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Sunday, April 30, 2017
Top Photos of the Trash the Climate Marchers Left Behind
Or, more recently, the Dakota Access Pipeline nutjobs, who deposited tons of trash at their protest site and abandoned dogs?
Well, the recent climate protests -- There's Only One Earth! -- were no different, with the hysterical hypocrites on the Left (many of whom probably drove gas-guzzling SUVs to get there), leaving behind their usual detritus.
Larwyn's Linx: Portland and Berkeley: Sanctuary Cities for Leftist Violence
NationPortland and Berkeley: Sanctuary Cities for Leftist Violence: Daniel Greenfield
Will Fascism Come to America through Its Colleges and Universities? : Roger L. Simon
DHS characterizes Portland's anti-Trump riot as 'terrorist violence:' report: OregonLive
Elizabeth Warren Jokes About Wanting to 'Cut Open' Republican 'Bodies': Sam Dorman
Obama's first 100 days as ex-president: Todd Shepherd
Levin: Speech-stomping Antifa blackshirts must be taken down: CR
Bloomberg's Gun Control Rally Against NRA Fizzles In Atlanta: Bob Owens
AZ: Flagstaff Judge rules Police Video of Suspect Inadmissible as "Prejudicial": GunWatch
New GOP bill would punish students or faculty who interfere with free speech: Blaze
Bernie Sanders Takes Obama Down For $400k Speaking Fee!: RWN
Bill Maher calls Elizabeth Warren 'Pocahontas' to her face: TruePundit
Trump's greatest first 100-day success: Ronald J. Lampard
EconomyCalifornia's war on the emerging generation: OCR
The 'Taxation Is Theft' Meme Has Officially Gone Mainstream: Alice Salles
Tillerson Cuts 2,300 Jobs From Bloated State Department: True Pundit
Scandal CentralBaltimore Announces Illegal Aliens Can Commit Any Crimes They Want: FPM
California Democrats Make Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day Disappear: Lloyd Billingsley
Climate, Energy & RegulationsBill Nye's View of Humanity Is Repulsive: David Harsanyi
MediaBook Review – Shattered: Chicago Boyz
NY Times: Expand Your World, Hit The Beach In Alabama: RWN
CBS Frets Arrests of Drunk Driver Illegal Immigrants; Admits 72% Drop in Crossings: NB
WorldSoviet Islam: The Real Story: Jim Simpson
Nothing to do with Islam? Muslim Cleric Urges Muslims to Stab Jews: Christopher W. Holton
Top 10: Germany bans face veil for army, civil service: Rebel
Russia's Unrelenting Attacks on Syrian Civilians: Genevieve Casagrande
Battling anti-Semitic image, Le Pen quietly visits Holocaust memorial: Times of Israel
Iran satellite TV head shot dead in Istanbul: JPost
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)What reality are you creating for yourself?: Isaac Lidsky
Urban farming flourishes in New York: Phys.Org
Engineers discover how to make bricks from Martian mud: Science Recorder
CornucopiaFake Nerd Prom: MOTUS
If this doesn't get him noticed, nothing will: Японский иглобрюх создает шедевры на морском дне
Star Trek Fan Forced to Surrender 'ASIMIL8' License Plate for Being Offensive: Flopping Aces
Image: Trump invigorates, enchants crowd during rally in Harrisburg, Pa.
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Whole lot of free speech warriors now who were cool when last POTUS spied on AP, got phone records of a reporter, and tried to jail another.— Razor (@hale_razor) April 30, 2017
Saturday, April 29, 2017
Repeal and Replace Our Universities
The political left has made a complete pig's breakfast of our educational system.
Safe Snowflake Schools for Socialism.
Political intolerance is now the official policy at colleges and universities across the United States with violence or the threat thereof as the means of enforcing extreme leftist orthodoxy.
The 10 Ugliest Cars of All Times
Geo Tracker
Larwyn's Linx: Judge Orrick Has No Clue What an Executive Order Is
NationJudge Orrick Has No Clue What an Executive Order Is: Andrew C. McCarthy
Judicial Watch: FBI got subpoenas from grand jury targeting Hillary Clinton: Ed Morrissey
Sanctuary city ruling sets standard for civil war: Fox On Air Videos
We're down to one branch of government: Bryan Fischer
Texas House Passes Bill to Jail 'Sanctuary' Sheriffs, Police Chiefs: Breitbart
Deep Corruption: Ex-Chicago schools chief sentenced to 4 ½ years in prison: Marathon
Good News: Trump's Crackdown On Illegal Aliens Is Well Underway: RWN
Dems adopt new tactic for gun confiscation: Leo Hohmann
Adam Schiff (D-Hack) Admits: Still No Evidence of Russia-Trump Collusion: Jeff Dunetz
The Left's Culture of Contempt: Daniel Greenfield
The 10 Best Things About Trump's First 100 Days in Office: John Hawkins
Do Liberals Show Anti-Trumpism Reflexively? Yes: RWN
EconomyDamn the Deficits, Huge Tax Cuts Ahead!: Peter Schiff
Illegal accused in $1.5 million food stamp scam cuts tracking bracelet, now on run: Victor Skinner
Scandal CentralSusan Rice's Revealing Twitter Account: George Neumayr
Documents Tie Berkeley Riot Organizers To Pro-Pedophilia Group, NAMBLA: Peter Hasson
Obama's hidden Iran deal giveaway: Josh Meyer
Climate, Energy & RegulationsEx-EPA employees find new gigs as Trump protesters: John Siciliano
MediaObama gloats: Let's face it, ObamaCare is more popular than Trump is: Hot Air
Bikers for Trump Ready To Take A Stand Against Antifa Thugs: "Twinkle Toes and Butter Cups": 100% Fed Up
Domestic Terrorist Bill Ayers Working With ANTIFA Terrorist Group: GWP
Jake Tapper quotes member of Cherokee nation on Liz Warren: she ain't Cherokee: Twitchy
Sean Hannity Warns 'End of Fox News as We Know it' Amid Rumors of Another Shake-Up: GWP
A Controversial Post: Jon Gabriel
WorldThe Age of the Nuclear Basket Case: Steyn on Fox
Suspicious Iranian flights spotted in Syria ahead of missile strike: Times of Israel
North Korea test-fires ballistic missile in defiance of world pressure: Jack Kim and Michelle Nichols
Smokescreens in Islam: Confusing the Public about the Facts: Denis MacEoin
All 100 Senators Call for End to Anti-Israel Bias at UN: The Tower
Kim Jong-Un could send 'up to 500,000 women soldiers to the frontline' if war with US erupts: Sun
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)4 Misleading Things ISPs And The FCC Need To Stop Claiming About Net Neutrality: Kate Cox
The future of war? US marines test robots with machine guns and 'HyperSubs' to storm beaches: DailyMail
Elon Musk is building a robot army to work in Tesla's 'alien dreadnought' factory: Mirror
CornucopiaObama NASA Muslim Outreach.: Chris Muir
100 days of Trump: Holding Fast When He Can, Negotiating When He Must: MOTUS
Tossed Word Salad: Sondrakistan
Image: North Korea test-fires ballistic missile in defiance of world pressure
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QOTD: "To press flunkies, Susan Rice casts her espionage as high-minded, national-security-based vigilance. But on her Twitter account she doesn't bother to keep up that charade. That she would re-tweet the partisan hackery of E.J. Dionne indicates the depth of partisanship behind her espionage...
..The Democrats are at once proud of the spying and hesitant to know its details. Schiff, normally so talkative, has turned taciturn after seeing them, relying on his legal training to avoid difficult questions. That is easy enough to pull off since the media, composed almost entirely of Democrats, is reluctant to put him on the spot. They just nod, Andrea Mitchell-style, at his parsing and move on." --George Neumayr
Friday, April 28, 2017
Sen. Robert Menendez's (D-NJ) No-Good, Awful, Very Bad Day
The walls are closing in on Senator Robert Menendez. With Dr. Salomon Melgen's conviction today, it's clear Menendez isn't long for the Senate. It's time for Senator Schumer to see that too.
Menendez's political career was handed a massive setback today. One of his key partners -- Dr. Salomon Melgen -- was convicted on all 67 counts of Medicare fraud. It's now apparent that Menendez's days in the Senate are numbered... possibly in the single digits.
IRAN IN SYRIA: A Gathering Storm
The Iranian regime, as it has made clear in countless threats, rallies, and missile displays, wants to destroy Israel, the "Little Satan."
Given Israel's military might and, according to foreign reports, nuclear arsenal, Iran's goal is probably unattainable. But the nearer Iran gets—or perceives itself to get—to that goal, the more warfare and instability is likely to ensue.
At present, thanks to Syria's collapse into civil war and the Obama administration's—at best—inept policy there, Iran is within reach of establishing a permanent military presence to Israel's north—a surefire recipe for ongoing struggle and menace.
"THE POLICE CANNOT STOP US": Threats by Pro-Fascist (#ProFa) Thugs Lead to Cancellation of Portland Rose Parade
The organizers of a popular Portland, Ore., parade have canceled this year's festivities after an anonymous email threatened violence against a Republican group participating in the event.
Activists targeted the 82nd Avenue of Roses Parade, scheduled for Saturday, because the Multnomah County Republicans were allowed to participate.
Sweden Has Turned the Corner
Compared to many (perhaps most) visitors and contributors to this site, my own awakening to the dangers of political Islam came late — around 2010. Despite the mountain of evidence — and bodies — piling up, I did not see the problem. The steady drumbeat of political correctness that was the soundtrack to my life from university onwards had all but closed my mind to anything outside the narrow confines of The Narrative. I have to thank the cartoonists at Jyllands-Posten, the heroic Lars Vilks and the late Christopher Hitchens for throwing a bucket of ice-cold water in my face.
