Friday, February 20, 2015

The Bill, Hillary, Chelsea and His Royal Highness King Salman of Saudi Arabia Clinton Foundation

As Matthew Continetti observes, "It’s not just that Hillary’s corrupt. It’s that she’s also clueless."

The Wall Street Journal reported this past week that the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation has quietly dropped its ban on foreign contributions and is accepting donations from the governments of “the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Australia, Germany, and a Canadian government agency promoting the Keystone XL pipeline.” The Journal’s conclusion: Since 2001 “the foundation has raised at least $48 million from overseas governments.”

Needless to say, the gargantuan troll-like conflict of interest that arises as soon as the foundation of the leading candidate for the presidency of the United States begins accepting money from overseas is apparent to every sentient being on the planet except members of the Clinton family and the growing number of advisers, consultants, strategists, pollsters, groupies, allies, and hangers-on whose livelihood depends on that family’s political success. “These contributions,” the foundation said in a statement to the Journal, “are helping improve the lives of millions of people across the world, for which we are grateful...”

...In its 14 years of existence the Clinton Foundation has raised a sum approaching $2 billion. A McClatchy analysis found that 40 percent of contributions in the last decade have come from foreign sources. “It’s a massive sum of money—though no one has done a story yet on how overseas programs they fund have worked,” Maggie Haberman of the New York Times noted on Twitter. Gee I wonder why. It’s almost as though the political press is morally and intellectually disarmed whenever it hears words like “global dialogue” and “wellness” and “economic development” and “women and girls,” as if the gritty, cynical, I’ve-seen-it-all correspondents for our major newspapers and networks turn to bubbling bittersweet goo as soon as some Clinton flack tells them, “We are working with global partners to build an evidence-based case for the full participation of women and girls in the 21st century,” and their eyes fall on a picture of a cute, vibrant, and diverse group of young women surrounding the aging potentate and her daughter and former NBC News special correspondent. What it would take the Post or the Times to dispatch a reporter to Ishmaelia or wherever to examine, in skeptical detail, just where the Clinton money is going, to report on the precise state of the President Peter Mutharika Water Reclamation Plant and Convention Center, is beyond me. Certainly the reports from Haiti are not encouraging. Even the Journal is not clear when the Clinton Foundation dropped its ban on foreign money, a mystery the Foundation itself does not seem to be in any hurry to solve.

The choice in Israel's election is Netanyahu vs. Obama

By Caroline Glick

Officially, the election on March 17 is among Israelis. Depending on how we vote, either Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will remain in office and form the next government led by his Likud party, or Isaac Herzog and Tzipi Livni will form a government.

But unofficially, a far greater electoral drama is unfolding. The choice is not between Netanyahu and Herzog/Livni. It is between Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama.

As the White House sees it, if Herzog/Livni form the next government, then Jerusalem will dance to Obama’s tune. If Netanyahu is reelected, then the entire edifice of Obama’s Middle East policy may topple and fall.

Secretary of State John Kerry made clear the administration’s desire to topple Netanyahu last spring during his remarks before the Trilateral Commission. It was during that memorable speech that Kerry libeled Israel, claiming that we would automatically and naturally become an apartheid state if we don’t give Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria to the PLO, Jew free, as quickly as possible.

Despite Israel’s venality, Kerry held out hope. In his words, “if there is a change of government [in Israel], or a change of heart, something will happen.”

Larwyn's Linx: Is This What Obama Meant By ‘Perverted Islam’?

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Nation

Is This What Obama Meant By ‘Perverted Islam’?: CHQ
US announces future offensive in Iraq: RS
‘What In Gods Name Are The Clintons Doing?’ Taking Foreign Govt. Money: WFB

'Extremism' Summit Opens With Muslim Prayer, No Other Faiths Allowed: RWN
Obama refuses to acknowledge ‘Muslim terrorists’ at terror summit: Geoff Earle
Silly Denials Of Islamic Terrorism Bring A Silver Lining: Jonah Goldberg

Barack Obama's 'reckless disregard' of the law: Michael Barone
GOP Double-Crossing Traitors And The Hanen Decision: Ann Coulter
Joe Biden takes ‘being Biden’ to new heights (or depths): Nia-Malika Henderson

Reminder: Democrats Hate Guns and Gun Owners: Leon Wolf
Gun groups launch new push for concealed-carry legislation: Hill
Tulsa Residents Killing Bad Guys At Rate Of 1 Every 10 Days: Bob Owens

