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2010-04-25T23:59:00.000-07:00

VIDEO: Gun Confiscation After Katrina

2010-04-19T12:33:00.000-07:00

Press Secretary for President with most camera time in history mocks White House press for posing for cameras
Via Politico

Apparently, Gibbs would rather the press simply print whatever Obama asks them to, and stop wasting time actually questioning him.

Press secretary Robert Gibbs chided the White House press
corps Sunday, saying that some of its members are more interested in camera time than reporting.

“I wonder at times what it would be like” at his daily briefings “if we turned the cameras off, and we could just have a discussion,” Gibbs said on CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” likening the events to a “cable TV show.”

“I sometimes joke that I know when somebody thinks they have a good question, because when I walk in they've already got their makeup on.”

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2010-04-19T11:12:00.001-07:00

Raciiiiiiiiiist!

2010-04-19T10:25:00.000-07:00

Octopus steals diver's camera and films itself
Via CBS News

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2010-04-19T08:24:00.000-07:00

Obama's Astroturf Anti-Tea Party group walks around Tea Party with sign and claims it's their own rally?

As reported on Redstate on Sunday, the leftist hacks have created another fake grassroots website called 'The Other 95%.'

The website purports to be authentically grassroots, though one must wonder when the last time was any grassroots activist took the time to defend the government.

The designer is affilated with MoveOn.org and other leftwing sites and causes.

But most notable, the donations page makes donations out to Democracy in Action. Democracy in Action is not for individual activists to use. It is for small and medium sized 501(c)(3) organizations and others on the left. Among its clients? ACORN, True Majority, NAACP, and others.

How pathetic is this group? Apparently, so pathetic that they have to gather all 16 of their members together and parade a sign through the middle of an actual Tea Party, taking photos to make it look as though the entire rally is their own. They then post the photos to their website and rant about how successful their rally was.

Embarrassing. How stupid does someone have to be to fall for this nonsense?

2010-04-17T01:31:00.000-07:00

Andrew Breitbart: Why We Fight
Via Big Hollywood

2010-04-15T22:19:00.001-07:00

Photos: Sacramento Tax-Day Tea Party; Special bonus photos of loser going to jail

They were ready, just in case some of us right-wing, radical, terrorists had acted up.

This was the only real excitement today. As I was leaving the Tea Party, this loser almost knocked me down running by me from behind, followed closely by another dude chasing him. Apparently, he had just robbed a jewelery store. The guy chasing him tackled him just moments later in an alley and several Sacramento Police officers quickly had him under control. It's not often you find yourself just a few feet away from an incident like this, and just happen to have your camera in your hand.

What sort of moron robs a jewelery store during an event requiring cops on every corner?

Guess what he was saying. No kidding!

"I didn't do nuttin!"

Dude talking to me (gray sweatshirt) while I took this shot is the guy who chased him down and laid him out. Great job!

You can't see her in this shot, but there's an absolutely gorgeous police canine barking up a storm in the back seat. It might have been fun to see her tackle the moron. The guy who tackled him is in the gray sweatshirt.

Heh. Spiderman backpack. What an infant.

California Tax Day Tea Party from Lipstick Underground on Vimeo.

2010-04-13T14:52:00.000-07:00

Mary J. Blige finds the Stairway to Heaven

Awesome

Stairway To Heaven: Making-of - Mary J. Blige @ Yahoo! Video

2010-04-13T12:45:00.000-07:00

YOU LIE: $3.9 billion tax increase on the middle class - in one year alone
Via The Hill

Hey, remember this?

Somewhere, Joe Wilson is laughing.

Taxpayers earning less than $200,000 a year will pay roughly $3.9 billion more in taxes — in 2019 alone — due to healthcare reform, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation, Congress's official scorekeeper.

The healthcare law contains tax breaks for individuals purchasing health insurance, but the breaks phase out for those making $88,000 a year.

Couples earning less than $250,000 will also nicked by the tax, but the exact number is unclear. The JCT lumps this income level in with those making at least $500,000. It estimates that 58,000 taxpayers earning between $200,000 and $500,000 annually will pay $74 million more in taxes in 2019.

CLICK HERE to read the entire article

2010-04-12T14:28:00.000-07:00

Irony: Famous Senator who believes in taxing everything now really angry that airlines want to charge for everything
Via AFP

Democratic US Senator Chuck Schumer has warned he may
introduce legislation to bar airlines from imposing fees for carry-on luggage, joining a congressional chorus of outrage at such charges.

Schumer urged US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in a letter Friday to repeal a regulation that may encourage such fees by exempting services not deemed "reasonably necessary" -- like providing in-flight snacks -- from taxes.

Is there anything the government feels they shouldn't get involved in? The bottom line is that consumers ultimately have the power to put a stop to this. Passengers will eventually stop using airlines that use such tactics and the competition will eventually lead to lower prices. If government does insist on banning such fees, the airlines will simply jack up standard prices to make up the difference.

I wouldn't expect someone like Schumer to grasp such a simple concept.

First money quote:

"Peanuts may not be reasonably necessary for air travel,
but the ability to carry a bag onto a flight is," Schumer wrote

Says the man who wants to force every living person to purchase a specific product ... simply for being born.

Second money quote:

"What will the airlines think up next, a fee for reclining your seat?" said Menendez, lead author of a measure to require airline and travel websites to provide such information to travelers before they book their tickets.

Don't give Chucky Schumer any ideas. You can bet he'll find a way to tax the number of times you lift the seat of your toilet.

CLICK HERE to read the entire article

2010-04-09T11:33:00.000-07:00

Thugtastic! Alan Grayson acts like mafia thug; Interrupts Republican District Meeting
Via Tea Party Patriots

On Thursday, April 8th, 2010, Congressman Alan Grayson, Democrat in Florida’s 8th district, interrupted a district meeting of the local Orange County Republican Executive Committee. The meeting was being held at Perkins, a family restaurant.

Matthew Falconer, candidate for Orange County Mayor, quickly challenged Alan’s rudeness. Grayson demanded not to be interrupted, but Falconer quickly reminded the congressman that he is in fact interrupting their meeting.

Linda O’Keefe, member of the Orange County Republican Executive Committee and extraordinary patriot volunteer with the Orlando Tea Party said, “I’m wondering if Grayson realizes that we do still, for now, have the right to assemble! But can’t we have a meeting without being interrupted by our congressman?”

In another video, Alan Grayson (at 3:00 in the video) challenged the female recording the video and abruptly leaves.

CLICK HERE to read the entire article

2010-04-09T02:01:00.001-07:00

Texas Sheriff to citizens of border town: "Arm yourselves"
Via NPR

Last week, residents held a town-hall meeting in Fort Hancock, Texas — a sleepy agricultural town on the border, about an hour southeast of El Paso, that looks like the bleak set of No Country for Old Men.

A couple hundred people crowded into the grade-school gym to hear a chilling message from Hudspeth County Sheriff Arvin West.

"You farmers, I'm telling you right now, arm yourselves," he said. "As they say the old story is, it's better to be tried by 12 than carried by six. Damn it, I don't want to see six people carrying you."

His warning was prompted by the killing of the Arizona rancher, and the spiraling violence a couple of miles away in Mexico in a region known as the Valley of Juarez. The notorious smuggling territory is being fought over by the Sinaloan and the Juarez cartels.

"One of the men that works for me had five people killed in front of his house over there [in Mexico] this past weekend," says Curtis Carr, who is a farmer and county commissioner. "And he's moving his family over here this week. It's serious over there. Whether or not it's gonna spill over here, I don't know."

CLICK HERE for source

2010-04-08T21:53:00.000-07:00

Arizona House approves bill allowing concealed weapons without a permit
Via Associated Press

I'm moving to Arizona.

The Arizona House voted Thursday to make the state the third in the nation to allow people to carry concealed weapons without a permit, sending the governor a bill that would allow Arizonans to forego background checks and classes that are now required.

The legislation, approved by the House 36-19 without discussion, would make it legal for most U.S. citizens 21 or older to carry a concealed weapon in Arizona without the permit now required.

Sen. Russell Pearce, a Mesa Republican who sponsored the measure, said last week that he added changes requested by Gov. Jan Brewer's office, an indication that she is likely to sign it.

If the legislation is enacted, Arizona would join Alaska and Vermont in not requiring permits to carry concealed weapons.

I'd love to hear what John McCain thinks about this. I believe I'm going to give his office a call tomorrow. If I get a response, I'll update this post. Stay tuned.

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2010-04-08T12:09:00.000-07:00

YOU LIE! Are Census workers simply 'making up' data now?
Via Associated Press

[Emphasis added]

Placing a cap on costs if immigrants try to evade the count, the response plan notes that a census worker will attempt to visit a home six times at most — or fewer, if a resident makes clear he won't cooperate — before the worker questions neighbors to get the information. If that fails,the Census Bureau will statistically impute data based on characteristics of neighboring households.

