Our new German problem: lack of effort. Have you really considered how little #Germany has been doing and is prepared to do in the future against #ISIS? Why is this topic continuing to be ignored in Washington and by the U.S. news media?

Our new German problem: lack of effort. Have you really considered how little #Germany has been doing and is prepared to do in the future against #ISIS? Why is this topic continuing to be ignored in Washington and by the U.S. news media?

Have you really considered how little #Germany has been doing and is prepared to do in the future against #ISIS? Why is this topic continuing to be ignored in Washington and by the U.S. news media?

For months I've closely followed the glacial pace of things in Germany largely via DW,
Deutsche Welle, both on TV and in print, since the U.S. news media has seemed to decide to give Germany and their current Ambassador to the U.S., Peter Wittig, a 'hall pass' on all controversial topics, like #Ukraine #Russia #sanctions #ISIS. 
Any one of which, Once Upon a Time in the '70's, '80's or '90's, would have gotten him an invite he could not really turn down.

If you didn't know it, even for something as insignificant as sending 100 German military 
"advisors" to Iraq who would never be put in a position to actually face the enemy, there
was months and months of Sturm und Drang in the Bundestag, in the country 
where Sturm und Drang was born.

As someone who spent LOTS of time over at the German Embassy in Washington, D.C. pre and post Fall of the Berlin Wall, on trade and economic issues, and who made enough 
friends there to attend the party at the Embassy celebrating the unification in 1991 -even bringing a German chocolate cake with the German flag's colors on it that I ordered at the #1 German bakery in greater DC, not far from my house in Arlington County- I was especially aghast last year that Germany's policy was, despite all the evidence to the contrary, to be firmly against arming Ukraine so that it could better defend itself.

Which is how it came to be that back on February 8th, before Chancellor Merkel's visit to DC, I asked the Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, @SenBobCorker - 

How is #Merkel #Germany an ally vs. Isis if sending 100 Bundeswehr 2 TRAIN Iraqis is political crisis? 

http://www.dw.de/german-parliament-concerned-training-mission-in-iraq-could-be-unconstitutional/a-18194846 …

Condescending, patronizing pols in Germany acted like their troops were almost too important to actually deploy them to the Mid-East to accomplish something tangiblethat was in the West's best interests. But did you see anything about this in the newspaper or on network TV at the time?

And not once in all the many long months since the shoot down of the Malaysian flight 
MH17 over Ukraine last August by Russian-armed and trained separatists has the Ambassador Wittig gone on a single American Sunday morning TV chat show to lay out the position of Germany to the American people, whose own sons and daughters, husbands and wives continue to be stationed in Germany in the tens of thousands to defend Germany against the existential threat that President Obama claimed in one of his 2012
debates with Mitt Romney did NOT exist -Putin's Russia.

Well, history has shown us who was right about that question, haven't they?

And the Russia reset, too.

No, these days, the Foreign Ministry geniuses at the German Embassy on Reservoir Road prefer to employ their old standby, checkbook foreign policy, and simply pay for ads on Foreign Policy magazine's email newsletters, like this one I received, below, so they aren't forced to explain or defend their policies in-person to people who know the facts and could pin them down.

Yes, it sort of explains a lot about the current Foreign Policy Establishment and what it just winks at:

http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/06__Foreign__Policy__State/03__Europe/HandlingRefugeeInflux.html

And paying for ads also means they don't have to deal with curious ethical issues like this:

#Germany hires ex #Stasi to check #Facebook for critics of #immigration policy. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/3l5f3j/exstasi_agent_will_now_monitor_comments_critical/ 

So, to sum it up, Peter Wittig, the German Amb. to the U.S. has not appeared on one of the most guest-friendly forums he could possibly appear on in all of DC, esp. for an important ally like Germany, Sunday morning chat shows, and been forced to defend Germany's feckless position on all these important matters, even while smaller countries with much less resources are continuing to punch above their weight.

Meanwhile, Germany, the European economic giant opts largely to stay on the sidelines as a spectator in the fight against ISIS, preferring to play the role of pit-crew grease monkey,
and not be one of the actual participants.

How much longer is this kind of unhelpful behavior going to be allowed to continue -and continue to be unremarked upon by the American press?

