Monday, May 13, 2013

Larwyn's Linx: The lies pile up and the president goes silent

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Nation

The lies pile up and the president goes silent: Baehr
Obama’s IRS: WFB
Even the Left admits: Obama fatally hurt bipartisanship efforts.: Moe Lane

Obama Is Every Bit as Bad as We Warned You: Breitbart
Mom of Benghazi victim wishes Hillary happy Mother’s Day: Rare
Blood On Their Hands: Greenfield

Post-Benghazi Irony: Instapundit
Romney donor vilified by Obama, subjected to 2 audits: DC
ABC: Petraeus called final Benghazi talking points “useless”: Hot Air

Economy

What happens when the government intrudes on commerce: SOTR
Paul Krugman "Was" Right: Mish
Teamsters Acting Like ‘Parasite’ Stealing Other Unions’ Members: RS

Scandal Central

This is a Scandal We Must Not Let Slide: RS
It Was Never About Guns: Urban Conservative View
Obama Agenda Undermines Medical Innovation: RWN

HHS: We Need Money To Implement Obamacare: RWN
HHS Secretary Sebelius blasted over contribution solicitation: UPI
NJ State Senate Democrats on guns: “We need a bill that is going to confiscate, confiscate, confiscate.”: Lott

Media

Animated GIFs depict the evolution of the media's Benghazi coverage: AllAm
The Corruption of Jay Carney: Commentary
White House: Happy Mother’s Day! Here is a campaign picture of President Mom Jeans: Twitchy

Last Year, Media Ridiculed Claims IRS Targeted Conservatives: Publius
George Will: If Bush Had IRS Going After Progressives 'We Would Have All Hell Breaking Loose': NB
Unintended Consequences: Owens

Sandcrawler PSA: A Subliminal Message From Dear Leader: Jawa
Jen Rubin’s Hatred of Jim DeMint Brings Out the Full Stupid: RS
McRINO: We Should Give Obama “The Benefit Of The Doubt” On Benghazi: WZ

World

SICKENING: New York City Will Allow Non-Citizens to Vote: Sentinel
Four Americans — and the truth — died in Benghazi: Exam
Life Among the Barbarians: Instapundit

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue.com/Tech)

Visualizing How A Bitcoin Transaction Works: ZH
Social Startup: Tellagence: SocMedToday
This Sony Xperia Is Waterproof to 5 Feet: Gizmodo

Cornucopia

World War II’s Strangest Battle: When Americans and Germans Fought Together: Beast
A Very Special Mother's Day Message from Commissarka Pinkie: Cube
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Roe v. Wade Went Too Far: OTB

Image: A Very Special Mother's Day Message from Commissarka Pinkie
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QOTD: "The Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade has been the target of criticism virtually from the time the ink started to dry on the paper it was printed on. From the right, the decision is seen as the primary example of what is often referred to as “legislating from the bench,”a situation in which judges stray away from their proper role as interpreters of the law and the Constitution and begin using their decisions to set social policy.

In the case of Roe,... the Supreme Court created a right to abortion nationwide out of whole cloth with little regard for what the Constitution actually did or didn’t say on the topic. In the end, Roe is looked at with derision by judicial conservatives both because of this and because of the outcome of the case itself. There have also been criticisms of Roe from the left, most of them similar to what Ginsburg said regarding the matter. Some advocates of abortion rights have argued that Roe has actually hurt their movement more than it has helped because, for more than 40 years now, it has served as a rallying cry for the Pro-Life movement, a fact that can be seen every year on the anniversary of the decision itself when tens of thousands of people rally in Washington for the March for Life.

Indeed, many political analysts have pointed to Roe as the catalyst for the politicization of Evangelicals and the development of groups such as Moral Majority (which has since disbanded but not before leading to the formation of countless other Evangelical political organizations , which have played an important role in American politics since the 1980s. Arguably, a more limited legal ruling from the Court in 1972 would have had a far less sweeping political impact." --Doug Mataconis

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