A Feminist Taylor Swift Doppelganger?

By William Teach June 17, 2013 – 9:57 am

Seriously? Unfortunately, yes

(Washington Post) Taylor Swift is not a feminist. But Clara Beyer is, and she loves Taylor Swift’s music and sometimes she wishes Swift would change her twangy tune and be a little more progressive.

On June 11, the Alexandria native, a rising senior at Brown University, tweeted: “Idea for a single purpose twitter: feminist Taylor Swift.”

Ten minutes later, Beyer’s friend and classmate Kevin Carty called her to make sure she followed through. So Beyer created a logo — a picture of Swift’s face photoshopped onto Rosie the Riveter’s head. (Conveniently, both female icons have the same red head scarf in their wardrobe.) She wrote a bio that played off the one on Taylor Swift’s official Twitter page: “Happy. Free. Confused. Oppressed by the patriarchy. At the same time.”

Oh, it gets better

“She wears short skirts / I wear T-shirts /Neither of us is asking for it” was the first tweet sent out from the @feministtswift account the afternoon of June 12, and it set the template for what would follow —some lyrics from a song by the pop superstar (in this case, “You Belong With Me”) with an added feminist twist.

Sigh. How about some Friendzone Level 10k and complete p*ssification?

The tongue-in-cheek mash-up of feminist theory and Swift’s love-struck lyrics was the perfect project for Beyer and Carty, who “both believe in bringing more people into feminism and gender-critical conversations,” said Carty, 20. “And the easiest ways to do that are to engage them with things they’re already into in their daily lives,” such as pop music.

Let’s remember, Carty’s first name is Kevin.

Carty is in a fraternity and says that while his passion makes some other guys “raise their eyebrows,” he’s “never had a problem identifying as a feminist. .. . It’s just made me happier.”

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Obama’s Run Around With Toy Guns On Father’s Day

By William Teach June 17, 2013 – 7:50 am

If Barack tried this at a school run by one of his unhinged supporters he would most likely be suspended, and possibly have the police called on him

(Daily Caller) Wishing Americans a happy Father’s Day, the White House tweeted a picture of President Obama and one of his daughters playing with toy water pistols.

The Tweet comes at a time when several schools around the country—fearful that such toys make kids more prone to violent behavior—have launched trade-in programs that encourage children to exchange their harmless toy guns for chances to win prizes, like books and bicycles.

One such trade-in took place last weekend at Strobridge Elementary in California. Principal Chris Hill, who organized the event, explained that toy guns desensitize kids toward gun violence.

“Playing with toys guns, saying ‘I’m going to shoot you,’ desensitizes them, so as they get older, it’s easier for them to use a real gun,” Hill said in a statement to Mercury News.

This is the kind of thing that makes liberal schools and liberal neighbors call the police, as well as child protection services. Obama should practice what he preaches and not turn his children into crazed killers, if we go by liberal talking points.

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Menendez: GOP Path To White House Requires Amnesty Bill

By William Teach June 17, 2013 – 7:08 am

Just what we need, electoral advice from a Democrat

(Politico) Sen. Robert Menendez says Republicans need to accept a pathway to citizenship in immigration reform, or they’ll never take back the White House.

Discussing the debate over border security measures in the bill, the New Jersey Democrat who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee decried efforts to create unreachable triggers on legalization.

“What I cannot support, and what I believe the community cannot support at the end of the day is that we’re going to have triggers that can never be achieved in terms of border security as an impediment to the pathway to legalization and citizenship,” Menendez said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“I would tell my Republican colleagues, both in the House and the Senate, that the road to the White House comes through a road with a pathway to legalization. Without it, there will never be a road to the White House for the Republican Party,” Menendez said.

On one hand, he’s probably right, because if Marco Rubio runs after the Gang of 8 shamnesty bill the mostly liberal leaning media and some of the Republican insiders will do all they can to make Mr. Sellout the GOP nominee. However, in terms of winning the White House, if Rubio is the nominee Republicans will stay home in droves. Heck, if the GOP helps pass this horrible legislation, Republicans, and especially Conservatives, will stay home in drove, or perhaps vote for a 3rd party candidate. Either way, if this passes there is no chance that a Republican will win. Which is really what Menendez is pushing, because he’s certainly not dumb enough to believe what he’s saying. He knows that this whole scheme to legalize up to 11 million illegal aliens and bring in up to 17 million of their family members will add a huge Democrat voter base. So it’s not just 2016 at stake, but all future elections.

But, it’s not just Menendez who’s pushing this disingenuous tripe

(The Blaze) Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Sunday told conservatives who are trying to block the measure that they will doom the party and all but guarantee a Democrat will remain in the White House after 2016′s election. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., went a step further and predicted “there’ll never be a road to the White House for the Republican Party” if immigration overhaul fails to pass. (snip)

“After eight years of President Obama’s economic policies, and, quite frankly, foreign policy, people are going to be looking around,” Graham said. “But if we don’t pass immigration reform, if we don’t get it off the table in a reasonable, practical way, it doesn’t matter who you run in 2016. We’re in a demographic death spiral as a party and the only way we can get back in good graces with the Hispanic community, in my view, is pass comprehensive immigration reform. If you don’t do that, it really doesn’t matter who we run.”

