Well, we can breathe a little easier (not the way I need to, alas!), as we closed on the sale of the Des Plaines Madison
Leaving you some items for the weekend, as I’ll be off-line unpacking. ~Bob
Did Marines Ambush Defense Secretary Hagel? By Andy Weddington
Excerpt: Said Loretta Sanchez, a California Democrat, describing the task of opening up ground combat to women as providing Equal Opportunity for women, "I'm real excited to get this done. Combat performance is an important issue when people are looking at moving up in all of these organizations."
Excerpt: What would it take to get you to enroll in Obamacare? A folksy song? A celebrity endorsement? An ad in a porta-potty? Taxpayer money may be used for all of those things and more as October 1—the date when the health insurance exchanges are supposed to open—approaches. But all the campaigns and millions of dollars in advertising may not be enough, especially for the demographic Obamacare so desperately needs: young people.
Was Israel ’s Latest ‘Air’ Attack on Syria
Excerpt: An attack two weeks ago that destroyed an advanced Russian missile shipment delivered to Syria’s Assad regime should also serve as a warning to Iran – and to those complacent Western diplomats who have (dangerously in my view) reconciled themselves to the idea of allowing Iran to go nuclear and then trying to contain it. For it seems that the July 5 attack on an arms depot near the Syrian naval base of Latakia, which has been attributed to Israel, came not from the air (as CNN and the New York Times reported last weekend) but from under the water.
Mother of slain Benghazi
http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/25/mother-of-slain-benghazi-victim-sean-smith-my-son-is-dead-how-could-that-be-phony/
http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/25/mother-of-slain-benghazi-victim-sean-smith-my-son-is-dead-how-could-that-be-phony/
Excerpt: The mother of a Benghazi
Family of Murdered Border Patrol Agent: Nothing 'Phony' About Deaths Linked to Fast and Furious
Excerpt: “These deaths are real. My son’s death was real. I am outraged that President Obama is talking about phony scandals when he knows all too well that my son was a victim of Operation Fast and Furious that was authorized by members of his Justice Department and a U.S. Attorney that he appointed.
The President’s Broken Window Fallacy: Carbon Policies and Jobs. By Benjamin Zycher
Excerpt: At a general level, employment created — that is, shifted — as a result of a government policy is a cost rather than a benefit for the economy as a whole, unless the policy improves resource allocation by, say, correcting for some sort of market inefficiency. (Whether or not government policies can be predicted systematically to improve the efficiency of resource use is the central focus of the vast public choice literature). As counterintuitive as that may seem, imagine that a federal policy had the effect of increasing the demand for high-quality steel. That clearly would be a benefit for steel producers, or more broadly, for owners of inputs in steel production, including steel workers. But for the economy as a whole, the need for additional high-quality steel in, say, an expanding wind-power sector would be an economic cost, as that steel (or the resources used to produce it) would not be available for use in other sectors.
Obamacare Glitch No. One: Verifying Eligibility
Excerpt: This process is a red flag for opponents of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, which was enacted in March 2010 Earlier this month, the Washington Post reported that health insurance marketplaces will not be required to verify consumer claims. The Obama administration said “it would significantly scale back the health law’s requirements that new insurance marketplaces verify consumers’ income and health insurance status. Instead, the federal government will rely more heavily on consumers’ self-reported information until 2015, when it plans to have stronger verification systems in place.”
Study finds fracking chemicals didn't pollute water: AP
Excerpt: A landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, shows no evidence that chemicals from the natural gas drilling process moved up to contaminate drinking water aquifers at a western Pennsylvania drilling site, the Department of Energy told The Associated Press.
Egypt's Mursi accused of murder, kidnapping before rallies
Excerpt: The Egyptian army is detaining ousted President Mohamed Mursi over accusations of kidnapping, killing soldiers and other charges, the state news agency said on Friday. (See, he was running guns to Mexican drug cartels, which killed two American agents and over 500 Mexicans…oh, wait, wrong president. Sorry. ~Bob.)
