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Inspiration by Third Wave Dave, execution by Big Fur Hat, gloating by Andrea Shea King.
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27 Monday Jun 2011
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Audacity of Hope? Netanyahu: We will block
27 Monday Jun 2011
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From World Jewish Congress:
Six ships that were scheduled to take part in the Gaza-bound flotilla have been detained by Greek port authorities, the Israeli news website ‘Ynet’ reported. Senior officials in Jerusalem confirmed the report, which followed a decision by Greece on Sunday to stop the American vessel ‘Audacity of Hope from participating in the convoy. While the organizers claim that more than 1,500 activists are set to take part in this year’s flotilla, it now appears that no more than seven ships, carrying between 200 and 500 passengers, will set sail next week.
The Israel Navy is gearing up to stop a flotilla that plans to run the blockade of the Gaza Strip this week, amid predictions that violence will be minimal after Turkey’s IHH organization – behind the Mavi Marmara last year – withdrew from the initiative. - Source: Jerusalem Post
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated that Israel would not allow any ship to breach its naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. Jerusalem believes that the dwindling extent of the sail can be largely attributed to the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s diplomatic efforts to stop the flotilla. “The Foreign Ministry is leading diplomatic efforts to delegitimize the flotilla in the eyes of the international community,” Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon said. “The world is aware that such sails are unnecessary, that they are just provocations which violate international law.” Ayalon added that Israel was still gearing to meet whichever vessels do end up participating in the flotilla.
Pray for Israel.
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Chris Wallace is a flake.
27 Monday Jun 2011
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Mark Davis, sitting in for Rush Limbaugh today, is all about defending Chris Wallace’s faux pas yesterday when he asked Michele Bachmann THE question making the buzz today “Are you a flake?”
Davis and others are praising Wallace for walking it back with an apology issued quickly, but I beleive he did it only because he immediately started feeling the blowback from his audience, who were insulted and affronted at the temerity of Wallace to pose such a question. Many believe, myself included that Wallace would have never asked that of another candidate, especially if he was male.
Here’s my take on it. I believe Chris Wallace was showing his true colors with that question.
I’ve always thought Wallace was a chip off the old man’s block. We all know that Mike Wallace was biased toward the Left, never more so than later in his career when it was hard to tell him apart from Dan Rather or any of the other media leftists.
So, to Mark Davis and anyone else who wants to assure their listeners/readers that Chris Wallace is a super nice guy for having issued the apology, I say BS. If Wallace was truly an unbiased journalist, he never would have asked the question in the first place.
Chris Wallace gets a fat fail. And shows his true colors.
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Barnhardt Booked: Keynote at Center for Strategic Analysis Annual Seminar
27 Monday Jun 2011
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You go girl!
Live Event Booked – Back to VegasPosted by Ann Barnhardt – June 23, AD 2011 4:27 PM MSTI am going to be speaking at the Center For Strategic Analysis’ annual seminar in Las Vegas on Saturday, September 24th. It is a one day seminar that will have a variety of speakers from the intelligence and military communities (before they went to hell) on various topics having to do with counter-Jihad and the war against islam.
And yes, since we’re now in Bizarro World, I am going to be the keynote speaker. My speaking block is one hour and forty-five minutes. I have decided that I will use this event to roll-out my magnum opus on the systemic sexual perversion in islamic culture. This is a massive topic, and my rough outline contains no less than NINE discrete sub-topics. I think that delivering this as a speech with an associated PowerPoint slideshow including photographs and video citations will be extremely effective. My speech is entitled, “Islamic Sexuality: A Survey of Evil”.
The event is being held at a secure location in Las Vegas which will only be given to attendees AFTER they enroll and pay the tuition. There will also be extensive security on-site. It is open to civilians, bloggers, first responders, military, and law enforcement. There are also usually some muslim “crashers”, or so I’m told, so it is guaranteed to be extra-fun. Bloggers are welcome to bring cameras and recording devices, although some of the speakers reserve the right to not be photographed. Obviously, I would have no problem being photographed.
I think this could be a great “meet-up” and networking opportunity for the blogging community in addition to the insights presented at the conference itself. I also like the venue, as Las Vegas is cheap and easy to get in and out of and has plenty of dirt-cheap lodging, thus being a great choice for those on a shoestring budget. The cost is $100 per person if enrolled before July 4th, $125 before August 1st, and $150 after August 1st. Absolutely no enrollments at the door, of course.
FYI, I am receiving no honorarium or speaking fee and am paying 100% of my own travel and lodging expenses. I will make my PowerPoint presentation, citations and bibliography available for free download to all attendees.
Hope to see you there. Tell a friend!
Want to know why Ann carries a sidearm all the time? Good reason.
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Obama snoopers to check up on Docs.
27 Monday Jun 2011
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How many more groups can he piss off before something is done about this POS POTUS?
“Totalitarian mindset of this foul administration. Gotta get him & his brownshirts OUT!” – Char from Hollywood
Obama to send out ‘snoopers’ to pose as patients so they can check up on doctors | Mail Online
Secret shoppers aren’t anything new. Retail stores use them regularly to gather customer service data. But what happens when the government uses them to check up on doctors across the country? Is that going too far? That‘s exactly what’s about to happen to over 4,000 doctors in nine states.
The New York Times reports that 4,185 doctors in Florida, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia — 465 in each state — will be getting stealth calls from people posing as potential patients. The point is to see if doctors are discriminating against those with government care such as Medicare, and to decipher how long wait times are.
“Access to primary care is a priority for the administration,” Health and Human Services spokesman Christian J. Stenrud told the Times. “This study is an effort to better understand the problem and make sure we are doing everything we can to support primary care physicians, especially in communities where the need is greatest.”
