Tuesday, March 04, 2014

BOEHNER BRAGS OF EASY REELECTION: won't repeal Obamacare, top priority is Amnesty for illegal aliens

In a surprisingly candid interview with his hometown newspaper, Johnny Boehner admitted that his top priorities are Amnesty and not repealing Obamacare. In that order. Confident of his reelection, Johnny doesn't seem to remember that the citizens of his district have a choice: in this case, a very capable young conservative named J.D. Winteregg.

West Chester Republican John Boehner said he is confident he can win a third term as House speaker, despite his rocky three years in the post and his narrow re-election to that leadership slot in 2013.

It won’t even be close,” Boehner said of his re-election as speaker...

On immigration: Boehner wants 'to get it done'


Boehner defended his approach to the politically dicey issue of immigration. In January, he and other GOP leaders outlined a set of principles to reform the immigration system. But shortly afterward, Boehner said he didn’t think he could move an agreement this year, arguing that Republicans didn’t trust Obama enough to implement border security measures.

On Monday, he told The Enquirer immigration was a key area of agreement between him and Obama and they talked about it at the White House last week. “He wants to get it done. I want to get it done...”

GOP wants to make Obamacare more affordable


House Republicans will unveil an eight-to-10-point plan in two to three months that is aimed a [sic] fixing the Affordable Care Act, Boehner said.

Affordability is the top problem with the president’s health plan, he said.

Let's put this in simple terms:

• Boehner doesn't give a crap what the people of OH-8 think.

• Rather than protect America's defense budget, combat unemployment, push for Keystone XL, or investigate the most lawless administration in American history, Boehner's priority is Amnesty and handing Obama a political victory.

• And, once again violating a promise, Boehner has no intention of repealing Obamacare -- he's going to 'fix' it.

Does this p*** you off as much as it p***es me off?

I urge you to donate time or money to J.D. Winteregg, Boehner's conservative challenger in OH-8.

Send a message to this disastrous "leader" that his time is up. It's time for him to enter the private sector.


Larwyn's Linx: The 2014 Democrat Slogan: “F. U. America”

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Nation

The 2014 Democrat Slogan: “F. U. America”: Erick Erickson
Campaign of Cannibalism: Christian Mercenary
Freedom Is Not Free: Thomas Sowell

President Not-Present: Tom Blumer
Destroying the U.S. Military: Alan Caruba
Obama Makes Wars More Likely: Mona Charen

Hey Connecticut, 1933 Berlin called, they want their Gestapo back: Bullets First
WHEN THEY COME: A Warning to Connecticut Police: Bob Owens
Connecticut Carry to State: We Dare You To Enforce Your Gun Ban: AmmoLand

Obama unlawfully delays Obamacare again to protect Senate: Scoop
#NCSen: Hagan’s approval rating falls to 33 percent: David Freddoso
15,000 'Stuck' In Washington State's Obamacare Exchange: TruthRevolt

Economy

Obamacare may force UNC to cut hours for 6,500: CampusReform
Mortgage Loan Originations Lowest Since November 2008, Down 60%: Mish
It Begins: Gazprom Warns European Gas "Supply Disruptions" Possible: ZH

Scandal Central

Who put "acute political pressure" on Lois Lerner "to crack down" on conservatives?: Althouse
Trey Gowdy on Lois Lerner’s Testimony: She Needs To Save Herself Or Go Down In Flames: Nice Deb
Stealing Texas: Dan Spencer

America Is a Communist Country: Nicholas James Pell, Taki's Mag
Cuomo’s Office Illegally Using State Resources?: MenRec
One in Three Say They’ve Been Personally Hurt by Obamacare: Corner

Media

The 2013 Right Wing News Conservative Website Awards (12th Annual): RWN
PC Nightmare: Muslim barber refuses to cut hair of lesbian: Whose rights trump whose?: Unyielding
RNC ignores Sarah Palin in recognizing GOP women trailblazers: RWN

World

LEVIN: The greatest threat our allies have right now is OBAMA!: Scoop
McCain: Crimea Crisis Caused by Obama Fecklessness: Arutz Sheva
Britain Rules Out Russia Sanctions in Secret Briefing Document Caught by Photog: AmPower

John Kerry On Mitt Romney And Russia THEN And NOW: Glob
Glenn Beck's revealing video montage: Hillary Clinton, Obama, Kerry on Russia: Unyielding
Exclusive: New thesis on how Stuxnet infiltrated Iran nuclear facility: Mark Clayton

Poland Demands NATO Stop Screwing Around: Real Revo
It’s an Obama World… Gays Perform First Drag Show on US Military Base: GWP
U.S. Military Hires Terror-tied Chaplains: Pamela Geller

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Ring wearable device puts the power right at your fingertip: Slashgear
Massive new AIRSHIP to enter commercial service at British dirigible base: Register
New Hebrides trench: First look at unexplored deep sea: BBC

Cornucopia

Vladimir Putin's Amazing Superpowers: Cube
Hey Barry! The Eighties Called: They Want Their Leader Back: MOTUS
America's chicken has come home to roost!: Hopenchange

Image: WHEN THEY COME: A Warning to Connecticut Police
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QOTD: "[Sarah Palin] warned that our response to Russia invading Georgia was so tepid and that Obama’s comments were so tepid that it would encourage Russia in the future to, perhaps, invade Ukraine. They’ve always wanted complete control of the Black Sea, that’s where their navy is. The Ukraine is a sovereign nation. And look what’s happened.

