Posts Tagged ‘Hillary Clinton’
Thursday, August 28th, 2014
Russian forces in two armored columns captured a key southeastern coastal town near the Russian border Thursday after Ukrainian forces retreated in the face of superior firepower, a Ukrainian military spokesman said.
The two Russian columns, including tanks and armored fighting vehicles, entered the town of Novoazovsk on the Sea of Azov after a battle in which Ukrainian army positions came under fire from Grad rockets launched from Russian territory, according to the spokesman, Col. Andriy Lysenko.
Well, thank God for Hillary Clinton’s reset button, and Obama’s “flexibility” and smart diplomacy. Who knows what sort of mess that bungler Bush would have made of the situation.
And the UN Security Council is meeting. Since Russia still has a Security Council veto, don’t expect even the usual strongly worded letter.
Tags:Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton, Military, Russia, Ukraine, UN
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Friday, August 8th, 2014
Another roundup of news, a disproportionate amount from the Middle East, disproportionately bad.
Old and Busted: “Never again!” The New Hotness: “Genocide? Meh. Case-by-case basis.”
More on the ISIS campaign to wipe out the Yazidi and other religious minorities.
Obama says he’s authorizing air strikes “if necessary.” Even when threatening military action, Obama manages to sound wishy-washy.
There are conflicting reports as to weather ISIS or the Kurdish Pesh Merga hold the Mosul dam.
Hamas demands that Israel kick their ass some more.
Rick Perry: “Since September of ’08, we have seen 203,000 individuals who have illegally come into the United States — into Texas — booked in to Texas county jails…These individuals are responsible for over 3,000 homicides and almost 8,000 sexual assaults.”
Quiz: Real Salon or Parody Salon? Difficulty: Impossible.
Leland Yee pleads not guilty to racketeering charges. (Hat tip: Dwight.)
Won’t someone think of the poor federal employee who have nothing to do all day but spank their monkey to online porn?
Why did Austin mayor Lee Leffingwell proclaim a day in honor of convicted Louisiana felon Ed Edwards?
It has to be said: Hillary Clinton doesn’t have the fashion sense God gave a turtle. Two words: Lane Bryant.
Soldiers’ military kits from 1066 to 2014.
There’s a website dedicated to the world’s tallest men.
Tags:Austin, Border Controls, Ed Edwards, Foreign Policy, Hamas, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Israel, Jihad, Kurds, Lee Leffingwell, Leland Yee, Louisiana, Military, Pesh Merga, Rick Perry, Salon, Yazidi
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Friday, July 11th, 2014
More news from inside the handbasket, including the dust-up in Gaza and the illegal alien surge at the border:
Israel hits Gaza for a third day in retaliation for yet another round of rocket attacks. Is there really anything left to say about this that hasn’t been said before? Hamas is the elected government of Gaza, they fire rockets indiscriminately against Israeli civilians and fire them from their own civilian areas to maximize civilian damage at both ends, making them legitimate military targets under international law.
And speaking of rockets, Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system racks up a 90% success rate. (Hat tip: Ace of Spades HQ, who adds “Suck It 1980s Lefties”.)
And Hamas might be receiving taxpayer money.
Also speaking of rockets, in Iraq ISIS seizes control of one of Saddam’s chemical weapons sites, filled with rockets full of nerve gas agents. You know, the ones liberals swore didn’t exist in 2004…
Food inflation costs overwhlem wage growth.
Get ready for the next round of ObamaCare rate shock.
Scabies outbreak at the border. Well, that’s just lovely. Thanks, Obama!
Even Democrats think Obama should visit the border.
Are veterans being turned away from appointments because treating illegal aliens takes precedence? Caveat: Twitter is not a source.
But the Obama Administration seems to be going to great lengths to prevent lawmakers from inspecting illegal alien holding facilities.
“We can medically treat non-citizens in a few days, maybe even hours, but not our own veterans.”
Planes full of illegal aliens landing in El Paso.
They’re even trying to house illegal aliens in Virginia.
The scale of the problem:
Important reminder: Not all Hispanic immigrants are in favor of unlimited illegal aliens coming to the country.
Greg Abbott criticizes Obama. “Whether it’s on the broken VA system, or our porous border, he is all talk and no action. He’s all hat and no cattle.”
Airlines reduce flights to Venezuela due to cash trapped in the country by currency controls. How’s that socialism working out for ya?
