Wednesday, August 12, 2015

ALINSKY TACTIC #5,034: Hillary Blames the Clinton Global Graft Initiative and Email Scandal on... Judicial Watch

No, really, she did.

In an interview with the Mexican government's official broadcasting system, which is aligned with the Beltway One-Percenters' policies of open borders and the breakdown of the civil society, Hillary asserted that she has done absolutely nothing wrong.

Conducting official government business on a private email server, transferring classified files over insecure networks, violating the National Records Act, allowing sensitive White House communications to be compromised by foreign entities, running the Clinton Global Graft Initiative to generate nine figures in income during her term as secretary of state, and then deleting the evidence... well, it's the fault of the Vast Rightwing Conspiracy a small group of investigative journalists, you see:

MES: Let’s talk about a subject that seems that it’s very difficult to go away. And that’s the e-mail scandal. Even though you swore under penalty of perjury that you have turned over all e-mails that are related to any kind of, you know, federal record. Judicial Watch is still claiming that it’s not enough. Do you think that at the least that this has created the perception that you’re hiding something?

Larwyn's Linx: FBI Gets Thumb Drives of Hillary Emails, Including “Top Secret” Ones

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FBI Gets Thumb Drives of Hillary Emails, Including “Top Secret” Ones: Deanna Fisher
Why Did Taxpayers Foot The Bill For Maintaining Hillary’s Private Server?: THD
FBI Seizes Hillary Emails; Revelations of TOP SECRET emails: Treehouse

Traitor-In-Chief: Sara Noble
Trump? Hillary Ignored for Saying All Cops, Judges are Racists: Publius
Breaking: Bernie Pulls Ahead of Hillary in NH Poll: Steven Hayward

Academic Fascism: Walter Williams
The Smart Way To Deal With The Trump Phenomenon: Camp o' the Saints
The Nihilistic Populism of Donald Trump: Walter Russell Mead

The Three Republican Members of the Fighting Caucus: Leon H. Wolf
Cruz may be angling to snatch up Rand Paul’s supporters: Jazz Shaw
Ted Cruz energizes conservative base in Tenn.: Jill Cowan

Economy

Illegal Alien Family Detainees Sue US For Untold Millions: S&L
Valerie Jarrett Made $200K On Land Deal Via Tax Break She Opposes: WFB
My, How You've Grown: iOTWreport

Scandal Central

Colorado Company Visited as Part of FBI Investigation into Hillary Clinton emails: LI
Hillary, Huma and Cheryl Mills Blow Off Court-Appointed Deadline: Ann-Marie Murrell
FBI SEIZES Hillary Thumbdrive, Emails; Private Server Will Be Surrendered To DOJ: Sooper

UW Experiments Involved Fetal Tissue from Supplier Tied to Planned Parenthood: Brian Sikma
The Cheating Goes On: Sol Stern
Ohio Judges Can't Choose Not to Marry Couples: Mark Hemingway

Climate & Energy

REVIEW: Steyn’s scathing new book about Michael Mann: “A Disgrace To The Profession”: WUWT
What a Piece of Work on Mann!: Mark Steyn
Echo chamber of outrage: Ars attends a climate skeptics’ summit: Scott K. Johnson

Media

The Extreme Party: Ben Shapiro
Laura Ingraham Gets Punked By Donald Trump: Dan McLaughlin
Why Is Trump Following A Nazi Twitter Account?: Mike Peters

ATF Denies Being an ‘Agency’ to Avoid FOIA Compliance Requirements: David Codrea
In GOP field, Ted Cruz stands alone by refusing to bash Donald Trump: Ben Bullard
Media fact-checking Ted Cruz's father now: T. Becket Adams

World

No Means No: Keep Gitmo Jihadists Out of U.S.A.: Michelle Malkin
Gowdy: Clinton email bombshell a 'serious national security issue': Pete Kasperowicz
Taliban condemns execution of tribal elders by ISIS: News24

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

CDC Stumbles As Legionnaires’ Deaths Climb: Betsy McCaughey
EPA won’t face fines for polluting rivers with orange muck: Valerie Richardson
New Kingdom Mummies Re-Examined: Archaeology

Cornucopia

Clinton-appointed judge dismisses RICO case against Clintons: FreedomWatch
What Gift Do You Buy for Newlyweds Who Are Planning to Join ISIS?: Glob
The Coddling of the American Mind: MagFarm

Image: NatGeo Traveler's Photo Contest 2015
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QOTD: "Hillary Clinton has directed her aides to hand over to the Justice Department a private e-mail server that she used during her tenure as secretary of state, her presidential campaign said Tuesday... [she] has also asked that the department be given a thumb drive that contains copies of her e-mails...

