Saturday, May 31, 2014
Free at last: Meriam Ibrahim to be released by Sudanese government
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| This is great news… |
The next step is to get her to a country of freedom.
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| Amal Farah's Case… |
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| Fathima Rifqa Bary's Case: She finally won her freedom |
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| Sophia Hayat's Story |
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| Syrian Christians targeted… |
Rule 5 and FMJRA
Kevin Williamson is spot on with this observation...
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| This is not a woman... |
Update:
Rage, Rhetoric, and Reform (the usual suspects go off...)
Friday, May 30, 2014
Jay Carney out as Obama Administration's White House Press Secretary
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| Jay Carney steps down as White House Press Secretary |
Update:
Hilarity ensues on Twitchy
Jay Carney is such a habitual liar that I'm not going to believe he has resigned until he says he hasn't.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 30, 2014
Shinseki out at the VA: The VA system remains a disaster
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| This was a big campaign promise. Bragging rights? |
WaPo: Shinseki resigns
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| It is unforgivable to cause embarrassment for the Emperor: Probation for Shinseki was rather short... |
The problems at the Veterans Administration are all not Secretary Eric Shinseki's fault. The overall problem is far bigger than that and the responsibility rests (mostly) with President Obama because he made it a point when he ran in 2008 that this was going to be a focus of his administration (and he failed). The VA was to be the leader in health care reform.
So what is in store for the rest of the County with ObamaCare?
Update:
Wombat Socho: Shinseki Resigns? This changes everything…
So what did Ballmer bid for the Clippers?
It apparently pays to be a old nasty racist.
Wombat notes Ballmer "won" the bidding war...
Instapundit withdraws his speculation that Donald Sterling was suffering from dementia...
Could Donald Sterling dodge taxes on this claiming it is a forced sale?
Wombat notes Ballmer "won" the bidding war...
Instapundit withdraws his speculation that Donald Sterling was suffering from dementia...
Could Donald Sterling dodge taxes on this claiming it is a forced sale?
Update:
More from Lem's Place…
Sterling's law suit threat (hmmm doesn't seem so crazy given the outcome)
Did Ballmer over pay?
Sterling's law suit threat (hmmm doesn't seem so crazy given the outcome)
Did Ballmer over pay?
There should be a telethon or something: the burden and curse of being attractive…
Instapundit : It is a curse I tell you, a curse. Don't hate me 'cause I am beautiful!
But here is a quote that most guys will glam onto:
Rule 5 and FMJRA
But here is a quote that most guys will glam onto:
Number 1: “My looks intimidate normal good guys. They are afraid to approach me. They always presume I want the super rich guy, or the super good-looking guy. Yeah I am pretty, but I am just a woman underneath this. I want a nice guy that I can feel safe with, who makes me laugh. He does not need to be rich. He does not have to be a GQ model. I just want a normal guy, who burps, and leaves his socks all over the house, but cares enough about me to take care of the guy things. You know the car stuff, and killing bugs. I get a lot of attention, but it is not quality attention. I just want to meet a nice guy who is into me for the person I am, not my face and my body. I want someone who will love me when I am not smoking hot.”
Thursday, May 29, 2014
The economy is shrinking... (stop looking at Barack Obama's economy)
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| It is just cold water, nothing to see here... |
Update:
Instapundit (remain calm, all is well) with link to Powerline
AoSHQ: Obama says shrinkage is not a big deal (it is just that cold snow or something...)
Time for Democrats to start panicking over the economy?
Stacey Dash Rule 5
Wombat reports that Stacey Dash is going to Fox News. Which prompts this Rule 5 and FMJRA link fest.
Meet @FoxNews' newest conservative darling, @RealStaceyDash--yes, THAT Stacey Dash: http://t.co/NdRibFuJV3 pic.twitter.com/p4kmITdcVf
— ELLE Magazine (US) (@ELLEmagazine) May 28, 2014Ridley Scott is back: Bladerunner and Prometheus sequels in the works…what could go wrong? Warning: potential spoilers
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| What could go wrong? A lot…but this is hilarious. More here. |
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| Is a sequel crazy? |
More rumors on what Ridley Scott is up to…
They don't even have Ms. Theron for a Prometheus sequel… (some bonus Rule 5 is required, as is FMJRA linkage...)
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
New York City Over Run With Rats...
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| Meet Bill DeBlasio and Hillary Clinton's best friend... |
Update:
DeBlasio bans media from events...
Mission Accomplished: Libya is in chaos thanks to Obama and Clinton...
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| Libya Deteriorates... |
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| Ambassador Chris Stevens is unavailable for comment... |
h/t Drew M at AoSHQ
Texas Tea: Dan Patrick topples the establishment Republican guy for Lt. Governor
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| Dan Patrick |
Update:
Other incumbent upsets: Wombat's Live at Five: Oldest congressional member Ralph Hall (91) ousted in primary…
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Rachel Carson, DDT, and her mixed legacy...
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| Was Rachel Carson wrong? |
The decline of effective mosquito control in the developing world (and banning DDT contributed to that decline), however, have doomed millions to malaria and other mosquito borne diseases. Some have questioned whether home DDT spraying in Africa itself is harmful, but given the choice of over 800,000 deaths a year in Africa (mostly children), if it was my children and family I would go with the spraying.
As Michael Crichton noted on the banning of DDT in parts of Africa: "We knew better and we did it anyway, and we let people around the world die and didn't give a damn." While her science was questionable, this all cannot be blamed directly on Rachel Carson, she died in 1964 and she made clear in testimony that there was a moral basis for controlling disease carrying mosquitoes (her argument was DDT was over sprayed in agricultural applications in the United States, which was correct). But her subsequent supporters (Al Gore wrote the introduction to the republishing of Silent Spring) definitely have culpability. As Crichton noted:
"I am thoroughly sick of politicized so-called facts that simply aren't true. It isn't that these 'facts' are exaggerations of an underlying truth. Nor is it that certain organisations are spinning their case... in the strongest way. Not at all — what more and more groups are doing is putting out lies, pure and simple. Falsehoods that they know to be false. This trend began with the DDT campaign and persists to this day."
Crichton notes: Westerners (Environmentalists) don't care about third world people dying. Their religion is more important that people's lives.
Today, one of the most powerful religions in the Western World is environmentalism. Environmentalism seems to be the religion of choice for urban atheists. Why do I say it's a religion? Well, just look at the beliefs. If you look carefully, you see that environmentalism is in fact a perfect 21st century remapping of traditional Judeo-Christian beliefs and myths.Environmentalists care a lot more about eagles than Africans...unless of course the eagles get in the way.
I’LL BELIEVE IT’S A CRISIS WHEN THE PEOPLE WHO TELL ME IT’S A CRISIS START ACTING LIKE IT’S A... http://t.co/3NRLHeLT7Y via @instapundit
— Instapundit.com (@instapundit) May 29, 2014
Alyssa Funke RIP
TOM has a post on this, the darker side of pornography…
Victimless?
Victimless?
Madyson Marquette, whose porn film name was Fayth Deluca, told LifeSiteNews that "after shooting porn, it seemed as if all the girls were depressed, including myself. We would shoot a scene and immediately after we would go do something to where we wouldn't have to think about what we had just done, whether that was getting so drunk we just blacked out, some type of drug like Xanax, cocaine, or ecstasy."
I hope that Miriam does not get a hashtag like this…
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