When you call Senator Casey's DC office with a dissenting opinion or asking a question about the Russian agreement signed today in Russia by Obama you get hung up on. Try it. 202-224-6324 The consititutional law student answering the phones says he knows more than us normal citizens. Boy, they breed those elitists young in DC!

The G8 leaders are set this week to deliver their strongest statement so far on global warming.

They are likely to agree that the world ought to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2050 - with rich nations reducing them by 80%.

The group will probably also say that any human-induced temperature rise should be held to 2C - a level considered to be a danger threshold.
The US has previously objected to such a clause.

But it looks as though the G8 will fall short of agreeing the short-term targets scientists say are essential to ensure that the 2C threshold is not breached.

IT'S SICKENING.

Will it be more of this?




Hussein Soetoro chose the Independence Day weekend to journey to Moscow and finish the strategic arms negotiations with Russia.

As Jake Tapper reported, the administration has already announced that a plan to implement the renegotiated Treaty in advance of the Senate's ratification.

With the clock running out on a new US-Russian arms treaty before the previous Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START, expires on December 5, a senior White House official said Sunday said that the difficulty of the task might mean temporarily bypassing the Senate’s constitutional role in ratifying treaties by enforcing certain aspects of a new deal on an executive levels and a “provisional basis” until the Senate ratifies the treaty.

"The most ideal situation would be to finish it in time that it could be submitted to the Senate so that it can be ratified," said White House Coordinator for Weapons of Mass Destruction, Security and Arms Control Gary Samore. "If we're not able to do that, we'll have to look at arrangements to continue some of the inspection provisions, keep them enforced in a provisional basis, while the Senate considers the treaty."

What's the rush?

What will require such immediate implementation?

Soetoro's men are telegraphing the message that the Administration is going to agree to drastically reduce the arsenal of freedom.

And he will begin dismantling our Nation's defenses before the Senate can slow him down. Soetoro is so intent on weakening America that he fears the reaction of even a Senate his Party dominates.

Belmont Club notes the President's overtly stated pretense that Medvedev represents something other than Putin's faithful puppet, and he understands why:

For Barack Obama to sell any agreement he reaches with the Russians, he must portray today’s Russia as being led by “new men”, reasonable men, men perceived to be unlike Vladimir Putin. In this way he can say that ‘new page’ has been turned; and America is now dealing with ‘people we can trust’. Obama probably knows that Medvedev only represents “a more accommodating face of Russia … only because Mr Putin wants him to”. But it suits his book to present Medvedev’s face or at the very least to portray Russia as a battlefield between “moderates and neo-conservatives”. The wool being pulled over isn’t over the President’s eyes but someone else’s.

As part and parcel of his Gramscian leftist agenda, the Obamessiah is preparing to surrender to the rump of the Soviet Union. He is hell bent on weakening America, knowing that when the bastion of freedom falters, leftist tyranny can spread unchecked throughout the world.

You don't think so? Then explain this away:

President Obama told Russia’s ITAR-TASS/ROSSIYA TV that his “goal is that both countries reduce their nuclear stockpiles in a way that doesn't leave either country with an advantage, but reduces tensions and the expense of maintaining such high nuclear stockpiles when they're not necessary for our defense and our deterrence."

Tell me why a President who wants to give up America's military superiority over a dangerous, adventurous tyrant is not guilty of treason.

He knows it is treason.

And that is why, as usual, he is relying on extra-Constitutional actions and his personal authority as glamour boy of the media in order to do it.

It is high time that the CIA reveal the documentary proof that he was, as his relatives insisted all along, born in Kenya and hence ineligible for the Presidency. That proof certainly exists, or the Obama Campaign would not have been at such pains to conceal it. Revealing the evidence now may be the last best hope for America and the world. With a nuclear Iran under Putin's protective wing, Chavezism running riot in Latin America, the economy in free fall, and the quiet jihad making steady gains across Western Europe, this moment may be our last chance to avoid years and years of tribulation.

DM:

Eleven people are seriously harmed during NHS surgery every day, it emerged yesterday.

The number of major errors has risen by 28 per cent in five years, with more than 4,000 patients hurt in 2007/08.

Mistakes include objects such as scalpels and coils being left inside patients, organs being punctured, and the wrong dosage of drugs being given.

A total of 722 objects were left inside patients during surgery last year.

... 'This has undoubtedly, in a number of well documented cases, been a contributory factor in making services unsafe,' the report said.

The MPs added that many mistakes were not reported by the NHS – raising the possibility that the recorded number of medical mishaps is just the tip of the iceberg.

The latest figures were uncovered by the Liberal Democrats in a parliamentary answer.

... Health spokesman Norman Lamb said: 'These figures raise serious concerns and call into question the Government's claim to be making patient safety a priority.

'There really is no excuse for leaving objects inside people. Far too many avoidable mistakes are still being made.

'Many doctors and nurses are under enormous amounts of pressure to meet Government targets.

'We have to ensure that patient safety isn't being compromised to satisfy the whims of Whitehall.

THEY'VE BEEN DOING NATIONAL SINGLE-PAYER HEALTHCARE OVER IN THE UK FOR 60 YEARS, AND IT STILL SUCKS.

YET OBAMA STILL WANTS TO BRING IT HERE.

DON'T BE DUPED.

DISSENT ACCORDINGLY.

NYTIMES:

President Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., in separate interviews this weekend, said that the accelerating crackdown on opposition leaders in Iran in recent days would not deter them from seeking to engage the country’s top leadership in direct negotiations.

In an interview with The New York Times, a day before his scheduled departure for Moscow on Sunday, Mr. Obama acknowledged the arrests and intimidation of Iran’s opposition leaders, but insisted, as he has throughout the Iranian crisis, that the repression would not close the door on negotiations with the Iranian government.

“We’ve got some fixed national security interests in Iran not developing nuclear weapons, in not exporting terrorism, and we have offered a pathway for Iran to rejoining the international community,” Mr. Obama said.

Mr. Biden echoed the same themes in an interview conducted in Iraq and broadcast Sunday on the ABC News program “This Week.”

THIS SENDS A SIGNAL TO THE REGIME - IT GIVES THEM A GREEN LIGHT ON MORE VIOLENT CRACKDOWN AGAINST THE REBELLION.

IT IS IMMORAL - AND BAD NEGOTIATING.

OBAMA IS THE WORST PRESIDENT EVER - AND IN RECORD TIME.

Eight+ hours after we posted on PALIN AND THE TEA PARTIES, Glenn Reynolds has one of his longest posts EVAH on the same subject - PALIN and the TEA PARTY movement, only Glenn attacked the subject from a different angle: that Palin might co-opt the Tea Party movement and make it a Third Party.

WE DISAGREE.

We think she will galvanize the movement and make it an influential libertarian wing of the GOP.

Burgess Meredith, the late actor who played “The Penguin” in the original “Batman” television series, plays the role of a conservative Christian branded as “The Obsolete Man” in a same-name episode of The Twilight Zone television series I watched on the SciFi Channel this afternoon. While watching the classic episode, which aired for the first time June 2, 1961, I couldn’t help but notice the many similarities between characters portraying representatives of an all-powerful, Godless government (a.k.a., “The State”) and the liberals who make up the current administration of President Barack Obama.

Hmmm? The State oppressing a conservative Christian? Talk about life imitating art.

Click here to watch the episode, shown in three parts, and see if you agree.

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From Pamela Geller --This reproduced picture run across world media, her cross is cropped out. What deceit.

That Neda was a Christian is ample proof that everyone in Iran who took to the streets was marching for liberty and one man one vote.

How vile to imply that millions marched for the inside politicking of Islamic cleric rule.

Her religion flies in the face of every cold blooded pundit who has attempted to dismiss this historic movement as simply more sharia in shades of green.

Photo hat tip Robert via PI)

A HOT CHICK AND BIG BAD GUNS HERE.