In 2000, imputation, a statistical method that was not part of previous court battles over statistical sampling, increased the U.S. population by 1.1 million, particularly among urban racial minorities who would have been missed by a head count.

Conservatives who refuse to participate may also be counted by way of neighbor questioning or statistical imputation.

With this news, I now wonder why the need to answer a single question? Does anyone really believe that "700,000 temporary workers", most of which have almost assuredly taken 'The Obama Pledge', would not simply enter whatever number necessary to obtain the results needed to best benefit their Messiah or their own local district?

I'd be interested to know how many current of former ACORN workers are now working for the Census.

CLICK HERE to read the entire article

2010-04-02T08:34:00.000-07:00

World turned upside down: FEDS now sending agents out to help illegal aliens find jobs and to make sure they're paid well
Via Contra Costa Times

Armed with coffee, not handcuffs, investigators from the U.S. Department of Labor chatted warmly with Latino immigrant workers about how to find jobs without being exploited.

"We're the feds, but the good ones," said Paul Ramirez, speaking in Spanish inside the Michael Chavez Center, a gathering spot for day laborers. "We're here to help workers."

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2010-04-02T08:26:00.000-07:00

Dem Congressman Phil Hare says he doesn't care about the Constitution

Hat Tip: HotAir

2010-03-26T17:32:00.000-07:00

Famous shoe collector running for Congress in the Philippines
Via Associated Press

BATAC, Philippines – Imelda Marcos, the former first lady forever associated with diamonds and a huge shoe collection, put on a bright orange tunic and hit the campaign trail Friday in a bid to re-enter Philippine Congress — a remarkable feat for the widow of a dictator seeking to clear his sullied name.

The 80-year-old Marcos, her hair coifed back and elegant leather sandals on her feet, led journalists at daybreak to the mausoleum of Ferdinand Marcos in his northern Philippine stronghold, where she kissed his glass coffin as cameras snapped.

"This is one of our major injustices," she said, adding her victory would bring closer her dream of burying her husband in a heroes' cemetery in Manila. Such a move has been denied by successive governments since Marcos' death in U.S. exile in 1989, three years after his ouster in a "people power" revolt.

The Marcoses were accused of corruption, political repression and widespread human rights abuses during Ferdinand Marcos' 20-year iron-fisted rule.

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2010-03-26T17:30:00.000-07:00

Air America going out the same way they came in; Dirty-rotten to the core
Via Geekosystem

It’s been reported that since progressive radio network Air America filed for bankruptcy on January 25th, 2010, everything has been for sale in the companywide liquidation that’s followed. The auction began today at 11:00 EDT.

While there may be something poignant about that for fans of the network, there’s one thing on the auction block that’s likely to bother them more than the broadcast equipment and cubicles: Their e-mail mailing list, which auctioneers are billing at “intellectual property.”

This in spite of the fact that Air America’s privacy agreement said that newsletter e-mail addresses “[would] not be divulged to any third party” as recently as January 17th of this year.

From Maltz Auctions’ auction details for the sale:

Intellectual Property:

Company Name: Air America Media, LLC
Domain Name: AirAmerica.com
Company Phone Numbers
E-mail Mailing List (emphasis added)

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2010-03-22T10:45:00.000-07:00

Gerald Celente: Crash of 2010 Is Looming

2010-03-22T00:52:00.001-07:00

DISGRACE! NY Times runs photo essay showing bedrooms of dead American soldiers
Via NY Times

Of all the nasty things I've seen the NY Times do in my lifetime, I've never seen worse. What's it going to take to put this commie rag six feet under?

Follow the link, if you think you have the stomach for it.

Contact the NY Times HERE.

2010-03-20T15:33:00.001-07:00

Maxine Waters' admission that she's a commie never gets old

2010-03-20T15:18:00.000-07:00

Will Congress go through with their suicide?

2010-03-19T12:45:00.000-07:00

Congressman Mike Rogers' opening statement on Health Care reform

2010-03-18T15:32:00.000-07:00

Schumer and GrAmnesty announce their latest 'Amnesty Plan'
Update: Obama endorses
Via LA Times

All those groups who battled so hard last time around, better be regrouping. This round is going to be much tougher.

Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) have proposed a comprehensive, bipartisan immigration reform framework that would include tougher border enforcement, creation of biometric Social Security cards and a path to legalization for the nation's estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants.

The announcement of the plan, which brought immediate praise from President Obama, comes days before a pro-immigration march scheduled for the nation’s capital on Sunday.

”It thoughtfully addresses the need to shore up our borders, and demands accountability from both workers who are here illegally and employers who game the system,” Obama said in a prepared statement.

“A critical next step will be to translate their framework into a legislative proposal, and for Congress to act at the earliest possible opportunity.”

The plan includes four basic pillars, including the creation of biometric Social Security cards to ensure illegal workers cannot get jobs in the future; fulfilling and strengthening border security and interior enforcement; creating a process for admitting temporary workers; and implementing a tough but fair path to legalization for those already here.

Update: Obama endorses the plan

I've spent the last several days making phone calls and firing off emails to various group leaders and I'm not feeling too good about the response. Many of those who led the previous fight are telling me they are "too tired" or "too busy" to go through it again.

This is totally understandable and I'm also exausted, but I hope these former heroes are able to find that motivation again soon. We're going to need everyone standing on the front lines or ... we'll lose. And who will win? Think about it ...

La Raza
MEChA
Mara Salvatrucha - MS-13

If we slack, this is who wins:

Photos courtesy of IllegalAliensGottaGo

2010-03-18T13:41:00.000-07:00

Democrat Rep. Tom Perriello: "If you don't tie our hands, we will keep stealing"

2010-03-18T12:15:00.000-07:00

Punish These Fools: Vulnerable House Democrats who just voted that the health care bill does not require a separate vote
Via Jim Geraghty/National Review

As reported on NRO:

At first glance, here are some of the vulnerable House Democrats who just voted that the health care bill does not require a separate vote, and that demonpass/deem-and-pass is just dandy:

Jason Altmire, Pennsylvania.
John Barrow, Georgia.
John Boccieri, Ohio.
Allen Boyd, Florida.
Leonard Boswell, Iowa.
Joe Donnelly, Indiana.
Brad Ellsworth, Indiana.
Baron Hill, Indiana.
Marcy Kaptur, Ohio.
Dan Maffei, New York.
Jim Marshall, Georgia.
Jim Matheson, Utah.
Michael McMahon, New York.
Betsy Markey, Colorado.
Patrick Murphy, Pennsylvania.
Earl Pomeroy, North Dakota.
Nick Rahall, West Virginia.
Joe Sestak, Pennsylvania.
Carol Shea Porter, New Hampshire.
Ike Skelton, Missouri.
Zach Space, Ohio.
John Spratt, South Carolina.
Charlie Wilson, Ohio.

This does not count retirees.

2010-03-18T12:03:00.000-07:00

Video: Coburn to House members: Sell your vote on health care, and I will destroy you
Via The Daily Caller

2010-03-18T10:39:00.000-07:00

Obama at the Bat

2010-03-18T00:31:00.000-07:00

County welfare for kids of illegal aliens tops $50 million in January alone
Via The Signal

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich released figures from the Department of Public Social Services showing that illegal aliens' children born in the United States collected more than $50 million in welfare benefits (CALWORKS + Food Stamps) for the month of January.

Approximately 23 percent of all CALWORKS and food stamp issuances in Los Angeles County are made to parents who reside in the United States illegally and collect benefits for their native-born children.

"When you add this to $350 million for public safety and nearly $500 million for healthcare, the total cost for illegal immigrants to County taxpayers far exceeds $1 billion a year - not including the millions of dollars for education," Antonovich said.

Hat Tip: Diggers Realm

2010-03-18T00:21:00.001-07:00

Illegal Aliens Cost LA County Over $1.5 Billion Per Year - Not Including Education
Via Diggers Realm

One county in one state, that is what Los Angeles County is in the grand scheme of things. Just one county among the 3,100+ that encompass the whole of the United States. This one county though is facing an unparalleled burden of shouldering over $1 billion dollars per year in spending on illegal aliens and their children. This number does not even include the costs of education and other expenses not mentioned in the report below by Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich.

LA County spent $50 million in January alone for food stamps and other welfare services. That's per month. Lets calculate this... 50 x 12, $600 million, then add in the $500 million for the health care mentioned int e report below and the $350 million for public safety... I have no problem stating that the true numbers are probably more than $1.5 billion annually - still not including education. And that's just public spending through the government, imagine the private costs people are paying in terms of higher insurance rates to cover all the illegal alien drivers without insurance who get in accidents... or the expense people are paying due to being victims of identity theft when an illegal steals their identity to get a job or housing (and the depression that occurs when you get a tax due notice from the IRS for monies you didn't earn).

