Monday, March 23, 2015

THE TRANSCRIPT: Ted Cruz Announces He is Running for President

Relayed by The Washington Post

CRUZ: Good to see you.

(APPLAUSE)

Thank you. (APPLAUSE)

Thank you so much, President Falwell. God bless Liberty University.

(APPLAUSE)

I am thrilled to join you today at the largest Christian university in the world.

(APPLAUSE)

Today I want to talk with you about the promise of America.

Imagine your parents when they were children. Imagine a little girl growing up in Wilmington, Delaware during World War II, the daughter of Irish and Italian Catholic family, working class. Her uncle ran numbers in Wilmington. She grew up with dozens of cousins because her mom was the second youngest of 17 kids. She had a difficult father, a man who drank far too much, and frankly didn’t think that women should be educated.

And yet this young girl, pretty and shy, was driven, was bright, was inquisitive, and she became the first person in her family ever to go to college. In 1956, my mom, Eleanor, graduated from Rice University with a degree in math and became a pioneering computer programmer in the 1950s and 1960s.

(APPLAUSE)

Imagine a teenage boy, not much younger than many of you here today, growing up in Cuba. Jet black hair, skinny as a rail.

(LAUGHTER)

Involved in student council, and yet Cuba was not at a peaceful time. The dictator, Batista, was corrupt, he was oppressive. And this teenage boy joins a revolution. He joins a revolution against Batista, he begins fighting with other teenagers to free Cuba from the dictator. This boy at age 17 finds himself thrown in prison, finds himself tortured, beaten. And then at age 18, he flees Cuba, he comes to America.

Larwyn's Linx: Obama, Kerry Seek to Finalize Iran Deal As Nuclear Conflict Draws Near

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Nation

Obama, Kerry Seek to Finalize Iran Deal As Nuclear Conflict Draws Near: NoisyRm
Reminder: Democrats still lust after taking away people’s ammunition.: Moe Lane
Obama’s ‘Open Hostility’ to Israel Sees Democrats Losing Trust in him: Algemeiner

Welcome to the Arena, Senator Cruz: Erick Erickson
Conservatives: Cruz Candidacy Puts Key Issues on Table: Matt Fuller
Sen. Ted Cruz to launch presidential bid Monday: Politico

Martin O’Malley Claims Liz Warren’s Sacred Hunting Grounds Against Hillary: WZ
The Death Cult of the Modern Democratic Party: Leon Wolf
Democrats are the new party of no: WaPo Editorial Board

The Real Price of Lies: Kevin D. Williamson
African Americans Prospered During the Presidency of Ronald Reagan: RWN
Convention of the States Resolution Passes Iowa House: Shane Vander Hart

Economy

Obama: ‘By Hook Or Crook,’ I’ll Expand Government: Neil Munro
Silenced workers who lost jobs to H-1B visa abuse (quietly) speak out: Byron York
Kill the ‘Doc Fix’: Erick Erickson

Scandal Central

The Largest, Best Funded Voter Fraud Operation in US History Happening Before Your Eyes: Steven Ahle
Charges Against Sen. Robert Menendez Expected as Early as This Week: Devlin Barrett
Illegals Chant “Si , Se Puede!” At Spanish Only Town Hall Held By Democratic Rep.: ProgsToday

Media

Azealia Banks Would Make a Great Starbucks Race Together Ambassador: CBC
Hillary's Base Starts To Catch On: Springer's Blog
CNN Confronts Stephen A. Smith for Wanting Black Americans to Vote GOP – And He Doesn’t Back Down: IJR

Most Americans’ Perfect Presidential Candidate Who Will Change Obama’s Failed Policies: Blaze
Krauthammer for President: Roger L. Simon
The Beck Thing: Lloyd Marcus

Ted Cruz Delights Followers with Midnight Tweet: ‘I’m Running for President’: Paula Bolyard
‘The Spine of a Worm, The Ethics of Whores’: Glenn Beck Unloads on Karl Rove: Josh Feldman
Ex-Daily Caller Blogger Tells Stelter Why Conservatives Are ‘Scared of Fox’: Josh Feldman

