President Obama Is Skipping Justice Scalia’s Funeral. Well, it's what Obama does

Obama to skip Scalia's funeral

The president and first lady will instead pay their respect to the Justice when he lies in repose at the Supreme Court on Friday.

" President Barack Obama will not attend Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s funeral on Saturday, the White House said, adding that Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden will be at the services.

Obama and first lady Michelle Obama instead will go to the Supreme Court on Friday “to pay their respects to Justice Scalia” while the justice lies in repose in the Great Hall, press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Wednesday.

"The most recent member of the Supreme Court to die was Chief Justice William Rehnquist in 2005. In that instance, President George W. Bush not only attended the funeral, he also eulogized Rehnquist, who had been nominated to the court by Richard Nixon." . . .

YoungCons

Razor  Obama won't attend the funeral of a Supreme Court justice, but sent 3 reps to one for a convenience store robber. …

"Unreal. 3 representatives for Michael Brown. But the president can’t show up for a Supreme Court Justice?

"This goes way beyond partisanship.

For you, Judge.

"This is an extremely disrespectful ideological play.

"What President Obama has never really understood is that there are some things that are bigger than politics.

"Showing up to Justice Scalia’s funeral is one of those things.

"President Bush had the right idea and this is just another example of the difference in character between the two men."

Scalia's skipped funeral puts him in noble company   . . . "Here are six people whose funerals the Obama administration took less seriously." 
than Brown’s." As of Aug, 2014.

• Margaret Thatcher. "No senior White House officials were sent to the funeral of our staunchest Cold War ally, former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. " . . .
• Chris Kyle. " . . .not only did the White House make no statement, the White House sent nobody to his funeral. " . . .
• Nicholas Oresko, "The Medal of Honor recipient for heroism during World War II died at age 96 last year. President Harry Truman gave him the Medal of Honor after he wiped out two enemy bunkers during the Battle of the Bulge despite being gravely wounded. There was no reported White House attendance at his funeral."
• Lech Kaczynski. The Polish president was killed in a plane crash in 2010. President Obama originally announced he would attend the funeral, but cancelled, then golfed the day of his funeral.
• Aunt Zeituni. . . . " As The New York Times reported, “Mr. Obama helped pay funeral expenses and sent a condolence note, Ms. Onyango’s family members said, but the president did not attend, as he was golfing.”
• James Foley. "Foley’s funeral is not scheduled until October 18. On Sunday, however, his family held a memorial service for the journalist beheaded at the hands of ISIS. "

"President Obama’s delegation to Michael Brown’s funeral sends an important message. That message isn’t lost on the families of the soldiers and cops, teachers and firefighters, citizens who aren’t killed under disputed circumstances, don’t become the subject of riots, and who therefore don’t receive presidential aides at their funerals."

Obama or Biden should have attended Gen. Greene's funeral  But Snopes says no.

. . . "It was reported that “several hundred people attended” the funeral for U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene, including Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and other military officers."What struck me is the absence of the president and/​or the vice president, who are yet again living it up on vacation in the trendy Hamptons or Martha’s Vineyard."

Battle for the Seelow Heights; Germany's last stand to keep the Soviets out of Berlin (UPDATED)

HistoryNet: Battle of the Seelow Heights Very good account.

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Battle of the Seelow Heights  . . . "Close to one million Soviet soldiers of the 1st Belorussian Front (including 78,556 soldiers of the Polish 1st Army), commanded by Marshal Georgi Zhukov, attacked the position known as the "Gates of Berlin". They were opposed by about 110,000 soldiers of the German 9th Army, commanded by General Theodor Busse, as part of the Army Group Vistula." . . .
Photo: Hitler Youth casualties at the Seelow Heights

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The battle of the Seelow heights – a battlefield tour

Still wearing their boots and helmets, the Germans who fell fighting Russians at the Gates of Berlin

70 years on, troops sacrificed in Hitler's doomed last stand are unearthed. The Battle of the Seelow Heights was part of the Soviet assault on Berlin and lasted three days in April 1945. Estimates of Russian casualties range from 5,000 to 33,000, with 12,000 Germans killed 

The Association for the Recovery of the Fallen in Eastern Europe

"Defending the German position were 110,000 soldiers of the 9th Army.

"Seelow Heights was where some of the most bitter fighting in the overall battle took place. Fighting began in the early hours of April 16 with a massive bombardment by thousands of artillery weapons.

"On the third day the final line of the Seelow Heights was breached leaving nothing but fractured German divisions between the Red Army and the chancellery in Berlin."