@GermanyDiplo The very definition of #lackluster: #German planes that WON'T drop bombs on #ISIS, #German troops that WON'T fire upon #ISIS.

— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) December 1, 2015

GER gov’t decided to expand support for int’l anti ISIL coalition with reconnaissance aircraft+tanker planes. Parl. needs to approve. #Syria

— GermanForeignOffice (@GermanyDiplo) December 1, 2015

@instapundit 5/5 do minimum expected of real 'ally' vs #Isis even as US keeps military troops 'defending' #Germany 70 years after WWII. Why?

— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) December 1, 2015

@instapundit 4/5 is shamefull! #German Amb. to US won't appear on Sun. AM TV chat show 2 explain to avg. Americans thr cowardly reticence to

— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) December 1, 2015

@instapundit 3/5 I don't! I've written many times that performance of #German Amb. to US past 18 mos. re #Ukraine #Russia #sanctions #ISIS

— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) December 1, 2015

@instapundit 2/5 IF U consider #German planes NOT dropping bombs on #Isis targets & #German guns/rifles NOT being fired on #Isis "helping.

— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) December 1, 2015

@instapundit 1/5 Today's @ForeignPolicy "Morning Brief" -deceptively- says #Germany is considering "Expanding Anti-ISIS Campaign." That is,

— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) December 1, 2015

To fight or not to fight: Is this the end of German checkbook diplomacy? https://t.co/fk2NgIyLST #dwZone #Syria pic.twitter.com/JPVxZnqG2H

— DW Conflict Zone (@dw_conflictzone) November 27, 2015

Dave 

Twitter: @hbbtruth, https://twitter.com/hbbtruth

https://twitter.com/hbbtruth/with_replies

http://www.hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/

http://www.youtube.com/user/HallandaleBeachBlog

Media Narrative & Optics as the most important thing in public policy, to the detriment of real facts. Equally true in South Florida now with proposed David Beckham/MLS PortMiami soccer stadium as well as for mendacious Benghazi response in 2012 by stonewalling Obama White House, as Sharyl Attkisson can attest to

Fox News First -- White House correspondence, indeed | http://t.co/r6R9ww5AiR #FNPolitics
— Chris Stirewalt (@cstirewalt) May 1, 2014

Why Is @CBS News So Quiet on #Benghazi? http://t.co/vjvR2YYFj6
— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) May 1, 2014

#Benghazi Emails: Proof #Obama White House Put Politics Ahead Of Truth http://t.co/455P8cVrmT Is this the “smoking gun”?
— Jay Sekulow (@JaySekulow) April 30, 2014

Did the WH retroactively try to make the Ben Rhodes #Benghazi email "classified" to keep from releasing it? http://t.co/nFj9rHzH2F
— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) April 30, 2014

"in what’s happening to society and the press,” said Risen. I agree.
— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) April 30, 2014

"...to stay on that highway. As long as we accept this interstate highway of reporting, we are enabling and complicit..."
— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) April 30, 2014

“[The Obama administration] want[s] to create an interstate highway for reporting in which there are police all along telling you..."
— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) April 30, 2014

"We need to think about how to challenge the government in the way we’re supposed to challenge the government.” --Risen of NYT
— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) April 30, 2014

NYT James Risen: "We have to stand up and begin to fight back…" against press restrictions.
— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) April 30, 2014

NYT James Risen says Obama admin is trying to "narrow the playing field for reporters."
— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) April 30, 2014

"Under Attack: Reporters and Their Sources," investigative journalists address Obama admin. press restrictions http://t.co/B5zFoS3ZLh
— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) April 30, 2014

New Benghazi Documents and the White House Connection: http://t.co/q9pemmpDXb
— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) April 30, 2014

Attacks on the press are part of a fundamental change in society by a national security state. - James Risen #logan2014
— Keith Summa (@summanyc) April 26, 2014

Media Narrative & Optics as the most important thing in public policy, to the detriment of real facts. Equally true in South Florida now with proposed David Beckham/MLS Port of Miami soccer stadium as well as for Benghazi response in 2012 by stonewalling Obama White House, as Sharyl Attkisson can attest to

The attempt to successfully frame a media narrative with favorable optics, mentioned at the top in Chris Stirewalt's tweet and which is today's FOX News First newsletter 
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/05/01/white-house-correspondence-indeed/
is press management of the sort that we see everywhere and everyday, from here in South Florida to Stockholm, sometimes, in quite humorous or ham-handed ways if observant people are paying close attention.

