Dinah Lord

Denver: Democratic HQ vandalized during the dark of night...was it an inside job?

Wednesday 8/26 1:09 pm.  Additional updates can be found upthread.

Update Wednesday 8/26:  The Denver Post is now reporting that young Maurice Schwenkler (or someone of the same name) was arrested during the 2008 GOP convention in Minneapolis for unlawful assembly.

Update  11:45 pm:  

Say what? Second suspect in Denver Democratic HQ vandalism a Transgender anarchist?

Update 11:25 pm.  Oh, what a tangled web we weave:  Denver Democratic HQ vandals.  An update.

Vandalism is never the answer...but I have to admit that my first thought was 'INSIDE JOB'. 

Hmmm.  Could it be? 

 From Newsradio 850 KOA:

Someone broke 11 windows at the Colorado Democratic Party's headquarters overnight. The damage appears to target health care reform posters and a picture poster of President Obama. Party chair, Pat Waak, says no other building on the block was hit and the damage appears to be suspicious. Waak says she also noticed something she hadn't seen before. On a nearby wall, a poster against the health care plan had been posted. Denver police say an officer spotted two men using hammers to break the windows last night. When he approached, they took off on bicycles.

One suspect identified as 24-year-old Maurice Schwenkler was arrested. Another suspect who wore a blue sweatshirt, blue jeans and latex gloves is still at large. As the investigation continues, police are not commenting on any possible motive for the vandlalism. (sic)

Update:  According to the latest radio report on KOA a second suspect is now in custody.  No names were released in the report.

 Guess what? According to this document there is a Maurice Shwenkler (seen, left)  affiliated with local 527 organization, the Colorado Citizens Coalition. Gee.  What a coinky-dink.  (Update 9:30pm:  Bigger coinky-dink.  Linky no worky now. Off to see if I can unearth it again.)  Okay - try this.

20085621714 500 11/06/2008 MAURICE SCHWENKLER **** ***** DENVER CO 80204 COMMUNICATION 1166552 M COLORADO CITIZENS' COALITION

A fun fact about the Colorado Citizens' Coalition:

Among the seven groups is the Colorado Citizens’ Coalition, the recipient of $200,000 from the CEA, which lists its mission as “to provide information to Colorado citizens.” The coalition filed reports indicating it was working on behalf of 17 legislative candidates – all Democrats. The coalition and several of the other 527s - Accountability for Colorado, Main Street Colorado, 21st-Century Colorado, Colorado Values - frequently sent money back and forth to each other.

And here the group is identified as being in support of  "progressive political candidates".

Hmmm.  I smell a hammer carrying DemocRAT...

A follow up to yesterday's UK riots - 'Patriot' league v. 'Anti Fascists'

I've always worried about what would happen if/when the Islamists got together with the Liberal/ Progressives/Unions and formed an alliance.  Well, that appears to be happening in the UK - and it makes me concerned that we are on the cusp of it here in the good old US of A.   Read on, possums.  

According to the Guardian:  'Patriot league' plots more clashes with anti fascist activists.

The conflicts began after backers of the English Defence League, which describes itself as "a mixed race group of English people, from businessmen and women, to football hooligans", gathered outside Waterstone's bookshop in a planned demonstration against militant Islam.

Unite Against Fascism mounted a counter demonstration, telling its supporters that "everyone in the area should come along and show these thugs that their brand of vicious racism is not wanted in Birmingham or the West Midlands". Scores of police officers hemmed in the chanting protest group, which denies it is racist. There were violent skirmishes around the fringes of the demonstration.

From a bystander:  

It was chaos," said Hannah Taylor, 24, from London. "I had only come up to do a bit of shopping, and found myself in the middle of a full-blown riot. People with small children were running into shops for cover. The whole city centre just descended into some kind of war zone."

Photos appearing in the Daily Mail about the melee make it appear that the English Defence League were definitely the ones attacked by Unite Against Fascism and the video I posted yesterday from the BBC sure shows that's what happened as well, but check out how the Guardian describes it:

The move comes after their (English Defence League )supporters fought battles with Asian men backed by Unite Against Fascism activists in front of shocked shoppers at the Bull Ring shopping centre.

Here is additional video from the Sunday Mercury regarding the protests.  It clearly shows the chaos and confusion that ensued. 