The weapon appears to be a Sturmgewehr 44 , shown below, and here.

"The number of Russian soldiers thought to have died ranges from 5,000 to 33,000, while some 12,000 German troops perished.

"By April 23, the German capital was fully encircled and the Battle of Berlin entered its last stage. Within a fortnight, Adolf Hitler was dead and the war in Europe was effectively over.

"For many of the German soldiers who died in the battle where they fell is where they have remained ever since – buried deep in mud and soil - until now."

. . . "The association's mission statement on its website says: 'We are searching for the nameless dead, who lay without commemorative stones in the mass graves of War or were buried somewhere, as individuals and are considered as missing. 

• " 'We want to restore people to their name, which was taken from them over 60 years ago.
  "'We are not looking for soldiers of the Wehrmacht, not for U.S. GI's, Marines, soldiers of the red army or Polish Military - not for infantry, soldiers, sailors or airmen - not for Good or Bad.
  "'We are looking for people - Sons, Fathers, Brothers.
  "'Fallen soldiers are also victims - victims of a gruesome war, which they had not caused and had not wanted.'
  
  

A tourist's visit

UPDATE: Hitler's War The Eastern Front - ''The Death Trap''
"A terrible account of the last days on the Eastern Front. By this time STuGs made up a very large percentage of available German armour."

While we're on the subject of resisting the forces of socialism, read more of the Tunnel Wall here.

Rough times for Hillary...kinda

Rough Weekend

. . . "No, we don't think Hillary had Scalia killed.  But we certainly expect her to seek political benefit from his death by pushing the importance of her election for the purpose of picking a possible successor (if Obama's nominees are blocked). Additionally, some of the issues under review by the Court (with Scalia expected to be the deciding vote) could have been damaging to the Left - and those running on the Left - if the decisions had been finalized before election day." . . .

More Hypocrisy: Hillary Clinton Also Tried To Filibuster Bush SCOTUS Nominees, Now Says To Do So ‘Is Disgrace’

. . . "Ahem. Hillary Clinton, like Barack Obama, filibustered President Bush’s last Supreme Court pick. She also joined obstructionist Senate Democrats in filibustering a host of Bush nominees to crucial appeals court seats, including a top-flight Hispanic nominee named Miguel Estrada, who was held in limbo for two years before finally withdrawing. Back then, Hillary and her allies framed the act of denying Bush his selections as the fulfillment of a righteous duty. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, it’s a giant disgrace, or whatever." . . .Keep reading…

Hillary’s race pandering hits a new low  "As she sees the presidential nomination slipping away from her once again, Hillary Clinton plumbs new depths of craven race-pandering, ginning up racial resentment with a bizarre invocation of racism.  Shushannah Walshe and Liz Kreutz of ABC News report:" . . .
"There are no limits to her venality."

Forget Hillary -- Does America really need Bill Clinton back in the White House?   "Hillary Clinton is not merely a flawed candidate – she is a pant-suited catastrophe dragging down her party." . . .

"And if all that is not enough, there is one more obstacle to Hillary being handed the keys to the White House that no one is talking about – yet. If America chooses Hillary, they get a heaping helping of Bill, too.

"The fact is that Bill Clinton is no longer Bill Clinton, or at least not the Bill Clinton those of us remember from the 1990s. It’s been 16 years since Bill left office. Thanks to a worshipful mainstream media and the willful blindness of his fans, the same guy who lied under oath about harassing vulnerable women morphed into a lovable rogue."

Hillary Clinton’s Candidacy Reveals Generational Schism Among Women

“People no longer hear, ‘Do you want a woman to be president?’” she said. “They hear, ‘Do you want that woman?’” 

Approving Obama's choice for Supreme Court; Hypocrisy, Thy Name is Schumer

Western Free Press

"Watch the short video below, in which Sen. Chuck Schumer piously condemns Sen. Ted Cruz for opining that the Senate should not confirm a Supreme Court nominee with the presidential election so close.

"Says Schumer: The Democrats don’t do that kind of thing!

"But not only do Democrats do that kind of thing, it was Schumer himself who did it!

"Adding to this breathtaking hypocrisy, Schumer has the chutzpah to wrap himself in the US Constitution to support his “case”. Just listen to the devil quote scripture in this short video.

