Posts Tagged ‘Bill De Blasio’
Friday, October 7th, 2016
It’s been one of those weeks. Enjoy a Friday LinkSwarm:
This just in: The eight years of the Obama Administration have been a miserable failure.
Some ObamaCare patients are losing their plans, others are facing huge rate hikes. In Tennessee, they’re getting both. (Hat tip: Jim Geraghty’s Morning Jolt.)
More on the same theme:
ObamaCare’s unraveling shows the danger of a one-size-fits-all federal program. What’s happening in Tennessee is only a nationwide harbinger. Every single neighboring state will have less competition on its ObamaCare exchanges next year. The entire state of Alabama will have only one insurer. Almost all are facing double-digit premium increases: in Mississippi a weighted average of 16%; in Kentucky 25%; in Georgia 33%.
These problems aren’t confined to the Southeast. ObamaCare exchange buyers will have only one option in nearly a third of American counties, according to an August report from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. That’s a 300% increase in single-option counties from last year. Twenty-five states and the District of Columbia have approved rates leading to average premium increases next year of over 26%.
(Hat tip: Director Blue.)
Indiana police raid offices in nine county voting fraud case. (Hat tip: Instapundit.)
And speaking of voting fraud, the 86 non-citizens registered to vote in Philadelphia are just the tip of the iceberg. (Hat tip: Director Blue.)
There’s even a huge voting fraud investigation going on in Tarrant County, with “a vote harvesting scheme involving as many as 20,000 ballots.”
Michael Moore: “I don’t think people do trust the Democrats.”
Even MSNBC panelists nail the media for obvious left-wing bias.
Race relations have gotten worse under Obama. That’s what happens when you have George Soros spending millions to poison race relations, and let Social Justice Warriors go rampaging through your institutions…
Both Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte and Donald Trump are gaining in New Hampshire. Remember that until very recently New Hampshire was considered a solidly Republican state.
“Mayor de Blasio is thin-skinned and unable to handle even the slightest criticism.” (Hat tip: Ace of Spades HQ.)
NFL ratings are down across the, and one-third of people surveyed says its because of the Black Lives Matter pandering. (Hat tip: Jim Geraghty’s Morning Jolt.)
Followup: Dawanna Dukes seeks a plea deal. (Hat tip: Dwight.)
So even Canada has giant brawls in its McDonalds? Bonus: Baby raccoon.
Peak Florida? (Hat tip: Bill Crider.)
Tags:2016 Election, 2016 Presidential Race, Austin, Bill De Blasio, black, Border Controls, Canada, Crime, Dawnna Dukes, Democrats, Elections, Indiana, Kelly Ayotte, McDonald's, New Hampshire, Philadelphia, Republicans, Social Justice Warriors, Tarrant County, Texas, voting fraud, weird news
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Sunday, April 24th, 2016
Just because current New York mayor Bill De Blasio is a left-wing loon doesn’t mean he’s not also corrupt up to his eyeballs:
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has his sights set squarely on the political operative turned chief executive.
It’s a sprawling probe, but the main line appears to be following the money trail the Daily News’ Greg B. Smith, NY1’s Grace Rauh and others have extensively tracked since de Blasio ran for mayor in 2013.
That was when a union run by his cousin and a top donor to him both wrote six-figure checks to an anti-carriage horse group run by big developers that days later cut checks for the exact same amount to another group — very ironically named New York City Is Not For Sale — that promptly spent the cash, not disclosed until well after the damage was done, on TV ads that brought down then-frontrunner Christine Quinn.
Wait, Democrats and unions involved in corruption? What are the odds?
That happened just as de Blasio found religion on the carriage-horse issue, repeatedly vowing to end on “day one” of his administration an industry that very few New Yorkers saw as a scourge but that would open up what’s now vastly valuable land where the stables now sit on Manhattan’s Far West Side. The developer behind that push, Steve Nislick, wrote a “Shermanesque” statement to the Voice of the People last year vowing he wouldn’t personally profit from their closing.
