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Same River As Washington, but with Common SenseGary Howellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13432183352522083188noreply@blogger.comBlogger1883125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999733136609978341.post-22566779945081134822014-09-03T11:44:00.002-04:002014-09-03T11:44:49.276-04:00When Democrats Have No Answers . . .They Make Stuff UpThe Democratic Party knows that the gas that Obama put in the tank in 2012 has about run out. Most likely, they counted on the Hillary rollout earlier this year to help boost their brand. For the first time, she stepped on the national stage unencumbered by powerful men such as her husband and Obama. Unfortunately for her, the book tour turned into a book snore. She came DC Mountaineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999733136609978341.post-59417404197400640522014-09-02T10:27:00.000-04:002014-09-02T10:27:10.885-04:00What Story Could Link the Shadier Parts of the Internet to Apple's Corporate Image?Last weekend, the news broke that nude pictures of a large number of female celebrities had been swiped from iCloud. The list includes Kate Upton, Jennifer Lawrence, Mary Kate Olsen, and many others.
Deadspin reported that a reader approached them weeks ago with a tale of a Facebook offer to trade nude pictures of Jennifer Lawrence for similar pictures of his girlfriend. This DC Mountaineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999733136609978341.post-80867271084659081222014-08-29T13:50:00.001-04:002014-08-29T13:50:34.394-04:00Three Speeches That Destroyed PresidenciesAndrew Johnson's speech on Washington's Birthday 1866. He compares himself to Christ and his Radical Republican political opponents in Congress to the recently defeated Confederates.
Jimmy Carter's "Crisis of Confidence" or "Malaise" speech. He lays out a laundry list of demoralizing American problems with no solutions and no real hope of success.
Barack Obama's stunning admission, DC Mountaineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999733136609978341.post-68810099834332142032014-08-29T13:32:00.001-04:002014-08-29T13:32:12.145-04:00CNN: Living Proof That Market Dominance Does Not Necessarily LastPeople under 30 probably have no direct memory of it, but at one point, CNN equaled news. And if you did not believe that, Darth Vader told you so. This week, however, layoffs and "managerial changes" are convulsing the network.
When movies wanted to include realistic news references in the early 1990s, they cited CNN. They were everywhere and showed everything. Why wait DC Mountaineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999733136609978341.post-39781485947402847192014-08-27T16:18:00.001-04:002014-08-27T16:18:56.796-04:00Has Republican Revival in West Virginia Brought Hope to State Residents?Shelley Moore Capito is running away with her race for US Senate. David McKinley has not seen any serious challenge. Alex Mooney maintains a double digit lead in his race. Evan Jenkins has the momentum against his opponent and is nearly statistically tied. House Republicans anticipate taking over chamber leadership next year.
Republicans have ascended in West Virginia. &DC Mountaineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999733136609978341.post-52849533125983236602014-08-26T10:56:00.000-04:002014-08-26T10:56:31.032-04:00Ministry of "Truthy" Coming to a Federal Government Near YouElizabeth Harrington of Washington Free Beacon gets an award for the creepiest federal government story of the week.
It has shades of 1984, George Orwell's masterpiece about a totalitarian society. Three ministries control the government under the watchful eye of Big Brother. One of these is the Ministry of Truth. This outfit tirelessly works to create the government's narrativeDC Mountaineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999733136609978341.post-68739161310858733452014-08-26T10:30:00.003-04:002014-08-26T10:30:49.577-04:00A Useless and Contrived Study On Coal Meant to Support Obama's Coal Plant KIllingDuke University recently released a study that has almost no use whatsoever. The study indicates that if South Korea would stop using its own coal sources and start importing US coal, it could save America's coal industry. They also guess that, even accounting for the long transit, that it could reduce the so-called "greenhouse gases" by 21 percent.
What they mean by "save" is DC Mountaineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999733136609978341.post-75178158336984923442014-08-20T19:21:00.000-04:002014-08-20T19:21:07.195-04:00One Thing That Every State Legislature Can Do To Help Rebuild Confidence in Law EnforcementComplaints about police abuse of power had grown rampant way before the Ferguson riots. If outlets such as Mother Jones, Daily Caller, Huffington Post, and Reason agree on anything it is the all too common episodes of abused state authority. Comprehensive study and reform is necessary. It can start here.