...Clinton's promise to to hand over the server and thumb drive came after the Intelligence Community Inspector General [said they] had identified materials in two out of four suspect e-mails that had gone through her private server that "include information classified up to ‘TOP SECRET//SI/TK//NOFORN.'"--Jennifer Epstein

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

CARTOON O’ THE DAY: The Obama Clean Energy Plan

Via the world's finest political cartoonist, Michael Ramirez:

You can follow Mr. Ramirez on Twitter at @RamirezToons.

You'd be foolish not to.

Just sayin'.

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WHITE HOUSE: China's been hacking our emails since, oh, around the time Hillary began using her own insecure email server

Completely unexpected news o' the day: it would appear that Red China's cyber-warriors have been hacking sensitive White House, State Department, and related diplomatic emails since -- you guessed it -- Hillary Clinton began operating her own private email server to conduct official government business.

Chinese cyberspies have been reading the private emails of Obama-administration officials and "top national security and trade officials" since 2010, according to a senior administration official and a top-secret NSA document obtained by NBC.

The email espionage — codenamed "Dancing Panda" by the US before being dubbed "Legion Amethyst" — was detected in April 2010... "The intrusion into personal emails was still active at the time of the briefing and, according to the senior official, is still going on," NBC reported... "Dancing Panda" has successfully attacked at least 600 targets over the last five years, according to NBC.

The period overlaps with Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server for work-related correspondences while she served as secretary of state from 2009 to 2013...

In fact, a wide variety of cybersecurity experts had claimed that it was a virtual certainty that Clinton's private email server had been hacked by China, Russia, and Iran.

As even the ludicrous DNC (and GOP establishment) newsletter known as Politico opined in March:

Larwyn's Linx: Transparently Predictable Political “Tripwires”

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Transparently Predictable Political “Tripwires”: Treehouse
The Candidates on the Issues, Compared: Conservative Review
Schumer: Iran Inspections Regime Has “Lots Of Holes In It”: LI

Obama vs. the Jews: Daniel Greenfield
Obama Admits He’s Been Lying About Deal Blocking Iran’s Nuke Aspirations: RWN
Responses to the President’s Arguments for the Nuclear Deal: Dennis Prager

The Disgusting Big Lie About Donald Trump: Jeffrey Lord
Trump is No Friend of Free Market Health Care: David Catron
Donald Trump is just like President Obama where it counts: Exam

Ted Cruz Lists Five Things He’ll Do On His First Day in Office: LI
Regarding Jeb Bush and Me: Erick Erickson
A Debatable ‘Debate’: Thomas Sowell

Ferguson looters stealing everything from milk to dogs: FAM
Driver breaks through protesters barricading I-70 in Ferguson: Twitchy
Armed Oath-Keepers Have Shown Up in Ferguson: Sooper

Scandal Central

Team Obama Goes Full Anti-Semite on Schumer: JWF
Special Assistant to Obama Arrested for Shooting at Her Boyfriend: JWF
Killed By an Illegal Alien: Police Chief: “Blood Trail from DC To Bedroom of Marilyn Pharis”: Treehouse

Climate & Energy

EPA causes major environmental disaster: will it fine itself and fire those involved?: WUWT

Media

NBC Poll: Cruz, Fiorina, Rubio Big Winners of Debate, Not Trump: EveryJoe
New NBC Post-Debate Poll Shows Ted Cruz At No. 2, But The Sunday Shows Stiffed Him: NoisyRm
Ted Cruz: ‘Our fundraising EXPLODED after the debate’: Scoop

If It Bleeds, It Leads: Mark Steyn
Charles Murray: America’s Government Is ‘Irreparably Broken’: Vlad Tepes
QQQ: MagFarm

World

Liberal Jewish Mag Accuses WH Of ‘Jew Baiting’ To Slam Critics Of Iran Nuke Deal: Tammy Bruce
Inspired by Oscar Schindler, Jewish Businessman Rescuing Christian, Yazidi Girls From ISIS: Shiryn
Hero SAS sniper saves father and eight-year-old son from being beheaded by ISIS maniac: Nick Gutteridge