And it’s not just ponies: “The feds are also looking at how the city helped turn a nursing home for AIDS patients into luxury condos and at a series of scandals involving hookers for top cops and diamonds for their wives.” Among many other transgressions.
That cops and hookers scandal (which took place on a plane to Las Vegas, a nice plus for a juicy sex and corruption story) involved Jeremy Reichberg and Jona Rechnitz, both of whom are De Blasio donors.
Given that Bharara took down former Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, there’s a good chance he’ll succeed in taking down De Blasio. Then it might finally be Andrew Cuomo’s turn in the barrel…
(Hat tip: Instapundit’s Twitter feed.)
Tags:Bill De Blasio, corruption, Crime, Dean Skelos, Democrats, hookers, horses, Jeremy Reichberg, Jona Rechnitz, New York City, Preet Bharara, Sheldon Silver, Steve Nislick
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Friday, July 24th, 2015
Today will be full of Stuff. And Things. So enjoy a LinkSwarm!
Barack Obama, the MegaBanker’s friend. “Three top Democrats are accusing the Department of Housing and Urban Development of quietly removing a key clause in its requirements for taxpayer-guaranteed mortgage insurance in order to spare two banks recently convicted of federal crimes from being frozen out of the lucrative market.”
Companies that continue to fund Planned Parenthood. I believe the American Cancer Society should come in for a particularly hard time for sponsoring an event called “The Race For Life”…
And those same companies are scurrying for cover now that the lights have been flipped on.
On the New York Times running interference for Planned Parenthood. Which should surprise no one. Of course one branch of the Democratic Party will always defend another.
Five examples of that voting fraud Democrats swear doesn’t exist from 2015.
93% unionized A&P supermarket chain files for bankruptcy. Again. Gee, what could be the cause?
Republicans chastise their extremists, Democrats pander to them.
Salman Rushdie says the world learned the wrong lesson from his fatwa. Namely to cower down in the face of jihad and really lick boot… (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.)
Not just Israel: Border walls are going up all across the Middle East to help keep out jihadists. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.)
How Uber is taking on Bull De Blasio. Man, Democrats hate it when you threaten the profits of their favored entrenched monopolies.
Return to the joyous heydays of lesbian feminists collective. “Sitting in endless meetings, unable to reach agreements, and taking days to produce one leaflet because someone objected to the word seminal.” Can’t imagine why they didn’t take the world by storm…
All the people who should sue Gawker. It’s a lengthy list. Plus this: “Gawker is the kind of place where they hold up pictures of Sabrina Erdely and say: ‘Now this is how you do it!”
Guns don’t kill people, Austin policemen bumping off their 7-month pregnant girlfriends kill people. Allegedly.
Sorry Instapundit, but I read this piece and I instantly think Grizzly Man 2.
Tags:abortion, Austin Police Department, Bill De Blasio, Crime, Democrats, Department of Housing and Urban Development, feminism, Gawker, Jihad, Middle East, Obama Scandals, Planned Parenthood, Regulation, Sabrina Rubin Erdely, Salman Rushdie, Uber, unions, voting fraud
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2015
It looks like the the riots in Athens aren’t quite ready to start yet, so let’s do a little LinkSwarm:
Nixon drunk is better than Obama sober.
Boko Haram/Islamic state burns 32 Christian churches in Nigeria. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.)
Russians miss good cheese. Well, maybe they should avoid supporting dictators who invade other countries… (Hat tip: Ann Althouse.)
China bans pension funds from selling stocks? That can’t possibly end well…
Rick Perry talks about how rich liberal elites are screwing minorities. “The left has to race-bait not just for ideological reasons, but for sheer self-preservation.”
Ex-CNN anchor’s husband kills armed felon who opened fire on them. “If you don’t want to carry please don’t. Then, shut the fuck up about it. Make your own decisions.”
Wait, you mean a Clinton is a money-grubbing influence peddler? What are the odds?
