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CBS Poll: Most Americans Feel Rhetoric, Tucson Shooting Unrelated.
The Left is going to need a bigger Sorosphere…
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I don’t know what’s sadder: the Left’s woefully unsuccessful attempts to score political points over the Tucson massacre or the fact that far more important stories related to this tragedy are getting buried under the spin of how this is all Sarah Palin’s fault.
Lord knows political debate in this country took on a poisonous tone before Sarah Palin achieved any level of prominence. Heck, even before Obama started injecting death-imagery into it. Of course, it’s not just politicians who like to talk like that. And who can forget this gem?
Seriously, who are they trying to fool?
UPDATE: Et tu, Markos?
MORE: Howard Kurtz gets it right – just in part – but certainly way more than others.
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I was running errands with my wife when I heard of the mass killing in Tucson. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families, and friends.
Later on, I saw much insinuation on the web of this tragedy being the responsibility of some hateful Tea Partier. But there were no outright accusations. The finger-pointing was rather oblique, which led me to suspect – just as this other time – that the shooter wasn’t exactly a conservative. Turns out that was in fact the case.
However – lucky for the Sorosphere – Sarah Palin’s choice of graphic design here intersects eerily with the Tucson tragedy. Crosshairs equal murder. Sure, why not? Now Lefties everywhere are having an orgiastic Palin-phobic hatefest like we haven’t seen in a while.
Hey, maybe under all that vitriol they have a point. Perhaps we shouldn’t see our political opponents as something to hit (not that that was literally the meaning of Palin’s map).
But unfortunately – not just for the Left’s rhetoric but for all Americans – President Obama disagrees.
UPDATE: Professor Douglas links. Thanks!
And at Instapundit there’s a nice round-up of the Sorosphere’s best efforts to either capitalize on the tragedy or stretching the truth to the point of breaking it. Your pick. My favorite links therein: the Democrats’ very own gun-violence-fomenting map…from 2004! (scroll down) It includes the word “Enemy” in its caption. Also, note how Arkansas has a target over it. This is where two U.S. servicemen were shot back in 2009 – one of them fatally. And you know how servicemen tend to vote. Connect the dots. Then check out this other map, from a cached link I dug out because the DCCC already sent it down the memory hole….to be replaced with this very incongruous message.
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BBC: Wikileaks’ champion Anonymous suffers DDoS attack.
UPDATE: Related: Wikileaks: News Story of the Year.
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Of course they do: Progressives Cheer Mark Madoff Suicide as ‘Revolutionary Justice’.
Well, some progressives, anyway. I had the feeling Madoff’s death would be celebrated by Lefties somewhere on the internet just because he’s a Madoff, but there’s counterculture; and then there’s counterstupidity.
Calling it ‘Revolutionary Justice’ is mistaken, to say the least. Or perhaps my memory fails me; and taking credit for the actions of others when they comport with your agenda is one of Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals
. Though I thought that was just a rule of politics, period.
The issue is that revolutions – whenever they’ve happened throughout the world – have been brought about by individuals organized and acting around an idea; be it freedom, or equality, or instituting a republic, or – yes – social justice (whatever that means these days). But celebrating Mark Madoff’s death as a triumph for the cause is akin to wearing a Che Guevara t-shirt under the suit you wear to your Wall Street internship while enjoying your trust fund as you attend [insert Ivy League school here].
I don’t mean that Howie Klein is a wealthy spoiled brat who doesn’t really stand for “revolution”. I’m sure the dude is serious about his progressiveness (but given that he was the president of one of Warner Bros. record labels for more than a decade, odds are he has a bit of the capitalist pig in him).
Mr. Klein, revolutionary justice is something you and your ilk must bring about on your own. No one will ever know what – exactly – prompted Mark Madoff to kill himself, but two things are certain: (1) he didn’t kill himself because you and the red horde surrounded his fancy New York co-op and left him no alternative but to hang himself; and (2) his death – as good as it must make you feel – hasn’t made for a more just society anywhere in this country.
