POWIP Piece of Work In Progress

That Old-Time Violent Rhetoric

I'm sure the SPLC will be right on this.

The Thomas More Society, acting on behalf of 40 Days for Life, a national campaign that sponsors peaceable pro-life prayer vigils outside abortion provider sites world-wide, has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Field Office in Helena, Montana. The Thomas More Society is calling for an immediate, intensive investigation of a vicious fire-bombing attack on a pro-lifer that occurred March 17, 2011 at around 6:15 p.m. near the All Family Health Care abortion center in Kalispell, Montana.

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[The cop who eventually responded and had city sanitation workers take away the debris] said that the 40 Days prayer vigil participants should expect this kind of reaction if they're out there protesting. Questioning Officer Hoover's assessment of the attack, Ms. Crierweiler called the Kalispell desk sergeant to complain, where she was unable to get further assistance.

Fortunately, a passer-by witnessed the attack on the elderly retiree protester, who was unhurt, and may be able to help the FBI. But you know, she was asking for it. I'm sure the cops in Madison won't mind if anyone pitches a Molotov or two at union folks demonstrating outside of the residences of Republican representatives.

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“Rerum Novarum” at the Cosa HuffPa, plus Tab Clearing

I try not to quote myself too often, but:

AOL-HuffPo fallout: Stacy notes that Matt Lewis is leaving AOL Politics as Arianna takes the editorial reins in the Dali-esque bargain struck by the AOL nitwits. Yesterday, Ed Morrissey and the guest on his show goggled about the finances of the deal. Arianna and her partners got over $300 million, almost all of it in cash, for the buy-out, but she stays on as editor at another several million per year.

As Ed points out, the vast, vast majority of the content is written by unpaid bloggers, with a few star names getting some money. Given the nature of the politics of envy, it’s going to be interesting to see whether the unpaid minions start clamoring for a slice of the pie. I see the potential for a lot of humor in this.

Of course, making that call was about as prescient as saying that it would be chilly in January in Vermont.

Still, Three Beers Later blogger Richard McEnroe is on board with the rebels, who find it . . . incongruous that AOL should have forked over $300 million and change for the enterprise, and they go unpaid. Moe Lane, on the other hand, feels that he doesn't have a dog in this fight, and is popping the corn.

I don't read Vanity Fair very often, so please forgive me for not knowing what James Wolcott has written on the subject, though I can understand how some of them feel taken for granted.

BP officials are being queried on possible insider trading and stock price manipulation in the weeks after the Gulf Horizon disaster.

FDIC sues WaMu biggies in another civil case. Mustn't charge them criminally.

We'd address this fraud, but it would take too much work.

Wankers oppose palm oil boycott.

Dane County, WI judge orders halt to implementing Walker's collective bargaining restrictions, promptly goes on vacation.

NJ shuts down Barack Obama Elementary School for underachievement.

In video, a cool passive solar soda can furnace.

Evil hippie Santa Claus pleads to child molestation charges.

Would-be British Airways bomber sentenced to 30 years. He happens to be Muslim.

Once again, creepy educators urged to crawl students' Facebook pages to search for evidence of bullying. More bullying.

Columbian army claims to have seized Venezuelan weapons in FARC-frequented territory, but hey, who you gonna believe?

Lovely photographic essay on Italy's short-lived North African Empire.

Why did Italy arrive so late to the Empire Game? Well, she's just celebrated her sesquicentennial. Before that, she was (as Dante lamented) just a tessellation of city states. Happy birthday to the Bel Paese.

Sophia Loren. I do believe I can feel myself risorging.

Gee. Maybe I should post another bleg.

Many thanks to Jimmie Bise and Ben at AoSHQ (in sidebar) for linking me up, and the very kind compliments. Many thanks as well to Cynthia Yockey for her kind donation and message. I'm going to be busy this weekend writing thank yous.

Aaaargh! How could I almost forget Mike at Cold Fury? He's got a lot of good stuff on the Madison thuggery.

I'd do something more Rule Fivey, but I'm so disheartened that I forgot to add nude Jedediah Bila to my previous post that I don't feel worthy.

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On “Distributionism,” an Historical Catholic Perspective

Over at Stacy's place, he anatomizes the strain of Catholic social justice theology that causes Althouse-threatener Jim Shankman to argue that his redistributionist beliefs derive from mainstream Catholicism. You may recall that Obama at first claimed (while stating that he'd never heard Reverend Wright declaim anything radical from the pulpit on those occasions that he went to church) that Reverend Wright was very much a mainstream preacher.