Economy

The US Stock Market is at its Most Overvalued Level in History: Pater Tenebrarum
Free Markets Work – Walmart Hikes Wages: Pocket
Worried about 'Inequality'? The US growth machine has broken down: AEI

Scandal Central

Obama Administration Forced to Release Pentagon Benghazi Attack Documents: JW
Chapel Hill Shooting Victims’ Mosque Preached Jihad, Hosted Pro-ISIS Cleric in 2013: Creeping
California Provides 59,000 Immigrants With Driver's Licenses in First Month of 2015: NBC San Diego

Media

BUSTED: We Have Axelrod’s Father’s Communist Party Membership : GotNews
WIN: Michelle Malkin Destroys Sarah Silverman On Twitter; Hilarity Ensues: DailySurge
Straight Aide To Tammy Baldwin May Sue For Sexual Discrimination: RWN

World

ISIS in Libya Threatens Rome, Hillary Clinton Hardest Hit: AmInt
Marie Harf has Turned all Democrats into Neocons: Leon Wolf
More Please: SDA

Obama Gives Islamic Salute at Muslim Terrorism Whitewashing Conference: MB
Why Would U.S. Officials Give ISIS Advanced Notice Of Mission Plans To Retake Mosul?: Treehouse
Afghan Taliban to meet US officials for talks in Qatar: sources: Noorullah Shirzada

European Colonialism is the Only Thing That Modernized Islam: Sultan Knish
ISIS Harvesting and Trafficking Body Parts: Reports: Clarion
Why the West Cannot Confront ISIS: Erick Erickson

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Revealed: The experts Apple hired to build an electric car: 9to5Mac
World’s largest SIM maker investigating claims US and British spies stole its encryption keys: TNW
Stunning Close-Up Comet Photos From Rosetta's High-Speed Flyby: Gizmodo

Cornucopia

Our Trial Balloon Crashed Because You Morons Are Too Stupid To Get It: MOTUS
Obama: “I Am Not Incompetent”: Captain's Journal
Report: MLB Will Implement Three New Rule Changes To Speed Up Games: DeadSpin

Image: Giuliani Counters Criticism of Obama Comments: ‘This Isn’t Racism’
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QOTD: "Marie Harf wants to offer comfort, jobs, and income. But a lot of comfortable Westerners are joining ISIS because they want adventure, struggle, danger, and death. A jobs program for Lackcrapistan is not nearly as appealing as bringing on the second coming of Jesus.

If Marie Harf and her masters in Washington wish to transpose their own lack of faith, or secularized liberal “Christianity” on an Apocalyptic Death Cult, not only are they idiots, but our nation is screwed. We have no means of defeating an enemy who wants to end the world when we’re trying to figure out, instead, how to empathize with them and give them a seat at the table as Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Marie Harf want to do.

In the spirit of the Real World, it is time to stop being polite and start getting real. Our foreign policy is being run by a bunch of naive fools who think the rest of the world, including third world apocalyptic death cults, thinks just like them." --Erick Erickson

Thursday, February 19, 2015

ATTENTION, MARIE HARF: About that Jobs for ISIS thing...

Is there anything more embarrassing than to have on your resume that you were once a paid liar spokesperson for the Obama administration? That's a rhetorical question. Just when you think they can't top their latest laughable talking point, they break out someone like State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf, who tells us that ISIS could be stopped with a full-fledged employment program.

Of course, in the real world:


And, even if this insane assertion had a grain of truth behind it, how is the worst administration for job growth in modern American history going to create jobs for ISIS?

They can't create jobs for Americans, for heaven's sake.


Smart Power Shot and Chaser

Shot: Syrian Rebels Hang Shi'ite Child After Killing Family

Brutal pictures emerged from Syria of a small Shi’ite child who was hanged by rebel forces after his entire family had been murdered.

The pictures were published by a human rights activists reporting from Iraq. Iraq’s news website, Qanon, reported that the rebels attacked the family in the Seyede Zainab neighborhood of Damascus.

The brutality of the rebel forces have largely gone unreported in the Western media (see RadicalIslam’s related video, “Media Bias Muddies Waters in Syria”). However, in recent days, online videos have surfaced showing how the rebels deal with those they perceive as loyal to the regime.