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2010-03-18T00:12:00.000-07:00

Shane Sparks charged with eight counts of child molestation; pleads not-guilty
Via ContactMusic.com

Emmy-nominated reality TV star SHANE SPARKS has pleaded not guilty to child molestation charges.

Sparks, best known as a judge on Randy Jackson's hit MTV show America's Best Dance Crew, was taken into Los Angeles police custody on a felony warrant in December (09), and charged with eight counts of child molestation, reports TMZ.com.

According to the criminal complaint filed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office, Sparks allegedly committed lewd acts upon a child in multiple incidents starting back in 1994.

The acts include oral copulation and other acts "with the intent of arousing, appealing to, and gratifying the lust, passions, and sexual desires of the defendant, who was at least 10 years older than (the victim)."

His attorney, Steve Meister, previously called the accusations "extortion, Hollywood style", and insisted the charges "are completely without merit".

Sparks is due back in court on 20 April (10).

2010-03-17T23:58:00.000-07:00

Mr. Pot Head demands that Starbucks kick customers out for doing something perfectly legal

Apparently Los Angeles City Councilman ~~Mr. Pot Head~~ Paul Koretz is scared of guns. Koretz is busy attacking Starbucks for daring to allow U.S. citizens to practice a Constitutionally legal right.

A Los Angeles councilman wants Starbucks to add another phrase to its no-shirt, no-service policy: no guns.

"Nothing has happened in Los Angeles yet, but I'm concerned about what could happen," Koretz said. "It is a frightening thought in terms of public safety of having people walking around armed.

Maybe it's because he is responsible for the fact that a good portion of Los Angeles citizens are running around town high on various sorts of drugs.

I'd have to agree that allowing druggies to run around town carrying weapons is not a great idea, but I'd suggest that the drug situation might be a better target for his concern. Drugs? No problem. Legal guns? Help! Run! Danger!

None of this is any surprise, coming from ~~Mr. Pot Head~~ Koretz. For anyone who's not familiar with his far-left, pacifist, anti-Bush rants in the past, I'll give you a few examples.

Koretz seems to spend most of his spare time repeating the previous night's Keith Olbermann show. It's so creepy, I'm wondering if Olbermann should consider obtaining a restraining order on the man. Here's a few of Koretz' quotes from an op-ed he wrote for WeHoNews.com in 2007 [Emphasis added]:

"Another inhumane action by the Bush Administration? I guess I shouldn’t have been so surprised. This is the same President who lied to get us into the disastrous war in Iraq for his own purposes, and whose use of torture has embarrassed us in the eyes of the world."

"Since there doesn’t seem to be a way to win in Iraq, he has declared war on a target less able to fight back—the sick and the dying. Shutting down medical marijuana dispensaries is shockingly pointless and cruel. Have you no shame, Mr. President?"

"Right now, it is 727 days, 11 hours, 48 minutes and 10 seconds until President Bush’s last day. Not that anyone is counting."

SERIOUSLY?! Does this guy tape each show and then write Olbermann's quotes down in his journal for his own use later on?

Koretz also sponsored AB352:

AB352, legislation sponsored by Assembly Member Paul Koretz (D-42), that would require that after a certain date, the make, model, and serial number be microstamped onto the interior surface or internal working parts of all handguns in such a manner that those identifiers are imprinted onto the cartridge case upon firing, was defeated in the closing minutes of the session last night. Per AB352, Handguns that did not include their identifying information would be defined as “unsafe,” and their manufacture, sale, and transfer would be a crime.

IF you're not convinced already, Koretz just happens to be the lunatic who introduced amendments to Assembly Joint Resolution No. 39. What were these amendments calling for, you ask?

California Assemblyman Paul Koretz of Los Angeles (where the LA Times has now called for Cheney's resignation) has submitted amendments to Assembly Joint Resolution No. 39, calling for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney.

It's impossible to get bored with this guy. The entertainment just keeps coming ...

Democratic Assemblyman Paul Koretz had called bans on gay marriage "the last frontier of bigotry and discrimination."

Maybe Mr. Pot Head ought to be more concerned with keeping guns and drugs out of the hands of criminals and gang members, instead of innocent law abiding citizens who simply want to have the ability to protect themselves from lunatics who do things like this on a daily basis in his own district.

E-mail Mr. Pot Head at paul.koretz@lacity.org and let him know how you feel

2010-03-17T13:53:00.000-07:00

Obama in Baier interview: 'procedural rules don't apply to me'

2010-03-17T13:35:00.000-07:00

What Constitution? Hawaii working on law that gives them the right to 'ignore citizens they don't feel like talking to'
Via Associated Press

As the state continues to receive e-mails seeking Obama's birth certificate, the state House Judiciary Committee heard a bill Tuesday permitting government officials to ignore people who won't give up.

The issue coincides with Sunshine Week, when news organizations promote open government and freedom of information.

"Do we really want to be known internationally as the Legislature that blocked any inquiries into where President Obama was born?" asked Rep. Cynthia Thielen, R-Kaneohe-Kailua. "When people want to get more information, the way to fuel that fire is to say, 'We're now going to draw down a veil of secrecy.'"

If the measure passed, the state Office of Information Practices could declare an individual a "vexatious requester" and restrict rights to government records for two years.

The committee will schedule a vote on the measure, said Chairman Jon Riki Karamatsu, D-Waipahu-Waikele.

The measure is SB2937

CONTACT the House Judiciary Committee HERE

CLICK HERE to read the entire article

2010-03-15T00:57:00.000-07:00

Trailer: An Inconvenient Tax

VISIT THE WEBSITE for information on screenings

2010-03-14T17:57:00.000-07:00

The Messiah: New York Times superimposes a cross into Obama photo
Via New York Times

Apparently, the Communist takeover of the New York Times is complete, and they're not even trying to hide it any longer.

CLICK HERE to see the amazing propaganda in all it's glory.

Doug Ross writes:

Let's review the central attributes of the photograph:

Obama, in what has become a tradition for the media, is deified with lighting that resembles a halo (ever recall the use of similar lighting for George W. Bush?)

Deification is further emphasized through the use of a cross watermark, courtesy of a mosaic filter

The focus, however, is on Obama's single upraised finger, the digit pointing towards the heavens, as if to say "I am the one that can save us, as it was foretold by the ancients." Or something.

The White House, a tiny, nearly transparent reflection, is located below the President; it seemingly says that the man is bigger than the office. He is more real. He is more important. He is the One.

Of course, in real life, Barack Obama appears to be little more than a cigarette-puffing Chicago pol, trained in the Alinsky school, whose doctor recently requested cut down on his drinking.

JammieWearingFool adds:

Good grief. I guess the separation of church and state no longer applies when it comes to The Sainted One.

2010-03-14T15:41:00.000-07:00

IRS sends shakedown agents to Sacramento carwash to collect 4 cents
Via Sacramento Bee

Arriving at Harv's Metro Car Wash in midtown Wednesday afternoon were two dark-suited IRS agents demanding payment of delinquent taxes. "They were deadly serious, very aggressive, very condescending," says Harv's owner, Aaron Zeff.

The really odd part of this: The letter that was hand-delivered to Zeff's on-site manager showed the amount of money owed to the feds was ... 4 cents.

Inexplicably, penalties and taxes accruing on the debt – stemming from the 2006 tax year – were listed as $202.31, leaving Harv's with an obligation of $202.35.

"It's hilarious," he says, "that two people hopped in a car and came down here for just 4 cents. I think (the IRS) may have a problem with priorities."

Now he's trying to figure out how penalties and interest could climb so high on such a small debt. He says he's never been told he owes any taxes or that he's ever incurred any late-payment penalties in the four years he's owned Harv's.

In fact, he provided us with an Oct. 22, 2009, letter from the IRS that states Harv's "has filed all required returns and addressed any balances due."

IRS spokesman Jesse Weller isn't commenting "due to privacy and disclosure laws."

Hat Tip: JammieWearingFool

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2010-03-13T16:51:00.000-08:00

Barack Obama as Seinfeld

Hat Tip: AmericanNation.info

2010-03-13T14:59:00.000-08:00

We The People: A Warning to the Current President

2010-03-13T14:23:00.000-08:00

Another city bans Bible study in private homes
Via WorldNetDaily

The city of Gilbert, Ariz., has ordered a group of seven adults to stop gathering for Bible studies in a private home because such meetings are forbidden by the city's zoning codes.

The issue was brought to a head when city officials wrote a letter to a pastor and his wife informing them they had 10 days to quit having the meetings in their private home.

"The interpretation and enforcement of the town's code is clearly unconstitutional, " said Daniel Blomberg, a member of the litigation team for ADF. "It bans 200,000 Gilbert residents from meeting in their private homes for organized religious purposes – an activity encouraged in the Bible, practiced for thousands of years, and protected by the First Amendment."