Hamas Shuts Down Three Media Outlets in Gaza
http://forward.com/articles/181188/hamas-shuts-down-three-media-outlets-in-gaza/
http://forward.com/articles/181188/hamas-shuts-down-three-media-outlets-in-gaza/
Excerpt: Gaza
Excerpt: I've written often about the coming 2nd American Civil War. I became convinced that we'll have that war beginning sometime in the next decade. And lately, I've seen and read literally hundreds, perhaps thousands of posted messages that are saying the same thing. More and more people are convinced that the only solution to our problems will come from war, and the ensuing "culling" of career welfare queens, America American Republic
Keeping the heat on for truth on Benghazi
This Next Generation TV Video: "Allen West: "Shame on You" to Those who Ignore Navy SEALs' Sacrifice" shows the SOS sign right on his lectern and also shows more than once the huge petition from SOS about getting to the truth of Benghazi. --Del
Vouchers: My Personal Case. By Larry Elder
Vouchers: My Personal Case. By Larry Elder
Excerpt: APEX stood for Area Program Enrichment Exchange, and involved several L.A.
Out of Control: What Eliot Spitzer plans to do if he wins. By Michael Warren
Excerpt: If elected [as New York City 's comptroller], Spitzer would essentially be the city’s chief financial officer, a glorified accountant responsible for New York
Women's military veterans group drops Mayor Bob Filner as keynote speaker
Excerpt: A group of women military veterans announced Wednesday that it has rescinded an invitation to Mayor Bob Filner to speak at its conference in San Diego Iraq
Joe Garcia 1 year ago: "unequivocally...I’m going to live in the district." Now: I haven't moved yet. Oops.
Excerpt: It has been almost a year since Joe Garcia told The Miami Herald's editorial board that he'd move into the new Key West-to-Miami-Dade Congressional District 26 if he won. Garcia won. But he hasn't yet moved. His office said the freshman Democrat is in the process of getting a place.
Untruth at The New Yorker: A column on the Trayvon Martin case elicits an egregious attack. By Victor Davis Hanson
Excerpt: It is rare to read an essay in which almost every statement is wrong, but that is the case with “A Sermon on Race from National Review” by one Kelefa Sanneh, appearing on The New Yorker’s website — little more than McCarthyite character assassination in the form of a reply to my column this week on the president’s and the attorney general’s reactions to the verdict in the Trayvon Martin case. Here we go:
Great column: Stein’s Law: Like Detroit
Excerpt: If there’s an iron rule in economics, it is Stein’s Law (named after Herb, former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers): “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” Detroit
Muslims are Not a Minority. By Daniel Greenfield
Excerpt: The most persistent myth of the Western Dhimmi narrative is that Muslims are a minority and must receive special protection and accommodation. But Muslims are not a minority. There are 1.5 billion Sunni Muslims worldwide, outweighing Catholics as the next largest religious faction at 1.1 billion and Hindus at 1 billion.
Black America's True Nemesis: Liberals, not Zimmerman. Lloyd Marcus
Excerpt: Everyone knows that the black community is a mess. White folks ain't killin' us. We are killing each other.
Tunisian politician Mohamed Brahmi assassinated
Excerpt: Many Tunisians, particularly the young, complain that their quest for secular democracy has been hijacked by intolerant Islamists, including the Muslim Brotherhood which forms part of the current government, our correspondent says.
Sad Trombone: Anthony Weiner's Lead Implodes Following Sexting Scandal 2.0. Guy Benson
Excerpt: Apparently even New Yorkers have their limits on issues of propriety in politics (cue the juvenile double entendres) : Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner has suffered a massive erosion of support among New York City Democrats following revelations this week that his sexting with women continued long after his 2011 resignation from Congress, a new NBC 4 New York/Wall Street Journal/Marist Poll has found. (If your Election-lead lasts more than four hours, call your doctor immediately! ~Bob.)