World

Proposed Deal with Iran Not Legal; Iranian Nukes in South America: Peter Huessy
Iranians Chant "Death to America" While Negotiations Continue: Clarion
McCain to Obama: 'Get over your temper tantrum, Mr. President' and focus on ISIS: Fox

Putin Turns Up His Special War Against Europe: The XX Committee
See the Sticker Being Placed On Meat That Is PISSING OFF Muslims Everywhere: MadWorld
The Chicken Or The Egg?: JoshuaPundit (2009)

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Why are Asian mothers so much better at raising high-performing children?: Wintery Knight
Google News buries news of Google's FTC investigation under Daniel Lyons fluff: AppleInsider
The World’s First Commercial Handheld Flamethrower Can Be Yours For $699: Bob Owens

Cornucopia

Travel tip: Don't forget your car on the ferry: Raymond Chen
Husband Spots Himself As a Kid in Wife’s Home Videos: iOTWreport
So God Made A Liberal: Ace

Image: TedCruz.org
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QOTD: "“Ted Cruz has all the makings of another Ronald Reagan,” Alabama Republican Mo Brooks told CQ Roll Call Sunday. “Cruz understands the principles that make America the greatest nation in world history.”

Brooks, a frequent guest at Cruz’s meetings with House conservatives, went on to say via text message that, “like Ronald Reagan,” Cruz has the backbone to do what’s right and the “oratorical skills needed to help inspire the American people to continued greatness.”

Rep. Marlin Stutzman told CQ Roll Call that Cruz running would give the GOP the opportunity to have a “full spectrum conversation” about the federal government. With an $18 trillion debt, failed health care policies, and an increasingly dangerous world, the Indiana Republican said, “Cruz’s participation in our Republican nomination will create lively discussion about what America faces and push strong conservative leadership to the top.”

Rep. Louie Gohmert also compared his fellow Texan to Reagan. “Ted Cruz can effectively and consistently articulate House conservatives’ message to the larger public and, like Reagan, make the election a referendum on what will save our nation,” he told CQ Roll Call.

Iowa’s Steve King called Cruz a “full spectrum constitutional conservative” who can “restore the soul of America.”" --Matt Fuller

Sunday, March 22, 2015

How Obama has destroyed America’s free enterprise system, in 2 charts

By James Pethokoukis

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The decline in business startups may not be news to my readers, but these charts and stats from Gallup (h/t to John Dearie) are still startling to me:

— The U.S. now ranks not first, not second, not third, but 12th among developed nations in terms of business startup activity. Countries such as Hungary, Denmark, Finland, New Zealand, Sweden, Israel and Italy all have higher startup rates than America does.

American business deaths now outnumber business births. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that the total number of new business startups and business closures per year — the birth and death rates of American companies — have crossed for the first time since the measurement began. I am referring to employer businesses, those with one or more employees, the real engines of economic growth. Four hundred thousand new businesses are being born annually nationwide, while 470,000 per year are dying.

5 Reactions to the Announcement that Ted Cruz will Campaign for the Republican Presidential Nomination

Honestly, I'm sick and tired of the establishment (both the Democrat-Media Complex and the old, bloated, sputtering GOP crony capitalists) telling us who our candidates should be. I support Ted Cruz for President.

Steve Deace:
Traditionally if you want to win the GOP nomination you have to be one of the three tickets punched out of Iowa, and there is no doubt Ted Cruz is a serious threat to be one of those three. He has the broadest appeal of all the conservative candidates, appealing to Iowa's evangelicals, tea partiers, and liberty faction without changing anything about who he is. He's arguably the best soldier the conservative cause has had in recent memory. If he can evolve from soldier to general, and cast the bold vision required of a president, he will be a very formidable candidate.

