Thursday, June 16, 2016

Larwyn's Linx: DHS head: gun control, not radical Islamic terrorists, now key part of homeland security

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Nation

DHS head: gun control, not radical Islamists, now key part of homeland security: David Rutz
Islamic Terrorism is Not Domestic Terrorism: Daniel Greenfield
A Nation Adrift: Christian Mercenary

Trump Backs Democrats’ No-Fly List Gun Ban: Jon Gabriel
The Orlando Jihadist and the Blind Sheikh’s Bodyguard: Andrew C. McCarthy
Orlando Wasn't About "Gun Violence" or "Homophobia". It's About Islam.: Daniel Greenfield

Politics, not personalities, will likely determine presidential election: Victor Davis Hanson
Filibuster Ends, Senate Will Consider Gun Proposals, Murphy Says: Roll Call
Obama on Orlando: It’s All About the Guns: Larry Elder

Against a New Assault-Weapon Ban: National Review
Dear Anti-Gun Liberals, Don’t Tell Me Which Gun I ‘Need’ for Self-Defense: David French
Huma Abedin, Daughter of Jihad: Matthew Vadum

Orlando Shooter Turned Away From Gun Store, Owner Says: Charles Passy
Russian government hackers penetrated DNC, stole oppo research on Trump: Ellen Nakashima
Hillary Clinton: The most qualified?: Cal Thomas

Scandal Central

Hillary’s State Department and Omar Mateen’s Mosque: MB
Hillary Clinton Had Secret Memo on Obama Admin 'Support' for ISIS: Patrick Howley
Illegal immigrants who overstay visas hardly ever caught, feds admit: Stephen Dinan

Media

The Corrosive Politics of the New York Times Editorial Board Led to the Orlando Shooting: Patterico
Avoiding Islam, Media Squarely Focuses on Florida AG Pam Bondi as Real Evil After Orlando: Stephen Kruiser
The media's apologetic coverage of Islamic terror: Tarek Fatah

Censorship Is More Dangerous Than Hate Speech: Susan Stamper Brown
Police Cancel Milo Yiannopoulos’ Orlando Speech on Muslims and Gays: Tom Teodorczuk
Terrorist Who Launched Obama’s Career Calls for Ban on Gun Not Used in Democrat Muslim’s Terror Attack: JWF

Omar Mateen’s father explains what might be partly at fault for son’s rampage: Twitchy
Earnest Called Out for Obama’s Focus on GOP Critics: Keith Koffler
First Video Surfaces of Orlando Terrorist Omar Mateen…: Treehouse

World

New ISIS Video: DC, New York, Orlando to Face More Attacks: Clarion
U.N. Human Rights Chief Says U.S. Needs 'Robust Gun Regulation': Patrick Goodenough
Violent, Bloody Scenes From Tuesday's Massive Protests In Paris: ZH

Six Aircraft Carriers Underway Marks Milestone for Navy: Top Officer: Hope Hodge Seck
Why Does Obama Call ISIS 'ISIL'?: Amil Imani (2015)
Dear Paul Ryan: Daniel Greenfield

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

4 Reasons Microsoft Wasted $26.2 Billion To Buy LinkedIn: Peter Cohan
Hacker Proves E-Paper’s Potential Has Been Wasted: Brady Dale
Breitling Emergency II: Katie Vanetten

Cornucopia

Words, Just Words: MOTUS
Hillary’s “Laugh” Explained: Cube
The unemployment situation summed up nicely in one little cartoon: ACC

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QOTD: I’m now going to make an argument for rhetorical effect. It is an argument that I don’t believe, because I believe the moral responsibility for the shooting lies exclusively with Omar Mateen. But my argument is far more plausible than blaming Republicans, and in any event I need to justify the headline of the post — and it’s an argument that I’m willing to bet a lot of you will believe. That argument is this: if anyone besides Omar Mateen is morally responsible for this shooting, it is the very people who deliberately and repeatedly ignore the danger posed by radical Islamic terrorism, to the point where they strain to overlook red flags raised by the behavior of a Muslim. After all, we have heard allegations that Mateen, while working as a security guard for a federal contractor, talked about killing people — and yet, his former co-worker alleges, these complaints fell on deaf ears because he was a Muslim.

And nobody has been more staunch in their refusal to ignore the dangers of radical Islam than the editors of the New York Times, who do not even mention ISIS in this editorial, much less tell their readers that the shooter “pledged allegiance to ISIS and referenced the Tsarnaev brothers, the terrorists who exploded bombs at the 2013 Boston Marathon.”

So if you’re going to blame someone besides Mateen for this shooting, blame the members of the New York Times editorial board. Those members include James Bennet (@jbennet), Terry Tang, Robert B. Semple Jr., Linda Cohn, Vikas Bajaj (@vikasbajaj), Francis X. Clines, Lawrence Downes (@lawrencedownes), Carol Giacomo (@giacomonyt), Mira Kamdar (@mirakamdar), Ernesto LondoƱo, Anna North (@annanorthtweets), Serge Schmemann, Brent Staples (@BrentNYT), Teresa Tritch, Jesse Wegman (@jessewegman), and Elizabeth Williamson (@NYTLiz).

These are the people whose corrosive politics contributed to the murder of 49 people in Orlando. Go hold them responsible." --Patterico

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