And yet all too often, the news media fall for it hook-line-and-sinker and don't bring the sort of critical thinking to bear on the issue that they ought to, caught up as they are by the sight of the cute bear riding the bicycle in a circle in front of them, to ask questions that need to be asked.

In Miami, recently, questions like that included why should real soccer fans like me care about the prospective views from a proposed stadium at the Port of Miami more than they care about the actual comfort level and aesthetics they feel once inside of the stadium, and how easy it is to get to for the largest number of prospective fans to get to and from the stadium, with any hope, near public transit facilities that make that trip easy, which is good for everyone involved.

Local10 video: Public hearing held on MLS stadium in PortMiami 

April 23, 2014 07:42:06 PM EDT   

Updated April 23, 2014 07:49:36 PM EDT

The mayor of Miami Beach called a public hearing Wednesday because he feels that a stadium in PortMiami will affect the already congested commute for residents.

http://www.local10.com/news/public-hearing-held-on-mls-stadium-in-portmiami/25629194

But early on, though not true in the Local10 news video above, the cute bear on the bicycle on that issue, David Beckham, was all that the early news stories in South Florida largely focused on, which is precisely what his ownership group wanted, even as a few highly-observant and popular South Florida bloggers and tweeters of distinction and serious news personalities like Bill Cooke at Random Pixels blog, film/TV director Billy Corben and Local10's Senior Political Reporter Michael Putney were asking and writing about with a real purpose.

@DougLife7 @SamHam15 Haha fair enough. But it might also have to do with the fact that it could be a terrible location for a stadium...?
— Billy Corben (@BillyCorben) April 30, 2014

11 mayors in @MiamiDadeCounty oppose Beckham building Major League Soccer stadium at @PortMiami http://t.co/fo5cMURa8V
— Billy Corben (@BillyCorben) April 30, 2014

'Why David Beckham’s Current Plan for MLS Miami Is Destined For Eventual Failure' http://t.co/pm6cDbeJb7 via @worldsoccertalk
— Billy Corben (@BillyCorben) February 7, 2014

See conversations in the tweets!

@MayorGimenez says: "Working to bring MLS to @MiamiDadeCounty." Question: How much is THIS gonna cost? @BillyCorben pic.twitter.com/9e7oR5gj6C
— Random Pixels blog (@Random_Pixels) November 13, 2013

David Beckham Meets With Florida Gov. Rick Scott Lobbying for New Stadium for Miami MLS Project 
Ed Molina, staff@latinopost.com
March 28, 2014 02:49 PM EDT 
http://www.latinopost.com/articles/5212/20140328/david-beckham-meets-with-florida-gov-rick-scott-lobbying-for-new-stadium-for-miami-mls-project.htm

This Week in South Florida
Local10 video: "Local 10's Michael Putney talks with local leading members of the Beckham team and a Miami commissioner about why location they've set their sights on for the new major league soccer stadium and if it's a good one."
March 30, 2014 01:31:19 PM EDT
Updated March 30 2014 04:14:19 PM EDT
http://www.local10.com/news/this-week-in-south-florida-march-30/25236456

Local10 video: War of Words over David Beckham's plans for soccer stadium. Port Miami is second largest economic generator in Miami-Dade County  Published On: April 30, 2014 06:34:23 PM EDT 
Updated April 30 2014 06:42:45 PM EDT

But as I've lamented so many times over the years on this blog over the past seven years, spouting common sense and asking pointed questions makes them (me) a distinct minority in this area of the country, unfortunately.

The anger we now see among some in the U.S. press corps is, for some of us at least, a little too late and convenient, to say nothing of being too over-the-top, especially given how easily, via CW group think, they abandoned their natural (accurate) initial suspicions and replaced that by eagerly swallowing the Obama Administration's feeble excuses about a YouTube video that hardly anyone had ever seen or heard of prior to them offering it up as a reason for protests in Cairo.

