determining who needs to be zapped by a drone between the sea bass and the tiramisu at Ahmed’s Bar and Grill. But it’s precisely because the government is too craven to stray beyond technological warfare and take on its enemies ideologically that it winds up booking the first lady to hand out awards to a Jew-loathing, Hitler-quoting, terrorist-supporting America-hater." --Mark Steyn
Saturday, March 09, 2013
"The Colorado Committee for Gun Violence"
This is a rhetorical question, of course: Will a day come when Democrats actually employ history, logic, facts and reason to craft policy?
A cursory review of the adoption of concealed carry laws in the U.S. would convince a sane person that an armed society is a safe society.
Someone came by searching for “colorado committee for gun violence.”
Since every restrictive gun law in history has resulted in more violence, that is essentially what any individual or group who favors restrictive gun laws favors.
More violence.
As this graphic excerpted from the Bureau of Justice Statistics 2011 Crime Victimization Survey shows, violent crime is down by 74% since 1992... The only crime that has shown anything but a decline is simple assault, essentially ‘two guys getting it on.’
Permissive gun laws are responsible for that sharp drop in violent crime. And those who want to strengthen gun laws are begging for a return to the high crime rates we had before 1993.
A cursory review of the adoption of concealed carry laws in the U.S. would convince a sane person that an armed society is a safe society.
Senators Cruz and Paul respond to John McCain's classless insults
The scourge of the GOP Senate -- the ludicrous "J-Linz" twins (John McCain and Lindsey Graham) -- appear highly exercised over the fact that some other Republican Senators actually received a little bit of media attention. After Paul's epic filibuster, McCain threw an egotistical fit, calling the Senator from Kentucky and his conservative ally Ted Cruz "whacko birds".
According to The Shark Tank, both Cruz and Paul had more dignified responses to McCain's temper tantrum.
And isn't it interesting that Democrats never attack one another, but the old RINO establishment spends more time attacking Constitutional Conservatives than they do fighting the soft tyranny of the modern Fabian Democrats.
John Edwards was right about one thing: there really are two Americas. There's the ruling class and the rest of us.
According to The Shark Tank, both Cruz and Paul had more dignified responses to McCain's temper tantrum.
This past weekend in Miami, Florida, we caught up to one of the elusive and endangered Senate “Wacko Birds” ... Ted Cruz, and asked him what his thoughts were about being called such a term.
Cruz looked at me and the Miami Herald’s Marc Caputo, chuckled, and responded, “I take that as a badge of honor.”
Earlier in the week, Senator Paul responded to McCain’s not-so-senatorial use of words by saying ,“I treat Sen. McCain with respect. I don’t think I always get the same in return.”
And isn't it interesting that Democrats never attack one another, but the old RINO establishment spends more time attacking Constitutional Conservatives than they do fighting the soft tyranny of the modern Fabian Democrats.
John Edwards was right about one thing: there really are two Americas. There's the ruling class and the rest of us.
For all the Democrat-Media whining about the Sequester, federal spending actually... higher this year than last
To illustrate just how sick the Democrat-Media complex has become, consider the following: ABC, CBS, NBC ("Cuts would hit vaccination, elderly meals, childcare"), and The New York Times ("Poor May Be Hit Particularly Hard") -- to name but a few -- all hyped the "devastating" Sequester cuts in the most hysterical terms imaginable.
Only, as it turns out, "year-to-date spending through five months of the government’s fiscal year is up by 2.7 percent":
As the great Investors Business Daily astutely points out, it is Barack Obama's policies that are hurting minorities and the poor, not any phony "Sequester" austerity.
Only, as it turns out, "year-to-date spending through five months of the government’s fiscal year is up by 2.7 percent":
With all the talk of sequstration and its supposed “austerity on autopilot” (as characterized at Voice of America — your tax dollars at work against you), it’s useful to look at what has really been happening with federal spending over the past six years, something the establishment press is very reluctant to do.
