Monday, May 25, 2015
AN AMTRAK EXPERIENCE: May 22-23, 2015
The date should tell you something! I rode Amtrak from Dallas to Hope yesterday. Got here this morning.
The posted departure time was 3:40 p.m. I got to Union Station early, so as not to miss my train. Isn’t that the way it works at the airport? I should have known better. About 3:15, I got a text saying that the train was delayed. The revised departure time was now 7:51 p.m. If you’re good at math, that’s four hours and eleven minutes late.
It could have been worse. The westbound train, #21, headed to Fort Worth and on to Los Angeles, was scheduled to go out at 11:50 a.m. It left Union Station at 7:00 p.m.
Once we got on board, I was pleased to see the nice wide spacing and the comfortable reclining seats. For coach class, I couldn’t complain.
The ride was pleasant, but slow. I had ridden the DART light rail earlier from Plano into Big D. By comparison, the DART is a bullet train. We crept along for what seemed to be forever at 30 mph, tops. Once we got into the countryside, things picked up only slightly.
Larwyn's Linx: Democrats Want Obama To Relocate 60,000 Muslims From ISIS Central Into US
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Democrats Want Obama To Import 60,000 Muslims From ISIS Central: Sooper7 Stages of the Progressive Agenda: Cube
The 15 Benghazi emails you need to read: Lauren French, Politico
Illegals Angry at Hillary’s Secret Service For Asking Their Legal Status: Sooper
Beware of the candidate without accomplishments: John Ruberry
Hillary Prepares Second Big Campaign Event Since First Flopped: Sara Noble
Obama has a strategy for fighting ISIS -- one that isn't working: Doyle McManus, LAT
President Hillary Kardashian: Derek Hunter
What Hillary hasn't been able to cover-up on Benghazi: Thomas Lifson
Leftists Work For the Total State: Henry Dampier
The Libertarian Moment is Everywhere Around Us: Nick Gillespie
14 members of Waco PD involved in bloodbath?: Conservative Headlines
Economy
Bank Of England Accidentally E-mails Top-Secret Brexit Plan To Newspaper: ZHBehind Science Fraud: Steven Hayward
Congress' familiar path: short-term solutions: Alan Fram
Scandal Central
Emails reveal Hillary cared so much about Benghazi she slept through intel briefing 4 days later: ScoopStephanopoulos joined Bill Clinton on Pedo Island: iOTWreport
Gun-Toting Valdosta Flag Defiler Wants to Kill All White Crackkkas – Still on the Loose: Sara Noble
Climate & Energy
The Sound Of Settled Science: SDAEPA poised to issue landmark water regulations: Timothy Cama, The Hill
Lake Mead Water Level Mysteriously Plunges After Nevada Quake: ZH
Media
100 Million Dead Under Communism – Next to Zero Hollywood Films: Betty ButterLiberals Disgrace Memorial Day: Kurt Schlichter
The heart-wrenching pictures and stories of veterans from one cemetery on Memorial Weekend: John Brodigan
CNN's King: Within 24 Hours After Saying She Was Dead Broke, Hillary Made $700K: Breitbart
WSJ reporter to Hillary Clinton: 'Can I ride in your lap to the White House?': Examiner
PRESCIENT: Camille Paglia on feminism from 1995: Instapundit
World
Mass Slaughter of Women, Children in Palmyra; Obama Golfs, Eats Ice Cream for Reporters: Sara NobleIranian-backed militias lead Iraqi counteroffensive to retake Ramadi: Bill Roggio
Emigration kills Africa, immigration is killing Europe!: Vlad Tepes
Iraqi Refugees Fleeing ISIS Stranded in 'Horrific' Conditions: Right Pundit
Remembering Haifa Bus 37 Suicide Bombing: William A. Jacobson
Americans gave their lives to defeat the Nazis. The Dutch have never forgotten: WaPo
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)
Military suit with suspended armor, computer makes debut: USA TodayMarchionne approached GM about a merger, but was rebuffed, NYT reports: Automnews
50 years later, a look at what really sank the Thresher: NavyTimes (2013)
Cornucopia
Memorial Day, 2015: Springer's BlogOne is Smarter Than the Other Won: MOTUS
The McLaren 540C Coupe Is an Awesome $165,000 Entry-Level Sports Car: Robb Report
Image: Military suit with suspended armor, computer makes debut
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QOTD: "Clinton has insisted she didn’t share classified information through her email account, but the State Department concluded that one email exchange on potential arrests after the attacks was indeed classified. The document appears to have been formally classified Friday by the State Department." --Lauren French, Politico
Sunday, May 24, 2015
"Why I Love Being a Conservative"
"I love being a conservative…" pic.twitter.com/Cn4rJMQGYD
— Adam Baldwin (@AdamBaldwin) April 25, 2015Pass it on.
