Some people have wondered why Obama didn’t call the parents of Katie Steinlae who was killed in San Francisco. He called the parents of those black guys who were killed. They thought it was a racist thing. But it isn’t. It is that Obama has no way to exploit that murder.
I see in today’s Times News
“A man who died in a scuffle with officers Monday faced two felony charges of obtaining property by false pretenses and had no previous convictions in North Carolina.
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He was being booked into the detention center when the scuffle occurred, according to a news release from the Henderson County sheriff’s office”
The article didn’t mention his race, but the radio account says he was a white man.
Two days after the Obergefell decision, New York Times columnist Mark Oppenheimer suggested that it is now time to rethink the idea of tax-exempt status for religious institutions: “Rather than try to rescue tax-exempt status for organizations that dissent from settled public policy on matters of race or sexuality, we need to take a more radical step. It’s time to abolish, or greatly diminish, their tax-exempt statuses.”
……. Mr. Oppenheimer, thank you for showing the left’s cards. You’ve done those on the Wrong Side of History a terrific service in your candor….
…. I don’t write this particular article to engage his primary argument—the rehashed “government owns everything until it says it doesn’t” argument trotted out by liberals. Rather, I write to discuss the tactical strategy of Oppenheimer’s article, its fall-out, and opportunities for capitalizing on a move that Oppenheimer himself calls “radical.” …
……. For all too long, we’ve been told that if we’d only allow for “marriage equality,” the Left and gay rights proponents would respond in a “Live and Let Live” détente. If “Live and Let Live” hasn’t worked yet, why would we suggest it would work in the future? Oppenheimer’s article provides the evidence. They’re not interested in pluralism, but in forced affirmation.
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….. Obama began by fumbling for the list of pre-vetted reporters who were allowed to ask questions. The list, usually pored over by staff to exclude wild-card questioners, couldn’t have mattered less. He was in a mood to confine the questions and answers to the stage, like an actor playing a president talking to himself in a one-man show.
When a grave wire service reporter asked an opening query about Iran’s military capability, Obama blew past as if he were invisible — and said he first he wanted to dispense with critics’ attacks on the deal. For the next 10 minutes or so, he filibustered to the floodlights, leaning on the lectern as he laid out arguments pressed by congressional Republicans and Israel-centric Democrats, swatting them aside one-by-one. He never got around to answering the question.
When Jonathan Karl of ABC News asked an Iran question – then tried to slip in what Obama thought was a frivolous Donald Trump query — the president cut him off and launched into another 10-plus minute answer that had little relation to anything Karl asked. …
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Wandering Views 
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/zekepipher/2015/07/if-they-were-dead-puppy-parts/
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Some people have wondered why Obama didn’t call the parents of Katie Steinlae who was killed in San Francisco. He called the parents of those black guys who were killed. They thought it was a racist thing. But it isn’t. It is that Obama has no way to exploit that murder.
I see in today’s Times News
“A man who died in a scuffle with officers Monday faced two felony charges of obtaining property by false pretenses and had no previous convictions in North Carolina.
…………..
He was being booked into the detention center when the scuffle occurred, according to a news release from the Henderson County sheriff’s office”
The article didn’t mention his race, but the radio account says he was a white man.
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From First Things:
http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2015/07/thank-you-mark-oppenheimer
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Two days after the Obergefell decision, New York Times columnist Mark Oppenheimer suggested that it is now time to rethink the idea of tax-exempt status for religious institutions: “Rather than try to rescue tax-exempt status for organizations that dissent from settled public policy on matters of race or sexuality, we need to take a more radical step. It’s time to abolish, or greatly diminish, their tax-exempt statuses.”
……. Mr. Oppenheimer, thank you for showing the left’s cards. You’ve done those on the Wrong Side of History a terrific service in your candor….
…. I don’t write this particular article to engage his primary argument—the rehashed “government owns everything until it says it doesn’t” argument trotted out by liberals. Rather, I write to discuss the tactical strategy of Oppenheimer’s article, its fall-out, and opportunities for capitalizing on a move that Oppenheimer himself calls “radical.” …
……. For all too long, we’ve been told that if we’d only allow for “marriage equality,” the Left and gay rights proponents would respond in a “Live and Let Live” détente. If “Live and Let Live” hasn’t worked yet, why would we suggest it would work in the future? Oppenheimer’s article provides the evidence. They’re not interested in pluralism, but in forced affirmation.
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Is the pope a hypocrite?
“Pope Francis will only be able to convince his critics that they should abandon weapons and war if he is willing to lead by example.”
http://jonathanmerritt.religionnews.com/2015/07/14/pope-francis-if-youre-listening-to-u-s-critics-start-with-gun-makers
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anyone watch the news conference today?
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/meet-drama-obama-120171.html
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….. Obama began by fumbling for the list of pre-vetted reporters who were allowed to ask questions. The list, usually pored over by staff to exclude wild-card questioners, couldn’t have mattered less. He was in a mood to confine the questions and answers to the stage, like an actor playing a president talking to himself in a one-man show.
When a grave wire service reporter asked an opening query about Iran’s military capability, Obama blew past as if he were invisible — and said he first he wanted to dispense with critics’ attacks on the deal. For the next 10 minutes or so, he filibustered to the floodlights, leaning on the lectern as he laid out arguments pressed by congressional Republicans and Israel-centric Democrats, swatting them aside one-by-one. He never got around to answering the question.
When Jonathan Karl of ABC News asked an Iran question – then tried to slip in what Obama thought was a frivolous Donald Trump query — the president cut him off and launched into another 10-plus minute answer that had little relation to anything Karl asked. …
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