A pair of columns questioning a woman's very public battle with Stage IV breast cancer are lighting up the Internet. Former New York Times executive editor Bill Keller and his wife, writer Emma Gilbey Keller, both wrote pieces on Lisa Bonchek Adams, who is chronicling her fight via Twitter and her blog. Emma Keller's column (with a headline that compared Bonchek Adams' social media postings to "funeral selfies"), posted last week, was removed from The Guardian's website yesterday amid all the furor; Bill Keller's column was published in the Times yesterday. Both Kellers weigh various questions that seem to come down to this: Is Bonchek Adams engaging in "TMI"? And would it be better for someone like her to opt for a peaceful, quiet death instead of "heroic measures"? More. [BJS]
1/14/14
Allen West takes aim at Obama and 'henchman' Holder
Allen West rips Obama and Holder: "This is my...message to white Americans. How long will it be before “you people” realize you have elevated someone to the office of president who despises you? [Obama] and his henchman Holder... are the most vile and disgusting racists." Read more
Dim slebs: Bieber raided at dawn
Eleven L.A. County Sheriff's patrol cars reportedly entered Justin Bieber's gated community looking for evidence linking the singer to an egg-throwing incident involving a neighbor.
Sources tell TMZ that Bieber, 19, was being held in his garage as deputies executed the warrant for a search. This comes just a few days after a neighbor called police claiming that the singer pelted his home with eggs.
Sources tell TMZ that Bieber, 19, was being held in his garage as deputies executed the warrant for a search. This comes just a few days after a neighbor called police claiming that the singer pelted his home with eggs.
Israeli minister dismisses Kerry's peace efforts
Israel's outspoken Defense Minister, Moshe Ya'alon, has said that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who recently completed his tenth trip to the region in less than a year on the job, "turned up here determined and acting out of misplaced obsession and messianic fervor" for a peace deal. Ya'alon added: "In reality, there have been no negotiations between us and the Palestinians for all these months --but rather between us and the Americans. [Source]
Global warming scam unravels
LC's Australian contributor, B.H, reports: " I heard one of the warmist grant snufflers talking on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation this week explaining that the record cold in the northern hemisphere and record ice near the South Pole was actually global warming-- caused by a "changing jet stream". The scam really is starting to unravel.
1/13/14
Progress notes for Patient 540463 OBAMA, Barack, H.
1/13/14: Patient was in a strange mood during our routine consultation this evening. He studied my face closely, then said: "I guess there's no way you would consider shaving off your beard? "No." I replied," It's part of my persona and suddenly appearing completely different might deeply disturb some of my patients."
"Oh well, said patient, "it was worth asking." He suddenly took on a more cheerful tone. "Michelle's coming back from Maui before Wednesday. So I won't need to have you staying over."
"Ms. Jarrett is the one who controls my presence or absence," I said, "So perhaps a word with her is indicated?" Frankly, after several weeks of patient's tribulations, I will be glad to be rid of the moron.---Dictated by S.H.Rink, M.D.
"Oh well, said patient, "it was worth asking." He suddenly took on a more cheerful tone. "Michelle's coming back from Maui before Wednesday. So I won't need to have you staying over."
"Ms. Jarrett is the one who controls my presence or absence," I said, "So perhaps a word with her is indicated?" Frankly, after several weeks of patient's tribulations, I will be glad to be rid of the moron.---Dictated by S.H.Rink, M.D.
Barack Obama's Diary: Michelle calls again
Dear Diary: She's coming home! As I was eating my Froot Loops my iPresidentophone screeched the police siren sound that I have assigned to Michelle. "Hello, my sweet." I said. She said: "Long story short, I'll be back on Wednesday and I want that bearded shrink out of our quarters by then."
"But, sweetie, i've told you that Dr Rink not in our quarters. He just has a bunk elsewhere in the White House, so he can be called upon quickly if I have a panic attack."
"Oprah says there should only be room for one beard in the White House and with Rink and Carney that makes three." I didn't have the heart to argue the point any further. The relief that she would no longer be publicly humiliating me was overwhelming. "I have missed you so much, sweet giant," I said and immediately regretted it. "Sweet giant? She said. "Just you wait until I get home, you miserable little..." and she hung up.
"But, sweetie, i've told you that Dr Rink not in our quarters. He just has a bunk elsewhere in the White House, so he can be called upon quickly if I have a panic attack."
"Oprah says there should only be room for one beard in the White House and with Rink and Carney that makes three." I didn't have the heart to argue the point any further. The relief that she would no longer be publicly humiliating me was overwhelming. "I have missed you so much, sweet giant," I said and immediately regretted it. "Sweet giant? She said. "Just you wait until I get home, you miserable little..." and she hung up.