Dear Burning Man attendees: Fork over $1 million for Uncle Sam to add air conditioning to your anarchy. (Hat tip: Moe Lane.)
Thanks to Bill De Blasio’s magic, crime is up in New York City again. (Hat tip: Instapundit.)
Today is the tenth anniversary of the 7/7 attack in London. So how many articles you can find that bend over backwards to avoid mentioning the words “Muslim,” “Islam” or “Jihad.”
Even Donald Trump deserves defense from the “outragists.”
Paedophiles of Wikipedia.
Tags:2016 Election, Bill Clinton, Bill De Blasio, Boko Haram, Bombing, Burning Man, Democrats, Donald Trump, Elections, Foreign Policy, Jihad, LinkSwarm, London, New York City, Nigeria, Rick Perry, Russia
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Friday, June 26th, 2015
The problem with doing a LinkSwarm is there’s just no end to links! I suppose I could post each and every one as I find it, but then I’d be be traveling in the wake of Instapundit, without his indefatigable will. (Or, this week, his army of star assistants.)
Anyway, these are from the last few weeks:
Nothing says “religion of peace” quite like crucifying children for breaking a Ramadan fast.
Speaking of Ramadan, Muslims kicked it off in the now-traditional manner: Blowing up the mosques of other Muslims. (Hat tip: JihadWatch.)
ObamaCare has fallen short of its enrollment target, hiked insurance premiums, failed to cut down on ER visits, and flopped in its attempt to improve hospitals’ bottom line.
ObamaCare is sputtering.
Hawaii kills its ObamaCare exchange.
China’s dredging on Mischief Reef has united the rest of Asia against it.
China tries debt swap financing for the Ghost Cities.
“Barack Obama has been the most successful person in history when it comes to electing Republicans to Congress.”
Donating to a tsunami victim charity? Don’t forget that Bill Clinton gets his cut.
Bill and Hillary and The King of Gay Porn.
Not just Bill and Hillary: Even Clinton underlings got Arab money while working for the government.
20 revelations about the U.S. and Israel from Obama’s ex-Israeli ambassador’s new book.
Americans prefer not to live where the law-abiding are disarmed.
Obama’s plans to muzzle gun-related speech.
Ted Cruz introduces legislation to eliminate Obama’s illegal alien amnesty slush fund.
“What we’re dealing with is a mayor who is universally acknowledged to be bumbling and incompetent.” (Hat tip: Ed Driscoll at Instapundit.)
LOL.
The Huffington Post: Hell on earth. (Hat tip: Moe Lane.)
You too can enjoy and spread “white privilege” to your children, no matter your color!
The “pecking disorder” among Social justice Warriors.
“He ain’t do no wrong — he just shot a cop.”
Remember that ultra-irritating piece on life on the Upper East Side? Not so fast.
Ouch.
Heh.
Don’t order the Chong Chin Chicken at Asia Cafe.
Tags:2016 Election, 2016 Presidential Race, amnesty, Austin, Bill De Blasio, China, Crime, Elections, Ghost Cities, Guns, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Scandals, Huffington Post, Illegal Aliens, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jihad, LinkSwarm, Media Watch, Mischief Reef, ObamaCare, Ramadan, Social Justice Warriors, Ted Cruz
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Friday, May 22nd, 2015
Welcome to the beginning of the long Memorial Day weekend! Here in Texas, we’re going to celebrate the long weekend by building arks and gathering up two of every animal.
“Islamic State seizes Syria’s last border crossing with Iraq.” (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.)
Obama’s toothless Iran deal is pushing the Saudis to buy nuclear weapons from Pakistan.
Saudi convicted of keeping a sex slave refuses to attend a mandatory sex offender course, because Islam.
“If the Obama Administration loses [the King vs. Burwell ObamaCare case] in the Supreme Court, the political pain will fall almost exclusively on the President and his Party.”
Evidently Bill de Blasio has mistaken himself for Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.
Coming soon: homebrew heroin.
