HotAir Daily Express 05/07/2013



WaPo fact checker: Who rewrote the Benghazi talking points? 5/7/2013 10:01:17 AM  Ed Morrissey 7 Comments Give Glenn Kessler credit; he was almost alone among the mainstream media in immediately calling Susan Rice’s explanation of the attack on the Benghazi consulate fishy, awarding her two Pinocchios at the time. (Perhaps not too much credit, says Ann More... Justice Department to monitor special election in South Carolina 5/7/2013 9:21:29 AM  Ed Morrissey 31 Comments Today’s the day that voters in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District march to the polling stations and decide whether to elect the disgraced former governor or the comedian’s sister to represent them in the House of More... Christie: I had lap-band surgery to shed weight 5/7/2013 8:41:11 AM  Ed Morrissey 159 Comments After years of criticism over his weight, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie decided over the winter to take action.  After consulting with Jets head coach Rex Ryan on his successful weight-loss surgery, Christie underwent lap-band surgery in February, More... Video: Man finds woman missing for decade — at neighbor’s house 5/7/2013 8:01:36 AM  Ed Morrissey 50 Comments Meet Cleveland’s newest hero, Charles Ramsey, who saw a young woman in trouble and acted to rescue her. In fact, Ramsey’s quick action ended up rescuing three women missing for years — two more than a decade — in a bizarre but More... Gold & Silver IRA > Start Now with this NO-COST Guide Obama for 4 more years. The debt continues to soar. And the Fed continues to print Dollars. Dollar loss disaster appears imminent. Learn how to protect your retirement savings today: Request an Information Guide today — at ZERO COST or obligation. Gold and Silver have recently dipped. But with some experts predicting a "V-shaped" recovery, this could be your last best chance to get in at these prices. Start Now Before It's Too Late >> "Send Me a NO-COST Info Guide!" Quotes of the day 5/6/2013 10:41:40 PM  Allahpundit 370 Comments An exhaustive study by the Heritage Foundation has found that after amnesty, current unlawful immigrants would receive $9.4 trillion in government benefits and services and pay more than $3 trillion in taxes over their lifetimes. That leaves a net fiscal More... Senate Republican obstructs Obama’s ability to win stuff with hole-in-one during golf outing 5/6/2013 10:01:58 PM  Mary Katharine Ham 66 Comments Those Senate Republicans, up to their old tricks again. Like that obnoxious and hyper-partisan rim on the White House basketball court, Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) dealt another unfair blow to the president’s quest to win athletic events in public More... President who appoints lobbyists, donors doesn’t want youth to get demoralized by government that rewards lobbyists, donors 5/6/2013 9:31:33 PM  Mary Katharine Ham 34 Comments A passage from the president’s commencement speech at The Ohio State University. The speech’s greatest sin was betraying the president’s incredibly narrow, tired view of what constitutes citizenship and helping others and a painful lack More... Reid to Cruz: “My friend from Texas is like a schoolyard bully” 5/6/2013 8:41:03 PM  Erika Johnsen 208 Comments Yes, because goodness knows Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has never thrown a political punch below the belt in the course of his career. Via The Hill: The two senators bickered as Cruz rose to object to Reid’s motion to appoint conferees to a More... More Bill Richardson: Everyone’s misinterpreting what I said about defining Ted Cruz as a Hispanic 5/6/2013 8:01:06 PM  Allahpundit 74 Comments Via the Free Beacon. He says he didn’t mean Cruz can’t be defined as Hispanic, just that Cruz shouldn’t be defined exclusively by race. His problem is that he’s saying this against a backdrop of 25 years of liberals accusing More... Video: Yes, the 3-D printable gun really works 5/6/2013 7:21:22 PM  Allahpundit 160 Comments Fifty years ago, Americans dreamed of flying cars. Instead they got smart phones, beer drones, and working handguns that can be pressed from plastic in one’s own living room. Fair trade? Jazz wrote about this on Saturday but the video wasn’t More... Venezuela’s Maduro really hitting this American “imperialist meddling” thing hard, huh? 5/6/2013 6:41:18 PM  Erika Johnsen 14 Comments Meet the new Venezuelan leader, same as the old Venezuelan leader — well, at least in terms of the obsessive level of paranoid anti-Americanism he’s partial to peddling to Venezuelans as a trumped-up political distraction, but it sounds like More... Carney: The ARB’s