Via Edwin Macey Conservative Voter Coalition

Weasel Of The Week Nominees!! – 02/16/16

Noisy Room  

"It’s time once again for the Watcher’s Council’s ‘Weasel Of The Week’ nominations, where we pick our choices to compete for the award of the famed Golden Weasel to a public figure who particularly deserves to be slimed and mocked for his or her dastardly deeds during the week. Every Tuesday morning, tune in for the Weasel of the Week nominations!   Here are this week’s nominees…"

Denver Bronco’s Quarterback Peyton Manning!!

. . . "But getting a pass on poor sportsmanship for losing a game is one thing; sexually assaulting a woman then ruining her career afterwards is a whole new level of weasel-dom, and for that Peyton Manning gets my weasel of the week nomination. Oh, and for being such a Manning bootlick let’s throw in Papa John CEO John Schnatter while we’re at it."

BuzzFeed Editor Rachel Zarrow!!

"The Noisy Room: My nomination for Weasel of the Week goes to BuzzFeed editor Rachel Zarrell this time around. She posted a couple of tweets rejoicing at the news of the death of Justice Antonin Scalia and then tried to cover it up. She then quickly deleted them. She also retweeted a GQ writer who wrote, “Boy is my Twitter feed not sad.” Her initial tweet consisted of a party popper emoji. Then she followed up with a tweet mocking the statement put out by Sen. Ted Cruz on the news of Scalia’s death." . . .

Reince Priebus, Head of the Republican National Committee!!

"Neutrality? You kidding me? Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are both livid at the RNC’s stacking the audience at the last GOP debate with pro amnesty, representatives of the donor and consultant class whose job was to wildly cheer Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush’s every word, especially on amnesty for illegal migrants. And to boo Cruz and Trump on virtually anything they had to say." . . .

President Obama Vs. Senator Obama: Now Against Filibustering SCOTUS Nominees, Then Voted To Filibuster Alito

Weasel Zippers

"President Obama was asked today how did he reconcile his objections to the GOP position not to vote on a Supreme Court nominee when he himself had supported a filibuster against Bush nominee, Samuel Alito. 

"Needless to say, he was a bit miffed at the reporter who raised the question, and his answer amounted to ‘strategic reasons’

"I don’t think Senator Obama would like President Obama."

Former Miss Arkansas says Bill Clinton was so-so in bed and confided Hillary was into sex with women.

 'He put on my frilly nightie, and danced around playing his sax.'. . . Now she fears Hillary vendetta and sleeps with loaded semi-automatic "  So she claims

UK Mail  "Bill Clinton's lovemaking was largely forgettable, says ex-mistress Sally Miller, but Clinton would rarely disappoint when divulging intimate secrets
"Miller, then 44, would leave her back door ajar so her seven-years younger paramour - then Governor of Arkansas - could slip in.

...

Some headlines about Trumpiness in America

 

Donald Trump has invented a new way to win 

. . . "Rule No. 1: You can wince, but don’t squeal."Rule No. 2: Bust right back, if you can."

Trump: Sure I Said My Sister Should be on the Supreme Court, but I Have no Idea What She Believes  "Donald Trump held an impromptu press conference today that was perhaps an even bigger trainwreck than his meltdown in the debate on Saturday or his worse meltdown on the Sunday shows. I have no idea why, but Ted Cruz is causing Donald Trump to absolutely lose his mind. First, he claimed that it was an "absolute lie" that he would or might nominate a liberal to the Supreme Court. Can you imagine the gall of Ted Cruz, saying such a thing?"

New Ted Cruz Ad Super Glues Planned Parenthood To Donald Trump’s Butt




Trump: You Leave My Sister Out of This Campaign. Anyway, Back to Jeb Bush’s Brother.

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Why Are Liberals So Racist When It Comes to Clarence Thomas?

Washington Free Beacon

"Leave aside the “More like Uncle Clarence Thomas, amirite?” sniggering. The suggestion that Clarence Thomas is just a mindless puppet whose strings were pulled by Antonin Scalia is racist and ignorant and wholly unsupported by anything resembling the facts. Jeffrey Toobin—no fan of Thomas, he!—has said as much in the storied pages of the New Yorker:

In several of the most important areas of constitutional law, Thomas has emerged as an intellectual leader of the Supreme Court. Since the arrival of Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., in 2005, and Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., in 2006, the Court has moved to the right when it comes to the free-speech rights of corporations, the rights of gun owners, and, potentially, the powers of the federal government; in each of these areas, the majority has followed where Thomas has been leading for a decade or more. Rarely has a Supreme Court Justice enjoyed such broad or significant vindication.

The conventional view of Thomas takes his lack of participation at oral argument as a kind of metaphor. The silent Justice is said to be an intellectual nonentity, a cipher for his similarly conservative colleague, Antonin Scalia. But those who follow the Court closely find this stereotype wrong in every particular. Thomas has long been a favorite of conservatives, but they admire the Justice for how he gives voice to their cause, not just because he votes their way. “Of the nine Justices presently on the Court, he is the one whose opinions I enjoy reading the most,” Steve Calabresi, a professor at the Northwestern University School of Law and a co-founder of the Federalist Society, said. “They are very scholarly, with lots of historical sources, and his views are the most principled, even among the conservatives. He has staked out some bold positions, and then the Court has set out and moved in his direction.”

Hey, there's racism in places you wouldn't believe:
Black Lives Matter Co-Founder: Climate Change Is Racist, Form Of “Global Anti-Blackness”…

The trials and perils of Hillary

'What can be done?': Despairing Hillary quizzes aides over how to rein in Bill's ego in newly released emails   . . . "In one message, State Department counselor Cheryl Mills sent Clinton a Washington Post article during Obama's 2012 reelection bid entitled 'Bill Clinton's ego could cost Obama in November'." . . .

The Democrats’ Likely Nominee Appears to Be a Felon — This Is Not Business as Usual . . . "For all the surreal projection of normalcy, the race is enveloped by an extremely serious criminal investigation. If press reporting is to be believed — in particular, the yeoman’s work of Fox News’s Catherine Herridge and Pamela K. Browne — Hillary Clinton, the likely nominee of one of the two major parties, appears to have committed serious felony violations of federal law. 
"That she has the audacity to run despite the circumstances is no surprise — Clinton scandals, the background music of our politics for a quarter-century, are interrupted only by new Clinton scandals. What is shocking is that the Democrats are allowing her to run." . . .

Clintons embark on new listening tour… with donors   "The one curious thing about the itinerary is that virtually none of the projected stops are in Nevada. Instead, the Clinton Clan is dashing around the country to talk to big dollar donors. "  . . .

Eight years later, Bill Clinton is causing headaches for his wife again

. . . "In his post-White House years, Clinton has become a coveted Democratic surrogate. But when it comes to his wife’s campaigns, something else can happen: He seems to lose it. It was true in this crucial nominating state in 2008, where Hillary Clinton lost badly to Barack Obama. And it’s been true this month, when the former president has reemerged as a potent but unpredictable advocate who sometimes helps his wife’s cause — and sometimes doesn’t." . . .

Hookers for Hillary prepare for Nevada caucus: Bunny Ranch prostitutes hit the road to help Clinton reach the White House
"Entice Love, a 26-year-old mother of two from Sacramento, who works at the ranch told The Guardian: 'I’m for Hillary because she’s cracking down on domestic violence."

"Can't wait for the sit-com, Bill on the Bus." Lucianne

 

BERNIE SANDERS IS A COMMUNIST AND AN IGNORAMUS

Matthew Vadum  "Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has been getting away for years with describing himself as a socialist, when in reality he is an outright America-hating communist.

This belief in communism is reflected in the Sanders platform. Even a brief glance reveals his plan to be hopelessly utopian and insane. It will extinguish freedom and shutter businesses and cause widespread suffering especially among the poor people he claims to want to help. It is a program for exporting the best and the brightest to places that appreciate them.

"But identifying Sanders as a communist can be a risky proposition in modern-day America. The Left so dominates American culture that the word communist itself has become jarring, not because communism is bad but instead because leftists believe communism is good.

Matthew Vadum is an award-winning investigative reporter and the author of the book, "Subversion Inc.: How Obama’s ACORN Red Shirts Are Still Terrorizing and Ripping Off American Taxpayers."

The United States at the Point of No Return

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Steve McCann  . . . "I offer what I consider to be a valid theory as to one of the primary reasons why.  That is: a plurality of the populace, myself included, firmly believe the United States is approaching the point of no return to its founding as a nation of individual freedom and opportunity, and that the 2016 election is the most significant in 150 years insofar as determining the long term fate of the country.
. . . 
"Using the cudgel of the mainstream media, the entertainment complex and the education establishment, the Left and its surrogate, the Democratic Party, have successfully inculcated into a plurality of the American people a belief that there are no moral absolutes and that the state can grant any rights that it so chooses to whomever it chooses.  Further, the nation’s founding documents are arcane, racially insensitive, and unsuitable for today.  Thus religious liberty, property rights and freedom of speech are under aggressive assault.  The Judiciary is now almost under the complete control of these same statists, and with the death of Justice Scalia the last line of defense, the Supreme Court, is in peril."