Tea Party Nation:
The consultant playbook says that a Presidential candidate must hint around for months. That candidate must at first deny that but be “persuaded.” There must be the obligatory leaks about the candidate’s family and friends trying to talk them into the run. This playbook also says avoid controversial issues, run a tofu campaign, devoid of content and don’t go after areas that are Democrat strongholds. Just spend millions on consultants and let them waste millions on advertising that doesn’t work and computer programs that fail. Oh and don’t complain when the consultants make millions off the campaign and the candidate loses.

Ted Cruz represents the only hope the Republican Party has.

Ted Cruz is right on almost all of the issues. But Cruz by coming right out and announcing he is running is setting the tone. He is willing to throw out the consultant playbook... Ted Cruz is a great candidate who will be a great President. I have endorsed Ted Cruz as has Tea Party Nation.

This is going to be a great election cycle. Conservatives are always looking for the next Ronald Reagan.

We’ve found him. His name is Ted Cruz.

Gov. Gerry (Moonbeam) Brown of Mexifornia:

CROWD-SOURCING A CLEANUP OF MY BLOG-ROLL

My latest brainstorm: having noticed that several of the blogs in the various lists at right are defunct, I was wondering whether my seven regular readers would assist me in a cleanup. Questions:

1. Which blogs should be removed?
2. Which blogs should be added?
3. Other suggestions?


Please let me know in the comments.

And thank you for your assistance. The reader with the most helpful suggestion will receive either a 2015 Corvette Stingray or a $5 off coupon for an oil change at Valu-Lube (my choice).


Larwyn's Linx: Obama: GOP Just Like Iranian Terrorists, BTW Let's Celebrate Another Muslim Holiday

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Nation

Obama: GOP Just Like Terrorists, BTW Let's Celebrate Another Muslim Holiday: RWN
Unraveling the unconventional warfare exercise in the Western U.S.: J.E. Dyer
Obama DREAMER Accused Of Killing Four: Cove

Don't Confirm Loretta Lynch: Rich Lowry
Gun rights groups in fierce opposition to Loretta Lynch as next A.G.: Chris Eger
Obama: Netanyahu's comments 'erode the name of democracy': Joseph Lawler

States urged to call for convention amending U.S. Constitution: Brad Cooper
Armed 84-Year-Old Saves Wife From Punk: MB
B. Todd Jones quits as ATF director amid backlash over proposed bullet ban: Times

Dianne Feinstein’s Husband Awarded Massive Fortune in Rail Boondoggle: RWN
CBO: Obamacare to Hit Only 65 Percent of 2015 Coverage Target: WS
Police departments hiring immigrants as officers: Alan Gomez, USA Today

Economy

Bernie Sanders calls for 'war tax' on millionaires: Rebecca Shabad
House votes to scrap union election rule, defying veto threat: Tim Devaney
Lift the cap on NYC's street vendors: Crain's New York

Scandal Central

Riding Mass Transit Is Like Inviting 20 Corrupt Politicians Into Your Wallet: SDA
Anti-Gun Idiots May Have Broken State Laws With Firearm Stunt: Matt Schuck
Clinton Foundation received US$2m from firm with ties to Beijing: Want China Times

Bill Clinton 'Unaware' Brother-In-Law on Board of Haitian Gold Mine that Landed Rare Permit: Rich Tucker
Justice Department Rolls Out An Early Form Of Capital Controls In America: ZH
Levin: 'America Is the New France': Breitbart

Climate & Energy

Former Obama law prof: EPA is “burning the Constitution” with its CO2 regulations: Ed Morrissey
EPA Rule Would Hurt Manatee Population: Christina Martin
McConnell to states: EPA climate rule is illegal: Timothy Cama

Media

Saturday morning feel good stories: This Ain't Hell
60 Minutes and Women in Combat Training: Russ Vaughn
If you thought the Starbucks ‘race’ campaign couldn’t get worse, you were wrong: Twitchy