Irony Alert: IRS employee union: We don’t want Obamacare
Excerpt: IRS employees have a prominent role in Obamacare, but their union wants no part of the law. National Treasury Employees Union officials are urging members to write their congressional representatives in opposition to receiving coverage through President Obama’s health care law.
Excerpt: Democrats from West Virginia are headed to Washington, D.C., todefend the coal industry against the Environmental Protection Agency's greenhouse gas emissions regulations that President Obama often touts.
I Am The Police End Of Watch
This is a fantastic short video in the streets of LA. It is good clean shooting. –Sender
President Robert Mugabe: We should ‘chop off’ gay men’s heads
The “black rule” Progressives fought for in Zimbabwe
Six more convicted in killings released under court decision
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/blog/bs-md-ci-prisoners-freed-20130725,0,3710245.story
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/blog/bs-md-ci-prisoners-freed-20130725,0,3710245.story
In related news, the victims are still dead. ~Bob.
Six Reasons Why CNN Is Now... The Most Disgraced Name in News
A tough competition. ~Bob.
White House hardens stance on budget cuts ahead of showdown with Republicans
Excerpt: Senior White House officials are discussing a budget strategy that could lead to a government shutdown if Republicans continue to demand deeper spending cuts, lawmakers and Democrats familiar with the administration’s thinking said Thursday.
The Obama media pool lacks racial depth
Gross. College Students Sign Petition to Legalize “Fourth Trimester” Abortions (Video)
VIDEO: A Human Face Put on the Benghazi
MIT scientists successfully implant false memories in mice
http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/25/mit-scientists-successfully-implant-false-memories-in-mice/
http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/25/mit-scientists-successfully-implant-false-memories-in-mice/
Excerpt: “Memories can be unreliable.” No, that quote doesn’t come from the opening lines of a science fiction novel, nor from the narration of the movie ”Inception.” Instead, the words are from the abstract of a new study published in the latest edition of the academic journal Science, in which scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology caused mice to feel mild pain, and then successfully triggered memories of that pain in environments where the mice had no reason to expect it. (Still no cure for cancer? Or, say, pulmonary fibrosis, scientists? Actually, this has been done in kids and young adults through intense pressure to “remember” abuse that never happened. See: http://faculty.washington.edu/eloftus/Articles/sciam.htm ~Bob.)
FBI letter to Rand Paul reveals drones used 10 times in US
http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/26/fbi-letter-to-rand-paul-reveals-drones-used-10-times-in-us/#ixzz2aAiL2cqw
http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/26/fbi-letter-to-rand-paul-reveals-drones-used-10-times-in-us/#ixzz2aAiL2cqw
Excerpt: The Federal Bureau of Investigations has used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, at least ten times in the United States
Obama Promises, Including Whistleblower Protections, Disappear From Website
Excerpt: Amid the Obama administration's crackdown against whistleblowers, Change.gov, the 2008 website of the Obama transition team laying out the candidate's promises, has disappeared from the internet.
Mann vs. Steyn: Heresy Shall Be Crushed. By Daren Jonescu
Excerpt: Remember when scientists and other truth-seekers used to get all riled up about the way the Catholic Church treated Galileo? The outcry was not over the fact that Galileo was a "peer-reviewed" researcher, and therefore beyond question. Quite the contrary: the argument was that, from the point of view of the quest for truth, no one, including the representatives of official orthodoxy and authority, ought to be regarded as beyond question. In the Michael Mann lawsuit against Mark Steyn and National Review, it is the "award-winning researcher" who is joining the fight for Church orthodoxy, while the defendants are the persecuted Galileos.
Scary: Nine sputtering cities may follow rusted, busted Detroit
Excerpt: Detroit Detroit Detroit
Military Censors Chris tian Chaplain, Atheists Call For Punishment
Excerpt: A Chris tian chaplain in the military is being officially censored for engaging in free speech, and anti-Chris tian activists are demanding he be punished.
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