You’ve got, with all due respect, you’ve got a former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who is really incompetent, she has no background in this, you’ve got “mashed potato face,” he’s in there as Secretary of State, he doesn’t know what he’s doing. You’ve got the President of the United States, who really is just, I can’t think of anything that he touches that doesn’t turn to crap. And you’ve got one of the dumbest people ever to step inside the Beltway as Secretary of Defense.

Putin’s an old KGB thug. He’s running circles around these guys. It’s infuriating, if you love your country, to watch this happening to us internationally. And what is Obama going to do this week? He’s going to bring in Netanyahu and beat up on him and tell him you gotta cut a deal, or we may not be able to defend Israel. Everything this guy touches, domestic or foreign, I’m serious here, turns to crap." --Mark Levin

Monday, March 03, 2014

The 10 Cars With the Most Obnoxious Drivers

Hey, but if you drive one of these, I'm sure you're the exception...

10. Toyota Prius
They should have called it the Toyota Sanctimonius. That sidelong glare you get when you pass one? It means you're driving too fast. Wasting precious gasoline. Defiling Gaia. Reveling in your carbon footprint. You, my friend, are the enemy of mankind. And all Prius drivers.

9. 1990's-Vintage Modified Honda Civic
Yes, this is the infamous "Ricer", equipped with fart pipe, sub-$250 body kit, partially-finished paint job and Formula One-style spoiler. It must, of course, be lowered sufficiently to scrape the pavement like a spatula. And its driver must try to race every single car on the road, including pickups towing cabin cruisers, ice cream trucks, and Soccer Moms in their Caravans.

NINTH CIRCUIT: Yes, We Approve of the Violent Balkanization of the United States Like Yugoslavia

In case you haven't heard about the bizarre Ninth Circuit decision regarding students punished for wearing American flag T-shirts to school, please consider:

Yesterday, the 9th US Circuit ruled that the display of the American flag could be banned in a school if enough hoodlums threatened violence and the school lacked the will to do anything about it.

Apparently Live Oaks High School in Morgan Hill, CA allows a celebration of Cinco de Mayo. Cinco de Mayo, as we know is a Mexican holiday that was popularized in the US by chain restaurants wanting to sell super-sized margaritas and Dos Equis beer. Why that day? When it is safe to say 99% of the people celebrating it and a higher percentage of the students at Live Oak High School, regardless of heritage have never heard of the Battle of Puebla and couldn’t find it on a map. I don’t know.

Some American students, and I use that term deliberately without regards to ethnicity, objected to the giving over of the school to Mexico for the day and protested it by wearing American flags or American flag apparel...

...Rather than take action against those threatening violence, the principal, showing the moral and physical courage the educational establishment is so famous for, sent home the kids wearing American flags, in an American school, in freakin United States of America.

Would you be surprised to find out that California is ranked 47th in 8th grade science scores?

Or that 40 percent of California's children aren't fluent in English?

Or that 44 percent of incoming freshmen into the California state university system need help with remedial English and math?

And, most importantly, "it is forbidden to notice that there is a cause-and-effect relationship between illegal immigration and these woes"?

Multilingualism rips countries apart. The term Balkanization -- represented by countries like Yugoslavia -- is "the process of fragmentation or division of a region or state into smaller regions or states that are often hostile" to one another.

Multilingualism promotes division.

Ultimately, multilingualism promotes civil war.

The Ukraine is but another example, its history rife with division and conflict even today.

Fast forward to the collapse of the Soviet Union, and we find that that fundamental division made hundreds of years ago, between East and West, Ukrainian and Russian speakers, is now a central issue. Once again, our bad neighbor to the East is trying to sweep Ukraine into its stifling embrace, exploiting the ancient divisions it helped cause.

The undeniable fact is this: Democrats embrace multiculturalism, which asserts that all cultures -- no matter how primitive or backward -- are equal. Democrats embrace multilingualism, which prevents assimilation. Democrats embrace division, not a harmonious civil society.

And the Ninth Circuit's ludicrous decision affirms that we are indeed on the path to a dissolution of the Republic.


Hat tip: BadBlue News

CAVALCADE OF HATRED: Obama threatens Israel, Chapter XVILMX

Why is it that Obama saves his harshest rhetoric for Israel and the Tea Party? That's a rhetorical question. Please consider the following headlines from recent days:

Obama warns of 'fallout' for Israel if peace effort fails

President Barack Obama, issuing a veiled warning to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the eve of talks, said in an interview published on Sunday it would be harder for Washington to defend Israel against efforts to isolate it internationally if U.S.-led Middle East peace talks fail.