On Thursday, the Congressional Budget Office released its February Monthly Budget Review ahead of the Treasury Department’s official report which will arrive early next week. It estimates that the federal government ran a one-month deficit of $205 billion. It also shows that year-to-date spending through five months of the government’s fiscal year is up by 2.7 percent, and is up even after adjustment for timing quirks...
The federal government has historically run deficits in February, but it’s useful to see how dramatically reported (and for 2013, estimated) February spending and deficits have risen in just the past six years, because it’s clear that the increase is almost entirely due to higher spending (all numbers are billions):
February 2007 — Spending, $240; Deficit, $120
These days, the apparent definition of “austerity” is “trying to level off spending now that it’s almost 40% higher than it was just six years ago.” The press never, ever reports on how long-term spending has exploded, but instead assumes, as does the administration, that the current level of spending is the new normal, and that any attempt to reduce its growth trajectory will cause unspeakable hardship.
February 2008 — Spending, $281; Deficit, $176
February 2009 — Spending, $281; Deficit, $193
February 2010 — Spending, $328; Deficit, $221
February 2011 — Spending, $333; Deficit, $223
February 2012 — Spending, $335; Deficit, $232
February 2013 (estimated) — Spending, $332; Deficit, $205
Any attempt at a real reduction in spending automatically considered “draconican,” even by Republicans like Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama.
As the great Investors Business Daily astutely points out, it is Barack Obama's policies that are hurting minorities and the poor, not any phony "Sequester" austerity.
ONE OF A KIND: Full-Auto Colt 1911
Well, this certainly appears unique:
You can purchase a copy of 1911: The First 100 Years by clicking here.
Hat tip: BadBlue Gun News.
Back in the days when robbing banks got you fame and glory–and ultimately a body full of FBI bullets–John Dillinger was rigging his 1911 the full-auto way.
John Dillinger’s 1911 converted to full auto and .38 Super, complete with a Thompson submachine gun forearm.
“During the bank robber era, some guns-savvy outlaws had gunsmiths make select-fire handguns for them. In fact, an Arizona gunsmith created a full-auto 1911 .38 Super for John Dillinger, complete with vertical forearm. In the early days, it was no big deal.
It wasn’t until the National Firearms Act of 1934 that machineguns were treated any differently than other firearms.” -—Patrick Sweeney, 1911, The First 100 Years
You can purchase a copy of 1911: The First 100 Years by clicking here.
Hat tip: BadBlue Gun News.
Is all of human history wrong and Barack Obama right?
This chart, spotted at The Jacksonian Party, explains a great deal about our current situation; one in which the people find themselves pitted against their elected officials.
Prior to 1902, Congress had never reached a 70% reelection rate.
Jacksonian argues that when the Senate became a directly elected body and no longer represented Statehouses, taxation and other federal usurpations of Constitutional bounds became rife. In other words, the federal government could and did use its power to begin punishing the states, regulating local affairs and interfering in every sort of arcane transaction.
That change triggered an ever-increasing federal budget that went far beyond national defense. Budget-busting initiatives, politically motivated in nature, purported to help retirees, the sick, the elderly and so on, while concentrating ever more power in Washington.
The federal government now consists of a body of lifetime bureaucrats, many of whom couldn't power a flashlight with all of their brainpower combined, who are reelected automatically through their use of federal tax funds. They reward, they punish, they anoint.
And they continue to aggregate more power at the federal level -- and to build their own personal wealth -- ignoring and flouting the law. Rangel, Feinstein, Frank, Reid, Waters, Conyers -- to name but a few -- have repeatedly thumbed their noses at financial disclosures, ethics violations, criminal complaints, FOIA requests, and the like.
If government worked as Obama and the National Socialist Democrats say it will, then why would we care about separation of powers? Why would we care about different levels of government?
Why would we care about the Constitution?
Why was this nation founded in the first place?
If government is so beneficent, so effective, so humane and compassionate, how is it that throughout all of human history, the great philosophers and thinkers were so fearful of it?
Aristotle, Cicero, Locke, Montesquieu, Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and so many more.
Were they all wrong about government and Obama right?
Were they all wrong about limiting, balancing, placing checks on government? Were they all wrong about liberty?