Chaser: Pentagon Identifies 1,200 Syrian Rebels to Participate in US-Led Training

The United States has so far identified around 1,200 Syrian opposition fighters for potential participation in a US military-led program to help train and equip them to battle the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

The fighters will undergo vetting for the program, which is expected to begin in March at multiple sites outside of Syria and train more than 5,000 Syrian fighters a year. Some 3,000 could be trained by the end of 2015, a US official said... The program is expected to vet fighters using both US government databases as well as intelligence from regional partners.

The architect of this insanity -- one Hillary Rodham Clinton -- seems to believe that setting the Middle East afire is a qualification to run for President.


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Larwyn's Linx: Obama Intentionally Overloading Immigration System, Creating Back Door for Jihadists

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Nation

Overloaded Immigration System Creating Back Door for Jihadists: Joseph John
Tsarnaev Brothers Mosque Partnered with the Obama White House: S&L
Obama: America Must Make Muslims Feel More Comfortable: TR

DHS IG: 5,000 Aliens in Release Program Committed Crimes, Fled: Breitbart
Sen. Ted Cruz: ‘Suddenly Jimmy Carter’s foreign policy seems resolute’: Twitchy
Obama’s Boycott of Netanyahu is Collapsing: Algemeiner

Walker Mocks Hillary's Ivy League Education: Daniel Halper
Rubio Abandons GOP Position, Caves To Obama Executive Amnesty: Breitbart
Congress Fiddles While The World Burns: NoisyRm

Reliving The 1930s: Victor Davis Hanson
Michigan Man Stabs Two After Confiming They Were Not Muslim: Clarion
"What's with the white hat?": Daniel Bice

Economy

How much debt does your state have?: Jason Russell
Union dues deductions on chopping block in Oklahoma: RS
Thursday: Unemployment Claims, Philly Fed Mfg Survey: Bill McBride

Scandal Central

Part I Of V – Under Obama: The U.S. Captured By The Muslim Brotherhood: NoisyRm
Obama Appoints Terrorist Supporter to Head Up New Counterterrorism Messaging Center: Pamela Geller
Herridge: Internal Gov't Emails Show 'Genuine Panic' During Yemen Evacuation: Fox

Climate & Energy

Jim Hansen’s 99% Surety on Global Warming Doesn’t Hold Up: WUWT
Niagara Falls freezes over as extreme winter weather continues: Chris Spargo

Media

Media Gets Serious Case of Butt Hurt Over Rudy Giuliani Speaking Truth: Erick Erickson
How Many Brian Williams Lies Have Been Uncovered? 32, So Far: BlurBrain
Dana Loesch Mocks State Dept’s #JobsForISIS Plan by Holding a ‘Jihadi Job Fair’: GWP

CNN chief tries to salvage network’s news cred but Nielson numbers don’t back him: BPR
Attention All Members of the Media: Erick Erickson
Obama and the Muslim Gang Sign: F. W. Burleigh

World

The Muslim Brotherhood-ISIS Connection: Arnold Ahlert
Holder: Little to Be Gained by Calling Islamic Terrorism 'Islamic Terrorism': CNS
As Obama Vacillates, ISIS Continues Its Brutal March to Europe’s Doorsteps: RS

Good News, Marie Harf: ISIS Finds Jobs--By Harvesting Organs of its Victims: JWF
State Department spokeswoman digging hole to rival the Grand Canyon: LI
Muslim Leader Who Called Israel a ‘Suspect’ After 9/11 Meets with Biden at White House: WFB

North Korea Flight Tests New Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile: WFB
The Real Threat to Europe: Bassam Tawil
Hamas's New Army of Children: Khaled Abu Toameh

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Nobel Peace Prize Winner To Sell Armed Drones To More Countries: DefenseOne
Amazon Web Services dominates cloud survey, but Microsoft Azure gains traction: GeekWire
These Are The 12 Top #JobsForISIS: DC

Cornucopia

ISIS: They’re Just Like You and Me: MOTUS
“Ever seen a photo of a pregnant Michelle Obama?”: SHTFplan
12 Posters Depicting The Failure That Is Hillary!: Michael Haltman

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QOTD: "During the ratification debates advocates of the Constitution publicly listed examples of activities over which the federal government would have no authority. They did so to inform and reassure Ratifiers and members of the general public about the limited scope of federal power. Among the activities listed as within the exclusive sphere of the states were marriage, divorce, and other aspects of domestic relations; manufacturing (necessarily including labor relations); other business enterprises; agriculture and other land use; land titles and conveyancing; property outside of interstate trade; commerce wholly within state lines; state and local government; the regulation of most crimes and civil suits; social services; training the militia and appointing militia officers; religion; and education."