"Emails offer glimpse into Clinton’s personal life", but not much concern for anyone else in the wake of the Benghazi attacks
Only hours before Hillary Clinton was to face her biggest challenge and tragedy as US secretary of state, she asked an aide to get her a French documentary about Libya.
"Can you get us a copy of Bernard Henri-Levi's (sic) film about Libya. I think Harvey made it and it showed at Cannes last spring," the then secretary of state wrote to her trusted friend and confidant Huma Abedin at 5:50 am on September 11, 2012 [hours before the attack on Benghazi]...
...The request to Abedin was among 296 emails released by the State Department on Friday out of 30,000 that Clinton has turned over after revealing that during her 2009-2013 tenure she had used a private server and email address... they offer a small, but unprecedented insight into Clinton's personal life, her daily work at the Department and how she handled the tragedy which caused a convulsion of grief in the close-knit diplomatic community.
A "convulsion of grief in the close-knit diplomatic community"? Yes, in fact Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was so grief-stricken that she slept through the presidential intel briefing convened just four days after the attack.
THANKS, OBAMA: Epidemic of MS-13 Gang Busts Reveal Disastrous Results of Executive Amnesty
Border: Recent busts of murderous MS-13 gangsters put the lie to President Obama's sympathetic amnesty narrative of illegal immigrants as "workers who mow our lawns, make our beds (and) clean out bedpans."
Authorities Wednesday rounded up 37 MS-13 gang members in Charlotte, N.C., on racketeering conspiracy charges, along with charges of murder, attempted murder and firearms violations. All of them are illegal aliens from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. Several are round-trippers — illegals who broke in once, committed crimes, got deported and broke back into the U.S. — proving that our border is porous and unsecured.Charlotte police discovered the rat's nest of foreign gangsters after some of them started shooting up local nightclubs and bars.
Reading the indictment, much of the money these immigrant hoods raise from illegal gang activity is wired back to El Salvador to arrange for even more gangsters to come across the border.
The funds are wired back to Central America through remittances that Obama has made cheaper and easier for illegals to send through new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules on banks.
YES, REALLY: Obama Says Iran Won’t Be More Dangerous with an Extra $150 Billion Dollars
The Goldberg interview with Obama reads like a conversation with an idiot. Actually make that two idiots, both of whom are also compulsive liars.
One of the highlights of their insane exchange is when Obama tries to insist that Iran won’t be more dangerous if it gets another $150 billion.Obama: The question is, if Iran has $150 billion parked outside the country, does the IRGC automatically get $150 billion? Does that $150 billion then translate by orders of magnitude into their capacity to project power throughout the region?
So Obama brings out the math, and by math, I mean specious arguments and assorted distractions.
“And that is what we contest, because when you look at the math, first of all they’re going to have to deliver on their obligations under any agreement, which would take a certain period of time. Then there are the mechanics of unwinding the existing restraints they have on getting that money, which takes a certain amount of time.”
Which matters to Obama because he wants it to happen when he isn’t on the hook for it, but doesn’t help anything. Well it helps him avoid responsibility.