Is human history all wrong and Obama right?
Is human history all wrong and Nancy Pelosi right?
Is human history all wrong and Harry Reid right?
Do you really think Obama, Pelosi and Reid hold a candle to the greatest thinkers civilization has ever seen?
Because for Obama to be right; and for his party, now in the hands of the radical left, to be right; the Founders had to be wrong.
For Obama to be right, the Declaration of Independence has to be wrong.
For Obama to be right, the Constitution has to be wrong.
For Obama to be right, Aristotle, Cicero, Locke, Montesquieu, Burke, Smith and the founding fathers all had to be wrong.
And so it is clear how all of this will end.
Government-run health care will be used as a tool by government officials. As these programs always are. It will be used to punish political enemies, to reward friends, to entice supporters and -- always -- to aggregate more power.
It must be repealed. It must be obliterated.
Hat tips: The Jacksonian Party, Thirty Thousand and Mark Levin.
Prior to 1902, Congress had never reached a 70% reelection rate.
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Jacksonian argues that when the Senate became a directly elected body and no longer represented Statehouses, taxation and other federal usurpations of Constitutional bounds became rife. In other words, the federal government could and did use its power to begin punishing the states, regulating local affairs and interfering in every sort of arcane transaction.
That change triggered an ever-increasing federal budget that went far beyond national defense. Budget-busting initiatives, politically motivated in nature, purported to help retirees, the sick, the elderly and so on, while concentrating ever more power in Washington.
The federal government now consists of a body of lifetime bureaucrats, many of whom couldn't power a flashlight with all of their brainpower combined, who are reelected automatically through their use of federal tax funds. They reward, they punish, they anoint.
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And they continue to aggregate more power at the federal level -- and to build their own personal wealth -- ignoring and flouting the law. Rangel, Feinstein, Frank, Reid, Waters, Conyers -- to name but a few -- have repeatedly thumbed their noses at financial disclosures, ethics violations, criminal complaints, FOIA requests, and the like.
If government worked as Obama and the National Socialist Democrats say it will, then why would we care about separation of powers? Why would we care about different levels of government?
Why would we care about the Constitution?
Why was this nation founded in the first place?
If government is so beneficent, so effective, so humane and compassionate, how is it that throughout all of human history, the great philosophers and thinkers were so fearful of it?
Aristotle, Cicero, Locke, Montesquieu, Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and so many more.
Were they all wrong about government and Obama right?
Were they all wrong about limiting, balancing, placing checks on government? Were they all wrong about liberty?
Is human history all wrong and Obama right?Is human history all wrong and Nancy Pelosi right?
Is human history all wrong and Harry Reid right?
Do you really think Obama, Pelosi and Reid hold a candle to the greatest thinkers civilization has ever seen?
Because for Obama to be right; and for his party, now in the hands of the radical left, to be right; the Founders had to be wrong.
For Obama to be right, the Declaration of Independence has to be wrong.
For Obama to be right, the Constitution has to be wrong.
For Obama to be right, Aristotle, Cicero, Locke, Montesquieu, Burke, Smith and the founding fathers all had to be wrong.
And so it is clear how all of this will end.
Government-run health care will be used as a tool by government officials. As these programs always are. It will be used to punish political enemies, to reward friends, to entice supporters and -- always -- to aggregate more power.
It must be repealed. It must be obliterated.
Hat tips: The Jacksonian Party, Thirty Thousand and Mark Levin.
