Thursday, March 26, 2015
BATF: MARCH 26, 2015
Welcome to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Friends! This week, Kemberlee Kaye of Legal Insurrection joins the regular panel featuring host Leon Wolf of RedState, Neal Dewing of The Federalist, F. Bill McMorris of the Washington Free Beacon, Scott Lincicome of the Cato Institute and Jeff Blehar of the Ace of Spades HQ Decision Desk to talk Ted Cruz, the Bowe Bergdahl swap, and various Congressional foibles.
EWTN THE WORLD OVER - MARCH 26, 2015
In this week's EWTN The World Over, Raymond Arroyo reviews the headline news of the week, plus:
Rep. Diane Black, U.S. Congresswoman from Tennessee's 6th District on the federal budget, joins Raymond to discuss the future of the Affordable Care Act, and a house resolution she has co-sponsored that seeks to protect the persecuted religious minorities in the Middle East.
Monica Fitzgibbons, co-founder of De Montfort Music, joins Raymond to talk about their new, number one Billboard Classical title, Easter at Ephesus, by the Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of Apostles.
Tom Farr, Director of the Religious Freedom Project at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University, and Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church in Southern California discuss religious freedom in the U.S. and abroad as well as a recent conference in which they both participated on sometimes contentious relationship between proselytism and development, especially in Africa and the Middle East.
EWTN NEWS NIGHTLY: MARCH 26, 2015
EWTN News Nightly's Brian Patrick presents the headline news of the day.
Additional news and views from around the Catholic world:
Ecclesial Surreality: Cardinal chastises priests for...publicly supporting Church teaching?
Top 10 Things Catholics Don't Have to Believe
Back in Prison, Mary Wagner Inspires Pro-Lifers World-Wide
Priest Apologizes to Pro-Choice Columnist for CCD Teacher Showing Pro-Life Film
Peruvian march for life draws half a million
London Catholic school believes government order threatens its identity
Can Christianity Survive the Sexual Revolution?
The Bishops Farrell: An Answer to an Irish Mother's Prayers
Remembering Brent
'Led by God's Hand': St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross and Communion With Christ
THREE MARTINI LUNCH: MARCH 26, 2015
National Review's Jim Geraghty and Radio America's Greg Corombos discuss current events. Today's Martinis: The U.S. Army charges Bowe Bergdahl with desertion, details emerge that implicate the co-pilot in the Germanwings airline crash, and Clinton cultists issue a list of forbidden "sexist" words and phrases.
Brutally honest Boston Herald cover, Ari Fleischer zing President Obama on the Bergdahl-Taliban trade
Also read:
Great news: White House considers letting Iran run hundreds of centrifuges in, uh, fortified underground bunker
Obama's Bowe Bergdahl Gambit Was Wrong...But It Kind Of Worked
Brutally honest Boston Herald cover, Ari Fleischer zing President Obama on the Bergdahl-Taliban trade
Front page of @bostonherald @AmbassadorRice should resign. @HeraldRadio @TeamCavuto @foxandfriends #tcot #Bergdahl pic.twitter.com/nwT0HKbFws
— Adriana Cohen (@AdrianaCohen16) March 26, 2015
Considering how well the #Bergdahl prisoner swap went, I can't wait to see how the #Iran deal ends.
— Ken Webster Jr (@ProducerKen) March 26, 2015
True of Bergdahl, also true of Iran: "A bad deal wrapped in deceitful rhetoric and a complete humiliation of the US." http://t.co/MgrDsG4OMp
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 26, 2015
Bowe Bergdahl is bad news for Iran deal. http://t.co/RKnX6t020e
— Jim Antle (@jimantle) March 26, 2015
Also read:
Great news: White House considers letting Iran run hundreds of centrifuges in, uh, fortified underground bunker
Obama's Bowe Bergdahl Gambit Was Wrong...But It Kind Of Worked
YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 602
Countdown to Obama's Dangerous Deal with Iran
America's New Role: As Iran's Air Force
UN Security Council Allows Iran a Free Hand in Yemen
Is It Time To Bring Back Letters Of Marque?
