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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Under the Fedora: On and on and on...



It just a few weeks out from Boston but Bill Ayers continues to defend his time in the Weather Underground and hasn’t changed his views on America at all:
The United States is the most violent country that has ever been created, Ayers said.
U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., committed daily war crimes in Vietnam “and I get asked about violence when what I did was some destruction of property to issue a scream and cry against an illegal war in which 6,000 people a week are being killed,” Ayers said. “Six thousand a week being killed and I destroyed some property. Show me the equivalence. You should ask John McCain that question … I’m against violence.”
Only a generation as ignorant as ours could fall for someone like this.

Ever wonder how Anthony Weiner manages to finance his comeback?  Wonder no more
Weiner touted Parabel as one of his clients in a recent news article outlining his success as a business consultant. Weiner and his wife, Huma Abedin, reported earning $496,000 last year, mostly from his earnings.
What Weiner failed to mention was that on Jan. 13, Parabel transferred nearly all of its assets to a subsidiary in the Cayman Islands — on the same day a United Arab Emirates firm pumped $15 million into Parabel, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission document.
It really comes in handy to have a wife involved in the Female side of the Muslim Brotherhood.  They tend to support their own.
I wonder if any of that money found its way to any of Weiner’s defenders online?

I saw a story at the Orange County Register that really appealed to me:
Of course, some immigrants still come for venerable reasons, such as the freedom to worship. Christians, who make up some 42 percent of Asian-Americans, face surveillance and repression, particularly, in China, where religion is tightly regulated, and dissent from the party line can land adherents in jail. Over half of Asian immigrants, Pew notes, cite freedom of religion as a key advantage of living in America. New faith-based migration could also be seen soon among Christians fleeing increasingly Islamic regimes in Egypt, Syria and other Middle Eastern countries.
This was a primary reason for many of the first settlers of the Americas from Europe.  Some things never change over time.

I was surprised to see the Washington Post make an argument that I made weeks ago concerning Mark Sanford in SC-1:
A Sanford victory puts that guy in the House Republican Conference. That means that not only do the late-night jokes start again but, more importantly, every GOPer in the House and Senate will be asked whether they support Sanford and what they think of serving with him.
That reality is why the National Republican Congressional Committee essentially washed its collective hands of Sanford once the trespassing revelations went public. The party establishment wanted (and wants) to make clear that they have nothing to do with Sanford.  It won’t matter.  The narrative that Republicans have a woman problem will have new life — with little the GOP leadership can do about it.
That’s actually not true, I wasn’t all that surprised to see that argument at a point when there was nothing anyone could do about it and now, of course  with Sanford winning by 10 this might just be a question of sour grapes.
North Korea has returned it’s missiles back into storage, no explanation given.
I’m sure that North Korea’s decision to back down has no relation to Japan’s reaction to  the North’s threats and the fact they (Japan) can be a nuclear & chemical weapon power in less time that it takes to read Under the Fedora this week.
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Vodka Pundit has an interesting take on the Euro’s trouble and what will be it’s  eventual failure:
In America, our regional differences are surprisingly enduring, given our labor mobility. But, let’s face it, our differences are cute and quaint and, in the end, not very important. A Californian can make himself into a Texan just fine. In the end, we’re all Americans. There are plenty of Yankees in the South and lots of Southerners in the West and Westerners are heading back East. It’s a mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up country — but it works.
But a Greek can’t become a German can’t become and Irishman can’t become a Spaniard can’t become a Finn. There’s no such thing as “a European.” Regional differences matter in Europe, in ways they never mattered here, not even during the Civil War.
Whenever I think of Germany and the Euro I think of the Doctor Who episode The Sunmakers and the line from the Collector to the Doctor when he complains about economic imperialism:
We’ve tried war but the use of economic power is far more effective.
I’ve never stopped  thinking the Euro was Germany’s way of conquering Europe without all the earth shattering KaBooms.  The real question to ask is, given the Germans are busting their butts to support everyone else, why would they want it?

