Thursday, August 13, 2015
IF I WERE TREY GOWDY...
Ladies and gentlemen of the press:
I'm about to lose my job as the chairman of the House Select Investivative Committee on Benghazi. I'm about to lose my office in the Capitol Building and get relegated to Melvin's office in the basement. I'm about to be ridiculed on ABC, CBS, NBC and the pages of Politico.
I can predict this with absolute certainty because I'm about to reveal the dirty, ugly secret of Washington: if you disturb the status quo, whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, you will be crushed.
The elites in DC -- I call them the Beltway One Percenters -- don't give a flying monkey poop what the people think. Representative government has become corporatist government. And that goes for Democrats and Republicans alike.
Ever wonder why Hillary Clinton's long history of felonious malfeasance (an easy prosecution, I can assure you) hasn't led to criminal charges?
Easy answer: Democrats and Republicans alike are protecting her, because public sector unions, corporate cronies, and other rentseekers carry far more influence than do the people.
Term limits be damned: my suggestion is even simpler. A full term in the House should be three months; and nine months in the Senate. It would cut down on the election cycles, on the fundraising, and -- most importantly -- recidivism. The Internet has empowered voters with more information than the Framers could ever imagine. Faster election cycles for our representatives, I'm now convinced, would tilt the balance of power back to the people.
Plus, it would distract members of Congress from legislating on all but the most urgent of matters. It would get them out of our undershorts, like legislating on our toilet paper and lightbulbs.
Every member of Congress needs to be looking over their shoulder for the voter, every day. And the special interests would be hard-pressed to get priority over the interests of the electorate.
That's why a Senator like Ted Cruz is so popular. He dares to speak truth to the Beltway Elite.
So think about it. Let me know your thoughts in the comments.
Sincerely, Trey Gowdy, soon to be writing to you from the House Basement.
WELL, AT LEAST THE DHS FINALLY STARTED PROFILING: Problem is, they’re only targeting conservatives
It all started in August 2014 when O’Keefe donned green fatigues and an Osama bin Laden costume and sneaked across the U.S. border to Mexico and then back into Texas, a stunt cited by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) during congressional hearings. His point, O’Keefe said in an interview Wednesday, was to “show that our elected officials were lying to the American people” by saying the border is secure.
But he may have messed with the wrong bureaucrats, since the powerful DHS — the third-largest Cabinet department — controls border security. Ever since, O’Keefe says, he has been stopped and questioned at length by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers each of the five times he has tried to reenter the United States. The questions, he says have been overly intrusive, covering everything from his business operations and what his next investigative project will be to his political views.
“It is our contention that this is retaliation for our journalism along the Mexican border,” O’Keefe said. “It’s troubling that they are doing this to a citizen reporter. … These questions have nothing to do with national security or border issues or smuggling narcotics into the country. They are questions that they would never ask a Washington Post reporter, that they would never ask NBC News"...
In other words, DHS is profiling investigative journalists, but not those who actually penetrate America's porous southern borders with intent to smuggle drugs, or humans, or weapons, or actual weapons of mass destruction.
Here's a thought experiment for even the most dimwitted of drones.
Imagine James O'Keefe had brandished a 33-round magazine like NBC's dimwitted hairpiece known as David Gregory did on national televsion.
Do you think he'd avoid prosecution as Gregory did? </Rhetorical>
Hat tip: BadBlue News.