Why Doesn’t Starbucks Practice What They Preach?: Jen Kuznicki
Michelle Malkin shows Rupert Murdoch why he needs to ‘get real’ about the border: Twitchy
Springtime for Hillary: Ed Driscoll

What was Obama doing while US special ops evacuated from ‘success story’ Yemen?: Twitchy
Ingraham: Jeb 'will lose' to Hillary: Cameron Joseph
A 'Privileged Cracker' Visits the California DMV: Theo Willem

World

There Is No Fatwa Condemning Nuclear Weapons by Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei: Andrew C. McCarthy
Obama Pretends '67 Borders Policy Triggered By Netanyahu Win: Peter Malcolm
Leeds bus stop rape: 'Harrowing' CCTV footage released showing moment teen was attacked: Mirror

ISIS Posts Kill Lists of 100 U.S. Military With Personal Information: Sara Noble
Bibi Reveals Obama’s Hypocrisy: Rick Jensen
Declassified Documents: CIA Helped Fund al-Qaeda via Afghan Government: Rawa

Northcom: Russian Cruise Missile Threat to U.S. Grows: Bill Gertz
Europe Is Teeming with Russian Spies: AmInt
Anti-Semitic attackers yelling 'we will kill you' storm synagogue in London: JPost

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Bronze Mask of Greek God Pan Unearthed in Northern Israel: Algemeiner
Mercedes invites drivers to experience F 015 self-driving cars: NextDigit
Gold fever makes Apple Watch devs chase the dream: Graham Bower

Cornucopia

Is Racism Still a Problem...in our Universities?: StandWithUs
The Bang a Gong Show: Far East Version: MOTUS
11 Self-Portraits Drawn During An LSD Trip: BuzzFeed

Image: Bronze Mask of Greek God Pan Unearthed in Northern Israel
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QOTD: "To the surprise of absolutely no one familiar with the ways of Corruptifornia, the one-party state completely in the hands of the Democrats, a consortium whose lead firm is controlled by Richard Blum, husband of Sen. Diane Feinstein, was awarded a nearly billion-dollar contract for the construction of the first phase of the so-called high-speed rail line to link San Francisco and Los Angeles. Those paying attention to the project call it the “half-fast” rail line because it will share trackage with conventional commuter rail trains in the sprawling Los Angeles and San Francisco areas, lowering its average speed to levels achieved by American railways a century ago." --Thomas Lifson

Saturday, March 21, 2015

The 10 Worst Automotive Love-Children of All-Time

I saw a 2000-vintage Jaguar the other day and it reminded me of some of the failed marriages between auto companies and their hellspawn products. Like:


10. The Jaguar/Ford Jagaurus
When The New York Times asserts that your vehicle may have been "the dud of the decade", it should give you pause. Like reconsidering whether you should visit a car dealership without a parent or guardian.

Ford and Jaguar combined the beauty of the Taurus with the, uhm, price of a Jag and the result was as you would expect. Many drivers had the experience of Edmunds commenter nomorejags14 who wrote of his 2003 copy, "...after a week the radio screen stop working, not long the wheels bent (all four), the check engine light came on, cat converter 2, after replacing twice the light is still on, then all codes possibles were detected by the scanner... and no mechanic could even look at it. Last hope I took it to a expert, his first words were 'get rid of this thing'."

Good advice, Sparky.

FOUNDER OF GREENPEACE: Why I am a Climate Change Skeptic

By Dr. Patrick Moore

I am skeptical humans are the main cause of climate change and that it will be catastrophic in the near future. There is no scientific proof of this hypothesis, yet we are told “the debate is over” and “the science is settled.”

My skepticism begins with the believers’ certainty they can predict the global climate with a computer model. The entire basis for the doomsday climate change scenario is the hypothesis increased atmospheric carbon dioxide due to fossil fuel emissions will heat the Earth to unlivable temperatures.

In fact, the Earth has been warming very gradually for 300 years, since the Little Ice Age ended, long before heavy use of fossil fuels. Prior to the Little Ice Age, during the Medieval Warm Period, Vikings colonized Greenland and Newfoundland, when it was warmer there than today. And during Roman times, it was warmer, long before fossil fuels revolutionized civilization.