Bishop McManus of Worcester is having a bad year, first there was the Robert Spencer issue and now he’s been picked up for DUI:
McManus was arrested at 10:32 p.m. Saturday on charges of drunken driving, leaving the scene of an accident, and refusing a chemical test, Narragansett Police Captain Sean Coorigan said. McManus is to be arraigned Tuesday in district court in Wakefield, R.I.
“I made a terrible error in judgment by driving after having consumed alcohol with dinner,” McManus said in the statement. “There is no excuse for the mistake I made, only a commitment to make amends and accept the consequences of my action.”
People often forget that just because a person is a priest or Bishop or even a Cardinal they don’t sin.  People don’t stop becoming people when they have holy orders, even the Pope has a confessor.
Robert is a big man and I doubt he is taking glee from the Bishops troubles but I suspect he is taking immense satisfaction from this story concerning a blogger who had hit him and Pam very hard over some of their Rick Perry stuff:
And then we saw Texas public schoolchildren made to dress in burqas and declare that "Allah is the Almighty God." Yet no retractions, no apologies came from any of the Perry cult members who denounced us in 2011. And they won't come after this, either:
"Hollywood conservative unmasked as notorious Holocaust revisionist," by Rory Carroll in The Guardian, May 3 (thanks to all who sent this in):
You don’t get a story like that every day

Pamela Geller weighs in here; Big Fur Hat has a terrific takedown of Ace and Weasel here, and Zilla has another here. Big Fur Hat gets right to the heart of the matter: "Ace and Zip pointed and laughed at Pamela’s vetting of Perry while heavily relying on the work of a guy they never vetted. The work of some closeted neo-nazi jerkwad was 'good enough' in order to smear Geller."
Pam also takes a victory lap
After I wrote extensively on the Islamic Texas curriculum, the right wing blogos went nuts. Vicious and unhinged, they attacked me for exposing their dream candidate, Rick Perry. Their sole source for refutation was David Stein. This man from out of nowhere -- with no history or blog cred or anything was the club they attempted to use.  David Stein, who today was exposed as Holocaust Denier David Cole (more here).
And Zilla notes something I’ve seen a lot of:
I’ve noticed a pattern with the attacks against Geller and Spencer over the years that others would do well to remember next time they think they have some big ‘gotcha’ that’s going to take my friends down: while those attacks may inflict some damage and be a temporary needless hassle to Pamela, Robert, and others in the counterjihad, time has a funny way of bringing out the truth and that truth is invariably on the side of the truth tellers. Over and over again the attackers implode and their enablers are left with egg on their faces and a steaming hot plate of crow to eat – and they can choke on it, along with their lies.
Speaking of Confessing things  I confess I don’t understand why people continue to doubt Pam Geller and Robert Spencer.  A supporter of the pair once told me he could never do what they do as he couldn’t deal with the death threats & the need for security.   People forget Pam & Robert could have a much easier life and be able to lose the bodyguards if they only shut up and I’m sure the Saudi’s would make them rich if they did.

If you want to know why I don’t give a lot of weight to psychics here is one reason:
She wants answers. “Can you tell me…Is she out there?” Berry’s mother Louwana Miller asked. “I hate when they’re in the water,” Browne said. “She’s not alive honey.” It was bad news from the world-renowned psychic. It’s what Miller didn’t want to hear. “So you don’t think I’ll ever see her again,” Miller said. “Yeah in Heaven on the other side,” Browne responded. “I’m sorry.”
I’ll believe in Psychics when people walk through their door and they instantly say something like:  “Yes he’s cheating on you  $20 please.”

Some sports,  If you took my advice and took a bunch of bets on the Red Sox at 100-1 odd in Boston in March, you're sweating a bit now aren't you?
This Article on Tim Tebow inability to find a team caught my attention
Since playing in a pair of playoff games 16 months ago, Tebow, whose only off-the-field baggage comes in the form of his cult-like following and the media frenzy it provokes, hasn't been afforded the opportunity to show that he sucks.
It's certainly possible that he's simply not up to NFL standards, and never will be, but wouldn't it be nice to get some conclusive proof before this story comes to a meek and unfulfilling close?
If you're a franchise like the Seattle Seahawks, San Francisco 49ers or Carolina Panthers — teams with young, athletic quarterbacks who should absolutely feel secure in their starting roles — wouldn't you think about bringing in Tebow as a similarly mobile backup?
The article suggests the reason temas are passing is the "circus" Tebow would bring.  That never seemed to stop teams from signing all kinds of miscreants before.