France Declares War on Radical Islam
Why Do Islamofascists Love Bulldozing History So Much?
Despite war in Europe, Obama blows off NATO
Hillary Clinton is laughing at the press over her e-mail scandal
Is the 'Female Way of Learning' Destroying Boyhood?
"House of Cards" and the Weight of Lies
THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: MARCH 25, 2015
'Your wife wants me': Upstate New York students outraged at 'sexist billboard'
Students in Newtonville, NY protested a billboard they deemed sexist Tuesday.
Photo: @MegFlatley via Fresco News pic.twitter.com/iKeo5SatKD
— Fresco News (@fresconews) March 25, 2015
'Give this man a trophy': Did Mark Halperin set the 'Beltway cliche' record with this tweet?
POTATO DISHWASHER: What was once three, now eight? Tectonic shift makes it all orange and fuzzy. I have a bicycle. https://t.co/kduQ7mEBPn
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) March 25, 2015
Reports: U.S. ready to aid Iranian militias fight ISIS who Gen. Petraeus says are more dangerous than ISIS
Uh... the U.S. and Iranian campaigns against ISIS appear ready to merge to become one http://t.co/nJD4wB7j7V pic.twitter.com/7414h8gfW7
— Tim Mak (@timkmak) March 25, 2015
'That'll show 'em': WH's request to rebels in Yemen as Obama's 'success story' implodes is 'utterly laughable'
That's a wrap. Great job, everyone RT @Reuters: BREAKING: White House calls on Houthi militia forces to stop fomenting instability in Yemen.
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) March 25, 2015
'Released five terrorists for a deserter?' US Army reportedly charging Bowe Bergdahl with desertion
Obama is truly historic. First time in history a President honored parents of a deserter in Rose Garden. #Bergdahl pic.twitter.com/5BvP63T1KS
— JackieKPGH (@JackieKPGH) March 25, 2015
'Who the hell wrote that'? NYT's hot take on Bergdahl is 'freaking unbelievable'
WHAT??? This is from the New York Times just now. I mean, Good Lord. The stupidity, it burns. pic.twitter.com/oga5TdPLBg
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) March 25, 2015
'Surreal times': Remember what Susan Rice said about Bergdahl? These people do
Susan Rice, smartest person in the admin MT @DefendWallSt: Flashback: Susan Rice "Bergdahl served w/ distinction" https://t.co/NHliQ1kvct
— Ashe Schow (@AsheSchow) March 25, 2015
'Hit a nerve?!' Donna Brazile gets dismissive after being shown her own words about Bergdahl
.@donnabrazile Will you be apologizing to Bowe Bergdahl's platoon mates? I seem to recall you calling them liars.
— GayPatriot (@GayPatriot) March 25, 2015
'Administration must explain': Gary Sinise wants answers for disastrous Bergdahl swap
@GarySinise Good luck with this lawless administration.
— David Moss (@MossDavidG) March 25, 2015
'Crazy, crazy, crazy': People react to Obama's Middle East 'success'
@iowahawkblog ...... while continuing to throw Israel under the bus, in service of a "deal" with Iran that it will never ever ever keep
— righteous axe (@righteousaxe) March 26, 2015
KENDALL JENNER, GIGI HADID & MR. SELFIE STICK
"I think in life you have to take whatever comes." Those wise words from photographer Mario Testino - plus a Norman cameo - were captured by Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner at their "Hollywood's New Brat Pack" shoot. See what else the fun-loving and good-looking group gets into when a model films on set.
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
CRUZ JUMPS INTO THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL RACE
Liberals are already complaining about Cruz's first speech as a presidential candidate at Liberty University.
EWTN NEWS NIGHTLY: MARCH 25, 2015
EWTN News Nightly's Brian Patrick presents the headline news of the day.
Additional news and views from around the Catholic world:
Pro-Lifers Arrested as They Demand Congress Vote to Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks
New Yorkers Score Major Pro-Life Victory Over Cuomo's Abortion Agenda
Dissent Trumps Faith in New "Catholic" LGBT Film
Haters Their Own Worst Enemy
Catholics in England gather to pray for Richard III, one of their own
Richard III's Last Act
Tears for Farkhunda: Catholics join fury over savage killing of Afghan woman
Will Iran Replace ISIS?