Dim crims: 'Burglar' falls asleep in victim's bedroom.
A California man has been charged with burglary after he was found sleeping at the foot of his victim’s bed, authorities said. Ruben Diego Ortega, 20, of Santa Ana, was arrested Saturday after a homeowner told police he was sleeping in his room with his wife when he felt something touch his leg. The unidentified victim then got up and found him sleeping at the foot of his bed, according to a statement issued by the Santa Ana Police Department. The homeowner told police he recognized Ortega from the neighborhood. Hours later, the victim realized some property was missing from him home — a PlayStation and cellphones — and went to Ortega’s nearby residence to confront him. He retrieved his property and then called police to report the crime, police said. Ortega later admitted to entering the home after spotting an open window. The suspect said he was crawling out of the house with the stolen property and must have fallen asleep, police said.
Dim Crims: woman shoots brother in row over gun
Joeann Smith, a South-side, Chicago woman has been charged with a felony count of reckless discharge of a weapon after police say she shot her brother, Willie, in the eye last week while the two argued over whether or not her handgun would fire. [Source]
1/12/14
When 'rights' are wrong
A British woman whose mother was raped and murdered will never know where the killer buried her – because authorities are protecting HIS human rights.
Both his prison and the European Union bureaucracy are preventing grieving Tracy Richardson from contacting Martin Stafford. She says she was told the prison had refused to hand the murderer a letter from her because the governor thought it was “intrusive” and “in breach of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”. Then Tracy found out police are forbidden from asking Stafford, where Michelle Gunson’s body is buried. Under the terms of his European Union Union extradition from Ireland HE has to give THEM consent to ask him. More details. [BJS]
Both his prison and the European Union bureaucracy are preventing grieving Tracy Richardson from contacting Martin Stafford. She says she was told the prison had refused to hand the murderer a letter from her because the governor thought it was “intrusive” and “in breach of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”. Then Tracy found out police are forbidden from asking Stafford, where Michelle Gunson’s body is buried. Under the terms of his European Union Union extradition from Ireland HE has to give THEM consent to ask him. More details. [BJS]
Barack Obama's Diary: Michelle, woman of mystery
Dear Diary: I have been despairing all day, waiting for a call from Michelle who has been staying with the Grand Ole Oprah on Maui. I'm sure Oprah has been putting ideas in Michelle's head of leading life independently from me. Eventually, my iPresidentophone sounded the police siren sound assigned to Michelle. "Hi, sweetie," I said, for it was she.
"Don't you sweetie me," came the reply."I hear that Dr. Rink, has been sleeping over in our quarters,"
"Yes, sweet thing," I replied. " He has a room to bunk down in when necessary, but it's not in our quarters and it was arranged by Valerie Jarrett, so he would be discreetly available at all times."
"Sweetie," I continued, "there are some tabloid rumors that you are enjoying life so much on Maui that you may not come back. Tell me that's not true."
"That's for me to know, Barry, and you to guess." And with that, she hung up. But enough about me.
"Don't you sweetie me," came the reply."I hear that Dr. Rink, has been sleeping over in our quarters,"
"Yes, sweet thing," I replied. " He has a room to bunk down in when necessary, but it's not in our quarters and it was arranged by Valerie Jarrett, so he would be discreetly available at all times."
"Sweetie," I continued, "there are some tabloid rumors that you are enjoying life so much on Maui that you may not come back. Tell me that's not true."
"That's for me to know, Barry, and you to guess." And with that, she hung up. But enough about me.
Obama marriage threatened
Michelle Obama´s extended absence from Washington and a flurry of renewed speculation about the state of the first couple´s marriage threatened to overshadow her 50th birthday party at the White House on Saturday. Not for the first time in their 22-year marriage the Obamas are approaching what should be a happy family milestone under a cloud of rampant tabloid innuendo. The LC's source for this is a site behind a paywall: Rupert Murdoch's The Australian, which is normally reasonably reliable.
1/11/14
NYC's new Mayor tells an old lie
New York’s new mayor, Bill de Blasio, in his inaugural speech, denounced people “on the far right” who “continue to preach the virtue of trickle-down economics," writes Thomas Sowell.
According to de Blasio, “They believe that the way to move forward is to give more to the most fortunate, and that somehow the benefits will work their way down to everyone else.”
If there is ever a contest for the biggest lie in politics, says Sowell, this one should be a top contender.
More Detail here. [BJS]
According to de Blasio, “They believe that the way to move forward is to give more to the most fortunate, and that somehow the benefits will work their way down to everyone else.”
If there is ever a contest for the biggest lie in politics, says Sowell, this one should be a top contender.
More Detail here. [BJS]
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