I’m running pretty long this week so I’ll close with a quick Doctor Who remark.
This week’s episode the Crimson Horror may be the best of this season and easily make the top 10 episodes of the revived series.  Along with great writing and the usual fine performance of Matt Smith this episode featurs Diana Rigg & her Daughter was a joy.  Both were superb and  the characters of Madame Vastra, Jenny, and Strax were never better used then they were in this episode.
Make sure you see it.
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Sunday, May 5, 2013

Under the Fedora -- Quick takes





Does anyone actually believe that seeing their friend on TV prompted three kids to go to his dorm and suddenly decide, “let’s take laptops & explosives from his apartment because we had nothing to do with it and no knowledge of it?”
Hitler’s last remaining food taster has outedherself at 95. 
Imagine being offered that job, how quickly would you be shot if you said:   “No!”?
Pundit &Pundettenames names:
Attorneys Mark Greenwald, Charles Hartwell, David Grubb, Andrew Kramer, William Newport, Juan Ruiz, and Kerry Maloney were confronted with a growing pile of disquieting facts about Gosnell, including a detailed, inside account from a former employee, and a 22-year-old dead woman. Every time, though, they managed to dismiss the evidence as immaterial. Every time, that is, until the facts hit the fan.
And asks the question
Have they been held accountable in any way? Have they at least lost their jobs? Let me know if you have any information.

Don't hold your breath.
Hezbollah says they aren't going to sit back and let Assad fallTheir statement is here
So we have the potential of Hezbollah terrorists, fighting Al Qaeda Terrorists, fighting the Syrian Government and killing each other?
As a Catholic I say it's a shame, but the American at war with terror says: "Pass the popcorn"

It's May and as I type this the oil truck came down to my house and made a delivery costing $492
My weekly pay  from writing is $300 and that’s totally dependent on readers.  Two thoughts:
This same oil bill was half the price when George Bush was president.
Global warming my ***

I found an interesting quote at Viral Read concerning yet another liberal fake hate crime:

Even after the threat was exposed as a hoax, a University of Wyoming spokesman cited the “progress” resulting from the “discussion” Lanker-Simons’s fraud had provoked.

“This episode has sparked an important discussion reaffirming that the UW community has no tolerance for sexual violence or violence of any type,” university spokesman Chad Baldwin said in a statement. “The fact that the Facebook post apparently was a fabrication does not change the necessity for continued vigilance in reassuring that we have a campus where everyone feels safe. It’s important that this event does not undermine the progress that has been made in this area.”


Remember this is a university spokesman.  I wonder if a Gay Group, or a Black Group or a Muslim Group had been implicated in a criminal hoax if the university would say the reaction "sparked an important discussion"
Maybe they can give a list of who we can accuse falsely to advance our agenda?

This story has gotten a lot of play this week (except in the MSM)
So President Barack Obama’s civilian appointees who lead the Pentagon are confirming that the military will make it a crime--possibly resulting in imprisonment--for those in uniform to share their faith. This would include chaplains—military officers who are ordained clergymen of their faith (mostly Christian pastors or priests, or Jewish rabbis)--whose duty since the founding of the U.S. military under George Washington is to teach their faith and minister to the spiritual needs of troops who come to them for counsel, instruction, or comfort.

Remember the quote from Cardinal Francis George :
I expect to die in bed, my successor will die in prison and his successor will die a martyr in the public square.
 Still doubt it?


Was there anything more disingenuous than the stacked town hall with MSNBC there to bring the Newtown girl to hit Kelly Ayotte?
There is a term for the threat of half the staff of the LA Times threatening to quit if the Koch brothers buy the paper, it’s called “incentive”.

Grief does things to people I would like to think she is being used, instead of using her mother's murder to advance her agenda.