The idea it would be catastrophic if carbon dioxide were to increase and average global temperature were to rise a few degrees is preposterous.

NAPA Ad Features Hillary Clinton as the Annoying Mother-In-Law

I wonder what Hillary charged NAPA for her brilliant acting performance as the freakishly annoying Mother-In-Law?



Oh, that Barney Rubble. What an actor.


Related: "Why Hillary Clinton's Email Habits Annoy So Many People".

BLUE STATE UTOPIA: Chicago Public Schools Circle the Drain

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the Chicago Public School system is facing a catastrophic penalty as a result of decades of borderline criminal Democrat fiscal mismanagement.

Chicago’s deep financial problems worsened Friday as a Wall Street bond-rating agency dramatically downgraded the credit of the city’s school system — triggering penalties that could come to more than $200 million.

...Chicago Public Schools is required to maintain a certain credit rating under the terms of complex debt “swap” deals with financial institutions. Failure to do so could activate termination clauses in the deals and CPS could have to make payments to the financial institutions.

Friday’s report from Fitch means CPS has dropped below the threshold for terminating the deals. According to Fitch, CPS could be forced to pay $263 million in penalties as a result...

...Even after closing a record number of schools, cutting administrative costs and raising property taxes, CPS has projected a budget deficit of more than $1 billion for the coming school year.

Interestingly, the Chicago Democrat machine is being torn asunder by the conflict between the unions and city leaders like Rahm Emanuel. Union leadership continues to fleece taxpayers while insisting that their unsustainable retirement benefits can be maintained. Emanuel, faced with these mathematical impossibilities, is suggesting that the unions must be reined in. Pass the popcorn.

Larwyn's Linx: Texas Judge Grills Obama Attorneys on Immigration Overhaul

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Nation

Texas Judge Grills Obama Attorneys on Immigration Overhaul: LI
Obama Addresses His People -- in Iran: EIB
Trolling For Voters: Dems Push Bill To Restore Voting Rights For Ex-Felons: WZ

In Defense of the GOP’s Iran Letter: Matt Mackowiak
Four-Fifths of House Urges Congressional Role in Iran Nuke Deal: Tower
Will Hispanics fire up America?: Michael Barone

The Lost Republic Diaries – Part X: Camp o' the Saints
Feds to Weigh Children in Daycare: Elizabeth Harrington
Navy Strategic Air Wing Commander Fired: Robert Burns

Hillary Clinton’s Billy Carter moment.: Moe Lane
Why Hillary Has Been Silent About The Obama/Bibi Fight: Jeff Dunetz
Kansas House panel endorses measure calling for Article V Convention: AP

Economy

Jeb Bush Won’t Sign Anti-Tax Pledge: CNS
Tech wants more foreign workers while Senate hears of displaced Americans: Exam
US chamber of commerce bats for Indian IT cos in H-1B visa tangle: Yashwant Raj

Scandal Central

Treason: Obama vs. Senate Republicans: Joel Pollak
The Best "Democracy" Money Can Buy: ZH
Now Huma Abedin is Being Scrutinized for Possible Corruption: Steven Ahle

Trey Gowdy to Hillary Clinton: Hand Over Your E-Mail Server: Jim Treacher
Obama Nominee to Replace Holder Accused of Cheating Victims Out of 40 Million Dollars: Steven Ahle
A List of Obama’s Constitutional Violations: Truth Seeker (2013)

Climate & Energy

Flashback 1958: Arctic Ice Sheet Will Envelope NYC, Chicago: DC
Spring snowstorm pelts Mid-Atlantic, Northeast: Doyle Rice
Another ship of fools? More craziness about Antarctic Ice: Eric Worrall