WHEN THEY SEE THIS VIDEO, THOSE GOAT-LOVING MISOGYNIST DIAPERHEADS WILL CRAP IN THEIR PANTS.

OR THEIR HEADS WILL EXPLODE.

(SAME THING.)

SAUDIS GREENLIGHT THE ATTACK TO DESTROY IRAN'S NUKE ASSETS:

Saudi Arabia has indicated to Israel that it would not protest use of its airspace by Israeli fighter jets in the event the government resolves to launch a military assault against Iran, according to a report which appeared in the British Sunday Times.

According to The Sunday Times, Mossad chief Meir Dagan held secret meetings with Saudi officials who gave their tacit approval to Israel's use of the kingdom's airspace.

"The Saudis have tacitly agreed to the Israeli air force flying through their airspace on a mission which is supposed to be in the common interests of both Israel and Saudi Arabia," The Sunday Times quoted a diplomatic source as saying last week.

The report also quoted John Bolton, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, as saying that it would be "entirely logical" for Israeli warplanes to fly over Saudi Arabia en route to bombing nuclear targets in Iran.

Though any Israeli attack would be roundly condemned by Mideast leaders at the UN, Bolton said Arab leaders have privately expressed trepidation at the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran.

"None of them would say anything about it publicly but they would certainly acquiesce in an overflight if the Israelis didn't trumpet it as a big success," Bolton told The Sunday Times.

GOOD.

TOO BAD THE USA WON'T DO IT. TOO BAD AND SHAMEFUL.

• UPDATE: 10 HOURS LATER AND INSTAPUNDIT LINKS TO THE SAME STORY.
• UPDATE # 2: 12 HOURS LATER AND JONAH GOLDBERG LINKS TO THE STORY.
• UPDATE #3: 13 HOURS LATER AND POWER LINE NOTICES THE STORY.
• UDAPTE #4: 14 HOURS LATER AND HOT AIR LINKS TO THE STORY.
• UPDATE #5: 14.5 HOURS LATER AND MEMEORANDUM NOTICES THE STORY.
  

MY POINT: WE BEAT THE BIGGIES ALL THE TIME. REGULAR READERS KNOW THIS. SPREAD THE WORD; BLOGROLL US; BOOKMARK US.

UNBELIEVEABLE!



WATCH ALL 10 MINUTES!

THIS IS AMERICA, FOLKS - 2009!

IT HAS BEGUN.

THIS MUST BE STOPPED!

AWESOME!

MAKE THEM PAY, SARAH! MAKE THE PAY!

From the Solicitor's Journal:

MAJOR MULLAH GROUP CALLS ELECTION ILLEGITIMATE:

The most important group of religious leaders in Iran has called the disputed presidential election and the new government illegitimate, an act of defiance against the country’s supreme leader and the most public sign of a major split in the country’s clerical establishment.

The statement by the Association of Researchers and Teachers of Qum represents a significant, if so far symbolic, setback for the government and especially the authority of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose word is supposed to be final. The government has tried to paint the opposition and its top presidential candidate, Mir Hussein Moussavi, as criminals and traitors, a strategy that now becomes more difficult — if not impossible.

“This crack in the clerical establishment and the fact they are siding with the people and Moussavi in my view is the most historic crack in the 30 years of the Islamic republic,” said Abbas Milani, director of the Iranian Studies Program at Stanford University. “Remember they are going against an election verified and sanctified by Khamenei.”

IT AIN'T OVER YET!

THERE'S ONE MAJOR MULLAH WHO HASN'T YET COME OUT FORCEFULLY AGAINST THE IRANIAN REGIME, WHOSE SUPPORT FOR THE REBELLION WOULD BE CRITICAL FOR THE REBELLION: BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA.

HEH.

OKAY: HE'S NOT A MULLAH... YET.

BUT HIS UNMITIGATED SUPPORT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO THE REBELLION.

WHY IS HE HOLDING BACK?

IT'S EITHER STUPID OR IMMORAL.

OBAMA AIN'T DUMB, SO I GUESS HE'S IMMORAL.

UPDATE: THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MEANS THAT OBAMA IS TO THE RIGHT OF HALF THE MULLAHS IN IRAN!

(UPDATE: ONE HOUR LATER AND INSTAPUNDIT POSTS A LINK.)

THE FOLKS AT THE OAS ARE EITHER IGNORANT & INSANE, OR EVIL.

I LEAN TOWARD EVIL: THE LEADERS OF THESE NATIONS ARE NOT DUMB; THEY ARE CONSISTENT: SUPPORTING THE BAD GUYS AND HURTING THE GOOD GUYS.

THAT MAKES THEM EVIL IN MY BOOK.

Sickening. (More here.)

EXCERPT:

Iranian leaders say they have obtained confessions from top reformist officials that they plotted to bring down the government with a “velvet” revolution. Such confessions, almost always extracted under duress, are part of an effort to recast the civil unrest set off by Iran’s disputed presidential election as a conspiracy orchestrated by foreign nations, human rights groups say.

What's even MORE sickening?

Obama hasn't sufficiently supported the rebellion and won't take further steps to support the rebellion.

Obama is turning his back on our nation's central values - a central value of democracy and of our foreign policy for over a hundred years: self-determination for all nations and peoples.

Obama is evil.

ARMENIAN NEWS:

Two Lebanese and four Azerbaijanis have gone on trial on terrorism charges in Baku for planning an attack on the Israeli embassy in Azerbaijan's capital.

Karaki Ali Muhammad, Ali Najmeddin, Vidadi Rasulov, Mushvig Amanov, Afghan Babashov and Javad Mammadov are accused of treason and spying.

The suspects are reported to be "connected to" the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah and the Al-Qaeda network.

The two Lebanese were under orders to recruit Azerbaijani citizens and devise a plan to attack the Israeli and U.S. embassies, as well as the strategic Gabala missile-detection radar station in the north of the country. They are also believed to have connections with Iran's powerful ideological army the Revolutionary Guards.

AL QAEDA AND HIZBALLAH ARE ALLIES IN GLOBAL JIHAD -

AND SINCE IRAN BACKS HIZBALLAH IT MAKES IRAN AN ACTIVE ALLY OF AL QAEDA.

ACCORDING TO AN ACT PASSED BY CONGRESS AND SIGNED BY THE PREVIOUS POTUS, THIS IS SUFFICIENT GROUNDS FOR A USA ATTACK ON IRAN.

THE AUMF 9/18/01:

Authorization for Use of Military Force
September 18, 2001

Public Law 107-40 [S. J. RES. 23]

107th CONGRESS

JOINT RESOLUTION

To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the recent attacks launched against the United States.

Whereas, on September 11, 2001, acts of treacherous violence were committed against the United States and its citizens; and

Whereas, such acts render it both necessary and appropriate that the United States exercise its rights to self-defense and to protect United States citizens both at home and abroad; and

Whereas, in light of the threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by these grave acts of violence; and

Whereas, such acts continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States; and

Whereas, the President has authority under the Constitution to take action to deter and prevent acts of international terrorism against the United States: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This joint resolution may be cited as the `Authorization for Use of Military Force'.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.

(a) IN GENERAL- That the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons.

(b) War Powers Resolution Requirements-

(1) SPECIFIC STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION- Consistent with section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers Resolution, the Congress declares that this section is intended to constitute specific statutory authorization within the meaning of section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution.

(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS- Nothing in this resolution supercedes any requirement of the War Powers Resolution.


Approved September 18, 2001.

IRAN'S AID FOR HIZBALLAH AND HIZABALLAH'S AID FOR AL QAEDA MIGHT HAVE COME AFTER 9/11/01.

THIS MAKES THEM JUST AS CULPABLE - IF NOT MORE SO:

• THE CURRENT IRANIAN REGIME HAS CHOSEN TO FORGE AN ALLIANCE WITH THE PERPETRATORS OF 9/11 (WITH AL QAEDA VIA HIZBALLAH),
• AND THESE PARTIES HAVE TAKEN STEPS TO MAKE FURTHER ATTACKS ON THE USA;
• (AN ATTACK ON A USA EMBASSY IN AZERBAIJAN IS AN ATTACK ON THE USA).