There was a funny post at YouTango giving advice to women on how they lose men.  It wasn't the post that was so funny as was the description of the author as a "certified sex coach"? 
What does a sex coach do.Do she sit and watch and then stop you in the midst of intimacy saying:  No you do it THIS way?
Is it like a baseball manager, if you just don’t have it do they call to the bullpen for a replacement?
And what about Certification?  Who certifies such a person? 
How do they DO the certification?  Do you have a board of 5 people in a room, have the coach sit down, bring in a couple of porn stars to work for 10 minutes and have the coach list what they did wrong?
Unless your state has crime, budgets and a first rate education system I don’t think It should be spending money on certifying Sex Coaches.

Jason Collins the 34 year unsigned backup center late of the Washington wizards is still getting all kinds of Accolades for coming out as gay.  I think it’s pretty wise financial move,  he doesn’t want to be thenancial move,  he doesn' there is no next Larry Doby after all.

What you've never heard of Larry Doby?  That's odd he is a member of the Baseball Hall of fame.  He played 13 seasons in the Majors with the Indians White Sox and Tigers,  led the league in runs and Home Runs in 1952, Homers & RBIs Runs in 1952, Homers & Rbi's in 1954 slugging and in 1948 played on the last Cleveland Indian team to win a world series beating the Boston (now Atlanta) braves in 6 games.
But he was the 2nd Black player in the Majors (Although the 1st in the AL) and even though he won a World Series 7 years before Jackie Robinson .
There is no percentage in being #2  and being the first at a time when the entire media was simply begging for a gay player to come out is the best meal ticket a man could buy.
One more thing now that Collins has come out as gay I wonder if NBA teams will be making sure the work environment is not uncomfortable in NBA offices & locker rooms?  I don’t mean for Gays, I mean for Christians.
I wonder how things would be different if Christians started making those complaints and suing?  Could be interesting.

The 4th Doctor special premiered last weekend and it was simply delightful.  Tom Baker, Louise Jameson and John Leesonthe voice of K-9 all were interviewed.  It actually had some information I had not previously known.  It was a real pleasure.

On the minus side we now have news about 50th Anniversary special that apparently will not be as special as we all thought.

After months of speculation about which, if any, previous Doctor Who actors would return for the show's 50th anniversary episode, David Tennant alone has been confirmed.
The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine, out today, states: “Although David Tennant has returned to his role of the Tenth Doctor, the other old Doctors will not be taking part.”
It’s not as if the old doctors don’t want to appear either:
"All of us want to do it, just for the fans - because that's what they want," he explained. "But we've heard nothing - Tom Baker's heard nothing, Colin Baker, Peter Davison, Paul McGann… none of us have heard anything."
Apparently what does it matter what the old fans who kept things going for 50 years. 
"I remember [former Whoshowrunner] Russell T Davies saying something to a fan once - the fan was saying, 'You should bring back the Brigadier and you should bring back Leela and you should bring back all these different characters'.

"Russell said, 'No, it's not appropriate sometimes. It's not always about the uber-fan... it's about the viewer and the new audience who are watching'."
Yeah it’s not appropriate sometimes but for the 50th Anniversary, Yeah it’s pretty damn appropriate.  As I’ve said before, what’s the point of having a 50th anniversary special and not have any of the living Doctor’s in it except for the new series.  That makes it a 9th anniversary special not a 50th big whoop.
That’s the real shame of it all, normally a multi Doctor Story with the 10th& 11th doctors would be a cause for celebration and excitement, instead it a cause for disappointment. 
Cripes is the BBC taking lessons on disappointing the base from the GOP?

Later
is being Lionized everytaff of the LA Times threatening to quit if the Koch brothers buy the paper, it't they did








Friday, May 3, 2013

Sun News : Ontario social worker pleads guilty to trying to kill autistic boy

Sun News : Ontario social worker pleads guilty to trying to kill autistic boy


Sun News : Three Ontario pastors accused of $8.6-million fraud

Sun News : Three Ontario pastors accused of $8.6-million fraud


Saturday, April 27, 2013

Jodie Gasson Saturday Rule 5

Jodie Gasson Saturday Rule 5


Oh, NOES! Graffiti attack on Oklahoma mosque

Oh, NOES! Graffiti attack on Oklahoma mosque


Friday, April 26, 2013

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President Infanticide Speaks at 2013 Planned Parenthood National Conference