Ted Cruz is the only republican arrogant enough to be President. (Though I have some disagreements with Spengler’s subsidiary foreign policy points.)
Democratic pollster Pat Caddell: Obama is more corrupt than Nixon. (Hat tip: Instapundit.)
“How To Spot And Critique Censorship Tropes In The Media’s Coverage Of Free Speech Controversies.”
The Stephanopoulos lies: worse than you think.
A good many of those Ferguson protestors were paid to protest. And now many say their paymasters refuse to cough up the dough. It’s sleazebags all the way down.
Slashdot post: Look at all this STEM sexism! Slashdot comments: Your link is garbage and you should stop talking out of your ass.
It’s another one of those New York Times pieces that seem designed to make you hate both rich Manhattanites and the writer equally, about how terribly, terribly isolating it is to be a rich woman on the Upper East Side. (File under: “Three people in New York make a trend.”)
By way of partial counterpoint (and, in some ways, almost equally annoying), here’s dating advice for Uptown divorcees from a few years ago. “Our biggest challenge, time and again, is matching up middle-aged divorcées in the ‘pre-realist’ stage, who have not realized that they have a choice of sex, money or companionship —but not necessarily all three in the same package.”
Good: List of speed-traps to avoid in Texas. Bad: Slideshow.
Police chief in small Texas town get’s drunk and starts hitting on another policeman’s soon-to-be-ex-wife. Beatdown ensues.
Dogs are Awesome.
Tags:Bill De Blasio, Crime, Ferguson, George Stephanopoulos, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Scandals, Islam, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jonah Goldberg, King vs. Burwell, Media Watch, Military, New York City, ObamaCare, Slashdot, Social Justice Warriors, speed trap, Ted Cruz, Texas, The New York Times
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Friday, October 10th, 2014
Another Friday, another LinkSwarm. I think i may have to stop watch Houston Texans games for the sake of my health…
The American MSM may be reluctant to tell the truth about Obama’s many manifest failures, but UK’s Telegraph isn’t.
Most Americans see Obama as a failure.
I’m shocked, shocked to discover that the IRS is auditing the producer of an anti-ObamaCare movie.
One in five Americans will have medical bills in collections this year. Thanks, ObamaCare!
How do you know your foreign policy sucks? When even Jimmy Carter is dissing it. And he’s right!
Even Piers Morgan calls Obama’s governance as marked by “lethargy and complacency.”
Why Harry Reid is attacking Koch: Big money Democratic donors will spend more in North Carolina, Colorado and Iowa than all RNC spending across the country combined.
Democrats 2014 = Republicans 2006.
Democrats pull out all the stops to save Kay Hagen’s North Carolina senate seat. If she wins, I’m sure her family will appreciate the opportunity for more graft in the coming years…
Michael Barone says that trends, with so many Democratic incumbents still polling below 45%, indicate the Harry Reid-controlled Senate is still toast. “Rewind back five years: The Obama Democrats expected their major policies to be popular. They expected that most voters would be grateful for the stimulus package, for Obamacare, for raising the tax rate on high earners. They aren’t.”
Obama slams billionaires while attending while attending fundraiser at the home of billionaire Rich Richman. Yes, that’s his real name. If I put that in a novel, editors would reject the symbolism as too heavy-handed…
Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate Alison Grimes won’t even admit to voting for Obama.
While the New York Times has gotten around to talking abut American children dying from Enterovirus D68, they’re still refusing to talk about how Obama’s illegal alien influx might have helped bring it here. (Hat tip: Instapundit.)
Michael Totten reports from SE Asia: “Sweden is more socialist than Vietnam.” Except for the stupid propaganda loudspeakers…
Philadelphia’s deeply indebted public school system actually cancels it’s contract with the teacher’s union. “The move, in which the Philadelphia School Reform Commission invokes emergency powers, comes after the teachers’ union spent more than a year resisting concessions that the commission was seeking even though rising personnel costs have crippled the budget.” How crippling? “The schools’ budget projects spending $44,100 a year in benefits for every $68,700 in wages earned by the average teacher.”
