- There was much for us all to learn from this case. For anyone who came in late, let me refer you here http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/ayoob143.html for a summary. It ends with one such lesson. Let’s pick up from there. In this society, the person who moves toward danger in any respect is seen as “having gone looking for trouble,” and widely blamed accordingly if it does not end well. I’ve explained earlier why I don’t think anything Zimmerman did within the totality of the circumstances was the proximate cause of the death, but there’s a reason for the saying “It’s not about...
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Romantic Germany risks economic decline as green dream spoils (slow economic suicide)
Germany is committing slow economic suicide. It has staked its future on heavy industry and manufacturing, yet has no energy policy to back this up. Instead, the country has a ruinously expensive green dream, priced at €700bn (£590bn) from now until the late 2030s...(snip) The likelihood is that Germany will start to lose its economic halo soon, “de-rated” like others before it... Chancellor Angela Merkel tied a deadweight around the ankles of her country when she suddenly - and flippantly - abandoned her nuclear policy after Japan’s Fukushima disaster in 2011. “This has forever changed the way we define risk,”... -
Gun lunacy rides high in America (CNN editorial by Stanford law professor!)
Since gun sellers call the shots at the NRA, the lobbying group launched an effort to punish Colorado legislators who stood up for public safety over gun seller profits. Now, two thoughtful Colorado legislators have been recalled and the NRA is crowing at having exercised its muscle once again. ..., similar hyperbolic rhetoric after the passage of the federal background check system and the (now elapsed) federal assault weapons ban galvanized the unstable gun zealot Timothy McVeigh forward with his scheme to blow up the federal building in Oklahoma City. -
Al-Qaida leader calls for attacks inside US
Al-Qaida's leader on Friday marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks by calling on Muslims to strike inside the United States, with big attacks or small, using any opportunity they can to "bleed" America financially. In an audio message released two days after the 12th anniversary of the attacks, Ayman al-Zawahri said America is not a "mythic power" and that the mujahedeen - Islamic holy warriors - can defeat it with attacks "on its own soil." Al-Zawahri, the successor to Osama bin Laden, used the anniversary to argue that the United States can be defeated by targeting its... -
Right-to-Work Event Marred By Protesters Spitting At Worker Freedom Advocates
Union activists and big labor supporters who were upset that people were gathering in Vancouver, Wash., to talk about worker freedom resorted to violence and intimidation Thursday night, which resulted in a Mackinac Center for Public Policy employee getting spat upon. F. Vincent Vernuccio, labor policy director at the Mackinac Center, was invited by The Freedom Foundation in Washington and the Cascade Policy Institute in Oregon to speak about the benefits of worker freedom. However, he didn't even get out of his car before he was confronted by protesters. A protester with bullhorn disrupts a meeting about the policy implications... -
***THE OFFICIAL FRIDAY SILLINESS THREAD***
Blame Someone Else Day When : The first Friday the 13th of the year What a great time you can have on this day. Imagine all the problems, errors, and mistakes you could heap on someone else today. On this day you don't have to take responsibility or blame for any faux pas on your part. On the downside, this day comes as a double edged sword. While you are busy putting the blame elsewhere, someone might just be putting the blame on you! So.......if ther is somethin wrong whif the spellin of this artickle, it's not my fallt.....its'... -
Curio Theater Company Doing Lesbian Romeo And Juliet (In a Church)
You’ve no doubt seen adaptations and derivations of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet many times, both on screen and on film. But you’ve probably never seen it done the way that Philadelphia’s Curio Theatre Company is set to do it: with Romeo and Juliet as lesbian lovers. Curio’s Romeo and Juliet opens on October 11th at Calvary United Methodist Church (those liberal Methodists!) in West Philadelphia. The show marks the kickoff to the company’s 2013-14 season, all of which explores ideas surrounding gender. “I had been thinking that it would be interesting to do Romeo and Juliet as a same-sex... -
Stealthy Dopant-Level Hardware Trojans [govt funded research to defeat encryption]
"A team of researchers funded in part by the NSF has just published a paper in which they demonstrate a way to introduce hardware Trojans into a chip by altering only the dopant masks of a few of the chip's transistors. From the paper: 'Instead of adding additional circuitry to the target design, we insert our hardware Trojans by changing the dopant polarity of existing transistors. Since the modified circuit appears legitimate on all wiring layers (including all metal and polysilicon), our family of Trojans is resistant to most detection techniques, including fine-grain optical inspection and checking against "golden chips."'... -
Retail sales fall short in August, temper Fed speculation
U.S. retail sales rose less than expected in August even as demand increased for automobiles and other big-ticket items, the latest sign that economic growth slowed in the third quarter. The Commerce Department said on Friday retail sales increased 0.2 percent last month as Americans bought automobiles, furniture and electronics and appliances. However, they cut back on clothing, building materials and sporting goods. -
Hilarious mockery of FLOTUS’ #DrinkH20 campaign is now — you guessed it — raaaaacist!