Right, because passing this mule fritters bill will help, Lindsey? Doddering fool.

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Watcha Reading?

By William Teach June 16, 2013 – 8:48 pm

Whew! Finished The Slightest Hope Of Victory (Outside Context Problem) by Christopher Nuttall, all roughly 500 pages. It was well worth the $3.99. The ending was a bit contrived and quick, but, then, most invasion from outer space by superior beings tend to be that way. I’ll give it 4.5 stars

Now reading the latest from Mark Tufo, one of my favorite writers, Lycan Fallout: Rise of the Werewolf. Already about halfway almost 80% at posting through (Tufo books are easy reads), it’s 338 pages long. Tufo creates excellent characters whom we can related to, has excellent dialogue, and internal monologues that we can see ourselves saying. This one brings back his constant character, Michael Talbott, over a hundred years since the end of the Zombie Fallout series. Rather than saying ‘hey, here’s everything that happened since”, Tufo adds details of the intervening years as the book goes on.

There’s a couple others I’d love to read, waiting for the latest from Simon Green, Casino Infernale, to be available at the library. Like I said, not will to spend $12.99 on an ebook.

Also, as I’ve mentioned for the past few weeks, I’ve also been slowly reading The Mad, Mad, Mad World Of Climatism. I finally finished it, and will provide a longer review/synopsis on my next day off, so as not to rush it, but, let me say that this should be the one book that every Warmist, and those on the fences, should read. Heck, even if you do not buy into “climate change”, you should read it. The facts and figures, along with the history, of “climate change” is put in an excellent format that anyone can easily understand. I should finish it this week, not that much left. You should buy it.

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On “Climate Change”, Do The Math?

By William Teach June 16, 2013 – 4:07 pm

How about “do the science”, instead?

(Stuff) “Do the math!” says American climate activist and campaigner Bill McKibben who has just visited New Zealand to spread the global warming gospel. Doing the ‘math’ on global warming will supposedly prove we are on the brink of climate catastrophe, about to encounter the much-touted “tipping point”.

Wait, McKibben took a long unnecessary fossil fueled flight to tell us that CO2 from fossil fuels is bad?

It would make more sense to “do the science” because then at least we would be able to account for the now obvious divergence between computer-based climate models (supporting the IPCC and McKibben’s ‘math’) and the actual satellite-measured temperatures. Global temperatures have gone in one direction while CO2 and the IPCC’s computer models have gone in the other for nearly twenty years, with no sign of anything changing in the foreseeable future as the divergence becomes more and more pronounced. Obviously then, something is seriously wrong with the science despite the ‘math’ used to prove it.

It is well known that CO2 and temperature do not change in direct lockstep, with temperature obediently following, as activists would have us believe. The relationship is much like painting a window-the first coat blocks out most of the light. Successive coats take out less and less light until adding more does next to nothing. CO2 in the atmosphere works the same way.

It would make more sense to do the science, which is what Climate Realists are engaged in. For Warmists, though, as I’ve pointed out time and time again, it’s not about science but about politics. “Climate change” is simply an extension of far left progressive doctrine designed to increase government power over people and the private sector, as well as putting more money in the hands of progressive politicians. When discussing this issue that’s where you start: politics.

Make sure to read the whole article

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If All You See…

By William Teach June 16, 2013 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful Gaia friendly bike that should still be banned because it uses oil for lubrication, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Autonomous Mind, with a post on the great wind power ripoff.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach June 16, 2013 – 9:18 am

Happy Sunday! Another day to celebrate the wonders of the US surveillance state! Oh, fine, OK, that’s a bit of a bummer. But, hey, Happy Father’s Day to all! This pinup is by Gil Elvgren, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Old Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Just One Minute discusses Obama entering Syria
  2. Yid With Lid opines on why the West doesn’t understand Islamists
  3. Wake Up America mentions that the GOP says to ask Obama their questions about Ocare
  4. The Other McCain features hopenchange at Chicago schools
  5. The Lonely Conservative has the Gang of 8 Fools
  6. The Gateway Pundit has the latest in government violating the 1st and 2nd Amendments
  7. Sweetness and Light has Queen Nancy and late term abortion
  8. Sister Toldjah features a loonie tunes at the Zimmerman trial
  9. Scared Monkeys covers the White House defending Obama’s Big African Trip
  10. Raised On Hoecakes raises the flag
  11. Public Secrets notes you’re not paranoid if they’re really out to get you
  12. protein wisdom highlights the real war on women
  13. Powerline notes John Bohner’s immigration reform balancing act
  14. Maggie’s Notebook covers Sarah Palin at the Faith and Freedom Conference
  15. And last, but not least, Flopping Aces wonders: hero or traitor?