THIS SPEECH ALONE PROVES HOW AWFUL OBAMA IS AND HOW MUCH BETTER - INFINITELY BETTER - MCCAIN WOULD HAVE BEEN.

THESE ARE THE WORDS OUR AMERICAN PRESIDENT SHOULD BE SAYING.

(INSTEAD, ALL OBAMA HAS OFFERED IS EQUIVOCATION, FALSE EQUIVALENCES, APPEASEMENT AND AS A RESULT SHAME.)

EXCERPT:

... Our wealth and power, unequaled by any nation before or since, are not the cause of our greatness. Our ideals have made us great. We are strong and prosperous because we are free, not the other way around. We have marched, in fits and starts, toward the right side of history and have ascended to a most exalted station in the affairs of mankind – ‘leader of the free world.’ It’s a great tribute to us, but also a great responsibility.

We share a kinship of ideals with every man and woman on earth who struggles for their God-given rights. The world must never doubt where we stand in the liberation struggles of our time. We stand with those who risk the anger of tyrants and their lives for the proposition that just government is derived from the consent of the governed; that all people are entitled to equal justice under the law.

Today, we stand with the millions of Iranians who brave batons, imprisonment and gunfire to have their voices heard and their votes counted. They do not ask us to arm them or come to their assistance with anything other than public declarations of solidarity, and public denunciations of the tyrants who oppress them. We have a moral obligation to do so.

There are those among us who warn that a strong and unequivocal declaration of moral support for Iranians would be used by the cruel regime in power there to convince their subject people that the United States is behind the civil unrest they have attempted to hide from the world. But the regime will make that claim no matter what we say or do. Do they really believe Iranians don’t know why they’re protesting and who is oppressing them? Do they think Iranians whose votes were discarded, whose voices have been ignored, whose lives have been threatened by the regime they wish to be rid of will think America has put them in that position; that the CIA caused a brave and idealistic young woman to step out of her car to join their protest, only to be instantly murdered by the henchmen of the regime?

Iranians know the truth. They know who is oppressing them and why. It’s a government that governs without their consent, which beats them, imprisons them and threatens their lives to preserve its own hold on power, and not to resist some imagined foreign enemy.

They are not fools, these brave and determined Iranians. They are on the right side of history, and the cynics among us, who think them fools, are on the wrong side. Liberty and justice will someday be theirs. Let us hope they will have reason to remember then, who their friends were in their struggle for freedom.

This is John McCain, wishing you a happy and meaningful Fourth of July.

WATCH THE WHOLE THING:

UPDATE: WHAT DID OBAMA TALK ABOUT ON THE FOURTH? SOCIALISM.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE:

ONE NEWS ITEM TAKING UP THE ENTIRE MEMEORANDUM FRONT PAGE!

THIS PROVES THAT SARAH PALIN IS TRULY AWESOME:

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Jay McDonough / Newshoggers.com: Dear Sarah, WTF? (Update: An Embezzlement Scandal?)

Rachel Sklar / The Huffington Post:

Sarah Palin, You Owe The Media An Apology — “I told you so” moments are pretty sweet — and thanks to Sarah Palin, now I've got one. Ten months to the day after her speech at the Republican National Convention, I would like for this woman to eat her words:

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Discussion: The Other McCain, No Sheeples Here!, American Street, Politics Daily, Sister Toldjah and Pajamas Media

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Discussion:

The Other McCain: Most ludicrous Sarah Palin reaction

No Sheeples Here!: Godspeed Sarah — Ambrose Bierce once said, “A sweater …

Mark Adams / American Street: Palinfreude Overdose — My apologies to everyone for neglecting my blogging duties.

Walter Shapiro / Politics Daily: What the Sarah Palin Bombshell Means

Sister Toldjah: Friday links - Palin resigning “within weeks,” Obama slammed on Honduras stance, etc

Ed Driscoll / Pajamas Media: Comeback: You're Doing It Wrong, GOP

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

First Signs What Happened — Okay, we're getting our first indication of what happened. It seems like a colossal sulk on Palin's part, or perhaps better to say an effort on her part to ingeniously combine anti-liberal media bias agitation with Christianist politics by portraying herself as having been crucified by the liberal media.

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Discussion: The Politico, Firedoglake, Weekly Standard and Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog!

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Jonathan Martin / The Politico: Palin announces resignation

Swopa / Firedoglake: Sarah Palin: No Longer Alaska's Problem, Aspiring to Be America's Problem

Matthew Continetti / Weekly Standard: Updated: Palin to Resign

Bob Cesca / Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog!: The Storm Off

Versha Sharma / Talking Points Memo:

Full Text Of Palin's Resignation Speech — The Governor's website posted this transcript on Friday, July 3.

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Discussion: TPMDC, The Atlantic Politics Channel, Talking Points Memo, Alas, a blog, First Draft, Celtic Diva's Blue Oasis, The Impolitic, Washington Monthly, The New Republic, neo-neocon and Amygdala

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Discussion:

Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC: Palin's Resignation Speech

Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel: What Palin's Really Up To. (Hint: She Wants To Fight.)

David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo: Shorter Palin: Real Winners Quit

Jeff Fecke / Alas, a blog: The Train Wreck From Wasilla

Athenae / First Draft: So Sarah Palin Quit Today

Celtic Diva / Celtic Diva's Blue Oasis: BREAKING NEWS...CONFIRMED...GOVERNOR PALIN RESIGNING!!!! **UPDATE3**

Libby Spencer / The Impolitic: Classic Palin — As I'm sure you've heard, Sarah Palin …

Hilzoy / Washington Monthly: Barracuda — I just watched Sarah Palin's announcement …

The New Republic: Palin on Trig — The full text of the speech is here. What to make of this?

neo-neocon: This just in: Palin to resign on July 26

Gary Farber / Amygdala: SOME OF THE BEST FROM NRO'S CORNER on the Palin resignation.

The Huffington Post:

GOP Official Who Emailed With Palin Moments Before Decision, Explains Her Move — The head of the Republican Governor's Association said on Friday that in emails sent to him moments before she announced her resignation as governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin discussed expanding the role she played in the Republican Party.

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Discussion: The Mudflats, The League of Ordinary …, The New Republic and NO QUARTER

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Discussion:

Akmuckraker / The Mudflats: PALIN RESIGNS — Yes, it's true. Governor Sarah Palin …

Chris Dierkes / The League of Ordinary Gentlemen: Sarah Sarah Quite Contraire

Noam Scheiber / The New Republic: Best Palin Resignation Spin

Ani / NO QUARTER: Palin to Step Down as Governor at the End of July..."Open Thread* [Updated by LJ]

Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:

HuffPoster: 'Palin Will Run In ‘12 On More Retardation Platform’ — This is about as disgusting as Palin Derangement Syndrome can get. — A blog just published at the Huffington Post is disgracefully titled “Palin Will Run In '12 On More Retardation Platform.”

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Discussion: Bloggasm, Pajamas Media and protein wisdom

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Discussion:

Simon / Bloggasm: HuffPo blogger pulls down post claiming Palin is trying to spread “retardation”

Richard Fernandez / Pajamas Media: Northern surprise — Sarah Palin's has announced she intends …

Darleen / protein wisdom: Ok ok ... Palin thread [Darleen Click] UPDATED cuz retard bits are so funny!

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

Surreality Only Beginning — As David noted below, many commentators have taken little more than an hour to proceed from slack-jawed bewilderment to belief that Sarah Palin's unexplained resignation may be a political masterstroke. — For the moment there's no clear evidence of or explanation …

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Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog

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Discussion:

Kathy / No More Mister Nice Blog: Sarah Palin is resigning as governor of Alaska (Can't believe …

CNN:

Palin won't run for re-election in Alaska, source says — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is expected to announce Friday that she will not seek a second term, a Republican source close to Palin tells CNN. — Palin has scheduled a 3 p.m. ET news conference at her home in Wasilla.