The Beltway Media is mad at themselves, obviously, but since they can hardly blame themselves, they are now wildly pointing fingers at others.

After the horse is long gone out of the barn.

If you missed Sharyl Attkisson's very revealing interview with Glenn Beck on Wednesday morning regarding the very curious circumstances she's been in for the past 18 months, from her being "watched" and having her work computer hacked -by ???- plus the problems she had at CBS News with getting reports on Benghazi on-air, and her recent departure from there, see the context and video here:

The Blaze

Sharyl Attkisson on the One Thing People Should Be ‘Standing Up on Buildings and Screaming’ About 

April 30, 2014 1:50pm  

Erica Ritz

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/04/30/sharyl-attkisson-on-the-one-thing-people-should-be-standing-up-on-buildings-and-screaming-about/

That we are only now learning via a Judicial Watch FOIA request that the author of the Obama White House talking points about the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya that resulted in the death of four Americans, Ben Rhodes, would turn out to be the brother of the President of CBS News, is, of course, obviously a delicious wild card.
A wild card that none of us who were always suspicious of the White House narrative and Susan Rice's self-serving comments regarding a YouTube video, could've ever guessed at months and months ago.

By the way, for what it's worth, the Fox News First newsletter I received this morning that mentions some of these issues and which prompted me to do this blog post, has consistently proven over the past eight months to be much-more accurate and fair -even prescient- than I'd have initially guessed when I first subscribed last year.

You might want to sign up, too.

Just saying...

Sharyl Attkison 
@SharylAttkisson  https://twitter.com/SharylAttkisson
http://www.sharylattkisson.com/

Bill Cooke 
@Random_Pixels  https://twitter.com/Random_Pixels

randompixels.blogspot.com

Billy Corben 

@BillyCorben https://twitter.com/BillyCorben

rakontur.com

Baltimore Sun's savvy TV critic David Zurawik zeroes-in on Beltway political class & MSM's tacit agreement on unethical conduct and asks rhetorical question: "Is it wrong for CNN's Paul Begala to ask me to give money to Al Franken?" Yes, let me count the ways...but let's not forget to throw Stephanie Cutter on the fire, too; @davidzurawik

Is it wrong for CNN's Paul Begala to ask me to give money to Al Franken? http://t.co/RDGxAD4JoV
— David Zurawik (@davidzurawik) November 4, 2013

Baltimore Sun
Z on TV blog
Was it wrong for CNN's Paul Begala to ask me to give Al Franken money?
To me, this is how the channel's news identity is demeaned by mixing politics, money and media
By David Zurawik The Baltimore Sun
6:58 a.m. EST, November 4, 2013

Maybe it's just me, but a fundraising letter I received from CNN's Paul Begala last week struck me as emblematic of what's wrong when media are mixed with money and politics -- as they increasingly are these days at cable TV news channels in Washington.

Here's the letter. And you tell me if this is appropriate for someone listed as "commentator" at CNN -- someone who also appears on the channel's website under the heading "Anchors/Reporters" as Begala does

Read the rest of the post at:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/z-on-tv-blog/bal-cnn-paul-begala-money-fund-raising-20131031,0,6011421.story

As for Stephanie Cutter, well, she merely proves that the sort of unethical behavior we've been force-fed by America's Mainstream Media and been forced to expect from certain Democratic Party & GOP consultants and strategists is not a Male-Only preserve:

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/09/cnn-lowered-its-ethical-standards-make-things-easier-newt-gingrich/69959/

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/09/obama-guys-were-too-afraid-demote-stephanie-cutter/69384/

Fox News Channel
White House getting advice on Syria from former Obama campaign advisers 
By Ed Henry
Published September 03, 2013 FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/09/03/white-house-getting-advice-on-syria-from-former-obama-campaign-advisers/

Sure, why not get advice from people who don't actually know anything original about the country or speak French and Arabic, and who only know what other people have told them or what they've read.
Just like your neighbor or the person who hands you your coffee at Panera Bread.