And … we’re off! Here we go…. RT @owillis: Michelle Obama made the sin of telling people to drink more water while also being a black first lady.— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) September 13, 2013 Remember when Media Matters’ Oliver Willis tweeted, “i hate conservatism, its so dumb”? Keep that in mind as you feast your eyes on his reaction to snort-worthy mockery of Michelle Obama’s Big Water push. “Why can’t she just be like Laura Bush and tell kids to read? While being white, of course” – shorter cons— Oliver Willis (@owillis) September 13, 2013 Clearly this is the goal:... -
...Held Hostage In Syria 'Overheard Captor's Conversation Blaming Rebels For Chemical Attacks'
An Italian journalist and Belgian writer who had been held captive in Syria for the past six months were released this past Sunday. Domenico Quirico says he overheard a conversation held on Skype by his captors. The captors claimed that the recent chemical attack in Syria was orchestrated by the rebels to draw Western countries into the fight against the Assad regime. -
A Child's Change [Confused Boy Abused, Allowed to Live as Little Girl]
... Patricia and Eduardo have three sons. Patricia: "Very healthy, happy, normal situation." But they started to notice something was different with their youngest, Manuel, before he was a year old.... With nowhere else to turn, they sought out a psychologist. They were told they had a transgender child... Rachel Sottile, YES Institute: "That's really at the source of everything, is fear. 'Does that mean my child is going to be gay? Does that mean my child's a freak?'" Rachel Sottile is with the YES Institute, a non-profit organization aimed at educating people on gender and orientation. She says kids... -
ObamaCare Costs Will Explode; Trader Joe's Shows Why
When Trader Joe's announced it was dropping health benefits for part-time workers, it reassured them that they'd be no worse off as a result. "We believe that with the $500 from Trader Joe's and the tax credits available under the (Affordable Care Act), many of you should be able to obtain health care coverage at very little if any net cost to you," noted CEO Dan Bane in a memo to employees revealed this week. In other words, Trader Joe's — like some other companies — has decided to shift its health care costs onto federal taxpayers via the subsidized... -
Spoiler Alert in VA Governor Race
Spoiler candidate alert: Libertarian Robert Sarvis is a third-party candidate in the 2013 Virginia governor’s race. Although polling reveals that it is unlikely for him to win, will he split votes away from Republican candidate Ken Cuccinelli in the process?Election day is less than 60 days away, and Republican Ken Cuccinelli and Democrat Terry McAuliffe are in crunch time. However, neither candidate option fully satisfies voters. According to a recent poll of likely voters, only 34% of likely voters hold McAuliffe in a “favorable” opinion, and only 35% hold Cuccinelli in this regard.Reflecting the mood of the Virginia race, Barton Hinkle likened the... -
Did Any of You Bloggers Ever Wonder Why You Were Getting So Many Hits From Google HQ...?