The U.S. Constitution would not have been ratified without these assurances by the Federalists about the actual meanings of many of the constitution's clauses...Nine of thirteen states ratified the Constitution on condition of those Federalist assurances." --Constitutional Law Professor Robert Natelson

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES: Barack Obama's Job Approval Ratings vs. the Economy

By James Simpson


According to a recent poll by AP-GfK [PDF], President Obama currently has a 47 percent job approval rating, up from 41 percent in December. Fifty-one percent of Americans approve of Obama’s handling of the unemployment issue, compared with 44 percent before, while 45 percent approve of his handling of the economy overall, up from 41 percent in December.

These numbers track with the declining unemployment rate and optimistic newscasts that followed the publication of the most recent unemployment statistics, but do not reflect actual economic conditions. In fact, a closer look at the poll itself reveals that people have grave reservations about the economy—reservations that are reflected in a number of economic statistics not covered in published reports.

The overall unemployment rate has been on the decline since the trough of the recession in 2010 (see Chart 1. below); however this paints a very deceiving picture. Were it indicative of a true economic recovery, other indicators would show similarly positive results. But this is not the case. For example enrollment in food stamps has grown 65 percent since President Obama took office, from 28 million in 2008, to 46 million today. Despite a small decline in 2014, food stamp use has been at its highest levels in recorded history—magnitudes higher than any previous time. Over 46 million people, equal to about 30 percent of the civilian labor force, now use food stamps.

What does this weird hand sign flashed by President Obama mean?

Is this hand sign, flashed by President Obama at the recent U.S.-African Leaders Summit, just a random gesture? Or does it have a deeper meaning?


As Burleigh explains:

The Canary in the Coal Mine

By Alan Caruba

I read Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent call to European Jews to move to Israel in the wake of the attacks in Paris and in Copenhagen. “Israel is your home. We are preparing and calling for the absorption of mass immigration from Europe,” was Netanyahu’s message to those considering leaving their home nations.

By 2012 about 43% of the world’s Jewish community lived in Israel, making it the country with the largest Jewish population. The bulk of the rest of the world’s Jewish population lives in the United States and the remainder are scattered among other nations.  

When it declared its sovereignty in 1948 Israel quickly filled with Jewish immigrants from the surrounding Arab nations that made it clear they were not welcome even if their families had lived there for generations. Now they are extending their hatred to Arab Christians.

These days Israel’s population numbers 7,821,850. For years Israel has been welcoming Jewish immigrants from nations that include Russia, Ethiopia, Ukraine, and France; even some from the U.S. As incidences of anti-Semitism increase in Europe, Netanyahu’s invitation is being answered by more Jews seeking a respite from the hatred they are encountering.


SMART POWER: Egyptian Government Outraged That White House Hosted Muslim Brotherhood Terrorists

The peerless Middle East Media Research Institute, better known as MEMRI, serves up another major story certain to be ignored by our betters in legacy media. To wit: the government of one-time ally Egypt is outraged that the Obama administration is fomenting civil unrest -- again -- in that country by propping up the Nazi-aligned terror group known as the Muslim Brotherhood.

Please consider "Egypt: U.S. State Dept. Hosting Muslim Brotherhood a Slap In The Face Of War On Terror":

Several members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) recently reported on their social media accounts that a delegation of MB members had visited the U.S. State Department on January 27, 2015 and met with officials from the State Department and White House... According to the MB reports, the purpose of the meeting was to recruit support for their opposition to the 'Abd Al-Fattah Al-Sisi regime in Egypt.

On its part, the American administration was embarrassed by the publication of the visit, but openly acknowledged it a few days later. State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki said that the MB members were part of a larger delegation that included former Egyptian MPs, among others, and that they are not currently active in the movement. She added that State Department meetings with various political elements were routine. The Egyptian regime, outraged by the visit, accused the U.S. administration of not respecting the Egyptian law that defines the MB as a terrorist organization, and of discounting the will of the Egyptian people. It also claimed that this conduct flies in the face of U.S. policy, which champions the struggle against global terrorism. Criticism of the U.S. was also voiced in the official Egyptian press and in the Saudi press.The fact that the reports on the visit coincided with the January 31 large-scale terrorist attack in Al-'Arish, in which 31 people were killed and which the Egyptian regime and media attributed to the MB, only increased the rage towards the U.S...