Obama 'Threatens' Israel to Accept Peace Terms

Israel's mainstream media on Monday viewed US President Barack Obama's recent interview with Bloomberg as a direct threat that the Jewish state had better accept America's Middle East peace proposal, or else... In the interview, held in the Oval Office last Thursday, Obama appeared to lay all the blame for the lack of a peace deal with the Palestinians squarely on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's shoulders.

'US pressuring Israel to stop killing Iran nuclear scientists'

The United States is reportedly pressuring Israel to stop assassinating Iranian nuclear scientists, a number of whom have been mysteriously killed in a campaign thought to be carried out by Mossad... According to CBS News, Obama administration officials have communicated to Israeli intelligence their wish for a cessation of the targeting of scientists in order to allow diplomatic negotiations aimed at rolling back Iran’s nuclear program to take their course... [I]t is widely believed that Mossad agents carried out the hits in an effort to slow down Iran’s nuclear development as well as to deter the country’s top scientific minds from cooperating with the government’s clandestine weapons program.

Obama Threatens Israel to get a Deal with the Palestinians

In an interview with Bloomberg published yesterday, President Obama took to lecturing and threatening Israel, implying that he, and not the Israeli leadership, knows what’s best for the country and warning that if peace talks fail it would be difficult for the U.S. “to manage the international fallout.”

Senior Russian Official: ‘We Expect All Sanctions on Iran to be Lifted’

The Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in Russia’s parliament, Mikhail Margelov, said on Monday that his country expects all economic sanctions against Iran to be removed immediately, Israeli daily Ma’ariv reported.

Iranian TV airs simulated bombing of Tel Aviv, US aircraft carrier

Iranian state TV on Friday ran a documentary featuring a computerized video of Iran’s drones and missiles bombing Tel Aviv, Haifa, Ben Gurion Airport and the Dimona nuclear reactor in a hypothetical retaliation for an Israeli or American strike on the Islamic Republic.

Iranian drones and missiles are also shown carrying out simulated strikes on the American aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, downing American aircraft and striking American military targets in the Persian Gulf.

The clip was broadcast amid a clear escalation of anti-American rhetoric and even action by Iran: On Saturday, an Iranian admiral announced that Iran had despatched warships to the North Atlantic, while Iran’s spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denounced the Americans as liars who, while professing to be friends of Iran, would bring down his regime if they could. He also said it was “amusing” that the US thought Iran would reduce its “defensive capabilities.”

Can there be any doubt in anyone's mind what this president thinks of Israel?

One need only review his well-documented ties to a veritable cavalcade of hatred, a set of relationships completely covered up by legacy media.


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Larwyn's Linx: The Coming Collapse of the Welfare State

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Nation

The Coming Collapse of the Welfare State: Daniel Greenfield
When Failure is Success: Victor Davis Hanson
A Frightening View of the World Ahead: Clark Judge

Rubio, Cruz Lead GOP Response To Obama Weakness on Putin: Hugh Hewitt
Embarrassing tweets from 2012: IJ Review
Three anti-ObamaCare floats spotted at Mardi Gras in liberal New Orleans: FAM

Obama skips national security meeting on Ukraine: Another happy hour?: RWN
Holder's 'Rule of Law': Herald
Gay, Lesbian Troops In Drag Perform At Kadena Air Base: John Hawkins

CT “Assault Weapon” Letter Developments: Gun Digest
Firearms and Freedom: Benefits from Obama: AmmoLand
NJ Gun Law Critic Targeted By Police 72 Hours Prior To Hearing: Dan Roberts

Economy

Single mom thanked Obama for her $169/mo insurance, until...: David Freddoso
On state liquor regulation and the “three-tier” system: Overlawyered
Hey progressives, just admit it. Obamacare is a disaster: Poor Richard

Scandal Central

All the President's IRS Agents: Kimberley Strassel
Lerner to Testify on Her Role in IRS Targeting Scandal (UPDATE: Not True?): Rick Moran
Ex-con Chicago alderman back on ballot latest Illinois embarrassment: John Ruberry

Climate & Energy

Great Lakes Approaching 100% Ice Cover – For The First Time On Record: Steven Goddard
New Global Warming Report a Disgrace: Tom Harris
Apple CEO Tim Cook says climate change deniers can 'get out of Apple stock': Cassie Fambro

Media

Fastest, Easiest Way to Find Hot Conservative News Stories: Politisite
Albert Brooks' Tweet Sums Up Obama's Russian Invasion Press Conference: IJR
Leftist Papers Begrudgingly Admit Palin was Right About Russia: TruthRevolt

Kerry goes on Sunday Talk show circuit – refuses to go on FOX News Sunday: Politisite
Street Posters Mocking Obama (and Oscars) Can’t Be Making Awards Folks Happy: Blaze

Because in Russia All Our Former Peoples Are Belong To Us: MOTUS
A Storm is Brewing on the Horizon: Freedom Outpost
Preparing for martial law: Conscience

World

Putin Smashes Washington’s Cocoon: Walter Russell Mead
Kerry Disputes That Putin Seized Crimea Because He Thought Obama Wouldn’t Act: CNS
Ukraine: Back In The USSR?: Crockett Lives