Revolution is something you do, not something you wait for the establishment to do for you. So, by all means, Mr Klein: Bring it, comrade. Let’s dance.
UPDATE: Another tragedy – a crime, really. And just another instance in which a more just society did not result. But as long as the Howie Kleins of the world keep celebrating random deaths as “revolutionary justice” we’ll probably see more crimes of that sort being committed.
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Columbia University: First a student drug ring, now this: Palin-hating Columbia University prof busted for incest.
Related content at TOM.
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Ivy Leaguers busted in drug ring.
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Police investigate murder scene for 8 hours…until they realize it’s a movie set.
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The Hill: Homeland Security “seizes” website domain names.
Next time you hear a Hollywood figure brag about how Hollywood brings about social change, ask them how they like this sort of change. Because this is – in large part – the federal government doing the bidding of big media companies.
Whatever happened to sending a cease and desist letter with your own attorney?
Gawker sure is lucky it reached an understanding with Harper Collins attorneys over Sarah Palin’s book content, isn’t it?
I expect the Electronic Frontier Foundation – at the least – to challenge these new DHS powers in court soon.
(Fill in your own ‘They told me that if I voted for McCain’™ line here)
UPDATE: Related content at Instapundit: Copyright infringement is a weapon of mass bottom line destruction, Prof! Isn’t it obvious?
Seriously now, this is an old-fashioned case of elites looking out for each other, but they’re usually a little more subtle about it. Ask General Electric (the owners of MSNBC). They know.
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LAT: “The narcos rule our lives.”
I do hear things are pretty bad across Mexico with the ongoing cartel wars, but some areas are worse than others…
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Gizmodo: 100 Naked Citizens: 100 Leaked Body Scans.
The system failed…
There’s video at the link. Next time you board a plane, you just might be heading towards 15 minutes of unintended fame…
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From all over the world, eh? The law of unintended consequences strikes again. Though it’s hard to understand how anyone couldn’t have foreseen this result. Heck, even illegal alien-friendly California doesn’t make getting a driver’s license that easy.
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It depends, but the answer is ‘yes’.
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You got GPS all over your shoes, dude: How they found and killed the bloodiest narcoterrorist in the world.
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Barbara Jackson: “The impeachment trial of federal Judge Thomas Porteous is a once in a lifetime chance for urgently-needed judicial reforms to happen in Louisiana.”
More on Judge Porteous’s impeachment trial here. He’s a Bill Clinton appointee, in case you’re wondering…
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I’m sure Jihad had nothing to do with it: Maybe some young men with roots in certain parts of the world just find hipsters incredibly offensive…
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Ace: White House Recommended Release of Lockerbie Bomber
So that’s what they meant when they said it was “not BP’s doing”…
White House Recommended Release of Lockerbie Bomber
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“Panels at the San Diego Convention Center’s Hall H were delayed at least 20 minutes Saturday when an unidentified fan — wearing a Harry Potter T-shirt — stabbed another unnamed fan in the face with a pen.”
There are no video games in jail, fanboys. Cool off…
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Lawyers explain, inspired by the Mel Gibson saga…
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Felons voting illegally likely put Al Franken over the top in senate race.
Plus, the ACORN connection.
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Contempt of court? WWTDD: Lindsay Lohan had profanity scribbled on her fingernail while in court yesterday.
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L.A. Weekly: “The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday voted to approve one exemption from its economic and travel boycott of Arizona: A Scottsdale-based company will be allowed to continue to operate the city’s red-light cameras.”
I thought Arizona was as pit of racism. I guess racist red-light cameras are ok, as long as they’re L.A.’s red-light cameras.
UPDATE: Related (marginally): Meanwhile, in nearby Maywood, California: “You single-handedly destroyed the city.”
Bad, incompetent government is endemic in California…
MORE: And don’t forget Michigan: Disgraced Detroit Ex-Mayor Indicted on 19 Federal Counts: “Kilpatrick and his associates used the mayor’s office to run a criminal enterprise.”
Political Class-ic.