According to the Governors' Highway Safety Association, 33 states DC Mountaineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999733136609978341.post-17145979899375631662014-08-13T11:45:00.002-04:002014-08-13T12:18:59.006-04:00Political Old Timers Used to Call This a "Boom"In the old days of politics, one used to often hear about "booms."
These were efforts to boost one person or another into politics or into a higher office. Sometimes, the desired candidate knew full well about the boom, other times they didn't. Sometimes they embraced the support, other times they quashed it politely.
When effective, they brought a groundswell of popular and party DC Mountaineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999733136609978341.post-75696739286258813652014-08-12T23:26:00.000-04:002014-08-12T23:34:01.028-04:00Police In Military Style Attire Confront Rioters In St. Louis AreaSet aside for a second what caused the St. Louis riots this week. Also set aside the fact that there is no connection between anger directed at social injustice and looting a shoe store.
The Atlantic ran a story today with a picture of three officers dressed in fatigues, military style rifles raised at a small young man with arms up. One can understand the weapons, at least in a riotDC Mountaineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999733136609978341.post-86855397809159108212014-08-07T11:01:00.001-04:002014-08-07T16:38:36.403-04:00Autocross Fight Leads to Maryland "Losing" An Airport, Criticism of Violations of Meetings LawsOnce upon a time the National Road Autocross was routinely held without incident at the Greater Cumberland Regional Airport in Wiley Ford. It brought substantial crowds and pumped $3 million into the economies of Allegany and Mineral counties. The race also helped to justify the existence of a federally approved airport with no regular airline service.
Correction: The original DC Mountaineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999733136609978341.post-26076347312929902972014-08-04T17:49:00.000-04:002014-08-04T17:51:22.910-04:00Yet Another Food Stamp Fraud ConvictionLast week in Texas, two men received sentences for food stamp fraud. Chief US District Court Judge Sidney Fitzwater passed sentence on Kamardeen Ogunleye and Robert Gordon. Both received 27 months in prison and were ordered to pay $1.9 million in restitution.
According to the Department of Justice, between March 2010 and September 2013, the owners of the KSO Dollar Mart in Dallas purchasedDC Mountaineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999733136609978341.post-74296581979277488692014-08-01T13:33:00.000-04:002014-08-01T13:50:56.435-04:00Are Hamas Attacks a Catalyst For Acceptance of Israel?For the first time in almost 70 years, Israel has the active backing of nearly all Arab states in its battle against Palestinian extremists. One long time CNN reporter called the support "unprecedented" and speculated that it could represent a new era in Middle Eastern relations. Moderate governments fear extremism more than they wish to nurture historical hatreds.
The process of DC Mountaineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999733136609978341.post-66925471578176261062014-07-31T19:56:00.002-04:002014-07-31T19:56:15.594-04:00The Last Ship: Strangely Reminiscent of Shatner, etc's Star TrekTNT's opening season of The Last Ship does not try to be more than it is, an entertaining look at how the American military deals with a germopacalypse. Basically, they deal by being virtuous badasses.
The premise comes from the William Brinkley book of the same name. While on a secret mission for four months in the Arctic, the entire world has disintegrated while they were on radio DC Mountaineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999733136609978341.post-31209814124888017172014-07-29T11:08:00.000-04:002014-07-29T11:29:50.742-04:00The Growing Crisis In LiberiaWorld attention last week focused on the escalating war between Israel and Hamas, then the shot down passenger plane in Ukraine. A humanitarian disaster, however, has hit West Africa hard. Over 700 have died in possibly the worst Ebola virus outbreak ever. And the usual measures have not contained its spread. The coastal nation of Liberia has taken the most severe hits while DC Mountaineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999733136609978341.post-4263886398317798742014-07-28T10:30:00.000-04:002014-07-28T10:30:50.166-04:00Our Dangerous World . . .Just a few stories this week from a world grown increasingly terrifying . . .
Liberia has closed its border, quarantined many communities, and has seen even top experts stricken with the dreaded Ebola virus. Sick officials made it onto international flights despite stringent precautions by the Liberian government. West Africa has seen the most serious outbreak of the extremely DC Mountaineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999733136609978341.post-9284998513701343732014-07-17T12:45:00.000-04:002014-07-17T12:47:00.931-04:00Speaking Of . . .The issue of money keeps dogging Hillary Clinton and she seems unwilling to do much to escape the increased scrutiny from all sides.
