Co-Founder of Apple Steve Jobs Dead at the Age of 56

Remembering that you are going to die, is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking that you have something to lose. You are already naked, there is no reason not to follow your heart. (Steve Jobs, 2005)

Steve Jobs: 1995 – 2011 … Rest in Peace

Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple has died at the age of 56. Sadly, we knew this day was coming as Jobs battled pancreatic cancer, but we just did not want to believe it. He recently stepped down from Apple and many knew that this day was inevitable.  However, what this man did and his vision he brought forth in life … will last an eternity. What an amazing affect this man, who never graduated college, had on all of us and the world. His family said in a released statement by Apple, Mr. Jobs “died peacefully today surrounded by his family.”

Watch Steve Jobs inspiration speech for the 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

Steve Jobs talks about death, “if you live each die as if it was your last, someday you will most certainly be right”. Jobs would ask himself every day when he looked in the mirror, if today was the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” Whenever the answer was no for too many days in a row, Jobs knew he had to change something.

From the Boston Globe:

“He taught all of us how to transform technology into magic,” said John Sculley, Apple’s chief executive in the mid-1980s, and the man who once had Jobs kicked out of the company he’d co-founded.

After he was ousted, Jobs endured a decade of exile. But the experience taught him lessons that would, once he returned, help him lead Apple to unimaginable heights of achievement.

I remember my first Mac, actually it was a Macintosh, as I just dated myself. Typing away and trying to finish my senior thesis for history. I look back on that experience and am in awe just how far we have come in the PC world and just how before its time that Mac really was. Oh those days of the floppy disk.

Steve Jobs, you will be missed, Rest in Peace.

UPDATE I: From Michelle Malkin comes an interesting and appropriate analysis in the face of the anti-capitalist rallies in NYC and across the US juxtaposed to the passing of Steve Jobs. What would the world be like without the vision o Steve Jobs, are we supposed to be upset that he made money fro his visions and hard work? Not in the slightest.

Al Qaeda Terrorist Cleric Anwar al-Awlaki Dead … Confirmed, the ‘FACEBOOK FRIEND FROM HELL’ Killed in Yemen

Al Qaeda terrorist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki won’t be down for breakfast. According to confirmed Yemen and US officials,  the American born cleric al-Awlaki has been killed in Yemen.  Anwar al-Awlaki has been linked to many terrorist attacks on the United States, including the Fort Hood Massacre,  the attempted Christmas Day underwear bombing and the Times Square bomb plot. Al-Awlaki was killed about 5 miles from the Yemeni town of Khashef, east of the capital city of Sanaa.

The American-born radical cleric al-Qaeda Anwar al-Awlaki, a major jihadist figure who U.S. officials say inspired several terror plots against the U.S., was killed overnight in Yemen, U.S. and Yemeni officials told ABC News.

A senior U.S. official told ABC News the U.S. had been tracking al-Awlaki for some time and had just been waiting for the perfect moment to strike. A Yemeni official said al-Awlaki was killed along with an unknown number of al Qaeda confederates, possibly in a drone strike.

As we like to say … “Good riddance to bad rubbish”. The folks at Wizbang second the motion. As reported at the Jawa Report, it was first reported that Yemeni forces were responsible for the killing of the American born traitor terrorist al-Awlaki; however, it is looking more like a US drone attack.

Born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, al-Awlaki lived in the United State until the age of seven when his family returned to Yemen. Al-Awlaki returned to the United States in 1991 for college and remained until 2002.

It was during that time that as an imam in California and Virginia, al-Awlaki preached to and interacted with three of the September 11 hijackers, according to the 9/11 Commission Report. He publicly condemned the attack afterward.

UPDATE I: al-Qaida Internet recruiting just took a hit … Anwar al-Awlaki DEAD!

Anwar al-Awlaki, American-born, a gifted Muslim preacher and savvy Internet operator, became a powerful al-Qaida tool for recruiting in the West, its English-speaking voice spreading a terrorist credo via a blog, social media posts and email exchanges.

UPDATE II: Jenifer Griffin  from FOX News that it was a US missile that took him out; however, it is not confirmed what platform the missile came from, i.e. drone, aircraft, etc.

UPDATE III: WHAT??? CBS calls al-Qaida  … al Qaeda’s franchise in Yemen. Does CBS News think that  al-Qaida is like McDonald’s or Burger King … a franchise, ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!  NEWSFLASH TO CBS … AL QAEDA IS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION!!!

Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born radical Islamic preacher who rose to the highest level of al Qaeda’s franchise in Yemen, has been killed.

Death to Tea Party Zombies … No Double Standard Here Now is There?

ITS BEING BILLED AT TEA PARTY ZOMBIELAND  … if only it was that cool and not so hypocritical. Yup, no promoting violence here against the Tea party and GOP … but that’s Ok.