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Discussion: Washington Times, JONATHAN TURLEY, Open Left, Harry's Place, The Confluence, JammieWearingFool, Ben Smith's Blog, The Moderate Voice and Pharyngula

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Discussion:

Donald Lambro / Washington Times: Palin to step down as Alaska governor

JONATHAN TURLEY: Sarah Palin Resigns As Alaskan Governor Effective July 26th

Chris Bowers / Open Left: Palin to Resign On July 26th

Gene / Harry's Place: Palin quits as governor of Alaska

Stateofdisbelief / The Confluence: Sarah Palin Resigns as Governor of Alaska

JammieWearingFool: You Stay Classy, DNC

Jonathan Martin / Ben Smith's Blog: GOP sources: Palin won't run for re-election

Patrick Edaburn / The Moderate Voice: Palin Quits As Governor

PZ Myers / Pharyngula: Quitter — That wacky know-nothing up north, Sarah Palin, has quit her job as governor.

New York Times:

Palin Resigning Governor's Job; Future Unclear — Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska abruptly announced on Friday that she was quitting at the end of the month, shocking Republicans across the country and leaving both parties uncertain about whether she was leaving national politics or laying the groundwork for a presidential run.

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Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and The Huffington Post

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Reliapundit / THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS: WITH HER STUNNING RESIGNATION, PALIN HAS PROVEN …

Rob Richie / The Huffington Post: Sarah Palin's resignation to reduce women governors to six

CNN:

ANDERSON COOPER 360 DEGREES — AP: Diprivan Found at Michael Jackson's Home; Alaska Governor Sarah Palin Steps Down — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. — ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: And, if you're just joining us …

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Discussion: Washington Monthly

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Hilzoy / Washington Monthly: There's Something About This I Just Don't Understand ...

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Miniseries Ends — I guessed right, which I suppose reflects …

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Discussion: Jack & Jill Politics

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Rikyrah / Jack & Jill Politics: Caribou Barbie Resigns!

Michelle Malkin:
But I'm doing what's best for Alaska"

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Discussion: The Corner, Fausta's Blog, CBS News, Pundit & Pundette, YID With LID, The Anchoress, GayPatriot, Ben Smith's Blog, Nice Deb and The Sundries Shack

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Discussion:

The Corner: Sarah Palin — No way around it. She has just labeled herself a “quitter.”

Fausta / Fausta's Blog: Will Sarah Palin become the next Ross Perot?

Sanford Works / CBS News: Analysis: Palin Was Fed Up

Pundette / Pundit & Pundette: If Palin is putting her family first, more power to her

Sammy Benoit / YID With LID: Palin Resigns (Video/Speech Text)-What does it Mean?

The Anchoress: Palin's announcement w/ Updates!

GayPatriot: On Palin's Intentions to Resign as Governor of Alaska

Jonathan Martin / Ben Smith's Blog: The world awaits (and speculates about) Palin announcement

Nice Deb: Bombshell: Sarah Palin To Resign

Jimmie / The Sundries Shack: Leftist Christmas in July: Sarah Palin Resigns

Mickey Kaus / Kausfiles:
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,11, 12, 13, 14 Palin Theories

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Discussion: The American Scene and Pajamas Media

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Discussion:

Conor Friedersdorf / The American Scene: Politics as Unusual — The resignation speech Governor Palin …

Stephen Green / Pajamas Media: It's Over — Sarah Palin stepping down as Alaska governor.

Mark Halperin / TIME.com: 10 Possible Reasons for Palin's Decision

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The Caucus:
Palin to Resign as Governor of Alaska

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Discussion: AndrewHalcro.com, Reuters, Swampland, New York Times, Guardian, Top of the Ticket, The Huffington Post, Brutally Honest, News Desk, TalkLeft, PunditMom, Devil's Advocate, Minnesota Independent, Balloon Juice, Weekly Standard and Pam's House Blend

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Discussion:

Imogen / AndrewHalcro.com: Palin Resigns: Exit stage right

Jeff Mason / Reuters: SNAP ANALYSIS: Why is Sarah Palin resigning as Alaska governor?

Michael Scherer / Swampland: Sarah Palin To Quit As Alaska Governor

New York Times: Text: Palin's Announcement

James Antle / Guardian: Sarah Palin's bizarre bombshell

Steve Padilla / Top of the Ticket: Palin 'doing what's best for Alaska' in stepping down as governor

AKMuckraker / The Huffington Post: What Is Sarah Palin Thinking? One Alaskan's Perspective

Brutally Honest: Sarah Palin: “this decision has been in the works for quite a while”

Avi Zenilman / News Desk: Palin 2012? — Earlier this afternoon, Sarah Palin announced …

Jeralyn / TalkLeft: Sarah Palin Resigns as Governor of Alaska

PunditMom: Sarah Palin Resigns as Alaska Governor

Kate Klonick / Devil's Advocate: See Ya' Later, Sarah

Chris Steller / Minnesota Independent: Palin does Pawlenty one better: She'll quit now

DougJ / Balloon Juice: Crazy like on Fox — It's time to face the awful truth …

Matthew Continetti / Weekly Standard: The Palin Statement — Sarah Palin will resign her office effective July 25.

Louise / Pam's House Blend: Breaking News: Sarah Palin is Stepping Down

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Is Palin's national political career over?

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Discussion: AmSpecBlog, The Corner, Winds of Change.NET, Mere Rhetoric and PoliGazette

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Discussion:

Philip Klein / AmSpecBlog: What Happened to Sarah Barracuda?

Rich Lowry / The Corner: Palin Today — I think I have pretty well-established credentials …

Joe Katzman / Winds of Change.NET: Palin's Resignation, the GOP & 2012

Mere Rhetoric: No, Of Course Palin's Political Career Isn't Over

Michael Merritt / PoliGazette: The Stunning Resignation of Sarah Palin

Rachel D'Oro / Associated Press:
Palin resigning as Alaska governor on July 26

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Discussion: Daily Pundit, The New Ledger, Hot Air, Classical Values, Associated Press, Gawker and RealClearPolitics Video Log

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Discussion:

Bill Quick / Daily Pundit: What Palin Could, And Should, Do — Caveat: What follows …

Brad Jackson / The New Ledger: Angry About Sarah Palin? Blame John McCain

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Audio: Did Palin hint at quitting last month? Plus, a poll!

Eric / Classical Values: THE EVE OF WHAT? — Sarah Palin has resigned — on the eve …

Mrzerato / Associated Press: Sarah Palin To Resign As Alaska Governor

Foster Kamer / Gawker: Sarah Palin Resigning From Office

RealClearPolitics Video Log: Sarah Palin Won't Seek Second Term, Will Resign Mid-Term

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Palin to resign within weeks? Update: Is her career over?

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Discussion: Atlas Shrugs, The Campaign Spot, Instapundit, The Strata-Sphere, KTVA-TV, Right Wing Nut House, Gateway Pundit, The Swamp, Christian Science Monitor, Ben Smith's Blog and theblogprof

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Discussion:

Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs: Palin Stepping down! Palin Putsch: Pray for A Palace Revolution!

The Campaign Spot: Sarah Palin Explains Her Decision to Resign

Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit: SARAH PALIN TO resign as governor? — UPDATE: Thoughts …

AJStrata / The Strata-Sphere: Forget All The Palin Nonsense - She Running For President

KTVA-TV: Palin will not seek re-election

Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House: PALIN RETREATS — Hard to see this as anything else.

Gateway Pundit: BREAKING: SARAH PALIN RESIGNS! (Video)

Mark Silva / The Swamp: Sarah Palin finished in Alaska, but DC?