My recollections of September are that President Obama's policy on Syria was a disaster from beginning to end and something that everyone, regardless of political ideology, agreed upon on from coast-to-coast.
You remember, the policy that even the Washington Post's Editorial Board strongly criticized and which I mentioned last Tuesday, here:
http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.be/2013/10/obamas-bad-foreign-policy-from-start.html

The one time in five years that Obama really brought the country together -in opposition to his own policies.

Sure, of course, that result is to be expected when you've got such great consultants and advisors.
Just don't say anything bad about Valerie Jarrett and her lack of knowledge or else...

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http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/z-on-tv-blog/

re Obamacare "tech surge" at The White House to fix broken Ocare website: I posit educated guess why West Wing is being so secretive re identities of this Nerd Squad A-Team meets Mission Impossible: Saving Obamacare 2.0. That answer is "optics"

CNN

Pundits' prescriptions for what ails healthcare CNN contributor Ryan Lizza and A.B. Stoddard from The Hill give Brooke Baldwin their RX for the Administration's healthcare woes. October 30th, 2013 06:32 PM ET 

http://newsroom.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/30/pundits-prescriptions-for-what-ails-healthcare/

Somewhat out of the blue Thursday, while reading some tweets of some of the people I religiously follow, I got to wondering if I'd actually stumbled across at least one of the reasons why the White House is being so secretive as to the identities of this Nerd Squad A-Team 
meets Mission Impossible - Saving Obamacare 2.0

Given the condescension that has come out of the WH over the past 5 years on a whole host of policy and political issues involving gender and identity politics, often greatly amplified by their echo chamber of sycophants in the Beltway press corps, especially among younger female reporters and producers, isn't it likely that seeing concrete facts or photos that confirm that the Obamacare rescue crew is largely composed of not just men but the dreaded White Men would just be too much of a PR buzzkill and "optics" problem for Team Obama to publicly countenance?

Instead of wholesome, free spirit, All-American girl-next-door and savvy computer nerd poster girl Angela Bennett (Sanda Bullock) in The Net, it's sixty-something year old Dads and Uncles with computer super-powers far beyond the ken of most normal mortals coming to the rescue.

Note what happens at 0:42.
Someone has hacked into a cabinet member's personal medical file. 

Just wondering...

Tech experts enlisted to help fix Obamacare website 
By CNN Staff 
updated 4:17 PM EDT, Thu October 31, 2013
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/31/us/obamacare-website-experts/index.html

Obama's bad foreign policy from the start shows little sign of improving, as Washington Post Editorial Board lashes out Sunday : "Mr. Kerry’s empty words on Syria": "So what does the Obama administration propose to do to stop this barbarism? The simple answer is: nothing, other than issue strongly worded statements..."; #stonecoldfacts, @washingtonpost

Obama's bad foreign policy from the start shows little sign of improving, as Washington Post Editorial Board lashes out Sunday : "Mr. Kerry’s empty words on Syria" 

In case you were still on your summer hibernation when this happened a few weeks ago, the only time that President Obama has brought the country together this year on a policy is when nearly the entire country stood-up in opposition to his ill-considered ideas, plans and policies over Syria, one of his major weaknesses since coming into office in January of 2009.
That hasn't changed.
Think about that for a minute.

The Washington Post
Washington Post Editorial: Mr. Kerry’s empty words on Syria
By Editorial Board
Published October 28, 2013

ACCORDING TO Secretary of State John F. Kerry, Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad now is waging “a war of starvation” against his own people. In a robustly worded op-ed column posted Friday on ForeignPolicy.com, Mr. Kerry denounced what he said was “the systematic denial of medical assistance, food supplies and other humanitarian aid to huge proportions of the population.” The regime’s tactics, he said, “threaten to take a humanitarian disaster into the abyss.” They are “intolerable,” and “the world must act quickly.”

So what does the Obama administration propose to do to stop this barbarism? The simple answer is: nothing, other than issue strongly worded statements. 