Larwyn's Linx: Leftist Fascism Reaches New Lows in Blatant Thuggery
NationLeftist Fascism Reaches New Lows in Blatant Thuggery: Ace
Cruz: Border Wall Is 'Common Sense... We Need to Honor That Promise': Susan Jones
Trump's tax plan faces hurdles on Capitol Hill, even from Republicans: David M. Drucker
The Death of You: The Z Blog
C'mon centrists, fish or cut Obamacare: Exam
More Obamacare Idiocy: Ace
Part II: Why POTUS Has Not Received Legislative Action From Congress: Treehouse
The Democrats' First 100 Days: Matthew Continetti
Texas House Passes Anti-Sanctuary Jurisdictions Bill: William Teach
The Wall is Worth Fighting For: Brent Smith
Trump Names Retired Marine Corps General To Lead Secret Service: Brian Naylor
NY Democrat introduces bill requiring "Halal Compliant" school lunches: BNI
EconomyThe Staggering Administrative Bloat of Universities: Coyote
Senate confirms Alexander Acosta as labor secretary: Sean Higgins
8 Charts That Explain the Explosive Growth of U.S. Health Care Costs: Sean Davis (2013)
Scandal CentralHillary Clinton and the FBI...again: Andrew P. Napolitano
House Committee Seeks Charges For Hillary Clinton's IT Firm: Chuck Ross
Ted Cruz: California Has Infested The 9th Circuit Court WIth Left-Wing Corruption: Susan Wright
MediaESPN Experiences Dramatic Shift In Political Affiliation Of Viewers Prior To Layoffs: Ace
Hugh Hewitt: Conservatives Have A Lot To Celebrate In Trump's 100 Days: RWN
SchadESPNfreude: BattleSwarm
The Least Free Place in America: Prager U.
Sean Hannity Leads Fight Against Media Fascism: Jeffrey Lord
ESPN Yanks Poem Praising A Convicted Cop Killer: Bre Payton
WorldOn the Civilizational Struggle With Islam: William Kilpatrick
Senate Field Trip To WH Briefing on North Korea Was 'Sobering' Attendee Says: Jeff Dunetz
Syria Would Have Nukes Today If Israel Hadn't Bombed Their Facility In 2007: Jeff Dunetz
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)Incredible discovery places humans in California 130,000 years ago: Ars
Write Code to Rewrite Your Code: jscodeshift: Irina Papuc
The Ab Roller King Is Back, And He's On Kickstarter: Mark Wilson
CornucopiaPikeville This Weekend: Christian Mercenary
These Vacations Don't Pay For Themselves You Know: MOTUS
Obama 'DREAMER' Molested 6-Year-Old Girl At Shopping Center: IACR
Image: Yale graduate students have gone on a "symbolic" hunger strike where they're allowed to eat when hungry
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Yale graduate students have gone on a "symbolic" hunger strike where they're allowed to eat when hungry. https://t.co/R2ZxPuPVZ5 pic.twitter.com/f9ANu76AO7— The Daily Signal (@DailySignal) April 27, 2017
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Trump's Tax Cuts For All Americans Portrayed by Media as, Get This, Tax Cuts for the Rich
Liberals are pretty much one-trick ponies. Like The New York Lyin' Times:
White House Proposes Slashing Tax Rates, Significantly Aiding Wealthy
President Trump on Wednesday proposed sharp reductions in individual and business income tax rates and a radical reordering of the tax code that would significantly benefit the wealthy, but he offered no explanation of how the plan would be financed as he rushed to show progress before the 100-day mark of his presidency.
Here's the question: so what?
Larwyn's Linx: Judge Blocking Sanctuary City Order Seems to Think He's Part of Obama Admin
NationJudge Blocking Sanctuary City Order Seems to Think He's Part of Obama Admin: Robert Barnes
The Democrats Get Trump And The GOP To Fold; There Will Never be a Border Wall: Michael Snyder
Exclusive interview: Trump 'absolutely' looking at breaking up 9th Circuit: Sarah Westwood
Threat of Violence Shuts Down Ann Coulter Berkeley Speech: Lucas Nolan
Coulter On Wall: GOP Should Change Motto To "Next Time": Ian Schwartz
Dems Push to Criminalize Treatment of Psychosexual Illnesses: RWN
Pelosi breakdown? Garbles words, mispronounces countries: Mirror
Maxine Waters–What a Riot: Michelle Malkin
Chelsea Clinton Gets Another Award For Doing Nothing Special: HeatSt
Freedom Caucus Endorses Trump's New Obamacare Reform Bill: RWN
The Latest: Attorney general vows 'sanctuary city' fight: AP
Border fences work: Daniel Horowitz
EconomyTrump Monster Tax Cut Rollout: Breitbart
Republicans tell Trump to hold up on NAFTA withdrawal: Politico
CBO: Government jobs still darned good work if you can get it: Jazz Shaw
Scandal CentralPelosi-Backed PAC Took Funds From Owner of Site Tied to Underage Prostitution: WFB
Veteran faces 21 years in prison for possession of pistol magazines: Michael Filozof
UN warned Trump that ObamaCare repeal could violate international law: Fox
Climate, Energy & RegulationsWhen Bill Nye Enlisted Science in the Service of Perversion: Stream
Study Confirms That CO2 Is Not a Pollutant: RWN
Finally: Bill Nye Shoves His Credibility Through a Wood Chipper: Peter Heck
MediaClinton Sex Accusers Slam 'Hypocritical' Media over Bill O'Reilly Coverage: Breitbart
Mike Rowe Calls Out Nordstrom For Their $425 'Muddy Jeans' And It's Awesome: Victory Girls
No One Booed Chelsea Clinton for Her Father's Treatment of Women: Dan Riehl
WorldUS test-fires ICBM traveling 4,000 miles to South Pacific: Fox
"The Catholic Church…has become one of Islam's loudest boosters": Robert Spencer
UK Gov't Refuses to Apologize to Arabs for 1917 Jewish Homeland Declaration: Tammy Bruce
Time for America to Follow China's Lead: Kishore Mahbubani
The U.K. Snap Election Is Riskier Than It Seems: Nate Silver
Top 10: China bans "Jihad" and "Muhammad" as baby names: Victor Laszlo
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)AI will upload and access our memories, predicts Siri co-inventor: Kurzweil AI
The incredible spherical 'flying screens' that could soon show ads in the sky: Daily Mail
Hack the US Air Force, and make cash… legally!: Graham Cluley
CornucopiaWhy Is Common Sense So Controversial?: MOTUS
Ancient 'technological species' may have existed on Earth: Daily Mail
SilencerCo Maxim 9 Finally Released For Sale: TFB
Image: Wife of Judge Who Blocked Pro-Life Videos Exposing Planned Parenthood is a Pro-Abortion Activist
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QOTD: "The president's having a tough time with Congress, a Republican Congress. I want you to listen to me. There's no excuse for this; there's no excuse for it whatsoever. There is no excuse for what Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell are doing or not doing. THere's no excuse for the fact that the president doesn't yank them into the Oval Office and read the Riot Act...
We have a president who was elected to fund border security. It was also preposterous when he said that Mexico was going to do it. I told you that. And I don't care about that. Build the damn wall! You got the House. You got the Senate. You got the presidency. You got the bureaucracy. The art of the deal, screw the art of the deal. It should be the art of the victory. The art of victory. It's time to roll Schumer. It's time to roll the Democrats." --Mark Levin
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Benedict Arnold Obama
Last week, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson certified that Iran was compliant with its commitments under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known more formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). However, this is only because of all the concessions that the Obama administration had made, which lowered the bar for Iran's technical compliance to an absurdly low level. Indeed, Barack Obama's concessions to the Iran regime, which he offered in order to secure Iran's agreement on the terms of the disastrous JCPOA, seem to have no bounds. The result is that Iran is marching ahead with perfecting key elements of a full nuclear weapons program, while already receiving many of the benefits of sanctions relief afforded by the JCPOA. And now evidence has surfaced that the Obama administration not only paid a ransom for the release of American citizens imprisoned unlawfully by the Iranian regime as the JCPOA was being implemented. According to an April 24th investigatory report by Politico, the Obama administration also agreed, as part of a prison swap, to release seven Iranian-born prisoners from U.S. custody, at least some of whom could well go back to helping the Iranian regime procure components for its nuclear weapons program.
SMART POWER: Hillary Aides Threatened Prime Minister's Son With IRS Audit
Hillary Clinton's Department of State aides allegedly threatened a South Asian prime minister's son with an IRS audit in an attempt to stop a Bangladesh government investigation of a close friend and donor of Clinton's, The Daily Caller News Foundation's Investigative Group learned.
A Bangladesh government commission was investigating multiple charges of financial mismanagement at Grameen Bank, beginning in May 2012. Muhammad Yunus, a major Clinton Foundation donor, served as managing director of the bank.