Larwyn's Linx: Hillary's Real Benghazi Problem
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Hillary's Real Benghazi Problem: John HinderakerHillary claim she used only one email address while at State? Another lie: GWP
The Democrats heat up some leftovers for the 2016 Senate races: Moe Lane
Senate Decepticons Advance Trade Deal Giving Obama New Powers: Treehouse
Night of the Republican Suicide: BPR
Democrats Sent Out This Tweet for Memorial Day Weekend: Michael Hausam
Cheryl Mills Had a "Come to" Jesus Meeting on Benghazi: Ace
Christie Dead Wrong About Spying: Rick Jensen
Minnesota Somali Muslim Joined ISIS, Vowed to 'Spit on America' at Border: Geller
IS claims it is ‘infinitely’ closer to nuking US: Times of Israel
Goldberg Absolutely Nails it on Hillary: DTG
Can Hillary Reverse the Six-Year Decline in Democrat Turnout?: Michael Barone
Economy
No biggie: Your Obamacare premiums are going up. Way up in some cases.: Jazz ShawImmigration: Is This The Breaking Point?: Peter Brimelow
ACLU Wages Total Lawfare on Poor PA Town Trying to Stem Illegal Wave: Margaret H. Roberts
Scandal Central
Hillary Deliberately Caused Delay Of Email Release By Submitting Only Paper Copies: Eileen McGannNYC Demands Sharpton’s Daughter Preserve Incriminating Hiking Pictures: WZ
Senate blocks USA PATRIOT Act reauthorization: Teri Robinson
Climate & Energy
EPA Plan to Ban Coal Hits Major Roadblock: Phil KerpenIt’s The Summer Of Cli-Fi: Cove
Why It’s So Hard to Convince Warmists: WUWT
Media
Credit Where Credit Is Due: R.S. McCainWe Need to Become America Again: John Velisek
New SooperVideo! Why All Latinos Should Be Conservatives Explained in Just 2 Minutes: Sooper
Hey media: A very bad week for black lives in Baltimore (and gay rights in the Middle East): Silvio Canto, Jr.
‘Pathetic’: AP runs cover for Dems scrambling to repair ‘deceptive’ Obamacare: Twitchy
Actor Chris Pratt’s Take on Any Grievances he may cause Liberals in the Future: John S. Roberts
Hollywood's Hillaryphobia: Mark Steyn
PBS Buries Stephanopoulos Scandal; Anchor Woodruff Exposed as Clinton Donor: Breitbart
Reporter to Harf: Do You All Feel Like Clinton Campaign Surrogates When Defending Her Private Emails?: WFB
World
Attention Feminists, Leftists, and anti-Zionists – You’re On the Wrong Side: iOTWreportISIS Prices Michelle Obama’s Worth In “Slave Market” They Promise To Bring To West: $40: WZ
Three ways China and the U.S. could go to war: Michael Auslin
Poll: 80% of Muslims Support ISIS Conquests in Syria & Iraq: GWP
Leaked Jihadist Text Book Teaches ISIS Terrorists How To Infiltrate America: Shoebat
Obama: No, Iran Won’t Be More Dangerous with $150 Billion Dollars: Daniel Greenfield
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)
The Inside Story of How the iPhone Crippled BlackBerry: WSJNew Evidence May Solve Mystery of America's Huge Ancient City: Kristin Romey, National Geographic
The Establishment Has Already Acknowledged A Lost Race of Giants - Part 1: Ancient Origins
Cornucopia
20 First Photos from the History of Photography: Michael ArchambaultHold the Popcorn: Hillary’s Best Emails Are Still In The Can: MOTUS
Elderly Politician Forgets Where She Is: Glob
Image: ISIS Prices Michelle Obama’s Worth In “Slave Market” They Promise To Bring To West: $40
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Isn't it time for a real conservative? Ted Cruz 2016: Official Site
QOTD: "Senators are forced to go into a classified viewing room in order to read the full text of the [TPP Trade Agreement] document, but are not allowed to bring in key staff or take notes on what is included in the bill text. Not only this, but as you would assume for classified documents, elected officials are unable to speak to anyone without proper security clearance about the specific details of the trade negotiations without suffering potential criminal legal ramifications.
This becomes a serious issue when dealing with complicated and technical negotiations regarding the largest trade deal in American history. It also raises serious questions about the legislative process and democracy generally when the public is unable to view the content of a bill introduced in Congress, but foreign government officials and private corporations are." --Stephen Benavides
Saturday, May 23, 2015
I Hear a Strange Echo: Iran Tells Israel to Give Up The Nukes, Then Obama Tells Israel Give up Nukes
The Obama administration likes to help Iran out on the nuclear issue. In the end, we will have Obama’s legacy.
On Monday, Iran demanded Israel give up their nuclear weapons, saying that failure to do so could kill the Mideast nuclear ban initiative. Coincidentally, on Thursday, the U.S. pressed Israel to get rid of their nukes because it would bring other nations into discussions on the matter.