Why all the monitoring when you're a good boy/girl, following TOS... Well, here's your answer: likely it wasn't Google at all, rather highly-politicized NSA snoops, hiding in the grass like the venomous snakes they are: __________________________________________________________ ...the US National Security Agency had apparently impersonated Google on at least one occasion to gather data on people.... Brazilian site Fantastico obtained and published a document leaked by Edward Snowden, which diagrams how a "man in the middle attack" involving Google was apparently carried out. A technique commonly used by hackers, a MITM attack involves using a fake security certificate to pose as a... -
CW Developing Drama About Transgender Teenager From Producer Michael London
EXCLUSIVE: The CW is taking on a controversial subject with ZE, a drama project centering on a transgender teenager. Written by Brooklyn-based writer-playwright Kyle Jarrow and executive produced by Michael London (Milk), ZE is described as a raw, quirky family drama about a FTM (female-to-male) teen and his family. A personal choice takes on controversial public significance when a Texas teenager announces she is transgender and will be living life as a boy. As his dysfunctional family spirals into identity crises of their own, he discovers that he might be the most well-adjusted of them all. CBS TV Studios is... -
Law Enforcement Warns FDA Ban On Menthol Cigarettes Will Create Mob Racket
The FDA wants to exercise its nanny power by banning menthol cigarettes in another futile bid to protect people from themselves but law enforcement warns that "prohibition will spur smuggling, counterfeit cigs and other organized crime" as reported by Dan Mangan for CNBC. Paul Carey III, chief of enforcement for the Northern Virginia Cigarette Tax Board, says "the contraband market would thrive under a ban, and would increase criminal activity, including activities by organized crime and terrorist groups." The profit margin for organized crime from contraband tobacco has surpassed the drug trade according to a recent report by the Virginia... -
FREEP A POLL- Would you vote for Booker or Lonegan if special U.S. Senate election were today?
TRENTON — New Jersey's special U.S. Senate election is a little more than a month away, but for whom would you vote if the polls opened today: Cory Booker or Steve Lonegan? A Rutgers-Eagleton poll released today shows Booker, the Democratic mayor of Newark, leading Lonegan, the Republican candidate and a former Bogota mayor, by 35 points — 64 percent to 29 percent — heading into the Oct. 16 election. The two are running to fill the final 14 months of the term left vacant by the death of U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg. -
Assad's new offer: Syria will surrender its WMDs if Washington Redskins agree to change their name.
Syrian President Bashir Assad today told reporters that Syria would immediately surrender all of its WMD stocks to UN inspectors and the international community, but only on the condition that the NFL's Washington Redskins immediately drops the team name, which many have found insulting and offensive. -
Survey: Blue Staters Trust Al Jazeera America More Than Red Staters
Polling agency Survata conducted a survey or 8,546 people to determine the initial perceptions of America's newest cable news station. They asked respondents a straightforward question: "Do you perceive Al Jazeera America as an objective news source?"According to the survey, only 18% of Americans view AJAM as an objective new sources, and 31% did not. Over half of respondents did not have an opinion. -
Al-Qaeda chief calls for attacks on US in 9/11 speech to followers
In an audio message released yesterday, Zawahiri laid out a plan of attack, saying he wanted a "few of the brothers" to commit small-scale strikes to trigger big spending by Washington on security, while awaiting the opportunity for a major onsalught later. -
Decisiveness Overrated? White House Thinks Yes
President Barack Obama’s Syria strategy may not have been particularly decisive, but that’s not a bad thing, according to the White House. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney defended his boss Thursday after a blistering few weeks of criticism in Congress and elsewhere over his handling of the Syria crisis. Carney said the American people “appreciate a president who doesn’t celebrate decisiveness for decisiveness’ sake.” He also said Americans like that Obama is open to “new information” and adjusts his course accordingly. Carney said that in the end, the president will deserve credit if the diplomatic initiative with Russia to... -
Matt Drudge calls Dianne Feinstein a 'fascist' for narrowing the definition of a journalist