'US pressuring Israel to stop killing Iran nuclear scientists': JPost
U.S. Military Hiring Muslim Brotherhood Chaplains - Again: Ryan Mauro
Colorado: Fort Collins now marked by 70-foot minaret at new mosque: Creeping

Collectivism, Socialism, Communism, World Change: 40 Quotes To Make You Think: NoisyRm
White House lets Islamic Leader who advocates death penalty for homosexuality tour U.S.: Post
A Depressing Overview of the History of Ukraine: Ricochet

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

10 Things That Digital Business Leaders Do: CIO Insight
Ellen Breaks Most-Retweeted Record With All-Star Selfie At Oscars: MarketingLand
Gartner: 195M Tablets Sold In 2013, Android Grabs Top Spot From iPad: TechCrunch

Cornucopia

With Sorrow We Share… The Journey’s End: Last Refuge
Obama sings 'Crimea River' and other greatest hits: Cube
"After my election I'll have more flexibility.....": Diogenes

Image: Ellen Breaks Most-Retweeted Record With All-Star Selfie At Oscars
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QOTD: "Yes, I could see this one from Alaska. I'm usually not one to Told-Ya-So, but I did, despite my accurate prediction being derided as ‘an extremely far-fetched scenario’ by the ‘high-brow’ Foreign Policy magazine. Here’s what this ‘stupid’ ‘insipid woman’ predicted back in 2008: ‘After the Russian Army invaded the nation of Georgia, Senator Obama's reaction was one of indecision and moral equivalence, the kind of response that would only encourage Russia's Putin to invade Ukraine next.’”" --Sarah Palin

Sunday, March 02, 2014

TERROR, TORTURE, MURDER: The Horrifying Truth Behind America's Open Borders Policy

For those leftists, progressives, and other miscreants who believe that an open border policy is humane, please consider this report by Óscar Martínez:

It was February 2007 when 300 people had disappeared from a town called Altar.

All were Mexican and Central American migrants who were concentrated in this town of Sonora, bordering Arizona, waiting to find a opportunity, where they could enter the United States.

The narcos, omnipotent narcos, kidnap migrants from Altar heading to the crossing points. Altar is 100 kilometers from the border, but it is the town where the migrants gather supplies before heading towards the unforgiving desert, which can be so cold that it burns or so hot that it burns.

After gathering hoodies, coats, gloves, hats, those who attempt to battle the desert travel 100 kilometers of dirt road between Altar and El Sasabe to reach the border and choose a location where they will attempt to pass. Locations with names such as, el poste verde, el carro quemado, el cerrito (green pole, burning car, little mountain).

It was in that stretch of land, controlled by “Halcones” (narco lookouts), that the migrants were taken from the trucks that were transporting them to El Sasabe.

Some 15 trucks had been detained and all - drivers, coyotes, and migrants - had been kidnapped and taken to a nearby ranch. There, at the ranch, many were tortured. Some of the migrants had their ankles shattered as a punishment for those who were attempting to walk in the desert.

House Intel Chairman: We'll Continue Unraveling the Benghazi Lies, Starting With Mike Morell

Guest post by Investor's Business Daily

Benghazi: Former CIA acting Director Mike Morell might be recalled for testimony to determine if he misled Congress and doctored the White House response to a terrorist attack to ensure President Obama's re-election.

The administration's tangled web of Benghazi lies might be unraveling some more. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., has told Fox News that Morell, a former deputy director and twice acting director of the Central Intelligence Agency, will likely be recalled to testify.

The recall comes after new charges surfaced that Morell misled Congress about what he knew regarding the 2012 Benghazi attack and when he knew it. There are also questions about his role in altering the talking points about the attack on our diplomatic mission to benefit Obama's re-election campaign and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential run.

On Thursday, three senators who met with Morell and Susan Rice in late 2012 called for the former U.N. ambassador to testify before Congress as well.

Rice, now national security adviser, appeared on five Sunday talk shows five days after the attack, blaming it on protests. She recently reiterated that the talking points were based on the best-available intelligence.

We knew that was not true, and we now know Morell knew it was not true. As Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has noted, ample intelligence on the night of, and in the days after, the attack indicated there was no protest.

Can You Say "Allāhu Akbar" in Chinese?

Guest post by Dan from New York


In China, at least 29 people were stabbed to death by a group of machete-wielding “terrorists.” The hideous attack happened on Saturday, but you’re excused if you haven’t got wind of it yet.

Our state-run media has chosen to downplay the story, and instead, has gone into narrative-protection mode. For one thing, connecting Islam to the violence going on around the world could start the average guy thinking the Islamic jihad is the common denominator and that the Arab-Israeli conflict needs a new name: Muslim-Jewish conflict sounds more accurate to me.

Why TIME has chosen to spill the beans and mention that Muslims were behind the attack in China is anyone’s guess. Of course, after one call from the White House TIME could issue a retraction.