NYC School therapist helps handicapped student launch successful Kickstarter. Reward? 30 day suspension.
John Kerry spent Wednesday consulting with allies on ISIS and Ebola. Ha, just kidding! He toured a wind turbine.
Islamic State supporters threaten to behead U.S. soldiers in Iraq. And by “soldiers” I mean “elementary school children” and by “Iraq” I mean “Rhode Island.”
Remember when Bill Clinton ginned up an “epidemic” over a dozen random church burnings? Boko Haram has torched 185.
Brett Easton Ellis on Generation Wuss.
Iranian professor jailed for associating with “known Zionists.” Like Noam Chomsky. To Islamists, not even an actual hatred of Israel is enough to remove the taint of your Jewishness…
“That’s 21st-century U.S. politics in miniature: a half-assed listicle penned by a half-bright celebrity and published by a gang of abortion profiteers.”
Top aide to Al Sharpton and boyfriend of top De Blasio adviser in trouble with the law? Inconceivable!
An inside view of feminist groupthink and #GamerGate from a former social justice warrior.
Random meme pic I made:
Random Twitter exchange with Michael Quinn Sullivan:
BattleSwarm extends best wishes for a speedy recovery to Borepatch, who wiped out on his motorcycle to the tune of “7 broken ribs, a broken collar bone, and a bruised lung.” Ouch…
Tags:#GamerGate, Al Sharpton, Alison Grimes, Bill De Blasio, Brett Easton Ellis, Communism, Enterovirus, feminism, Illegal Aliens, Iran, Israel, Jews, Jihad, Jimmy Carter, John Kerry, Kay Hagan, Kentucky, LinkSwarm, Media Watch, Michael Barone, Michael Quinn Sullivan, Michael Totten, North Carolina, Obama, Philadelphia, Piers Morgan, Rhode Island, Rich Richman, unions, Vietnam
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Thursday, June 12th, 2014
It’s been a while since I did a roundup of gun news, so here it is. Just don’t be surprised if you read some of this on gunny blogs weeks ago…
Obama praises “Australia’s gun laws.” Which is to say, the total confiscation of all firearms from law-abiding citizens.
So how much “safer” has New York’s gun-grabbing SAFE act made New York City?
In the last month alone, 129 people were shot, according to the latest CompStat figures, or 43.3 percent more than for the same period last year.
Since January, there has been an overall 13.2 percent increase in shooting victims, while 10.2 percent fewer guns have been recovered compared to 2013.
Of course, some of that is probably due to the work of new Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio…
Oklahoma’s House and Senate successfully override governor Mary Fallin’s veto of a bill establishing a 15 day denial window for local law enforcement to turn down approval of certain NFA-regulated firearms and accessories (silencers, suppressors, short-barreled rifles and shotguns, machine guns, etc.), after which approval becomes automatic. Why a Republican governor tried to veto a popular pro-Second Amendment bill (which passed 39-0 in the Senate and 86-3 House, which puts Fallin to the left of many state Democrats) in a deep red state is a deep mystery…
CNN admits it got played by the lying liars at Everytown for Gun Safety, who produced a map of “school shootings,” 80% of which were easily debunked as bogus. (Hat tip: Alphecca.)
George Soros-funded Moms Demand Action demands Tulsa Chipolte kick out the Oklahoma Open Carry group. The result?
The manager refused to kick out OKOCA and even gave them free drinks. MDA activists then proceeded to take pictures of the gun owners and attempted to portray them as intimidating and threatening. The management wasn’t having any of it; he threw Moms Demand Action out of his store!
How did I miss this? The son of infamous Philadelphia abortion doctor (and now convicted felon) Kermit Gosnell “shot several times” by a homeowner during an “alleged home invasion.” Gosnell family values…
Why does the sheriff of an Indiana county with a population of 13,124 need a 60,000 pound mine-resistant MRAP vehicle? (Hat tip: Borepatch.)