Israel National News: US Pressing Israel to Lose Its Nukes
Assistant US Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation, Thomas Countryman, held talks in Israel with senior Foreign Ministry officials, about the possibility of making the Middle East nuclear-free on Thursday.This is while our allies and other terrorist nations including ISIS are seeking nuclear weapons.The State Department confirmed Countryman’s visit and sources in the US Administration said that Israeli agreement to the idea would be a catalyst for bringing additional countries into discussions on the matter.
Fars News Agency: Iran leads calls by non-aligned nations for Israel to give up its nuclear weapons
It is clear that Obama and Iran seek the same goal: not a nuclear-free Middle East, but an Israel-free Middle East.Iran on Monday led calls by non-aligned nations for Israel to give up its nuclear weapons as a major conference got underway on advancing prospects for a nuclear-free world.
The Disarmament Conference in New York has come and gone (ended May 22), while Western diplomats claim proposals could torpedo the process and push Israel to walk away!
Failure to reach an agreement on the issue could kill the Mideast nuclear ban initiative. The developing nations say the UN should convene another conference on a regional ban of nuclear weapons. They also demand Israel immediately join the NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty).
Hat tip: BadBlue News.
BOLTON: Released Emails Prove Hillary Culpable in Terror Killings of Americans in Benghazi
I think the most telling information that we have seen in this limited number of emails is that there are repeated examples of Secretary of State Clinton being told in 2011 and 2012 that the security situation of our personnel in Tripoli and Benghazi was very precarious. The country’s government had fallen apart—that the threat from terrorist attacks was high and that our people were very concerned about it.
Now you’ll recall in her limited public appearances to date that she has said, you know, I don’t get involved in that security stuff, you know, I have people that do that. Well I have to say when I heard that I was stunned. I’ve worked for six different secretaries of state, everyone of them coming from very different backgrounds, every one of them cared about the safety of the Americans who worked for them in the State Department. And not one of them would have missed the danger that our diplomats in Libya faced. And this was called to her attention repeatedly and she didn’t do anything about it. So When we ask the question, who is responsible for the tragedy of the murder of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi, there is a very clear answer. It was Hillary Clinton.
She said she didn’t know the security situation in Libya , these documents alone, these are the first documents, it’s only going to get worse after this, after the other documents come out, but these documents alone, we know she was advised repeatedly about how dangerous it was.
Of course, anyone could have arrived at the same conclusion years ago if he or she had read "DAMNING: The Complete Benghazi Timeline Spreadsheet", which was first published in 2013.
CONTROLLING THE LANGUAGE: How Progressives Stifle Dissent
Ever since the junior senator from Illinois announced his candidacy for the presidency eight years ago, those who have criticized his politics and his ideology have been pummeled with a charge of “racism.” It’s been the perfunctory, knee-jerk response – devoid of intellectual integrity or factual relevance – to avoid the substantive issues, while attempting to simultaneously stifle dissent and silence critics. And it’s clear from early indications with regard to the 2016 presidential race, that the same modus operandi will be employed against those critical of Hillary Clinton. Only this time it will be gender based – the charge of sexism.
During the Obama tenure, the charge of “racist” has been unavoidable to any who were critical of the president. Whether it was criticism of Obamacare, lack of transparency, fiscal profligacy, inscrutable foreign policy, class-envy fomentation, and anti-capitalist policies, it didn’t matter. Regardless of the logic, data, facts, or strength of argument, if you opposed the administration policies and initiatives, you were a racist. At least according to the sycophants, who were either oblivious to logic, data, or facts, and had an empty logical quiver from which to fire back with anything except blanks.
And what’s pathetic, from a free speech, open discourse, and cogent political discourse perspective, is that it worked. The millions of Americans who flocked to Tea Party rallies, Glenn Beck confabs, and other conservative functions, were successfully labeled “racists” because of their opposition to the liberal, destructive policies of the administration. It didn’t matter what color, race, creed, or socio-economic status they hailed from, they were all racists.For some reason, the fact that the policies propounded and foisted on the nation the past six years are not race-based seems lost on the vapid purveyors of the “racist” tactic. Big government, massive debt, onerous regulations, expansive government control, and the concomitant loss of personal liberty are naturally opposed not because they might be advanced by someone of a certain color, ethnic background, or native language. They’re opposed because they’re antithetical to the founding principles of our republic! It matters not who is foisting the destructive policies and ideology on the nation; it matters that they’re distinctly anti-American. Conservative Ben Carson’s current lead in the crowded GOP primary race underscores that fact.