Islamic State Raids in Macedonia: The XX Committee
Understanding the Islamic State’s Treatment of Women: Caitlin Anglemier and Kyle Shideler
Obama’s DOJ quietly gives plea deal to Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s murderer: ProWis

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

The Cost Shifting Economy: The Z Man
Study Suggests Carbs Fueled Human Evolution: Archaeology
Road Unearthed at Battle of Fulford Site: Archaeology

Cornucopia

My Tank: Driving the Sherman M-4A3: Automnews
9 Sexiest Ronda Rousey Pics, #6 will knock you out: DC Gazette
How Far We’ve Come: “If It Bleeds…”: MOTUS

Image: Team Obama Goes Full Anti-Semite on Schumer
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QOTD: "Obama is using every anti-Jewish ‘dog whistle’ he can think of to slam American Jewish critics of the Iran nuke deal: ‘Dual loyalties,’ ‘moneyed interests,’ ‘Jewish lobby,’ ‘billionaires,’ hoping Congress evaluates the deal fairly “not based on lobbying, but based on what’s in the national interests of the United States of America.”

Our Divider-in-Chief, who has done so much to harm race relations in the U.S., is now dividing Americans based on religion." --Shifra

Monday, August 10, 2015

IRANIAN GOVERNMENT NEWS SOURCE: Obama will side with us in case of attack by Israel

Troubling news, relayed by Israel Matzav:


Analyst Omri Ceren observes, "Problem is not whether analysis is true. Problem is emboldened #Iran thinks it's true, and will act accordingly."

As I reported in July, credible sources have reported that "The [Obama-Kerry] Deal Is To Protect Iran... From Israel."

And it would seem that the Mullahs agree.


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GOP ESTABLISHMENT HARDEST HIT: NBC Confirms Ted Cruz was the Real Winner of the First GOP Debate

Spotted this interesting nugget over at Every Joe, which I hadn't heard from our favorite cable news network (via BadBlue Real-Time News).

Even though Donald Trump claimed victory after the first GOP debate based on internet polls, many experts said to wait until more scientific polling numbers were released to make a definitive judgment. And now we know why. An NBC poll was released and it paints a completely different picture.

In terms of which candidates helped themselves the most, the winners were Ted Cruz and Carly Fiorina. Cruz rose from 6% to 13%, while Fiorina climbed from 2% to 8%... Those surveyed pointed to three candidates doing the best work during the debates: Fiorina (20% net score), Marco Rubio (12%) and Cruz (11%).

Larwyn's Linx: Failure Theater: Chuck Schumer edition

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Failure Theater: Chuck Schumer edition: RS
A tough day for the president and his party: Michael Barone
Cruz's Practical Advice for States: Impose Your Own Iran Sanctions: Niels Lesniewski

It's a Lion, Jim, not a Human!: Dennis Prager
So Much Drama in the D-J-T: Ace
Jeb’s Illegal Immigration Problem: RS

Mostly Peaceful Ferguson Protest Features Gun Battle, Looting: William Teach
‘White Progressives Are USELESS, HARMFUL To Our Movement!’: Sooper
#BlackLivesMatter Backer Shoots 8 Black People in the Head: Cassy Fiano

Trumpzilla: Taxicab Depressions
Carly Fiorina: Islamic Civilization was “Greatest in the World”: Tim Brown
The August Doldrums and Donald Trump: Erick Erickson

Scandal Central

More twists and turns in Hillary’s email saga: Paul Mirengoff
Hillary, Aides Ignore Court Request to Preserve Federal Records: JW
Serial Plagiarist: Schumer's Opposition To Iran Deal Motivated By...: Ace

Climate & Energy

Global Warming: A $1.5 Trillion Industry: John Hinderaker
EPA accident causes more water pollution than fracking does: LI
Press Downplays, Hides EPA's Responsibility for Western River Contamination: NB

Media

Mark Levin: Fox News ‘Hosted a National Enquirer Debate': Robert Wilde
What Happens When You Rescind an Invitation to Trump?: Erick Erickson
Megyn Kelly whines about Donald Trump to Howard Kurtz : FAM

Buzzfeed “Sources”: Breitbart Took Payola From Trump In Exchange For Glowing Reportage: iOTWreport
Fiorina: Trump is a sexist: Nicole Duran
Trump: Where’s the Media Outcry over Obama’s Immigration Remarks?: RebelPundit