Deadly Terror Attack in Southwestern China Blamed on Separatist Muslim Uighurs


By Hannah Beech

A mass terror spree in a southwestern Chinese city that killed at least 29 people was carried out by assailants from the northwestern region of Xinjiang, which is home to the Uighur ethnic minority, according to China’s official news service, Xinhua. Knife-wielding attackers, dressed in black clothes, stormed the railway station of provincial capital Kunming shortly after 9 pm on March 1, slaughtering those who could not flee fast enough. More than 130 were also wounded, said Xinhua. Photos circulating on social media showed images of smears of blood and scattered luggage from terrified railway passengers. Xinhua described the assault as an “organized, premeditated, violent terrorist attack.” The state news service said that five of the at least 10 attackers had been shot dead by security forces.

The horrific event is now being dubbed China’s 3-01, as in March 1, in an echo of what other terror attacks in the U.S. and Britain were called. Chinese have flocked to social media platforms to express shock at the carnage, in which children and elderly were targeted by the assailants. In an article headlined “Nothing justified civilian slaughter in China’s ’9-11,’” the Global Times, a Beijing daily, wrote: “A nationwide outrage has been stirred. Justice needs to be done and terrorists should be punished with iron fists.”

If Uighurs did carry out the attack, the Kunming bloodshed marks a chilling escalation in a struggle for autonomy and even separation from the Chinese state. Members of a Turkic ethnic minority who look very different from China’s Han majority, Uighurs are concentrated in the arid region of Xinjiang, which borders Central Asia.... Over the past year, violent clashes between Uighurs and Chinese security forces have proliferated, with at least 100 people killed...

Editor's note: I blame Bush. And Israel.


Larwyn's Linx: Harry Reid, Liar

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Nation

Harry Reid, Liar: Hot Air
Check out what Obama did after warning Russia not to invade Ukraine: YoungCons
Dumbest VP ever reveals Obama freeze-out over gay gaffe: Times

Obama Skips Key National Security Briefing Amid Ukraine Crisis: AmPower
NO JOKE: Obama Tells Putin He Broke International Law: GWP
Obama and Hagel have surrendered our military strength: Allen West

Florida Doctor sues to stop Obamacare executive orders–and might win: RWN
Obamacare preview: VA wait time for claims processing increases: This Ain't Hell
Democratic Governors Deeply Worried About the ACA: The Feed

Hypocrites of the Worst Sort: Christian Mercenary
Dems Plot Blue Creep in Deep South: PJM
What happens when both sides make a list?: NC Gun Blog

Economy

What Gutting the U.S. Military Means: Richard Winchester
Senate Won’t Seek A Budget Resolution; GOP Can Only Blame Themselves: Outcast
“The Jones Act… the most stupid law ever”: Walter Olson

Scandal Central

Gowdy, Chaffetz: Not Giving Lois Lerner Immunity but…Can’t Do Much Else Either: MagNote
SEAL Team 6 Families’ Suspicions Of Obama Administration Grow: Pat Dollard
Mass immigration has left Britain 'unrecognisable', says Nigel Farage: Telepraph

Media

Krauthammer: “Everybody Is Shocked By The Weakness Of Obama’s Statement” On Ukraine: Scoop
LOL: Good Morning America Claims Obama Gave Russia 'Harsh Warning' Over Ukraine: NB
OMG! Constitutional Carry! In South Carolina! OMG!: TAG

Future President’s Husband Spotted With Prostitutes: JWF
Howard Dean: ObamaCare IPAB a Problem – “It’s a Health Care Rationing Body”: MagNote
Gallup: 57% of Say “Islamic Fundamentalism” Poses A “Critical Threat” To America’s Security: WZ

World

Ignoring Terror Threats A Pattern With The Clintons: IBD
Putin Wakes up the World: J. Christian Adams
Gathering: How Russia Invaded Crimea: American Digest

The West is led by the weaklings the Left wanted: Commentator
Judge Jeanine: Obama The Paper Tiger Is Embarassing and Endangering Americans: Scoop
Ukraine: Putin's Crimea aim is to make the West look weak: Telegraph

Obama's victory: Rich Baehr
Chinese Knife Attack Leaves 27 Dead, 109 Wounded: TAG
Cops and Robbers: Lessons from Venezuela: Bob Owens

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Google's 'Projected Mode' in-car system possibly leaked by Mercedes-Benz: Engadget
Evidence that Karpeles still has the coins: Reddit
The enterprise technologies to watch in 2014: ZDNet

Cornucopia

Missing @AndrewBreitbart on Second Anniversary of His Sudden Death: GWP
Idiot Sells Obamacare To a Canadian Idiot: iOTW
Hillary: Old, Fat, Sick…still good enough for government work.: MOTUS

Image: Chomsky Admires Palin
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QOTD: "'One of the alarming features of the crisis on Ukraine's Crimean peninsula is the staggering confidence with which Vladimir Putin is pursuing his agenda there and in eastern Ukraine," reads the opening paragraph of the Observer's editorial on Sunday.

Actually, there's nothing staggering about it all, unless you have about six years of baggage to shed over your support for Barack Obama. Putin clocked Obama for the weakling he is from day 1. All we're seeing from the Russian leader is more of what we have seen over Syria, Iran and a host of other cases, except that Ukraine is right in Putin's own back yard.