Benghazi report was “rigorous and unsparing” 5/6/2013 6:01:41 PM  Erika Johnsen 41 Comments Allahpundit already covered the Syria-related aspects of Monday’s White House press briefing, but here’s another key bit that could prove mighty tricky for the Obama administration as the week progresses. Sounds like they’re sticking to More... New idea to make “Walking Dead” more watchable: Sub in completely different dialogue 5/6/2013 5:21:00 PM  Allahpundit 25 Comments To cleanse the palate, a little TWD fix in lieu of the traditional Monday night grumble thread. Watching it, I had three revelations about the show: 1. The zombies have showed more range than Michonne. Has she had a single scene as affecting as the one More... Video: White House “highly skeptical” of UN’s finding that Syrian rebels, not Assad, used chemical weapons 5/6/2013 4:41:52 PM  Allahpundit 48 Comments Via Greg Hengler. Like former NYT chief Bill Keller, I can’t see any pitfalls ahead from the White House being at odds with the UN on WMD while it plans war against a Middle Eastern regime. Further to Ed’s post this morning, here’s a More... Book promo? RNC video highlights McAuliffe memoir 5/6/2013 4:01:00 PM  Ed Morrissey 17 Comments On occasion, I’ll get asked whether I’ll ever run for public office, and my response is always the same: if I had any interest at all in running for office, I wouldn’t have spent the last decade writing down every thought and opinion I More... Who’s excited for another awesome Obama jobs tour? 5/6/2013 3:21:01 PM  Erika Johnsen 56 Comments Just what we’ve all been waiting for! At last, yet another pivot to “jobs,” because every other time President Obama has gone out campaigning — oops, I meant, jobs-touring — he’s been so effective at producing More... The Ed Morrissey Show: Kevin McCullough, Lila Rose 5/6/2013 2:51:34 PM  Ed Morrissey 19 Comments Today, on the Ed Morrissey Show (4 pm ET), Kevin McCullough joins us again to discuss the intersection of faith and politics. Kevin and I will talk about the huge stories on the Benghazi attack, and more. In the second half, we’ll talk again with More... Good news from Bill Ayers: My terrorism was nothing like the terrorism in Boston 5/6/2013 2:41:54 PM  Allahpundit 128 Comments The Tsarnaevs wanted to kill people, whereas the Weather Underground mostly wanted to blow up property except for that time they built nail bombs to kill soldiers at a dance at Fort Dix but ended up blowing themselves up instead. Oh, and the time they More... FBI: MN terror suspect arrested, charged 5/6/2013 2:01:50 PM  Ed Morrissey 56 Comments Montevideo is a sleepy town in western Minnesota, more than 100 miles away from the Twin Cities, a town of around 5,300 people in farm country.  It’s also the focus of a terrorism investigation by the FBI, ATF, and state law enforcement that More... Benghazi whistleblower: U.S. special forces were told to stand down during attack 5/6/2013 1:21:39 PM  Allahpundit 327 Comments The alleged source: Greg Hicks, the same State Department deputy whose jaw dropped when he heard Susan Rice equivocating about whether the consulate attack was pre-planned or not. Who told SOCAFRICA they couldn’t go to Benghazi? The account from More... Gosnell attorney: Fox tried to influence the jury 5/6/2013 12:41:46 PM  Ed Morrissey 57 Comments This weekend, Bret Baier and Fox News ran an hour-long intensive look at the trial of Kermit Gosnell and the issues it raises about the abortion industry and the regulators who routinely ignored complaints about Gosnell’s clinics and others like More... Video: Mattera and Redford go Sundancing over The Company You Keep 5/6/2013 12:01:14 PM  Ed Morrissey 66 Comments You have to feel a little sorry for Robert Redford, don’t you?  He just released a feature film asking audiences to reconsider their harsh feelings about the Weather Underground, which set off bombs, killed police officers, and robbed banks for More... Bill Richardson: I don’t think Ted Cruz should be defined as a Hispanic 5/6/2013 11:21:15 AM  Allahpundit 203 Comments Via Breitbart, deep thoughts from BR on (a) how insulting our politics has become, and also (b) how Ted Cruz is a phony Latino. Skip to 2:15 for the key bit. Actually, I think Ramesh Ponnuru’s right that the question is arguably more revealing than More... PPP: South Carolina a dead heat 5/6/2013 10:41:43 AM  Ed Morrissey 50 Comments Can Mark Sanford succeed in his improbable comeback? According to the final poll of South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District ahead of the special election tomorrow, he’s going to make it close.  PPP puts Sanford ahead for the first time by More...

