Still not quite as much property damage or as many rapes as Occupy, but the body count is closing in
(WSJ) PESHAWAR, Pakistan—Three people were killed and dozens injured Friday when protests by tens of thousands of Pakistanis infuriated by an anti-Islam film descended into deadly violence.
Police fired tear gas and live ammunition in an attempt to subdue rioters who hurled rocks and set fire to buildings in some cities on a holiday declared by Pakistan’s government so people could rally against the video, which has sparked protests across the Muslim world.
Thousands of Muslims protested in at least half a dozen other countries, some burning American flags and effigies of President Barack Obama.
That’s how this “small number of extremist Muslims” celebrates a “day of love for the Prophet Mohammed.”
There were 15,000 demonstrating in Karachi, if by “demonstrating” one means “opening fire with bullets of love” on the police. And plenty more “protests” in Pakistan. And
As well as in Pakistan there were protests Friday in Indian-controlled Kashmir, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia.
The love’s spreading like STDs and lice at an Occupy encampment.
Well, at least one segment of the Legacy Media has some cajones
(Daily Caller) Interviewers on the Spanish-language television network Univision grilled President Barack Obama about the Operation Fast and Furious scandal plaguing his administration in an interview Thursday.
“You told me during an interview that you and Mr. Holder did not authorize the Fast and Furious operation that allowed 2,000 weapons from the United States into Mexico and they were in the drug trafficking [cartels’] hands,†Univision co-host Jorge Ramos asked Obama, according to a translator, during the interview. “I think that up to 100 Mexicans might have died and also American agent Brian Terry. There’s a report that 14 agents were responsible for the operation but shouldn’t the attorney general, Eric Holder, he should have known about that and if he didn’t, should you fire him?â€
And how did Obama respond? With a bit of his favorite schtick, Blaming others, and some lying
“Well, first of all, I think it’s important to understand that the Fast and Furious program was a field-initiated program, begun under the previous administration,†Obama said. “When Eric Holder found out about it, he discontinued it. We assigned an inspector general to do a thorough report that was just issued — confirming that in fact Eric Holder did not know about this, that he took prompt action and that the people who did initiate this were held accountable. But, what I think is most important is recognizing that we’ve got a challenge in terms of weapons flowing south, and the strategy that was pursued out of Arizona, obviously, was completely wrongheaded. Those folks who were responsible have been held accountable. The question now is, how do we move forward with a strategy that will actually work?â€
So, the buck apparently doesn’t stop at the White House. Furthermore, the program was vastly different from the Bush era program, as has been explained numerous times. And how does the strategy move forward? How about informing the Mexican government next time?
“We are going to have to work with Mexican law enforcement to accomplish this, but I will tell you that Eric Holder has my complete confidence, because he has shown himself to be willing to hold accountable those who took these actions and is passionate about making sure that we’re preventing guns from getting into the wrong hands,†Obama continued.
Working with the Mexican government would be a first for this administration. Because they apparently still haven’t, all while 1,300 F&F guns are still on the streets.
Univision continues to grill Obama on this subject, asking why Obama hasn’t released all the related documents, and asking for an independent investigator, which Obama really doesn’t want.
The Daily Caller is also reporting on the DOJ IG stating that the Obama administration obstructed his investigation.
While Team Obama isn’t willing to air an ad here in the United States apologizing to all the Tea Party members whom he called “Teabaggers”, all the private citizens Team Obama has insulted, the women insulted by million dollar donor Bill Mahr, nor all the Mormons who’ve been denigrated by the Broadway show “The Book Of Mormon”, they’re willing to apologize and distance themselves from a stupid movie made using our 1st Amendment
(Politico) The Obama administration is airing ads on Pakistani television condemning the anti-Islamic film “The Innocence of Muslims,” a State Department spokeswoman confirmed Thursday.
“As you know, after the video came out, there was concern in lots of bodies politic, including Pakistan, as to whether this represented the views of the U.S. Government. So in order to ensure we reached the largest number of Pakistanis – some 90 million, as I understand it in this case with these spots – it was the judgment that this was the best way to do it,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters.
The ads show clips of President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemning the film in English (but dubbed in Urdu) in remarks they made last week, emphasizing that it was not produced or authorized by the United States government.
Wonderful. Appeasement to extremist animals
(Bloomberg) The 30-second U.S. announcement, subtitled in Urdu, shows Obama saying the U.S. rejects “all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others.†Clinton is shown saying, “the United States government had absolutely nothing to do with this video. We absolutely reject its content and message.â€
Liberals like to talk about a “separation between church and state”. When the Central Government is offering protection for one specific religion, it is putting that religion above the others, almost making it the state religion. It gets better!