Hillary Clinton and Adultery. Then again, maybe Hillary is one of Ashley Madison’s fake profiles.
Hillary’s book drops off the Amazon 100 list. Evidently there are tens of millions of Democrats who found that not buying Hard Choices was, in fact, an easy choice…
Public employees union AFSCME severs ties with the United negro College Fund because they took money from the Koch brothers. So it’s more important to display their hate than to help black people go to college…
50 colleges now charge more than $60,000 a year to attend, and Harvard, Yale and MIT are not among them. (Hat tip: Instapundit.)
Evidently former Merrill Lynch chairman Stan O’Neal wants this to disappear.
Tags:AFSCME, amnesty, Border Controls, chemical weapons, college, Democrats, education, El Paso, Gaza, Greg Abbott, Hamas, Hillary Clinton, inflation, Iron Dome, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Israel, Jihad, Obama, ObamaCare, Scabies, Strategic Defense Initiative, unions, Virginia, Welfare State
Posted in Austin, Border Control, Communism, Democrats, Foreign Policy, Jihad, Obama Scandals, ObamaCare, Texas, unions, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State | 1 Comment »
Friday, June 27th, 2014
A small LinkSwarm for a busy Friday:
Evidently Obama wants $500 million to arm the Syrian rebels that we’re supposedly trying to fight in Iraq. Oh, the article says he wants to arm “moderate” rebels. Has anyone seen these moderate rebels? Who are they? Kurds? Oppressed Christians? The problem isn’t that they don’t exist, the problem is that the actual moderates seem to have forces too small to affect the outcome of the fight, and I don’t trust this administration on, well, anything, but especially on their ability to discern the difference between “moderate” rebels and radical Islamic militias from 6,000 miles away….
Welcome to the ObamaCare Death Spiral.
The War Nerd suggests that Putin is mucking around in eastern Ukraine less to take it outright than to keep it at a simmer so he gets to keep the Crimea without a fight. Also include this epic quote: “Tom Friedman, the Michael Jordan of wrong.”
Obama gets unanimous beatdown from the Supreme Court. For the 13th time.
Even liberals are turned off by Hillary’s poor, poor pitiful me act.
As Hillary Clinton gears up for a Presidential run in 2016, ABC decides to make one of Bill Clinton’s chief aides a network anchor. Lovely.
Hillary’s book sells more than 100,000 copies, but woefully short of what it would need to earn back it’s whopping $14 million advance…
“Did Obama Fail Black America?” Obviously the question mark is unnecessary, as the only question is whether that headline is one or two words too long.
Feminism: The Tiny Elite: “You don’t have to look far to realize that victimhood is the flavor of the moment in America. Deeming oneself a victim delivers an afforded reverence, especially if said victimhood is biologically based.” Today feminism is “a group working largely for the interests of elite white women.” (Hat tip: Instapundit.)
How the media discriminates against stories than indict big government.
Phil Collins donates his extensive collection of Alamo relics to the state. In fact, Collins is donating not only his existing collection, but stuff he continues to acquire. Three cheers for him.
Much like obeying the law, word problems are not Democratic Rep. Alcee Hastings’ strong suit.
Texas man told to remove American flag from his balcony because it was “a threat to Muslims.” Get a rope…
Far-left cartoonist Ted Rall gets the axe. I’m not sure there’s a violin tiny enough…
Finally, you too can own the screenplay to Manos: The Hands of Fate.
I hope to have a longer post of the kangaroo court trying Michael Quinn Sullivan next week…
Tags:ABC, Alcee Hastings, Democrats, feminism, George Stephanopoulos, Hillary Clinton, Iowahawk, Iraq, Jihad, John Stossel, LinkSwarm, Media Watch, ObamaCare, Phil Collins, Syria, Ted Rall, Ukraine
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
Hot on the heels of Hillary Clinton claiming that her family was dead broke in 2001 (for certain values of “dead broke” that include being worth more than $20 million) comes news that Hillary has doubled down on the “shucks, we’re just regular folks” gambit.
In an interview with The Guardian, Clinton said she isn’t “truly well off”:
But with her huge personal wealth, how could Clinton possibly hope to be credible on this issue when people see her as part of the problem, not its solution?