Who got the most airtime at the GOP primary debate?: Jason Rusesell

World

Iran Sentences to Death Founder of Spiritual Movement: Clarion
Turkey intentionally late in action against Islamic State recruiters: Robert Spencer
Jordanians “will join Islamic State because they learned in school that this is Islam”: Robert Spencer

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Yes, Uber Sucks, And Let Me Explain Why: Taxicab Depressions
Scientists Teach AI Machines To Understand Us: Vlad Tverdohleb
9 Year-Over-Year Data Points Every SEO Should Monitor: Josh McCoy

Cornucopia

Hoomph: C&S
Remember...: Sondrakistan
Gullible internet users in uproar over vintage photo of Jurassic Park director posing with 'prey': Daily Mail

Image: It's a Lion, Jim, not a Human!
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QOTD: "You know who is responsible for Trumpzilla? The brunt of the responsibility can be placed at the feet of John Boehner and Mitch McConnell. Obama rammed through ZeroCare on a procedural stunt, and America howled. The Republican establishment whined, “We can’t do anything unless you give us the House.”

A historic wave election put them into power in the House, and nothing happened. They whined, “We can’t do anything without the Senate.” Another electoral gullywasher handed them the Senate, and nothing happened.

These spineless, impotent limpdicks are precisely what has made Trumpmania possible. They will not stand up to Obama on ANYTHING, be it ObamaCare, Executive immigration reform, the EPA, the IRS targeting political opponents and everyday citizens, radical Islam, and all the sundry day-to-day crimes this administration commits on a typical Tuesday. This is what an American roar sounds like, ladies and gentlemen… the people that are paying attention are really pissed off, especially the taxpayers that pick up the check for this lawless government." --Taxicab Depressions

Sunday, August 09, 2015

PIC: When William Shatner Should Have Won the Emmy

What a freaking highway robbery:


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A Couple of Immigration Stats That Will Blow Your Frickin' Mind, Dude.

Spotted at the invaluable iOTWreport:


Larwyn's Linx: The Fox News debate by the numbers

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The Fox News debate by the numbers: C. Edmund Wright
Obama: Requiring Photo-ID to Vote is Wrong: CNS
Protesters shut down Bernie Sanders rally: Elliot Smilowitz and Megan R. Wilson

Ted Cruz Offers Full-Throated Conservatism and RedState Rises: Scott Ott
Jeb Bush booed at RedState Gathering: FAM
Carly Fiorina stood with GOP Establishment against Cruz in 2013 govt shutdown: Scoop

The Trump Goes On: Stephen F. Hayes
The injudicious defense of Donald Trump: CDN
The Bushioisie Is Wrong: Perot Didn’t ‘Cost’ Bush 41 the presidency in '92: Bill Pascoe

Economy

Cruz Tells Obama: Stop Financing Radical Islamic Terrorism: Caleb Howe
Clinton adviser on Israel had commercial ties to Middle East: Sarah Westwood
Puerto Rico defaults for first time; fails to make US$58-million debt payment: FinPost

Scandal Central

Cheryl Mills To Destroy Emails About Boss Hillary Clinton: Sidney Powell
Bipartisan report: IRS targeted conservatives: Michael F. Haverluck
Facebook Monitors Private Messages, Photos For the Police: Kristan T. Harris

Media

Megyn Kelly, Donald Trump and the Tweet of Frustration: Publius
Sources: Roger Stone quit, wasn't fired by Donald Trump in campaign shakeup: Marc Caputo
In Zimbabwe, We Don’t Cry for Lions: Goodwell Nzou

World

Mr. President, Rockets Have Already Fallen on Tel Aviv: Benyamin Korn
Why doesn’t the Pope go to Syria?: Robert Spencer
Norway: Muslims riot at asylum centers, 12 arrested, mob stones police: Pamela Geller

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Video: An incredibly detailed tour through the mouse brain: Emily Underwood
New Dwarf Planet Found at Solar System's Edge, Hints at Possible Faraway 'Planet X': Mike Wall
Artificial intelligence fears overblown, says AI expert Sir Nigel Shadbolt: Charlotte Jee

Cornucopia

GOP Debate: Ted Cruz’s Precious Daughters Steal The Show: Nina Bookout
Feds Trying To Confiscate Navy Vet’s Guns – Residents Stand Guard: Robert Gehl
Pre-Season Tryouts For the Next Kardashian Presidency: MOTUS

Image: Cheryl Mills To Destroy Emails About Boss Hillary Clinton
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QOTD: "The Democrat debate consists of Hillary and the Chipotle clerk. [LAUGHTER] That’s not fair…Bernie Sanders has entered the race. [LAUGHTER] So, they have a wild-eyed socialist with ideas that are endangering American’s place in the world…and Bernie Sanders. [WILD LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE] They’re not even having a debate. They did plan to have a debate earlier, the problem was the invitation was emailed to Hillary.