A second message featuring clips, drawn from Google Inc. (GOOG)’s YouTube, of ordinary Americans condemning the film is also being shown in countries around the world, according to State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. The anti-Islam video drew international condemnation when it was posted on YouTube, a video-sharing service.
When will the US get apologies and condemnations coming from the Muslim world for 9/11? For sawing the head off of Nick Berg and others? For the huge amount of terrorist attacks against Americans and American property? For the Pan Am attack over Lockerbie? How about for the killing of our Ambassador and support staff?
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf appealed for calm as security forces bid to counter violent protests against an anti-Islam film that continues to spark demonstrations in the Muslim world.
The government shut mobile-phone services in major cities and closed roads leading to U.S. diplomatic posts in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad using shipping containers. Protesters set fire to two movie theaters and the chamber of commerce building in the northwestern city of Peshawar, while demonstrators blocked roads in Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi, local television channels showed.
The mobile system will be shut down till 6pm Pakistan time Friday to keep the Islamist from coordinating their continuing violent protests. And, if you have to urge followers of the Religion of Peace to be peaceful, well, that says quite a bit about what the faithful believe.
You’re shocked, I know! This comes via ye olde email, so I cannot access the PDF with ye olde Droid in a viewable manner
Cato has released a new study by scholars Duanjie Chen and Jack Mintz on corporate effective tax rates in 2012 for 90 countries.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/tbb/tbb_65.pdf
The study provides estimates of marginal effective tax rates, which are an important factor in driving real investment flows.
The U.S. rate of 35.6% is about double the 18.2% average rate of the 90 countries studied. The U.S. rate is also the highest in the OECD.
Is it any wonder our economy is stagnating? Add to this the huge regulatory burdens from the Central Planning Office, er, federal government. BTW, I’m not solely blaming Obama. Bush 43 bares some responsibility for regulatory burdens. Witness
The annual Economic Freedom of the World report, including an index of country rankings, has just been released, and it should be a wake-up call. The United States was known as the bastion of economic freedom for more than two centuries, and it was because of its economic freedom that the nation became the pre-eminent economic power. However, in just a few short years, the U.S. has fallen from No. 3 in 2000 (behind the city-states of Hong Kong and Singapore) to No. 8 in 2005 and to No. 18 in 2010, the last year for which complete statistics are available. Worse yet, the U.S. decline continues, and in next year’s ranking, it is almost certain to be lower.
How utterly sad is it that the US I’d #18? Canada, Chile, and Finland do better.
Now it’s personal! Well, not so much, I’ve only eaten one a few times, and, quite frankly, living down South affords much better pork sandwiches, but, hey, some people are really as crazed to eat them as the TV commercials show. Alas…
(Clarion Ledger) The McRib sandwich is traditional McDonald’s fare, appearing on the menu seasonally from late October through early November. But not this year. The McDonald’s McRib is delayed until late 2012, and there is only global warming to blame.
It’s true, according to a report in Ad Age. In a memo obtained from the publication from McDonald’s Operators National Advertising Fund, which represents McDonald’s national franchise council, the McRib was originally scheduled to be marketed Oct. 22 through Nov. 11 this year.
It’s been put off till the 4th quarter, closer to Christmas
The reason: last year’s mild late fall and winter — one of the warmest ever recorded in the U.S. — made for dull sales in the fourth quarter for McDonald’s. This year, the company wants an extra sales push to make sure the same flat quarter doesn’t occur again.
It’s so horrible, hotcoldwetdry is killing McDonald’s business…..hey, wait
McDonald’s reported a fourth-quarter profit of $1.38 billion, or $1.33 per share, up almost 11 percent from a year earlier and compared to analysts’ call for a profit of $1.30 a share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Revenue rose 10 percent to $6.82 billion.
Um, it sure looks like MickeyD’s did rather well during 4Q2011, instead of the supposed “flat sales.” Warmists just make crap up.
(Fox News) Intelligence sources tell Fox News they are convinced the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was directly tied to Al Qaeda — with a former Guantanamo detainee involved.
That revelation comes on the same day a top Obama administration official called last week’s deadly assault a “terrorist attack” — the first time the attack has been described that way by the administration after claims it had been a “spontaneous” act.
“Yes, they were killed in the course of a terrorist attack on our embassy,” Matt Olsen, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, said during a Senate hearing Wednesday.
and
Sufyan Ben Qumu is thought to have been involved and even may have led the attack, Fox News’ intelligence sources said. Qumu, a Libyan, was released from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2007 and transferred into Libyan custody on the condition he be kept in jail. He was released by the Qaddafi regime as part of its reconciliation effort with Islamists in 2008.
His Guantanamo files also show he has ties to the financiers behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The declassified files also point to ties with the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, a known Al Qaeda affiliate.