Larwyn's Linx: Who Ya Gonna Believe? Us or Your Own Severed Head?

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Nation

Who Ya Gonna Believe? Us or Your Own Severed Head?: Mark Steyn
State Dept. blames uptick in ritual human sacrifices on unemployment: Moe Lane
Marie Harf and Those She Represents are Damn Naive Fools: Erick Erickson

The ‘Jobs For Jihad Delinquents’ Program: Michelle Malkin
Pelosi leads House delegation to totalitarian slave state of Cuba: Cristina Marcos
Virginia Dems Run Away From Vote to Support Israel: WFB

5 Key Findings From The Injunction Blocking Obama's Amnesty: Conn Carroll
They Will Continue Lying to You, Forever: Ace
Obama family's separate weekend trips trips cost at least $2.5m: DailyMail

How Much Else Was Missed?: Erick Erickson
Shame: Walter Williams
Anti-gun kook David Malik arrested at airported with gun: Clash

Economy

End H-1B visa program's abuse: LAT
Great Moments in Lobbying: Coyote
NLRB changes accelerate the union election process: Beth Slagle

Scandal Central

Obama is the “Greatest Enemy of Press Freedom in a Generation” – NYT Reporter James Risen: Sooper
Oregon Democrats John Kitzhaber And Kate Brown Share Much in Common: 5440
HHS extends Obamacare deadline for some enrollees after computer glitch and long waits: DailyMail

Media

NYT: Iraqi WMD existed and the CIA bought them: RS
Left winger guns down Muslims, the left blames white people: RS
Comedian David Axelrod claims Obama White House hasn't had a major scandal: Breitbart

Top 10 Astroturfers: Sharyl Attkisson
Black Muslim Commits Hate Crime, WaPo Writes It Up As An Anti-Muslim Hate Crime: VDARE
Marcus Luttrell Explains How Many Marines It Would Take to Take Down All Of ISIS: IJR

World

Challenge antisemitism (Deutsche Welle): Elder of Ziyon
Iran's Views of Jews and the U.S.: Lawrence A. Franklin, Gatestone
Italy Mobilizes 5,000-Strong Military Force to Fight ISIS in Libya: Breitbart

Is Israel the Problem, or Are Jews the Problem?: Ben Shapiro
Islam As A Victim Civilization: Mona Charen
Step One: Identify the Enemy: Springer

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Cometh the Censor: Fred on Everything
Destroying your hard drive is the only way to stop this super-advanced malware: Jeremy Kirk
Neuroscientists Discover ESP — But Is That A Good Thing?: Steven Kotler

Cornucopia

“Who Dealt This Mess Anyway?”: MOTUS
Sean Connery and Burt Reynolds return to Celebrity Jeopardy: SNL40/Mediate
Fifty Shades of Government: a fact-based romantic comedy: Cube

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QOTD: "It is quite possible that, by the time Obama leaves office, no other country on Earth will have gained quite so much as Iran. . . . The United States is changing the terms of its relations with Iran and triggering a strengthening of that country economically and politically." --David Rothkopf

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

The most important article about ISIS you will read this year

Kudos to Graeme Wood of The Atlantic, whose tour de force backgrounder on the burgeoning Caliphate in the Middle East ("What ISIS Really Wants") is the kind of journalism that vintage media should engage in, but never does.

The entire article is an absolute must-read, but a digest version -- summarizing the key graphs -- is excerpted below. It's a very short-form version of Graeme's work, which you simply must read when you have the time to fully absorb it. The gravity of his findings cannot be overstated.


[ISIS] seized Mosul, Iraq, last June, and already rules an area larger than the United Kingdom. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been its leader since May 2010, but until last summer, his most recent known appearance on film was a grainy mug shot from a stay in U.S. captivity at Camp Bucca during the occupation of Iraq. Then, on July 5 of last year, he stepped into the pulpit of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, to deliver a Ramadan sermon as the first caliph in generations—upgrading his resolution from grainy to high-definition, and his position from hunted guerrilla to commander of all Muslims. The inflow of jihadists that followed, from around the world, was unprecedented in its pace and volume, and is continuing.