Yereth Rosen / Christian Science Monitor: In Alaska, many pine for the old Palin

Jonathan Martin / Ben Smith's Blog: Palin to resign

theblogprof: Breaking: Sarah Palin Steps Down As Alaska Governor. UPDATED!

Paul Volpe / The Fix:
Palin To Resign, Focus on Presidential Run

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Discussion: Right Wing News, The Politico, PostPartisan, RedState, Outside The Beltway, Opinion L.A., The Confluence, Sadly, No!, TigerHawk, Eunomia, The Moderate Voice and Top of the Ticket

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Discussion:

Right Wing News: Why Is Sarah Palin Resigning As Governor? I Think It's 1 Of These 4 Reasons...

Mike Allen / The Politico: Palin plans to stay visible

Stephen Stromberg / PostPartisan: Palin's Foolish Resignation

Josh Painter / RedState: Sarah's Satisfaction — If Sarah Palin had intended …

James Joyner / Outside The Beltway: Palin Resigning as Governor

Catherine Lyons / Opinion L.A.: Poll: Should Sarah Palin have resigned?

Bostonboomer / The Confluence: Sarah Palin's Resignation: What Does it Mean?

Brad / Sadly, No!: Gov. Moose Eater steps down

TigerHawk: Sarah Palin resigns

Daniel Larison / Eunomia: I Didn't See This One Coming — On another subject entirely …

David Schraub / The Moderate Voice: Palin Resigning as Alaska Governor

Steve Padilla / Top of the Ticket: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she won't seek reelection

Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Sarah Palin to resign as Alaska's governor

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Discussion: Top Stories from CQ, Don Surber and Taegan Goddard's …

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Discussion:

Jonathan Allen / Top Stories from CQ: Palin Resigning as Governor of Alaska

Don Surber: Palin opts out — Republican Gov. Sarah Palin decided to step …

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire: Palin to Resign as Governor

Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
Mother Palin — Who knows all the reasons — Todd and Sarah Palin …

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Discussion: The Campaign Spot, The Huffington Post, The Daily Dish, Runnin' Scared and Mudflats

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Discussion:

The Campaign Spot: The Weak Spot In Every Political Figure

Glynnis MacNicol / The Huffington Post: Live from Twitter! The Media Reacts to Sarah Palin's Resignation

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish: Toast — Jim Geraghty is shocked by Pailn's resignation:

Roy Edroso / Runnin' Scared: Palin to Resign Governorship of Alaska, Expected to Focus on Complaining

Akmuckraker / Mudflats: PALIN RESIGNS! — The news hit, and the servers at themudflats …

Matthew Cooper / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Three Theories of Palin's Resignation

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Discussion: ProfessorBainbridge.com

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Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com: Palin's Friday Strategy

Washington Post:
Sarah Palin to Resign as Alaska Governor, Citing Probes and Family Needs

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Discussion: Ezra Klein, The Washington Note, The Nation and Above the Law

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Discussion:

Ezra Klein: Sarah Palin Resigns

Steve Clemons / The Washington Note: Sarah Palin News & A Happy 4th!

John Nichols / The Nation: Palin Goes Gonzo

David Lat / Above the Law: Sarah Palin To Resign as Alaska Governor

Washington Post:
Palin's Reasons for Stepping Down

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Discussion: American Thinker, Donklephant, Taylor Marsh, Conservatives4Palin.com, Atlas Shrugs, Maggie's Farm and Hotline On Call

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Discussion:

Thomas Lifson / American Thinker: Sarah Palin breaks the mold again

Justin Gardner / Donklephant: Sarah Palin's Resignation Speech, Video & Text

Taylor Marsh: Sarah, Don't Leave … Frankly, it's just too depressing …

Tim Lindell / Conservatives4Palin.com: Palin Resigning as Alaska Governor

Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs: Palin's Complete Text of her Speech

Bruce Kesler / Maggie's Farm: Palin's Independence Day Oration

Hotline On Call: BREAKING: Palin Steps Down As AK Governor

Steve / Sweetness & Light:
Palin To Resign - ‘State Media’ Wins!

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Discussion: RADAMISTO, Emptywheel and The Hill

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Discussion:

Steve J. / RADAMISTO: YOU MIGHT RECALL THE PINE TAR GAME

Bmaz / Emptywheel: Palin: Is There A Scandal Or Is She Just Abandoning Her Office And Constituents

Reid Wilson / The Hill: Palin to resign at end of month

Quin Hillyer / AmSpecBlog:
Palin's Dereliction of Duty

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Discussion: MyDD and Ben Smith's Blog

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Discussion:

Charles Lemos / MyDD: Sarah Palin: ‘The Life is about choices!’ Speech

Jonathan Martin / Ben Smith's Blog: L. Murkowski: “Deeply disappointed” Palin has “decided to abandon the state”

Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Analysis: Once Again, the Enigma That Is Sarah Palin Plays It by Her Rules

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Discussion: The Campaign Spot and Lawyers, Guns and Money

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Discussion:

The Campaign Spot: Any Chance of 2012 or 2016 Bids Are Gone. But No One Quotes Douglas MacArthur By Accident.

Davenoon / Lawyers, Guns and Money: What would we be without wishful thinking?

CNN:
DNC reacts: Palin decision ‘continues a pattern of bizarre behavior’

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Discussion: The Other McCain

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Discussion:

The Other McCain: 'CUDA ALERT — by Smitty (h/t Rhetorican, also NTC News)

Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
SARAH PALIN RESIGNING JULY 25th

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Discussion: Doug Ross, The Corner, The Campaign Spot and Riehl World View

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Directorblue / Doug Ross: Deranged progressive bloggers photoshop Trig Palin to mock the disabled

Jonah Goldberg / The Corner: Palin Resigning — Well, aside from my timing being impeccable …

Sarah Palin / The Campaign Spot: WOW: Palin Resigning In a Few Weeks

Dan / Riehl World View: Palin: Is It Over? — Jim Geraghty - and apparently Ace think it's over for her future.

Kimberly Krautter / The Huffington Post:
Sarah Palin — What a Schmuck

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Discussion: American Power and skippy the bush kangaroo

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Donald Douglas / American Power: Leftist Reaction to Palin Resignation

Skippy / skippy the bush kangaroo: “i'm a celebrity...get me out of politics!”

msnbc.com:
Palin to resign as Alaska governor

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Discussion: Lawyers, Guns and Money, Hot Air, Crooks and Liars, The Moderate Voice, Macsmind, Wizbang and Comments from Left Field

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Discussion:

Robert Farley / Lawyers, Guns and Money: LGM Alaska Correspondent Eating Cheese Fries or Something?!?

Allahpundit / Hot Air: Video: Palin resigns; Video: Andrea Mitchell says sources tell …

Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars: BREAKING: Sarah Palin To Step Down As Governor Of Alaska

Jack Grant / The Moderate Voice: I Wasn't Expecting This...Sarah Palin Will Resign As Alaska's Governor

Macsmind: Sarah Palin Resigns as Governor ***UPDATE: It's Official - It's About 2012

Kim Priestap / Wizbang: Governor Sarah Palin to make an Announcement at 3pm Eastern

Kathy / Comments from Left Field: Sarah Palin to Resign as Governor

Lisa Demer / Anchorage Daily News:
Health director says she was forced out

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Discussion: Politics Daily and The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

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Discussion:

Jill Lawrence / Politics Daily: Palin's Puzzling Move Again Roils 2012 Field

Eric Zimmermann / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room: Palin official ‘forced out’ over abortion issue

Fox News:
Palin Quits as Alaska Governor

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Discussion: The Huffington Post, La Figa, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Townhall.com and American Power

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Discussion:

Bruce Wilson / The Huffington Post: Sarah Palin's Ramping it Up, Says Alaska Author of New Palin Book

Lisa Derrick / La Figa: Palin Plays Persecuted Martyr in Political Move?

Joel / Alan Colmes' Liberaland: Palin Resigning

Carol Platt Liebau / Townhall.com: A Palin Puzzlement

Donald Douglas / American Power: Sarah Palin Quits! Career Breaker? No Joy in Palinville?