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Crossing into a land of statistical incoherence with the NYT: Lower crime rates in Arizona? Sure! Right next to the local beach front property I’d love to sell you.
Hard to tell where the bias ends and the incompetence begins. All in a news day’s work, I suppose…
Via AmericanPower.
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For Neda, a 67-minute documentary chronicling the story of Neda Agha-Soltan – who died on this day last year in the midst of Iran’s Green Revolution – is currently airing on HBO as part of its summer documentary series.
Check your local listings. Or watch it free on your computer – at the link above – or via YouTube:
Related content here.
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Fausta: Illegals in Mexico: What Calderon doesn’t want the US to know.
UPDATE: Related: Gov. Brewer launches Keep AZ Safe.
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Sacramento Bee: California has high hopes of reinstating death penalty.
Even without legal challenges, California’s death row might as well not exist: in the eyes of many California convicts, a death sentence is a perk. And it’s hard to disagree with them…
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ATL: All Play and No Work Made Lance a Disbarred Boy.
He’ll probably get a job with local, state, or the federal government in short order…
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Union Heads To Arizona to Try and Get Arrested: “The Salinas United Farm Workers said that they are going to be leaving their identification papers behind in attempts to get Arizona authorities to arrest them using racial profiling.”
This should be interesting to watch. Driving without a license should get you a ticket at the very least in most jurisdictions, but fingerprints and social security numbers can be used to establish identity – and therefore citizenship status – when an official ID is not available.
At any rate, since we’re talking about labor activists here, I expect them to legitimately get arrested for something.
Ask the SEIU. They know what I’m talking about…
Local Union Heads To Arizona to Try and Get Arrested
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Even if White House’s Sestak-Gate explanation were truthful, their conduct in the matter would still be criminal: “The statute does not absolve you of liability if you are offering someone an uncompensated appointment. It also specifies that you are guilty of a violation if you make such an offer “directly or indirectly.”
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Alex Knapp: “I don’t mind that the party in opposition is questioning the legality of President Obama’s acts in office. That’s what parties in opposition are supposed to do. I just wish they’d question things that matter.”
Amen.
UPDATE: Better time management from Congress in general would be nice, too. What with these being difficult times and all. However, I’m not ready to rule out that no impropriety occurred in this Sestak matter, especially given that the latest explanation doesn’t quite add up.
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A Tale of Two Ken Starrs: The Hollywood Reporter got the story right from the start, as I read it this morning. The Atlantic, not so much.
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STRATFOR:
In the United States it is very easy to obtain firearms and it is legal to go to a range or private property to train with them. Armed assaults are also clearly within the skill set of jihadists who have made it only through basic insurgent training…Such attacks will also allow these grassroots operatives to fight like they have been trained. When you combine all these elements with the fact that the United States is an open society with a lot of very vulnerable soft targets, it is not difficult to forecast that we will see more armed jihadist assaults in the United States in the near future.
In the United States it is very easy to obtain firearms and it is legal to go to a range or private property to train with them. Armed assaults are also clearly within the skill set of jihadists who have made it only through basic insurgent training. As we’ve mentioned several times in the past, these grassroots individuals are far more likely to strike the United States and Europe than professional terrorist operatives dispatched from the al Qaeda core group. Such attacks will also allow these grassroots operatives to fight like they have been trained. When you combine all these elements with the fact that the United States is an open society with a lot of very vulnerable soft targets, it is not difficult to forecast that we will see more armed jihadist assaults in the United States in the near future. -
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Remember that story about NYPD’s penchant for stopping minorities at a rate 9 times higher than they stop white people? Well, turns out that NYPD not only stops and frisks, but stops, frisks, and then saves your name in a database.
No comment from hysterical anti-Arizona boycotters and agitators about whether NYC – or California – is in their sights…
H/T: Dr. Fiancee.
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Inspector General report finds porn and meth use by staff of oil drilling oversight agency. Plus, they accepted gifts from oil and gas companies.
Sounds a little like how they run things at the SEC. I guess it’s a government thing…