As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page. While we are on pinups, since it is that time of year, have you gotten your “Pinups for Vets” calendar yet? And don’t forget to check out what I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts

Anyone else have a link or hotty-fest going on? Let me know so I can add you to the list. (BTW, since someone asked, the reason I leave links for the previous week up (or you might see a *) is because they are place holders for later in the day or for next weeks. Easier than rewriting all the time. Also, the listing order has to do with how they are added over time, not how good a post is. I just copy and paste from the previous week, then edit. If you see one of the *’s, go ahead and check out the blog anyhow, see if there is an update. I cannot update with my Android during the day.

The posts do take a long time, so, if you want to send me your links for Rule 5 babeage or links, use ye olde email in the header bar (remove the NOSPAM part). Preferably, create the html link so I can copy and paste how you want it to read.

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Washington Post: Eric Holder’s Kind Of An Awesome AG, Isn’t He?

By William Teach June 16, 2013 – 8:17 am

Unsurprisingly, the authors of the letter to the editor served under Holder

Eric Holder has been an excellent attorney general

We were disappointed to read David Ignatius’s June 9 op-ed column, “A mediocre attorney general,” purporting to represent the views of a number of unnamed Washington lawyers about Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.’s tenure. Mr. Ignatius didn’t contact us, nor any of the 22 other former senior Justice Department officials who have signed this letter, for his column.

Our work, spanning a wide range of issues that come before the department — from national security prosecutions to violent crime prevention, from Supreme Court litigation to civil rights enforcement, from prosecuting financial fraud to remedying the impact of children’s exposure to violence — showed Mr. Holder to be a leader with excellent judgment and an unwavering commitment to do the right thing without regard for partisan preferences. That is exactly what this nation should expect of an attorney general, and precisely what they have in Mr. Holder.

People should express their disagreement with the attorney general’s decisions, but impugning his motivations only adds to the coarse tone that has plagued Washington for too long.

Let’s consider:

  • Holder blowing off and ending the New Black Panthers voter intimidation issue
  • All the agencies involved with Fast and Furious, including the DOJ at the top, were run with Holder as the boss, yet he knew nothing, and stonewalled, and is still stonewalling, Congress. Not too mention the hundreds of dead Mexican citizens and 2 US federal agents
  • Revealed the identities of 9 CIA interrogators.
  • His departments spying on the AP, and he knew nothing
  • Spying on James Rosen and people associated with him, forgetting that he signed off on the warrant, and still he knew nothing
  • Retaliation against whistleblowers, who he is supposed to protect as the nation’s top cop
  • Going after Arizona and other states that passed immigration tightening laws (and admitting he never read the massive 10 page Arizona law), while simultaneously ignoring sanctuary cities which blow off federal law
  • Failing to apply federal law to Colorado and their legalization of marijuana, a federal Schedule I drug
  • Lawsuits against states which violate the 10th amendment
  • The aforementioned prosecutorial misconduct in the Ted Stevens case.
  • The FBI comes under the DOJ: what took them to get so long to Benghazi?
  • As the nation’s top cop, being head of the DOJ, his seemingly inability to have any knowledge as to what goes on in the DOJ, which is known as “incompetence”.
  • And more.

Citizens need confidence in their government, from the President to the Congress to the Supreme Court, and down to those who run federal agencies. If we cannot trust the nation’s top cop to do his job and know what is going on around him, to apply justice in a fair and impartial manner devoid of politics, to have integrity, then we have a big problem. And the DOJ under Holder has been heavily politicized. Holder shouldn’t be allowed to resign, he should be fired. Or impeached. He darned sure hasn’t been an excellent AG, and none of the people who signed the letter saying he has been super mega awesome, all Democrats, can give reasons beyond writing “showed Mr. Holder to be a leader with excellent judgment and an unwavering commitment to do the right thing without regard for partisan preferences.” One would think that all these lawyers could provide a bit more evidence of Holder’s super mega awesomeness beyond that while attempting to defend Holder.

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Oh Sh*t, Wasps!!!!

By William Teach June 15, 2013 – 7:52 pm

So, get home, have to get everything off the porch so it can be powerwashed and sealed one day next week (property manager for the townhome area didn’t say which day, got most of it off, picked up the grill cover and…

Well, they felt that big to me. Little fuckers chased me down the stairs to the grass and at least 40-50 feet away. Neighbors probably got a good show, what we me dancing around like a fool waving my hat at the little bastards, who tagged me once on each leg. Fucker go me reeeeeal good on the right calf, stings like a sumabich.

Well, good thing my mother didn’t attempt to put the cover on the grill Sunday night when the parents were down, she’s allergic as hell to bees.

Hmm, doesn’t look like I have a “fuck fuck fuck!!!!!!” category. Oh, well.

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In The Old Days…

By William Teach June 15, 2013 – 4:57 pm

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