Read the rest of the editorial at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mr-kerrys-empty-words-on-syria/2013/10/28/d422b6c4-3feb-11e3-a624-41d661b0bb78_story.html

Tweets of Note: Recent Political, Public Policy & Pop Culture tweets you may've missed -October 1 thru October 12, 2013 -From Amnesty to Angie Harmon, Jack Bauer to Jack Wilshere, Fraser Nelson to Mickey Kaus and illegal immigration

Congressman boasts immig amnesty will win because "there is no money on the other side" http://t.co/BlXaS9EyeO #wheresCommonCausewhenUneedit

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 12, 2013

Under Fed law it's illegal 2 hire an illegal. Under CA law it's illegal 2 fire anyone b/c they're illegal http://t.co/9uSVVgaO3Z #preemption
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 12, 2013

US forces capture senior Pakistan Taliban commander Latif Mehsud http://t.co/ZjFrOdjglC
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) October 12, 2013

Sacramento Bee's Dan Walters on "chaos" created by CA's new illlegal-immigrant friendly laws http://t.co/9uSVVgaO3Z
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 12, 2013

UT source says school officials are 'really paranoid' about Texas A&M's success, on and off the field http://t.co/LnEHGTv9E7”
— Brad Townsend (@townbrad) October 12, 2013

New: How immigration reform could spell doom for the GOP. http://t.co/3w7kdQYBN3
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 11, 2013

'GOP faces hard enough job improving standing among 15M' already-scheduled immig voters w/o adding another 17M w/ CIR http://t.co/P790DlMx2J
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 11, 2013

John Glenn is now the last surviving Mercury astronaut http://t.co/gN9CTcMXdJ
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) October 11, 2013

.@Politico should be exposing the Kabuki. Instead acting in the Kabuki! #problemwithpolitico
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 10, 2013

Sure looks like @MarcThiessen's right: Boastful WH Libya leak seemed idiotic @the time, now proven disastrous http://t.co/juBQfDixqH
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 10, 2013

Say goodbye to your privacy... @facebook no longer lets users hide from search http://t.co/yyEhzfVWNG
— Nicole Gilbert (@ndgilbert) October 10, 2013

Fairly astonishing from @newseum: only 3% of Americans can name their five First Amendment rights. 20% can name 5 main Simpsons characters.
— Nick Thornsby (@NickThornsby) October 10, 2013

"The British are not a nation of shopkeepers, as Napoleon said, but rather one of property speculators." http://t.co/rp0UqV8FNA
— Financial Times (@FT) October 10, 2013

Paul McCartney just played a surprise show in Times Square! http://t.co/DDZ1jUXojn photo by @annewermiel
— New York Post Metro (@nypmetro) October 10, 2013

Snoop Dogg Fulfills Kate Upton's Hot Pocket Dreams [VIDEO] http://t.co/JAoku1vIQv
— Mashable (@mashable) October 10, 2013

WH briefing has included talk of ransom, gasoline and matches, nuclear weapons and Hieronymus Bosch painting of Hell. All about debt limit.
— Byron York (@ByronYork) October 10, 2013

Blog — The left might not believe it, but The Guardian was morally wrong http://t.co/qwLttvYnAJ by Rod Liddle
— The Spectator (@spectator) October 10, 2013

Detroit Mayor Jailed For 28 Years For Corruption http://t.co/pWjGlPTuGS
— Sky News (@SkyNews) October 10, 2013

Have you seen @MiamiHerald exec editor Aminda Marqués Gonzalez? No? Neither have the people she works with. http://t.co/UMs9FfmaGA
— Random Pixels blog (@Random_Pixels) October 10, 2013

also, 52% in Mexico think "Mexicans have right to be in US." http://t.co/IEOy96RSti Border does not nec. mean same thing as for other immig.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 10, 2013

Here is link for stat that 66% of Mexicans think US has no right to limit immg http://t.co/IEOy96RSti
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 10, 2013

Hodgson: 'There will be lots of good teams who don't get to Brazil. I'm convinced we will get there' #eng
— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) October 10, 2013

"I'm not trying to be difficult" says Leveson. Yes you are, Brian. Time to answer for your illiberal plans for state licensing of the press.
— Fraser Nelson (@FraserNelson) October 10, 2013

The Daily Mail's new Times Square ad campaign is pure gold: http://t.co/w6ee0d5YOv
— Jessica Roy (@JessicaKRoy) October 10, 2013