"This ban is defended based upon traffic, parking, and building safety concerns. However, nothing in its zoning code prevents weekly Cub Scouts meetings, Monday Night Football parties with numerous attendees or large business parties from being held on a regular basis in private homes," the ADF said.

CONTACT the Mayor and councilmembers of Gilbert, Arizona HERE

CLICK HERE to read the entire article

2010-03-12T23:25:00.000-08:00

France: 15-year-old Muslim student sprays teacher with tear gas for saying al-Qaeda is a "terrorist group"
Via www.iol.co.za

Lyon, France - A 15-year-old French schoolboy sprayed a teacher with teargas after she described al-Qaeda as a "terrorist group", she told reporters on Tuesday as prosecutors began their investigation.

"I had just explained that the attacks on September 11, 2001 were carried out by the terrorist organisation al-Qaeda, as is written in the text book," said the history teacher, speaking on condition of anonymity.

"He stood up and declared that al-Qaeda is not terrorist and that neither is the Taliban," she said, adding that the boy had then pulled out a spray can and doused her and a teaching assistant with teargas.

Both staff members, who work in the small school in the central French village of Largentiere, made a criminal complaint against the boy, state prosecutors confirmed.

Hat Tip: Jihad Watch and Atlas Shrugs

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2010-03-12T14:45:00.000-08:00

Associated Press writer freaks out over Texas Board of Education decision to teach kids the truth
Via Associated Press

So the Texas State Board of Education decided on Friday that school books should include actual true history instead of the socialist/communist propaganda that liberals and anti-Americans prefer, and how do you think the Associated Press reported the story? [All emphasis added]

The Texas State Board of Education agreed to new social studies standards on Friday after the far-right faction wielded its power to shape the lessons that will be taught to millions of students on American history, the U.S. free enterprise system, religion and other topics.

In dozens of smaller votes passed over the three days, the ultra-conservatives who dominate the board nixed all but a few efforts to recognize the diversity of race and religion in Texas.

This is probably the most absurd decision by the Board:

They also agreed to strike the word "democratic" in references to the form of U.S. government, opting instead to call it a "constitutional republic."

OUTRAGEOUS! How dare they teach those poor little kids the truth! Never mind the fact that we're actually a "Constitutional Republic" and NOT a "Democracy."

"We have been about conservatism versus liberalism," said Democrat Mavis Knight of Dallas, explaining her vote against the standards. "We have manipulated strands to insert what we want it to be in the document, regardless as to whether or not it's appropriate."

Because "appropriateness" obviously outweighs factual accuracy, as long as it's what liberals 'want to be in the document.'

Over the past three days, the board also argued over how historic periods should be classified (still B.C. and A.D., rather than B.C.E. and C.E.); whether or not students should be required to explain the origins of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its impact on global politics (they will); and whether former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir should be required learning (she will).

Because God knows that we should ban any and all mention of God in school, so kids will not ever be allowed to hear what others believe. And God forbid that kids should find out the truth about never ending attacks and hatred toward Israel. They should only be allowed to teach kids that everything is the Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeews fault! I apologize to anyone who may have been offended by my use of the word "God." (Sarcasm off)

Berlanga also bristled when the board approved an amendment that deletes a requirement that sociology students "explain how institutional racism is evident in American society."

OUTRAGE! How are we ever going to get kids to be color blind if we're not allowed to constantly talk about color? DOH!

McLeroy, a 10-year board veteran, has been one of the most prolific and polarizing members. The devout Christian conservative has been adamant on several issues, including that the Christian influences of the nation's Founding Fathers are important to studying American history.

CRAZY TALK! Who could possibly think that Christianity had any impact on the Founders or American history?

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2010-03-12T11:33:00.000-08:00

Mexican military helicopter hovers over Texas neighborhood
Via San Antonio Express News

The Zapata County sheriff Thursday was questioning why a Mexican military helicopter was hovering over homes on the Texas side of the Rio Grande.

It was one of the more jarring incidents of the fourth week of border tensions sparked by drug killings, and rumors of such killings, in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.

Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez said he'd reviewed photos of the chopper flown by armed personnel Tuesday over a residential area known as Falcon Heights-Falcon Village near the binational Falcon Lake, just south of the Starr-Zapata county line. He said the helicopter appeared to have the insignia of the Mexican navy.

“It's always been said that the Mexican military does in fact ... that there have been incursions,” Gonzalez said. “But this is not New Mexico or Arizona. Here we've got a river; there's a boundary line. And then of course having Falcon Lake, Falcon Dam, it's a lot wider. It's not just a trickle of a river, it's an actual dam. You know where the boundary's at.”

Gonzalez, the Zapata sheriff, said he couldn't confirm reports that the helicopter was scoping out the home of a drug criminal. He said the incursion about a mile over the border took place over a neighborhood populated by many U.S. Customs officers who work at area border crossings — and that they knew what they were seeing.

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2010-03-11T19:46:00.000-08:00

California about to fall into the ocean; Unemployment tops 20% in eight counties
Via LA Times

New county-by-county figures released by the state Wednesday showed that in eight counties, more than 1 in 5 people were out of work. Moreover, revised numbers for last year show that fewer people were employed than was previously believed.

The state was one of five, along with Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, that reached their highest unemployment rates since the government began keeping track in 1976, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. California's was 12.5% in January, up from 12.3% in December.

California's unemployment rate was the fifth-highest in the nation, behind Michigan, Nevada, Rhode Island and South Carolina.

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2010-03-11T19:14:00.000-08:00

Wyoming Governor Signs Sovereignty Resolution
Via The Tenth Amendment Center

This week, Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal signed House Joint Resolution 2 (HJ0002), claiming “sovereignty on behalf of the State of Wyoming and for its citizens under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government or reserved to the people by the Constitution of the United States."

In a memorandum sent to the Wyoming legislature in late January, Freudenthal made clear his position that the federal government has gone beyond the limits of the constitution:

“For decades we have shared increased frustration dealing with the federal government and its agencies. What started out as a leak in the erosion of state prerogative and independence has today turned into a flood. From wolf and grizzly bear management, to gun control, to endless regulation and unfunded mandates – the federal government has become far too powerful and intrusive.”

Once brought to a vote this year, the legislature showed little opposition to sending a notice to D.C. that the federal government is overstepping its constitutional authority. The Senate passed it by a vote of 26-4 and the House by a vote of 56-4.

House Joint Resolution 2 includes language to this effect:

That this resolution serve as notice and demand to the federal government, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective immediately, from enacting mandates that are beyond the scope of these constitutionally delegated powers. The state of Wyoming will not enforce such mandates. [emphasis added]

Wyoming joins 10 other states that have passed similar resolutions since last year; Alaska, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Tennessee passed theirs in 2009, and Utah, Alabama, and South Carolina have joined Wyoming in passing resolutions this year.

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2010-03-11T16:32:00.000-08:00

Argentine parents shoot their children, commit suicide over fear of global warming
Via Daily Mail

A seven-month-old baby girl survived three days alone with a bullet in her chest beside the bodies of her parents and toddler brother.

Argentines Francisco Lotero, 56, and Miriam Coletti, 23, shot their children before killing themselves after making an apparent suicide pact over fears about global warming.

Their son Francisco, two, died instantly after being hit in the back.

But their unnamed daughter cheated death after the bullet from her dad's handgun missed her vital organs.

Paramedics rushed her to hospital covered in blood when police alerted by worried neighbours discovered the massacre three days later.

The youngster is recovering in hospital in the town of Goya in the northern Argentine province of Corrientes, where doctors say she is out of danger.

Her parents said they feared the effects of global warming in a suicide note discovered by police.

Surviving relatives ought to look into filing multiple lawsuits against Al Gore and others pushing Global Warming fraud.

Notice the comments to the story. The Daily Mail censored comments immediately after it became apparent readers were outraged over the fact that this hoax has now claimed lives.

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2010-03-11T13:28:00.001-08:00

New York police being ordered to make arrests to meet "productivity goals"
Via ABC7

"We're stopping kids walking from school. We're stopping kids walking upstairs to their house. We're stopping kids from going to the store. Kids. Young adults. In order to keep that quota."

If it gets too tough to hit those quotas, they can resort to arresting restaurant owners.

2010-03-09T12:37:00.000-08:00

What happens when government gets involved in the Airline Industry? Same thing that happens when it gets involved in anything
Via Associated Press

Continental Airlines plans to cancel flights rather than risk stiff fines under new federal rules designed to punish carriers for delaying passengers.

CEO Jeff Smisek said Tuesday the result will be that passengers will have more trouble getting to their destinations.

A spokesman for the U.S. Transportation Department said airlines can avoid fines by doing a better job of scheduling flights and crews.

Under a Transportation Department rule taking effect next month, airlines can be fined up to $27,500 per passenger if planes are delayed three hours and passengers can't get off.