Matt Drudge called Sen. Dianne Feinstein a fascist after the California Democrat suggested that only "professional" journalists deserved protection under a new media shield law."I can't support it if everyone who has a blog has a special privilege … or if Edward Snowden were to sit down and write this stuff, he would have a privilege. I'm not going to go there," Feinstein said during Thursday's hearing.Drudge reacted to Feinstein's comments on Twitter after stories of the media shield law were highlighted on his Drudge Report website."Comments from Sen. Feinstein yesterday on who's a reporter were disgusting," he wrote, adding... -
Hoyer: Obama doesn't need approval from Congress to strike Syria's Assad
House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said President Obama has the go-ahead to use military force in Syria without congressional approval if negotiations fall through. Hoyer, who supported a resolution authorizing military force, said Obama would be in a stronger position if he went through Congress, but Russia and Syria should understand it is not necessary. “If we passed a resolution, he’d have a stronger hand,” Hoyer said in an interview with Bloomberg’s Al Hunt to air Sunday. “But having said that, neither the Russians nor the Syrians ought to conclude that the president is without authority to act.”Secretary of... -
Men carrying rifles to farmers market draw police, debate
Two men heading to Appleton's downtown farmers market with AR-15 rifles slung over their shoulders and handguns in holsters swiftly attracted the attention of police officers last weekend. Now, they're attracting attention across the Internet, with some gun rights advocates expressing outrage that the pair were held at gunpoint and handcuffed, while others voice frustration at what they consider a foolish and dangerous stunt. The men, Charles Branstrom, 27, and Ross Bauman, 22, ultimately were released without tickets or charges. Branstrom recorded the confrontation with Appleton Police. About six minutes into the recording, one officer sees Branstrom's camera, confiscates it... -
Word for the Day, FRiday, September 13, 2013 - Perdurable
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “Word for the Day”. PerdurableAdjective Extremely durable; permanent. perdurability - Noun perdurably - Adverb Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... Review Threads: Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on... -
California sends bill to let illegal immigrants practice law to governor
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - A California bill to let undocumented immigrants become lawyers passed its last legislative hurdle on Thursday and will be sent to Governor Jerry Brown for his signature. -
The fruits of epic incompetence
The president of the United States takes to the airwaves to urgently persuade the nation to pause before doing something it has no desire to do in the first place. Strange. And it gets stranger still. That “strike Syria, maybe” speech begins with a heart-rending account of children consigned to a terrible death by a monster dropping poison gas. It proceeds to explain why such behavior must be punished. It culminates with the argument that the proper response — the most effective way to uphold fundamental norms, indeed human decency — is a flea bite: something “limited,” “targeted” or, as... -
Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem (9/13/13)[Prayer]
Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Psalm 131 A Song of Ascents. Of David 1. LORD, my heart is not haughty, Nor my eyes lofty. Neither do I concern myself with great matters, Nor with things too profound for me. 2. Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul, Like a weaned child with his mother; Like a weaned child is my soul within me. 3. O Israel, hope in the LORD From this time forth and forever. -
Celebrity Silence on Syria (What did you expect from these hypocrites?)
In the era of "warmonger" Republicans in the White House, the Toronto International Film Festival would have been fertile ground for bold, outspoken "dissent" from actors against war in the Middle East. Now with Obama on the brink of missile attacks in Syria, you would expect the same agitation, but this time coupled with a dash of betrayal. Instead, the Hollywood Reporter found nothing there but an icy pile of "no comments" from more than a dozen celebs, including Susan Sarandon, Josh Brolin, Penn Jillette and Tim Robbins. For divorced Sarandon and Robbins, left-wing rabble-rousing against the Pentagon was too... -
Pray For Our American Heroes and Our Nation (9/13/13)[Prayer]
Pray For Our American Heroes and Our Nation Stand Firm 4. Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a reproach to any people. Proverbs 14 -
John Boehner's Compromise (Not So Much) On Obamacare
I first learned of this story at Asylum Watch and I wouldn't be telling the truth if I said it surprised me. At this point in the game, nothing our government does surprises me. The sad thing is, this is coming from someone who is supposed to be on our side. That would be Speaker of the House John Boehner. Clearly, he has his own agenda in play, namely keeping his position of power. He seems to that taking a real stand against Obamacare and the rest of the liberal agenda endangers that. Otherwise, why would he stoop to what... -