Our ignorance of the Islamic State is in some ways understandable: It is a hermit kingdom; few have gone there and returned. Baghdadi has spoken on camera only once. But his address, and the Islamic State’s countless other propaganda videos and encyclicals, are online, and the caliphate’s supporters have toiled mightily to make their project knowable. We can gather that their state rejects peace as a matter of principle; that it hungers for genocide; that its religious views make it constitutionally incapable of certain types of change, even if that change might ensure its survival; and that it considers itself a harbinger of—and headline player in—the imminent end of the world...

WHAT COULD GO WRONG? U.S. Expects to Quadruple the Number of Syrian Refugees Imported into U.S.

In his bestselling book America Alone, the brilliant Mark Steyn summarized the challenges inherent in trying to integrate the West with a political ideology masked as religion.

Though there are many trouble spots around the world, as a general rule it's easy to make an educated guess at one of the participants: Muslims vs Jews in "Palestine", Muslims vs Hindus in Kashmir, Muslims vs Christians in Africa, Muslims vs Buddhists in Thailand, Muslims vs Russians in the Caucasus, Muslims vs backpacking tourists in Bali, Muslims vs Danish cartoonists in Scandinavia. The environmentalists may claim to think globally but act locally, but these guys live it.

With that as background, please consider "U.S. Expects to Quadruple the Number of Syrian Refugees Brought Here."

The United States has "a long tradition of welcoming refugees," and it expects to welcome thousands more of them from Syria in 2015 and 2016, despite concerns about foreign fighters, the State Department said.

"The United States has admitted 524 Syrians since 2011. We’re likely to admit 1,000 to 2,000 Syrian refugees for permanent resettlement in Fiscal Year 2015 and a somewhat higher number, though still in the low thousands, in Fiscal Year 2016," spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters on Friday.

...Psaki repeated that "one of our values is bringing in and welcoming refugees who have fled horrors around the world, and that continues to be central to what we believe in."

In response to a question, Psaki said she's aware of only "two incidents" involving "two Iraqis" who were admitted to Kentucky and were later accused of trying to send weapons and money to al Qaida in Iraq.

Far be it from me to challenge the genius of the Hillary/Kerry State Department, but one wonders whether Psaki needs a fungo-sized konk in the noggin from our legendary clue-bat.

According to State Department spokeserson Marie Harf, ISIS can be stopped in its tracks with a unique military strategy: offering the burgeoning Caliphate members entry-level jobs. Say, changing oil at JiffyLube or refilling the troughs buffets at Golden Corral.

Of course, an accurate representation of ISIS' goals would require candor and resolve, which is why you'll never hear a peep about any of that from the most transparent administration evah.


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Larwyn's Linx: Federal judge blocks Obama's Amnesty order

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Nation

Texas Federal Court Enjoins Obama Immigration Executive Action: William A. Jacobson
Judge Grants Texas Governor’s Request to Halt Obama’s Amnesty Order: Sooper
Federal judge blocks Obama immigration order: Chron

What ISIS Really Wants: Graeme Wood
Stunning: Barack Obama Refused to Share ISIS Intel With Egypt and Jordan: Sara Noble
Bob Schieffer: Jordan Responds To ISIS, Obama Fundraises: S&L

Democrats’ ‘Blue Wall’ not Impregnable to GOP—If They’re Smart: Michael Barone
$50 Million Wasted? How 17 Conservative PACs Spent Their Money: John Hawkins
Successful companies don’t kill their customers: Watchdog

State Dept: We can’t stop ISIS by killing them, we need to give them jobs: YC
The enemy within: Cold Fury
President Obama, America’s Nero: Cal Thomas

Economy

Watch Pregnant Woman Smoke And Brag About Stealing Foodstamps: BlurBrain
Union mob protests in front of Gov. Scott Walker’s parents’ home: Twitchy
IBEW Feels Wrath of Sheet Metal Workers’ Union For Crossing Picket Line: LUR

Scandal Central

REPOST: “The Benghazi Brief”: With Updates: Treehouse
72-Year-Old-Man Facing 10 Years In Prison Over Antique Pistol in Christie-Land: Surge
GOP cools on Loretta Lynch: The Hill

Climate & Energy

Fixing the EPA: Josh Gelernter
Another Of Obama’s “Green Energy” Projects Dies, Leaving Taxpayers $88 Million In The Hole: Hideout
Bill Nye Pleads With MSNBC: More Climate Hysteria, Please!: NB

Media

Bush Lied? NY Times Admits Now That Saddam Did Have WMD: BlurBrain
By 3-1 Margin, Scholars Rank Obama As One Of The Worst Presidents In History: Robert Gehl
It’s Time For The Firearms Freedom Act Of 2015: Bob Owens