President Infanticide Speaks at 2013 Planned Parenthood National Conference


BILL O’REILLY’s ‘MyJihad’ – Slam the media and leftists for denying that Islamic Jihad (actually Islam but he’ll never say it) is a threat to the world

BILL O’REILLY’s ‘MyJihad’ – Slam the media and leftists for denying that Islamic Jihad (actually Islam but he’ll never say it) is a threat to the world


Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Ann Coulter: “Boston Muslim Bomber’s wife should be jailed for wearing a headbag (hijab)”

Ann Coulter: “Boston Muslim Bomber’s wife should be jailed for wearing a headbag (hijab)”


Under the fedora: Boston, nudity and Tom Baker as the 4th doctor



The Debate is still going on about the “causes” of the Boston attacks but at the UN there is someone who knows what’s going on :
UN Human Rights Council “expert” Richard Falk has published a statement saying Bostonians got what they deserved in last week’s terror attack.  He quotes W.H. Auden to make his point: "to whom evil is done/do evil in return.” 
Richard Falk is the UN’s “Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.” He has held the post since 2008, despite exposure as a 9/11 conspiracy theorist.

Yid with lid
is not surprised:

Falk is a big believer in "human rights", who called the Ayatollah Khomeini a liberator. He blames Islamofacist terror on the fact that much of Islam "finds itself under the heels of U.S. economic, military, cultural, and diplomatic power." (Well at least that is cleared up). Falk is also a member of a lawyers organization that the CIA once called a "front" for the Soviet Union and just like Rosie O'Donnell is a member of groups who are still waiting for the "real" story of 9/11.

Me I think if this is all the US’s fault, and the Palestinians believe this, after all their special rapporteur is saying this publicly, they certainly don’t want any of our dirty money.  In fact if the UN feels the same, we should be duty bound to keep the cash so they aren’t contaminated by it.

It’s a big sacrifice but we’ll do it for them.

We are still hearing about the Poem for Dzhokhar from the once completely unknown Amander Plummer.  People are outraged over empathy for the bomber. 

I’ve read the poem, I think the only connection to the bomber is the title.  I think this woman was looking for attention and suckered a lot of people into giving it to her.

Welcome to the world of Twitter.

Yesterday the AP was hacked and a fake headline stating a bombing took place at the White House injuring the president was tweeted out.  This confirms a basic lesson that is the same anywhere.  Your passwords are only as secure as the most careless person who knows them.

The stock market briefly tanked before this was caught.  I’ve never understood this, let’s say this was true, who calls there broker in a panic saying:  The White House has been bombed!  Sell 10,000 shares of Gerber baby foods!

I wonder how much of this is programmed.


Here is a story that is getting no play at all:

Iraq carried out its first election since the U.S. military withdrawal without major bloodshed on Saturday in a major test for Iraqi security forces as they face a reviving al-Qaida insurgency.

Granted there has been a lot of stuff in the news this last week but I’d think the first election in Iraq without us going without a hitch is a big story.

If Iraq continues to normalize it will continue to be a non-story, after all who wants to blame George Bush for a successful state as opposed to a basket case like Egypt?

Bush is clearly the best president of the 21st century, granted there are only two choices unless you count Bill Clinton’s 19 lame duck days.  I suspect as time passes he will be harder to dislodge that people think.

In West Virginia a teen has decided to fight over an NRA T-Shirt
Marcum has said that he was arrested on charges of disrupting an educational process and obstructing an officer, though White said Monday that the Logan County prosecutor's office is reviewing the case to decide whether to proceed.
Marcum wore the same shirt to school Monday. It displays the NRA logo and a hunting rifle. 
Other students across Logan County wore similar shirts, which display the NRA logo and a hunting rifle, to school in a show of support for 14-year-old Jared Marcum, said his lawyer Ben White.
This is exactly how you deal with this kind of thing.  As a British Admiral named Blake once said:  “Cringing to these fellows will never do.”

