Tag: Politics & Government

ISIS movie trailer includes footage of White House [pics, video]

http://twitter.com/#!/intelwire/status/512040171425243136A trailer for an alleged upcoming video release is being circulated by ISIS supporters. The video is called “Flames of War” and includes—not surprisingly—a lot of flames and war footage. It also includes some night time video of the White House.IS trailer for video on its anticipated war with the US, includes shaky handheld footage of WH, so brace for a freakout. pic.twitter.com/rzePA8UPBQ— J.M. Berger (@intelwire) September 16, 2014@intelwire Yeah, they love claiming footage and pictures of U.S. targets that anyone could have taken.— M.S. Bellows, Jr. (@msbellows) September 16, 2014There’s plenty of stock videos available online, so it certainly doesn’t mean anyone from ISIS shot the video. The implied threat is pretty clear though. The video promises a fight and features President Obama saying “American combat troops will not be returning to fight in Iraq.”@intelwire have they given any indication of millennialist tendencies? ie are they going to whip out a Mahdi like Juhayman al-Otaibi?— Emad Mostaque (@EMostaque) September 16, 2014IS Al-Hayat media releases trailer for New release SOON “Flames of War”! Trailer is WOW!!😋 https://t.co/yhTGD6plhZ pic.twitter.com/uk7cAFgekr”— Ibn Abdulkadir (@MunirXU) September 17, 2014Islamic Caliphate Flames of War Trailer الدولة الإسلامية http://t.co/fjFupwxnOw via @youtube— Hamza (@HamzaLegend143) September 17, 2014#ISIS/#IS/#IslamicState release trailer for new video called “Flames of War.” #No2ISIS #Iraq #Syria #USA pic.twitter.com/0MQLg5Icmz— Ash J (@AshAgony) September 17, 2014Note on vid from earlier: I don’t like the distribution vector. Can’t tell if the vid is suspect or b/c Twitter suspensions but caveated.— J.M. Berger (@intelwire) September 17, 2014ISIS ‘Flames of War’ trailer https://t.co/VeEOr17PiV Michael Bay should create the U.S. Response.— Ryan Gannon (@TheGanManCan) September 17, 2014More explosions.  Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/09/16/isis-movie-trailer-includes-footage-of-white-house-pics-video/

‘Can a magazine jump a shark?’ The New Republic redefines ‘voter suppression’

“Didja hear how the GOP is suppressing the vote?” “Dogs? Water cannons?”’ “WORSE. They’re, gasp, LEAVING A DEM ON THE BALLOT!” “…”

— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) September 05, 2014

Welp, give The New Republic points for creativity with this one:

http://twitter.com/#!/tnr/status/507980510405357569

So here’s the deal: Kansas Democrat Chad Taylor has been running against incumbent GOP Senator Pat Roberts, but the Independent candidate is currently beating him in the polls. So, what’s a flailing Dem to do? Why, drop out of the race, of course.

Unfortunately for Taylor, Kansas’ secretary of state isn’t letting him off the hook so easily. And The New Republic really doesn’t like that. Because … voter suppression?

The case will now go to the courts. Election law guru Rick Hasen writes that though Taylor has a case, the question of what the courts will do is a tossup. If they rule for Kobach, then Democrats will have to undertake the awkward task of asking voters not to vote for the Democrat on the ballot. But they’ll also have vouchsafed the strategy Republicans always employ when they fear the electorate isn’t on their side. Normally that means making it hard for Democrats to vote in the first place. This time around it means trying to trick low-information Democrats into voting for a candidate who isn’t running. But it’s still voter suppression.