Now, compare the attacks shown in the video above to the pictures from the Daily Mail found here.  Please note how in the video the faces of the clearly "Asian" instigators are all turned away from the camera, making it difficult to ascertain the assailant's identity or race.  I found that to be quite curious.  In addition, note how the Guardian slyly attempts to tar the English Defence League as the troublemakers and make it sound as if it was ALL their fault:

The move comes after their supporters fought battles with Asian men backed by Unite Against Fascism activists in front of shocked shoppers at the Bull Ring shopping centre.

This is after opening their article with:

Groups that say they are opposed to Islamist extremism are plotting fresh clashes with anti-fascist organisations this summer after violent battles between the two sides in Birmingham city centre led to 35 arrests over the weekend.

The English Defence League and Casuals United, two linked groups, are planning protests against what they see as militant Islam in Manchester, Luton, Harrow and other as yet secret locations, according to a website.

But they somehow neglect to tell you this:  Police ready for clashes at BNP festival.  (from Lancaster Unity - a site dedicated to "taking on the BNP and the other riff-raff on the far right."

Police are to conduct a huge security operation in a Derbyshire village this week amid fears of clashes at an annual British National Party gathering. Eighty coachloads of anti-Fascists (Looks like they are bussing them in - sound familiar?) are to protest over the Red, White and Blue festival in Denby, which is likely to attract thousands of supporters next weekend.

Up to a thousand police officers will be stationed in the village. There was violence last year and greater disruption is expected this time. It is the BNP’s first mass gathering since it won two European seats in June.

Lee Barron, a trade union organiser of the protest, said that a peaceful march was planned and that violent protesters should stay away.

Weyman Bennett, of the Unite Against Fascism group, said that the BNP rally would be a “magnet for Fascists and neo-Nazis from across Europe”. Mr Bennett said: “We want to make sure that there is opposition.”

About the upcoming festival, Lancaster Unity claims:

The BNP advertises its festival as a family event involving historical re-enactments, Morris dancing and a dog show. However, previously there have been complaints by local people about skinheads with vicious dogs descending on their village and playing tapes of Third Reich martial tunes.

Stay tuned, there's surely more to follow.

India: England's Badminton team threatened by Muslim terror group L-e-T

... and are forced to withdraw from the World Championship. 

From the Daily Mail.

England has withdrawn from the World Badminton Championships in India after a Muslim terrorist threat was made against the competition.

The eight-strong squad, including Olympic silver medallist Nathan Robertson, has pulled out of the Hyderabad tournament, which starts tomorrow, following reports of a threat by extremist group Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Badminton England chief executive Adrian Christy said: 'This was an incredibly tough decision and one we didn't take lightly.

UK: 1 in 78 Britons came under state surveillance last year.

Big Brother is alive and well, compadres...

From the Daily Mail. 

Britain's extraordinary march towards a surveillance state is revealed today by shocking new figures.  They show that one request is made every minute for officials to spy on someone's phone records or email accounts.  The number of Big Brother snooping missions by police, town halls and other public bodies has soared by 44 per cent in two years.

Last year there were 504,073 new cases - an average of 1,381 a day. It is the equivalent of one adult in 78 coming under state-sanctioned surveillance. The snoopers are using a law originally aimed at terror suspects. But their targets include people suspected of storing petrol without a licence and bringing a dog into the country without quarantining it.

Everybody's doing it...

A total of 653 state bodies, including 474 local councils, are allowed to use its surveillance powers.  ...<snip>... Other bodies authorised to carry out surveillance include the Financial Services Authority, the Ambulance Service, fire authorities and prison governors.

They are not allowed to find out the content of phone calls and emails, but can access details of when and to whom they were made or sent.  People who are found to have done no wrong have no right to know they were snooped on.

And the Home Office is asking for expanded powers!

Despite the huge number of requests, the Home Office says there is a need to go further than giving public bodies access to phone and internet records.  Under plans unveiled earlier this year, the police and security services would gain access to the public's every internet click and phone call.

This would include, for the first time, monitoring the use of social networking sites such as Facebook. Every internet and phone company would have to allocate an ID to each customer.  They would then have to store details of calls, text messages and internet sites for a minimum of 12 months. The actual content of calls and emails would not be kept.

As well as phone and email checks, councils and other public bodies have been using actual covert surveillance, though undecover agents or hidden cameras.

Speaking of the UK.  You'll also be happy to know that 'poor students will be given a two-grade head start at University.  (Insane.)

Kenton Lewis, head of widening participation at St George's, said: 'Treating everyone the same way is not appropriate and not equitable. It is far more important to consider the context in which someone has achieved their qualifications.

Oh brother.

Now it looks like my picture is up on Gateway Pundit.  (Major facepalm moment.)

Related:
When La Pelosi came to town.

Dinah didn't go down without a fight.

Denver: Nancy Pelosi's Astroturfers Revealed.

Oh Lord. Guess who made the photo of the day over at Hot Air.

Colorado: Obamacare meet and greet in Brighton

Local Rep Ed Perlmutter, D - CO had a grocery store gabfest in Brighton today.  It was held at the local King Soopers and the format was highly structured and restricted to constituents only.   After seeing Ed Perlmutter on the video, I DO wonder if he read the bill.  From the article accompanying the video:  

"This was never set up to be a town hall, we're at a private business and King Soopers has been nice enough to accommodate us," said Perlmutter.

Many carried signs outside the Brighton grocery story, and as the weather got hotter, so did the debate among opposing sides in the crowd.

"Hey, hey, ho-ho, the status quo has got to go," chanted supporters of healthcare reform.

The opposition followed with, "Obama's got to go!"

Brighton Police and King Soopers security kept a close eye on the crowd, but despite their efforts, one King Soopers customer reported being accidentally knocked down by the crowd outside the store.

Perlmutter got a bull horn and asked the crowd for their cooperation, and the event continued without incident, however businesses in the area complained the crowd kept regular customers away for much of the afternoon.

Channel 7 ABC's report pretty much toes the Democratic party line and can be found here.  CBS Channel 4 video reveals that Mr. Perlmutter is still "plowing through the details" of the bill but has learned his talking points quite well.

His next meeting will be a 'telephonic town hall'.    (Another Democratic chicken shi&)

UK: Muhammed Ali to visit ancestral home in Ireland.

Koran Kisser

Who knew renowned Muslim convert Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali was a son of the old sod?

Ali's great-grandfather Abe Grady emigrated from his home on the Turnpike Road in Ennis to the United States in the 1860s.

Grady sailed from Cappa Harbour in Kilrush, Co Clare, eventually settling in Kentucky, where he married an African-American woman.

Their son also married an African-American and one of the daughters of that union was Ali's mother, named Odessa Lee Grady.

She married Cassius Clay, senior, and they settled in Louisville, where their son was initially given his father's name on his birth in 1942. He later changed his name to Muhammad Ali when he converted to the Nation of Islam after winning the world title in 1964.

Mayor Neylon said further details of Ali's visit would be finalised during a special meeting of Ennis Town Council on Monday week.

Bonus there's-no-place-like-home footage below the fold when Hillary visits Obama'a ancestral home and shakes her money maker.

Denver: Nancy Pelosi's Astroturfers revealed

I just discovered that fellow Coloradan, El Marco over at Looking at the Left, has put up a fantastic photo essay on the Pelosi scrum in Denver this week.  Not only are there some great photos (way better than Dinah's) there is also a thorough expose of the techniques used by the left to gin up  'support' for the hideous Obamacare.  Can you say "Quien sabe?"

What we were up against...
Photo from El Marco - muchas gracias.

Please do yourself a favor and check it out.  I think you'll find it to be very enlightening.

Related:  La Pelosi comes to town and a moonbat attacks.
                   Dinah didn't go down without a fight.

More liberals behaving badly - this time it's HR David Cook D-GA

Disgraceful.  So this is what passes for public service today.  In this meeting with constituents, David Cook chastises them, his responses dripping with condescension.  He's downright rude and goes so far as to accuse the audience members of 'lacking decency' for having the temerity to ask a health care question when the floor was opened up to questions.   What an arrogant little SOB.   He even infers that the questioner is not one of his constituents (he is) and attempts to belittle him. 

Thanks to the folks at Hot Air for bringing his atrocious conduct to light.  (there's more raw video of the incident at the link) 

I pray it will result in a career change in Mr Cook's not too distant future.  Like 2010.

UK: Government's £285m Mortgage Rescue Scheme helps just TWO families

The program's been up and running since January.  Two families.

The Obama admin's plan isn't working so well, either.