“But they don’t see me as part of the problem,” she protests, “because we pay ordinary income tax, unlike a lot of people who are truly well off, not to name names; and we’ve done it through dint of hard work,” she says, letting off another burst of laughter. If past form is any guide, she must be finding my question painful.
The full quote is actually more damning than just the “not truly well off” bit because it suggests an even more radical disconnect from the economic reality most Americans face every day. Evidently Hillary is suggesting she gets a pass from class warfare envy because: A.) She and Bill have actually deigned to obey the law by paying taxes, and B.) Americans know just how hard it is for Bill to give $103 million worth of speeches.
A few choice reactions:
Moreover, Hillary’s daughter seems to have picked up on her mother’s entitlement issues. It seems that the woman married to a former Goldman Sachs manager who started his own hedge fund, the woman who owns a $10 million Manhattan apartment, the woman who was given a $3 million wedding and the woman who MSNBC paid $600,000 a year to (or $26,724 for every minute she appeared on-air) says she doesn’t care about money.
At least one pundit has suggested that Hillary’s clan suffers from “Status-Income Disequilibrium”, in which people with All The Right Opinions suddenly realize how much wealthier fellow members of the Overclass are. Or, as Rush Limbaugh puts it, “in [Hillary]’s world, $50 million is peanuts.”
Let’s give Bill Clinton one small piece of praise in all this: As far as I can tell, on this particular subject he’s apparently been smart enough to keep his mouth shut…
Tags:Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Democrats, Economics, Hillary Clinton, Rush Limbaugh, video, wealth
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2014
Texans: Don’t forget to vote in the runoff today!
Now a LinkSwarm to follow the Memorial Day weekend.
Hillary 2008: “Forget a new campaign managers[sic], she needed a Feng Shui consultant—or an exorcist.”
How ObamaCare screws black doctors.
One of the first polls of doctor’s offices dealing with ObamaCare patients. Tidbits:
“We are going to have to hire additional staff just to manage the insurance verification process.”
“Identification of ACA plans has been an administrative nightmare.”
“Patients have been very confused about benefits and their portion of the cost. Once the patients find out their deductible, they’ve cancelled appointments and procedures.”
ObamaCare is also sowing union/management discord and threatening to cause strikes across the nation.
“Such dealings as I have had with the New York Times suggest to me very strongly that condescending is the house style.”
Nothing says “open-minded” quite like comparing NRA members to supporters of Hitler.
Liberal publications: The whitest guys in the room.
More examples of that voting fraud Democrats swear doesn’t exit. (Hat tip: Instapundit.)
South Carolina replaces Gender Studies with Constitutional Studies.
“Journalists feel particularly underpaid with regard to their self-assessed status.” You don’t say…
I’m sure an MSNBC host dismissing the Holocaust is precisely the image General Electric wants to convey to shareholders.
Terrorist associate given pass by Obama Administration.
The EUrocrats are visibly miffed that members of the peasantry still think they’re allowed to hold opinions contrary to their betters.
More on the victories of UKIP and other Euroskeptic parties: “Populism is a favourite Eurocrat word, meaning ‘when politicians do what their constituents want’ — or, as we call it in English, ‘democracy’.”
Why did John Kerry work so hard to save the life of an illegal alien cop killer?
Getting press accreditation in Fredonia the “People’s Republic of Donetsk.”
Speaking of Donetsk, Ukraine launched an airstrike to retake the airport there.
Another day, another 27 people killed by Jihad in Yemen.
In Thailand, a mountain of rice builds up, thanks to an ill-advised agricultural subsidy scheme.
Mexican drug cartel threatens U.S. law enforcement via billboard.
“Amazon vows 10,000 robots in warehouses by year’s end.” Robots don’t need ObamaCare, or a $15 an hour minimum wage… (Hat tip: Instapundit.)
You deserve a fake today.
All-female J-Pop group AKB48 attacked by a man with a folding saw. When oh when will Japan institute “common sense” saw control? (Hat tip: Dwight.)
Mark Steyn reviews Hotel Rwanda.
Dear NASA: they’re on to you!
Acid-dropping LARP-er guy puts on a clinic of what not to say in an interview when you’re facing felony charges.