"One thing is certain," the Observer says, "the current crisis presents the biggest threat to security in Europe since the Balkan wars, and western leaders, including Obama and David Cameron (who has spoken to Putin on the phone), have hardly been impressive in their response, demonstrating a weak grasp on the events unfolding. For now, Putin is ahead of the game. It is time for the international community to catch up."

Quite what they're complaining about isn't clear. In Barack Obama they have precisely the "Leader of the Free World" they always wanted. He embodies all that they stand for, and all that they are.

He does not believe in the primacy of Western values. Neither do they. He therefore sees no reason to show leadership around the world. Neither do they. He has downgraded and diminished the U.S. military as a consequence. The Left applauds. He shows weakness to the mullahs in Iran. The Left praises him for his diplomacy. He worships dictatorship-friendly bodies like the UN. The Left cheers him as a peacemaker.

You can't have it both ways. If you want a weak-kneed, apologetic, bleeding heart Western leadership don't feign surprise when the likes of Vladimir Putin fail to take you seriously." --Commentator

Saturday, March 01, 2014

PARTY OF WEAKNESS: @OFA's Greatest Gaffes

Four years into Carter's presidency, Russia invaded Afghanistan. Five years into Obama's, Russia invades Ukraine.

Coincidence? Or just the inevitable result of Democrat fecklessness and weakness?


Flashback:


What a bunch of crackpots.

You know, if we had a real media, the clowns at OFA and other Marxist front groups would be shamed into offering an apology to Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin. But, as it stands today, OFA and the media are one and the same.


WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE THINKING? Real Stuff Recently Confiscated at TSA Checkpoints

Via the TSA Instagram account, illustrated by @BiffSpackle.


Hat tip: BadBlue Gun News.

DEMOCRAT LOGIC COMIX: Tolerance

Another @BiffSpackle exclusive:


You can see the rest of Biff's comic collection here.


Larwyn's Linx: The Barons' Hour

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Nation

The Barons' Hour: Liberty's Torch
Obama: Russia Needs To Stop Being a Meanie; Heads For A Fundraiser: RWN
While Russian Artillery Rolls Into Ukraine, Obama Takes More Selfies: WZ

Jefferson's Final Warnings: Freeman's Perspective
“Ma’am, It Sounds Like You’re Anti-American.”: Bob Owens
The Elastic Clause of the Constitution: J. Christian Adams

Say it with me kids, Gun Registration leads to confiscation: Zion's Trumpet
Lawless Eric Holder advises State A.G.s that they may disregard state laws: LI
YES: Illinois sends out first 5,000 concealed carry licenses: Bob Owens

Economy

Obama Sues to Allow Illinois Muslims to Skip Work Without Being Fired: Wizbang
Obamas set new record for vacation travel expenses: BPR
Obama and the Unsettled Science of Global Warming: RWN

Scandal Central

Rand Paul Introduces Bill to Block Obama’s Illegal “Executive Orders”: RWN
Whispers persist that Hillary won’t run: Health may be worse than disclosed: DC
Mark Levin presents COMPELLING timeline that led up to IRS attacking Tea Party groups: Scoop

Open Letter to the Legislative Tyrants of Connecticut.: SSI
Spoiled Rotten Kids of DC’s Elite: Clare Malone
SSI PSA: The Connecticut Tyrants List, voluntarily subscribed by the participants on 3 April 2013.: SSI

Climate & Energy

Michael E Mann is "a Fabricating, Megalomanical, Bullying Windbag": Mark Steyn
Skeptics Smeared As Holocaust Deniers, ADL Silent: PopTech
Every Quote Ever Uttered By Anyone Exonerates Michael E Mann: Mark Steyn

Media

NYT/CBS Poll: Tea Party favorability surges since government shutdown: LI
The King is Dead. Long Live the King!: Victor Davis Hanson
Don Lemon: Dumbest Man in the World: GWP

Nazis: Still Socialists : Jonah Goldberg
Mitt Romney Patiently Waits For The Entire Nation’s Apology About Russia: Glob
The Deep State-or, as I call it, The Power: Cold Fury

World

Ted Cruz fears 'massive loss of life' as result of Obama and Hillary Clinton's foreign policy: Joel Gehrke
Krauthammer: Carter, I mean, Obama Tells World We're Too Weak to Care About Ukraine: NRO
‘My God, we suck’: John ‘Sheriff Nuance’ Kerry transmits another pathetic warning to Vladimir: Twitchy

Russia considers "unacceptable" foreign meddling in the internal affairs of Venezuela: ChUcHeRiAs
Obama felt compelled to publicly humiliate Israel: Norman Hooben
Has China Awoken a Sleeping Giant in Japan?: Diplomat

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

A Disturbing Trend In Internet Companies: Market Ticker
How to keep your PC secure when Microsoft ends Windows XP support: PC World
Is this Russia's Stuxnet? Security firm spots suspicious 'Uroburos' rootkit: TechWorld

Cornucopia

Collegiate football star nixes NFL to become Navy SEAL: BPR
Difference Between God And Obama: Cube
Tweet Showing How Google Itself Is A “Scraper Site” Goes Massively Viral: SearchEngineLand

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QOTD: "The Obama administration has responded, so far, in a manner that is pathetic even by its own standards. After issuing stern warnings to Russia not to invade Crimea, the administration, confronted with the actual presence of Russian troops on the ground, philosophized about whether it was really an invasion, suggesting that a more apt term might be an “uncontested arrival"...