Media

Steyn: 'Everybody' in Middle East 'Despises' Obama: Ian Hanchett
Candidates for Woman on $20 Bill: Man-hater, Mass-murderer or Advocate for Genocide of Blacks: Wizbang
Ron Coleman Gets Results: Ace

Generals McInerney and Vallely: An Enemy Of The Nation Sitting In The White House: Hooben
CAIR: Saying The Pledge of Allegiance In Arabic Is “Quintessentially American”: WZ
Conservative media marginalizing itself in Walker-Mair drama: LI

World

Netanyahu with Megyn Kelly: I was Re-elected to Ensure the “Survival” of Israel: FreeLight
Israel Is Preparing to DEFY Obama, Make Massive Move to Defend Their People: ConTrib
Osama bin Laden’s Bodyguard Cleared for Release from GITMO by Obama Administration: Sara Noble

Analysis: Why AQAP quickly denied any connection to mosque attacks: Thomas Joscelyn
ISIS Terror Strike Kills 137, Another 345 Wounded!: LibertyNews
France: Iran nuclear deal must guarantee Islamic Republic cannot get atomic bomb: JPost

Obama buries the hatchet -- in Netanyahu's head: Elliot Abrams
The Crisis Has Exploded: John Podhoretz
Another scorned U.S. ally turns to Russia: Aaron Klein

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Important vs. Critical Talent: What if the Beatles Had Been a Company?: Thomas McGuire and Linda Brenner
Introducing the Glock 43, Glock's Very First Single Stack 9mm: Concealed Nation
W3C member proposes single-page apps without JavaScript in HTML6: Rob Marvin

Cornucopia

A Week of Humiliations: Reflections of Sista Silverheels: MOTUS
$825.00 For Some Tacky Hotel Curtain Print Skirt: Feral Irishman
WATCH: Hilarious GOP Ad Mimic Dos Equis In Their Portrayal Of Hillary Clinton: John Brodigan

Image: Shocking School Bus Brawl In Alabama (Guns VS Baseball Bats)
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QOTD: "Almost as quickly as the Islamic State’s branch in Yemen claimed responsibility for suicide attacks at mosques attended by Houthis in Sana’a earlier today, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) denied any connection to the coordinated bombings. There is a simple reason why: Such attacks are inconsistent with al Qaeda’s guidelines for waging jihad.

In its statement denying any ties to the bombings, AQAP stressed that it remains “committed to the guidelines” issued by Sheikh Ayman al Zawahiri. Those guidelines advise against “targeting mosques, markets, and public places out of concern for the lives of innocent Muslims, and to prioritize the paramount interests,” AQAP’s message reads..." --Thomas dJoscelyn

Friday, March 20, 2015

As Relations With Israel Plummet To New Low, Obama Cuts Video for Iran Praising the Ayatollah

By Weasel Zippers


Anyone think it’s a coincidence Obama chose today to release his Nowruz message (it begins on the first day of spring)?


Who, then, is "treasonous"?


Read more at WeaselZippers.us

CHART: The Obama Islamic Threat Advisory System

Spotted at LiberalLogic101:


Hat tip: BadBlue News.

WHOA: Ted Cruz to make "important speech" at Liberty University

Just sayin': Ted Cruz would make an awesome president.

Sen. Ted Cruz’s political operation appears to be strongly encouraging attendance by the media at an event in Lynchburg, Va., Monday for what’s being billed as “an important speech.”

Aides to the Texas Republican, who has been contemplating a run for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016, were tight-lipped Friday about the details of the visit to the campus of Liberty University, but the timing of the speech would be right for getting somewhat ahead of the curve on announcing a White House run, at least among senators.

Cruz spoke previously at the private, Christian university in Virginia in April of 2014, where he delivered the convocation address [focusing] on a topic of significant interest to his audience, actions by the government that conservatives view as attacks on their religious liberty.

Would this make a difference for you? "If I were Ted Cruz."


Hat tip: BadBlue Real-Time News.