Illegal immigrants will be denied driving licences under laws to be announced later today http://t.co/g5MieYqco9
— Telegraph News (@TelegraphNews) October 10, 2013

@DeeinColumbiaMD Same pollster that, in October 2011, told us the same thing about Dems retaking House in 2012. pic.twitter.com/Esrf7X6i49
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) October 9, 2013

Greg Dyke's FA Commission into #eng woes led by Hoddle, Gradi, Danny Mills, Howard Wilkinson, Greg Clarke, Roger Burden & Ritchie Humphreys
— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) October 9, 2013

A look at the views of Jack Wilshere and Wayne Rooney on Adnan Januzaj via @Telegraph http://t.co/agc3RlaGH0
— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) October 9, 2013

"Jack Wilshere should stick to his guns over Englishness of Manchester United teenager Adnan Januzaj
Jack Wilshere is wrong to make U-turn over Manchester United prospect Adnan Januzaj's eligibility for England – not least because he has a point."

The phone-hacking trial will be dream territory for the PM’s rivals, says @OborneTweets http://t.co/YTFY8LSBd5
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) October 9, 2013

MI5 chief's condemnation of Snowden GCHQ leaks backed by David Cameron http://t.co/2Ps7R2eDCC #NSA
— The Guardian (@guardian) October 9, 2013

"#NSA Director Told Telecom Industry: "Trust Me." Hmm, "trust me" wouldn't be my word choice 2 gain back public faith http://t.co/vXKLZtBgVA
— CIA Spy Girl (@CIAspygirl) October 9, 2013

BREAKING: Eleanor Holmes Norton confronts President #Obama on D.C. budget bill http://t.co/dtcZBOCwOy #shutdown
— Ed O'Keefe (@edatpost) October 9, 2013

Incompetence. RT @JonahNRO: Excellent explainer on how badly designed http://t.co/wlx94sySdl really is. http://t.co/gYNxb3GlQ4
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) October 9, 2013

Jack Wilshere fuels debate over foreign players after insisting Adnan Januzaj should not represent England http://t.co/fkl8hHkhYv
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) October 9, 2013

@tobinlippert @ByronYork Maybe WH doesn't really think GOP caucus will stomach vote 4 amnesty this Congress even if they have "time."
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 9, 2013

WaPo: Many experts warned administration Obamacare exchanges weren't ready; were told not to worry. http://t.co/0bmdScfKvS
— Byron York (@ByronYork) October 9, 2013

Enter 4a chance to attend the world premiere of @NatGeoChannel #KillingKennedy w. Ginnifer + @RobLowe! http://t.co/P7uOEL9JI3 -team gg
— Ginnifer Goodwin (@ginnygoodwin) October 9, 2013

I have high expectations for this feud http://t.co/F81W4NbQXR
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 9, 2013

Editorial: Politicians want statutory press control for the first time in more than 300 years. This is unacceptable http://t.co/wpVJTTGgmY
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) October 9, 2013

Politicians are now fine tuning their plans to regulate the press. They can count the @Spectator out. Here's why: http://t.co/80rVOhjfmA
— Fraser Nelson (@FraserNelson) October 8, 2013

Love this RT @Conor_Devine: Tweet of the day #Patience #Attitude pic.twitter.com/2vCUgDzWsy
— Pizza Lover (@UKPizzaLover) October 6, 2013

'Google glass' our cartoon at noon #cartoonatnoon pic.twitter.com/c513FhtJhm
— The Spectator (@spectator) October 8, 2013

Why do WaPo (and NYT) publish only close-in shots of amnesty rally to make it look bigger than it was? #notjournalism http://t.co/SzedDvRtXF
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 8, 2013

Thom Yorke calls Spotify 'the last desperate fart of a dying corpse' http://t.co/PyEh8CeNUk
— The Guardian (@guardian) October 7, 2013

“@artemisluna85: got this from ouat_lover101 who found it on tumblr...Disney version of Mary M #OnceUponATime pic.twitter.com/ETwQ9Sh59j” Love
— Ginnifer Goodwin (@ginnygoodwin) October 7, 2013

@Angie_Harmon was the Black Swan last Halloween, I wonder what she's going to be this year? �� We can't wait! ���� pic.twitter.com/n0YALuQU7h
— PicturesOfAngie (@PicturesOfAngie) October 7, 2013