This week, the Washington Free Beacon reported that Clinton received $275,000 for a one hour speech and very limited photo session at the University of Buffalo.
Although the media focuses on the money paid out, the real story may be tax law problems for non DC Mountaineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999733136609978341.post-76250899424086310432014-07-16T09:42:00.000-04:002014-07-16T09:42:20.332-04:00What to Make of France's Violent Anti-Semitism: Should Jews Abandon France?Ten years ago, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told France's Jewish community that it should leave its home country. A series of shocking anti-Semitic crimes had shown an ugly turn among some Frenchmen against Jews. France's foreign ministry replied with indignation, surely the world knows France's reputation for tolerance.
This week, Sharon's words proved prophetic. A DC Mountaineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999733136609978341.post-8943443822502057852014-07-15T13:14:00.000-04:002014-07-15T13:15:54.353-04:00Maybe, Just Maybe, It's Time To Lay Off the Germans About World War IIAfter steamrolling Brazil in the semis and handling Argentina in the championship, Germany had to expect the inevitable patronizing advice. Enjoy your World Cup Germany, but not too much. Remember the Nazis.
Foreign Policy published a roundup of post World Cup commentaries from inside and outside of Germany. Many echoed the "worry that accomplishments on the soccer field DC Mountaineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999733136609978341.post-80642428706592390122014-07-14T14:47:00.000-04:002014-07-14T14:49:43.030-04:00Eric Holder Resuscitating the Sedition Act of 1798Once upon a time, the party now calling itself "Democratic" placed itself at the forefront of defense of constitutionally protected speech. Now its leaders move openly against 1st Amendment freedoms such as the press and political speech.
In the 1790s, freewheeling partisan publications launched hyperbolic, bitter, and occasionally hilarious tirades against political figures. It DC Mountaineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999733136609978341.post-53795106840985146362014-07-11T00:30:00.000-04:002014-07-11T00:30:00.328-04:00Twenty-Five Years Ago Today: The Most Dangerous Game Day Promotion EverHard to believe when Americans currently live in a time when companies weigh legal ramifications of every move, but 25 years ago tomorrow a professional sports franchise had a promotion involving dynamite, illegal drugs, and potentially deadly flying discs.
Welcome to the 1970s. Welcome to "Disco Demolition Night."
Between two games of a twi night double header, the Chicago White Sox DC Mountaineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999733136609978341.post-18002067120863210562014-07-09T17:13:00.001-04:002014-07-09T17:13:18.119-04:00Beulah Balbricker Is Alive And Well And Working As a Police Investigator In Manassas, VirginiaOne must watch this rather NSFW video to understand the comparison here.
The Washington Post reports that Manassas police want to bring a 17 year old boy to the police station, inject him with an erection causing substance, and photograph his . . . shall we call it a tallywhacker?
Why? They believe that he sent a photograph to his 15 year old girlfriend via text. This DC Mountaineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999733136609978341.post-36417246781375021172014-07-07T10:05:00.000-04:002014-07-07T10:05:06.696-04:00The War On Holly FisherOnce upon a time, Holly Fisher was an active conservative gadfly in the Charleston social media community. Now the mother and Army wife is liberal hate target number one.
Two posed pictures and struggles with the new reality of Obamacare put her in the crosshairs. Fisher first posed in front of a Hobby Lobby with a pro life T shirt and a Chik Fil A cup with a guarantee that liberals wouldDC Mountaineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999733136609978341.post-70703441534690072202014-07-03T12:56:00.000-04:002014-07-03T12:56:20.031-04:00Five Important American Events That Happened on July 4thJuly 4th is the day we celebrate our independence, despite the fact that the actual act declaring independence passed the Continental Congress two days earlier.
Today, it's a day of fireworks, barbecues, and celebration. In the past, however, it also was remembered for humiliating defeat, sad passings, and decisive victories. Each involved one of America's most respected figures.
DC Mountaineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999733136609978341.post-55876339396570040362014-07-02T12:01:00.000-04:002014-07-02T12:01:36.058-04:00American Veterans' Center's Latest Videos: Remembering Some of Our FinestAmerican Veterans' Center just released a three part video series based on the remembrances of Colonel Edward Shames of the 101st Airborne in World War II
Part 1 describes the grueling and competitive regimen required to even qualify for Airborne training. It involved a lot of hiking all over Georgia in the hot summer sun.
Part II describes deployment to England and the pivotal DC Mountaineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.com0