It is? Since when?

http://twitter.com/#!/charlescwcooke/status/507986048128131072 http://twitter.com/#!/seanagnew/status/507984218106781696 http://twitter.com/#!/tsrblke/status/507984918786228224

Heh.

http://twitter.com/#!/RBPundit/status/507985923012063232 http://twitter.com/#!/DrewMTips/status/507988799876788224 http://twitter.com/#!/SonnyBunch/status/507987463701553152 http://twitter.com/#!/SonnyBunch/status/507985979807129600

Journalism’s come a long way, baby.

http://twitter.com/#!/charlescwcooke/status/507987878283333632

***

Related:

Twitchy coverage of The New Republic

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/09/05/can-a-magazine-jump-a-shark-the-new-republic-redefines-voter-suppression/

‘Meet the Press’ grills Romney over Obama’s failures

http://twitter.com/#!/Nyghtewynd/status/478193646328881152

Mitt Romney was a guest on NBC’s “Meet the Press” this morning. He slammed President Obama’s handling of the situation in Iraq and called Hillary Clinton “clueless” about the Bowe Bergdahl trade.

http://twitter.com/#!/WesleyLowery/status/478184856565067776 http://twitter.com/#!/mkraju/status/478186525235380224

Since blame Bush isn’t working out too well these days, leftists and their allies in the media have moved on to blaming others for Obama’s failures.

http://twitter.com/#!/JoeFLSTC/status/478163166724386816 http://twitter.com/#!/larsoneric50/status/478180391216353280

Iowahawk hits NBC where it hurts regarding Romney:

http://twitter.com/#!/DoubleEagle49/status/478219326470647808

Video of his appearance can be seen here:

http://twitter.com/#!/JoeNaples1/status/478197646801510400 http://twitter.com/#!/siircharless/status/478194242267774976

Related:

Mitt Romney hangs with Mark Cuban, Peyton Manning

Did OFA delete tweets about Romney and Iraq? No, but you might need this trick to find them

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/06/15/has-to-answer-hard-questions-about-iraq-and-obamas-golfing-mtp-grills-romney-over-obamas-failures/

Scott Walker takes on media feeding frenzy about alleged ‘criminal scheme’

FED PROSECUTORS CLOSE IN ON SCOTT WALKER OK, THEY WERE STATE I MEAN COUNTY & THE CHARGES WERE DISMISSED & REDISMISSED ON APPEAL KTHXBAI

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) June 19, 2014

The MSM and others were off and running today with a story about Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, which some have reported as a “criminal scheme.”

Here’s a sampling of how the frenzy spread, and many didn’t of course even bother to fully explain the background or circumstances:

http://twitter.com/#!/samsteinhp/status/479681107663650816 http://twitter.com/#!/LukeRussert/status/479677199784493057 http://twitter.com/#!/politico/status/479686332684718080 http://twitter.com/#!/markos/status/479681617959473152

Judging only from those kinds of stories, you might think that Scott Walker was going to be perp-walked as soon as tonight. But, as usual, there’s a lot more to it.

Walker took to Twitter this evening to explain his side of the story:

http://twitter.com/#!/ScottWalker/status/479758864049790976 http://twitter.com/#!/ScottWalker/status/479759180279320576 http://twitter.com/#!/ScottWalker/status/479759336567484416

Here’s a detail about the Wisconsin investigation you might not read about in some MSM reports:

http://twitter.com/#!/GrayerDreams/status/479699658415947776

“Politically motivated” frivolousness sounds about right:

http://twitter.com/#!/seanmdav/status/479761876608241665

Now there’s an item we’d be reading a lot more in news reports if Walker were a Democrat and the DA’s office was full of Republicans.

The lefty feeding frenzy over the latest Scott Walker non-story might best be summed up this way:

http://twitter.com/#!/Matthops82/status/479700722062475264

That appears to be the case.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/06/19/scott-walker-takes-on-categorically-false-media-feeding-frenzy-about-alleged-criminal-scheme/

Suspected horror assault in Jerusalem; 3 harm, incl. infant [photos]

http://twitter.com/#!/AAhronheim/status/524942973906063360

There is many studies from Jerusalem of what’s getting referred to as a horror attack regarding a vehicle that drove into a gathering at a light-rail place:

Alterations to look at.

Discover more: http://twitchy.com/2014/10/22/breaking-suspected-terror-attack-in-jerusalem-3-injured-incl-infant-photos/