School shooting stopped by good guy with a gun. (Hat tip: Say Uncle.)
Why Civil Rights and Gun Rights Are Inseparable. This is a review of Nicholas Johnson’s Negroes and the Gun: The Black Tradition of Arms.
The NRA says, in effect, “Hey, cool it with the Open Carry hi-jinks.”
Target considering a gun ban. Contact links there to let them know this is a bad idea…
Armed Cincinnati homeowner confronts three home invaders. Result: All three arrested, one with life-threatening injuries. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes…
Probably the saddest story you’ll read all year. Seriously. We’re talking industrial strength sad here. Click with caution. (Hat tip Dwight.)
Debunking the latest over-hyped bullet.
Tags:Bill De Blasio, Crime, Everytown for Gun Safety, Guns, Kermit Gosnell, New York, New York City, Oklahoma
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Monday, March 10th, 2014
Time for another LinkSwarm, sweeping up all the news that was happening while I was churning out Texas primary news:
“The uninsured just aren’t buying ObamaCare.”
A not-so-short compendium of all the people Harry Reid is calling a liar.
ObamaCare will slash wages by as much as $5 an hour for hospitality workers.
ObamaCare helps states transfer medical costs for imprisoned felons to Medicaid.
In Sean Trende’s latest senate simulation, Democrats are more likely to lose 14 seats than 0 seats.
Among those in trouble: Mo Udall. (Hat tip: Shall Not Be Questioned.)
Even Obama is worried that Democrats will get “walloped.” (Hat tip: Instapundit.)
This week’s Democrat caught beating his wife: Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida
Senate to Obama’s cop killer fan nominee: REJECTED!
But evidently Mary Landrieu and Kay Hagan are just fine with cop-killer supporters.
New York City’s new mayor is perfectly willing to screw poor black kids attending a charter school because it’s a non-union school run by his “political nemesis.”
Speaking of cities run by Democrats: woman’s mummified remains found in foreclosed Detroit house.
A great list of things Obama won’t even consider to stop Putin.
Time magazine continues its record of unrivaled prognostication: “No, Russia Will Not Intervene in Ukraine.”
“If economic success is all but criminal in France these days, why not depart for places that reward it instead?”
Israel intercepts more Iranian freedom missiles and happiness rockets in route to Hamas.
Nigerian Muslim defends daughter’s conversion to Christianity, pleads for multiculturalism and tolerance. Ha, just kidding! He hacked her to death with a machete.
“What Nigerian scams are to your grandfather, Bitcoin exchanges are to the 20-30 semi-tech-savvy libertarian demographic.”
“The exchanges are based on layers upon layers of bad software, run by shady characters,” he writes. “The Bitcoin masses, judging by their behavior on forums, have no actual interest in science, technology or even objective reality when it interferes with their market position. They believe that holding a Bitcoin somehow makes them an active participant in a bold new future, even as they passively get fleeced in the bolder current present.”
The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin’…
Can anyone derail the juggernaut that is Biden 2016?
Vaunted liberal tolerance rears its head in Ireland:
We have an early winner for “stupidest Critical Race Theory race-baiting essay” from Salon (natch): “Why I can’t stand white belly dancers.”
Meanwhile, National Review is celebrating Chinese classical musicians. Now remind me again: Which side is racist?
More on Critical Race Theorist/Social Justice Warrior types: “These people don’t listen to things like “logic” and “reason” when they are in one of their social justice tizzies. It’s not even worth trying to be kind or polite to them.”
Winners and Losers from the Texas primaries.
Tags:2014 Lt. Governor's Race, Alan Grayson, Bill De Blasio, Crime, Critical Race Theory, Democrats, Detroit, education, election, France, Iran, Ireland, Islam, Israel, Jihad, Kay Hagan, Mary Landrieu, New York City, Nigeria, ObamaCare, Ukraine, video
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