President Obama himself, having delivered a limp warning to Vladimir Putin, decamped for a meeting of the Democratic National Committee, where he told a cheering crowd: “Well, it’s Friday, it’s after 5:00. So this is officially happy hour with the Democratic Party.”

It is not, of course, happy hour in Ukraine, or anywhere else where people are used to counting on American leadership. The man is simply unbelievable." --John Hinderaker

Friday, February 28, 2014

HOW EMBARRASSING FOR THE MEDIA: Sarah Palin Right Again on Foreign Policy

In 2008, Sarah Palin predicted that Russian President Vladimir Putin would be encouraged to invade Ukraine after Barack Obama's feeble response to Russia's invasion of Georgia.

During the 2008 presidential campaign, Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin warned that if Senator Barack Obama were elected president, his "indecision" and "moral equivalence" may encourage Russia's Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine. Palin said then:

After the Russian Army invaded the nation of Georgia, Senator Obama's reaction was one of indecision and moral equivalence, the kind of response that would only encourage Russia's Putin to invade Ukraine next.

For those comments, she was mocked by the high-brow Foreign Policy magazine and its editor Blake Hounshell, who now is one of the editors of Politico magazine.

In light of recent events in Ukraine and concerns that Russia is getting its troops ready to cross the border into the neighboring nation, nobody seems to be laughing at or dismissing those comments now.

Richard Clements at The Aviationist confirms that an invasion is now underway:

Some 10 Russian Mi-24 Hind helicopters were allegedly filmed entering Ukrainian airspace over Crimea.


Amateur video uploaded on Youtube shows eleven Mil Mi-24 helicopters allegedly flying towards the military airport at Sevastopol early in the morning of Feb. 28.

According to some regional media outlets, the news of the gunships was confirmed by Ukrainian Border Guards.

And:


Gee, this seems like a good time to slash the U.S. military to World War I levels.


Edward Gibbon on the Fall of Rome

Via The Missouri Torch:


Philosopher George Santayana had two observations relevant to this phenomenon of societal amnesia:

• "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

• "Only the dead have seen the end of war."


BILL OF INDICTMENT: The Democrats' Unlawful Manipulation of the IRS to Attack Conservatives

IRS-gate: On Wednesday, former chairman of the Federal Election Commission Bradley A. Smith laid out a scathing indictment of President Obama and his henchmen in Congress. In short, the IRS targeting scandal traces directly back to the White House and Barack Obama in particular.

Now consider the following events, all of which were either widely reported, publicly released by officeholders or revealed later in testimony to Congress. These are the dots the media refuse to connect:

• Jan. 27, 2010: President Obama criticizes Citizens United in his State of the Union address and asks Congress to "correct" the decision.

• Feb. 11, 2010: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) says he will introduce legislation known as the Disclose Act to place new restrictions on some political activity by corporations and force more public disclosure of contributions to 501(c)(4) organizations. Mr. Schumer says the bill is intended to "embarrass companies" out of exercising the rights recognized in Citizens United. "The deterrent effect should not be underestimated," he said.

• Soon after, in March 2010, Mr. Obama publicly criticizes conservative 501(c)(4) organizations engaging in politics. In his Aug. 21 radio address, he warns Americans about "shadowy groups with harmless sounding names" and a "corporate takeover of our democracy."

• Sept. 28, 2010: Mr. Obama publicly accuses conservative 501(c)(4) organizations of "posing as not-for-profit, social welfare and trade groups." Max Baucus, then chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, asks the IRS to investigate 501(c)(4)s, specifically citing Americans for Job Security, an advocacy group that says its role is to "put forth a pro-growth, pro-jobs message to the American people."

An Insider's Stunning Firsthand Experience with President Obama

Editor's note: While this email was delivered 'over the transom', I have verified several aspects of the story including the the participants in the lecture series. I have redacted the full name of the original author.

Alan Simpson of Simpson-Bowles fame lays out his experience in dealing with the President


As you have heard me say before that volunteering at the Bush Center library is a "great gig". I could write about my great experiences daily; but today was one of the highlights, so far…


Southern Methodist University has a lecture series called the Tate Lecture Series which has a significant speaker every month from September to May. Last month was Charles Krauthammer and last night was Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson. Tickets to those events are like "hens teeth" and they are passed down from father to son or family to family and has a waiting list of seven years for season tickets for the general public. One of the benefits of these visits is that these folks normally visit the library (after normal hours) while in town.

Today's experience was worth a lot. Alan Simpson was the co-author of the Simpson - Bowles Commission appointed by the current president to come up with a plan and path forward to help the nation get back on a sound fiscal footing. It was to include spending limits and controls that would address existing entitlements, a change in tax codes and the abolishment of selected existing tax breaks for special interest groups. Accordingly, It called for a sound fiscal plan that would get us into reasonable balance in 10 years.