Larwyn's Linx: Our Petty, Country-Be-Damned President
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Our Petty, Country-Be-Damned President: Blumer
Dianne Feinstein - Dumber Than Soup: Moe Lane
Feinstein: “It’s Legal To Hunt Humans” With High-Capacity Magazines: WZ
Dear Republican Party: Stockton
These GOP Senators Went to Dinner with Obama Instead of Supporting Rand: RWN
Filibusted: Obama, Graham, McCain Dinner Leads to $600B Tax Hike Idea: IJR
25 Deep: Owens
Health Care Law Now Faces Biggest Challenge: American Consumers: RWN
The Unstoppable Progressive Juggernaut of Future Senator Puffy Face: RSM
Obama's LOL sequester cuts: WH tours, 60,000 border security agents: IBD
Not One Penny to Spare: Cold Fury
Record 89,304,000 'Not in Labor Force', 300,000 Dropped Out Since Jan.: CNS
Insurance Premiums Skyrocket: SCC
'Do you know a Scab lives in your neighborhood?': Blaze
Did Obama DOJ Nix U.S. Weapons Tech Espionage Probe?: JW
Why Is the Air Force Suddenly Removing Drone Strike Data?: Blaze
Congressmen demand investigation of EPA selectively blocking FOIAs: Exam
Put a Shovel To CPAC: iOTW
Juan Williams: I’m not a plagiarist, but the guy who writes my columns might be: Malkin
Mark Levin: Government Is “Simulating the Collapse of Our Financial System...”: SHTFplan
Hollywood’s Hypocritical Stance On Women And Guns: Glob
Concealed carry permit holder saves Police Officer: Lott
“America’sgun liberal-fascist culture needs to change”: Cold Fury
78% Of MSNBC Viewers Responding To Poll Approve Of “Targeted Killing of American Citizens”: WZ
Elisabeth Hasselbeck fired From ‘The View’ because she is a conservative: FAM
Death of a Despot, Mourned by American Marxists: NoisyRm
What Is The U.S. Doing At Chavez's Funeral?: IBD
50 Years of Syrian Misery: Pipes
Bastogne sniper still the master of all he surveys: Owens
Large Explosion Hits Kabul as Hagel Visits: WSJ
The Ubuntu guide for displaced Windows users: PC World
Copyright Trolls Order WordPress To Hand Over Critics’ IP Addresses: TorrentFreak
Doomsday Preppers – A Fortress at Sea: RightPundits
Jeremiah Wright’s “Down Low Club”: HillBuzz
Image:Large Explosion Hits Kabul as Hagel Visits
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Nation
Our Petty, Country-Be-Damned President: BlumerDianne Feinstein - Dumber Than Soup: Moe Lane
Feinstein: “It’s Legal To Hunt Humans” With High-Capacity Magazines: WZ
Dear Republican Party: Stockton
These GOP Senators Went to Dinner with Obama Instead of Supporting Rand: RWN
Filibusted: Obama, Graham, McCain Dinner Leads to $600B Tax Hike Idea: IJR
25 Deep: Owens
Health Care Law Now Faces Biggest Challenge: American Consumers: RWN
The Unstoppable Progressive Juggernaut of Future Senator Puffy Face: RSM
Economy
White House: No Budget for Weeks: DossierObama's LOL sequester cuts: WH tours, 60,000 border security agents: IBD
Not One Penny to Spare: Cold Fury
Record 89,304,000 'Not in Labor Force', 300,000 Dropped Out Since Jan.: CNS
Insurance Premiums Skyrocket: SCC
'Do you know a Scab lives in your neighborhood?': Blaze
Scandal Central
Report: NASA prompted hiring of dozens linked to Chinese espionage: ExamDid Obama DOJ Nix U.S. Weapons Tech Espionage Probe?: JW
Why Is the Air Force Suddenly Removing Drone Strike Data?: Blaze
Climate & Energy
“Climate change” cools off: RSCongressmen demand investigation of EPA selectively blocking FOIAs: Exam
Media
Juan Williams: I’m Sorry My Underpaid Assistant Plagiarized That Column With My Byline I Didn’t Write: RSMPut a Shovel To CPAC: iOTW
Juan Williams: I’m not a plagiarist, but the guy who writes my columns might be: Malkin
Mark Levin: Government Is “Simulating the Collapse of Our Financial System...”: SHTFplan
Hollywood’s Hypocritical Stance On Women And Guns: Glob
Concealed carry permit holder saves Police Officer: Lott
“America’s
78% Of MSNBC Viewers Responding To Poll Approve Of “Targeted Killing of American Citizens”: WZ
Elisabeth Hasselbeck fired From ‘The View’ because she is a conservative: FAM
World
Obama Says Defense He Fought Can Stop North Korea: IBDDeath of a Despot, Mourned by American Marxists: NoisyRm
What Is The U.S. Doing At Chavez's Funeral?: IBD
50 Years of Syrian Misery: Pipes
Bastogne sniper still the master of all he surveys: Owens
Large Explosion Hits Kabul as Hagel Visits: WSJ
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue.com/Tech)
Windows 8 Adoption at Standstill; Microsoft Slashes OEM Bundle Price to $30 from $120: MishThe Ubuntu guide for displaced Windows users: PC World
Copyright Trolls Order WordPress To Hand Over Critics’ IP Addresses: TorrentFreak
Cornucopia
Axis of Evil Opens Off-Broadway: MOTUSDoomsday Preppers – A Fortress at Sea: RightPundits
Jeremiah Wright’s “Down Low Club”: HillBuzz
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QOTD: "For decades, Democrats have straddled a divide: they sought to represent both the producers of government services and the low and middle income citizens who depend on those services. Democrats want the votes and the contributions of teacher unions, and they want the votes of the parents whose kids attend public schools. As long as the blue model worked, the contradictions could be managed.