Larwyn's Linx: Mark Levin: 'Build the Damn Wall' — 'It's Time to Roll Schumer'
NationMark Levin: 'Build the Damn Wall' — 'It's Time to Roll Schumer': Pam Key
Looks Like Trump Is Caving on Funding the Wall: EIB
Judge Who Blocked Trump Sanctuary City Order Bundled $200K for Obama: FNI
Ted Cruz Wants $14 Billion Seized from 'El Chapo' to Fund Border Wall: RWN
First 100 Days: Trump Acts, Congress Missing in Action: Says FAIR
Gohmert on First 100 Days: Trump's Big Mistake Was Trusting Congress: Dan Riehl
Leftist Agitators Target Conservative Thinkers: Jim Stinson
Obama Vows To Continue Community-Organizing America: Matthew Vadum
After his billionaire vacay, Obama cashes in at the speech trough: AT
Islamic State Seeking to 'Radicalize' Latin American Street Gangs: Edwin Mora
Border rancher: Illegal crossings down 90% since Trump became president: Mirror
Federal judge blocks Trump's sanctuary cities executive order: Kelly Cohen
EconomySuicidal Republicans Set For Full Capitulation In April Budget Fight: Josh Hammer
Tax slash: Trump holding firm on dramatic cut to corporate rate: Ed Morrissey
Illinois takes bigger piece of businesses' profits than all neighboring states: Cole Lauterbach
Scandal CentralObama Lied, Americans Died: Released Iranians Tied to Terror, Nuclear Proliferation: Adelle Nazarian
More Obama Lies About The Iran Nuclear Deal Exposed: Katie Pavlich
Mark Levin: New Info Shows Obama Lied About Iran Deal: Tim Hains
Climate, Energy & RegulationsTrump Continues Gutting The Climate Church Of The EPA: Brent Smith
MediaNew Fairy Tale Book: Communism for Kids: Tammy Bruce
NYT Reporter: Pressers More 'Democratic' Under Trump Than Obama: Shifra
Once more, the media lied to me: GayPat
WorldThe real culprits behind the human waves of migrants: Monica Showalter
Mexico says vehicle carrying radioactive material stolen: Telegraph
We remember Bobby Estalella (1911-1991): Silvio Canto Jr.
World War 3 Kim Jong-un: North Korea conducts 'largest firing drill ever': Express
Lefty French Mayor Calls Le Pen Supporting Residents 'A***holes', Quits: Breitbart
The Cannibals of North Korea: Max Fisher (2013)
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)NSA Blimp Spied in the United States: Ryan Gallagher
Heavy rain won't lessen Calif. wildfires – it will fuel them: Michelle Robertson
Verizon just announced a prepaid unlimited data plan for $80: Trevor Mogg
CornucopiaAt Some Point, You've Done Enough Damage. At That Point Just Shut-Up.: MOTUS
After losing 2016 election, Democrats are defecting to Communist Party USA: Fellowship
Plot Behind Bundy Ranch Showdown Thickens: Godfather
Image: NSA Blimp Spied in the United States
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Everyone keeps leaving out the best part of the President's first 100 days:— Sean Spicier (@sean_spicier) April 25, 2017
It's not Hillary's first 100 days
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
EXCELLENT, SMITHERS: ATF Reverses Draconian, Obama-Era Policy on Stabilizing Braces
News broke this week that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has reconsidered and "clarified" its Jan. 6, 2015 Open Letter on the use of stabilizing braces as shoulder stocks.
As we explained at the time, the ATF took the position in that letter that merely affixing the stabilizing brace to a pistol did not constitute the "making" of an NFA firearm. Firing the braced pistol from the shoulder, however, was held to constitute a "redesign" of the firearm that brought it under the jurisdiction of the National Firearms Act (NFA), with all the additional regulations that classification entails.
RYAN, McCONNELL TO TRUMP: "You f***ed up, you trusted us"
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) covered several topics with Breitbart News Radio SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Tuesday, including the possibility of a government shutdown, the border wall, and how Trump has done in his first 100 days.
Regarding the later, said Gohmert, "It goes back to the Animal House line, "Well, you messed up. You trusted us," referring to Trump trusting in Congress.
Larwyn's Linx: Obama's secret -- and treasonous -- Iran deal giveaway
NationObama's secret -- and treasonous -- Iran deal giveaway: David Harsanyi
Poll: Americans' Dissatisfaction With Speaker Ryan, Congress Overall Is Growing: WSJ
Obama's Iran Deal Was Much Worse Than We Suspected: Josh Meyer, Politico
Obama's Legacy: William Kristol
Teen Mob Attacks Train, Violently Robs Passengers, Here In America: Bob Owens
Nancy Pelosi: Georgia's Jon Ossoff and I are closely aligned: ARP
Democrats to Pro-Lifers: Get Lost: Dan McLaughlin
Why the Clintons Won't Go Away: AmInt
How to Lie With Numbers (Lies, Damned Lies, and GAO Statistics): Bill Quick
Loretta Lynch Outed: It All Points Back to Hillary: RWN
This Is Exactly Why Donald Trump Won. This Right Here.: Chicks on the Right
Liz Warren stumbles out of 2020 gate: Colin Reed
Economy"What's Your Major": Another Blow to the So-Called Gender Pay Gap: Andrew G. Biggs
If the Government Shuts Down – America Will Cease to Exist: Brent Smith
Democrats Demand Pro-Criminal Measures For Spending Bill: Cove
Scandal CentralAndrew Cuomo's Fishy Book Royalties: BattleSwarm
How Did Liz Geronimo Warren Make $15 Million Within 6 Years As A Politician?: CDP
Shocker: Another Bogus 'Anti-Muslim' Hate Crime Unravels as College Professor is Arrested: JWF
Climate, Energy & Regulations11 Ways Trump Has Rolled Back Government Regulations in His First 100 Days: Rachel del Guidice
The Green Cult's Holy Week: Bruce Thornton
#FakeNews: Trump Is Not Shutting Down the EPA's Data Service: Elizabeth Harrington
MediaReddit Allows "Syrian Rebel" Group To Promote Al-Qaeda Affiliates: William Craddick
Instant Justice: Antifa Assaults Journalist In DC, Gets Arrested Immediately: InfLib
No, Trump Didn't Argue That Protesters Have No Right To Protest: Ken White
France's media bias tries to hide Le Pen momentum: Eric Duhaime
Why can't Vox say Obama flat-out lied after damning new report about Iran Deal?: Twitchy
Well, That Didn't Take Long…: Treehouse
WorldMacron Bionics: Mark Steyn
US Senators to Get Rare Briefing at White House on North Korea Threat: Voanews
N.Korean media issue threat to 'wipe out' US: France24
The Recent Discovery of Heinrich Himmler's Telegram of November 2, 1943: JCPA
Iranian court rejects final appeal of jailed British-Iranian charity worker: Foreign Desk
Factual Persuasion: Bill Warner
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)"Mindless Eating," or how to send an entire life of research into question: Cathleen O'Grady
What Your 'Brain Age' Means For Living Longer: Sara G. Miller
Benefits of Microservices Architecture Implementation: Ekaterina Novoseltseva
CornucopiaI'm Not a Real Scientist, But I Have a Master's Degree…in Science!: MOTUS
Clint Eastwood's Next Movie: RWN
Netflix's New Doc 'Hot Girls Wanted' Is Accused Of Outing Sex Worker: Tracy Clark-Flory
Image: 100 days of Democratic rage
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QOTD: "...even though Hillary Clinton lost two elections, the Clinton machine—the one the family has been building ever since Bill left office in 2001—is still very much in place. Walter Russell Mead described it like this during the 2016 primaries: "The machine gathers the cash that provides perches and incomes to Clinton loyalists; the loyalists keep the publicity machine pumping, keep the networks of contacts and patronage refreshed throughout the vast Clinton network, and staff what amounts to a permanent campaign. This is what party machines used to do: provide incomes for the army of operatives who would jump into action to make sure the machine stayed in office."
The loyalists who make up this apparatus want—or even need—for the gears to keep spinning. And for that, the machine needs to offer the promise of future influence. Otherwise, donations to the Clinton Foundation would dry up; speaking engagements would become less lucrative; Clinton-backed spin organizations would wither; and dozens of jobs would disappear. All this is to say that the strange persistence of Chelsea boosterism does not come out of nowhere; it is the product of a supremely well-organized political organization revving its engines. And it will not be shut down voluntarily." --The American Interest
Monday, April 24, 2017
THEY REALLY DO HATE YOU: Democrats Demand Pro-Criminal Measures in Spending Bill
Despite losing well over a thousand federal and state seats during the time of Obama, then losing the White House, Democrats are super enthused!
House Democrats grow bullish after Trump's stumbles
Their fear of languishing in the minority is turning into hope for a quick revival...
GERMANY: Iran Plotting Terror on Jewish and Israeli Targets
Iran is responsible for a significant amount of espionage activity in Germany over the past decade, and is responsible for planning terrorist attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets, the Jerusalem Post reports.
In a letter sent to a Left Party deputy from German's interior ministry, the federal government launched 22 criminal investigations concerning Iran's illegal espionage activity – more than China and Turkey who were suspected in 15 spy cases each. Only Russia, with 27 cases, is involved in more suspected espionage activity than Iran.