As everyone knows, Alan Simpson (R) (82) is a retired senator from Wyoming and is known for his "frank" opinions and statements and in some ways seen as eccentric in some of his views. Erskine Bowles (D) (69), who was Chief of Staff in former administrations, is a respected Democrat and was an equal partner in putting this study and report together with supposedly high respect and influence in the Democratic Party.

The intent was for the current President to use their report as a road map to fiscal responsibility. This report was issued in 2010 and as quickly dismissed by the president as a non-starter prior to the election of 2012 based on its perceived political impact on his re-election.

When I saw Simpson today in the museum, I approached him to welcome him to the museum as a team leader since that is my job for the general public. Normally, VIP's or "celebs" have Foundation escorts during these visits, but in typical Simpson fashion, he wanted to be just another visitor.

Larwyn's Linx: Harry Reid called on to apologize for saying suffering Americans are liars

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Nation

Harry Reid called on to apologize for stating suffering Americans are liars: BPR
Koch Brothers Aren’t the Top Donors But Big Labor Is: Sara Noble
Watch Ted Cruz’s Full Speech at the Tea Party Patriots: MRC

Connecticut to gun owners: hey, didja try to register? …SUCKERS!: Moe Lane
FL doctor could bring Obamacare executive orders to screeching halt: BPR
The 9th Circuit Court Hates America and our Freedoms: Eagle Rising

Arizona Debacle Another Unforced Error: Jon Gabriel
Legal Scholars: AZ Law Was ‘Egregiously Misrepresented’ by Critics: PJM
Is America In an Abusive Relationship With the President?: MenRec

Economy

Hillary's Unconscionable Obamacare Pitch: EIB
Weekly Unemployment Claims "Unexpectedly" Rise: Mish
Michelle Obama Sets $2 Billion on Fire … For the Children: Troy Senik

A Conservative View of Dave Camp’s Tax Reform Bill: Daniel Horowitz
Keystone XL is Proof Obama Opposes U.S. Economic Growth: Theo Spark
Govt aid pays more than a minimum-wage job in 35 states: MSN (2013)

Scandal Central

New Benghazi Witnesses: Emmett Tyrrell
120,000 weigh in on IRS regulation stifling conservative speech: GWP
Big Brother vs. Little Sisters: David Limbaugh

Climate & Energy

Global Warming Nut Jobs Want “Nuremberg-Style Trials” For Climate Crimes: RWN
Greenpeace founder: Climate Change a ‘extreme political ideology and a religious cult’: Scoop
The Top Ten Reasons global temperature hasn’t warmed for the last 15 years: WUWT

Media

Government domination of the American media? Media response: ho hum: Wes Vernon
5 Years After: 7 Worst Media Attacks on Tea Party: MRC
Levin AddressesTea Party Patriots: MRC

Yet Another Journalist Says Lying Is A-OK: Ed Driscoll
FL man tries to cancel his Obamacare plan for 6 weeks, now on verge of drastic measures: Scoop
Veteran/Second Amendment Supporters Take Over Anti-Gun Rights Meeting!: Black Sphere

World

Russia Responds To US Warning: Expands Military Presence Globally: ZH
Ukraine Crisis: Crimea Airport Seized by Shadowy Gunmen: CNS
In Kharkiv, Ukraine’s biggest pro-Russian city, a question of who is in charge: WaPo

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Government-built malware running out of control, F-Secure claims: Register
How Old is Earth?: Space.com
Apple, Google face scrutiny over in-app purchases: Charlie Osborne

Cornucopia

How to Pick Your Life Partner: Jezebel
“Not even a smidgen of corruption.” That’s why it’s a phony scandal.: MOTUS
Liberal Constitutional Attorney: We are at a Constitutional Tipping Point in Our System: TPNN

Image: NATO warns Russia to avoid Crimea ‘escalation’
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QOTD: "It [the global warming coalition] is a powerful convergence of interests among a very large number of elites, including politicians who want to make it seem as though they are saving the world, environmentalists who want to raise money and get control over very large issues like our entire energy policy, media for sensationalism, universities and professors for grants – you can’t hardly get a science grant these days without saying it has something to do with Climate Change.

It is a kind of nasty combination of extreme political ideology and a religious cult all rolled into one. And it’s take over way too much of our thought process and way too much of our priorities. There are millions of children dying every day from preventable vitamin deficiencies and diseases and we’re spending hundreds of billions of dollars on a problem that may not exist." --Patrick Moore, founder of Greenpeace

Thursday, February 27, 2014

'Ghostbusters III' Will Be Reworked Following Harold Ramis' Death

With the tragic death of Harold Ramis, Sony has been forced to regroup on Ghostbusters III:

Harold Ramis' death on Feb. 24 has left Hollywood's comedy community with a mammoth void, since the writer-director-actor touched the careers of everyone from Bill Murray to Judd Apatow to Jack Black...

His passing also has left Sony scrambling to keep Ghostbusters III on track since Ramis, who died at age 69 due to complications from autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, was to have made a cameo appearance in the film... The sequel's director, Ivan Reitman, is scheduled to meet with Sony production brass in the coming days to assess how to move forward on the project, which is in active development

The insiders are downplaying Ramis' impact on III, however: