Category: Anxiety

Special envoy for North Korean real human rights problems, Bob King, was expected in Pyongyang right now to seek the release of Kenneth Bae, a Christian missionary who has been held in North Korea since November. Bae was sentenced to fifteen years of hard labor for committing “hostile acts” up against the country and has now experienced poor health. The AP reports that North Korea has withdrawn the invitation and King will go back to Washington.

State dept. spokeswoman Marie Harf stated the U.S. is “surprised and dissatisfied.”

Twitchy will monitor this developing tale and update as details become available.

Find out more: http://twitchy.com/2013/08/30/us-envoys-mission-to-free-kenneth-bae-off-after-n-korea-rescinds-invitation/

He’s been holed up for days now; maybe alleged cop-killer Christopher Dorner doesn’t know the president’s big state of the union speech is scheduled later tonight. Word is that at least two police officers have been shot and wounded in a standoff with Dorner. While the thoughts of most were with the victims, Howard Kurtz was wondering how the shootout might reflect on the president.

This is on your mind right now?RT @howardkurtz What if alleged killer Chris Dorner is captured or killed as the SOTU begins?

— RB (@RBPundit) February 12, 2013

@rbpundit OH GOD, WHAT IF THE ONE’S SPEECH IS INTERRUPTED BY A MASS MURDERER ON THE LOOSE??!!@howardkurtz

— Rick(@StrokesofCandor) February 12, 2013

2 officers down. 2 ppl tied up. So what’s Howard Kurtz worried about? How #dorner will affect Obama/SOTU!!! ==>twitter.com/HowardKurtz/st…

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) February 12, 2013

Poor Barack! #Douche MT @howardkurtz: What if Dorner is captured/killed as the SOTU begins? Obama could face a Clinton/O.J. verdict moment.

— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) February 12, 2013

HUH? MT @howardkurtz What if alleged killer Dorner is captured or killed as SOTU begins? Obama could face Bill Clinton/O.J. verdict moment.

— Ed LaRose (@metaphorsbwithu) February 12, 2013

@howardkurtz this is what you are worried about?

— Skalded (@Skalded) February 12, 2013

@howardkurtz Dumbest tweet of the day.

— Margaret Gordon (@MKGordon10) February 12, 2013

@howardkurtz Really Howard? All you can think about is how your boy king will be hurt if the police take down a stone cold killer? Pathetic.

— Gary Figg (@gfigg42) February 12, 2013

Hey everyone, calm down. He was just making light of the situation.

Folks, I was making a light point about the SOTU. Obviously concerned about the Dorner shootout and the risk to police brave officers

— HowardKurtz (@HowardKurtz) February 12, 2013

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/02/12/with-cops-under-fire-howard-kurtz-wonders-how-shootout-might-affect-obamas-speech/

Who looks at a horrific event like the Boston Marathon bombing and thinks, “Hey, this would be a great opportunity to blame the GOP”?

This assclown:

https://twitter.com/NickKristof/statuses/323891060927512576

Oh yes he did.

.@nytimes is advertising off the blast; @nickkristof is first to blame a political party, claiming “Shames” GOP hold-up on ATF director

— DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) April 15, 2013

Unbelievable.

Wow. @nickkristof brought out my Navy vocabulary.

— Jon Gabriel (@ExJon) April 15, 2013

O.M.G. RT @jeffemanuel Presented without comment. bit.ly/10Ybin4

— RB (@RBPundit) April 15, 2013

#SmartTake, ass. twitter.com/SonnyBunch/sta…

— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) April 15, 2013

dear god. rt @nickkristof: explosion is a reminder that ATF needs a director. Shame on Senate Republicans for blocking

— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) April 15, 2013

This is what a world-class assmunch looks like -> @nickkristof

— RB (@RBPundit) April 15, 2013

The “Never let a crisis go to waste”- type hack RT @cuffymeh: MT @nickkristof: explosion is a reminder that I’m a point-scoring hack.

— Rschrim (@Rschrim) April 15, 2013

well-played. Maybe we can link this to Newtown and the NRA, too.@nickkristof

— DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) April 15, 2013

Why not?

@nickkristof You are a horrible, horrible person.

— Kelly (@Kellykoop) April 15, 2013

What a colossal schmuck.

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Update:

People jumping on me for criticizing Sen Repubs for blocking ATF appointments. ok, that was low blow. i take it back

— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) April 15, 2013

All of the above! RT @d_hershberger: @nickkristof low blow? how about classless, or insensitive?

— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) April 15, 2013

We completely agree.

Update:

Kristof has deleted the tweet.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/04/15/jackassery-nyts-nick-kristof-cant-wait-to-politicize-boston-marathon-bombing/

Fresh off his asinine comment that the senseless killing of Australian Chris Lane should be “frowned upon,” Rev. Jesse Jackson is now lamenting the absence of a right to vote in the U.S. Constitution.

Technically, he has a point. As conservative tweeter Jay Caruso notes, there is no explicit “right to vote” in the U.S. Constitution:

It’s not the first sentence of Jackson’s tweet — “We still have no constitutional right to vote” — that is problematic. It’s the second one: “Surely, that is the next step toward the dream.”

More than 126 million Americans of all races, colors, and creeds voted in the last presidential election.

Turnout among black Americans was higher than turnout among whites. If there is a conspiracy to suppress the African American vote, it’s failing miserably.

That Jackson thinks an unnecessary constitutional amendment is “the next step toward the dream” shows how out of touch he has become with the concerns of ordinary citizens.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/08/21/rev-jesse-jackson-supports-constitutional-amendment-ensuring-right-to-vote/

Author Terry McMillan doesn’t shy away from tough talk when it comes to Republicans, so it’s nice to see the president’s number-one superfan take a hardline stance against Obamacare. Or maybe she was just commenting on the effectiveness of yesterday’s Super Bowl ads. Yeah, it’s probably that second thing.

I used to like the corny ads that didn’t have sexual overtones, although now, they’re overtly sexual, which makes them tacky.

— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) February 4, 2013

Speaking of tacky and overtly sexual, how about that raunchy halftime performance by Beyonce?

The folks who are criticizing Beyonce’s attire and performance for being too X-rated for their kids should watch cartoons.

— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) February 4, 2013

I think the folks criticizing Beyonce are just jealous because she’s got it and she knows how to work it. Period.

— Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) February 4, 2013

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/02/04/you-cant-make-terry-mcmillan-buy-health-insurance-if-she-doesnt-want-it/

Radar On the net is stating today that attorney Gloria Allred is going to be in Boston the next day early morning, turning the crank from the appropriate jack-in-the-box that supposedly keeps the woman October shock.

“The Boston world is headed to court tomorrow morning for a crisis hearing in an attempt to get a court order to unseal the sworn testimony provided by Mitt Romney in a previous court situation and also to carry a gag purchase so your parties can speak about Romney. Gloria Allred is likely to be in courtroom representing among the parties in the event,” a source near the situation informs RadarOnline.com.

Matt Drudge had teased Allred’s looming presence in a tweet early in the day recently. Tweeters currently made a mockery of Allred’s alleged bombshell, but tomorrow early morning’s planned judge look to unseal a court situation ensures that anything is up. With just fourteen days until the election, though, just how most likely is it that court papers will be unsealed that quickly?

I’m hearing that Romney solicitors need to do is require a continuance in this Allred thing and she won’t be capable of getting to it. #tcot

— Marissa (@builtmybusiness) October 23, 2012

LifeNews.com suggests that the courtroom instance is one in which a 36-year-old Mitt Romney, acting in his capacity as a Mormon bishop, attempted to chat a female away from an abortion. The storyline of case uncovered by LifeNews appears on Alternet.org in headline, “Mitt Romney’s Heartless information to a female Whose Pregnancy may have Killed Her.”

Will October Shock Show Romney Speaking Girl Regarding Abortion? bit.ly/Rj4j4r @michellemalkin @melissatweets #tcot

— Steven Ertelt (@StevenErtelt) October 23, 2012

After which you can find rumors of the feasible bombshell, which involves the operation of an unlicensed motorboat in 1981.

OMG…is THIS Allred’s bombshell???bluemassgroup.com/2012/10/exclus… #tcot #pitiful

— Jefferson Tea-party (@JeffersonTeaPar) October 23, 2012

is this Allred’s October Surprise?Police Blotter Contradicts Mitt Romney’s Account Of 1981 Motorboating Arrest mediaite.com/a/hsine

— Theresa Maurer (@TheresaMaurer2) October 23, 2012

There’s certainly no verification, though, that either of these is the situation under consideration. There’s numerous confirmation, though, that Team Obama is hopeless at this time, for this reason the look of Allred.

Gloria Allred’s lady parts into relief! This really is therefore ridiculous, moving on a classic situation trying to save the largest failure in US record.

— Patriot Dreamer (@PatriArt) October 23, 2012

If Gloria Allred understands adequate to wish a gag order lifted, that gag order has already been violated. Put this lady under oath!

— FredZeppelin (@FredZeppelin12) October 23, 2012

Gloria Allred could be the worst human being I have previously seen & this newest assault on Mitt Romney has Axelrods handprints all over it!

— Peggy O’Donnell (@podod12) October 23, 2012

Glenn Reynolds: “If your JUST hope is Gloria Allred, you’re quite desperate.” #tcot

— slone (@slone) October 23, 2012

Other concepts?

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— Jen (@swaggeroffools) October 23, 2012

Wouldn’t it is great if Donald Trump & Gloria Allred’s October surprise is they’ll be making a tandem jump off of this Brooklyn Bridge ?

— Wanderer180 (@Wanderer180) October 23, 2012

Rumors: Trump to reveal Obama attempted coke. Allred to show Romney tried Coke.

— Razor (@hale_razor) October 23, 2012

Find out more: http://twitchy.com/2012/10/23/is-gloria-allreds-october-surprise-a-bombshell-all-signs-point-to-dud/

Yesterday, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-espicable) claimed that a GOP leader, during a meeting with Obama, told the president to his face that he “cannot even stand to look at you.” Durbin wasn’t even at the meeting, and the story was denied by the GOP and the White House.

Who would have handed Durbin such a lie to peddle? You might have guessed it already:

Harry Reid? What. A. Surprise.

But we’re certain Reid’s telling the truth about everything else (pause for laughter).

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/10/24/naturally-meet-dick-durbins-source-for-lie-about-gopers-supposed-obama-insult/