Smisek said many passengers on delayed flights "really want to go to LA or Mumbai, but the government by God says, 'We're going to fine you $27,500.' Here's what we're going to do: We're going to cancel the flight."

Normally, what happens is, customers purchase a service from a company. The customer either likes the service, or they don't like the service. If they don't like the service, the customer doesn't return, instead giving their business to an alternate provider of the same service.

That's how it works. Competition is always the driving motivation for business to offer low prices and quality service.

Continental's response is exactly the response we can expect from hospitals as well, once Obamacare is forced upon us. Hospitals and healthcare providers, not wanting to deal with government demands and red tape, will simply choose to not offer life saving services, which will result in people dying.

I can't wait!

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2010-03-08T23:03:00.000-08:00

U.S. researchers want government to add an 18 percent tax to PIZZA?
Via Reuters

U.S. researchers estimate that an 18 percent tax on pizza and soda can push down U.S. adults' calorie intake enough to lower their average weight by 5 pounds (2 kg) per year.

The researchers, writing in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine on Monday, suggested taxing could be used as a weapon in the fight against obesity, which costs the United States an estimated $147 billion a year in health costs.

In a commentary, Drs. Mitchell Katz and Rajiv Bhatia of the San Francisco Department of Public Health said taxes are an appropriate way to correct a market that favors unhealthy food choices over healthier options.

Yeah, nothing like a little social engineering to make the world a better place. Let's take a look at what that world might look like after fascists like Katz and Bhatia get through with it (Hat tip to Olga Mancuso for the video):

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2010-03-07T18:48:00.000-08:00

Light sentence and early release of sex offender results in two more dead teenagers
Via CBS13

The bones of a 14-year-old Southern California girl who vanished more than a year ago while walking to school were discovered in a rugged, remote area, authorities said Sunday, less than a week after a registered sex offender was charged with murdering another teenage girl who lived nearby.

The search for Amber Dubois had produced few leads until 17-year-old Chelsea King disappeared Feb. 25, last seen wearing running clothes in a park about 10 miles south of where Amber was last seen walking with a man. A body presumed to be Chelsea's was found in a shallow, lakeside grave five days after Chelsea disappeared.

John Albert Gardner III, 30, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murdering Chelsea and raping or attempting to rape her and attempting to rape another woman in December, a potential death penalty case.

A spokesman for the San Diego County district attorney's office, Paul Levikow, declined to comment Sunday on the investigation into Amber's death.

Gardner was registered as a sex offender in Escondido, a north San Diego suburb, from January 2008 to January 2010, with some gaps, police say.

He served five years of a six-year prison term for molesting a 13-year-old neighbor in San Diego in 2000; he saw her at a bus stop and lured her to his home to watch movies. He completed parole in September 2008.

A court-appointed psychiatrist, Dr. Matthew Carroll, recommended the maximum sentence allowed under law for Gardner in 2000, calling him an "extremely poor candidate" for treatment and a "continued danger to underage girls in the community."

He faced a maximum sentence of nearly 11 years in prison under a plea agreement, but prosecutors urged six years.

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2010-03-07T13:48:00.001-08:00

Indoctrination Fever: Indiana school providing students with matchmaking service; matching 6th graders with high schoolers
Via CNN

“Corrupt the young. Get them away from religion.
Get them interested in sex. Make them superficial; destroy their ruggedness.” - Quote from the first plank of the communist strategy for revolution
- confiscated in Dusseldorf, Germany in 1919

2010-03-06T18:43:00.000-08:00

Three Muslim cousins arrested for driving around shooting gay men; now facing hate crime charges
Via Oakland Tribune

Three Hayward cousins are facing hate crime charges after a man was shot in the face with a BB gun because the attackers believed he was gay, according to San Francisco authorities.

Mohammad Habibzada, 24, Shafiq Hashemi, 21, and Sayed Bassam, 21, were arrested about 15 minutes after the shooting, when police spotted a car in the area that matched a description given by the victim. The suspects have addresses in Hayward.

Apparently, they were driving around videotaping similar attacks:

A video of the assault and other similar crimes was recorded by the attackers and is being held as evidence, assistant district attorney Brian Buckelew said.

Eric Holder, call your office. There are more Muslim barbarians needing representation.

How long until CAIR manages to get charges dropped? Three Muslims, driving around shooting men in the face because they are gay, all three being members of an evil ideology that calls for the death of homosexuals. Does anyone really believe the Hayward District Attorney will have the nads to charge Muslims with a hate crime? I'll actually be surprised if all charges aren't mysteriously dropped.

Of course, we know how Muslims believe homosexuals should be treated:

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2010-03-05T23:31:00.000-08:00

Commie Jed Brandt: "The way change is going to happen in this country is through the destruction of what we call the United States of America."

"We have to bring this government down. We need to help destroy this system"

It's amazing to me how many American citizens are still walking around like zombies, completely oblivious to the war that's going on right in front of their faces. The enemy doesn't even try to hide it anymore. They come right out and tell us what they're doing and millions of Americans sit in front of their televisions watching American Idol.

Are we really going to let these evil bastards destroy this country? Seriously? If you've got a neighbor or a friend who seems to be asleep, show them this video. Ask them what it's going to take. Ask them how far we have to fall before they decide it's worth their time to fight.

I'm guessing they believe if they keep their head buried in that sand long enough, everything will eventually just work itself out on it's own.

2010-03-05T15:51:00.000-08:00

Harry Reid says that losing 36,000 jobs in one day is "really good"

2010-03-05T09:57:00.000-08:00

Christian Science Monitor publishes fraudulent left-wing propaganda piece; claims Pentagon shooter was "right-wing"
Update: Bedell was a registered Democrat
Via Christian Science Monitor

Since when is it "right-wing" to hate the military, hate George Bush, and believe the U.S. government blew up the World Trade Center?

John Patrick Bedell, whom authorities identified as the gunman in the Pentagon shooting on Thursday, appears to have been a right-wing extremist with virulent antigovernment feelings.

Details of Mr. Bedell’s case are still emerging. But writings by someone with his same name and birth date, posted on the Internet, express ill will toward the government and the armed forces and question whether Washington itself might have been behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

I sincerely believe that the location of all future conservative protests should be outside the front door of various media institutions.

Update: Michelle Malkin reports that Bedell was a registered Democrat.

CONTACT the editor of the Christian Science Monitor HERE

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2010-03-04T23:36:00.000-08:00

Condoms being produced in Switzerland for boys as young as 12
Via The Daily Mail

The Hotshot condoms are going on sale in Switzerland after research found that not enough 12 to 14-year-old boys were having protected sex.

The condoms are likely to end up on sale in Britain, said their manufacturer Lamprecht AG.

A spokesman said the UK would be ‘top priority’ if the company expanded abroad, considering it had the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Europe.

Nysse Norballe said: ‘At the moment we are only producing the Hotshot in Switzerland.

‘But the UK is certainly a very attractive market since there is a very high rate of underage conception.’

Hilary Pannack, of teenage pregnancy charity Straight Talking Peer Education, said: ‘We know young people are having sex and if this is what it takes to protect them, we need to go along with it.’

“Corrupt the young. Get them away from religion.
Get them interested in sex. Make them superficial; destroy their ruggedness.” - Quote from the first plank of the communist strategy for revolution
- confiscated in Dusseldorf, Germany in 1919

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2010-03-04T18:17:00.000-08:00

Are you prepared for the Census?

I noticed that there are a few comments suggesting that Jerry Day was incorrect for referring to the American Community Survey rather than the Census, but this is not accurate. The American Community Survey is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau and it's silly to think that it's somehow not used in conjunction with the short form version. In fact, if it's NOT part of the U.S. Census, then the American Community Survey is even more out of line with the Constitution and no citizen has ANY obligation to answer a single question.

Irony: Census worker taking GPS readings accuses homeowner of 'invading his privacy' for taking his photo

2010-03-04T15:16:00.000-08:00

Liberal peace-loving students in California riot over budget cuts
Via KCRA.com

Davis California is a liberal enclave between Sacramento and San Francisco. We all know what happens when liberals don't get their way. The anti-war mobs suddenly believe violence solves everything.

The confrontation came on a day when students around the state gathered to protest steep fee hikes, canceled classes and faculty furloughs. The protest, which is part of the Day of Action, comes at a time when the state is facing a $20 billion deficit.

Police fired rubber bullets into the ground in an effort to deter students, who stood toe-to-toe with officers.

Violence has also been reported at University of California, Santa Cruz.

David Kliger, campus provost at UC Santa Cruz, sent a message to the campus community warning of reports of protesters carrying clubs and knives. He said it also appears that someone smashed a car windshield with a metal pipe.