Larwyn's Linx: Trump's 100 days: An executive success
NationTrump's 100 days: An executive success: Byron York
Near 100 Days, Trump's Biggest Problem GOP, Not Dems: Roger L. Simon
Illegal Aliens Have More Rights Than IRS Taxpayers: Federal Observer
Berkeley Mayor Publicly Belongs To Violent Leftist Group: Justin Caruso
New Video Shows Battle At Berkeley's "Epic Final Charge": InfLib
Five Killed, 26 Wounded In Chicago Shootings Over The Weekend: WZ
Genital mutilation victims break their silence: 'This is demonic': Detroit Free Press
Chicago's Southland: The rottenest apple in the corrupt Illinois orchard: John Ruberry
History of EPA Employee Misconduct Could Result in Layoffs: WFB
Cataclysm: Robert Gore
Republicans sound alarm on Trump's troubles ahead of 2018: Politico
Constitutional Carry Update In Alabama, Texas And South Carolina: Herschel Smith
EconomyTrump's defense spending hike expected to be ignored by Congress: Travis J. Tritten
Don't count on that government pension: Terry Savage
Teacher Forbids Students From Wearing Cross in Class: MB
Scandal CentralThe Watergate Style Break-In That Covered Up Wave Of Clinton State Dept. Scandals: Kenneth Whittle
Climate, Energy & RegulationsHere's why black-outs in 3 major US cities were almost certainly related: Adam Garrie
Power Outages Coincide in LA, New York, and San Francisco: Inverse
Outages In NYC, SF Come Amid Worries About Failing Infrastructure: CBS New York
MediaWash Post poll hides: Trump still beats Clinton, 43%-40%: Paul Bedard
WaPo Tells The Truth For Once: The Left's 'Mission Was to Bring Down Bill O'Reilly': RWN
Hannity Pledges Legal Action Against 'Serial Harasser' Accusing Him of Sexual Harassment: Rachel Stockman
WorldPopulism Storms into French Runoff: Le Pen a Presidential Finalist: LifeZette
The French, Coming Apart: A social thinker illuminates his country's populist divide: Christopher Caldwell
North Korea threatens to sink USS Carl Vinson: Daily Mail Online
Hundreds of African illegals storm city hall in French town, demand rights: Vlad Tepes
Jerusalem archive yields Armenian genocide 'smoking gun': Times of Israel
Somali Pirates Make Slight Miscalculation in Choosing Victims: TruthFeed
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)107 cancer papers retracted due to peer review fraud: Ars Technica
Scifi Eye: Technological implants and the 'transhuman': The Engineer
Tracking pixels can conduct surveillance for targeted attacks: David Bisson
CornucopiaThe Truth For Young Americans: You Are Not A Victim: John Hawkins
"Radioactive Boy Scout" regularly visited by FBI for a decade, father says: Cyrus Farivar
What spooked the USS Donald Cook so much in the Black Sea?: Voltaire Network
Image: The Watergate Style Break-In That Covered Up Wave Of Clinton State Dept. Scandals
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QOTD: "Based on the size of its unfunded pension liabilities, Chicago is in the worst shape, with more than $62 billion worth of unfunded pension promises. Chicago has less than 33 cents set aside for every dollar promised.
The Chicago Municipal Employees plan is estimated to run out of assets in seven years, since it is only 20.3 percent funded. The police fund (funded at 25.4 percent) and the firefighter's fund (funded at 21.7 percent) will not be far behind. The Public School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund is in slightly better shape with 51.6 percent funding...
...At another extreme, Portland, Ore., has set aside less than 1 percent of what it needs to pay its $2.9 billion of pension promises." --Terry Savage
Sunday, April 23, 2017
Weird Fat Kid Threatens to Destroy USS Carl Vinson With Intercounty Ballistic Jarts, Clackers and Skydancers
Yeah, those were good times. Good times.
Anyhow, the 21st century's most flatulent world leader is pounding his pots and pans, trying to get attention and scare anyone within listening distance.
Given its track record of missile launch failures, NoKo may have to resort to intercounty ballistic Jarts and Atomic Wrist Rockets.
THE DEPARTMENT OF OBVIOUS: Bernie "Venezuela" Sanders Says "The Democratic Party is Failing"
As anyone could have predicted, he was not asked about the tragic and violent meltdown of Venezuelan society, another victim of socialism's perfect track record.
He was asked about the current fractures in a party best known for cobbling together various groups of grievance-mongers, government dependents, illegal aliens, the mathematically challenged and the ultra-wealthy.
Stunningly, this political Tower of Babel hasn't led to widespread electoral success.
Let's let Sanders tell it:
Larwyn's Linx: Bernie Sanders Rightfully Refers to Democratic Party as a Sinking Ship
NationBernie Sanders Rightfully Refers to Democratic Party as a Sinking Ship: Michael Sainato
Bernie Sanders Lied About Being a Democrat: Daniel Greenfield
Maxine Waters to Pay Daughter Another $108K From Campaign Funds: Joe Schoffstall
Earth Day Dopes: John Stossel
Did Dems Open the Door to "51" for Legislation?: Jerry Bader
Please, God, Stop Chelsea Clinton from Whatever She Is Doing: T.A. Frank
Obama DOJ Lied bout Criminal Nature of Clinton Email Investigation: Mark Hemingway
Attorney General: It's not Racist to Deport people who Violate U.S. laws: FreeLight
Based Stick Man: "The Right is done being attacked": Gavin McInnes
Florida: Catholic diocese reprimands teacher for quoting saint on Islam: Robert Spencer
President Trump Fires Obama's Anti-Gun Surgeon General: Leslie Eastman
Trump Promotes Black Woman to Surgeon General; Leftists Freak: GayPatriot
How Liberals Are Poisoning The Minds Of Young Americans: John Hawkins
Border Wall Announcement: It Begins: RWN
'The Ideas Made It, But I Didn't': Tim Alberta
EconomyThe Challenge of Our Disruptive Era: Ben Sasse
Liberal Professor Teaches That ISIS Is Less Evil Than NRA: RWN
Taxpayer-funded Arab group behind lawsuits to stop terror-haven travel ban: Creeping
Scandal CentralNYT: Comey went public about Emailgate partly because he didn't trust Loretta Lynch: Hot Air
Obama's Iran Nuclear Deal Prohibits US Officials From Criticizing The Deal: RS
DACA: Granting Amnesty to Dreamers Committing Crimes While Abandoning Their Victims: Ronald W. Mortensen
Climate, Energy & RegulationsWhy Is MSM Covering Up Trump's Closure Of Corrupt ENERGY STAR?: Jeff Dunetz
Earth Day horror! Bill Nye upset CNN's panel included somebody who disagrees with him: Doug Powers
Craziest activist photos from the #marchforscience #sciencemarchdc: Anthony Watts
MediaLittle Creep: Kevin D. Williamson
Subtle – President Trump Schedules Rally Same Night as WHCA Dinner…: Treehouse
Video: American Airlines Employee Hits Mother, Challenges Passenger to Fight: AntiMedia
Ted Cruz For Next SCOTUS Vacancy (Guest Post): Daniel John Sobieski
Levin: Unhinged Left is out to DESTROY AG Jeff Sessions AGAIN: Chris Pandolfo
"So Obvious a Child Could See It": Scoop
WorldSocialist Death Squads Rule Venezuela: John Hinderaker
Police: Muslim Indiana State University Professor Fabricated Anti-Muslim Attack: WZ
The four likeliest outcomes of today's French election, and what they mean for the world: Quartz
Muslim police officers praised after they tried to save the lives of Coptic Christians: LifeZette
Mexico: Gulf Cartel Leader Killed In Raging Border Battle: Stratfor
Rachel Dolezal's trans-racial shtick didn't play very well in South Africa: Jazz Shaw
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)The Secret Bloody History of Earth Day!: Sooper
70 million-year-old dinosaur eggs found in China: Breaking911
Drones Used To Study Bats To Learn In-Flight 'Secrets': Tyler Lee
CornucopiaThe Last Stand of Cpl. Yale and Lance Cpl. Haerter: BlackFive (2008)
Enough of This Crap, We're Taking the Country Back: MOTUS
Erin Moran, star of 'Happy Days,' 'Joanie Loves Chachi,' found dead in Indiana: RWN
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QOTD: "During Russia's hacking campaign against the United States, intelligence agencies could peer, at times, into Russian networks and see what had been taken. Early last year, F.B.I. agents received a batch of hacked documents, and one caught their attention.
The document, which has been described as both a memo and an email, was written by a Democratic operative who expressed confidence that Ms. Lynch would keep the Clinton investigation from going too far, according to several former officials familiar with the document…
If Ms. Lynch announced that the case was closed, and Russia leaked the document, Mr. Comey believed it would raise doubts about the independence of the investigation." --The New York Times
Saturday, April 22, 2017
SOCIALIST UTOPIA VENEZUELA: On the Verge of Complete Revolution
Venezuela, a country with only $10 billion left in reserves to run on, is in trouble. The people are starving. The government has gone full-on authoritarian, and now desperate human beings are dying in the streets.
From an Associated Press report on Friday:
"Authorities in Venezuela say 12 people were killed overnight following looting and violence in the South American nation's capital amid a spiraling political crisis."
Continuing, the report further highlighted the gravity of the situation:
The 7 Most Heinous Crimes of the Obama DOJ
As McCarthy notes, there is general concern that "improper and abusive behavior by prosecutors has reached 'epidemic proportions'."
However, that's not the worst of it.
McCarthy lists seven high crimes and misdeameanors of the Obama DOJ that are worth remembering.