An Angel and a Maiden: My Ongoing Understanding of the Annunciation
How Business Ownership Converts Your Flaws into Virtues
THREE MARTINI LUNCH: MARCH 25, 2015
National Review's Jim Geraghty and Radio America's Greg Corombos discuss the day's news. Today's Martinis: The new Afghan president is grateful for America's sacrifice, the evolving nuclear agreement with Iran has yet to be actually written down, and the campus culture that protects students from different points of view.
Scott Walker: I'd reject deal with Iran 'on day one'
Iran to U.S.: No, we're not going to allow snap inspections of our nuclear facilities
WH on Iran supreme leader's "death to America" comments: That's just stuff he says for his domestic audience
Scott Walker: I'd reject deal with Iran 'on day one'
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) said Wednesday that if he's elected president, on his first day in office he'll reject any deal the White House strikes with Iran over its nuclear program if it continues to allow the country to enrich uranium.
In an interview on Hugh Hewitt's radio show, the host asked Walker whether he would "disown" any agreement between the U.S. and Iran that allows for uranium enrichment if he wins the presidency in 2016.
"Absolutely," Walker said. "On day one."
"The concept of a nuclear Iran is not only problematic for Iran, and certainly for Israel, but it opens the doors," Walker continued. "I mean, the Saudis are next. You're going to have plenty of others in the region … going to want to have a nuclear weapon if the Iranians have a nuclear weapon."
Walker's remarks come as negotiations between a U.S.-led coalition and Iran resume Thursday over the country's nuclear program. Administration officials have said the emerging deal could lift some sanctions on Iran if the country reduces its nuclear centrifuges from 10,000 to 6,000.
"This is something that just escalates right before our eyes," Walker said. "And the fact that this administration began these discussions essentially conceding that they're going to allow enrichment to go forward with the Iranians just shows you that they don't have the same level of concern that I think I and Senator [Marco] Rubio and many others out there have, that a nuclear Iran is a problem for the entire world, not just for Israel."Also read:
Iran to U.S.: No, we're not going to allow snap inspections of our nuclear facilities
WH on Iran supreme leader's "death to America" comments: That's just stuff he says for his domestic audience
YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 601
Clinton's Record: Free of Accomplishments, Full of Setbacks
Jeb Bush's Nightmare Scenario
Bush's South Carolina firewall fails to take shape
The Death Of Catholic Universities In America
Islamic State Steps Up Recruitment of Women and Girls
The Real 'Everyday Sexism' Is Against Men
The P.C. Police Aren't Fragile; They're Vengeful and Malicious
More Military Families Choosing Homeschooling Over Common Core
Newsmax's Top 50 Conservative Blogs of 2015
'The Walking Dead': Where to Weather the Zombie Apocalypse?
THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: MARCH 24, 2015
Reports: #Germanwings Flight #4U9525 has crashed in the French alps; Pilot 'did send SOS message'
#Germanwings Airbus plane from Barcelona to Duesseldorf crashes in southern France: police http://t.co/QeJXafyzUM via @reuters
— Bate Felix Tabi Tabe (@BateFelix) March 24, 2015
Should Florida Democrat Alan Grayson run for Senate? Conservatives say, 'YES PLEASE'!
YES PLEASE "@SaintPetersblog: Florida Democratic Progressive Caucus wants @AlanGrayson to run for Senate. http://t.co/egA3Dgwaaa”
— Jacob Perry (@jacobperry) March 24, 2015
You'll LOVE the results of this Jonathan Capehart poll on 'who's to blame for the soured relationship' with Israel
President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu aren't even frenemies. Who’s to blame? Take the poll. http://t.co/3CwdFCFAUl
— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) March 24, 2015
'SUCKERS!' New study says half will have to repay some or all of their Obamacare subsidies
@charlescwcooke Reminds me of that old joke from 2009: "If you think healthcare is expensive now, just wait till it's free."
— Michael P. Ralsky (@GlobalGR) March 24, 2015
'Even for you, that's sick': Sally Kohn's psyched to go bowling for abortion
Who says dead babies can't be fun... https://t.co/maqMwAvBF3
— Kimberly C (@conkc2) March 24, 2015
'Not just a clump of cells?' Why is Cosmo troubled by this, but not abortion?
@Cosmopolitan How does an unborn baby react during an abortion? #prolife
— Emily Conklin (@emily_conklin11) March 24, 2015
'Liberal tolerance': Molotov cocktail thrown at prayer group outside abortion provider
Mostly Peaceful Molotov Cocktail. MT @BreitbartTexas Molotov Cocktail Thrown at Pro-Life Activists Outside Austin PP http://t.co/ZNoQYnv3Ma
— jon gabriel (@exjon) March 24, 2015
Isn't that special? National Journal adds 'climate denier' to its verbal arsenal
@NoahCRothman Yeah, point is @nationaljournal is even more hysterical in its terminology than the Sierra Club(!) @baseballcrank
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) March 24, 2015
'See you in Hell': Head of US Episcopal Church says 'climate denial' is immoral
Questioning warmism is immoral, says head of US Episcopal Church. http://t.co/ycuZmjpgc6 See you in hell.... pic.twitter.com/HDfho7jsif
— JunkScience.com (@JunkScience) March 24, 2015
'Gasbag' Neil deGrasse Tyson would ask his alien abductors what?
@neiltyson the first thing i’d ask is whether they came from a planet where scientists who fabricate quotes actually suffer consequences
— andy levy (@andylevy) March 25, 2015
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
MAYBE EARLY POLLS ARE TELLING US SOMETHING
Byron York shares some insight on the value of early polling in a presidential election cycle:
It's a commonplace to say the 2016 Republican presidential race is at such an early stage that polls are of no value. But they reflect the state of the race today - not on election day, but today - and that alone has some value. And they might at least suggest where things will be 10 months from now.
Look at the last election cycle. The top three GOP candidates in the RealClearPolitics average of polls in late March 2011 - Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, and Ron Paul - were the top three men in the poll average at the beginning of 2012, when caucus and primary voting got under way. And they were the last three men standing, sort of, in the same order, in the last RCP average in April 2012.
Of course there were a huge number of twists and turns along the way. But in retrospect, the polls in 2011 told us something. The winner came from the top three a year earlier.
Today, the RCP average shows an exact tie at the top of the GOP race: Jeb Bush and Scott Walker, both with 16.6 percent, with Ben Carson following at 10.6 percent. Of course Carson is widely viewed in the Republican establishment as having no chance, and there are others outside the top three, like Marco Rubio, who are seen as real contenders.
But with Bush and Walker the other two of the top three, would anyone bet a lot of money that the ultimate winner won't come from the top group once again? Sometimes it makes sense to look at early polls.And don't forget to check out Our American Revival!
73 QUESTIONS WITH IGGY AZALEA
Vogue met up with Iggy Azalea at her studio in Los Angeles and asked her 73 questions about her life today. She shares how being famous is a total mess (but awesome) and what the biggest misconception is about her. To hear the rest of her answers, keep watching...
EWTN NEWS NIGHTLY: MARCH 24, 2015
EWTN News Nightly's Brian Patrick presents the headline news of the day.
Additional news and views from around the Catholic world:
The Diocese of Metuchen Attacks the Jannuzzi Family
A Catholic School Removes Teacher for Defending Faith
Religious Liberty 50 Years After Dignitatis Humanae
461 priests sign letter declaring "unwavering fidelity to the traditional doctrines regarding marriage"
Three Popes, One Gospel of Life
Father's Ultimate Sacrifice for Son With Down Syndrome Continues to Save Lives
You Have a Voice Regarding 3-Parent Embryos
Cardinal Kasper Braces for Synod 'Battle'
I Was a Christian Slave of ISIS
The Prodigal Son: The Parable of Parables
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