I wonder how long it will be before we learn that the concurrent protests in Egypt were anything but “spontaneous”, and part of the same plan?
If your stomach can take it, listen to a smattering of Michelle Obama at NCCU for a campaign rally. Is there such a thing as a Black being racist to Blacks? During her speech she tries out her fake Southern accent, and mixes in poor English jargon. For those who aren’t familiar with North Carolina Central University, it is a an African-American university with a virtually 100% Black enrollment, so, what better place for Michelle to patronize?
“We learned that no one gets where they are on their own, that each of us has a community of people who were lifting us up all the time,” Michelle Obama told the cheering crowd. “We learned to value everyone’s contribution and to treat everyone with respect.”
So, doubling (tripling?) down on “you didn’t build that”. Followed by some lying, considering that Obama rarely treats anyone with respect, even some of those who support him. If you’re not with him, though, he will treat you with a profound lack of respect.
Such values give President Obama the “strong inner compass” that is needed to lead the U.S., his wife said. She cited his efforts to help the economy recover from a global recession and his work to pass health care reforms into law.
“Instead of pointing fingers and placing blame (about the sour economy), Barack got to work,” she said. “Barack didn’t care whether health reform was the easy thing to do politically. That’s not the way he is. He cared that it’s the right thing to do.”
He’s spent the last 3 years and 8 months as the so-called President pointing fingers at Bush 43, Republicans, Conservatives, Tea Party members, Europe, tsunamis, ATMs, and anything and everything but himself. 43 straight months of 8%+ unemployment, credit downgrades, historic numbers on foodstamps, GDP in the toilet…you know the hit parade. And he blames himself not at all. That’s what is considered “leadership” in ObamaWorld.
Remember back to the beginning of the long, long idiocy of passing Obamacare: the talking points of the day were to make sure that the 30-45 million uninsured were provided with health insurance. Then, over the following 10 months of ignoring the economic conditions, Democrats trotted out the travesty that is Obamacare, which is still wildly unpopular as a whole. And late Wednesday we learned
(Washington Times) Congress‘ official scorekeeper said Wednesday that 30 million people will be uninsured when President Obama’s health care law goes fully into effect, including six million Americans who are expected to pay a tax penalty — about two million more than originally forecast when the law was passed in 2010.
After initially predicting that the law would leave just 21 million lacking health insurance, the Congressional Budget Office has raised its estimate, blaming the slow economy, changes Congress has made to the law and states who said they’ll refuse to expand their Medicaid programs after the Supreme Court said they don’t have to.
So, Obama care essentially failed to help the people it was supposed to help, while taxing/penalizing even more. And therein lies one of the numerous problems with Obamacare: it failed to focus on making health insurance affordable and instead focused more on health care, penalties for non-coverage, employers, getting more money for the Central government, and putting more people into government programs.
The upside for the government is that it will collect more revenue to help pay for the health care law. With two million more Americans expected to pay the penalty, the CBO predicted $3 billion more in collections each year — about $7 billion in 2016, and $8 billion a year thereafter.
But the new projections could also undermine a key goal of President Obama in the new health care law, which aimed to extend coverage to most Americans.
“For years, the president and his Democrat allies in Congress have sworn up and down that failing to comply with the individual mandate did not result in a tax on individuals or families,†said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican. “Now the nonpartisan CBO makes clear that the tax will hit 6 million Americans — mainly middle-class individuals and families.â€
So, what you have is a system that will actually reduce care for Americans, bring rationing to the country, put more money in the hands of the Central Government through taxes/penalties, cause employers to dump their insurance plans, put government in charge of quite a few American’s health plans, and, still not cover the people the legislation was supposed to cover.
As Dan Riehl writes: The devil is always in the details … to be revealed later. They had to pass it to see what was in it. Now, we’re finding out.
SD on Coldplay Cosplays At Being Climate Warriors: “GRAPHIC & HARD TO WATCH: Hamas attack on Oct 7 as they happened (Videos) https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2026/10/graphic-hard-to-watch-hamas-attack-on.html” Oct 7, 20:55
Jl on Coldplay Cosplays At Being Climate Warriors: “And the “offsets” do nothing to decrease the amount of CO2 generated, if you’re the kind that’s afraid of CO2” Oct 7, 19:27
Alias on Coldplay Cosplays At Being Climate Warriors: “Coldplay concert arena tours sell out fast Usually in minutes or hours tickets are often bought for the potential resale…” Oct 7, 19:09
Elwood P. Dowd on If All You See…: “Shark Force! Sep 25, 2026 — The order also calls for the establishment of an “Interagency Shark and Pinniped Depredation…” Oct 7, 19:08
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