Increasingly, however, the contradictions have come to the fore. Teacher unions want life employment for incompetent teachers; their representatives negotiate farcically unsound pension arrangements with complaisant politicians and want taxpayers to pony up when the huge bills come due. Other producers of government services also have their sweetheart deals.
The result is that the consumers of government services, many of whom of course are Democrats, are getting a raw deal. They are paying too much money in taxes to support a system of government that, however outstanding and dedicated some people in it may be, simply cannot deliver acceptable services at a reasonable cost. The Democratic claim to represent both sides fairly is getting harder to sustain." --Walter Russell Mead
Friday, March 08, 2013
DIANNE FEINSTEIN HARDEST HIT: Concealed carry permit holder saves Police Officer. Again.
For decades the progressive left warned us that liberalizing concealed carry laws would turn America into the Wild West. That the streets would run red with blood. That road rage incidents would turn into shootouts.
And, as usual, they were wrong.
The opposite happened. Violent crime decreased everywhere CCW permits were issued.
And under-publicized incidents like this happen
And isn't it strange: the areas where citizens are unconstitutionally barred from arming themselves -- like Chicago -- have become more deadly than Afghanistan.
Hat tip: John Lott.
And, as usual, they were wrong.
The opposite happened. Violent crime decreased everywhere CCW permits were issued.
And under-publicized incidents like this happen
...East Baton Rouge Sheriff's spokesman Greg Phares says Officer Brian Harrison was escorting a funeral procession Friday when he pulled Temple over and wrote him a ticket for breaking into the procession. According to Phares, that's when Temple attacked Harrison. Police say Perry Stevens was walking outside of the Auto Zone on Greenwell Springs Road when he heard Harrison yelling for help. Harrison was reportedly on his back with Temple on top of him. That's when Stevens went to his car and grabbed his .45 caliber pistol.
According to Col. Greg Phares, "[Mr. Stevens] orders Mr. Temple to stop and get off the officer. The verbal commands are ignored and Mr. Stevens fires four shots, all of which struck Mr. Temple."
Perry Stevens fired four shots into Temple's torso. Officer Harrison had already fired one shot into Temple's abdomen. With Temple still struggling with the officer, Perry continued to advance toward the scuffle.
"He again orders Mr. Temple to stop what he was doing and get off the officer. Those commands are ignored and he fires a fifth shot and that hits his head. The incident is over with, and as you know, Mr. Temple is dead."
Police are calling the shooting death justified. Perry Stevens has a permit to carry a concealed weapon...
And isn't it strange: the areas where citizens are unconstitutionally barred from arming themselves -- like Chicago -- have become more deadly than Afghanistan.
Hat tip: John Lott.
JOHN KERRY EDITION: What is it with these permanent Democrat politicians and their face-lifts?
Three Great Cop Photos
These are my favorites from PoliceOne's 10 amazing photos that’ll make you proud to be a cop:

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