As reported at the National Review Online, shoot a Tea Party Zombie and win a prize. Unreal.This is what it has come to? The LEFT went mental when Sarah Palin used bulls-eyes to target areas and politicians on  a map and called it a threat of violence, yet actually shooting Sarah Palin, Bill O’Reilly and Newt Gingrich in a virtual computer game id just A-O-K.

Hey kids, hear about the latest rage? It’s “Tea Party Zombies Must Die” an exciting new first-person shooter “Advergame.” Here’s how it’s described:

DON’T GET TEA-BAGGED! The Tea Party zombies are walking the streets of America. Grab your weapons and bash their rotten brains to bits! Destroy zombie Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Glenn Beck, the Koch Brothers, and many more!

Could you imagine if such a game was created for taking out the LEFT? More at The Gateway Pundit including screen shots.

Another Democrat Politician Bites the Dust … Louis Magazzu Resigns After Posting his Package On the Web

Another day and another politician resigning from office due to sending naked pics of his manhood on line. UNREAL. This time its New Jersey Democrat Cumberland County freeholder Louis Magazzu. What is wrong with these people? Good riddance to another perv.

A politician who emailed a woman nude photos of himself that were posted on a GOP activist’s website has resigned and said he will consider all legal options to have the pictures taken down.

New Jersey democrat Louis Magazzu, 53, admitted sending the photos to the woman he said he had been corresponding with online for several years.

He claims she requested the pictures but was working with an ‘avowed political enemy’ at the time and that he did not know.

Quite the scary pic of Louis Magazzu and his “man junk” at Weasel Zippers.

Pressure Mounts … Anthony Weiner Reported to be Resigning in Wake of Weinergate

It would appear that Anthony Weiner’s rope is at an end … according to sources close to Weiner, he will resign.

As reported at the Politico, Anthony Weiner (D-NY) is going to step down from Congress and resign. This scandal and story has gone on far too long. Any individual with any common sense or shame would have resigned two days after the scandal surfaced. Big Government is saying that the resignation will come today.  There will be a presser at his office at 2 today.

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) will resign from his seat in Congress, heeding calls from President Barack Obama, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and dozens of other congressional Democrats, sources confirm to POLITICO.

The resignation ends nearly three weeks of tumultuous political controversy since the New York congressman sent a lewd picture of himself over Twitter on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend. After spending over a week claiming that the photo was sent by someone who hacked his account, Weiner admitted last Monday that he had sent it himself, and that he had carried on online sexual relationships with at least six women in the last three years.

It was just last week that news stories were released that Weiner was considering resigning from office as more and more sordid details were released. However, as we stated from the outset of this scandal, it was only a matter of time. Weiner was just biding his time and extending this scandal for no other reason than to try and save his political career. That was never going to happen. He was toast then and he is toast now.

More from NewsBusters … how will the MSM react to Weiner going bye, bye?

UPDATE I: WEINER OUT!!!

Anthony Weiner Finally Considers Resigning Amid Sexting/Pic Scandal … Weiner Watch Is On

Reality may be starting to set in with Rep.  Anthony Weiner (D-NY) … he must go.

After weeks of defiant denial that Weiner had done anything wrong and that his Twitter account was hacked, then an admission he sent the pics and sexting with no offer of resignation, Anthony Weiner is now considering leaving office, according to the NY Daily News. Did Weiner actually think that this story was going to go away and that he could hide behind going off the rehab?

VIDEO Hat Tip: The Gateway Pundit

Rep. Anthony Weiner finally began considering Sunday the possibility that he may have to resign, as yet another cache of embarrassing photos appeared.

A source close to the congressman told the Daily News that he had been adamant about keeping his seat – even amid daily new revelations of his reckless sexting.

However, more pics came out of Weiner over the weekend published at TMZ of a shirtless Weiner at the Congressional gym. Nice use of tax payer $’s Weiner. Between the admission that he had sent messages to an underage 17 year old girl and the calls for his resignation from the Democrat power brokers … it would appear that Weiner will not be hanging on to his Representative position much longer.

It is apparent that the Weiner pics that are out there and only the tip of the ice berg. This scandal of pics and sexting is the cockroach principle, where there is one, there are many more that have yet to be seen. How this guy does not have the good sense to just leave office only shows just how important they think they are. Then again, what else could Weiner do in the private sector?

How sad that it took media attention and other Democrats to tell Weiner to do what he should have had his own good sense to do himself. However, by his actions Weiner obviously is a narcissist and makes it all about him in his personal life and politics. The Weiner Watch is on.

Reversal of Fortune: Democrat Minority House Leader Pelosi, Debbie Wasserman Schultz & Steve Israel Now Asks For Weiner to Resign

WEINER WATCH IS ON … WILL HE LAST THE WEEKEND?

Good grief, the Democrats and Weinergate are reminding me of the old Yankee Billy Martin and George Steinbrenner Miller Lite Commercials, you’re hired, you’re fired, you’re hired. Could the Democrat powers that be please make up their mind?