Larwyn's Linx: The Horrifying Death Throes of Venezuelan Socialism, Captured in 28 Headlines
NationThe Horrifying Death Throes of Venezuelan Socialism, in 28 Headlines: Dan Mitchell
The Professional Class Strikes Back: Matthew Continetti
Muslim Legislator Votes to Allow Life Insurance Payouts to Beneficiaries of Terrorists: GWP
Justice Department Fires Opening Salvo At Sanctuary Cities: RWN
Mexico To US: Deporting Illegal Immigrants Is A 'Violation' Of Rules: Will Racke
Valerie Jarrett's Not Running for Office, She Wants to Train the Next Obama: IJR
Dirty Harry Reid's Role in Obamagate: George Neumayr
Berkeley Mayor Who Allegedly Told Police To "Stand Down" Is Part Of Antifa : 100%
Super. Chicago approves IDs for illegal immigrants: Jazz Shaw
Oops! State Dept. Mistakenly Sends JW "SECRET" Files Intended for CDC: JW
Did Berkeley police fire stun grenades at Trump supporters, instigate clash?: Victor Skinner
Detroit Doctor and Wife Charged with Conspiring to Perform Female Genital Mutilation: DOJ
EconomyThe Rationing Society: Sultan Knish
Muslims to March on Amazon Over Prayer Breaks: Rod Kackley
Berkeley Once Stood for Free Speech. Now It Rolls Over.: Megan McArdle
Scandal CentralObama Operatives Direct Town Hall Disruptions Nationwide: Penny Starr
Democrats File Federal Lawsuit to Try to Steal the Georgia Special Election: Erick Erickson
A Case for Congress and the Trump Justice Department, Not the Courts : Andrew C. McCarthy
Climate, Energy & Regulations13 Most Ridiculous Predictions Made on Earth Day, 1970: Jon Gabriel
Power Outage Cripples San Francisco For Seven Hours: OANN
It's Earth Day Again, And Scientists Are Marching For Something Or Other: RWN
MediaMSNBC: 'Unrest in Venezuela Over Trump Donations': JWF
Hillary Clinton's Campaign Apologists Raise More Questions Than Answers, Analysis Finds: Andrew Stiles
Want to See Where Fox News Is Likely Headed?: Retort
Rush on O'Reilly "His Departure was not Natural: TruthFeed
Revealed! Clinton cartel behind Bill O'Reilly's firing: Horn
Honeymoon from Hell: The Liberal Media vs. President Trump: Rich Noyes and Mike Ciandella
WorldReminder: Why All The Jihadi Attacks? Why Now?: Christopher W. Holton
Welcoming the Caliphate to Brazil: GoV
In Venezuela, the 'Mother of all Marches': Alan Taylor
US Ground Troops in Syria Just Took Out a Wanted Terrorist Who Killed Dozens: Tribunist
North Korea warns China of 'CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES' if it continues economic sanctions: Express
Guard Our Border: Close Canada's Backdoor Loophole!: Faith Goldy
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)Expert Asserts That Tesla's Electric Semi Will Totally Disrupt the Auto Industry: Futurism
WikiLeaks releases CIA manual on how to turn a Samsung TV into a secret microphone: DailyMail
5G Network Being Pushed on the Public with Zero Concern for Safety: Waking Times
CornucopiaHarvard researchers uncover second parchment copy of Declaration of Independence, in England: Globe
Berkley Erases the Thin Blue Line–For the Folks: MOTUS
Real Snowflakes: GoComics
Image: The Horrifying Death Throes of Venezuelan Socialism, Captured in 28 Headlines
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QOTD: "A production society defines achievement in terms of production. A rationing society defines it in terms of control. In a rationing society, it is possible to starve amidst plenty because the rationers would rather see people starve, than lose control over them." --Sultan Knish


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the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
Bible Commentaries Bridgeway Bible Commentary Bridgeway Bible Commentary
Old Testament
New Testament
Bridgeway Books, though credible reference works, are non-technical in style. They are based on a firm biblical scholarship and the assured belief that once readers understand the Bible, they will find it has its own way of making itself relevant to them. Preachers, teachers and other Christian workers have found that these books do much of the preparation work for them, by helping them understand the Bible as it might have been understood by its first readers.
Bridgeway Books have been written by Don Fleming who has had wide experience in evangelism, church planting and Bible teaching, in his home country of Australia, and in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Pacific. He is well known for his ability to explain the Bible writings concisely and simply, both in his preaching and in his writing.
Bridgeway Books have been translated into more than forty five languages.
The "bridge" element in the title reflects the aim of all Bridgeway books - to bridge two gaps at once - the gap between the word of the Bible and the world of today; and the gap between technical reference works and the ordinary reader.
Bridgeway Books are easy to read and especially suited to those who use English as a second language.
In its previous format as a series of eight Bridge Bible Handbooks, this commentary built up an international reputation for its appeal to a wide range of people - ordinary readers, Bible students, pastors, teachers and other Christian workers. It strikes the middle ground between the overly scholastic detailed commentaries and the often light-weight devotional notes.
The Bridgeway Bible Commentary deals with each biblical book in such a way that readers readily see the meaning of the Bible in its own context and its relevance in today's world. It is neither a word-by-word technical reference work nor a mere collection of overviews. It provides a free-flowing commentary on the entire text of each biblical book, along with background material, maps, diagrams, drawings, tables and feature articles.


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Last year saw 31 turbines with a combined capacity of 73MW installed, an investment of EUR120 million that raised the country's total capacity to 1,084MW.
IG Windkraft expects stronger growth for 2012, with an additional 376MW at an investment of EUR620 million, which would raise operational wind capacity by a third.
This optimistic outlook is attributed to Austria's Green Electricity Act, the Okostromgesetz 2012, due to take effect on 1 July, which considerably improves the support framework for wind. The law aims for 2GW of wind capacity by 2020, with 700MW by 2015.
The act also expands the support fund from which renewables feed-in tariffs are sourced, with EUR11.5 million earmarked for wind energy, enough to support 120MW a year. Special provision last year of EUR80 million allowed feed-in contracts to be signed for another 550MW of wind projects previously stuck in a waiting list, enabling them to be built.
Another encouraging development was the fact that renewable-energy tariff regulation were passed at the beginning of the year, rather than delayed for months as has occurred in the past. This sets the wind energy feed-in tariff for 2012 at EUR0.095/kWh, payable for 13 years, a reduction from the EUR0.097/kWh tariff in 2011.


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Friday, February 27, 2009
Three new UK comic magazines out now
New editions of three of the UK's top magazines about comics have recently been published.
First up, is Crikey! No.9 (£.3.99) which, after last issue's full colour special, reverts to all monochrome interiors. It's the articles that matter though and once again its 52 pages are a mixed bag. On the plus side it's great to see Crikey! going to the source and interviewing creators in order to get the facts right. This issue has no less than three veteran comics creators contributing. A six page interview with Enrique Romero on his Axa and Modesty Blaise strips, a four page interview with David Lloyd, artist of V for Vendetta, Night-Raven, and Kickback, and a feature by Pat Mills championing the important work of Gerry Finley-Day, Jenny McDade, and John Armstrong.
The article by Pat is particularly interesting as it highlights the people who revolutionised girls' comics with Tammy in the 1970s, and this in turn inspired the new tone of boys comics such as Battle, Action, and 2000AD. Frustratingly, there's a major error with the layout which replaces a chunk of the article with several repeated paragraphs from earlier! Sadly these are the sort of mistakes which hamper Crikey! somewhat.
There's a good variety of articles in this issue although having two features on the early Marvel UK titles in the same edition seemed a bit odd. However, it's good to see them get some recognition, which may upset the traditional Victor / Valiant / Tiger fans but Mighty World of Marvel is just a valid part of UK comic history as Fantastic or the Alan Class reprints.
Biggest disappointment of the issue was "Derek Wilson's Memory Lane" which just cribbed nostalgic references from off the 'net. (You know, those e-mails that do the rounds about "We made up games with sticks and tennis balls" and how great childhood was, etc.) Ironic that Derek tells us it's a piece about "a time before the internet" when the whole article is a cut and paste job from websites. It has nothing to do with comics and in my opinion wasted valuable space in Crikey!
Overall, Crikey! is improving but it sometimes depends too much on hazy memories as a substitute for facts.
Good to see Comics International finally back on the shelves after a delay of several months. No.207 (£2.99) came out last week and features a lot of material in its 100 pages. Some of the news is now out of date, but editor Mike Conroy has clearly striven to update the news section as much as possible. Even so, there's some good in-depth features in here, such as Frank Plowright's article on the curious fad for apes in American comics and Shaqui Le Vesconte's ongoing articles on the comics of Gerry Anderson.
There's a marked improvement in the design of the mag this issue, I thought, and I was pleased to read that next issue will have a total revamp with a new logo etc. Comics International has certainly been missed, and I hope Mike can get it back onto a regular frequency.
From the Tomb No.26 (£4.95) is also a 100 page issue, many of them in full colour. This is an excellent magazine devoted to horror comics, with good features and lots of cover repros, page samples, etc. (Pity the logo obscures part of a fantastic Pete Von Scholly cover though!) This issue features a gallery of every cover of Warren's horror comic Creepy, in full colour. There's also an article on artist Alex Nino, an interview with Jerry Grandetti, and a major colour feature on 1950s crime comics.
A really nice thing about this issue is that it sidesteps its horror theme for a few pages for the first part of a bibliography of the work of the late Steve Whitaker. There's also a short item written by Steve in 2006 about his time working for Marvel UK. With so many British creators' work forgotten and never indexed it's good to see people making such an effort to document Steve's contributions.
Crikey! website: http://www.crikeyuk.co.uk/
Comics International website: http://www.comics-international.co.uk/
From the Tomb doesn't appear to have a website but is available from Borders bookshops and comic shops, priced £4.95.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
"Hmm... That's quite a page"
Press release from London's Orbital Comics:
Watchmen Original Artwork Page 1, Issue 1 at Orbital Comics
In celebration of the release of the Watchmen motion picture, Orbital Comics is proud to announce a unique opportunity for you to see a momentous piece of original art from the classic 1980s award winning comic book series the film was based upon.
Starting from Thursday 19th February 2009 and for one month only, Watchmen issue 1 page 1 Original Artwork and Colour Guide will be displayed at:
Orbital Comics
8 Great Newport Street
London WC2H 7JA
[Opening times: Mon-Sat: 10:30am - 7pm , Sun: 11.30am - 5pm ]
The page features an extract from Rorschach's journal, acting as a voice-over for the criminal investigation of the apparent-suicide of his acquaintance, fellow super-hero The Comedian.
Not only a rare chance to see an actual page of original art by Dave Gibbons, but also to experience a piece of comic book history!
Orbital Comics recently moved to Gt Newport Street where the Photographers' Gallery was for 22 years. With such a large space, Orbital Comics thought it would be great to house a comic art gallery inside which compliments the shop bringing more to the customer.
The Watchmen Page 1 Issue 1 is owned by a private art collector who has been offered £50,000 of which he declined.
Orbital Comics is proud to announce that John Higgins (colorist/inker) for Watchmen will be coming to Orbital Comics for a signing at the end of March 09.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Neil Gaiman on Watchmen
Back in the days before Neil Gaiman was a renowned author, even before his work on the acclaimed Sandman graphic novels, he was a newspaper journalist writing book reviews. Here's an old newspaper clipping from the now long-defunct daily tabloid Today, dated Sunday July 27th 1986, where a 25 year old Neil Gaiman promotes a then-new comic called Watchmen.