NEW EMAILS CONFIRM: Hillary Lied to Congress; Fully Aware of Terror Risks in Benghazi Months Before Attack
Newly reported emails indicate Hillary Clinton was personally made aware of security dangers in the months leading up to the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attacks on U.S. compounds in Benghazi, Libya. That’s according to the House Benghazi Committee, which has obtained 300 long-sought emails from the State Department among tens of thousands under subpoena.
The Benghazi Committee says there are a number of emails in which State Department personnel specifically passed along security issues to Clinton in 2011 and 2012 before the attacks. An August 2012 email to then-Secretary of State Clinton from one of her top aides, Jake Sullivan, referred to “some warning signs” regarding the deteriorating security situation.Clinton has long denied being in the loop about mounting dangers in Benghazi and her agency’s rejection of security requests from U.S. personnel, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, who was killed in the attacks. Though Clinton was sent multiple cables about security prior to the assaults, she explained that she got far too many to read.
“They are all addressed to me,” Clinton told the House Foreign Affairs Committee in January 2013. “They do not all come to me. They are reported through the bureaucracy.”
The newly reported emails differ from the cables in that they were sent directly to Clinton’s personal email server and, in some cases, were from one of her top aides.
NEWS OF THE FUTURE: Third Edition
Read more at Springer's Blog.
Larwyn's Linx: Scenes From the Decadent Period of the Dying American Republic
Nation
Scenes From the Decadent Period of the Dying American Republic: AceWhite House: Go Ask The FBI About Hillary’s Classified Emails: Chuck Ross
Baltimore Policing Now Resembles Counter-Insurgency: James Kirkpatrick
State Dept. Makes Curious Redaction in Hillary Email: Stephen F. Hayes
At DC Synagogue President Obama Delivered Nothing But Empty Words: Lid
Post Riot Baltimore Shootings Skyrocket 70%; Murder Rate Up 42%: Treehouse
Drudge Unleashes on Secret Trade Bill Giving Obama More Power: Sara Noble
Obama & McConnell work together to pass Fast Track TPA bill: Jenny North
Senate adjourns with no clear path forward on Patriot Act: Julian Hattem, The Hill
Economy
Democrats Seek Pell Grants for Inmates at Expense of Law Abiding: Steven AhleU.S. Gives $7 Billion in Food Benefits to “Ineligible Recipients”: Judicial Watch
Illinois University Presidents Live in Fantasy World of Lavish Perks: David Ticzon
Scandal Central
New Hillary Emails Confirm She Received Classified Info on Private Email : BlazeHillary Was Pushing For Tax Breaks To Benefit Clinton Library Donors: Lid
Clinton Foundation Had $26M In Contributions It ‘Forgot’ To Disclose: Doug Mataconis
New Emails Show Hillary Was Warned About Benghazi Attack Year Before 9/11/12: Lid
Video: Obama and the Child Molester: Declan Finn
In Secret Email Account Hillary Didn't Even Get Chris Stevens’ Name Right: RWN
Media
A Memorial Weekend Review for Election 2016: Roger L. SimonLouie Gohmert and other Texas congressmen to endorse Ted Cruz’s 2016 bid: RawStory
Ted Cruz Obliterates Pro-Gay Questioner: Cheryl Chumley
World
The Migratory Invasion of Europe: David SolwayIranian negotiations become liberals’ nightmare: Jennifer Rubin
Jihadi bride: “I rejoiced when we had our first sex slave”: Robert Spencer
Obama’s Policies to Empower ISIS Exposed by Raymond Ibrahim: Robert Spencer
Islamic State asserts responsibility for Shiite mosque blast in Saudi Arabia: WaPo
UN envoy ‘sickened’ by rampant IS sexual violence: Times of Israel
Hotovely Tells Foreign Ministry to Quote Torah to the World: Arutz Sheva
Masked Mexican Explains Why All Latinos Should Be Conservative in Just 2 Minutes: Scoop
42 cartel members dead in THREE HOUR bloody siege against federal troops : Daliy Mail
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)
Anonabox Review: A Beginners’ Insight: Christopher SewardBizarre Nasty Star is Being Devoured by its Companion: Maddie Stone
Nasdaq Signals Confidence in Bitcoin, Not Just the Blockchain: Sarah Todd
Cornucopia
How Hillary’s book is displayed at this D.C. bookstore is the funniest thing you’ll see tonight: TwitchyTurkey's Erdogan Confirmed To Be A Part Of A Strange Homosexual Cult?: Walid Shoebat
Cancer claims life of teen 19 days after Sen'Derrick Marks escorts her to prom: Mark Inabinett
Image: Obama has a strategy for fighting ISIS -- one that isn't working
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Isn't it time for a real conservative? Ted Cruz 2016: Official Site
QOTD: "During a press briefing on Friday, White House press secretary Joshua Earnest said that reporters should ask the FBI about what led the agency to retroactively classify some of Hillary Clinton’s emails.
