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Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen. -George Orwell

Friday, January 31, 2014

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: JANUARY 31, 2014



Busted! NYT sneakily changes lede on 'Christie knew' article without issuing correction

'I have weird instincts': Meghan McCain deletes tweets touting prescience about Chris Christie


'Too funny!' Dennis Miller's MSNBC apology zinger may save your liver; Bonus: Bill Ayers giggles

Obama for America $3 million underwater; Romney campaign debt-free

David Frum's Google search zinger against Fox News has all its zing removed

'Computer, please show me area rugs': Google search fail sparks #DavidFrumSearchesTheInterweb mockery

'Eugenicist of the year?' Planned Parenthood to 'honor' Nancy Pelosi with Sanger Award

Feminism's 'toxic Twitter wars' inspire #WhiteFeministRants

Dana Loesch shreds Diane Sawyer and ABC's 'Young Guns' special


#AmplifyChoice: Michelle Malkin, Kate Obenshain tweetup offers must-read guide to why #SchoolChoice matters


RED EYE - JANUARY 24, 2014 FULL EPISODE



Dana Perino hosts and welcomes guests Gavin McInnes, Ann Coulter and R.A. the Rugged Man.

Poll: Fox Remains the Most Trusted Name In News
Fox News once again found itself at the very top of Public Policy Polling's annual survey of the most trusted news networks in America. A whopping 35% of those polled trust Fox News more than any other television news outlet. Fox even embarrassed second place. PBS earned that spot with only 14%.
Bringing up the rear are ABC (11%), CNN (9%), CBS (6%), and in dead last with a three-way tie at 3% are NBC, MSNBC, and Comedy Central.
While Fox News also ranks at the top of the "least trusted" television news networks, the "Fair and Balanced" network only earns that title by 33% of those surveyed. That is a stunning failure for the legions dedicated to marginalizing Fox --which includes Media Matters and all the rest of the mainstream media. MSNBC wins 19% of "least trusted," followed by Comedy Central (11%), CNN (5%), and the rest.
When asked about trusting or not trusting individual networks. Fox News came in second to PBS with 44/42. CNN stayed even at 40/40 -- proving once again that the "Most Trusted Name In News" is not.
MSNBC came in dead last and upside down with a brutal 34/44.
This is the fifth year PPP has conducted this survey and the fifth year Fox News has come out on top.
FLASHBACK: DECEMBER 2013...

Media Matters Declares 'Victory' over Fox News

Media Matters raises the white flag of victory

YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 205



Opposition to ObamaCare now 2:1...among the uninsured

The SOTU Exaggerated ObamaCare's Enrollment Numbers

The Burr-Coburn-Hatch Plan: Much Better than ObamaCare

Analysis: Iran Not Fazed By Kerry's Threat of Military Option

How Good Could 2014 Be for GOP?

Al Gore Promotes Population Control: Africans Must Have Their Fertility "Managed"

What Would the Founders Think?

Hundreds of career prosecutors revolt against Eric Holder

Progressives Without Progress

MSNBC Fires Staffer Who Sent Tweet Claiming Republicans Hate Multiracial Families

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: JANUARY 30, 2014



'A mindless automaton': National Review's Cooke blasts Left's Koch fixation as only he can

Slimy MSNBC fails to apologize for deleted claim of 'conservative' backlash against biracial family

This is how it's done: Michelle Malkin leads crushing social media win against MSNBC smear

'You fucking borrowed a black family?' Rep. Huelskamp's photo draws out hate

RNC Chair Reince Priebus bans staff from appearing on MSNBC

'Ka-ching!' RNC boycotts MSNBC; Author Brad Thor blasts Sen. McCain with one question

MSNBC head apologizes for 'outrageous' bigoted tweet, but will anything change?


'Race Krispies': These #MSNBCCereals are sure to leave you feeling full of it

#BoycottMSNBC? Viewers angry that network president apologized for bigoted tweet

'Busiest people in cable news': @MSNBCApology parody account offers tomorrow's apologies today



Thursday, January 30, 2014

TRIFECTA: WEAPONS OF POLITICAL INTIMIDATION





AFTERBURNER: BOILING FROGS





YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 204



Obama's Burned-Out Presidency

Obama's Tired Song and Dance

Obama Misleads Nation on Iran Deal

If ObamaCare Doesn't Kill Small Medical Practices, Bureaucratic ICD-10 Coding Requirements Might

Surprise: California Hires Convicted Felons to Administer ObamaCare

Wendy Davis's Pay Grade

In Praise of Simple Government

Cult of The Blameless Black

How Hollywood Is Killing Same-Sex Marriage

Gallup Obama approval numbers suggest shifting Electoral College map

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: JANUARY 29, 2014



'Dumbest damn tweet ever!' NBC reporter compares Obama to wounded warrior Cory Remsburg


'WTF is wrong with you?' Ronan Farrow goes full 'douche' with Cory Remsburg joke

'Equality of every human being'? Journo destroys Obama #SOTU line with crushing point

'NSFW!' Emetic of the day: Chris Matthews' #SOTU response disgusts

Fox Business' Kennedy sums up the problem with all SOTU speeches

'It's called winter': Bette Midler's 'climate change' message for people in south gets chilly reception

'I'll take that bet': Politico's Roger Simon thinks number of Atlanta 'climate change deniers' is dropping

'Tell that to the Dems': Stephen King hits GOP on minimum wage; Economics lesson ensues

'Self unaware overload': Despicable MSNBC pounded by reality after saying 'right wing will hate' bi-racial family

LOL! MSNBC claims its conservative-smearing tweet 'isn't who we are'


Wednesday, January 29, 2014

SFC CORY REMSBURG HONORED DURING SOTU



Cory Remsburg, The War Hero Obama Honored During The State Of The Union, Has An Incredible Story
Remsburg joined the Army on his 18th birthday. He wanted to join at 17, but his father, a retired U.S. Air Force Reserve firefighter, refused to sign the papers.
Remsburg was first deployed in 2003 when the U.S. invaded Iraq, according to the Arizona Republic.
He's been on 10 deployments total to Iraq and Afghanistan and has spent 39 months in combat as an elite infantryman. Remsburg was made leader of his company's heavy weapons squad during his time serving.
In 2009, a roadside bomb blast left Remsburg nearly dead, face down in a canal with shrapnel lodged in his brain. The IED went off while Remsburg and other Rangers were on their way to clear a landing zone for transport helicopters, according to the Republic. Other Rangers were also injured in the blast.
The explosion left him in a coma for three months, barely able to speak or move, with a traumatic brain injury. Remsburg lost sight in his right eye and his left arm became paralyzed, according to the Army Times.
He's been through dozens of surgeries and completes six hours of occupational, physical, and speech therapy every day. And his hard work is paying off — he's now able speak, stand, and walk.
After years in hospitals and rehab centers, Remsburg moved into his own home, where he has a full-time caregiver. His recovery is still progressing, and he is now awaiting a retina transplant for his right eye, according to The Times.
Remsburg has been awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart, among other honors, for his dedicated service. He's 30 years old and lives in Phoenix.
It occurred to me last night while watching the tribute to Remsburg that it was a good way to end the SOTU and that it would probably be the most memorable thing about the whole evening.  It was certainly the most inspiring.  It also seemed that Obama was subtly trying to associate his struggles with those of Cory Remsburg.

So it came as no surprise this morning when I noticed people talking about this:
Last night's speech also ended on an emotional -- and upbeat -- note when Obama recognized Army Ranger Cory Remsburg, who was almost killed in Afghanistan and continues to recuperate from a brain injury. "My fellow Americans, men and women like Cory remind us that America has never come easy," the president said. "Our freedom, our democracy, has never been easy. Sometimes we stumble, we make mistakes; we get frustrated or discouraged. But for more than 200 years, we have put those things aside and placed our collective shoulder to the wheel of progress." That story could also apply to Obama himself: Nothing in his seven years on the national political stage (2007-2014) has come easy. The 2008 race for the Democratic nomination. Even that general election. The health-care law. The re-election campaign. And now the president's current situation in which he finds himself bloodied and bruised after the botched health-care rollout. Perseverance is an important quality for any president. Bill Clinton was usually able to talk his way out of sticky situations. But Obama's M.O. is to grind it out. That, more than anything else, was the message he wanted to send last night -- both he and the country are grinding it out.
Got that?  Dear Leader has been "bloodied and bruised"...just like Cory Remsburg.  Murray is admitting that Obama was literally using Remsburg as a prop in order to highlight Obama's heroic struggle! 

Go back and read again the extensive injuries that Remsburg has suffered on the battlefield and keep it in mind as you deal with the deeply disrespectful perversity of Dear Leader's fanboy douchebags.



Favreau is a former Obama speechwriter who apparently thinks he's Sam Seaborn.  And as for Murray, well...this probably won't come as a big surprise:

Naturally this nonsense quickly became the target of much mockery and derision:



But then Murray doubled down by actually defending his point:




And this is how we deal with bullshit like this...

YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 203



SOTU Fact Check: Less than Meets Eye in Obama Speech

Phonyism: 'Populist' Obama pushes corporatist policies

Hillary "Regrets" Benghazi

Credibility Lost: Poll reveals Americans not taking ObamaCare deadlines seriously

Harry Reid's Brilliant New Strategy: Hey Fellow Dems, Go Campaign With Obama!

The State of the Republican Party

Christian Community in Syria Could Cease to Exist if Civil War Continues

Idaho Firm that Beat EPA in Court Now Targeted by the Army Corps of Engineers

Andrea Mitchell Derp: Remember how Iran was sort of an ally after 9/11 until Bush's "axis of evil" speech?

Monster: San Francisco's Gay Icon Larry Brinkin Guilty of Felony Child Porn Possession

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: JANUARY 28, 2014



'Are you insane?' Andrea Mitchell suggests Iran was our ally before Bush's 'Axis of Evil' speech

Max Baucus, potential ambassador to China: 'I'm no expert on China'

Fashion forward! Wardrobe must-haves to survive the SOTU address

#SOTUisComing? So is mockery! White House's absurd Obama, pen pics slammed with truths

Let us be clear: The #SOTUDrinkingGame will give you alcohol poisoning

Don't miss this 'magnificent,' 'epic and beautiful' rant against the 'nauseating' SOTU 'pageant'

Oh dear: Is this the most unsettling part of President ShamWow's SOTU speech?

Smilin' Joe Biden amuses some, creeps out others during SOTU

At State of the Union, Congress applauds president's vow to bypass Congress



Army Ranger Cory Remsburg steals the spotlight at State of the Union address


Tuesday, January 28, 2014

TRIFECTA: OBAMA IGNORES THE CONSTITUTION





PRESIDENT EMPTY SUIT & THE SOTU SPECTACLE



On the nauseating spectacle that is the State of the Union address
The annual State of the Union pageant is a hideous, dispiriting, ugly, monotonous, un-American, un-republican, anti-democratic, dreary, backward, monarchical, retch-inducing, depressing, shameful, crypto-imperial display of official self-aggrandizement and piteous toadying, a black Mass during which every unholy order of teacup totalitarian and cringing courtier gathers under the towering dome of a faux-Roman temple to listen to a speech with no content given by a man with no content, to rise and to be seated as is called for by the order of worship — it is a wonder they have not started genuflecting — with one wretched representative of their number squirreled away in some well-upholstered Washington hidey-hole in order to preserve the illusion that those gathered constitute a special class of humanity without whom we could not live.
It's the most nauseating display in American public life — and I write that as someone who has just returned from a pornographers’ convention.
It's worse than the Oscars.
The national self-debasement begins well before the speech is under way. Members of Congress — supposedly free men and women serving as the elected representatives of the citizens of a self-governing republic — arrive hours early, camping out like spotty-faced adolescents waiting for Justin Bieber tickets, in the hope of staking out some prime center-aisle real estate that they might be seen on television, if only for a second or two, being greeted by the national pontifex maximus as he makes his stately procession into the chamber.
Also read: The Sleepiness of a Hollow Legend: The State of the Union is a grand tradition...but only if people are listening

RED EYE - JANUARY 23, 2014 FULL EPISODE



Greg welcomes guests Sherrod Small, Harris Faulkner and Armond White.

Islamist Attacks During Christian Church Services Kill at Least 99 Nigerians
Suspected Islamic extremists used explosives and heavy guns to attack a village and worshippers during a Christian church service in Nigeria's northeast, killing at least 99 people and razing hundreds of homes, officials and witnesses said Monday.
The attacks in Borno and Adamawa states resulted in one of the highest death tolls in recent attacks by militants who are defying an 8-month old military state of emergency in three states in northern Nigeria designed to halt an Islamic uprising there.
Attackers set off several explosions in Kawuri village in Borno state after launching their assault near the weekly market as vendors were packing up on Sunday night, the security official said.
He said 52 people died and the entire village was burned down, including 300 homes. He also said two improvised explosive devices thet were left behind went off Monday morning, narrowly missing security personnel who were collecting bodies in Kawuri. The official blamed suspected Boko Haram militants for the attack.
Also on Sunday, suspected militants in Adamawa state, south of Borno, stormed a church during a Sunday morning service in Wada Chakawa village. They fired guns, set off explosives and took residents hostage, said the Rev. Raymond Danbouye, a spokesman for the Catholic Diocese of Yola. He said about two dozen people were killed and buried Monday.
Local Chairman Maina Ularamu said official recovered 45 bodies including those of two police officers. He urged calm, saying: "I believe security operatives are on top of the situation."
Suspected Boko Haram members set off explosives and fired into the church, then burned houses and took residents hostage during a five-hour siege, residents said.
"They used explosives during the attack on worshippers, and many people lost their lives," said villager Moses Apogu. Another resident said some people were taken away and later killed.

YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 202



WaPo-ABC News Poll: 63% Have 'No Confidence' in Obama

Impending Democrat Election Disaster

Senate Democrats are swimming upstream

An ObamaCare Replacement in the Senate

Conservatives Must Break the Establishment's Rules

The Racial Paranoid Style In American Politics

MSNBC Host: Let's Face It, Conservatives Are Just Suspicious of Birth Control

Rand Paul tackles the bogus "War on Women" narrative

Associated Press: The Vatican has a "glass ceiling" for women in the priesthood...or something

Nation Celebrates Annual School Choice Week

Monday, January 27, 2014

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: JANUARY 27, 2014



#digitalmaidan: Ukrainians ramp up protests against government on social media

'Bush knocked down the towers': Is Macklemore a 9/11 truther?

Flashback: Mr. Macklemore goes to Washington

'Best ever!' This #Grammys coverage by Denny’s is hilarious (Plus Taylor Swift mocking)

'You've got to be joking': Michelle Obama asks for $10 donations to 'help protect' Obamacare; Guffaws ensue

Probing journalism! WABC reports discovery of 'possible IUD' in New Jersey

'Says the rich kid': MSNBC's Ronan Farrow is frustrated by income inequality

'Wheel of Awesomeness!' Pat Sajak scores with SOTU snark, Ricochet appearance

'What difference does her remorse make?' Hillary names Benghazi as her 'biggest regret'

Rep. Jim Bridenstine to host father of slain Benghazi SEAL at State of the Union address



RED EYE - JANUARY 21, 2014 FULL EPISODE



Greg welcomes guests Jo Ling Kent, Buck Sexton and Bonnie McFarlane.

Marquette Poll: Scott Walker Pulls Away From Democrat Burke
Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker seems to be freezing out Democratic opponent Mary Burke with a 47 percent to 41 percent lead, says a Marquette Law School poll released Monday.
The same poll in October put Burke, a former executive for Trek Bicycles, in a dead heat with Walker, but the most recent survey of 802 registered voters, conducted Jan. 20-23, found that she still needs to warm up to voters. Seventy percent say they have not heard enough about her to have an opinion.
The poll also shows that 54 percent of respondents say the state is heading in the right direction, compared to 40 percent who don't think so.
Walker was elected governor in 2010. He faced a bitter recall effort in 2012 that captured national attention when he stripped collective bargaining rights from public unions, as a way, he said, to balance the state budget.
Also read: Governor Walker's Wisconsin Earthquake of Conservatism Goes Ignored by Media, GOP

YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 201



Celebration: Obamacare 'Enrollees' Pass Three Million* Mark

60,000 Pro-Lifers Line the Streets of San Francisco During West Coast Walk for Life

The NY Times Editorial Board = Bitter Opponents of Free Speech

How Americans can kill ObamaCare, legalize pot

Wendy Davis, Classic Texas Four-Flusher

O's woes will boost GOP in '16

Minimum Wage Bills Pushed in at Least 30 States

Will Rand Paul Mainstream Libertarianism on the Way to White House?

Don't Hate Mike Huckabee, Hate the Media

Effete New York Times Asks: 'Is It Immoral to Watch the Super Bowl?'

Sunday, January 26, 2014

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: JANUARY 26, 2014



'Predatory behavior': Sen. Rand Paul puts the 'war on women' in perspective for Democrats

Shameless Sarah Silverman is not concerned about unborn babies because they're 'not my demographic'

'Failure to Launch': Have a spoonful of laughter as medicine with #ObamacareMovieNames

'Epic combination!' Guns, deer and music: Guess who hosted Dana Loesch, family

'OMFG': Creepy clown wandering #Grammys red carpet sparks shudders

'Brain cells...dying': Pat Sajack asks for help while watching #Grammys coverage

'Someone call 911!' Fox News' James Rosen slams Piers Morgan for #Grammys comment about Ringo Starr

Pharrell’s bizarre #Grammys hat goes viral, gets own Twitter account

'Just no': Jamie Foxx's introduction of daughter at #Grammys earns collective groan

'Tweet of the night': Arbys has a question for Pharrell regarding a piece of his #Grammys attire