It's a good little article, with quotes from Alan Moore, and an accurate impression of the mid-1980s comics scene. That same year Neil would sell his first comic strips to 2000AD. The rest, as they say, is history.
I'm currently selling a complete set of the first printing of the WATCHMEN limited series from 1986. Click HERE to see the item on eBay!
It's a good little article, with quotes from Alan Moore, and an accurate impression of the mid-1980s comics scene. That same year Neil would sell his first comic strips to 2000AD. The rest, as they say, is history.
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
Free Watchmen DVD
With the anticipation mounting to the release of the Watchmen movie in a few weeks readers might be interested to know that the current issue of SciFi Now features a free Watchmen preview DVD.
The disc includes several trailers for the movie, a gallery of stills, short production diaries, and an interview with director Zack Snyder including clips from the film. The production diaries are particularly interesting, showing the detail that's gone into adapting the urban environment from the graphic novel.
How well the public and fans will receive the Watchmen movie remains to be seen. I suspect some moviegoers won't appreciate a superhero film that a) doesn't feature characters they're familiar with and b) isn't a family friendly popcorn movie. My hope is that it'll spur enough interest to turn more people onto the comic so they can either enrich their appreciation of the movie or, if the film's a dud, see how much better the graphic novel is to the screen version.
Not to be too negative but one thing they seem to have gotten wrong already is the blood splatter design on the Smiley badge in the promos. Surely the angle and shape of the splatter was a visual symbolism for the hand of the doomsday clock, at ten seconds to midnight, not a blob on the edge as the movie poster has it? Okay I'm probably being incredibly pedantic but that Dave Gibbons design is iconic, and an important visual metaphor of the story.
Watchmen opens on March 6th. Official movie website HERE.
SciFi Now is available in all good newsagents. Visit their website HERE.
...and if you've never read the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons now's your chance. Copies are in bookshops everywhere!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Kevin O'Neill: The Early Days
With the success of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen with writer Alan Moore, artist Kevin O'Neill has rightfully become one of the leading lights in the comics industry. He's been high profile now for many years of course, but these days Kev finds himself interviewed in the High Street glossies such as this month's Death Ray. With the publication of the next League volume, Century:1910 due in a few months, I thought it might be appropriate to take a rare glimpse into the early days of this extraordinary artist...
Born in 1953 into a South London working class background, Kevin acquired a job in the early 1970s at IPC magazines as an office boy on Buster. This was an important time for UK comics. Although IPC's material was fairly bland and safe in this period they had up and coming people in editorial such as Kevin, Dez Skinn, Nick Landau, and freelancer Dave Gibbons who would soon shake up the industry. The IPC management may have been set in their ways but these young guns, who treated comics as a passion not just as a 9 to 5 job, were chomping at the bit to do something different.
At that time Dez Skinn was editing a fanzine called Fantasy Advertiser International (later the inspiration for his Comics International magazine) for a growing UK fandom. In issue 50 (1973) the famous Frank Bellamy interview edition, a 20 year old Kevin O'Neill drew this ad for Martin's Book Shop, one of London's first comic book stores....
(A year earlier, in 1972, Kev drew a Captain America / Jack Kirby tribute for the pages of Unicorn, a fanzine published by Mike Higgs and Phil Clarke. The art can be seen at the top of this post.)
Although his artistic talents were still developing, Kev was unleashed into the pages of the failing Cor!! weekly in to illustrate the Picture Yourself feature, based on a reader's snapshot.
The work was crude, but the familiar O'Neill sharp linework was emerging. The Zoo Keeper gag shown below is from the final issue of Cor!!, dated 15th June 1974.
In the mid-1970's the poster magazine became hugely popular with kids and teenagers. These would feature articles on a specific subject (such as Kung Fu, or horror films, in the case of Dez Skinn's Monster Magazine) which could then be unfolded to feature a massive poster on the reverse. Freelancing as art editor (and later editor) of a poster mag called Legend Horror Classics for Legend Publishing Kevin O'Neill's work entered the realms of horror, far removed from his cartoons for Cor!!, but horror was a genre he clearly relished and would excell at.
Other poster mags were all feature based, but Legend Horror Classics ran a complete horror strip every issue. No.1 (1975) featured an 11 page Dracula strip, loosely adapting the 1973 movie starring Jack Palance and Simon Ward. From this first issue it became obvious that the magazine wasn't going to be traditional British comic fare. With a killer Zombie being shot in the mouth, this was strong stuff for Seventies kids, - but I bet they loved it, assuming they could afford the then-hefty 25p cover price. (Comics were around 4p each at the time.)
Issue 2 adapted the 1931 Frankenstein movie, and although taking liberties with the dialogue and design (no doubt for copyright reasons), the strip had a fascinating energy about it. Kev's work was displaying some strong Wally Wood influences here but it was still destinctively O'Neill.
Issue 7 of Legend Horror Classics featured a Beowulf strip by Derek Tyson, but Kev illustrated the cover. By now Kev's work looked strong and confident, with his style reaching the standard we'd see in the early issues of 2000AD a few years later.
Legend Horror Classics No.8 is an interesting issue. A year before Hookjaw devoured his first victim in Action weekly, here's Kevin O'Neill presenting us with Killer Jaws tearing "moon-shaped chunks" out of a hapless swimmer. The shark also gets a protuding harpoon stuck in its body, which impales a victim, just as Hook Jaw would later do the following year. Too much of a coincidence? With Kev's connections at IPC, and Kev's later collaborator Pat Mills being the original editor of Action, was this the inspiration for Hook Jaw?
Issue 9 of Legend Horror Classics featured a cover that would give retailers the jitters in today's conservative climate. The Jokers showed a gory decapitation drawn by Kev in full comic horror mode.
Inside, the incident is shown to be a fake, - the "head" belonged to a dummy. Even so, that cover still goes to show what freedoms publishers had back then! No "Mature Readers" cover warnings, no policy of "top shelving" comics. This was on display alongside the likes of Tiger and Bunty, and no one batted an eyelid as far as I'm aware.
In 1976 Kevin self published Mek Memoirs, a 12 page stripzine (we didn't call 'em Small Press comics back then) for a mere 16p. Mek Memoirs had been conceived by Kev in 1974, but fellow IPC staffer Jack Adrian had suggested a rewrite. With Jack's new script, the strip took on a new direction, from robot quest to Robot War.
This rare comic shows Kev's excellence in robot illustration and design, and can be seen as a prototype for Ro-Busters and the ABC Warriors of Starlord and 2000AD. I'm sure Mek Memoirs helped Kev's credentials considerably when he moved to the art department of 2000AD, and I think it's safe to say that 2000AD would have been a far poorer comic without Kev's input.
Kevin O'Neill went on to produce the superb Nemesis the Warlock for 2000AD, had his entire style banned by a ridiculous Comics Code Authority in America, created hero hunter Marshall Law with writer Pat Mills, and today of course is the artist of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. I've always been a big fan of Kev's work, (and if you're out there me old mate I hope this look back at your early material hasn't been too cringe inducing! As you know, my early work was far less accomplished than this!)
The work of Kevin O'Neill has always been imaginative and edgy (well, apart from those Cor!! cartoons) - a bit dangerous but balanced by black humour. With over 35 years experience Kev's work is stronger than ever, and has considerably matured from his fanzine days, but it's still distincly his unique style.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Spaceship Away issue 17 out now
The 17th issue of top UK independent comic Spaceship Away has recently been published. Once again it's a fantastically enjoyable issue with a good variety of content. This blog has featured enthusiastic comments about this comic before but I understand there are still "traditional" UK comic collectors who don't buy Spaceship Away, despite the comic being about as traditionally British as it's possible to be.
Some people are put off by the price. At £6.99 per issue it's not cheap, as the relatively low print run of the comic means a higher unit cost. However, as it's only published three times a year, £21 per annum isn't going to break the bank.
Is it worth £6.99 an issue? Definitely! 44 full colour pages on high quality paper, with the best reproduction one could ask for. Of course good printing is no use if the contents aren't up to par, but in the case of Spaceship Away the material is always top class!
This latest issue is the best so far in my opinion. Here's just some of the highlights:
• Tim Booth's stunning artwork on Dan Dare, drawn with meticulous detail.
• Frank Hampson's original synopsis for Operation Saturn.
• Top SF author Stephen Baxter's thoughtful comparison of Eagle and TV21.
• Ron Turner's Nick Hazard strip, with excellent new colouring by John Ridgway.
• Graham Bleathman's cutaway design of the cockpit of the Anastasia. (The spaceship, not the singer.)
• An all-new Dan Dare centre spread by Mike Noble!
That last one is, in my opinion, worth the cover price alone. I've been a fan of Mike Noble's artwork since I was five years old and it's great to see him come out of retirement for this one off job. Best of all, Mike has lost none of his magic, with the quality of his drawing being as high as it ever was. I was tempted to post a scan here but, no. If you want to see what Mike Noble's version of Dan Dare looks like buy the comic! You'll be glad you did.
With ten comic strips and several features, Spaceship Away No.17 is indeed well worth subscribing to. For those of you wishing there was still a traditional British adventure comic out there, this is it. Publisher Rod Barzilay says that with rising production costs and bank charges this will be a tough year. This comic deserves your support. What are you waiting for? Visit the website below to order your copy now!
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Kevin O'Neill for Bristol Comic Expo
Kevin O'Neill, unique comics artist supreme, will be one of the guests at this year's Bristol International Comic Expo across the weekend of 9th - 10th May 2009. Kev was a regular face at the old UKCAC (UK Comic Art Conventions) in the 1980s but this will be his first British comic con appearance for many years.