Shannyn Moore / The Huffington Post:
Sarah Palin Resigning as Alaska's Governor (VIDEO)

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Discussion: Open Left and Firedoglake

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Tremayne / Open Left: A Palin Theory — Lots of speculation tonight over the …

Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake: Palin About to Hit the Iceberg?

Washington Wire:
Transcript of Palin's Announcement

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Discussion: Don Surber

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Don Surber: They ran Palin out of town

Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
My Letter To Sarah Palin

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Discussion: National Review

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Jonah Goldberg / National Review: A Letter to Sarah

Mark Steyn / The Corner:

Cutting bait — With respect to many of the Palinologists below, I think they're getting way too hepatomantic over the entrails. As a political move for anything other than the 2010 Senate race, today's announcement is a disaster. And I'm not sure it's a plus for the Senate - and …

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SHE'S A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH.

MAYBE NOW, MAYBE NOT UNTIL 2020.

IN CELEBRATION OF ONE OF THE GREATEST DAYS IN HUMAN HISTORY:







I DIDN'T LOVE HIM (HE WAS TOO LIBERAL FOR ME!), BUT I SURE DO MISS HIM!!!:

GUARDIAN - VIA JAWA:

Afshin, a shopkeeper from south-west Iran, alleges that one of his friends was beaten and repeatedly raped after being arrested at an opposition rally after last month's disputed election. He gave this account to Esfandiar Poorgiv, a journalist and academic. It is published here as part of the Guardian's project to trace those killed and detained during the unrest. The Guardian has been unable to independently verify the account...

...His shoulder blades and arms were wounded. There were some slashes on the face. No bone fractures, but he was bruised all over the body. I wanted to take some photos but he did not let me. The doctor said only four of his teeth were intact, the rest were broken. You could hardly understand what he said.

Then the doctor told me what had happened. He had suffered rupture of the rectum and the doctor feared colonic bleeding. He suggested we take him to the hospital immediately.

THESE ANIMALS ARE WORSE THAN NAZIS.

BUT APPARENTLY IT OKAY WITH OBAMA.

THE ONLY REASONABLE EXPLANATION IS THAT OBAMA IS A EVIL SCUMBAG WHO CARES NOT ONE WHIT ABOUT DEMOCRACY OR UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS OR SELF-DETERMINATION.

IT'S SICKENING.

Palin is not a typical politician.

It's one MAJOR reason she has a broad and deep following in the USA.

By resigning, she's reinforced that truth.

(Here's the text of her announcement.)

Excerpt - (you won't see this on many MSM outlets because it's so so so SO good!):

You don’t hear much about the good stuff in the press anymore, though, do you? Some say things changed for me on August 29th last year — the day that John McCain tapped me to be his running mate. And it was an honor to stand beside a true American hero. I say others changed, and let me to speak to that for a minute.

Political operatives descended on Alaska last August, digging for dirt. The ethics law that I championed became their weapon of choice over the past nine months. I’ve been accused of all sorts of frivolous ethics violations, such as holding a fish in a photograph or wearing a jacket with a logo on it and answering reporters’ questions. Every one of these, though, all 15 of the ethics complaints have been dismissed. We have won, but it hasn’t been cheap. The state has wasted thousands of hours of your time and shelled out some two million of your dollars to respond to opposition research and that’s money that’s not going to fund teachers, or troopers or safer roads.

And this political absurdity, the politics of personal destruction, Todd and I, we’re looking at more than half a million dollars in legal bills just in order to set the record straight. And what about the people who offer up these silly accusations? It doesn’t cost them a dime. So they’re not going to stop draining the public resources, spending other people’s money in this game. They won’t stop.

It’s pretty insane. My staff and I spend most of our day — we’re dealing with this stuff instead of progressing our state now.

And I know that I promised no more politics as usual but this isn’t what anyone had in mind for Alaska.

If I’ve learned one thing it’s that life is about choices and one chooses how to react to circumstances. You can choose to engage in things that tear down or that build up and I choose to work very hard on a path for fruitfulness and productivity. I choose not to tear down and waste precious time but to build up this state and our great country and her industrious and generous and patriotic and free people.

Life is too short to compromise time and resources and though it may be tempting and more comfortable to just kind of keep your head down and plod along and appease those who are demanding, hey, just sit down and shut up. But that’s a worthless, easy path out. That’s a quitter’s way out. And I think a problem in our country today is apathy. It would be apathetic to just kind of hunker down and go with the flow. We’re fishermen and we know that only dead fish go with the flow.

No productive fulfilled people determined where to put their efforts choosing to wisely use precious time to build up — and there is such a need to build up — and fight for our state and our country and I choose to fight for it. And I’ll work very hard for others who still believe in free enterprise and smaller government and strong national security for our country and support for our troops and energy independence and for those who will protect freedom and equality and life.

I’ll work hard for and I’ll campaign for those who are proud to be American and who are inspired by our ideals and they won’t deride them. I will support others who seek to serve in or out of office, and I don’t care what party they’re in or no party at all, inside Alaska or outside of Alaska.

But I won’t do it from the governor’s desk. I’ve never believed that I nor anyone else needs a title to do this, to make a difference, to help people. So I choose for my state and for my family more freedom to progress all the way around.

I take her resignation at face value: she accomplished a lot as governor and will be able accomplish more - for more people, and without all the BS - as an independent activist.

SHE'S RIGHT: She can accomplish all this without the office and without running for another office for MANY years: she does NOT have to run for the Senate and she doesn't have to run for the White House, either.

• I think she is right: she can speak out. and make money, and spend quality time with her family by resigning.

• I think she will continue to talk the talk AND walk the walk, whether the issue is taxes or spending or guns or abortion or national defense.

• And I think she will continue to speak on behalf of a HUGE segment of America.

This is a large segment - one which feels good solid basic principles and American values are the most important thing a public leader can have.

ON THIS LEVEL, SHE HAS WHAT IT TAKES - IN SPADES!

I wish her the best.

(COMPLETE ROUND UP HERE.)

Though some might judge me a conspiracy nut for even posting this piece, I care little about what others think when I know something is right and just. After all, a majority of Americans voted for Barack Obama, proving anything is possible.

Anyway, someone visited Bob McCarty Writes today and, while here, posted a link in a comment below an NRA-related post. Normally, I delete comments like that one that consist entirely of a link directing people away from my blog and to another site. Today, however, I checked out the linked-to site and decided to share a portion of what it offers on this Independence Day Eve.

It turns out that visiting that site was worth my time. Read about it here.

Labels: Barack Obama, Constitution, country, duty, Honor, oath, patriotism

THE MSM IS NOT OBJECTIVE; THEY'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE.

THE MSM REFUSES TO COVER ALAN CARLIN.

GOOGLE NEWS SEARCH:

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The EPA Silences a Climate Skeptic

Wall Street Journal - Kimberley A. Strassel - ‎14 hours ago‎

Except, that is, when it comes to Mr. Carlin, a senior analyst in the epa's National Center for Environmental Economics and a 35-year veteran of the agency. ...

Why is the EPA suppressing this global-warming report? The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

“Suppressed” EPA writer not even a scientist Creative Loafing

Obama Administration Cover-Up At EPA Right Side News

Switched - American Thinker

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FOXNews

Meet Alan Carlin: The EPA's Inconvenient Voice

NewsBusters - Sam Theodosopoulos - ‎Jun 30, 2009‎

You've worked for the EPA for 38 years. Tell us in a nutshell what your report said this spring. ALAN CARLIN, EPA analyst: The most important finding was ...

US Lawmakers Demand Probe Into Claims EPA Suppressed CO2 Study EasyBourse.com

Sen. Inhofe Calls for Inquiry Into 'Suppressed' Climate Change Report FOXNews

EPA analyst report not provided before House passes energy bill. Examiner.com

New York Times -

RESULTS FOR GOOGLE NEWS SEARCH FOR "OBAMA CLIMATE CHANGE"? 13,000.
FOR A GOOGLE NEWS SEARCH OF "IPCC": 3000.