...There is a reason that the life, vibrancy, energy and excitement is with conservatives this year. Our country is in crisis...

...We’ve got to distinguish between campaign conservatives [and those who actually fight] ...Not a single person in the debate said I’m an establishment, moderate squish….They run as us, but then they say, if you’re actually us, you’re unelectable.”" --Sen. Ted Cruz

Saturday, August 08, 2015

CONFIDENTIAL FBI MEMO: Military Families Harassed and Intimidated by Muslims Right Here in the U.S.

By Judicial Watch

It was not meant for public disclosure but a news outlet got ahold of a chilling Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) alert warning U.S. military families that they are being watched and confronted by Middle Eastern men.

The cryptic FBI memo was issued to law enforcement agencies in Colorado and Wyoming and says that Middle Eastern men are approaching families of U.S. military members at their homes in both states, specifically in Greeley and Cheyenne, Wyoming. The Middle Eastern men have also tried to gain personal information about military members and their families through intimidation, according to the FBI bulletin, which reveals that the victims reported feeling scared.

Among the stalking victims is the wife of a military member who was approached by two Middle Eastern men in front of her house. The FBI statement says the Middle Easterners told the woman that she's the wife of a U.S. interrogator and the men laughed when she denied their claims. Then they fled in a dark, four-door sedan with two other Middle Eastern males inside. "The woman had observed the vehicle in the neighborhood on previous occasions," the FBI alert confirms. This was not an isolated incident and in fact, the FBI reveals that it has received similar reports of similar events occurring in Wyoming throughout June.

Yes, the FBI’s Investigation of Hillary's Emails is Definitely a 'Criminal Probe'

By Catholic Online

"It's definitely a criminal probe," an unnamed source says in regards to the FBI investigation into whether Hillary Clinton knowingly sent classified information through personal email. "I'm not sure why they're not calling it a criminal probe," the source adds. The Clinton camp, in the meantime, downplays this.

Federal agents are investigating to what extent Clinton used her home server and other private devices to send and store classified documents.

"The DOJ [Department of Justice] and FBI can conduct civil investigations in very limited circumstances," but that is not what this is, the source says. "In this case, a security violation would lead to criminal charges. Maybe DOJ is trying to protect her campaign."

In the meantime, Hillary Clinton is "confident" that she never willfully received or sent any classified information.

But of 40 Clinton emails, randomly reviewed while she served as secretary of state, four contained classified information, the inspector general in charge of the case informed Congress.

Former federal prosecutor Bradley Simon says that if Hillary Clinton knowingly sent, received, or stored classified information in an unauthorized location, she may face "prosecution under the same misdemeanor federal security statute used to prosecute former CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus," according to the NY Post.

AMERICA: Founded in Liberty, Descended into Tyranny

By Richard Larsen

“The foundation of our Empire was not laid in the gloomy age of Ignorance and Superstition, but at an Epoch when the rights of mankind were better understood and more clearly defined, than at any former period…The United States came into existence as a Nation, and if their Citizens should not be completely free and happy, the fault will be entirely their own.” So declared George Washington at the time of our founding as a nation.

It is unique and exceptional that this nation was established according natural law, and declared inalienable individual rights of life, liberty, and property, or the pursuit of happiness. In an era when monarchs, rulers, oligarchs, autocrats and aristocrats governed according to their whims and disposition, having derived their right to rule based on caste or bloodline, a motley collection of men steeped in classical-liberal principles led a revolution and established a nation dedicated to individual freedom.

Those precepts were the foundation to the Declaration of Independence, which states, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” There is nothing more exceptional in human history than those two sentences and the nation that resulted from their utterance: a nation that derived its “just” powers from the “consent of the governed.”