Kevin will be there to promote Century: 1910 the latest book in the saga of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which he's illustrated from Alan Moore's script. Here's the promo from the publisher's website:
THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN (VOL III): CENTURY: 1910 by Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill Co-Published By Top Shelf Productions & Knockabout. Top Shelf is proud to announce the all-new installment in the breathtaking series by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill! In The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol III): Century #1 ("1910"), our familiar cast of Victorian literary characters enters the brave new world of the 20th century! CHAPTER ONE is set against a backdrop of London, 1910, twelve years after the failed Martian invasion and nine years since England put a man upon the moon. In the bowels of the British Museum, Carnacki the ghost-finder is plagued by visions of a shadowy occult order who are attempting to create something called a Moonchild, while on London's dockside the most notorious serial murderer of the previous century has returned to carry on his grisly trade. Working for Mycroft Holmes' British Intelligence alongside a rejuvenated Allan Quatermain, the reformed thief Anthony Raffles and the eternal warrior Orlando, Miss Murray is drawn into a brutal opera acted out upon the waterfront by players that include the furiously angry Pirate Jenny and the charismatic butcher known as Mac the Knife. This one is not to be missed! This book will be the first of three deluxe, 80-page, full-color, perfect-bound graphic novellas, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill -- with lettering by Todd Klein, and colors by Ben Dimagmaliw. Each self-contained narrative takes place in three distinct eras, building to an apocalyptic conclusion occurring in our own twenty-first century. -- An 80-Page Full-Color Graphic Novel, 6 5/8" x 10 1/8", Mature (16+), Diamond: FEB09-4465, ISBN 978-1-60309-000-1, $7.95
Kev O'Neill is an artist I would definitely count as a favourite of mine, and Kev himself was a good pal back in the 1980s, giving me lots of advice and encouragement when I was starting out in the business. He even contributed a cover to my fanzine, Fantasy Express, in 1983, - and what a fantastic cover it was; a spectacular wraparound featuring Nemesis the Warlock, and Kev was kind enough to design the logo too! (I interviewed Kevin for that issue y'see.) Here's a scan taken from the original artwork. It's been proudly displayed on my wall for a couple of decades but I notice it's starting to fade in parts now so it's time to safely file it away out of the light.
Kev O'Neill was also a contributor to my 1986 Brickman comic, turning in two fantastic pages for the story's climax set in the depths of Hell. The strip was reprinted in the collection Brickman Begins published by Active Images.
The Bristol International Comic Expo features a host of other guests too, including myself, family commitments permitting. Hope to see you all there!
Visit the official Comic Expo website HERE:
Website of Top Shelf Productions:
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
More forgotten classics from John M. Burns
Following on from my blog last week regarding the 1965 adaptation of Great Expectations illustrated by John M. Burns, some more of his work for the same comic has come to light. Once again the strips are from the glossy girls' weekly Diana, from the mid-1960s.
These strips will already be well known by some collectors no doubt but I'll bet that most fans of John's work will have never seen them simply because, for most of us male readers, girls comics were a no-go area. A pity, because, like other D.C. Thomson comics, Diana featured some top quality stories and artwork.
Late 1963/early 1964 saw John's work appear in the weekly with the adaptation of Emily Bronté's Wuthering Heights. Episode five, shown above, appeared in Diana No. 46, dated 4th January 1964. Credit to John for using a mature colour palette although some of the browns reproduced a bit muddy even with the benefits of Photogravure printing. Today, the intense script would be considered "compressed", but Burns handles it well, retaining readers interest with a nicely designed layout.
Later in 1964, with issue No.79, John M. Burns was illustrating a brand new strip, embellished in grey wash rather than full colour. Not a strip based on a literary classic this time, but it did feature some "classic" elements of girls' comic fiction of the period. The White Mile told of Vicky Foster, "a cripple" who pits her wits against Nazis who have invaded the bird sanctuary isle she lives on. I don't know how this strip progressed as I only have two chapters but once again Burns turned in a skillful job. (The example above is from Diana No.80, dated 29th August 1964.)
1965 saw John's adaptation of Great Expectations as seen on the previous blog. A year later, with Diana No.151, dated 8th January 1966, his adaptation of Lorna Doone (above) began. This 1859 novel by Richard Doddridge Blackmore must have given Burns quite a task in terms of period research but as ever the brushwork looked effortless on the page.
What these strips demonstrate is the amazing quality of comic strip art in British comics of the time. The 1960s were the period when British adventure strips hit their stride, in both boys and girls comics. In the case of Diana, although it was a large glossy publication that one might imagine would focus on fashion tips and pop features, the emphasis was definitely on comic strips. (At least in the mid-Sixties editions I have.) More on this comic in a future blog!
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The Dow Jones Utility Average index option contract has an underlying value that is equal to the full value of the level of the DJUA index. The Dow Jones Utility Average index option trades under the symbol of DUX and has a contract multiplier of $100.The DUX index option is an european style option and may only be exercised on the last business day before expiration.
|Product Name
|Underlying Value
|Contract Multiplier
|Exercise Style
|Dow Jones Utility Average Options
|Full Value of DJUA
(Full Contract Specs)
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The following example depict a scenario where you buy a near-money DUX call option in anticipation of a rise in the level of the DJUA index. Note that for simplicity's sake, transaction costs have not been included in the calculations.
You observed that the current level of the DJUA index is 337.37. The DUX is based on the full value of the underlying DJUA index and therefore trades at 337.37. A near-month DUX call option with a nearby strike price of 340 is being priced at $22.49. With a contract multiplier of $100.00, the premium you need to pay to own the call option is thus $2,249.00.
Assuming that by option expiration day, the level of the underlying DJUA index has risen by 15% to 387.98 and correspondingly, the DUX is now trading at 387.98 since it is based on the full value of the underlying DJUA index. With the DUX now significantly higher than the option strike price, your call option is now in the money. By exercising your call option, you will receive a cash settlement amount that is computed using the following formula:
Cash Settlement Amount = (Difference between Index Settlement Value and the Strike Price) x Contract Multiplier
So you will receive (387.98 - 340.00) x $100 = $4,797.55 from the option exercise. Deducting the initial premium of $2,249.00 you paid to buy the call option, your net profit from the long call strategy will come to $2,548.55.
|Profit on Long DUX 340 Call Option When DJUA at 387.98
|Proceeds from Option Exercise
|Cash Settlement Amount
|(Index Settlement Value - Option Strike Price) x Contract Size
|(387.98 - 340.00) x $100
|Initial Premium Paid
|Net Profit
|Proceeds from Option Exercise - Investment
|$4,797.55 - $2,249.00
|Return on Investment
|Net Profit / Investment
In practice, it is usually not necessary to exercise the index call option to take profit. You can close out the position by selling the DUX call option in the options market. Proceeds from the option sale will also include any remaining time value if there is still some time left before the option expires.
In the example above, as the option sale is performed on expiration day, there is virtually no time value left. The amount you will receive from the DUX option sale will still be equal to it's intrinsic value.
One notable advantage of the long Dow Jones Utility Average call strategy is that the maximum possible loss is limited and is equal to the amount paid to purchase the DUX call option.
Suppose the DJUA index had dropped by 15% instead, pushing the DUX down to 286.76, which is way below the option strike price of 340. Now, in this scenario, it would not make any sense at all to exercise the call option as it will result in additional loss. Fortunately, you are holding an option contract, and not a futures contract, and so you are not obliged to anyway. You can just let the option expire worthless and your total loss will simply be the call option premium of $2,249.00.
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After three consecutive summer vacations on Martha's Vineyard, President Obama and his family apparently will not be relaxing on the island this year as a heated presidential campaign gathers momentum toward what is expected to be a close election.
The State Police detachment on the island has been told that the president will not be coming; extensive bookings to house the president's staff and security have been canceled by the White House travel office; and the 28-acre waterfront estate in Chilmark where the Obamas stayed the last three years has been sold to a British couple.
"The word I have is that they are not coming this year," said State Police Sergeant Thomas Medeiros, who said that notice came from the Secret Service.
As a result, tee times in mid-to-late August might be easier to book on the Vineyard's golf courses; meals at Nancy's in Oak Bluffs and the Beach Plum Inn in Menemsha might be uninterrupted by a presidential visit complete with the Secret Service; and traffic might be slowed only by the normal congestion that makes summer driving on the Vineyard a stop-and-go endurance test.
Still, "I think the fun and the curiosity and the buzz that comes with this will be missed, quite frankly," said Nancy Gardella, executive director of the Martha's Vineyard Chamber of Commerce.
Dave Gaffey, general manager of Nancy's, said the Obamas have been repeat customers who usually arrive with 10 minutes notice to eat in the dining room or pick up a takeout meal.
"They are just a great group of people," Gaffey said of Obama, his family, and their entourage. "He usually comes in with a large group, and they order a wide variety off the menu and kind of share that — lobster rolls, fried clams, practically one of everything."
The White House declined to comment Monday on the Obama family vacation plans.
Last summer, Obama was criticized for vacationing at a time when Republicans said he should have been concentrating on the economy. With the election only four months away, any time spent bicycling or golfing on Martha's Vineyard will be time the president can spend making a case for reelection.
Although players at the Vineyard Golf Club in Edgartown, Farm Neck in Oak Bluffs, or Mink Meadows in Vineyard Haven might differ, Gaffey said Obama's visits have not interfered with the summer routine.
"They've had to hold some traffic to let him get in and out, but they're pretty professional about it," Gaffey said of the Secret Service. "They've got it down to a science."
Gardella said the White House had booked accommodations for August and canceled those plans in May. The Blue Heron Farm, used by the Obamas, was purchased in November by a renowned British architect and his wife for $21.9 million. The farm had offered rentals at $50,000 a week.
Gardella said the president's absence will add a little flexibility to the island's end-of-
summer economy, from the number of rooms available to the income they can generate.