AND 161 FOR A SKEPTIC WHO WORKS FOR THE EPA WHO PROVED THAT THE IPCC DATA WAS FAULTY AND WHOSE EPA REPORT WAS SUPPRESSED FOR THAT REASON.

FOLKS: WE ARE LIVING IN A FASCIST STATE, AND THE MSM IS THE STATE PROPAGANDA MACHINE.

WE MAY BE TAKING THE STREETS SOON - LIKE THEY ARE IN IRAN.

BUT UNLIKE THE IRANIANS: WE WILL BE ARMED!

MORE ON OUR FASCIST STATE HERE.

YID WITH LID:

President Obama's myopic pursuit of his engage the Islamist terrorist regime policy is making him reluctant to upset the Iranian government, with new sanctions. Its Neville Chamberlain time in the oval office:

Report: U.S. to block Iran sanctions at G8 summit

By Shlomo Shamir,

The United States is opposed to enacting a new set of financial sanctions against Iran that are due to be discussed in the G8 summit next week, diplomatic officials in New York reported Friday.

According to officials, sanctions against Iran are expected to top the G8's agenda. Sources are also predicting a pointed debate between the heads of the industrialized nations over an appropriate response to Iranian authorities' suppression of reformist demonstrations in Iran led by Mir Hossein Mousavi and other Iranian opposition leaders.

... diplomatic sources in New York reported that American officials are working behind the scenes to prevent new sanctions from being imposed against Iran.

THIS PUTS OBAMA SQUARELY IN PUTIN'S CAMP!

OBAMA IS AN ENEMY OF UNIVERSAL FREEDOM AND RIGHTS AND SELF-DETERMINATION.

OBAMA PUTS SOCIALISM APPEASEMENT AND DISARMAMENT ABOVE ANY AND ALL OTHER PRINCIPLES.

THIS IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER - UNLESS YOU'RE AN ENEMY OF THE USA.

IT ALL ADDS UP: OBAMA IS:

• PRO-ARAB AND ANTI-ISRAEL;
• PRO-IRANIAN REGIME AND ANTI-IRANIAN REBELLION;
• PRO-HONDURAN MARXIST AND ANTI-HONDURAN CONSTITUTION;

IT'S SICKENING.

• OBAMA STANDS WITH KING ABDULLAH OF SAUDI ARABIA AND AGAINST NETANYAHU - (OR SHOULD I SAY BOWS DOWN TO THE KING!).

• OBAMA STANDS WITH CHAVEZ AND CASTRO AND ORTEGA AND AGAINST THE HONDURAS CONGRESS AND CONSTITUTION.

• AND NOW OBAMA STANDS WITH PUTIN AND AGAINST THE POPULAR UPRISING IN IRAN.

NEVER EVER BEFORE HAVE WE HAD A POTUS WHO WAS SO OPPOSED ALL THE THINGS WE'VE ALWAYS STOOD FOR - AND SO ALLIED WITH ALL THOSE WHO HAVE OPPOSED US AND OUR VALUES IN THE PAST.

A CONTINUED OBAMA PRESIDENCY IS A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO OUR WAY OF LIFE AND THE FREE WORLD.

DISSENT ACCORDINGLY.

CLICK TO LISTEN TO ONE OF BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'S FAVORITE SOUNDS!

THESE AWFUL DECISIONS WILL INEVITABLY HAVE DIRE CONSEQUENCES.

An Arab woman near Jericho tried to get herself killed deliberately because she was being abused by the Religion of Peace:

A Palestinian woman carrying a suspicious object was moderately wounded by IDF fire on Friday morning near the Bekaot checkpoint in the Jordan Valley, north of Jericho.

The soldiers shot at the woman's lower body after shooting in the air and after she did not heed their calls to stop advancing towards them, the military said.

After the woman was shot, the soldiers discovered she was carrying a toy gun. She was evacuated to Haemek Hospital in Afula in moderate condition.

An officer of the Civil Administration who interrogated the wounded woman asked her why she acted in the way she did. She showed him bruise marks on her hands and said she wanted to kill herself after having been abused in her house. The woman is an 18-year-old, married with a child.

The IDF said troops at the checkpoint acted according to protocol.

Three years ago, a gunman shot and killed an IDF soldier at the same checkpoint. IDF soldier St.-Sgt. Ro'i Farjun was killed at there in August 2006, after a Palestinian opened fire at him. Troops returned fire, killing the gunman.

Okay, now did she risk this because she didn't think she could get her child to safety, if she were to try and seek out a women's shelter? I'm not sure, but I can say that suicide in her case would be foolish. What needs to be done is arrange for women's shelter experts to be ready to take in victims like these if they ask for it. They will, of course, have to make it clear that the abuse victims will have to quit Islam if they're really to make things better for themselves.

Labels: islamo-misogyny, Israel

SPECULATORS DO MANIPULATE OIL MARKETS: PROOF.

A lot of people probably don't even recall the name of this performer, who passed away from pancreatic cancer on June 30 at the age of seventy-five. He did both Broadway and film work. In fact, he was once a leading man.

Perhaps, however, you'll recall hearing this singer's rich baritone in the following YouTube version of the song "They Call the Wind Maria," which he performed in the film version of Paint Your Wagon:



More about Harve Presnell, including some surprises, at Always On Watch.

Labels: Always On Watch, Music, obituaries, video

WE DECLARED IT BEFORE WE WON IT.

THE WAR STARTED ON APRIL 19TH, 1775 - AT LEXINGTON & CONCORD.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON:

By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world.

441 DAYS LATER WE DECLARED OUR INDEPENDENCE FROM THE MIGHTIEST IMPERIAL POWER ON EARTH.

WE DO NOT CELEBRATE October 19 - EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ON October 19, 1781 THAT THE BRITISH SURRENDERED AND FIGHTING CEASED.

WE DO NOT CELEBRATE September 3 - EVEN THOUGH IT WAS September 3, 1783, THAT THE TREATY ENDING THE WAR - THE TREATY OF PARIS - WAS FORMALLY SIGNED.

WE CELEBRATE THE DAY WE DECLARED INDEPENDENCE.

THE DAY IT WAS DECLARED - NOT WON.

THE DAY OUR FOREFATHERS GATHERED THEIR COURAGE AND STOOD AND PROCLAIMED TO THE WORLD THAT A NEW AGE HAD BEGUN: AN AGE WHEN MEN WHO WERE BORN FREE WOULD BE FREE.

WHAT EXACTLY DID WE DECLARE?

THIS:

In Congress, July 4, 1776.
A Declaration
By the Representatives of the
United states of America,
In general Congress assembled.

When in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the Separation.

We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness—-That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

IT'S AS REVOLUTIONARY NOW AS IT WAS THEN.

AND WE LIVE IN TIMES WHEN WHEN OUR UNALIENABLE RIGHTS ARE UNDER GRAVE THREAT - FROM EVIL POWERS ABROAD, AND AT HOME.

UNDER THE THREAT OF GLOBAL JIHAD AND JIHADISM, AND LEFTISM.

THREATENED BY BOTH CREEPING SHARIA AND CREEPING SOCIALISM.

• IN THE COMING DAYS AND WEEKS AND MONTHS, WE MUST REDEDICATE OURSELVES TO THESE FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES - THESE ETERNAL AND UNIVERSAL IDEALS.

• BETWEEN JULY FOURTH AND NOVEMBER 2ND, WE HAVE 486 DAYS.

• 486 DAYS TO DO WHATEVER WE MUST IN ORDER TO DEFEAT OBAMA AND HIS COMRADES.

• WE MUSTN'T FAIL.

• THE FUTURE OF THIS GRAND DEMOCRACY AND THE FREE WORLD IS AT STAKE.