The State Department released 296 pages of Clinton’s emails related to Libya and Benghazi on Friday. The Associated Press reported shortly after the release that some of the emails had been classified only recently. Clinton and the State Department have maintained that she did not send or receive classified documents on her private email account.
Asked about the classified documents, Earnest twice referred reporters to the FBI, which made the determination to classify some of Clinton’s records." --Chuck Ross
Friday, May 22, 2015
IN HER SECRET EMAIL ACCOUNT: Granny Hillary Didn’t Even Know Murdered Ambassador Chris Stevens’ Name
In her secret email account messages that were released today, Clinton kept calling Ambassador Chris Stevens “Chris Smith.”
Clinton sent an email with the subject line “Chris Smith” shortly before midnight to three top aides, Cheryl Mills, Jake Sullivan and Victoria Nuland.
“Cheryl told me the Libyans confirmed his death. Should we announce tonight or wait until morning?” Clinton wrote.
Four Americans were killed that night after a terrorist group affiliated with al Qaeda stormed the consulate. But none were named Chris Smith. Clinton likely jumbled the names of ambassador Chris Stevens and diplomat Sean Smith. Two former Navy SEALs, Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods, were also killed.
Clinton couldn’t even be bothered to learn the name of the man killed by terrorists.
This is the woman that Democrats want to make President.
Read more Warner Todd Huston at PubliusForum.com.
The Permanent Presidency of Barack Obama
Imagine if the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was free to target conservatives at will for their political beliefs. Imagine if the IRS could single out families who chose to adopt children in need for intrusive and abusive audits.
Imagine if the Veterans Administration (VA) could pick and chose which of our nation’s war heroes receive desperately needed medical care and which ones died, neglected by the nation they fought to protect.
Imagine if the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) could mandate that nuns and Christian business owners alike provide abortion pills in direct violation of their firmly held religious beliefs – the very foundational principles on which they base their lives and livelihoods.
Imagine if the IRS could create new federal subsidies out of thin air for the largest new federal program in decades, ObamaCare, ignoring duly enacted federal law to the contrary.
Imagine if the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) could decide not to deport illegal aliens and instead grant them permanent legal status in America, in clear contravention to U.S. law.
Imagine if the Department of Justice (DOJ) could manufacture or “piece together” charges against patriotic Americans, using the federal law enforcement apparatus as a political weapon.
This is the reality we face in America today.
The Amazing, Deft Retort of Ted Cruz to Bizarre, Pro-Gay Marriage Questioner
Let me ask a question. Is there something about the left, and I am going to put the media in this category, that is obsessed with sex? Why is it the only question you want to ask concerns homosexuals? OK, you can ask those questions over and over and over again. I recognize that you’re reading questions from MSNBC.
...You don’t want to talk about foreign policy. I recognize you want to ask another question about gay rights. Well, you know, ISIS is executing homosexuals. You want to talk about gay rights?
This week was a very bad week for gay rights because the expansion of radical, theocratic, Islamic zealots that crucify Christians, that behead children and that murder homosexuals. That ought to be concerning you far more than asking six questions all on the same topic.
Suitably chastened, Steele then shifted directions with an absolutely bizarre question: "Do you have a personal animosity against gay Americans?"