A decade later, the structural document creating the governmental framework based on the tenets articulated in the Declaration of Independence was ratified by the colonies. That document, our Constitution, stated specifically as enumerated powers, what our national government could do, and whatever powers were not specified or enumerated, were “reserved to the states respectively or to the people.”

But even at the nascent stages of the American experiment, the author of liberty, Thomas Jefferson, saw how our system would metamorphose into something entirely different. “Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.”

Larwyn's Linx: A Cynical Scam: Schumer's Iran Announcement Was Made To Protect Iran Deal

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A Cynical Scam: Schumer's Iran Announcement Was Made To Protect Iran Deal: Lid
MoveOn to withhold $10M in donations from Dems who oppose Iran deal: Catherine Ho
White House: Up to Senate Democrats Whether to Dump Chuck Schumer: Steven Dennis

The 10 Worst Trump Moments From The First GOP Debate: Mollie Hemingway
Erick Erickson Uninvites Donald Trump from RedState Gathering: Kemberlee Kaye
Trump Kicked Out Of RedState Over Megyn Kelly Comments: Caleb Howe

Obama, the Vindictive, Treacherous Queen: Ace
Demonic Loser James E. Holmes Given Life in Prison: Ace
Puerto Rican Bond Default Raises Likelihood of U.S. Bailout: Carl Horowitz

Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s Unanswered Question: Susan Brown
Sen. Cruz on 1st GOP Debate: Hannity
Where is Fiorina on the Issues?: CR

Economy

When Work Is Punished: The Ongoing Tragedy Of America's Welfare State: Tyler Durden
Everything you need to know about the July jobs report in one chart: LI
24,710,000 Foreign-Born People Employed In U.S.: Breitbart

Scandal Central

Another Brutal Murder By Illegal Alien – Another Sanctuary City Release: Treehouse
Blockbuster Court Action in Hillary Clinton Email Scandal: JW
Obama Slams the Jewish Lobby: Julie Hirschfeld Davis

Climate & Energy

Don’t invite the EPA to a pool party: Sondrakistan
Government Is Just Another Word For The Things We Choose To Do Together: SDA

Media

24 Million Watch GOP Debate on Fox News; Most-Watched Cable News Program Ever: Chris Ariens, AdWeek
Liberals, CNN agree: Fox did a great job!: Brian Maloney
Megyn Kelly: I’m confident Democratic nominee will become president: FAM

5,000+ Conservatives Vote in Post Debate Poll, Donald Trump Tanks While Cruz and Fiorina Surge: LibertyNews
In Which Carly Fiorina Takes a Sledgehammer to Tinglethigh’s Pie Face: Right Pundit
Why I’m Running For President and How I’ll Re-Establish American Leadership in the World: Carly Fiorina

Google's Search Algorithm Could Steal the Presidency: Adam Rogers
Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, and you-know-who won the Google search war: Philip Bump
Mark Levin Rips Megyn Kelly on Her Trump Gotcha Question: GWP

World

Toying with Genocide: The "Unthinkable" Can and Is Being Thought: American Digest
“We are committed to being active participants in our society, but it has to be on Islam’s terms”: Robert Spencer
Virginia: Muslim firefighter on leave for saying, “We have to start putting [cops] in body bags”: Robert Spencer

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

WalkCar personal transporter is small enough to fit in a bag: DigitalTrends
Grilled cheese sandwiches by mail: There’s now a subscription service for that: Mic Wright
Target Bets Big on Beacons: Pymnts

Cornucopia

#HostageOnTheVineyard: MOTUS
Heh: SDA
The Right Wing News 2016 GOP Presidential Candidate Survey For August: John Hawkins

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QOTD: "A day after a posse of former White House aides torched Sen. Charles E. Schumer over his rejection of the Iran deal, Press Secretary Josh Earnest politely but firmly knocked the senior senator from New York.

Earnest wouldn’t go so far as ex-aides Dan Pfeiffer, Tommy Vietor and Jon Favreau in questioning Schumer’s ability to lead Democrats, but he left the door open to dumping Schumer, the heir apparent to Minority Leader Harry Reid, from the top of the Democratic ranks.

Earnest said, frostily, that the decision about Democratic leadership is “a question for Democratic senators.”