U.N. finally finds the worst abuser of women's rights and it's... Israel

By Sara Noble

It’s hard to understand why we allow the U.N. to take up the most expensive East River real estate in New York. They are an organization of anti-Israel and anti-American socialists, dictators and fascists.

This year they selected Israel as the worst abuser of women’s rights – of Palestinian women’s rights. Their selection was posted in a U.N. report titled, “Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women.” Forty-five states participated and only Israel and the U.S. opposed the censure. Thirteen members of the European Union abstained.

The U.N.’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) chose Israel out of 193 nations, which includes countries that allow women to be beaten by their husbands, women who need four witnesses to prove they’ve been raped, women who suffer sexual mutilation, and women who have to walk around covered up from head to toe.

They did not choose China with its millions of women who face forced abortions and sterilizations.

One of the members of the CSW is Iran where adultery is punishable by stoning and women who kill their rapists are executed. Women in Iran need the consent of their husbands to hold a job. An Iranian woman must not step beyond her house for her presence in society breeds sin. She must stay at home, serving her husband’s carnal desires and taking care of the household. Women of Iran can’t be judges and they can never be president. Harsher punishments are issued for women, their credibility as witnesses and inheritance rights are half those of men in Iran.

The CSW will say the alleged Israeli occupation prevents Palestinian women from advancing and becoming self-reliant. It’s not their religion and traditions. It’s the Jews' fault.

The Incredible Economic Benefits of Right-to-Work

By Richard Larsen

This week Wisconsin became the 25th state in the union to pass and sign into law so-called “right to work” legislation. Despite the pejorative light oftentimes associated with right to Work (RTW) laws, in reality all they do is proscribe the requirement that a worker join or pay dues to a union as a qualification for employment.

Unions often view laws removing compulsory union membership for work in the private sector as “anti-union,” while advocates of right to work laws maintain it’s a matter of personal liberty and economic freedom. They argue that workers in given trades or industries should have the option to choose whether to join a union or not. Arguably, if a union is doing a good job representing the interests of its members, it should not be threatened by the freedom to choose, as the benefits of union membership would be self-evident.

Even some union leadership supports such a sentiment.

BEFORE AND AFTER PICS: Lying Takes Its Toll

Relayed by Dan from New York:


Courtesy of @PC_GoneWild.


HEY, DEMOCRATS: Attack the GOP Using This One Weird Trick!

By Investor's Business Daily

Politics: Sen. Dick Durbin, who says Republicans have shoved attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch to the "back of the bus," once filibustered and opposed the GOP nominations of black and Latino appeals court judges.

Last week, Durbin accused Republicans of forcing Lynch, President Obama's African-American nominee to replace Eric Holder, to "sit in the back of the bus" until a vote on a controversial sex trafficking bill could be held.

That thinly veiled reference to the moment in 1955 when Rosa Parks refused to move from her seat in a Montgomery, Ala., bus was meant to paint Senate Republicans as racists. This came as news to Tim Scott, R-S.C., the first black elected to the Senate from the Deep South since reconstruction.

"It is helpful to have a long memory and remember that Dick Durbin voted against Condoleezza Rice during the 40th anniversary of the March (on Selma)," Scott noted.

"So I think, in context, it's just offensive that we have folks who are willing to race-bait on an issue as important as human trafficking."

Rice was the first African-American woman, and only the second woman, to serve as secretary of state. Durbin opposed her views on the Iraq war, which Durbin said were "just plain wrong." Opposition to Rice, who succeeded Colin Powell, was Durbin's privilege, but by his standards he was a racist for doing so.