This Recovery May Appear Larger in D.C.'s Mirror
Initial unemployment claims came out and, boy, there is great news. Two states had upgrades to their computer systems and that likely caused them to under report claims, according to Bloomberg. That means the media can report that “[j]obless claims in the U.S. declined last week to the lowest level since April 2006.” -
DIANNY RANTS: Mission Accomplished
Rush Limbaugh is right. Nothing shocking about that statement. He’s right 99.7% of the time. He’s right so often, the Left has made it a central strategy to shut him up. Rush Limbaugh has said since the very beginning of the Age of Obama that Barack Obama seeks to oversee the decline of the United States of America. His Fundamental Transformation has been all about it. America is, according to Obama, arrogant, dismissive, derisive. There is nothing exceptional about America. There is no such thing as “American Exceptionalism.” Greeks too believe they are are exceptional. As do the British. As... -
A Letter Back to Vladimir Putin
Dear President Putin: First of all, thanks for “speaking directly to the American people” in your New York Times op-ed. I’d grown used to reading various communists in those pages, but to get a note from an actual Russian president is something special. You may be noticing that it’s not going over so well. I thought I could explain. The short answer is many of us feel we are on to you. We know we can’t trust Assad, and don’t get us started on trusting our own president. But you may be overplaying this so ham-handedly that some clarity may... -
ALLIES TAKE BRINDISI, PUSH ON AT SALERNO; 14 ITALIAN SUBMARINES GIVE UP AT MALTA (9/13/43)
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Florida Man, 51, Arrested For Chicken Wing Assault On Wife
The Florida man, 51, was arrested last night for battering his wife with a bowl of chicken wings, police report. Cops were summoned to the Myakka City home Arthur shares with his wife Darlene. The couple, who have been married three years, had been fighting, Darlene’s daughter told a 911 operator. After a Manatee County Sheriff’s Office deputy arrived at the Wingate Road residence, Patrick--who appeared to be enjoying a glass of wine--explained that he was “tired of the marriage and all the fighting so he tried to leave only to be stopped by Darlene.” -
The English Lose Their Capital City
The English Lose Their Capital City I wrote the following to my English Member of Parliament. On Sunday evening I walked along the South Bank of the Thames, almost opposite the House of Commons. The area was populated almost entirely by non ethnically English people. Perhaps you and your fellow Members of Parliament would care to take the time to see for yourself that example of an area of London that has been occupied by foreign people? According to the 2011 Census the English population of London is now a minority 40%. I thought it had been British policy to... -
Yahoo Smugly Surges Ahead Share Crosses $30
It’s time for Yahoo to beam a big smile for its investors! The Sunnyvale, California, company marches ahead with the stock crossing a significant milestone. The Yahoo stock has exceeded $ 30, first time and maybe now can save itself from the “takeover-aspiring” Microsoft. -
Pope : "No such thing as innocent gossip" when we speak ill of others we are "homicidal Christians"
"Those who live judging others, speaking ill of others, are hypocrites because they do not have the strength, the courage to look at their own faults . The Lord does not speak much of this. But later on he says those who have hate in their hearts are murderers”. "We ask for us, for the whole Church, the grace of conversion from crime of gossip to love, humility, meekness, gentleness, and the magnanimity of love of neighbor ." Vatican City ( AsiaNews) - "There is no such thing as innocent gossip" , every time we " judge our brothers in... -
Inside Job: Obama To Nominate Summers As Fed Chair, Despite NO Federal Reserve Experience
Japan’s Nikkei is reporting that President Obama is going to nominate Administration insider Lawrence Summers as Federal Reserve Chairman. Summers would replace current Chair Ben Bernanke. This nomination is in spite of the total lack of experience of Summmers in the Federal Reserve system. What experience does Summers have? 1. He was on the staff of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Reagan in 1982–1983. 2. Summers served as an economic adviser to the Dukakis Presidential campaign in 1988 which ended in disaster. dukakis 3. He served as Chief Economist for the World Bank until 1993. 4. He served... -
Faith-based film handed R-rating because of religious message?
