Busybody Politics. By Thomas Sowell
Excerpt: It is hard to read a newspaper, or watch a
television newscast, without encountering someone who has come up with a new
"solution" to society's "problems." Sometimes it seems as
if there are more solutions than there are problems. On closer scrutiny, it
turns out that many of today's problems are a result of yesterday's solutions.
By
God, Keep the Faith & Comply With Law. By Andy Weddington
Excerpt:
As community government, leadership, is entrusted with fiscal responsibilities,
a fitting solution to this stupid miff struck me. And, once a citizen of Salisbury and with plenty
of kin there, I posted that idea in comment on the paper's online
website below the article...
Obama’s
Watergates: Denial, evasion, “Let me be perfectly clear” — is
this 2013 or 1973? By Victor Davis
Hanson
Excerpt: The truth about Benghazi, the Associated Press/James Rosen
monitoring, the IRS corruption, the NSA octopus, and Fast and Furious
is still not exactly known.
How ObamaCare Hurts
Cancer Patients
Excerpt: President Obama promised to mend the failings in
the American health care system, and yet for cancer treatment, ObamaCare is
taking a rotten feature of the old system and making it worse. The Affordable
Care Act expands a program called 340B, which siphons money from drug makers
and insurers to subsidize certain hospitals. The program has been expanded as a
way to offset some of the cuts that the law imposes on hospitals. One
significant side effect: 340B is increasing the cost of cancer care, and
harming its quality, says Scott Gottlieb, a resident fellow at the American
Enterprise Institute.
Jimmy Carter's ghost
stalks Obama White House. By Liz Peek
Excerpt:
Vague terrorist threats shutting down nineteen of
our embassies, Russian strongman Putin thumbing his nose at President
Obama, Iran jerking our chain – the U.S. hasn’t looked this cowardly on
the world stage since the Jimmy Carter administration. Here at home,
too,
we’ve gone back to the Carter future; unemployment is high, Keynesian
economics
are all the rage, our professorial president is increasingly whiny and
ineffectual; all that’s missing is a cardigan sweater and that infernal
violin.
The News in Zingers.
By Argus Hamilton
Excerpt: The State Department closed U.S. embassies in the Middle
East due to a threat from al-Qaeda cells. Reaction was furious.
The INS is so mad at al-Qaeda they threatened to revoke their student visas so
they'll never complete pilot school in time for the Super Bowl.
Excerpt: An armed 14-year-old with a violent rap sheet was
shot dead in The Bronx yesterday by a cop who had been on the job for less than
a month, officials said. Surveillance video shows Shaaliver Douse, a suspected
gang member, chasing and shooting at a young rival on Courtlandt Avenue near East 151st Street just before 3 a.m.,
police said. (Here we go again. “Shaaliver was a good kid.” His aunt is furious
that the police didn’t “shoot to wound” to “break him down” even though the kid
had just fired three rounds at another kid, cranked off a round at the cops
and had just beat an attempted murder rap. –TC. Note how the family takes
no responsibility for the kid’s behavior. Guess he could have been Obama, 35
years ago.~Bob)
Three Black Teens
Stomp White Kid 23 Times After He Refuses to Buy Their Pot (Video)
Could have been Obama, 35 years ago. ~Bob.
Excerpt: Islamists from Chechnya
have severely abused a couple in the central receiving point [for asylum
seekers] in the Brandenburg, Germany. Their
motivation: The couple, who are refugees from Caucasus,
had behaved immorally.
Documents: IRS
targeting of pro-life groups continues
Excerpt: The Internal Revenue Service continues to target
pro-life conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status despite pending
investigations into the IRS targeting scandal, according to documents obtained
by The Daily Caller. (Is it stupidity or arrogance for the IRS to still be
targeting conservative groups? Maybe both, but it's still shocking and
depressing to see. Del.
Just following orders…~Bob.)
God damn the AP for
the half-truth! The missing part in the photograph "Execution in Saigon" during the Tet Offensive of 1968
http://thegioinguoiviet.net/showthread.php?p=98318
http://thegioinguoiviet.net/showthread.php?p=98318
Excerpt: A lot has been said about the photograph
"Execution in Saigon" by photographer Eddie Adams of the Associated
Press (AP) where South
Vietnam's National Police Chief, Brig.
General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, executed a VC guerrilla on the street. It has
also been said that the VC, Nguyen Van Lem, aka Bay Lop, was a member of a
commando team that had just massacred a family of an ARVN officer but AP never
published the related photograph. Here it is! (The street execution of a
captured VC during the street battles in Saigon
in the Tet offensive is one of the most famous images of the war. It was used
mainly to depict our allies as casual murderers of POWs, and it ruined the life
of the ARVN general who did the shooting. "A picture is worth 1000
words" is actually very deceiving, depending on the caption that goes with
the picture. In this case, the captions were misleading partial truths. The
article tells the full story. --Del)
Open Borders, Open Wallets: Clinton Cronies Profiting from Fast-Tracked
Visas? A federally funded "green" car firm is in the mix:
the perfect "Progressive" scandal?
http://pjmedia.com/blog/open-borders-open-wallets-clinton-cronies-profiting-from-fast-tracked-visas/
Excerpt: Because the investigation involves allegations of
neglecting security concerns found in suspect visa applications from China, the
attention from the Republican side of the Committee on this issue going forward
is something to watch closely. The allegations first reported by AP on Monday
involve Mayorkas’ relationship with Hillary Clinton’s brother, Anthony Rodham.