There are two sex scandal stories out there this week the first has a political angle:
According to the affidavit, from May 2012 through February 2013, Adam Paul Savader sent anonymous text messages using Google Voice numbers to 15 women stating that he had nude photographs of the women and threatening to distribute the nude photographs to the women’s friends and family members unless the women sent him more nude photographs of themselves. Savader sent some of the victims links to a photo-sharing website where nude pictures of the victims had been posted.
This guy is a former intern to Paul Ryan, personally I wouldn’t have thought people would have fallen for this but apparently this stuff is more common than you think.
Stacy McCain put it well:
There is a lesson here about the perils of the digital age: Anything you put on the Web — even uploaded to private accounts — can be accessed, if someone with enough skills really wants to get to it bad enough. And naked pictures? Yeah, don’t do those. Ever. Because that boyfriend you’re sending them to may not be your boyfriend forever.
The second comes from Lowell and involves a Buddhist Monk
The woman shown having sex with a Buddhist monk in a video recently circulated in the Cambodian community has filed a civil lawsuit against five individuals she alleges illegally distributed the tape.
Taping of the voice and actions of a private person without permission in Massachusetts and distributing them is illegal, which Maya Men highlights in her suit.
Among those Men has sued following the release of the tape of her sexually engaging with the Venerable NhemKimteng are another local monk and a former member of the executive committee for the $10 million Lowell temple project Men is helping lead.
Kimteng and Men were filmed in the Trairatanaram Temple in North Chelmsford.
Why do I have the feeling that if this involved a Catholic Priests instead of Buddhist monks it would be a front page headline in the Globe and all over the MSM?
Some sports?  Remember before the Baseball season began everyone was picking the Redsox& Yankees to finish 4th& 5th in the AL East?  As of this morning The Red Sox are in a 1st place tie & the Yankees are a whole ½ game out.
As they say, that’s why they actually play the games.
I’m still not used to the Houston Astros in the AL but I’m sure the 4 other teams in the AL West currently ahead of them are happy to see them there.
This is THE best time of the year for sports, Baseball, Hockey & Basketball all being played at once.  One might make the point that Nov & Dec you have three major sports played at once too but if one of them isn’t Baseball it doesn’t count.
I’ve talked about the number of Electoral votes Massachusetts has lost in my lifetime (5) if you want to get a good idea where all those votes went, check the attendance figures when the Red Sox come to town when they play in Red States.
People say:  Don’t you wish New England folk would elect more conservatives, I answer New England folk DO, we just do so in the states they’ve moved to.
Watched High Noon Yesterday it really holds up over time and the cast is simply out of this world.  While Gary Cooper & Grace Kelly get top billing to me the most interesting moments are the scenes between Lloyd Bridges & Katy Jurado.
Until I looked it up I would have never known that Juardo was only 28 at the time.  She carries herself much older and you would never guess Lloyd Bridges was a full 9 years older than her.
Movies are all about the art of illusion.
Shakespeare’s birthday was this week.  It’s become fashionable to devalue his plays but let’s face it, how many playwrights still have their plays performed regularly 400+ years after their birth.  In fact I don’t think you can find a day in the last 50 years when a play of Shakespeare was not performed in some theatre somewhere in the world.
That’s immortality!

This week’s is the 4th of the Doctor Who 50th anniversary specials on BBC America.  The subject is 4th Doctor Tom Baker the Doctor Who most familiar to Americans before the revival of the series.
Tom Baker’s complete with 12’-18’ scarf is THE definitive Doctor.  He held the role for 7 years got the show it’s best ratings and is regularly voted the best Doctor ever by the fans (losing only a few time in the last 30 years).


37 years ago I accidently discovered the show and him on Providence TV Channel 12 on a Saturday afternoon and have been hooked ever since.  In 1981 I got my first credit card in college and used it to buy a VCR for $500, as much as a semester of college at the time, and taped the show regularly off of public TV.  I still have the tapes and on occasion my sons & I watch them together on a $20 VCR.
If you watch only one of the specials, watch this one.
See you next week.















 






The Left and Terrorism: Stupidity or Willful Blindness?

The Left and Terrorism: Stupidity or Willful Blindness?