Nice work indeed…
Thomas Friedman Gets Stabbed
November 18th, 2015Anonymous Takes Down Islamic State Twitter Accounts (Again)
November 18th, 2015Anonymous goes to war, at least in cyberspace:
Islamic State sympathizers using social media to spread propaganda and recruit fighters are now drawing an increasing amount of return fire from activists who have been knocking some sites offline and infiltrating others.
The loose hacking collective Anonymous is the latest to draw attention to such campaigns, with members claiming credit this week for having thousands of pro-IS Twitter (TWTR.N) accounts disabled.
This is not the first time that Anonymous has taken down Islamic State Twitter accounts, as they did so on a wide scale in Operation #TangoDown back in May.
Will this effort actually damage the Islamic State? Well, slightly, which is to say it will do a damn site more than peace signs with Eiffel Towers or overlaying your icon with a French flag, meaningless feel-good displacement gestures liberals use rather than admitting to themselves they’re doing absolutely nothing to fight radical Islam…
Bobby Jindal Drops Out
November 18th, 2015Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has dropped out of the 2016 Presidential race. While Jindal is much more qualified to be President than Donald Trump or Carly Fiorina, he was always a longshot, He exceeded expectations in that he outlasted Scott Walker and Rick Perry, but he never managed to gain any traction.
Texas Democratic Congressman Ruben Hinojosa Retiring
November 16th, 2015“Longtime Rio Grande Valley Congressman Ruben Hinojosa (D-Mercedes) is not seeking re-election in 2016.”
Rio Grande Valley is the Democratic Party’s last stronghold outside a few urban cores. The Texas 15th Congressional District runs in a strip from the valley up to near San Antonio. The district was formerly held by John Nance Garner and Lloyd Bentsen, and has never elected a Republican. It’s an 80% Hispanic district.
A 2016 pickup target for Republicans? I think they’ll take a run at it, but it’s a tough nut to crack. Hinojosa won in 2014 with a solid, but not overwhelming, 54% of the vote, but garnered 61% in 2012’s Presidential election year. I could see Republicans sneaking a win if everything broke just right (having Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio on top of the ticket wouldn’t hurt), but this probably only takes it from Solid D to Leans D.
Tweets About The Paris Attack
November 14th, 2015Current news from Paris: the death toll is now at 128 and the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for what French President Francois Hollande calls (correctly) an “act of war.”
A few tweets about the Paris attacks and reactions to it:
#BREAKING One attacker saying "This is for Syria" and the other attacker saying "Allahu Akbar"!before being killed. Per @FoxNews
— SusanKnowles (@SusanKnowles) November 13, 2015
BREAKING: French authorities say #Paris police have retaken a concert hall where gunmen held at least 100 hostages. https://t.co/Xf7nZwkplk
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 14, 2015
So, any guess as to the identity of these "gunmen"? A. Presbyterians. B. Mormons, or C. Muslim men between the ages of 18 and 45? @FoxNews
— BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) November 14, 2015
If open borders aren't a threat, then why did France close their borders? https://t.co/mAUxQbzxh3
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) November 14, 2015
At least 5 #AllahAkbar attackers "neutralised," international press reports. And this: https://t.co/Fu90rIIdQa
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) November 14, 2015
French President Francoise Hollande says blamed Islamic State for #Paris attacks, labelling it an 'act of war'. https://t.co/IOcvCvSbob
— smh.com.au (@smh) November 14, 2015
I turn on CNN for news about heinous terror attack & I get gun control propaganda & stupid Muslim backlash unicorn talk.
Garbage fire.
— John Nolte (@NolteNC) November 14, 2015
The wake of a mass murder perpetrated by immigrants in the name of the religion they brought with them is no time for talking about borders!
— Conservative Pundit (@DemsRRealRacist) November 14, 2015
Do we yet know what offensive YouTube video caused them to commit this spontaneous act? @Hegghammer @pspoole #Paris
— BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) November 14, 2015
I bet your Paris peace symbol will be just as effective at fighting radical islam as your coexist bumper sticker. @mydailyissue
— BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) November 14, 2015
@KurtSchlichter what ever gave you that idea "Terrorism has a religion." pic.twitter.com/Oow76Xxn7R
— mikem (@kidflash112) November 14, 2015
.@piersmorgan ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has a PhD in Islamic theology from Islamic U of Baghdad. What are your credentials?
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) November 14, 2015
I'm imagining @piersmorgan standing outside the 1938 Nuremberg with a big sign saying THESE AREN'T REAL NATIONAL SOCIALISTS! @LilMissRightie
— BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) November 14, 2015
Remember when @BarackObama went to Paris after the Charlie Hebdo attacks to denounce Islamic terror? Probably not, because he played golf.
— Steve Goddard (@SteveSGoddard) November 14, 2015
These Mizzou protesters are actually trying to compare their crap to what happened in Paris. Please just don't. You look ignorant
— Ryan Armstrong (@rmarmstrong88) November 14, 2015
Paris death toll up to 100. U.S. college students need to tell Parisians about real violence from Halloween costumes & "trigger words."
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) November 14, 2015
150 dead is EXACTLY the same as the horror of gendered pronouns https://t.co/Ey9YqulnmE
— Michele Frost (@michelelfrost) November 14, 2015
100+ Dead in Islamic Attack on Paris
November 13th, 2015“Terrorists wielding AK-47s and hurling explosives executed at least 100 people inside a Paris concert hall late Friday night, in a massacre that followed coordinated attacks that killed at least 40 more people, rocking the French capital — prompting President Francois Hollande to close the entire nation’s borders and order a state of emergency.”
There are reports that the Islamic State took responsibility. Also reports that Belgium has closed their border.
This is not a “tragedy,” as so many mealy-mouth leftists are calling it. This was an act of war. And Europe’s current open borders policy on Middle East “refugees” almost certainly contributed to it.
Two exceptionally obvious courses of action present themselves:
- All of Europe, not just Paris, should close their borders until adequate border controls are in place, and immediately start forcibly deporting illegal aliens from Muslim countries.
- Paris should ask that Article 5 of the NATO treaty be activated, to be followed shortly by a broad coalition (including the United States) completely destroying the Islamic State and followed by a heavy, lasting multinational occupation of the territory formerly held by it.
For a long time, liberals have soft-peddled and downplayed Islamic terrorism so they could continue their moral preening about how enlightened and sophisticated they are. The time for people dying so liberals can avoid feeling bad about themselves is over. Either confront radical Islam with the force necessary to destroy it, or cede power to those willing to do so.
Texas vs. California Update for November 12, 2015
November 12th, 2015Time for another Texas vs. California roundup:
Waco Update: 106 Bikers Indicted
November 11th, 2015106 bikers involved in the Waco biker shootout have been indicted. (A complete list of those indicted can be found here.)
However, as far as I can tell, the indictment is only for engaging in an “organized criminal conspiracy.” No one has yet been charged with murder.
More indictments may be due the next time a grand jury meets, which will be later this month. Hopefully standard information (like ballistics reports) the Waco police have thus far withheld will finally be released.