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Michelle Malkin adds:

As I’ve noted before, it’s not right-wing Republicans assaulting police officers, abusing government authority to try and drive out the Marines, waging nationwide war on recruiters, and terrorizing researchers in the name of animal rights. It’s left-wing nutballs who always get a pass from the NYTimes columnists and MSNBC loudmouths who’ve been blaming every violent outburst on the planet on the Tea Party movement.
Today, the social justice mobsters on campuses across the country held a nationwide tantrum over tuition hikes. This is how the Left teaches civil discourse to its intellectual progeny: “Gimme!” “Revolucion!” “Smash Patriarchy!”

Protestshooter.com has photos from Communist haven UC Berkeley:

And of course, we know the Muslims have always felt right at home with the Communists and Nazis

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2010-03-02T15:07:00.000-08:00

MSNBC racist Nazi suffers seizure on air; accuses Tea Party of welcoming Nazis and racists

2010-03-01T14:20:00.000-08:00

San Francisco high schools now giving college credits to 14 year-olds; for taking racist courses
Via San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco high school students, just months out of middle school, can start earning San Francisco State college credit this fall through a ninth-grade ethnic studies course.

At a school board meeting last week, the head of the university's Ethnic Studies program also promised that students would earn up to six college course credits for the high school freshman course - a rare opportunity for a 14-year-old.

So what's wrong with giving kids who are passionate about learning a chance to get ahead?

Well, it seems those aren't the kids the program is intended to reward:

The program is designed for students who might not otherwise be considering college as an option, said Jacob Perea, dean of the School of Education, who runs the Step to College program at San Francisco State.

"We're not really looking for the 4.4 (grade point average) students," he said. "We're looking for the 2.1 or 2.2 students."

Hey, but that's great if it challenges these kids to work harder to achieve a goal, isn't it?

Well, if only this was meant to challenge the kids. Unfortunately, not so much:

Students cannot fail the class. They either receive a "pass" grade or are withdrawn from the course if it appears they cannot pass, Perea said.

Oh well. So much for challenging our kids to work harder.

So, what's this all about then? If it's not intended to challenge the kids, or to give the kids who actually care a chance to get ahead, what's the point?

The ethnic studies course "encourages students to explore specific aspects of identity on personal, interpersonal and institutional levels and provides students with interdisciplinary reading, writing and analytical skills," district officials said in a news release about the expanded pilot program.

DOH! I should have guessed. It's nothing but another scheme to brain wash our youth.

"I don't ever learn about the accomplishments and contributions of the people who look like me and the members of my family," said Balboa High School freshman Monet Cathrina-Rescat Wilson during public comment at Tuesday's school board meeting. "How can I know who I can be if I don't know who I am? Ethnic studies provides me with the foundation to learn who I am."

"People who look like me?"

Wait! I thought we weren't supposed to judge people based on what they look like. I thought we were all individuals. I thought we were all human beings. Aren't we supposed to be working toward a "color-blind" society?

Think about that. This girl apparently needs the government to step in and tell her who she is. And of course, somebody needs to make sure these kids realize what color they are, and who's side they're supposed to be on, and of course, how they're supposed to vote. I know just the teacher for the job:

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2010-02-27T14:57:00.000-08:00

Video: Ever wonder what "honest" GOP Congressmen would say to Obama, if they weren't cowards?

2010-02-26T14:27:00.000-08:00

Pathetic: Woman live-tweets the murder of her unborn child
Via NYDailyNews.com

Angie Jackson has taken micro-blogging to a whole new level.

In an attempt to “demystify” abortion, the 27-year-old shared her experience on Twitter, YouTube and her personal blog.

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2010-02-24T10:43:00.000-08:00

Countbrown with Keith Obermann's conscience

2010-02-23T11:21:00.000-08:00

~~Mugabe~~ Obama giving farmers $1.25 Million; But only if they're black
Via Newsmax

Black farmers – possibly over 70,000 of them – will get cash payments and debt relief from the federal government totaling $1.25 billion, in reparation for alleged racial discrimination suffered under the Department of Agriculture’s loan programs, the Obama Administration has agreed.

In other news:

~~Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe~~ Obama has vowed to press on with seizures of white-owned farms, as he urged followers to respect the new government.

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2010-02-23T09:42:00.000-08:00

The Debt Limit: Made Simple

2010-02-22T14:35:00.000-08:00

McCain's excuse for supporting Tarp? 'I'm an idiot'
Via Michelle Malkin and Arizona Republic

Under growing pressure from conservatives and “tea party” activists, Sen. John McCain of Arizona is having to defend his record of supporting the government’s massive bailout of the financial system.

In response to criticism from opponents seeking to defeat him in the Aug. 24 Republican primary, the four-term senator says he was misled by then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke [Ed.- Emphasis mine]

Michelle Malkin adds:

McCain’s trying to have it both ways — refusing to admit he was wrong, blaming crapweasel Paulson for duping him, and creating the illusion that he’ll be competent enough to resist the next inevitable bailout temptation when White House, Treasury, and Fed officials hit the panic button.

He blew it on TARP.

Blew it on the auto bailout.

Blew it on the mortgage entitlement bailout.

Blew it on the AIG bailout.

Blew it on amnesty.

Blew it on campaign finance.

Blew it on global warming.

In short: McCain blows.

I’ve already warned about McCain Regression Syndrome. The GOP hasn’t even begun to cure itself.

Arizona voters ... are you paying attention?

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2010-02-22T13:52:00.000-08:00

Dallas Tea Party invites Olbermann to come celebrate with people of color

2010-02-22T00:15:00.000-08:00

Is Tea Party activist Angela McGlowan playing both sides?

One of the most popular speakers at recent Tea Party functions has been political commentator Angela McGlowan, but a recent radio interview is causing some concern among conservatives that Tea Party organizers may have once again been bamboozled.

In the interview McGlowan, who recently announced plans to run for Congress, passionately defended her belief that gun owners ought to be forced to list all of their guns on their 1040 tax forms each year because she says the government should know how many guns we have. In that same interview, she also seemed to hint that she supports some form of Obamacare and even went as far as to pull out the race card in suggesting that conservatives are looking to create a race war or something.

Making matters worse, McGlowan's past campaign donations are also causing concern.

In 2005, so-called conservative Angela McGlowan gave a $500 campaign contribution to California Democratic Congressman Xavier Beccera.

Becerra has an F rating from the NRA; 100% ratings from Planned Parenthood and NARAL; 0% ratings from National Right to Life; 0% ratings from Americans for Tax Reform; an F rating from National Taxpayers Union; 100% ratings from the ACLU; 0% ratings from the American Family Association and 5% ratings from the Family Research Council; and 100% ratings from the AFL-CIO and the SEIU.

Examples such as this are yet another sign that Tea Party organizers really need to do a better job of vetting their speakers. The Debra Medina embarrassment last week gives progressives an easy target to exploit. As we move closer to the 2010 mid-terms, Tea Party leaders should be using this time to aggressively vet all potential speakers, organizers, candidates, and organizational leaders.

2010-02-21T03:43:00.000-08:00

Breitbart says “devastating” videos on the way from James O’Keefe

“When the American people find out that this was a “clown-nose on” exposure, that Mary Landrieu was not answering her phones, after she took the $300 million, and they find out that she was lying to them, and that the expose actually did in fact work, and there was no tampering, there was no attempt to interfere with the phone system there, and when the American people see that, they’re going to be outraged that the mainstream media tried to destroy James O’Keefe, and what you’re going to see is that there’s also other video that is going to come out, and the media that tried to defeat James O’Keefe and to destroy him, in their attempts to do that, they weaponized him. They made him a bigger figure than he otherwise would become, and so the next videos that come from him and his cohorts are going to be that much more devastating."

2010-02-21T00:41:00.000-08:00

Glenn Beck gives keynote address at CPAC; without teleprompter

2010-02-20T07:41:00.000-08:00

Obama's ACORN lie now exposed on video
Via Gateway Pundit

“When I ran project vote, the voter registration drive in Illinois, ACORN was smack dab in the middle of it. Once I was elected there wasn’t a campaign that ACORN worked on down in Springfield that I wasn’t right there with you. Since I have been in the United States Senate I’ve been always a partner with ACORN as well. I’ve been fighting with ACORN, along side ACORN, on issues you care about my entire career.”

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2010-02-20T07:00:00.000-08:00

The Government Can
Via Tim Hawkins

2010-02-20T06:21:00.000-08:00

Randy Haddock locates Keith Olbermann's 'people of color'

Keith Olbermann claims there are no 'people of color' within the Tea Party movement, implying that the entire movement is made up of racist white people. This coming from a man who seems to think about nothing else other than the color of people's skin.

Randy Haddock took it upon himself to do Keith a favor and has managed to locate some of these mythical people. I doubt it will alter Olbermann's routine much.

2010-02-20T05:29:00.000-08:00

Bailout Mania! Government Motors to pay new GM Ed Whitacre $9 million
Via Wall Street Journal

General Motors Co. Chief Executive Ed Whitacre will receive a pay package valued at $9 million to help turn around the government-owned auto maker, according to a regulatory filing.