Bringing Reality Back to an Ivy League-Suffocated Government: Ed Driscoll
New York Times Screws Up Hit Piece on Scott Walker, Embarrasses Itself Instead: Sooper
Krauthammer’s Take: ISIS Is ‘Genocidal Movement Akin to Nazism’: NRO

World

Analysis: Proposed Nuke Deal Dangerously Reduces Iran’s Breakout Time: The Tower
Enemies of the West Find a Friend in Obama: Quin Hillyer
"Look at that – it's the first time I've ever seen such a thing.": TR

Beyond nuclear: The increasing threat from Iran: Frederick W. Kagan
History repeating as Iran exports terrorism: Hossein Abedini
Islamic Bloc Meets to Discuss Terrorism, But First Condemns Israel: CNS

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Student develops cream that can remove your regrettable tattoo: Ryan Whitwam
The Great Bank Heist, or Death by 1,000 Cuts?: Brian Krebs
How “omnipotent” hackers tied to NSA hid for 14 years—and were found at last: Dan Goodin

Cornucopia

Obama accidentally draws a picture of Mohammed: Cube
So Much To Cave On...So Little Time: Springer
George R. R. Martin: Game Of Thrones Will Kill Characters Who Didn’t Die In the Books: The Mary Sue

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QOTD: "Rumors are [that] the [NBC] network may be looking to hire a new anchorman. Job description:

• Ability to read teleprompter;
• Can lie with air of contemplative concern;
• Harvard degree preferred.

Hey, I’ve got the perfect guy!" --Matt Barber

Monday, February 16, 2015

Democrats Freaking Out as Obamacare Tax-Penalty-Fee-Fines Loom for Millions of Americans

Well, I'll be damned.

Who could have predicted that 2,500 pages of law and 50,000 pages of regulations -- that not one person read in toto -- would turn out to be a complete cluster?

The official sign-up season for President Barack Obama's health care law may be over, but leading congressional Democrats say millions of Americans facing new tax penalties deserve a second chance.

Three senior House members strongly urged the administration Monday to grant a special sign-up opportunity for uninsured taxpayers who will be facing fines under the law for the first time this year.

The three are Michigan's Sander Levin, the ranking Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee, and Democratic Reps. Jim McDermott of Washington, and Lloyd Doggett of Texas. All worked to help steer Obama's law through rancorous congressional debates from 2009-2010.

How many people are alive because one man ignored Sonic's request to leave his handgun at home?

By AWR Hawkins

On February 8 2015, a customer who ignored Sonic’s request that “customers refrain from bringing guns to the restaurant” was able to pull his gun and shoot one of three alleged armed robbers, killing him and stopping the would-be robbery.

I previously reported that on May 30, 2014, Sonic asked law-abiding citizens to come to the restaurant unarmed. We also reported that a Sonic in Topeka, Kansas, was robbed the very day that customers were asked to come and eat while defenseless.

But on February 8 2015, the tables were turned. Atlanta’s NBC 11 reports that 23-year-old Joseph Toombs “was waiting in line at the drive-thru [in DeKalb County, Georgia,] when he saw three suspects approach him on foot.” Toombs alleges that “at least one of the suspects” had a gun.

Kamikaze Nation

By Lawrence Sellin

The United States is under direct and sustained attack by the combined forces of the tyrannical far left and radical Islam, punctuated by humiliation abroad and despair at home.

We are losing because unlike Walter Mitty, whose delusions were confined to his own head, Barack Obama has been permitted to play out his most destructive leftist and pro-Islamic fantasies in real-time from the most powerful office on the planet.

Obama behaves like a dictator not just because he is a narcissist, but because his political beliefs are, at their core, authoritarian. He represents a perfect anti-American storm, the amalgamation of twin totalitarian ideologies, Marxist-Leninism and Islamic extremism, both dedicated to the destruction of Judeo-Christian civilization.

Obama cannot counter threats from abroad because he is sympathetic to them, while simultaneously pursuing domestic policies that generate economic malaise, fiscal bankruptcy, and social chaos; conditions that undermine American democracy and are the foundation of his fundamental transformation of the country.

Obama would not be a problem, nor would he even be President, if we did not have a hopelessly corrupt political-media culture.