The relationship stretches back to the Bill Clinton days, when both were
involved in trying to commute drug charges brought against the son of a
major Clinton donor.
Excerpt: As most of us know, it’s a bit more complicated
than that, but Obama — and therefore the administration, State Department,
intelligence and military — threw in to a greater or lesser extent with the
Brotherhood and their Islamist colleagues. They did this despite the
Brotherhood’s obvious extreme misogyny and homophobia, which, under normal
circumstances, we would assume to be anathema to
so-called “progressives.” …. (Obama’s putative buddy Turkey’s
Erdogan famously said, “democracy is like a train. You take it where
you have to go, and then you get off.”)
Exclusive--RNC to
NBC, CNN: Dump Hillary Docs Or We Will Dump Debates
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/08/05/RNC-to-NBC-CNN-Dump-Hillary-Docs-Or-We-Will-Dump-DebatesOn
Monday, RNC Chair Reince Priebus sent stinging letters to NBC and CNN
concerning their recently announced decisions to produce films celebrating the
life of Hillary Clinton. The RNC sees the odd programming move as an in-kind
contribution to Clinton's
presumed campaign for President in 2016. As a result, the party will formally
bar Republicans from partnering with the networks on any primary or
Presidential debates in 2016. (Oh, and she is on a month-long break with
gal pal Huma in the Hamptoms, just awaiting coronation by
Gollywood. –Barb)
Atheism to Replace
Religion by 2041: The Facts
Excerpt: The Las Vegas Guardian Express writer, Rebecca Savastio falsely attributes to me the claim that religion “will completely disappear
by 2041.” What I do project is that religious people will comprise a minority
by that date, a very different prediction. (2041 will be well after what I now
see as the almost inevitable fiscal collapse, followed by social and political
collapse, widespread death, violence, riots, bloodshed and hunger. I think the
survivors will rediscover faith. ~Bob.)
Labor Unions' Latest Problem: Obamacare's 'Cadillac Tax'
Harms Their Gold-Plated Health Insurance Plans. By Avik Roy
Excerpt: Now, we learn that public-sector unions, representing
government employees, are hopping mad about a different aspect of our health
law: its steep excise tax on costly health insurance plans, also known as the
“Cadillac tax.”
Egyptian belly
dancer's anti-Obama video goes viral
Wow, in this four minute dance and lecture, she really comes
down hard on Obama. No mincing words for her, she goes right for the jugular. Clearly
she is of the party that wanted Morsi out and is against the Muslim
Brotherhood. So she is brave to make this video, because the Brotherhood guys
will be gunning for her. Literally. And interesting intro to Egyptian politics.
--Del
Maryland GOP gubernatorial candidate bashes
Obamacare as insurer flees state
http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/06/maryland-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-bashes-obamacare-as-insurer-flees-state/#ixzz2bCn2tFRQ
http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/06/maryland-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-bashes-obamacare-as-insurer-flees-state/#ixzz2bCn2tFRQ
Excerpt: Maryland’s Insurance Commission touted the state’s proposed rates last week as some of
the lowest in the nation, but according to a recent GAO report, the least
expensive Obamacare plan will be 83 percent higher than the least expensive
plan under Maryland’s current system.
Excellent advice: 73 Rules
For Running For President As A Republican: Run To Win in 2016. By Dan McLaughlin
Excerpt: But even leaving those aside, it’s possible to draw
some lessons from the past few GOP campaign cycles and offer some advice
that any prospective candidate should heed, the sooner the
better.
ObamaCare: A Death
Sentence For Black Men! By Stacy Swimp
Excerpt: The lives of countless Black men have been saved,
due to prostate cancer screening with yearly PSA tests. Under ObamaCare, Black
men will no longer receive the routine PSA prostate cancer screening as preventative
treatment.
Tweet from The Washington Fancy @WashingtonFancy
In the wake of Alex Rod's suspension, Obama released a
statement today, "if I had a son playing baseball he would look like
Alex."
WaPo Editorial: Wishful thinking on the war on terror
Excerpt: Mr. Obama is right to worry about the corrosive
effect, for example on civil liberties, of perpetual war. But like all wars,
this one will end only if one party is defeated or both agree to lay down their
weapons. Neither appears likely any time soon, and the president’s eagerness to
disengage, while understandable and in sync with U.S. public opinion, may in the end
lengthen the conflict.