Mr. Whitacre, according to the filing, will receive a $1.7 million base salary this year. The rest of his compensation is comprised of $5.3 million in stock available to him beginning in 2012 and restricted stock units valued currently at $2 million.

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2010-02-20T04:52:00.001-08:00

Ohio man bulldozes home to avoid foreclosure
Via Breitbart TV

We wondered how long it would take before people started to snap and fight back. The last few days have shown that we may have reached that point.

I suspect we're going to see a lot more of this in the coming year. Is anybody listening?

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2010-02-19T20:44:00.000-08:00

Citizens to be charged $300 for calling 911 in Tracy, California
Via CBS13

Tracy residents will now have to pay every time they call 9-1-1 for a medical emergency.

But there are a couple of options. Residents can pay a $48 voluntary fee for the year which allows them to call 9-1-1 as many times as necessary.

Or, there's the option of not signing up for the annual fee. Instead, they will be charged $300 if they make a call for help.

"A $300 fee and you don't even want to be thinking about that when somebody is in need of assistance," said Tracy resident Greg Bidlack.

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2010-02-19T15:08:00.000-08:00

Pennsylvania school district accused of activating webcams inside students' homes without their knowledge
Via Associated Press

A law-enforcement official with knowledge of the case says the FBI has opened a criminal investigation into a Pennsylvania school district accused of activating webcams inside students' homes without their knowledge.

The official, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, says the FBI will explore whether Lower Merion School District officials broke any federal wiretap or computer-intrusion laws.

Lower Merion officials say they remotely activated webcams 42 times to find missing student laptops in the past 14 months, but never did so to spy on students, as a recent lawsuit claims.

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2010-02-19T11:02:00.000-08:00

Muslim murderer gets special treatment; Avoids death penalty 'because he's Muslim'
Via Atlas Shrugs

"An open process provides some level of assurance that there is no appearance that a Christian is seeking to execute a Muslim for racial, political, religious or cultural beliefs," Little wrote, referring to County Attorney Andrew Thomas' Christian faith.

Laura Reckart, a county prosecutor, responded that Little's concern about the "supposed bias" of the office's death-penalty-review process was "without legitimate factual or legal basis."

She wrote that the state can seek the death penalty for any person convicted of first-degree murder if it can prove the existence of at least one aggravating factor, not because of religion.

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2010-02-19T10:04:00.000-08:00

White House buying off Specter's opposition now? UPDATE: Video added; Sestak confirms
Via Philly.com

Rep. Joe Sestak (D., Pa.) said yesterday that the White House offered him a federal job in an effort to dissuade him from challenging Sen. Arlen Specter in the state's Democratic primary.

The disclosure came during an afternoon taping of Larry Kane: Voice of Reason, a Sunday news-analysis show on the Comcast Network. Sestak would not elaborate on the circumstances and seemed chagrined after blurting out "yes" to veteran news anchor Kane's direct question.

"Was it secretary of the Navy?" Kane asked.

"No comment," Sestak said.

"Was it [the job] high-ranking?" Kane asked. Sestak said yes, but added that he would "never leave" the Senate race for a deal.

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2010-02-18T18:04:00.000-08:00

Man dressed as Osama bin Laden patrols streets in Bogota, Colombia
Via Military.com

2010-02-18T17:39:00.000-08:00

China's shocking dog and cat fur trade

WARNING: Not for kids! Most adults will have a tough time watching this as well, but it needs to be seen by anyone who doesn't really know the extent people will go to make a buck.

I don't care for PETA, but this type of thing is beyond defense.

2010-02-18T13:15:00.000-08:00

David Horowitz and Pat Caddell on Communist takeover of U.S.

Michelle Malkin reports that Pat Caddell was fired today by Colorado Democrat Senatorial candidate Andrew Romanoff for the comments he made in this video against SEIU and environmentalists.

Please pass this post on to anyone you know in Colorado.

2010-02-18T09:36:00.000-08:00

'Jesus was gay' says Elton John
Via CNN

“I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems. On the cross, he forgave the people who crucified him. Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving. I don’t know what makes people so cruel. Try being a gay woman in the Middle East - you’re as good as dead.”

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2010-02-17T18:14:00.000-08:00

Broadcaster who sees everything based on color humiliated as hypocrite

Every non-white Tea Partier needs to be standing in front of MSNBC headquarters for the next week, holding signs that say … “Hey Olbermann! Can you see us now?”

2010-02-14T14:35:00.000-08:00

Bin Laden's son warns that his father is "the most kind" of his possible successors
Via ABC News

2010-02-14T14:26:00.000-08:00

4 Troops Sing 'For Freedom'
Via ABC News

2010-02-14T13:01:00.000-08:00

DISGRACE: Maher says America Loves Its Troops 'The Way Michael Vick Loves Dogs'
Via NewsBusters

BILL MAHER: For the longest time, every Republican election has been based on some sentimental bulls**t: the flag, or the flagpin, or the Pledge, or the, "It's morning in America." Bill Clinton got a blowjob in the Oval Office. And the Dixie Chicks insulted President Bush on foreign soil. And when that happens, it hurts the feelings of our troops. And then Tinkerbell's light goes out and she dies. Yes, yes, the love of our troops, the ultimate in fake patriotism. Are you kidding? The troops, we pay them like s**t, we f**k them and trick them on deployment, we nickel and dime them on medical care when they get home, not to mention the stupid wars that we send them to. Yeah, we love the troops the way Michael Vick loves dogs. You know how I would feel supported if I was a troop overseas? If the people back home were clamoring to get me out of this pointless errands. That's how I would feel supported. But, you know, don't hold your breath on that one fellas because, you know, when America invades a country, we love you long time. Seriously, we never, we leave like Irish relatives: not at all.

What a worthless pile of feces

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2010-02-14T00:33:00.000-08:00

INSANE: Absolutely no mention of radical Islam in Obama's national defense report
Via Jihad Watch

The 128-page Defence Review says some important things. It outlines the problems with maintaining the US military's technological lead over potential adversaries. It discusses the need to counter terrorism. The threat to Western cyber systems is noted. The proliferation of Russian high-tech anti-aircraft missiles around the world is noted as a problem.

However, it's not what is in the document that surprises the reader - it's what was left out. There presence of two elephants in their living room apparently escaped the notice of American's top civilian and military leaders. Islamic radicalism does not receive any mention whatsoever in the American Defence Review and the threat posed by a nuclear Iran is mentioned in only one general sentence at the end of a document (page 101). To put this lack of discussion in proportion, contrast this non-discussion with other security issues mentioned in the document. For example, the security effects of climate change are highlighted and discussed in depth in eight pages of the document.

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2010-02-13T23:23:00.000-08:00

Cambridge, Massachusetts to make 'Green Police' a reality
Via JammieWearingFool

Going green will not be optional in Cambridge, Mass., if the Cambridge Climate Congress has its way. It will be mandatory.

There will be congestion pricing to reduce car travel. Curbside parking will be eliminated. There will be a carbon tax "of some kind," not to mention taxes on plastic and paper bags. And the Massachusetts city, home of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will advocate vegetarianism and veganism, complete with "Meatless or Vegan Mondays."

"Vegan Mondays?"

Seriously? Are they going to shut down all the restaurants? That ought to be great for the economy.

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2010-02-13T22:43:00.000-08:00

Southwest Airlines boots Mr Creosote off flight due to 'safety concerns'
Via CBS13

A cult-favorite movie director has claimed that he was thrown off a Southwest Airlines flight out of Oakland due to a dispute over his weight.

Kevin Smith, the creator of movies like Clerks, Dogma, and the upcoming Cop Out, posted a series of angry, sarcastic messages on his Twitter feed (@ThatKevinSmith) blasting Southwest Airlines for allegedly throwing him off a flight at Oakland International Airport after he had already been seated and buckled in.

According to Smith, a flight attendant told him the flight captain had deemed him a safety risk and requested that he leave the flight.

My personal opinion is, that as long as Kevin Smith and others like him are willing to pay for the part of my seat that they steal from me when I'm seated next to them, I have no problem sitting next to them. I'm just tired of being limited to only half of my $250 seat.

On that note, I leave you with this ...

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2010-02-12T12:53:00.000-08:00

Egyptian Researcher argues with brainwashed Iraqi TV host about Antisemitic Myths
Via MEMRI TV

This is like watching a brilliant person arguing with Keith Olbermann. You know it's useless, but it's highly entertaining and somewhat educational to see that there are indeed individuals willing to publicly challenge the lunacy in Islamic countries.

Of course, I'm not sure if Sa'id Okasha made it home alive after the interview.