Do you have a personal animosity against Christians, sir? Your line of questioning is highly curious. You seem fixated on a particular subject. Look, I’m a Christian. Scripture commands us to love everybody and what I have been talking about, with respect to same-sex marriage, is the Constitution which is what we should all be focused on. The Constitution gives marriage to elected state legislators. It doesn’t give the power of marriage to a president, or to unelected judges to tear down the decisions enacted by democratically elected state legislatures.
Beautiful. Perfect. American.
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PICK ONE: Deranged, Mentally Ill, A Statist Liar, or "All of the Above"
Behold, @BarackObama, our greatest threat...
CLIMATE DISRUPTION.
#WakeUpAmerica #tcot #PJNET pic.twitter.com/G5rcQhZgzV
— Carmine Zozzora (@CarmineZozzora) May 22, 2015Today: “France’s foreign minister says Iran wants 24 days before international inspectors could visit its nuclear sites in the event of a suspected violation of a deal with world powers over its atomic program.” That is an actual news item, not a punchline from the Onion. The report coincides with yesterday’s remarks from Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that Iran would not let military sites be inspected nor allow investigators to speak with Iranian scientists. If Iran is bent on sticking with these positions, the Obama administration will be hard-pressed to come up with a final deal that passes the straight-face test...
...Even if the president’s negotiators are able to paper over the obvious differences on inspections and disclosure of past military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear program and find a solution as to what to do with fissile material, the administration is no longer pursuing dismantling of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure or barring Iran from eventually gaining status as a nuclear power. As a result, his own stated goal — preventing a nuclear arms race — becomes impossible. In fact, the deal sets off the nightmare scenario conservatives and liberals alike harbor — a chaotic Middle East awash with WMDs.
Although, to be fair, perhaps Obama was referring to the danger of climate change brought about by a nuclear winter.
If you want to know about Iran's intentions, please read: The Atomic Mahdi.
FORMER DEM SEN. JOE LIEBERMAN: Obama-Kerry Deal Leaves Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program Intact
The emerging nuclear deal with Iran would only result in a “temporary turning down” of Iran’s nuclear program rather than ending it, former Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D – Conn.) told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) in an interview published yesterday.
“What started out as negotiations that would lead to the end of Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for an end of sanctions on Iran now ends up that the agreement will provide for the end of economic sanctions on Iran, but only a temporary turning down of Iran’s nuclear program,” he said.
Lieberman also characterized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before Congress in March as “a plus.”
In the lead up to the speech, Lieberman urged his fellow Democrats not to stay away, calling Iran “the greatest threat to the security of America and the world.”
There is too much on the line in the negotiations with Iran for members of Congress to decide not to listen to what Netanyahu, or any other ally, has to say on this subject. Just as British Prime Minister David Cameron deserved respectful attention when he called individual members of Congress recently to ask them to delay adopting more sanctions on Iran, and the foreign ministers of Germany, France and Britain deserved respectful reading when they made the same appeal to Congress in an op-ed in The Post, so too does the prime minister of Israel deserve to be listened to respectfully by members of Congress when he speaks next week.
At this very unstable moment in history, we cannot and must not avert our attention from what remains the greatest threat to the security of America and the world.
Read more at The Tower.
New Hillary Emails Reveal She Received Sensitive and Now-Classified Info on Her AWOL Private Email
The Associated Press ... revealed on Friday that Clinton received information on her private email server that has now been classified about the deadly attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi.
The email in question, forwarded to Clinton by her deputy chief of staff Jake Sullivan, relates to reports of arrests in Libya of possible suspects in the attack.
The information was not classified at the time the email was sent but was upgraded from “unclassified” to “secret” on Friday at the request of the FBI, according to State Department officials. They said 23 words of the Nov. 18, 2012, message were redacted from the day’s release of 296 emails totaling 896 pages to protect information that could damage foreign relations.
Because the information was not classified at the time the email was sent, no laws were violated, but Friday’s redaction shows that Clinton received sensitive information on her unsecured personal server.
In fact, I'd be willing to bet that Hillary's email server -- which effectively disappeared gigabytes of information -- received plenty of then-classified info. Which is one major reason said emails were disappeared.
The other, of course, being the Clinton Global Graft Initiative.