Renewable energy:
Burning US trees in UK
power stations
Excerpt: Environmentalists are trying to block the expansion
of a transatlantic trade bringing American wood to burn in European power
stations. The trade is driven by EU rules promoting renewable energy to combat
climate change. … The implications are complicated and disputed, but it is
clear that EU leaders did not have burning American wood in mind when they
mandated that 20% of Europe's energy should
come from "renewable" sources.
Another violent
Democrat
Excerpt: Some weird, decidedly left-wing politics were
espoused by Ross Township, PA shooter Rockne Newell.
Newell killed three before being shot by his own gun. His facebook profile
paints the picture of a left-wing ideologue. He ranted about environmental
issues and voted for Barack Obama.
Excerpt: If a booming metropolis like Chicago
is sinking under the weight of underfunded public worker pensions, how could we
possibly expect Detroit
or hundreds of other municipalities to survive? The pension fund for retired Chicago teachers stands
at risk of collapse. The city’s four funds for other retired city workers are
short by $19.5 billion. At least one of the funds is in peril of running out of
money in less than a decade. And starting in 2015, the city will be required by
the state to make far larger contributions to the funds, which could leave it
hundreds of millions of dollars in the red — as much as it would cost to pay
4,300 police officers to patrol the streets for a year.
The
Pampered, Good Life Of Ft. Hood Shooter
Excerpt:
Nearly four years after Islamist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan shouted “Allahu akbar!”
(“Allah is greater!”) and brutally murdered 14 people (including an unborn
baby) and injured 30 others at Fort Hood, Texas, he now receives free
helicopter rides from the local jail nearly every day, lives in a private room
built to accommodate his medical needs, wears a beard against Army regulations,
travels with his own security detail, has received numerous trial delays and
collects a full salary of about $80,000 a year – all while many of his victims
say they’ve been forgotten.
Excerpt: Two Republican senators said Tuesday that they've personally urged the
Egyptian government to release Muslim Brotherhood prisoners, after hosting
meetings with top officials in Cairo as part of an Obama
administration-sanctioned visit. But
McCain and Graham said they urged Egypt's government
to release Islamist prisoners supportive of Morsi before starting negotiations.
He said those negotiations should include the Muslim Brotherhood. (POTUS
and SOS send 2 GOP to tell Egypt--whose populace has just said they do not want
radical Islam or MB--to take it anyway and let them go join the rest of AQ
breaking out of jail and making “significant threats” that really make all that
NSA spying on the folks mandatory. Who paid for this friggin’ trip? –Barb)
Insane: University
Won't Fire Professor After Learning He Killed His Family
Excerpt: Administrators at a private university in Illinois are standing by
a professor, despite revelations that he shot and killed his father, mother,
and teenage sister in 1967. (But if he ever used the “N” word, he’d be banished
from society forever. ~Bob.)
Ah, the gentle,
tolerant left…
Old, but: Voter ID: Latino Voters Strongly Support
Voter ID Laws, Poll Says
Excerpt: In its most recent study, the Pew Hispanic Center
found that as many as 71 percent of Latino registered voters support the
controversial law, which this year will be enforced for the first time in 11
states. Among all registered voters, the ID law, which requires voters to show photo
identification in order to cast a ballot, is supported by 77 percent.
CNN's Burnett on Benghazi: "One Year
Later, Justice Has Not Been Served...May Never Be Served"
Cord Cutting:
Existential Threat to CNN, MSNBC Accelerates
Excerpt: A new report shows that cable and satellite pay TV providers lost 380,000
customers over this quarter last year. Over the last 12 months,
the number of customers declined by 911,000, up from 258,000 the previous year.
That might represent only a little over 1% of overall customers. But the pace
of what is known as cord cutting is accelerating -- as is an existential threat
to the survival of CNN and MSNBC.
Global Warming as Faith. By Norman Rogers
Excerpt: Today's believers in global warming, like the
intellectuals in the 1930s, fiercely defend their wacky faith in the face of
massive and contrary evidence. They are vested in a theory that is precious to
them. Their scientific studies pick and choose from an evidence buffet. When an
ideology is precious, the believers become aggressively hostile toward
infidels.
The Inequality That Matters. By Megan McArdle
Excerpt: My grandfather worked as a grocery boy
until he was 26, in the depths of the Great Depression. For six years, he
supported a wife on that salary -- and no, it’s not because You Used To Be Able
To Support A Family On A Grocery Boy’s Wages Until These Republicans Ruined
Everything. He and my grandmother moved into a room in his parents’ home, cut a
hole through the wall for their stovepipe and set up housekeeping. They got
married on Thanksgiving, because that was the only day he could get off. My grandmother
spent six years carefully piecing his tiny salary into envelopes -- so much for
food, for rent, for gasoline for the car he needed to get eight miles into
town. And they stayed married for 67 years, until my grandfather’s death in 2004.
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