But, he added, “I certainly wouldn’t be surprised if there are individual members of the Senate Democratic Caucus that will consider the voting record of those who say they would like to lead the caucus.”" --Steven Dennis

Friday, August 07, 2015

MUY MACHO: The 9 Most Badass Sedans in Automotive History

If you're interested in tracking car news, you may want to check out BadBlue Car News, a real-time automotive news portal. A couple of recent articles spurred me to come up with this list, a purely personal set of choices representing what I consider the premiere badass sedans over the past few decades.

1984 Mercedes 190E 2.3-16
It's hard to express how different -- and badass -- the original macho sports sedan was. Back in the day, everyone stared at the 2.3-16 as it drove by. Cosworth designed the unique, for the time, 16-valve cylinder head. In 1983, the racing version of the 190E shattered multiple world records, including averaging 154 MPH over 30,000 miles.

1986 BMW M3
When I was a kid, I thought of this vehicle as a "drug dealer's car", which was a compliment. Not that I condone drug-dealing, nimrod, but the fact that it was truly a uniquely wicked-looking car. Airbags? Digital displays? Ha! You're so cute. Its puffy fenders and 6.9 0-to-60 were astoundingly radical in 1986; its wildly successful reign arguably made the business case for a whole spectrum of M models.

I DON’T TRUST TRUMP: The Donald Secretly Conspired with Bill Clinton Prior to Announcing Candidacy

The more I read about Donald Trump's history and track record, the more doubtful I become that he would be a legitimate change agent in Washington. In fact, he readily admits that he's been an eager crony capitalist, listing the politicians he's donated to in order to advance his business interests.

Then there are more recent and troubling disclosures. Exhibit A: "Donald Trump talked politics with Bill Clinton weeks before launching 2016 bid."
Former president Bill Clinton had a private telephone conversation in late spring with Donald Trump at the same time that the billionaire investor and reality-television star was nearing a decision to run for the White House, according to associates of both men.

Four Trump allies and one Clinton associate familiar with the exchange said that Clinton encouraged Trump’s efforts to play a larger role in the Republican Party and offered his own views of the political landscape.

...The talk with Clinton — the spouse of the Democratic presidential front-runner and one of his party’s preeminent political strategists — came just weeks before Trump jumped into the GOP race and surged to the front of the crowded Republican field.

The revelation of the call comes as many Republicans have begun criticizing Trump for his ties to Democrats, including past financial donations to the Clintons and their charitable foundation.
False flag, anyone?

Writing at The Federalist, Mollie Hemingway added some valuable data from the debate as context:

DOUG’S REPORT CARD: The First 2016 GOP Presidential Debate

What follows are my personal impressions of the initial 2016 debate. I've tried to fairly assign each candidate a letter grade based solely upon the night's performance, not my personal advocacy/animosity level for the candidate.

Jeb Bush: D
In what was a surprisingly awful performance, Jeb looked like a deer in the headlights on multiple occasions. In person, Jeb's tall and imposing; but on the debate stage he looked small and weak. His attempt to bolster his prior, bizarre comments on illegal immigration, especially in the wake of Kate Steinle's murder, was a rambling, hot mess.

Ben Carson: B-
Carson is an appealing candidate who appeared overwhelmed at the beginning of the debate and then seemed to find his footing as the night wore on. His likable personality is both tempered and bolstered by the fact that he's not a professional politician.

Larwyn's Linx: GOP Debate Winners: Trump, Cruz, Huckabee, Christie

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GOP Debate Winners: Trump, Cruz, Huckabee, Christie: Dick Morris
Five Takeaways From The First GOP Debate: Glob
These Are the Two Calls Fiorina Would Make on ‘Day One’ in Oval Office: Olivery Darcy

The Most Dangerous Threat America Faces is Barack Obama: Mark Levin
Hume: Obama's Speech on Iran Deal "Dishonest, Partisan, Insulting": RCP
No More Mr. Nice Conservative: Sultan Knish

Blame America First: The Real Goal of the Kerry-Obama Iran Deal: Robert Tracinski
Arabic: Most Common Language of Refugees in America: Pamela Geller
Kerry continues meeting with Egypt’s banned Muslim Brotherhood: Raymond Ibrahim

Analysis of the First Fox GOP Presidential Debate: John Hawkins
It's Official: No Difference Between Jeb And Hillary; Biggest Donors Are the Same: ZH
Planned Parenthood To CMP: Stop Keeping Our Depravity In The Public Eye: Patterico

Cruz Slams Obama Comparing GOP To Iran's "Death To America" Chants: Lid
Prince Jeb the Unready: Mark Steyn
Report: Jeb Calls Trump An Ass****: Right Pundit

