Elena Kagan’s ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ Sharia Policy

Andrew C. McCarthy "I wonder if Elena Kagan knows about Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani.  Ms. Ashtiani is about to be stoned. That’s where they bury you up to your chest and hurl rocks at you until you die." ...."During her a stint at the Clinton White House, we now know, Ms. Kagan struck the pose of a champion of women’s rights — at least if you weren’t an unborn girl. So fierce was her devotion to the cause of “reproductive freedom” that she subverted science in the service of abortion on demand — specifically, to preserve the partial-birth abortion procedure, which exceeds even stoning in its ghastliness. She then went on to Harvard Law School where, as dean, she became the champion of sharia."

Gets reprieve?

The Obama-Pelosi Lame Duck Strategy

WSJ  "That's why there have been signs in recent weeks that party leaders are planning an ambitious, lame-duck session to muscle through bills in December they don't want to defend before November. Retiring or defeated members of Congress would then be able to vote for sweeping legislation without any fear of voter retaliation." John Fund.

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." - Thomas Jefferson  Via Boortz.
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Wall Street Bails Out on Obama

Townhall  "In all of Barack Obama's campaign speeches, you would have to search high and low to find him blaming buyers who bought a home that was beyond their means, buyers who made no down payment or buyers who lied about their income. He never blamed the reckless use of adjustable-rate mortgages that contained interest rates that would soon be beyond their means. " Donald Lambro is chief political correspondent for The Washington Times.


 

States Fight Back Against Federal Tyranny and Abuse

David Limbaugh "If that isn't bad enough, get this: It extends way beyond road projects. The logos are also being required, for example, on police and fire vehicles acquired by cities in part with stimulus funds.
States are also fighting back through their state officials. Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce is incensed over the Obama administration's "outrageous" and bogus lawsuit against the state of Arizona over its perfectly legitimate effort to protect its border and citizens. ...
 "... It's outrageous, what (the administration is) doing. This is about an agenda. This is a president that is acting like a dictator. This is a president who is ignoring the rule of law and siding with lawbreakers over the citizens of this country and the citizens of this state while damage is being conducted every single day. Every single day!" "

Judges Reject White House's Drilling Ban Request

WSJ   "The three-judge panel ruled that Interior Secretary Ken Salazar didn't prove the U.S. would suffer irreparable harm without an immediate ban on exploratory drilling in deep waters."The secretary has failed to demonstrate a likelihood of irreparable injury if the stay is not granted," reads the panel's decision, issued late Thursday shortly after the panel heard arguments from both sides in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans." Via Heritage. Emphasis added.

Gibbs mocks conservative reporter, White House reporters laugh

Hot Air "Of course, Obama and Gibbs want to keep this dirty little secret a secret. The argument against Obamacare rationing put forward by Ryan is exactly what Obama was trying to ignore by bypassing the Senate and giving Berwick a recess appointment."

Court refuses stay in deepwater drilling case

Yahoo "U.S. appeals court on Thursday rejected the Obama administration's request to stay a lower court decision to lift a six-month moratorium on deepwater oil drilling in the wake of the BP Plc oil spill. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, based in New Orleans, ruled about an hour after hearing arguments."

Parasitic Tort Lawyers

John Stossel "Even when the lawyers do help their clients, they hurt everyone else because fear of their lawsuits takes away many good things: Swimming pools, playgrounds and gymnastics programs close because liability insurance is so expensive. Kids lose their favorite places to hang out in the summer.
"More importantly, innovators dump potentially life-saving inventions. Companies that started work on a safer asbestos substitute, an AIDS vaccine and a Lyme disease vaccine gave up the research because any work in those areas risked stirring up the lawyers. The liability risk was too great."

BP Relief well overview and ranging animation (Updated)

BP "This presentation by BP will give you an up to date synopsis of what is going on with the relief well that looks like is going to be a success." Hat tip to Ron Gazda, Richardson, TX 
Progress made on Deepwater Horizon "So now the decision goes back to the secretaries of Energy and Interior to make a decision that could finally "plug the damn hole." Do they allow BP to increase the flow of oil for three days to install the capping stack BOP in order to preclude the need to wait at least until July 20 to stop the well via the relief well."

Discoverer Enterprise Drillship photo.

The Hollow Case Against Arizona (Updated)

Investors.com "After smearing Arizona's immigration law as racial profiling, the Justice Department has issued its lawsuit against the state. But it's not about civil rights anymore. It's about a federal "right" to not enforce U.S. law."
Republicans Slam Obama for Suing Arizona  "Attorney General Holder speaks of the ‘federal government’s responsibility’ to enforce immigration laws; but what are the people of Arizona left to do when the federal government fails in its responsibility?"

Community Board Unanimously Denies Landmark Status to Ground Zero Mega Mosque Site

Atlas Shrugs "New York politicians are bending over backwards, violating protocol, to build a mega mosque at Ground Zero. In warped speed they are ramming it through, removing every obstacle to expedite the process and erect a triumphal mosque at Ground Zero in time for it to meet its stated opening date, the tenth anniversary of September 11th. Why? Would they do this for a church? A synagogue? This is an outrage."

H/t to Townhall

Busted Tribute

Commentary Magazine  "Regardless of what the artist may say, there are artistic conventions. A bust of Stalin commemorates Stalin, not his victims. It is the wrong image in the wrong place." Ben Schachter

The D-Day Memorial  Read about the Stalin Debate .

The Bedford Boys "Nineteen of the young men cut down that day were from the small central Virginia town of Bedford. The saying has been oft repeated that Bedford suffered the greatest loss of any town in the U.S. that day, per capita."
 Why Bedford, Virginia was chosen for the D-Day Memorial. Then we spent the next half-century keeping Stalinists out of this country; only to erect a statue to the tyrant. In Bedford.