Hat tip: BadBlue News.
Larwyn's Linx: Why Hillary Clinton Should Advertise on Snapchat
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Why Hillary Clinton Should Advertise on Snapchat: Spencer KlavanThe Emma Sulkowicz Generation: Leon H. Wolf
Hillary emails contradicted early talking points on Benghazi: Ed Morrissey
Will accomplishment deficit be Hillary’s undoing?: Jonah Goldberg
Hillary Clinton names ILLEGAL for LATINO outreach director!: Scoop
Univision host: Hispanic vote to jump from 12 to 16 million, decide presidency: Exam
How Obama Radically Transformed America’s Patent System: Michelle Malkin
Dumbfounded Americans UNLOAD on Marie Harf’s unbelievable statement: BPR
Obama: Climate Change Fueled Rise Of Boko Haram, War In Syria: Breitbart
Charlie Rangel is retiring. So why is he raising campaign cash?: Dave Levinthal
FBI Going Door-To-Door Interrogating Americans About Jade Helm?: Mac Slavo
Six Baltimore Police officers indicted in death of Freddie Gray: Baltimore Sun
Economy
Repeal Obamacare Through Reconciliation: Leon H. WolfCuomo’s Revenge?: Ben Howe
Trade bill clears Senate hurdle: CNN
Scandal Central
Another reason why Hillary Clinton does not deserve to be president: Paul MirengoffClinton Aides at State Handled FOIA Requests, Not Experts: WSJ: NewsMax
Hillary can’t shake email controversy: Ben Kamisar, The Hill
Clinton Foundation neglected to report $26 million from banks, foreign governments, schools: Twitchy
Scientific fraud revealed. Progressives hardest hit.: RS
WH: Report of Israel’s ‘Concern’ About Nuclear Conference Are ‘Offensive’: Sol Rieger
Media
Anti-Stephanopoulos Artwork Posted Near ABC News Headquarters in Manhattan: WFBFirst They Came for the Bakers: Paul Wood
Cruz Missile: Ted Cruz Asks Reporter Why the Left and Media are Obsessed with Sex: Victory Girls
Before ‘The Great Relearning,’ First We Need ‘The Great Unswaddling’: Ed Driscoll
The Houston Chronicle’s Dylan Baddour (@DylanBaddour) Lied About Ted Cruz: Erick Erickson
Like a Leftwing Blogger With Actual Courage in His Convictions: Erick Erickson
World
Islamic State breaks Iraqi defensive line outside of Habbaniyah: Bill RoggioObama: Supreme leader is anti-Semitic: ynet
Despotic Saudi Regime Lobbies to Chair UN Human Rights Council: Stephen Lendman
Pentagon approves massive sale of bunker-buster bombs to Israel: Hayom
Putin’s Macedonian Gambit: XX Committee
Just Like GOP Presidential Candidates! ISIS Executes Man With a Bazooka: JWF
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)
GM says you don't own your car, you just license it: Cory DoctorowUS Special Operations Tests DNA Scanners: DefenseNews
We Can't Let John Deere Destroy the Very Idea of Ownership: Wired
Cornucopia
American Capitalism: Chopped, Rolled and Smoked: MOTUSHere We Stand, One Step Away from a Dictatorship: Jeremiah Johnson
First They Came For The Bikers…: WRSA
Image: Anti-Stephanopoulos Artwork Posted Near ABC News Headquarters in Manhattan
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Isn't it time for a real conservative? Ted Cruz 2016: Official Site
QOTD: "The Islamic State continued its eastward push from Ramadi in an effort to break Iraqi military forces and Iranian-backed Shiite militias who are gathering at Habbaniyah for a counteroffensive. Iraqi forces established a defensive line outside of Habbaniyah after they were routed in Ramadi. And today, according to Iraqi police and tribal officials, that defensive line has been breached...
...[Allied] airstrikes in Anbar appear to be ineffective and sparse. According to US Central Command, the coalition launched zero airstrikes near Ramadi or Habbaniyah between 8 a.m. yesterday and 8 a.m. today, and only one strike in Anbar, near Fallujah, during that time period. US air power was unable to stop the Islamic State from taking Ramadi." --Bill Roggio



















