June 14, 2012

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“She knows her way around an iPad. And she has two ‘personal maids’ who cater to her every whim ‘both night and day.’“

http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-chanel-karl-lagerfeld-cat-20120608,0,4159766.story

["Who is she?'", you might be asking.]

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The longest bridal train in the world

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2157691/Gianni-Molaro-wedding-dress-longest-bridal-train-world.html#ixzz1xaq7nvOF

[ASND simply asks, as usual, "Why?]

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A Zen master once said to me, “Do the opposite of whatever I tell you.”

So I didn’t.

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Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats living together! Mass Updates!

Government Schools Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Education / Government Schools menu tree.]

“Drawing from a sample size this large multiplied by two decades multiplied by hundreds of thousands of test answers has put me in a good position to offer the following advice to any reader of this paper with children in Florida’s K-12 public schools. Get them out now before you ruin their life.“

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-06-10/opinion/os-ed-homeschool-oped-061012-20120608_1_school-choice-public-education-home-schooling

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Abortion Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Culture / Abortion menu tree.]

House Stops Obama Admin From Funding Illegal Immigrants’ Abortions

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/06/12/house-stops-obama-admin-from-funding-illegal-immigrants-abortions/

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“… getting drunk and having sex in a season when people wear fewer clothes seems like a recipe for UNPLANNED Parenthood…“

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/06/ny_planned_parenthood_turns_into_a_circus.html

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Liberalism Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Philosophy / Liberalism menu tree.]

“This is what the left teaches us. It’s not the actual facts that are a problem — it’s speaking your observations out loud, that’s where the real difficulty lies.“

http://pjmedia.com/andrewklavan/2012/06/13/racism-or-silence-whats-wrong-with-this-picture/?print=1

[For the record, (and this editorial comment -- unlike much of what is offered in orage text on this blog -- is not offered tongue-in-cheek), ASND finds Mr. Klavan's disclaimer on racism to be less than convincing when he so prominently featured a video revealing blatant racism on the part of the interviewee. ASND quoted Mr. Klavan's main point, however, because it was his main point. Unfortunately, however, the racism was so glaringly obvious it served to distract from the point he was trying to make.]

and…

Senate Dems Take Time to Consider ‘Gender Identity’ in the Workplace

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/senate-dems-take-time-consider-gender-identity-workplace

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“Keynesianism is a model based upon how collectivists think the economy should operate, rather than how it actually operates.“

http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2012/05/keynesianism-and-the-collectivist-dream/

[ASND simply asks, "'Should operate' according to whom?]

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Liberal Fascism? Update:

“What President Obama has been pushing for, and moving toward, is more insidious [than socialism]: government control of the economy, while leaving ownership in private hands. That way, politicians get to call the shots but, when their bright ideas lead to disaster, they can always blame those who own businesses in the private sector.“

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/06/13/socialist-or-fascist/print/

[Dr. Sowell, for those who don't know, is a black American hero.]

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“I wish they [Republicans] were all f—ing dead.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wztzqAWYgjo&feature=plcp

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Joy Behar Wants to See Romney’s House Burn Down: “It Would Be Kind of Cool”

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/06/12/joy-behar-wants-see-romneys-house-burn-down-it-would-be-kind-cool-mor#ixzz1xd2aHWL7

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Obamappointees Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Barack Obama / Obamappointees menu tree.]

Holder Refuses to Provide Testimony on Kagan’s Involvement in Obamacare

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/holder-refuses-provide-testimony-kagan-s-involvement-obamacare

and…

Then There was Elena Kagan!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yxsh3fJpmQ&feature=plcp

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Crime & Punishment Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Culture / Crime & Punishment menu tree.]

Created Hate Crimes / Bigotry in Reverse!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jOD9u2G_PM&feature=plcp

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Homosexual Marriage Update:

THE HOMOSEXUAL MANIFESTO

http://www.defendthefamily.com/pfrc/archives.php?id=6866798

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In Their Own Words: The Homosexual Agenda

http://forthechildreninc.com/issues/homosexuality/TheAgenda/InTheirOwnWords.html

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Media Bias Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Politics / Media Bias menu tree.]