Economy

Obama "Recovery" Objectively Worst on Record: Timothy H. Lee
McConnell: No Planned Parenthood defunding in fall spending fight: Susan Ferrechio
Obama pushes up start of family's 40th vacation -- leaves Friday for Martha's Vineyard: Paul Bedard

Scandal Central

FBI investigation of Hillary’s emails is ‘criminal probe’: Post
Huma planned party for Clinton pal on taxpayers’ dime: Geoff Earle
4 Planned Parenthood clinics in Florida caught breaking the law: Twitchy

Court asked to seize copies of Clinton's emails: Sarah Westwood
IRS's Lois Lerner called conservatives 'assholes' in emails: Exam
Lois Lerner Wanted to Investigate... Bristol Palin: Ace

Media

A Crushing New Argument Against Gun Control: Bob Owens
Cruz confronts Maddow’s slam with a bigger gun, a new video, and humor: Patriot Outdoor News
Obama gets in Twitter fights over Iran deal: Barbara Boland

Some observations on the Fox Prime Time Debate: The best debate ever: Michael Barone
I Watched Ted Cruz Debate in College. Don't Count Him Out.: Sacha Zimmerman
A Foxy, Rowdy Republican Debate: Frank Bruni

World

Schumer to Oppose Iran Deal: AmInt
Obama Allies Blast Schumer on Iran Deal, Talk of New Leader: Steven Dennis
To Defend Iran Deal, Obama Boasts that He's Bombed Seven Countries: Glenn Greenwald

On Obama's Case for the Iran Deal: CFIF
German Police Warn of De Facto No-Go Zones: Soeren Kern
Russia's Latest Land Grab Attempt In The Arctic: ZH

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Day 1 Bad PBX Install Translates To 7-Year Pain: Matt Brunk, NoJitter
Lexus' Fancy Board Really Hovers, but It's Just for Show: TNW
What Should the Users of Ashley Madison Do?: David Spark

Cornucopia

If GOP Candidates Were Guns: Marybeth Glenn
Snopes.com CEO arrested on charges of fraud and corruption: Cube
Hillary Corners Vote Of Morons Who Can’t Spell ‘President’: Sooper

Image: Obama Allies Blast Schumer on Iran Deal, Talk of New Leader
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Crush the Washington Cartel: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT

QOTD: "...the questions that the moderators asked weren’t just discomfiting, humiliating ones. They were the right ones, starting with a brilliant opener: Was there any candidate who was unwilling to pledge support to the eventual Republican nominee and swear off a third-party run?

Trump alone wouldn’t make those promises, even though the moderator who asked that question, Bret Baier, pointed out that such a third-party run would likely hand the presidency to the Democratic nominee.

And thus, in the first minute of the debate, Trump was undressed and unmasked, and he stood there as the unprincipled, naked egomaniac that he is. He never quite recovered. His admission of political infidelity was the prism through which all of his subsequent bluster had to be viewed." --Frank Bruni

Thursday, August 06, 2015

The 2016 election for dummies

By Lawrence Sellin

The two most important issues of the 2016 election are non-partisan.

(1)    The federal government and the media are, as institutions, hopelessly corrupt.

(2)    The United States has elections, but we no longer have representative government.

None of the problems facing the country can be solved effectively without first confronting those two issues. Without doing so, we are just kicking the can down the road toward national collapse and fragmentation.

Americans are no longer citizens of a republic, but subjects of a reigning oligarchy composed of a self-absorbed permanent political class, which services the interests of wealthy financiers at the expense of the wider population. They maintain their authority by an ever-expanding and increasingly intrusive government and using a compliant media to manipulate public perception and opinion in order to maintain the illusion of democracy.

The federal government is now an industry competing with the private sector, but unconstrained by regulation and the rule of law, which has inevitably led to massive and wide-spread corruption.

From the perspective of the oligarchy, elections are nothing more than an opportunity to redistribute power among select Democrat and Republican elites, who use the legislative process and tax revenues to increase the personal wealth of the ruling class.

There is no clearer example of the absence of representative government than the actions of the Republican Party after the November 2014 election. Despite the fact that the Republicans sailed to victory in one of the biggest election routs of the past century and grew to historic levels in the U.S. House, they never intended to honor their pledges to the voters, caving to Barack Obama and the Democrats on every major issue.