But plenty of doctors don’t see this as a friendly phone call as much as a government encroachment. Or, worse, Big Brother.
“I don’t like the idea of the government snooping,” Dr. Raymond Scalettar, an internist in Washington, told the Times. “It’s a pernicious practice — Big Brother tactics, which should be opposed.”
And that seems to be the consensus of those physicians interviewed by the Times:
Dr. George J. Petruncio, a family doctor in Turnersville, N.J., said: “This is not a way to build trust in government. Why should I trust someone who does not correctly identify himself?”
Dr. Stephen C. Albrecht, a family doctor in Olympia, Wash., said: “If federal officials are worried about access to care, they could help us. They don’t have to spy on us.”
The Times obtained a mock script of what a mystery caller might say:
Mystery shopper: “Hi, my name is Alexis Jackson, and I’m calling to schedule the next available appointment with Dr. Michael Krane. I am a new patient with a P.P.O. from Aetna. I just moved to the area and don’t yet have a primary doctor, but I need to be seen as soon as possible.”
Doctor’s office: “What type of problem are you experiencing?”
Mystery shopper: “I’ve had a cough for the last two weeks, and now I’m running a fever. I’ve been coughing up thick greenish mucus that has some blood in it, and I’m a little short of breath.”
Most offices will get two calls, one pretending to be from someone with private insurance and one from someone pretending to have government care. Still other offices will get a third call from government officials who “will ask whether the doctors accept private insurance, Medicaid or Medicare, and whether they take ‘self-pay patients’” in an attempt to note any discrepancies.
The use of the secret callers comes as a Massachusetts Medical Society released a report last month showing a dismal trend in the state where government health care has taken root: 53 percent of family physicians and 51 percent of internal medicine physicians are not accepting new patients, and wait times are increasing, averaging 36 days to see family doctors and 48 days for internists.
“Is this a good use of tax money? Probably not,” Dr. Robert L. Hogue, a family physician in Brownwood, TX asked the Times. “Everybody with a brain knows we do not have enough doctors.”
Read the NY Times article here. Read the full Massachusetts Medical society report here.
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Friedman on the case. President in heels.
27 Monday Jun 2011
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Rep. Michele Bachmann officially kicked off her bid for the GOP presidential nomination with an address Monday in Waterloo, Iowa, where the Minnesota congresswoman was born. (Jeff Haynes/Reuters)
The wit and wisdom of Dan Friedman, NYC:
Sunday, Michele Bachman was on “Fox News Sunday” and CBS’s “Face The Nation.” In case you missed her, here and here are videos of her appearances. Bachmann did very well, looked and sounded very “presidential,” and wisely stayed on message, spending little time chasing after the interviewers’ red herrings. You’ll definitely want to see Chris Wallace ask the “flake” question and watch Bachmann’s reply. According to stories this A.M., Wallace has issued an apology but Bachmann isn’t buying. She has bigger fish to fry.
“Madame President” anyone?
NB: Not much from Mrs. Andrew Sullivan as yet. Must be hung over after celebrating NY’s passage of the oxymoronic same sex marriage bill. (One small step for man?) But after he’s had some hair of the dog – and a look at the videos – I predict poor Andrew, as well as his cohorts on the hysterical left, will start having nightmares and night sweats again. I’ll alert you when I hear his screams.
Dan Friedman
NYC
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The long pole in the tent…
27 Monday Jun 2011
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CDR Charles Kerchner (USN Retired):
Here is a copy of my letter to Speaker John Boehner and the three attachments I sent him demanding action by him to launch an investigation into the grifter in the White House: http://www.scribd.com/doc/57705409/FAX-Letter-to-Speaker-of-the-U-S-House-John-Boehner-the-U-S-Congressman-from-Ohio-sent-11-Jun-2011
CDR Charles Kerchner (Ret)
http://www.protectourliberty.org/
http://puzo1.blogspot.com
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TIME’s up.
27 Monday Jun 2011
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On its latest cover, Time magazine asks if the Constitution “still matters”.
Next question: for lovers of the Constitution, does the opinion of Time still matter?
– Fred Thompson
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Thank goodness for the FDA
27 Monday Jun 2011
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A lot of jawboning about the new warnings on cigarette packs.
Beginning September 2012, FDA will require larger, more prominent cigarette health warnings on all cigarette packaging and advertisements in the United States. These warnings mark the first change in cigarette warnings in more than 25 years and are a significant advancement in communicating the dangers of smoking.
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Army Corps offer to buy submerged farm land explained.
27 Monday Jun 2011
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Corps letter causes dust-up
Army Corps of Engineers officials are blaming “unfortunate timing” for some ruffled feathers over a letter that recently was sent to 17 northwest Missouri residents.A copy of the letter, obtained by The Star, showed the Army Corps offering to buy private land along the Missouri River for a wildlife conservation project. The letter was dated June 6, when floodwaters were beginning to rise.
Army Corps of Engineers officials are blaming “unfortunate timing” for some ruffled feathers over a letter that recently was sent to 17 northwest Missouri residents.A copy of the letter, obtained by The Star, showed the Army Corps offering to buy private land along the Missouri River for a wildlife conservation project. The letter was dated June 6, when floodwaters were beginning to rise.
“Some people took it as a slap in the face,” said Tom Waters, president of the Missouri Levee and Drainage District Association, which represents a consortium of interests along the river.
Karl Mueller, chief of civil works for the Army Corps’ Kansas City office, said the agency was not taking advantage of the flooding to buy land and that the letters were part of a longstanding project. He said several people interested in selling their property had called.
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