The filmmakers behind the faith-based flick “My Son” were shocked when their low-budget movie was handed an R-rating from the Motion Pictures Association of America. Now, the church behind the movie is charging that the MPAA handed out the strict rating because of the film’s religious message. “First of all there’s no [bad] language in the film at all,” Jarod O’Flaherty, the movie’s director, told Fox News. “But when you compare the content that is this film to even the mildest PG-13 action movies that are out there, the content of our film comes in as much less graphic… So... -
'Miss Ireland 2013' is Aoife Walsh:
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The Epic Meltdown of the Gun-Grabbers
COLORADO SPRINGS -- Quick, call the CDC. We've got a Rocky Mountain outbreak of Acute Sore Loser Fever. After failing to stave off two historic recall bids on Tuesday, two delusional state legislators and their national party bosses just can't help but double-down and trash voters as dumb, sick, criminal and profligate. The ululations of gun-grabbing Democrats here in my adopted home state are reverberating far and wide. Appearing on cable TV Thursday to answer the question "What happened?" Pueblo State Sen. Angela Giron sputtered that she lost her seat due to "voter suppression." Giron whined to CNN anchor Brooke... -
3 sentenced to death for Xinjiang terror attack (China)
URUMQI - A court in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Thursday sentenced three men to death and one man to 25 years in jail for a violent terrorist attack which left 24 people dead in the region's Shanshan County on June 26. The Intermediate People's Court of the Turpan Prefecture, which administers Shanshan County, handed the death penalty to Ahmatniyaz Sidiq for his guilt in organizing, leading and participating in a terrorist organization, homicide and arson. He was also deprived of political rights for life. The court sentenced Urayim Eli and Abdulla Esrapil to death for their participation... -
Visibly frustrated Angela Giron blames her recall on voter suppression [video]
Appearing on CNN, Angela Giron, a Colorado Democrat state Senator who was one of two state pols recalled for supporting gun-grabbing anti-Second Amendment legislation, joined Debbie Wasserman Schultz in blaming her recall on voter suppression. -
OFFICIAL ARIZONA GOP BODY PASSES FORMAL REBUKE OF JOHN MCCAIN
The Legislative District 26 Republican Party in Arizona has passed a formal rebuke of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for abdicating GOP principles in helping Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) secure votes to approve several of President Barack Obama’s controversial nominees. -
Uncle Vladimir
Vladimir Putin is currently cashing in on an ill-advised promise made when two presidents thought no one was listening. You may recall President Obama’s whispered assurance, back in March of 2012, to then Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev: “This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility.” We are now witnessing that promised flexibility. America’s foreign policy is becoming a caricature—international affairs according to Gumby. Russian President Vladimir Putin is a mix of Joseph Stalin and Lavrenty Beria---an experienced strongman and savvy intelligence officer. He is hardly someone to be impressed by “flexibility.” Vladimir is all about power... -
Amanpour Explodes at CNN Syria Panel: Stop Spewing ‘False Moral Equivalence!’ (supports Al Qaeda)
CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour flipped out on the AC360 Later Syria panel Thursday night, calling out the “false moral equivalence” of anti-interventionists. She clashed with blogger Andrew Sullivan over the emotion in the case, shouting down her fellow panelists to get a word in edgewise.After Anderson Cooper and Sullivan brought up the need to separate the emotion from the policy, Amanpour sighed and said, “I can barely contain myself at this point.” She proceeded to go on a rant about the “false moral equivalence” in arguing against going in. “How many more times do we have to say... -
PRESIDENT OBAMA, SYRIA, AND THE LIMITS OF BS
President Obama’s speech regarding Syria on Tuesday is best viewed as an attempt at political damage control. Obama hoped to stem the growing (and correct) public perception that he blundered badly at one or more stage of this crisis. His target audience was the only cohort to which he might provide reassurance — those who haven’t been paying close attention.I thought that Obama had pulled off this limited feat, and that, absent a U.S. attack on Syria or the further use of chemical weapons by Assad, Obama would not suffer much additional political damage because of this matter.Last night on...
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