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Nation

More Obamacare victims noticing that they’re on the hook to the IRS: Moe Lane
What Actually Causes American Fear of Islam and Muslims?: Daniel Pipes
CAIR Defends ISIS, Says Calling Them “Islamic Savages” Is “Hate Rhetoric”: WZ

The Reckoning: Victor Davis Hanson
Vox Obama: Rich Lowry
Boehner: House did its job under Constitution, any shutdown on Democrats: Scoop

The Anti-Semitism We Never Talk About: David Hazony
Regarded as Sheep to be Slaughtered: Erick Erickson
Who Are These “Violent Extremists” Obama Keeps Talking About?: CHQ

When Does a Threat to the Homeland Become "Existential"?: Dan Cadman
Bill’s libido threatens to derail Hillary — again: Maureen Callahan
Opponents of Article V Convention echo DC politicians and lobbyists: Todd Wolfrum

Economy

Sky High Debt Makes College Grads Live With Parents: David Ticzon
This African Country Was Once World’s 3rd Poorest; How It Turned Around: Ed Frank
How the Welfare State Penalizes Parents Who Marry: Robert Rector

Climate & Energy

U.N. Official Reveals Real Reason Behind Warming Scare: IBD
The Scorching of California by the Green Radical Left: Victor Davis Hanson
Is New York’s Snow Hurricane Tied to California’s Drought?: LI

Media

The War on Free Speech, Day In, Day Out: Mark Steyn
‘American Sniper’ Chris Kyle’s Widow Talks About Facing Valentine’s Day Without Him: WZ
Call Off the Dogs: Maureen Dowd

The Walker-Stupid, Obama-Genius Myth: Jack Cashill
(Lack Of) Truth And Consequences: Derek Hunter
Hijacking in progress! Check out these hilarious #ILoveObama tweets from conservatives: Twitchy

World

Why the (toothless) Iran sanctions bill matters: Daniel Pipes
ISIS Appears To Be Threatening To Burn Cage Filled With Children: WZ
Omar El-Hussein, Copenhagen Terrorist, Freed from Jail 2 Weeks Before Attack: Daniel Greenfield

The Morning After: Mark Steyn
Islam as a threat doctrine: Admiral (Ret) James Lyons
ISIS Releases Video of 21 Christians Being Beheaded in Libya: Sooper

As the war in Ukraine rages, civilians fight to survive: Valentyn Onyshchenko
Sweden: Rape Capital of the West: Ingrid Carlqvist and Lars Hedegaard
Two men arrested in connection with Copenhagen attacks: LAT

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

LG is bringing a stylish new smartwatch to MWC: AndroidAuthority
Cybercriminal gang plunders up to $1 billion from banks over two years: Jeremy Kirk, CIO
Should We Be Trying to Make Contact with Extraterrestrials?: Darren Orf

Cornucopia

Never forget; never remember: LL101
Bibi Ad Shows ISIS Asking Directions to Jerusalem: WS
America’s Greatest Fear: Keeping Up With the Jones: MOTUS

Image: Copenhagen attacks: Suspect killed by police linked to criminal gangs
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QOTD: "Don’t do this to a people that are in the crosshairs of multiple terrorist groups with the capability of attacking them. Don’t do this to a nation whose civilians are terrorized by thousands of rockets launched against them at a moment’s notice. Don’t do this to a country that’s facing down the threat of a nuclear weapon annihilating them off the face of the Earth. Don’t do this to a people that are being stigmatized all over the world, even as we speak, who are being oppressed. Don’t do this to a country that in forum after forum has become the subject of de-legitimatization as people argue that somehow Israel’s right to exist is not real." --Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)

Sunday, February 15, 2015

Misunderstanderers of Islam may be preparing to set fire to a cage full of "infidel" children

Because crusades.

Weasel Zippers reports that this was tweeted out from an apparent ISIS-related account:


But I guess this is just another case of a bunch of folks who are random victims of zealots, right, Mr. President?

Update: The Right Planet has more information on this picture. It's unclear whether it's a simulated protest or something real, but rest assured the President is on it, just like he was on "#BringBackOurGirls."

Update II: "ISIS Releases Video of 21 Christians Being Beheaded in Libya."


Hat tip: BadBlue News

Boston Logan Shuttered Again Due to Global Warming and Six Feet of Snow, But Mostly Six Feet of Snow

Six feet of snow in about two weeks?


As the founder of the Weather Channel said not long ago, "global warming [is] the greatest scam in history."