BostonGlobe.com Political Headlines - May 8, 2013

• Menino won't allow burial: Worcester officials, where Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body sits in a funeral home, insist a solution is near; however, the Mayor of Boston said he will not allow him to be buried in this city. Correspondent Evan Allen and reporter Brian MacQuarrie report, with contributions from reporters Wesley Lowery and Andrew C. Ryan.

• Tsarnaev and the death penalty: In a case like that of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, should the judge and jury have the option of imposing the death penalty? Columnist - and prominent capital punishment advocate - Jeff Jacoby shares his thoughts.

• Time to bury this story: Columnist Adrian Walker wants the dead bombing suspect's burial to stop drawing atten­tion from the tragedy he wrought.

• Ex-Romney aide details campaign 'miscalculations': National political reporter Matt Viser details a new book that one of Romney's former campaign aides is planning to release next week.

• Business, political leaders push to study Olympic bid: Olympians, enthusiastic business and political leaders joined at the Mass. State House yesterday for a hearing on a Senate bill that would create a nine-member commission to examine Boston's Olympic prospects. Boston was one of 35 cities asked in February by the USOC to consider bidding for the Games of 2024. More from sports business reporter Callum Borchers.

Townhall Daily - May 08 - Thomas Sowell, Michelle Malkin, Hugh Hewitt, John Stossel, Walter E. Williams and More



Thomas Sowell: Words That Replace Thought Michelle Malkin: Operation Smear Benghazi Whistleblowers Hugh Hewitt: It Is All About The Questions: Will The House GOP Botch Wednesday's Hearing? John Stossel: Live Free or Move Walter E. Williams: Honest Examination of Race Brent Bozell: Ted Cruz Has All the Right Enemies Why some gold investments could soon be worthless Forthe past 10 years, Porter Stansberry has been working to expose what he calls "the greatest scam in U.S. history." If you've invested in gold, you'll want to check this out. In this shocking presentation, Porter explains why any gold investments you may have could soon be worthless… Click here for the full details. John Ransom: The Market Made New Highs; What Did You Do? Jonah Goldberg: Niall Ferguson's Blooper Neil McCabe: Waiting for Goodlatte to End Music Royalty Feudalism Jayson Lusk : Addiction to Unhealthy Foods Shouldn't Require Government Regulation Daniel Doherty: Essay Review: Jonah Goldberg’s “The Banality of Evil” Rachel Alexander: Anti-Americanism Increasing at the United Nations Ben Shapiro: Will Tyranny Ever Come to America? Terry Jeffrey: Disabled Nation: Small Fraction Leave Disability Because They Work or Get Better Austin Bay: The Global Stakes in the Sino-Indian Frozen War Donald Lambro: Obama is Cheerleader Not For Capitalism, But For Government Rachel Marsden: Is America About to Checkmate Russia? Gabriella Hoffman: College Students Must Hold Their Professors Accountable Daniel J. Mitchell: Internet Sales Tax: The Power of Any Government to Tax You Anywhere Charles Payne: First They Junked the Constitution Bob Beauprez: Benghazi Whistleblower: Special Ops told "You can't go now." Jacob Sullum: The Cannabis Is out of the Bag Robert Knight: New Age Conservatism and Other Doublespeak Night Watch: North Korea Keeps Tensions High Ralph Benko: The GOP's Death Spiral Continues: Bring It Back With Unflinching Moral Courage Crista Huff: Stocks in the News: Dow Chemical, OfficeMax, DirecTV Roger Schlesinger: Family Traditions Can Cost You Cathy Ruse: Deceit in the Boy Scouts Mike Shedlock: When All Else Fails, Blame Your Staff, Not Yourself George Friedman: Geopolitical Journey: Nostalgia for NATO

BostonGlobe.com Political Headlines - May 7, 2013

• Democracy marches on everywhere in Boston:
  Columnist Kevin Cullen writes about how part of our "revenge," our effort to carry on in Boston, is by getting back to two of the other things we take most seriously: politics and sports.
  