NBC swallows pride and a lot of crow to report on Fast and Furious scandal

“This was the first time the network had covered ‘Fast and Furious’ though the scandal dates back more than a year. For a whole year, stubborn, Obama-supporting network news execs probably thought the whole embarrassing episode would disappear. When it finally didn’t, NBC covered it as you might expect – poorly and with spin.“

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/06/13/nbc-swallows-pride-and-lot-crow-to-report-on-fast-and-furious-scandal/

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North Carolina Senate Passes Anti-Nutcase Bill – AP Immediately Lies About It

http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2012/06/13/north-carolina-senate-passes-anti-nutcase-bill-ap-immediately-lies-about-it/

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“[Dr. Michael Brown] received the news yesterday that [his] Facebook page for [his] book ‘A Queer Thing Happened to America’ was deleted for allegedly violating Facebook’s ‘Community Standards.’ But Facebook pages like ‘Hitler Fetus is our Jesus,’ ‘Zombie Jesus,’ and a host of other grossly offensive pages apparently do not violate these standards.”

http://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2012/06/13/the_facebook_censor_strikes#

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Euro-Economic Crystal Ball Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Economics / Euro-Economic Crystal Ball menu tree.]

“The crisis is deteriorating at an ever-increasing pace.“

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/f29cdbf4-b4a8-11e1-aa06-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1xiFjspyS

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Federal Debt Update:

How Much Does the Federal Government Owe?

http://www.ncpa.org/pdfs/st338.pdf

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Obamanomics Update:

[Several subtopics are available for further study on the

Barack Obama / Obamanomics menu tree.]

Recession Has Already Begun, Analyst Says

http://www.christianpost.com/news/recession-has-already-begun-analyst-says-76527/print.html

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Labor Unions Update:

Labor Unions are not dead. They are reloading.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/06/labor_unions_are_not_dead_they_are_reloading.html

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Blacks & Violence Update:

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Black & The Media Update:

“The San Francisco Examiner calls it a ‘dirty secret:’ Groups of black people targeting Asians for violence, robbery and even murder.“

http://www.wnd.com/2012/06/stunning-dirty-secret-about-racism-in-america/print/

[ASND simply asks, yet again, "Why, if we have an unbiased news media, is this black cultural distinctive a secret?"]

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“The [white] man told the [black] teen to give his wife her iPhone back. But they [the black teens] instead began punching him [the white man] in the face.“

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/06/13/surveillance-pictures-released-in-mob-attack-on-cta-red-line/

[ASND simply asks, yet again, "Why weren't the respective races of the involved citizens reported?"]

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Obama & Islam Update:

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Obama’s “Faith” Update:

“A mob attack on Muslims in Burma immediately resulted in a condemnation from the State Department and a call for its government to make more concessions to Muslims. But a car bombing and shooting attack on two churches in Nigeria have not been similarly commented on by the State Department, sending the message that Muslim life is precious, but Christian life is cheap. The Muslim dead of Burma are sacred, but the Christian dead of Nigeria are only more dead infidels.“

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/06/13/the-obama-administration%E2%80%99s-genocide-denial/print/

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Syrian Civil War Update:

Russia warns war is coming [to Syria]

http://www.wnd.com/2012/06/russia-warns-war-is-coming/print/

Yet…

Syria [is now] in civil war, says UN official Herve Ladsous

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18417952

[ASND is not the least bit surprised that no one in the Kremlin or at the U.N. reads us. This particular Update category has been active for nearly a year, "now".]

So, what, then, should Barack Obama do about it?

Stay out of the Syrian morass

West has more to lose than gain by intervening

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/12/stay-out-of-the-syrian-morass/

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U.N. Update:

“The United Nations is pushing a global financial transactions tax ‘to offset the costs of the enduring economic, financial, fuel, climate and food crises, and to protect basic human rights.’“

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/4/taxation-goes-global/

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Illegal Immigration Update:

16,067 Unaccompanied Minors Apprehended Along U.S. Borders in 2011

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/16067-unaccompanied-minors-apprehended-along-us-borders-2011

ASND, of course, asks, “What, then, happens to those illegal alien children?

ICE Director: U.S. Immigration Law Requires Removal of Illegal Aliens, Deporting Non-Criminals ‘Quite Rare’

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/ice-director-us-immigration-law-requires-removal-illegal-aliens-deporting-non-criminals

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“A California performance of Cirque Du Soleil turned into ‘Sex Du Soleil’ recently when two U.S. border agents allegedly had sex in front of other audience members before attacking them.“

http://www.wnd.com/2012/06/federal-agents-have-sex-at-cirque-du-soleil/print/

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Obama’s Foreign Policy Update:

China Human Rights Activist Harry Wu Says State Dep’t Ignores Religious Freedom Issues in China

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/china-human-rights-activist-harry-wu-says-state-dep-t-ignores-religious-freedom-issues

and…

Today’s must-see video

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/06/todays_must-see_video.html

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Obama & National Security Update:

[Obama] officials ignored China cyber threat

http://www.wnd.com/2012/06/u-s-officials-ignored-china-cyber-threat/print/