OCTAVIO SANCHEZ: Don't believe the coup myth.

... The Honduran military acted entirely within the bounds of the Constitution. The military gained nothing but the respect of the nation by its actions.

... Sometimes, the whole world prefers a lie to the truth. The White House, the United Nations, the Organization of American States, and much of the media have condemned the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya this past weekend as a coup d'état.

That is nonsense.

In fact, what happened here is nothing short of the triumph of the rule of law.

... Under our Constitution, what happened in Honduras this past Sunday?

Soldiers arrested and sent out of the country a Honduran citizen who, the day before, through his own actions had stripped himself of the presidency.

... These are the facts:

• On June 26, President Zelaya issued a decree ordering all government employees to take part in the "Public Opinion Poll to convene a National Constitutional Assembly."
• In doing so, Zelaya triggered a constitutional provision that automatically removed him from office.
• Constitutional assemblies are convened to write new constitutions.
• When Zelaya published that decree to initiate an "opinion poll" about the possibility of convening a national assembly, he contravened the unchangeable articles of the Constitution that deal with the prohibition of reelecting a president and of extending his term.
• His actions showed intent.

Our Constitution takes such intent seriously.

According to Article 239:

"No citizen who has already served as head of the Executive Branch can be President or Vice-President. Whoever violates this law or proposes its reform [emphasis added], as well as those that support such violation directly or indirectly, will immediately cease in their functions and will be unable to hold any public office for a period of 10 years."

Notice that the article speaks about intent and that it also says "immediately" – as in "instant," as in "no trial required," as in "no impeachment needed."

The Honduran military acted entirely within the bounds of the Constitution. The military gained nothing but the respect of the nation by its actions.

I am extremely proud of my compatriots. Finally, we have decided to stand up and become a country of laws, not men. From now on, here in Honduras, no one will be above the law.

Octavio Sánchez, a lawyer, is a former presidential adviser (2002-05) and minister of culture (2005-06) of the Republic of Honduras.

OBAMA AND HIS COMRADES AREN'T DUMB;

THEY KNOW ALL THE ABOVE,

BUT ACTED TO DEFEND ZELAYA ANYWAY -

BECAUSE LIKE ZELAYA THEY ARE SOCIALISTS FIRST:

THEY ARE LEFTISTS WHOSE DESIRE TO REDISTRIBUTE PROPERTY

IS GREATER THAN THEIR RESPECT FOR THE LAW.

(VIA MEMEORANDUM.)

THE HONDURAN CONSTITUTION:

ARTICULO 239.- El ciudadano que haya desempeñado la titularidad del Poder Ejecutivo no podrá ser Presidente o Designado. El que quebrante esta disposición o proponga su reforma, así como aquellos que lo apoyen directa o indirectamente, cesarán de inmediato en el desempeño de sus respectivos cargos, y quedarán inhabilitados por diez años para el ejercicio de toda función pública.

UPDATE: 3 HOURS LATER AND INSTAPUNDIT POSTS A LINK.

JPOST: In possible signal to Iran, Israel sends subs through Suez Canal

After a long hiatus, the Israeli Navy has returned to sailing through the Suez Canal, recently sending one of its advanced Dolphin-class submarines through the waterway to participate in naval maneuvers off the Eilat coast in the Red Sea.

IDF sources said the decision to allow navy vessels to sail through the canal was made recently and was a definite "change of policy" within the service. In 2005, then OC Navy Adm. David Ben-Bashat decided to stop sending Israeli ships through the canal due to growing threats in the area.

However, the Dolphin-class submarine sailed through last month to get from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. Israeli officials said it passed through the canal above water, and that it was not done covertly.

"It is a question of policy," a senior officer explained. "Navy vessels have sailed through the canal on several occasions recently."

The significance of the move was debatable, but it could be interpreted as a message to Iran and a demonstration of strengthening ties between Egypt and Israel.

In the event of a conflict with Iran, and if Israel decided to involve its three Dolphin-class submarines - which according to foreign reports can fire nuclear-tipped cruise missiles and serve as a second-strike platform - the quickest route would be to send them through the Suez Canal.

The only way to get to the Gulf of Oman without refueling would be to go through the canal.

WITH THE SUBS AND JETS AND MISSILES THE IDF COULD NEUTRALIZE THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR THREAT.

IF THEY DID IT NOW I THINK IT WOULD BRING THE CURRENT IRANIAN REGIME DOWN.

WHICH WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD.

AP:

South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint is defending the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and says the rule of law is working in Honduras.

Zelaya was ousted in a military coup after he ignored a Supreme Court order to halt a constitutional revamp, which many Hondurans believe was meant to let him stay in power.

A Republican conservative, DeMint called Zelaya "a Chavez-style dictator," referring to Venezuelan leftist leader Hugo Chavez, an outspoken critic of the United States.

DEMINT SPEAKS TRUTH TO POWER.

BRAVO!

HE'D MAKE A GREAT POTUS.

WHOOPEE.

ISLAMO-MISOGYNY IS ONE OF THE ROOT CAUSES OF GLOBAL JIHAD.

THE FREE WORLD SHOULD HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR IT.

CHALLENGE: IF MICHELLE OBAMA WANTS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AS A TOP FIRST LADY, THEN SHE SHOULD MAKE IT HER CAUSE.

IRISH SUN: Russia opposes Iran sanction over protest crackdown

Moscow, July 2 (RIA Novosti) Russia is opposed to sanctions against Iran over the recent crackdown on protest rallies following the disputed presidential election, the foreign ministry said Thursday.

Russia, which has consistently supported Iran in international disputes, was one of the first countries to congratulate President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his re-election.

'We believe that sanctions against Iran over its internal problems would be illegal and counterproductive. They could provoke unwelcome developments in the situation in Iran and the region,' ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko told reporters.

RUSSIA HAS BEEN A MAJOR FORCE FOR EVIL THE LAST DECADE: ARMING IRAN AND SYRIA AND HIZBALLAH AND BUILDING IRAN'S NUKE PROGRAM.

RUSSIA SHOULD BE ISOLATED FOR ITS ACTIONS, NOT REWARDED WITH ANYTHING.

UPDATE:

MORE PROOF RUSSIA IS THE ENEMY: HERE - HELPING NOKO. AND HERE - HELPING IRAN.

I offer two posts today that are related to the ongoing litigation that pits Chevron Corporation against the Amazon Defense Coalition in an Ecuadoran Court.

In the first post, I offer my thanks to Google, explaining that the well-known search engine helped me pinpoint the reason which New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo might be so interested in helping the Amazon Defense Coalition in its lawsuit against Chevron Corporation.
Read about it here.

In the second post, I reveal how, less than 24 hours after President Barack Obama extended Ecuador’s trade benefits for six months, word arrived from Ecuador that three key individuals representing the Amazon Defense Coalition in its $27 billion lawsuit against Chevron Corporation were meeting with Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa. Click here for the details.

To learn more about the ADC’s spurious lawsuit against Chevron in Ecuador, read these BMW posts.

Labels: amazon defense coalition, andrew cuomo, chevron, ecuador

On socialist China, forced adoptions replace forced abortions:

Dozens of baby girls in southern China have reportedly been taken from parents who broke family-planning laws, and then sold for adoption overseas.

An investigation by the state-owned Southern Metropolis News found that about 80 girls in one county had been sold for $3,000 (£1,800) to foreigners.

The babies were taken when the parents could not pay the steep fines imposed for having too many children.

Local officials may have forged papers to complete the deals, the report said.

Unpopular policy

Parents in rural areas are allowed two children, unlike urban dwellers who are allowed one.

HUMANS IN LOVE LIKE HAVING BABIES, BUT SOCIALIST STATES WHO HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM DON'T.

THIS IS JUST A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD TO SERFDOM - THE ROAD OBAMA HAS US SPEEDING ON.

DISSENT ACCORDINGLY.

UPDATE: We scooped Memeorandum on this. they have other links.