I won't say that it's fiddle-faddle, but I think it could be rounded out with some historical perspective.

In the medieval period, there was of course an enormous scandal regarding the Monks of St. Goomba, whose distributionist ideas got them in trouble, first with secular authorities and not too much later with Church hierarchy. In short, they practiced expropriation for the purposes of redistribution. They also practiced martial arts involving staves, and would always give a short sermon to the putative "owner" of a chattel before carrying it off and, if necessary, blessing him on the pate with the so-called "rod of Grace." It is said that they also often liberated the sexual favors of women as they went about the countryside.

For their efforts on behalf of the underprivileged, they exacted a "tithe" that they were at pains to argue was not a "tax." On the whole, they lived rather well, until they were chased into the Italian highlands by the combined forces of the Duke of Burgundy and the notorious Condottiere Alberto Morello, in the pay of the Holy See, and there slaughtered to a man (and occasionally woman), much to the distress of modern socialists who mark the occasion as a feast day, every First of May.

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How to party with Charlie Sheen

You don't have to know Charlie to party with him. All you need is Roxicodene, Xanax and a couple of beers.*

POOF! Charlie Sheen and 6 naked girls.

Caution: Charlie Sheen® is not for everyone. Side effects may include incarceration. Please consult your doctor if you have cirrhosis of the liver.

* Not sure it matters, but I'd try Steel Reserve, first.

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Tea Party Extremists, Again

Matt Welch at Reason:

Peckerhead, yes. But Tea Partier? On Tuesday, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank wrote a much-linked piece talking about all the crazy-ass shit that Tea Partiers are inflicting on the American body politic in 2011. Milbank's extended lead example was the disgusting comment by Kansas state Rep. Virgil Peck (R-Tyro, appropriately enough) suggesting that maybe we oughtta just shoot illegal immigrants from helicopters like feral hogs. Concluded Milbank:

Kansans may be surprised to learn that the immigrant-shooting idea was offered in their names, but they wouldn't be the only Americans getting unwelcome news from their state legislators now that many Tea Party types have come to power.

When Louis Brandeis called state legislatures "laboratories of democracy," he couldn't have imagined the curious formulas the Tea Party chemists would be mixing in 2011[.]

Milbank, hunting for extremists. Also, his name is Dana. Reading this, you would have the distinct impression that Virgil Peck is a Tea Party kinda guy. But is he?

Well, for one, Peck was elected in 2004, not 2010. For another, the only Google News mentions of "Tea Party" and "Virgil Peck" that I could come up with were Milbank's piece, a similar connection-through-assertion from Creative Loafing, and this Business Week article from 2010 mentioning that Peck voted against a "Health Care Freedom Amendment" that had "strong backing from the tea party movement." But hey, he's a Republican, and an asshole, and it's 2011!

Yeah, that states' rights stuff is DANGEROUS . . . because obviously Obama knows his stuff. But we expect that kind of crap from Milbank. Lee Stranahan's piece at the HuffPo, which I mentioned yesterday, is more important.

And now John Nolte has posted a Best of the Thuggery compilation at Big Government.

Also from Breitbart:

Via Lonely Conservative.

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Roman Catholic Bishops Consider Proposal to “Auto-Tune” Congregations

Details here.

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Stock of Libyan Safety Rises After NFL Combine

Saroukh el-Jamahiriya, known as the "Libyan Rocket," has all the protection skills teams covet. Some believe he has worked his way up to a potential first-rounder.

Pros: Smooth backpedal, has an extra gear, good instincts.

Cons: Small-time program. Production may be delayed by Middle East unrest. Doesn't speak English.

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Gaddafi Threatens To Blow Up Passenger Planes (Again) In Retaliation for Air Strikes

Colonel Gaddafi threatened retaliatory attacks on passenger aircraft in the Mediterranean last night if foreign countries launched air strikes against Libya.

“Any foreign military act” would expose “all air and maritime traffic in the Mediterranean Sea” as targets for a counter attack, the Libyan regime said.

The warning was issued after America formally backed a joint British and French initiative for a no-fly zone over Libya and other military action against Col Gaddafi’s regime.

*Sigh.* And it seems like only yesterday he was unveiling the safest car in the world. Speaking of which, you might be interested in writing for an auto site.

Poor Obama, forced by the UN to adopt the Palin Doctrine. By July he'll be insisting we drill here, drill now.

Look! Boobehs!

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