By Monday afternoon, the crises had forced Obama to revise his schedule. The White House announced that the president, after returning from the beach, would make an unscheduled statement about Iraq. He freshened up at his 8,100-square-foot vacation home, then stepped outside, in a blue blazer and open collar; his aides wisely chose a wooded backdrop rather than one with the infinity pool and the sweeping water views. Obama finished his four-minute statement and then hopped in his motorcade for the ride to a Democratic fundraiser.
David Cameron’s Britain
Where the foxes caper unmolested, the government packs your school lunch and Ebola holds out a last, faint promise;
I have no idea what it is like to be stateless; but I get a nasty feeling that this may not be the case for much longer. I am an Englishman but watching the decline of my country from within I have been tempted for many years to denounce any form of allegiance to a nation which has become voluntarily powerless to defend any aspect of itself.
h/t Adrian
“When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal”
Saturday was the 40th anniversary of President Nixon’s resignation from office after the Watergate scandal. While many panelists on NBC’s “This Week” explained the moment as a time when America learned to be skeptical of its leaders, the former CBS reporter took a different tack.
“I think that we’ve gone backwards since that time when we really felt empowered as journalists,” Attkisson said. “And all I can think is: What would happen today during a Nixon-type scandal?”
h/t Lev
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
Reader Tips
In tonight’s amusement en route to the Tips Steve’n’Seagulls carry on the Finnish tradition of homemade oddball cover tunes by taking a plucky flying leap at AC/DC’s Thunderstruck.
The comments thread is open for your Reader Tips.
Robin Williams, RIP
Free Lorrie Steeves!
Gord Steeves has suddenly been propelled into being the frontrunner in Winnipeg’s mayoral race. And it’s not for something he said or did. He can thank his wife for the push.
What? What are you talking about? The MSM says his campaign is finished because of a four-year-old Facebook post by his wife complaining about being harrassed by “drunk native guys.”
Hardly.
Because EVERYBODY KNOWS IT’S TRUE!
[…]
The news media discovered through the various methods of instant feedback (Twitter, Internet comments, Facebook) that there was little sympathy for the drunk native guys in the story.
CBC, for example, had 311 comments on their Steeves story, ten-to-one in his favour, before they closed off comments.
h/t Mike
2015 Canadian Idol Election
Warning: Further reading of this item may necessitate the use of one of these.
The Shiny Pony appears to have a growing group of fanboys & fangirls. No, we’re not talking about members of the Media Party, who are lifetime charter members of his fan club. Rather, this concerns the general public, particularly those susceptible to HDS. Here’s a sampling:
“Oh my God, it’s Justin Trudeau! Justin, I love you!” shouted a startled Joanna Ludlow, 21, when she realized Trudeau, clearly relaxed and basking in the crowd’s affection, was leading a group of flamboyantly-dressed Liberals dancing through Vancouver’s West End in the blazing sunshine.
Trudeau was in a long-sleeve white cotton shirt, blue jeans and alligator shoes, wearing cheap gold and red beads someone put around his neck just before the parade began. He moved easily from one side of the street to the other as the crowds responded to his smile and wave like a magnet.
Ken Bonham, a 57-year-old Revelstoke businessman and usually a Conservative voter, said after posing for a photo with Trudeau that he’d “definitely” consider a Liberal switch.
“He clearly connects with the working man. He’s not uptight like other politicians who you only see in a suit and tie.”
Multi-Cult Supporters Rejoice
One of the key tenets of multiculturalism is to never, ever criticize another culture because, as its supporters would tell you, it’s not appropriate to judge another culture which you clearly don’t fully understand. Here’s how Mark Steyn explains it.
When you read this story remember that the Multi-Cultists are not upset by it at all. In their minds, to be disturbed would mean you were judging.
Showing Up To Riot
Mocking Obama: James O’Keefe Crosses The US-Mexico Border Dressed As Osama Bin Laden
2006 Flashback!
Y2Kyoto: Data Tampering At NASA
The Red Queen
OFF WITH THEIR PANTYHOSE: A “pervasive culture of fear” stopped government staff from confronting then-premier Alison Redford about exorbitant expenses and excessive travel, and those who did challenge her were scorned and dismissed, insiders say.
Scratch A Leftist
Mulcair has buckled to his anti-Israel base. His courage & principle was admirable while it lasted. It's gone now. http://t.co/k9hdZzHlqq
— Senator Linda Frum (@LindaFrum) August 11, 2014
The Sound Of Settled Science
So, that’s why we stopped hearing about it…
… the scientific underpinnings of shaken baby syndrome have been called into question,” said Denise McWilliams, executive director of the project. “There’s a good amount of evidence that shaken baby syndrome might, at best, be questionable and it might, at worst, be totally bogus.”
The Growing Rise of Anti-Semitism
Why Is There Always A Big Screen TV?
Idle No More Co-Founder Nina Wilson Praises Zimbabwe Dictator Robert Mugabe. (h/t Kevin B)
Someone Else’s Wallet
This bloated ‘diversity’ infrastructure, and the larger bureaucracy, has made the recent wave of student protests look particularly foolish… There they are protesting against tuition hikes, and my view is, who are you guys protesting against? […] Gibor Basri, the Vice Chancellor of Equity, Inclusion and Diversity at Berkeley, participated in some of these tuition protests and said rising tuition gives him heartburn. Well, if he’s got so much heartburn, how about he starts divesting the seventeen staff in his ‘diversity’ office? He could even give up his own salary [of $200,000] or cut it by half.
Riots, Looting In Ferguson, Missouri
Get your play by play via Twitter as the networks have nothing.
Justice for uhh I forgot his name… Free stuff! http://t.co/Pdn91pFLWS #Ferguson #FergusonRiot
— Herschel Rothstein (@Roth4Israel) August 11, 2014
Hair extensions seem especially meaningful at a time like this.
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Reader Tips
Thread is open while I hunt around for something entertaining. It’s going to be hard to top last week!
Aha! Zero gravity cats.
This Is Not Your Grandma’s Humane Society
Cruel and unusual fluffiness;
A family told of their horror at being threatened with jail by the RSPCA which falsely accused them of animal cruelty and insisted that their beloved family cat be put to sleep.
Richard Byrnes and his wife Samantha suffered two years of trauma after an RSPCA inspector seized their cat, 16-year-old Claude, in May 2013 claiming that he was too thin and had matted fur.
After 24 hours of agonising negotiations Claude was put to sleep by a local vet against the wishes of Mr and Mrs Byrnes who were threatened with prison if they refused to sign the release form.