Hot Air "This video comes from a press conference given by Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) earlier this week, but Real Clear Politics picked it up today, and it’s definitely worth a fresh look. As the newly-appointed chair of the select committee investigating Benghazi, Gowdy has bristled at criticisms that all of the questions have already been answered — especially when those criticisms come from national media outlets who have shown remarkably little curiosity about the collapse of American policy in Libya. In his presser, Gowdy challenged the critics to answer the questions his committee will probe — or at least to start asking them:"
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Breaking: The “97 Percent Climate Consensus” Canard
Power Line
"TV watchers will recall the familiar advertising trope of yesteryear in which we were told “4 out of 5 dentists [or doctors] recommend” using fluoride toothpaste, aspirin for headaches, or some such. We were always left to wonder whether that fifth doctor was a moron or something, never pausing to consider that the fifth doctor might well recommend the same thing, but emphasize something else first (like flossing perhaps, or Tylenol instead of aspirin because of sensitive stomachs, etc). But Archie Bunker was coming back on the air in 30 seconds, so most of us didn’t follow up on these puzzles.
"Likewise we ought to wonder about the favorite cliché of the Climatistas these days—that “97 percent of scientists ‘believe in’ climate change.' ”...
"TV watchers will recall the familiar advertising trope of yesteryear in which we were told “4 out of 5 dentists [or doctors] recommend” using fluoride toothpaste, aspirin for headaches, or some such. We were always left to wonder whether that fifth doctor was a moron or something, never pausing to consider that the fifth doctor might well recommend the same thing, but emphasize something else first (like flossing perhaps, or Tylenol instead of aspirin because of sensitive stomachs, etc). But Archie Bunker was coming back on the air in 30 seconds, so most of us didn’t follow up on these puzzles.
"Likewise we ought to wonder about the favorite cliché of the Climatistas these days—that “97 percent of scientists ‘believe in’ climate change.' ”...
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Tell me again: why do we hate Israel and express so much admiration for Islam?
1 in 4 dislike Jews, are ignorant of Holocaust "Despite decades of education and outreach by the Jewish community, a quarter of the globe is anti-Semitic, according to a new report by the Anti-Defamation League.
"ADL polled 50,000 people worldwide and discovered a widespread dislike of Jews and ignorance of the Holocaust.
"The report, released May 13, concluded that the least-anti-Semitic country is Laos, while the Palestinians of Gaza and the West Bank are the most anti-Semitic people group (93 percent).
"Abraham Foxman, ADL national director, said that for the first time, “we have a real sense of how pervasive and persistent anti-Semitism is today around the world.' ”
Western leaders are unwilling to recognize that Islamic jihadists want to subjugate the world and apply Islamic law to everyone, including them, according to several researchers.
Raymond Ibrahim, a researcher, translator and author, said that because Muslim persecution of Christians and others is “grounded in the theology of Islam, very few politicians are willing to address the root source of it.”
“And of course if you cannot ascertain a problem, you cannot fix it,” he said.
He said politicians and others “can speak openly about, say, the persecution of Christians in Korea, because its source is one man, one regime, who can be demonized or lambasted at will.”
“Moreover, if this one man goes, so does the persecution go with him since it is not based on anything intrinsic to North Korean culture,” Ibrahim said, noting the vibrancy of Christianity in South Korea as evidence.
“Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians” soundly refutes common assumptions about persecution of Christians around the world.
“ 'But because the subjugation and oppression of Christians is actually mandated in Islamic law, and because it is all but anathema for any Western politician to say anything negative about Islam itself, we are in a position where the root source behind the endemic persecution of Christians all around the Islamic world is rarely if ever addressed by Western leaders and authorities, which will only assure that it continues unabated,” he said." ...
"ADL polled 50,000 people worldwide and discovered a widespread dislike of Jews and ignorance of the Holocaust.
"The report, released May 13, concluded that the least-anti-Semitic country is Laos, while the Palestinians of Gaza and the West Bank are the most anti-Semitic people group (93 percent).
"Abraham Foxman, ADL national director, said that for the first time, “we have a real sense of how pervasive and persistent anti-Semitism is today around the world.' ”
Raymond Ibrahim, a researcher, translator and author, said that because Muslim persecution of Christians and others is “grounded in the theology of Islam, very few politicians are willing to address the root source of it.”
“And of course if you cannot ascertain a problem, you cannot fix it,” he said.
He said politicians and others “can speak openly about, say, the persecution of Christians in Korea, because its source is one man, one regime, who can be demonized or lambasted at will.”
“Moreover, if this one man goes, so does the persecution go with him since it is not based on anything intrinsic to North Korean culture,” Ibrahim said, noting the vibrancy of Christianity in South Korea as evidence.
“Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians” soundly refutes common assumptions about persecution of Christians around the world.
“ 'But because the subjugation and oppression of Christians is actually mandated in Islamic law, and because it is all but anathema for any Western politician to say anything negative about Islam itself, we are in a position where the root source behind the endemic persecution of Christians all around the Islamic world is rarely if ever addressed by Western leaders and authorities, which will only assure that it continues unabated,” he said." ...
Lawmakers urge probe of ObamaCare contractor paying workers to 'do nothing'. Why you do not want government running the economy.
Fox News Video
"Several lawmakers are calling for an investigation into reports that employees at a center processing applications for health insurance under ObamaCare were paid to do nothing.
"Missouri television station KMOV-TV reported Monday that data entry workers at a Serco Inc. office in Wentzville spent days staring at their computer. The company was awarded up to $1.25 billion to process applications for health insurance through the health care law." ...
"Several lawmakers are calling for an investigation into reports that employees at a center processing applications for health insurance under ObamaCare were paid to do nothing.
"Missouri television station KMOV-TV reported Monday that data entry workers at a Serco Inc. office in Wentzville spent days staring at their computer. The company was awarded up to $1.25 billion to process applications for health insurance through the health care law." ...
E Rumor: Vladimir Putin Describes President Obama-Unproven!
Summary of the eRumor: A statement allegedly by Russian President Vladimir Putin made about U.S. President Obama has gone viral on the World Wide Web. The statement was, "Negotiating with Obama is like playing chess with a pigeon. The pigeon knocks over all the pieces, shits on the board and then struts around like it won the game."
This one has gone viral on the Internet and Social Media in October 2013 but we have not found any evidence that Vladimir Putin said this of Barack Obama.This may be a joke.
According to a web blog by Troy Britain, the term "playing chess with a pigeon" dates back to a March 16, 2005 Amazon.Com review comment posted by Scott D. Weitzenhoffer. Weitzenhoffer posted the comment in the Amazon review section of Eugenie Scott's book Evolution vs. Creationism: An introduction.
According to a web blog by Troy Britain, the term "playing chess with a pigeon" dates back to a March 16, 2005 Amazon.Com review comment posted by Scott D. Weitzenhoffer. Weitzenhoffer posted the comment in the Amazon review section of Eugenie Scott's book Evolution vs. Creationism: An introduction.
Satanists at Harvard – The devil is in the details
Legal Insurrection What would we do without MSNBC?
"In the video below, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes attempts to make some moral equivalency between Satanism, Christianity, freedom of speech and freedom of religion. What he fails to understand and neglects to adequately explain to his handful of viewers is that the outrage over the Harvard black mass wasn’t an attempt to squelch the religious rights of Satanists as much as it was recognition of extremely poor taste on Harvard’s part."
"In the video below, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes attempts to make some moral equivalency between Satanism, Christianity, freedom of speech and freedom of religion. What he fails to understand and neglects to adequately explain to his handful of viewers is that the outrage over the Harvard black mass wasn’t an attempt to squelch the religious rights of Satanists as much as it was recognition of extremely poor taste on Harvard’s part."
As a spiritual entity, Satanism would not exist without Christianity. The very central premise of Satanism is the rejection and mockery of Christianity, which explains why a host on MSNBC would rush to defend it."
Clayton Lockett's war on women
MSNBC paints a worse picture of Republicans than Clayton Lockett. Interviews like this should be classed as campaign donations in kind because, well, they are partners with Biden and Obama.
In case you want to contact the Ed Show on Facebook, go here. Just give comments with substance in them and not inane remarks like "moronic post" and "delusional". Discuss selected points in the interview that you take issue with or they will not take you seriously.
Ann Coulter "As described in last week's column, The New York Times and other sanctimonious news outlets censored details about the crime that put Clayton Lockett on death row, the better to generate revulsion at his deserved execution. You might say they buried the facts alive.
"For example, the Times neglected to mention anything about the raping that preceded the murdering, which seems odd for a newspaper so consumed with the "War on Women." (At least Lockett never refused to pay for a woman's birth control pills!) "
Nigeria: what to do? What to do?
The White House unleashed a hashtag offensive on Boko Haram demanding they release the Nigerian school girls. Talk about brinksmanship. The White House warned Boko Haram if they do not respond to our hashtags and release the girls, we will un-friend them on Facebook.Argus Hamilton
America’s Moral Compass ; Does the U.S. have a responsibility to act in Nigeria?
... "Unfortunately, it’s not that easy. We don’t have such drones — yet. There is no button to press that would cleanly and safely rescue those girls and put the terrorists out of Nigeria’s misery. We can no more wish that drones will solve the problem of Boko Haram than expect Twitter hashtags to solve it. The only methods available to us involve all sorts of risks, to American lives, American interests, and — also important — to Nigerian lives and interests" ...
..."But some non-interventionists reject all of this, arguing that we have neither the right nor the moral standing to impose our ideas of right and wrong on others. This strikes me as an attempt to make a virtue out of having no compass at all." Jonah Goldberg
Bring Back the Girls—Quietly; America has forgotten how to exercise power without swagger. ... "At the same time, America has to stand, always, for what is right and decent in the world, or it will no longer be America. It needs to be able to do things only it can do at the moment, and do them bravely, successfully—and modestly.
...
"The White House would have to dummy up too, which would be hard for them. Staffers always want to make a president look good, and Obama staffers seem to think their primary purpose is to aggrandize the president. But there would be no network special with a breathless Brian Williams giving us the tick-tock on how it all went down and how the president kept his cool when all about him others were losing theirs."
...
"The White House would have to dummy up too, which would be hard for them. Staffers always want to make a president look good, and Obama staffers seem to think their primary purpose is to aggrandize the president. But there would be no network special with a breathless Brian Williams giving us the tick-tock on how it all went down and how the president kept his cool when all about him others were losing theirs."
"Which gets me to my dream for the schoolgirls." ...
Monday, May 12, 2014
Pelosi: Two Of The Families Of The Benghazi Dead Asked Us Not To Launch New Committee
Pelosi: Two Of The Families Of The Benghazi Dead Asked Us Not To Launch New Committee
"Prove it. Prove that’s what they said and meant, and that’s not just another crazy train lie that you are fond of telling. “Not to take us down this road again” may mean they don’t want an investigation that is just going to go nowhere due to all the stalling and cover-up.
Pretty sure it wasn’t Pat Smith (you can see Charles Woods in the background of this video as Eric Nordstrum testifies that “it matters to the families”). This was from Mother’s Day a year ago, but her opinion hasn’t changed:" ...
Really Nanzi? What two families? "Pat Smith, Sean Smiths mother, is on tv all the time saying the same exact thing DEMANDING answers. Ty Woods father, Charles, has done many interviews slamming the admin too. So is this “thing” suggesting the Stevens and Doherty families DO NOT want an investigation? They are the two I haven’t seen any family members giving interviews?! It is time to get all the immediate family members on official record NOW as to where they stand with the select committee and investigation. This will also give us a solid record as to who is telling the truth."
Pretty sure it wasn’t Pat Smith (you can see Charles Woods in the background of this video as Eric Nordstrum testifies that “it matters to the families”). This was from Mother’s Day a year ago, but her opinion hasn’t changed:" ...
Really Nanzi? What two families? "Pat Smith, Sean Smiths mother, is on tv all the time saying the same exact thing DEMANDING answers. Ty Woods father, Charles, has done many interviews slamming the admin too. So is this “thing” suggesting the Stevens and Doherty families DO NOT want an investigation? They are the two I haven’t seen any family members giving interviews?! It is time to get all the immediate family members on official record NOW as to where they stand with the select committee and investigation. This will also give us a solid record as to who is telling the truth."
Geithner: White House Wanted Me to Lie on Sunday Shows
Weekly Standard
"Timothy Geithner, the former secretary of the Treasury Department, says the White House wanted him to lie in scheduled appearances on the Sunday TV talk shows. As Geithner writes in his new memoir:
“I remember during one Roosevelt Room prep session before I appeared on the Sunday shows, I objected when Dan Pfeiffer wanted me to say Social Security didn’t contribute to the deficit. It wasn’t a main driver of our future deficits, but it did contribute. Pfeiffer said the line was a ‘dog whistle’ to the left, a phrase I had never heard before. He had to explain that the phrase was code to the Democratic base, signaling that we intended to protect Social Security.”"Of course, Geithner would not have been the only official from the White House to have misled the American people on the Sunday talk shows. Susan Rice famously came under fire for blaming a terrorist attack on a YouTube video in appearances on the shows."
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Can we trust this administration based on what we have seen for five years?
Richard Fernandez; The Day Obama’s Presidency Died ..." If the US had not won World War 2 Midway would never have existed in Japanese history. The average man of course read nothing in the papers, heard nothing on the radio, saw nothing in the newsreel. But perceptive Japanese ‘felt’ something momentous had happened though they could not identify its cause. It’s impact, though denied in the press, shuddered through the whole imperial fabric. From that day forward events seemed to take a downward trajectory. Only after the war did the Japanese know the root of their misfortunes."
Victor Volsky; Benghazi conspiracy? Hell yes! ... " Now it is crystal-clear that the administration, right from the start, was intimately involved in a deceptive scheme aimed at deflecting the blame for the death of four Americans killed in the terrorist assault in Benghazi. But rather than clarify the situation, the Rhodes e-mail has only deepened the mystery."
Victor Volsky; Benghazi conspiracy? Hell yes! ... " Now it is crystal-clear that the administration, right from the start, was intimately involved in a deceptive scheme aimed at deflecting the blame for the death of four Americans killed in the terrorist assault in Benghazi. But rather than clarify the situation, the Rhodes e-mail has only deepened the mystery."
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"Why did President Obama, in his speech at the U.N. General Assembly on September 25, two weeks after Benghazi, invoke the video seven (!) times? Why, on September 14, did Hillary Clinton, at the coffin of Tyrone Woods, solemnly promise the grieving father to punish the man who she said was responsible for his son’s death – the author of the video? Such monstrous cynicism is beneath even the lowly standards of that woman.
Jack Cashill; The First Amendment Also Died at Benghazi ... "To protect its fragile narrative that an anti-Muslim video had agitated a Libyan crowd into attacking the consulate, the Obama White House and its allies set out to identify and punish the maker of that video, and this they did with a speed and severity that the attackers themselves were spared. Scarier still, to the degree the major media noticed, they cheered.
Thomas Lifson; All of a sudden, Hillary's not feeling the love from Democrats
"While I do not discount Hillary’s lust for power, the plain fact is that she is not an attractive candidate. She has none of the charm of her husband, and has accomplished nothing positive in her Senatorial or State Department careers. Benghazi is an open sore, and it could well get badly infected."
Thomas Lifson; All of a sudden, Hillary's not feeling the love from Democrats
"While I do not discount Hillary’s lust for power, the plain fact is that she is not an attractive candidate. She has none of the charm of her husband, and has accomplished nothing positive in her Senatorial or State Department careers. Benghazi is an open sore, and it could well get badly infected."
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