"They're not like the typical consumer,'' Gardella said of the president's large contingent. "They're not asking for deals or negotiating rates. They ask for no favors; they cause no trouble; they pay on time. They're the ideal customer."
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Top Items:
Sheldon Alberts / The Hill:
A minority posture for House GOP — WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - House Republicans appeared to be coming to grips with a stark realization as they returned to Washington from a three-day retreat here — they have a majority in name only. — The party begins the 113th Congress with reduced numbers …
Discussion: The Reaction, News Desk, Prairie Weather, Taegan Goddard's …, Booman Tribune and Dave Winer
Michael J.W. Stickings / The Reaction: A good day for sanity
Alex Koppelman / News Desk: A Return to Debt-Ceiling Normalcy?
BooMan / Booman Tribune: GOP Addresses Own Insanity
Paul Krugman:
Not With A Bang But With A Whimper — When you're wrong, you're wrong. I thought that by ruling out any way to bypass the debt limit, the White House was setting itself up, at least potentially, for an ignominious cave-in. But it appears that the strategy has worked, and it's the Republicans giving up.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Plum Line, Prairie Weather and Economist's View
Prairie Weather / The Moderate Voice: Obama Wins: There's Something to be Said for "Just" Surviving!
Mark Thoma / Economist's View: 'It Appears That the Strategy has Worked'
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
GOP takes off the suicide bomb vest
GOP takes off the suicide bomb vest
Jed Lewison / Daily Kos: More on the House GOP's new debt limit ransom demand, and by ransom demand I mean complete surrender
Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog: REPUBLICANS RELEASE CEOs AND GLOBAL FINANCIERS, KEEP ALL OTHER HOSTAGES
Michael J.W. Stickings / The Reaction: Gone! The Republicans fold.
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic: The Sound of Republicans on the Debt Ceiling Fight: Run Away! Run Away!
Hart Williams / his vorpal sword: Greatest Headline of the Day: 'GOP takes off the suicide bomb vest'
Steve Benen / The Maddow Blog: 'The Vote No/Hope Yes Caucus'
Steve Benen / msnbc.com: A new hostage, every three months
Thereisnospoon / Hullabaloo: GOP Leadership caves. For now. by @DavidOAtkins
Jonathan Bernstein / PostPartisan: GOP demand? A symbolic vote.
Matthew Boesler / Business Insider: The Disappearance Of 'The Hump' Is The Clearest Sign Yet That Markets Aren't Worried About The Debt Ceiling Anymore
Extreme Liberal / Angry Black Lady Chronicles: The Slow, Steady Demise of the Republican Party Continues
Rosalind S. Helderman / Post Politics: House Republicans to vote on three-month debt ceiling increase
Reid Pillifant / Capital New York: Republican leaders emerged from their caucus retreat in Williamsburg …
Henry Decker / The National Memo: House Republicans Announce Vote On Three-Month Debt Limit Extension
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
House G.O.P. Agrees to Lift Debt Ceiling for 3 Months
House G.O.P. Agrees to Lift Debt Ceiling for 3 Months
Emmarie Huetteman / The Caucus: The Weekend Word: Reversal
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine: Debt Ceiling Hostage Crisis Over!
Hugh Hewitt / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog: What MLB Can Teach the GOP: Tom Cole Sort of Announces When Pitchers and Catchers Report, Mostly
Yves Smith / naked capitalism: All Good Democrats Applaud Republicans Rearranging Battle Lines in Austerity Phony War
Quin Hillyer / American Spectator: Debt Ceiling Punt
David Firestone / Taking Note: Raising the Debt Ceiling, Inch by Inch
Steve Benen / The Maddow Blog: The GOP's new debt-ceiling condition
Mark Halperin / The Page: The Leverage — Republicans are now talking about raising …
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: Republicans Propose Three Month Debt Ceiling Increase
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect: Obama Emerges with a Win on the Debt Ceiling
Jake Sherman / Politico: House Republicans plan debt ceiling vote
Zachary Roth / msnbc.com: GOP caves on debt ceiling fight — for now
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Republican Debt Ceiling Gambit Is Unconstitutional
The Republican Debt Ceiling Gambit Is Unconstitutional
Discussion: The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Wonkblog, PoliticusUSA, Post Politics, The Reality-Based Community and The Hill
Jennifer Martinez / The Hill: Lankford criticizes Senate Democrats, Obama on budget
Talking Points Memo: Darrell Issa No Longer Believes GOP's Debt Ceiling Proposal Is Unconstitutional
Suzy Khimm / Wonkblog: The House GOP's new debt-ceiling plan
Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA: Don't Be Fooled By Eric Cantor's Desperate and Bogus Offer to Raise the Debt Ceiling
Rachel Weiner / Post Politics: Is "No Budget No Pay" constitutional?
Mark Kleiman / The Reality-Based Community: Let me be sure I have this clear
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Pelosi: GOP debt-limit plan a 'gimmick'
Pelosi: GOP debt-limit plan a 'gimmick'
Discussion: Politico
Patrick Reis / Politico: Wall Street analysts content with GOP move away from default
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Alabama's Clinic Escorts Protect Women From Anti-Abortion Protesters Singing 'Happy Birthday Dead Baby' — As the 40th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision approaches, anti-abortion fervor is reaching a fever pitch in some conservative areas. At Alabama's Women Center …
Discussion: Washington Monthly, al.com and Alan Colmes'
Kathleen Geier / Washington Monthly: "Happy birthday, dead baby!" and other charming tactics from "pro-life" clinic protesters
Kay Campbell / al.com: Huntsville's abortion rights activists — pro and con — claim moral, religious high ground
Alan Colmes': Escorts Needed To Protect Women From Anti-Abortion Protesters Singing "Happy Birthday, Dead Baby"
Amanda Marcotte / The Raw Story:
Rush Limbaugh Incites Violence Against Women Seeking Abortion
Rush Limbaugh Incites Violence Against Women Seeking Abortion
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Donald Douglas / American Power: This Over-the-Top Amanda Marcotte Anti-Rush Limbaugh Rant Demonstrates Just How Far Apart …
Erik Loomis / Lawyers, Guns & Money: Metaphor!!!! — Oh man, this is great. — Remember back, a long long time ago.
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Obama pushes gun control in address — President Obama on Saturday called on Congress to act on his gun-control proposals. — In his weekly address, the president said his administration has taken several steps this week to reduce gun violence. But lawmakers on Capitol Hill need …
Discussion: CNN
Gregory Wallace / CNN: Both parties look for action from Congress
Juan Williams / The Hill:
OPINION: Gun control efforts now central to President Obama's legacy
OPINION: Gun control efforts now central to President Obama's legacy
Discussion: Daily Kos and The PJ Tatler
Stephen Kruiser / The PJ Tatler: Juan Williams: 'Gun Control...Central To Obama's Legacy'
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News poll: Twice as many favor more guns over banning guns to reduce crime
Fox News poll: Twice as many favor more guns over banning guns to reduce crime
Discussion: Hot Air and Wall Street Journal
John R. Lott Jr / Wall Street Journal: The Facts About Assault Weapons and Crime
Randy Hall / NewsBusters:
Poll Shows NRA More Popular Than President Obama; As Usual, Media Ignore
Poll Shows NRA More Popular Than President Obama; As Usual, Media Ignore
Discussion: Weasel Zippers, americanthinker.com, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Post
Rick Moran / americanthinker.com: Poll: NRA more popular than Obama
Associated Press:
ALGERIAN ASSAULT ENDS CRISIS, 19 HOSTAGES DEAD — AIN AMENAS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the middle of the Sahara desert on Saturday in a "final assault" that ended a four-day-old hostage crisis, according to the state news agency and two foreign governments.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and The Gateway Pundit
Investor's Business Daily:
Obama's No. 1 Second-Term Goal—Win Back The House — President Obama takes the oath of office on Jan. 20, 2009, as his wife Michelle, holds the Lincoln Bible and daughters Sasha and Malia watch at the... View Enlarged Image — On the night President Obama won re-election …
New York Times:
Well-Trod Path: Political Donor to Ambassador — When President Obama hosted dozens of his top donors at the White House in late November for a celebratory post-election dinner of chicken and pumpkin pie, few in the room could claim to have done more to elect him than Anna Wintour, the editor of Vogue magazine.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Campaign Finance Reform Advocate Defeats Right Wing Millionaire In NY Senate Race … Progressive Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk has been elected to the New York State Senate over former Assemblyman George Amedore (R), after a successful court challenge led to the counting of 99 previously uncounted ballots from the November elections.
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David / Blue Mass Group:
Not how the news was supposed to go for Carmen Ortiz — Yesterday and today were supposed to be spectacular news days for US Attorney Carmen Ortiz: yesterday morning, hundreds of state and federal police successfully executed a massive raid on violent gangs in Boston, arresting 27 …
Kathleen Geier / Washington Monthly: Memorial for Aaron Swartz today in NYC at 4
Mark Kleiman / The Reality-Based Community: Aaron Swartz and plea bargaining
Erik Loomis / Lawyers, Guns & Money: The End of Carmen Ortiz's Political Career
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Algerian stance spoils U.S. strategy for region — LONDON — The hostage crisis in Algeria has upended the Obama administration's strategy for coordinating an international military campaign against al-Qaeda fighters in North Africa, leaving U.S., European and African leaders even more at odds over how to tackle the problem.
Discussion: Moon of Alabama
Chris McGreal / Guardian:
US confirms one American hostage killed in Algeria attack
US confirms one American hostage killed in Algeria attack
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Judy Shelton / Weekly Standard:
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Scott Johnson / Power Line: Depredations of the Fed
Megan McArdle / Asymmetrical Information:
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Neil Irwin / Wonkblog:
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Discussion: The Atlantic Online and Paul Krugman
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Todd J. Zywicki / Originals:
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Dean Esmay / Dean's World: Sarbanes-Oxley for Universities?