Finally, two tweets on the VA hospital scandal:
Tags:Amazon, Border Controls, Hillary Clinton, Japan, Jihad, MSNBC, New York Times, NRA, ObamaCare, People’s Republic of Donetsk, Russia, Thailand, Ukraine, Welfare State, Yemen
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2014
Time for another roundup of gun and crime news. As always Democrats are trying to take guns away from the good guys, while the good guys are shooting the stupidest of the bad guys:
Supreme Court refuses to hear Drake v. Jerejian, leaving intact New Jersey’s anti-Second Amendment law requiring citizens to “show need” before being allowed a concealed carry permit. This leaves Heller nominally in place, but allows states to deprive law-abiding citizens of the Second Amendment rights for essentially capricious reasons.
The big news in the gun-grabber ranks, just in case you hadn’t noticed, is Bloomberg merging two of his gun-grabbing front groups into the single Everytown for Gun Safety. The goal, of course, remains the same: The complete disarmament of American civilians. But you couldn’t tell that from their website or spokespeople, who are deliberately vague when asked for specifics. Hint: Your need to keep changing your name is a sign you’re losing.
In related news, the head of Bloomberg’s Mayors Against illegal guns quits.
Louisiana wants to give lawmakers gun rights not enjoyed by ordinary citizens. I think you’ve got some equal protection clause issues there, Catou… (Hat tip: Alphecca.)
Hillary Clinton attacks “gun culture.” How nice of Hillary to remind gun owners that she’s a genuine foe of the Second Amendment prior to 2016. (Hat tip: Alphecca.)
Bonus:
Is the NRA falling victim to its own success and losing focus?
Missed this earlier: Smith & Wesson and Ruger leave California over unworkable microstamping law.
New Orleans teen shot in the head during a burglary attempt is arrested for another burglary attempt just blocks away from where he got shot Dude, being shot in the head is a giant clue that you should be pursuing a different career path…
Two burglars shot dead in Sacramento.
Murderer has sentence reduced and is to be released into the hands of director Richard Linklater, who made the movie Bernie about him. Uh, I don’t think this is the way the justice system is supposed to work… (Hat tip: Dwight.)
Man shot through door by fake policeman.
Try to steal a man’s worktools from his truck three times? That’s an ass-shooting.
If I had a hammer/I’d hammer the pizza delivery guy/But if he had a gun/He’d shoot my stupid thug ass.
Bad gun use in popular media. With an entire section on The Walking Dead. (Hat tip: Say Uncle.)
Tags:Everytown for Gun Safety, gun control, Guns, Hillary Clinton, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Michael Bloomberg, New Jersey, Texas
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Friday, February 14th, 2014
Well, this is interesting.
Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton have built a sprawling network of powerful friends around the globe, one that could aid Mrs. Clinton’s chances were she to seek the presidency. But those relationships often come with intersecting interests and political complications; few people illustrate that more vividly than the Ukrainian oligarch Victor Pinchuk.
A steel magnate and major contributor to the former president’s foundation, Mr. Pinchuk was in frequent contact with Mrs. Clinton’s State Department, at meetings arranged by a Clinton political operative turned lobbyist, Douglas E. Schoen.
Is Mr. Pinchuk politically collected in Ukriane? And how.
Mr. Pinchuk’s image is not without blemish: His father-in-law is Leonid Kuchma, who was president of Ukraine from 1994 to 2005 and led a government criticized for corruption, nepotism and the murder of dissident journalists. As president, Mr. Kuchma privatized a huge state steel factory and sold it to Mr. Pinchuk’s consortium for about $800 million, which competitors said was a laughably low price.
And who did Mr. Pinchuk’s father-in-law appoint Prime Minister?
That’s right: Viktor Yanukovych, current President of Ukraine and Putin toady.
Do Pinchuk and Yanukovych know each other?
I think that’s a safe assumption.
Pinchuk backed Yanukovych in the 2004 election, but since then he appears to have broken away from Yanukovych and is a EuroMaidan backer. Maybe Pinchuk is on the side of the angels (even if only for business reasons). That Tablet piece also notes his Jewish roots and says he’s the second richest man in Ukraine.
But I thought it was a connection worth noting. Mr. Pinchuk is an interesting figure, and it’s interesting that he’s in Hillary’s circles of associates. And I’m not sure it’s a good thing for potential presidential candidates to pal around with foreign oligarchs…
Tags:Democrats, EuroMaidan, Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton, Leonid Kuchma, Ukraine, Victor Pinchuk, Viktor Yanukovych
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