In a reversal of fortune from her previous position on Anthony Weiner, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is now asking Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) to resign from office. However, it’s not only Pelosi, but also Democrat power players Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Steve Israel, the chairmen of the Democratic National Committee and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, who are now asking Weiner to step down. It was just yesterday that Nancy Pelosi said that Weiner could stay and declined to call for Weiner’s resignation.Of course this was rather hypocritical in that Pelosi has previously called for GOP members of the House to step down amid sex scandals. I guess Weiner sending messages to 17 year old girls has changed their minds.

Amid increasing calls for Rep. Anthony Weiner to resign, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi says the decision should be up to the congressman and his New York constituents.

The former speaker said in San Francisco that she believes the decision should be made by “the individual member” and the people in his district.

STICK A FORK IN HIM, WEINER IS DONE. As stated at Weasel Zippers … He’s Toast. It doesn’t really matter any more what Weiner’s constituents think or that in a poll they said they want Weiner to stay, Democrats have heard an earful in the last two weeks across the country that they will not tolerate this type of behavior, even from a progressive Democrat. he must go. For Democrats it’s no longer about Weiner, it’s about the 2012 election and the shellacking they will take if they do nothing about Weiner.

However, a defiant, or is it deviant Weiner says he will not resign, but will instead take a leave from the House and enter sex rehab.

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No way Weiner, sex rehab ain’t going to cut it … you must go.

Anthony Weiner Finally Admits It Was his Weiner in the Tweeter Pic and Weiner Sent it

Oh what a tangled weiner he weaves, when Weiner practices to deceive …

Anthony Weiner finally admitted today that it was his weiner in the pics and he was the sender of the tweeted weiner pic. However, that was just the tip of the iceberg. Weiner also was forced to admit that that he engaged in several inappropriate on-line relationships with six woman over the past three years. NICE. That must have gone over well with Mrs. Weiner.

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Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York said today he has engaged in “several inappropriate” electronic relationships with six women over three years, and that he publicly lied about a photo of himself sent over Twitter to a college student in Seattle over a week ago.

“I take full responsibility for my actions,” Weiner said. “The picture was of me, and I sent it.”

You take full responsibility? Hardly. Sorry Weiner, but you denied this story from the outset and attacked those that were telling the truth. You went after Andrew Breitbart and called him a liar. It wasn’t that long ago that you called yourself the victim. Who in the end was the devious, lying sack of garbage? What a shock, the politician. The only reason why this liar came forwarded and admitted his wrong doing was the The announcement came as ABC News prepared to release an interview with Meagan Broussard, a 26-year-old single mother from Texas. Your goose was cooked.

Democrat House minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) calls for an ethics investigation for Anthony Weiner. Pelosi says that she is disappointed over Weinergate. Is she disappointed and saddened over what occurred, or that he finally had to come clean and admit he was guilty of tweeting winer pics?

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Anthony Weiner’s “Weinergate Tweets” is a Throbbing Headache & Sign of Terrible Damage Control and Story Falling Apart Fast

A note to politicians, if you want to play on the net, you better be prepared to answer to those in the new media …

What are politicians thinking these days? Do they really believe that a lame attempt at damage control and lack of answers is going to suffice in the Internet age?  If you live by the Tweet you will die by it as well. If a politician wants to delve into the Internet world, you best be prepared to answer questions and be prepared for a new type of damage control. As stated by the NY Daily News,  Anthony Weiner’s bulging controversy a classic example of abysmal damage control.

Pic Hat Tip: Vanderbilt ’11

Weinergate ain’t Watergate, not even close.

But they’re both classic examples of abysmal damage control.

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Weinergate: Anthony Weiner Claims he Didn’t Send the Pic, But Can’t Say that the Package Pic is His … What?

WEINERGATE HAS LEGS. Weiner can neither confirm nor deny whether its his wiener.

Congressman Weiner claims he was the victim of a prank, however, with a real big but. Are you kidding, House member Anthony Weiner (D-NY) denies that he sent the now infamous “weiner” pic but then says that he can’t say with certitude whether the photo is of him? Ok, this is a head shaking moment. For one to question whether the lewd pic belongs to Weiner would mean at one point Weiner as taken pics of his, um drum roll … wiener. He claims his twitter account was hacked but cannot say that the picture is or is not of him? This is some major BS, even coming from a politician.

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Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) said Wednesday that he can’t say “with certitude” whether or not a lewd below-the-belt photo depicted his body, but he insisted that he did not tweet the picture to a  21-year old college student in Seattle, Wash.

Let’s just say the obvious. Had this scandal been of a Republican, the MSM would have made this story such news and driven the 24-7 news cycle that the GOP’er would have been forced to resign from office. However, not for the liberal Weiner. Even as the “Weiner” lashes back at the liberal MSM, they are not calling for his head.

However, as The Other McCain writes … the MSM can no longer dodge “Weinergate”. Take a look see at the fantastic summary of accounts of the trials and tribulations of Anthony Weiner. A very good read, indeed. How many times do politicians have to be told, the cover-up is always worse than the crime.

Good grief … Twitter can be so unforgiving.