• Good with the bad: Frequent columnist Tom Keane writes about potential changes to one of the buildings of the Boston Public Library's main branch before Menino leaves office.
  

• AFL-CIO, despite some concerns, endorses Markey for US Senate: The AFL-CIO has sided with the veteran Democrat despite concerns from some unions about his opposition to nuclear, gas and oil projects.
  

• Gomez raps Markey for talking about 'everything but economy' in Senate race: The Republican Senate hopeful spoke out on FOX News Channel yesterday.

HotAir Daily Express 05/06/2013



Video: No place to bury Tsarnaev? 5/6/2013 10:01:01 AM  Ed Morrissey 20 Comments The question of what to do with a terrorist corpse will reach all the way to the governor’s office in Massachusetts. After protests erupted at a funeral home preparing the body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, no cemetery in the area will accept his remains. More... Was it the Syrian rebels that used chemical weapons? 5/6/2013 9:21:45 AM  Ed Morrissey 25 Comments So much for the “red line” nonsense in a civil war.  When evidence arose that sarin gas and other chemical weapons had been used in Syria, the assumption was that Bashar al-Assad’s forces had deployed their long-held chemical munitions. More... Whistleblower: Hillary cut State’s counter-terrorism bureau out of Benghazi loop 5/6/2013 8:41:40 AM  Ed Morrissey 91 Comments In the previous post, I noted that Darrell Issa’s witnesses in the House Oversight hearings on Benghazi would make life difficult for both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.  Fox News reported late yesterday that one witness in particular will More... Diplomat to testify that Benghazi “was a terrorist attack from the beginning” 5/6/2013 8:01:53 AM  Ed Morrissey 88 Comments “There is new information raising questions,” Bob Schieffer told a Face the Nation audience yesterdat, “of whether there was a cover-up by the State Department to deflect criticism that it had ignored requests for more security for its More... Quotes of the day 5/5/2013 8:01:24 PM  Allahpundit 338 Comments A rebel spokesman, who spoke from a “liberated area” held by the opposition in Damascus, told NBC News there were huge explosions just before 2 a.m. Sunday local time (7 p.m. Saturday ET) in the Qaysoun mountains on the edge of More... WaPo poll: Cuccinelli pulling into an early lead in Virginia 5/5/2013 6:31:20 PM  Erika Johnsen 51 Comments It’s still early yet, but at the last count, state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and former DNC chairman Terry McAuliffe were basically neck-and-neck in 2013′s only competitive gubernatorial contest, with a lot of Virginians still pretty More... Author to immigration reform opponents: “A lot of people live in land that was taken from Mexico” 5/5/2013 5:01:00 PM  Jazz Shaw 242 Comments This morning I switched over to CBS in advance of Face the Nation while I was working and happened to catch the last half hour of CBS News Sunday Morning. One segment they featured was an “historical” piece focusing on the Mexican American More... S.C. Dem chair doubles down on Nikki Haley comments 5/5/2013 3:31:14 PM  Jazz Shaw 78 Comments As you’ve no doubt heard by now, the chair of South Carolina’s Democrat party, Dick Harpootlian, raised some eyebrows on Friday when he urged supporters to help send GOP Governor Nikki Haley, “back to wherever the hell she came More... NYT: Obama may have ad-libbed us into a war 5/5/2013 2:01:53 PM  Ed Morrissey 180 Comments There are only two words to describe the New York Times’ explanation of Barack Obama’s red-line dance – smart power.  According to anonymous “senior officials” at the White House, Obama’s advisors now claim that they More... My First Rifle 5/5/2013 12:31:45 PM  Jazz Shaw 59 Comments In the wake of a couple of truly tragic stories involving accidental shootings involving children, the media response was sadly predictable. The usual list of suspects lined up quickly to point out how utterly evil and insane people must be to allow More... Film review: Iron Man 3 5/5/2013 11:01:41 AM  Ed Morrissey 69 Comments Tony Stark’s last adventure has him rattled.  After all, almost getting killed by a wormhole and watching Norse gods dancing through the atmosphere will do that to a guy.  When his past comes back to haunt him, he’s unprepared — and More...