Click the image to watch

2010-02-11T15:44:00.000-08:00

$50 million dollars of taxpayer money to build a park ... in the Virgin Islands?
Via HotAir

Two weeks ago, on a near party line vote, a huge Democratic majority in the House agreed to spend $50 million to buy the former cotton plantation on the island of St. Croix.

Democrats approved the purchase, even though the National Park Service has yet to complete a study on the purchase.

“We don’t have the money to do this,” said Rep Jason Chaffetz, (R – Utah). “Currently the National Park Service has an estimated $9 billion in backlog maintenance on existing parks. Why should the people of Iowa, Rhode Island or California or Utah have to continue to pay and supplement the people there on St Croix for this property?”

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2010-02-11T12:27:00.000-08:00

Debra Medina implodes on Glen Beck show; Campaign goes down the drain
Via HotAir

Glen Beck interviewed Debra Medina on his radio show this morning, and things didn't go too well:

A Gateway Pundit commenter adds:

Medina is a Ron Pauler. She worked on Paul’s last campaign and has adopted the tactics the the Paulians did when Paul threw his hat in the presidential ring.

When polls are taken (Perry, Hutchison, Medina) her supporters (former Paulians) crash the polls by calling in time after time after time, just as they did during the presidential campaign.

She claims to have the Tx. Tea Party groups behind her, but she doesn’t.

Yeah, we knew she was a Truffer. But she had done her best to keep that little fact under wraps because she knows it won’t play well in Texas.

Good to see she lost it with Beck. Her campaign is probably now on life support, along with KBH.

The Tea Party movement better start vetting candidates who claim to be "Tea Party candidates." This type of embarrassment will take them down much faster than any absurd claim of racism. Medina has issued a statement, but frankly, it doesn't hold much water. Her original answers were pretty clear.

2010-02-10T23:21:00.000-08:00

Soros calls for a worldwide regulatory regime; A 'global regulation of financial markets'
Via Business Week

Last year's crisis, he said, demonstrated the need for a worldwide regulatory regime after decades of increasingly hands-off policies let banks and other big companies take risks that endangered the financial system as whole. (emphasis mine)

Ah, the classic Progressive philosophy. Those dumb citizens aren't smart enough to handle their own lives or make decisions of their own, so we need a worldwide government body full of really really smart people, like him of course, to tell the not so smart bankers which risks are too risky, for their own good, of course. He's only looking out for them.

Never mind that much of the current banking mess was caused by government agencies (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) forcing banks to provide high risk loans that they would not have ordinarily approved. Why let facts get in the way of a good opportunity to take over the entire world financial system?

Obviously, what we really need to solve the problem is to do the exact same thing again, but this time we'll make sure we do it worldwide! It'll be much more fun that way.

"Globalization was based on a false premise that markets don't really need to be regulated, financial institutions can look after their own risk and therefore there really is no need for regulation," Soros said at a forum in Hong Kong. "That was a false idea."

What is needed are uniform standards, he argued.

"It's not just a question of restarting the system," he said. "We actually have to create a system that currently doesn't exist, namely a global regulation of financial markets."

Soros is probably the most dangerous man in the world. He thinks like an evil dictator, and he's got enough money to get pretty much anything he wants, including the Chinese, who happen to be the current leaseholders for the United States.

Soros' hedge fund, Soros Fund Management LLC, has been rumored to be opening a new office in Hong Kong.

2010-02-10T11:01:00.000-08:00

A Better 'Miss Me Yet?' Billboard
Via The Humble Libertarian

2010-02-10T09:11:00.000-08:00

London teacher forced out of job for complaining about Muslim students who praised 9/11 jihadists and shouted out their hatred for Jews and Christians
Via Jihad Watch

A Christian teacher told today how he lost his job after complaining that Muslim pupils as young as eight hailed the September 11 hijackers as 'heroes'.

Nicholas Kafouris said he was forced from his £30,000-a-year post because he would not tolerate the 'racist' and 'anti-Semitic' behaviour of children.

He said the predominantly Muslim youngsters openly praised Islamic extremists in class, and hailed the terrorists of the 2001 atrocities as 'martyrs'.

Some samples of student comments:

'Don't touch me, you're a Christian'

'We want to be Islamic bombers when we grow up', and 'the Christians and Jews are our enemies, you too because you're a Christian"

'We hate the Christians' and, 'We hate the Jews'

"I'm glad that man died", 'Why?' I asked. "Because he's a Christian and English and we're Muslim"

'I hate the Jews, they're our enemies.'

What was the school's response to the complaints?

"It's because of your lack of discipline that they're saying these things"

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2010-02-09T19:18:00.000-08:00

Prepare for the next battle over marriage; Muslim demands Irish state recognize his polygamous marriage
Via TimesOnline

Coming soon to a U.S. city near you:

The man is from Lebanon, where polygamy is permitted. He is married to two women and has been granted Irish citizenship.

Seven years ago the Department of Justice refused to grant the man’s first wife a visa. The Lebanese entered Ireland with his second wife and claimed asylum. His first wife did not arrive until much later. The man has children with both women.

After its decision was challenged, the justice department agreed to quash its refusal to issue a visa to the first wife. But as part of this settlement the man is required to ask the High Court to rule on the validity of his marriage under section 29 of the 1995 Family Law Act.

The state and the wives are all represented in the case. The residency rights of both spouses will depend on the decision. A number of similar cases are awaiting the outcome.

Legal experts say section 29 applications are usually brought to determine if foreign divorces are valid in Ireland. Britain has agreed to recognise marriages in countries which allow polygamy, as long as a man has married just once.

Because, the poor immigrants should not be forced to follow the rules of the country they move to. We should obviously change our entire culture to satisfy them.

What's truly scary, is how many government officials (and citizens) actually agree with that.

OH WAIT! Did I say "coming soon to a U.S. city near you?" I must have forgotten about Yusuf Bey and his 100 wives ... in California!

As the late Yusuf Bey built Your Black Muslim Bakery into an empire of wealth and influence, he also orchestrated a systematic welfare fraud scheme at his Oakland compound, three of his former wives have testified.By the wives’ sworn account, Bey directed many of the 100 women whom he considered his wives to make fraudulent applications for government aid programs intended to assist poor families, then diverted the benefits to himself.

Bey’s alleged fraud scheme began in the 1970s and continued in some form until his death in 2003, according to the women, who gave depositions in a negligence lawsuit against Alameda County that was settled out of court earlier this year.

The allegations prompted an extensive investigation by county officials, but incomplete county records and the complicated nature of the alleged scheme were key reasons the investigation stalled, and no civil suit to recover money was filed, said Alameda County Counsel Richard E. Winnie.

The revenue – thousands of dollars per month, perhaps more than $1 million over the course of the scheme, testimony in the case suggests – helped inflate the clout of Your Black Muslim Bakery, a business Bey proselytized as an icon of economic self-sufficiency.

Yeah, THAT "Your Black Muslim Bakery."

2010-02-09T13:24:00.000-08:00

Jihadists at UC Irvine; Muslim students shout down Israeli Ambassador
Via Atlas Shrugs

Oren was interrupted 10 times while trying to give his speech before 500 people at the UCI Student Center, where there was heavy security. Oren took a 20 minute break after the fourth protest, asked for hospitality and resumed his speech, only to be interrupted again by young men yelling at him every few minutes. Many members of the audience also applauded Oren.

After the 10th interruption, several dozens students who opposed Oren’s talk got up and walked out and staged a protest outside. It is not clear whether they were members of the UCI Muslim Student Union, which issued an email earlier in the day condemning Oren’s appearance on campus.

Why are we allowing this to go on in our own country? Eventually, American citizens are going to have to take care of matters ourselves.

"We speak out, we deflate their [Americans and Jews] morale, and it’s the best we can do right now…and our brothers and sisters on the other side of the world are handling business in their own way.”

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2010-02-09T11:59:00.000-08:00

Captain America Says Tea Parties Are Dangerous and Racist
Via Publius Forum

Sadly, this muscle bound hero that took on the whole Nazi army during WWII seems to be afraid of those American people who’ve joined the Tea Party movement. Not only is Cappy quaking in his little red booties, but he’s sure that the Tea Party folks are dangerous racists, too.

The two then discuss their plan to infiltrate the subversive group that Marvel comics seems to be linking to the Tea Party movement. This discussion culminates in The Falcon wondering how a black man would do such a thing. “I don’t exactly see a black man from Harlem fitting in with a bunch of angry white folks,” he tells the incognito Captain America.

The Captain tells him, “no it’s perfect… this all fits right into my plan.” After this we find that the Captain’s plan is to send the black man into a redneck bar to pretend to be a black man working for the IRS and to get everyone all mad

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GO HERE to contact Marval Comics. Let them know what you think.

2010-02-09T11:12:00.000-08:00

NBC hack really upset that Fox is trying to undermine his credibility or something
Via Breitbart TV

Actually Todd, you guys take care of that all by yourselves: