No Wonder the U.S. Is Having Such a Hard Time Finding the Right Syrian "Rebels"

The "rebels" have to agree to fight only ISIS and not Bashar Assad, which is clearly a deal-breaker for most of 'em.

As Their Economy Implodes, the Greeks Blame Their Woes on an Old Familiar Scapegoat.

Here's a hint: it isn't Angela Merkel.

A Busy Day for Bovines

First there was the running of the bulls. Then there was CNN's running of the bullsh*t.

60--Count 'Em--60

That's how many Syrians the U.S. has trained to fight ISIS, a number which, as the Globe and Mail observes, apparently sans irony, is "far below expectations."

Don't worry, though. The Obama-led military is currently vetting 7,000 more potential ISIS-fighters, a process which, given how long it took to get though the aforementioned three score, should be completed some time before, say, 2030. (ISIS clearly has the advantage here since its fighters needn't endure such rigorous vetting; 60 sounds to me like the number of jihadis it recruits every couple of days.)

Iran's Rafsanjunki Reaffirms Khomeinist Plans to Wipe Israel Off the Map

What, you thought Obama's nuke deal was going to derail them or something?

Update: Foggy Bottom spokesmuppet Josh Earnest says a nuke deal with Iran merits more jaw-jaw. Iran's chief nuke negotiator Javad Zarif agrees. Hear him sing a song to that effect from Rodger & Hammerstein's South Pacific:

Happy talk, keep talking happy talk.
Don't talk about things you'd like to nuke.
You wanna wipe the map?
Don't take John Kerry's crap.
And you can make your nukin' dreams come true...

Nuke Talks Deadline Extended

Quelle shockeroo (not)!

Update: In light of the Khomeinists' obvious intransigence, here's what Kerry should--but likely won't--do:

 

Update: A sticking point--one of 'em, anyway--"The day before the deadline, Iran says sanctions on their ballistic missile program must be lifted and the UN general arms embargo terminated."

 

Don't you wish Kerry had the stones to say "bite me, mullahs!" to that one?

Frustrated Abbas Calls for Another Intifada

Nice try, Abu Mazen, but the fact is that when it comes to inspiring the Palestinians, you've shown again and again that you're no Yasser (and baruch Hashem for that).

"Final Three Days! Everything Must Go!!! Ultimate Storewide Blowout!!!!!"

That's Mark Steyn's takeaway from his simply dreadful, not-so-glorious Fourth.

Bill Cosby's Quaaludes Info Would Have Never Come To Light Had He Toed the Leftist Line

That's the gist of this article, anyway. (The writer wants us to know that what really makes Cosby so rotten isn't his serial lechery/rape, it's his daring to express conservative views. Had he simply shut up about that "pound cake," his crimes might have remained buried--'Cos we all know that the left goes that extra mile to protect its own.)

Mom Describes Her Daughter's Terrifying Encounter With a "Bullying" Climate Change Balker/Mocker

What's a mother to do when her snowflake encounters a climate change denier grilling a man in a chicken suit? The terrifying run-in is described here:

My daughter’s first protest started off with a fight. 

We were standing in a crowd of vegans on the lawn before Queen’s Park, watching right-wing broadcasting bully Ezra Levant cross-examine a man dressed up like a chicken. 

Lyla asked what he was doing. I told her that he was belittling him, because Levant doesn’t believe climate change is being caused by humans. 

“That’s like calling a blue car yellow,” she responded. “How can he not believe in climate change?” 

She picked up her placard — a green car she designed, with sunflowers for headlights — and marched over to ask him why. 

I let her go. I haven’t decided if this was a good parenting decision or a bad one. In fact, part of me wondered if bringing Lyla to the Jobs, Justice and Climate march would backfire as well...

Backfire? For sure. Now Lyla knows that there are people out there who--quelle horreur!--hold different opinions, knowledge that is all but certain to trigger a trauma. (Wearing a chicken suit to a climate change protest--I'm not sure if that's a micro or a macro aggression. Whatever it is, it's damn funny!)

 

Update: Chicken man sighted at 2:25 of this video:

 

Ten Years After Londonistan's 7/7 Jihadi Attacks, Are We Any Safer?

In a word: nope.