The $3.4M ECC building is leased 10 years for $1.00. http://t.co/8Gn5ZnBH69
— Chaz Stevens (@TweetsByMAOS) October 6, 2013

I wrote about Chaz's blog post on Monday in my blog post titled, "Chaz Stevens' latest blog post is a reality gut-check for the State of Florida re their lax enforcement of rules and laws re municipal CRAs, including where he lives in the Grand Duchy of Deerfield Beach, where bureaucratic self-enrichment is a tradition, not a rumor

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http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/chaz-stevens-latest-blog-post-is.html

New York Times and Daft Punk - again! http://t.co/MdsnqLEzQ1
— Romenesko (@romenesko) October 6, 2013

Here, after Agnew quits, Gerald Ford writes President Nixon urging him to appoint John Connally as Vice President: pic.twitter.com/QzqbkPI4LM
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) October 6, 2013

Måns Zelmerlöw pleasantly comes back to his Cara Mia look in Nyhetsmorgon http://t.co/0d7gcx0zuV
— Damian (@Swedish_Damian) October 6, 2013

The Dolphins blew a game-tying field goal. It took the mascot a moment to realize that: http://t.co/AQ7q5fc6Ed pic.twitter.com/gXY2O9NHPN
— SB Nation (@sbnation) October 6, 2013

From @nzaccardi: U.S. gymnasts wrap up most successful world championships ever. http://t.co/YNLIejLAt5
— David Woods (@DavidWoods007) October 6, 2013

Apparently, Gilmore Girls first aired on this date 13 YEARS AGO. Waa? I remember being very excited about this pic.twitter.com/eTCDDyiyhP
— Lauren Graham (@thelaurengraham) October 6, 2013

Chaz Ebert: "Dear Roger, It has been six months since you left us, but..." http://t.co/LYwcohQWhu
— Romenesko (@romenesko) October 5, 2013

James Romenesko @romenesko: Chaz Ebert: "Dear Roger, It has been six months since you left us, but...

We're impressed! @McKaylaMaroney defends 2011 title, wins vault at Worlds: http://t.co/KKxGUZpW3T #FIG2013Antwerp pic.twitter.com/kQqCfe59E8
— NBCOlympics (@NBCOlympics) October 5, 2013

Tory MP Wants EU Referendum Before Election http://t.co/l6qVVAPrjM
— Sky News (@SkyNews) October 5, 2013

How traffic actually works http://t.co/XcppwVEoiB via @jliszka
— Rani Molla (@ranimolla) October 5, 2013

Say hello to my little friend! http://t.co/3ZPWfLgwiG
— Angie Harmon (@Angie_Harmon) October 4, 2013

Companies laying off Americans while asking for more foreign workers outrages opponents of immigration reform… http://t.co/SGAOZbIfM7
— Byron York (@ByronYork) October 4, 2013

New York's turbulent history captured in these beautiful old maps. http://t.co/xiFyTfNXCJ
— WIRED (@WIRED) October 3, 2013

ATTN: Amnesty-pushers MT @AmityShlaes: "it is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones." - Calvin Coolidge
— Mark Krikorian (@MarkSKrikorian) October 3, 2013

The most popular MLB team in Florida is...not from Florida...Braves 22, Rays 13, Marlins 11, Yankees 10, Red Sox 9: http://t.co/CDdCRhYdAO
— PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) October 3, 2013

Wow RT @digitalspy: It's official! Jack Bauer is heading to London as 24: Live Another Day will take place in the UK. pic.twitter.com/80jSoKX5tA
— Pizza Lover (@UKPizzaLover) October 3, 2013

Trying to blend in... @MaisonValentino @carlossouza1311 #pfw http://t.co/foJzv6vxh1
— Angie Harmon (@Angie_Harmon) October 2, 2013

Obama's fecklessness leads to American decline http://t.co/lW11e7DJPD
— Michael Barone (@MichaelBarone) October 2, 2013

My USA TODAY column: Barack Obama and the government's damaged brand. http://t.co/TQCKhNCgVl
— Instapundit.com (@instapundit) October 1, 2013