Larwyn's Linx: U.S. Threatens Sanctions Against Israel, Makes Excuses for Iran                  

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Nation

U.S. Threatens Sanctions Against Israel, Makes Excuses for Iran: Daniel Halper
America’s time for atonement: J.D. Gordon
Obama to ‘reassess’ relationship with Zionist Enti… right, too soon: Moe Lane

Don’t tell Democrats this, but …: David Robertson
Can We Make #FactsMatter Trend?: R.S. McCain
The Art of Hostage Taking: Erick Erickson

Obama Takes His Rage to World Stage: David Limbaugh
Obama finally calls Netanyahu: Scoop
Mandatory voting? An idea so dumb only Obama could propose it: WyBlog

Here Comes Algore: The Z Man
Poll: 54% want a 'fresh face' in 2016, not Clinton: Paul Bedard
Not outraged over Scott Walker and Liz Mair: LI

Economy

Pay to Play: White House Nearly Tripled Government Funding of La Raza: MagNote
The Clintons and the Fed Are Gasping Over the April Issue of Harper’s: Pam Martens
European QE Creates Distortions in World Economy: John Browne

Scandal Central

Former Employees: Reid-Backed Firm Lied to Get Stimulus Cash: Lachlan Markay
ICE: 167,527 Criminal Aliens Loose in U.S.A.: CNS
Emails sought of nearly a dozen U.S. State Department workers under Clinton: Susan Cornwell

Climate & Energy

Obama Waves His Executive Action Magic Wand… Orders Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cut By 40%: WZ
Bummer: Snow Expected On First Day Of Spring In Northeast: Cove
‘Climate to Severe Weather Linkage’ Falls Flat – No US tornadoes reported in March: WUWT

Media

Breitbart, Malkin, Scott Walker, and Strategery: Leon Wolf
Krauthammer: “It’s Clear that Obama Loathes Netanyahu more than any Other World Leader": FreeLight
Coffee, tea, or a frank discussion on race?: Jonah Goldberg

World

Marco Rubio Recounts The History of Obama’s Treatment of Israel: Dan McLaughlin
Why Israel Should be Very Worried: Dossier
The Islamization of South America: Gates of Vienna

As Relations With Israel Plummet To New Low, Obama Cuts Video To Iranian People Praising Ayatollah: WZ
US Plans Show-of-Force Exercise in E. Europe: DefenseOne
NATO intercepts Russian fighters over Baltic Sea: Reuters

AWOL on the Defense Budget: WS
U.S. officials: We are considering recognizing Palestinian State within '67 borders: Jerusalem
Spite is now U.S. policy towards Israel: LI

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Weapons of World War III: How new technology will affect the next great conflict: Ben Algaze
Leaked US antitrust report on Google adds weight to rivals' complaints: CIO
How A 121-Storey Building Uses A Giant Magnet To Prevent Swaying: Gizmodo

Cornucopia

Obama’s New Individual Mandate: MOTUS
This Week In Quotes: John Hawkins
"I am seething with self hatred for not thinking if this headline myself. ": American Digest

Image: America’s time for atonement
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QOTD: "Every single Obama failure — and we have quite a large sample here to draw conclusions from (N=1325) — is followed by a Prolonged Snit. This is seriously the first man I’ve ever observed for any length of time who always wants you to know he’s Ragging." --Ace

Thursday, March 19, 2015

LEVIN: Mr. Obama, you reek of anti-semitism

The Right Scoop has the video and the transcript:

Eric Holder said that this nation is full of cowards because we won’t have a discussion about race.

Well I think this nation needs to have a discussion about what’s going on in this White House and this administration, about anti-Semitism.

Because this White House is reaching out to Sharpton, the Muslim Brotherhood, CAIR, all these radical nut jobs and groups.

Their policies which are — it’s not just Netanyahu. They’re willing to throw Israel over the side for the Islamo-regime in Tehran. This president’s former relationships with Khalidi, the professor at Columbia now, with Wright, the so-called reverend from Chicago — this president has a lot to answer for and his conduct is contemptible.

I don’t care how many liberal Democrat donors he has who are Jewish. He can hide behind them all he wants. But Mr. Holder, Mr. Obama, let’s have a national discussion about the anti-Semitism that reeks from your administration!

Mark Levin noted that Obama doesn't like Democracy, he doesn't like Netanyahu; he has more ability to work with dictators and genocidal maniacs than with people elected democratically.


Hat tip: BadBlue News.