Federal Judge Orders State Department to Report on Status of Hillary Email Server by... Friday
...Judge Emmet Sullivan today ordered the State Department to file by noon, Friday information about what it is doing to search Hillary Clinton’s email server now in the custody of the Justice Department and FBI. The court also reiterated its directive that the State Department disclose additional information about where government records may reside. The order is the result of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit that seeks records about the controversial employment status of Huma Abedin, Clinton’s former deputy chief of staff (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:13-cv-01363)). The lawsuit was reopened because of revelations about Hillary Clinton’s email records...I hope you're sitting down to hear this bit of breaking news: Hillary Clinton hasn't been fully forthcoming in answering questions about her secret email server and the reasons for its mysterious degaussed hard drive....Late last night, the State Department filed correspondence in response to another order by Judge Sullivan requiring the State Department to report on his directive to take steps to ensure that Mrs. Clinton, Ms. Abedin, and Clinton aide Cheryl Mills did not destroy government records. The filing included a letter from Hillary Clinton’s lawyer David Kendall that read in part:
[W]e have voluntarily provided to the Department of Justice on August 6, 2015, the .pst file containing electronic copies of the 55,000 pages of emails on a thumb drive (along with two copies), which had been securely stored in my possession, after receiving from the Department of Justice an assurance that it would maintain this file in an appropriately secure manner and the Department’s opinion that such maintenance would satisfy any preservation obligations I am under. Similarly, Platte River Networks is today providing to the Department of Justice the server and related equipment on which emails to and from Secretary Clinton’s clintonemail.com were stored from 2009 to 2013 and which PRN took possession of in 2013. This is following the Department of Justice’s assurances to us and counsel for PRN that it would maintain the server equipment in an appropriately secure manner. The Department also gave counsel its opinion that such maintenance would satisfy any preservation obligations we have.
“This latest order shows the courts are expecting quick action on Mrs. Clinton’s email system and that the Justice Department won’t be able to bury her emails,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “And her lawyer’s letter in response to the court’s orders shows Mrs. Clinton continues to withhold material information from the court. It also looks as if Mrs. Clinton is still withholding emails from the FBI and Justice Department.”
Hat tip: BadBlue News.
Larwyn’s Linx: Cruz, Sessions: How Many ‘Homegrown’ Terrorists Were Immigrants?
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Cruz, Sessions: How Many ‘Homegrown’ Terrorists Were Immigrants?: Joel GehrkeGowdy: Hillary Should Be Treated As Petreaus Was, Equal Under The Law: Katie Pavlich
Mark Levin explains why Hillary's INTENT doesn't matter in email scandal: Scoop
Lunatic Sanders Opens Sizable Lead Over Granny Clinton in New Hampshire: JWF
Ted Cruz refuses to play ‘good Republican’: RS
Yet Another Tuitiion-Exploding Education Subsidy, This Time From Hillary: Cal Thomas
Kerry: Accept Deal Or Dollar Won’t Be Reserve Currency: S&L
Federal Agencies Fight for Warrantless Access to Emails: Veronique De Rugy
30 Homes, Cars in San Antonio Jewish Community Hit With Antisemitic Graffiti: Shiryn
Donald Trump for Priceline Negotiator: Stuart Schneiderman
John Kasich Runs From His Own Record: Erick Erickson
The Futility of a Third Bush: Brent Bozell
Economy
Not Post-Industrial: Henry DampierObama’s “Community Schools” Aim to Replace the Family: Alex Newman
On The Yuan Devaluation: WRSA
Scandal Central
All data gone from Hillary Clinton’s email server: FAMReport: Hillary Aide REMOVED ‘Top Secret’ Markings Upping The Ante To A FELONY: Shoebat
Did Bill Clinton’s Aides Access Hillary’s Server?: Eileen McGann
The Spy Satellite Secrets in Hillary’s Emails: John R. Schindler
Hillary’s Private E-Mail Server Contains Exactly what we Thought it would: RS
Emails May Show Hillary’s Connection To The Muslim Brotherhood via Huma Abedin: Walid Shoebat
Climate & Energy
EPA Is “Upset” About Three Million Gallon Animas River Spill: John HinderakerMizz McCarthy Regrets: Geoffrey Norman
Radical Marxist Politico Cartoonist Blames Colorado EPA Disaster on the Tea Party: Progs Today
Media
Carly Up, Trump Down: RasmussenThe One I Got Wrong: Erick Erickson
Mark Levin's Plunder and Deceit Debuts at #1 on NYT Bestseller List: Stephen K. Bannon
World
Obama's Betrayals: Willfully Supporting Al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood: Robert SpencerCompromised – Secretary Kerry’s ties to Tehran revealed: New English Review
Massive Explosion Rocks Chinese Port City, Martial Law Declared (17 Dead, 32 Critical, 100s Injured): ZH
Voter ID Works in Mexico … It Could Also Work In LA and the US: Stephen Frank
Another Bailout Won’t Keep Greece in the Eurozone: ForPol
New York Lawsuit for Victims of Terror Goes After Kerry, Lew and Unfrozen Iranian Assets: Eliezer Sherman
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)
How ISIS Infiltrated My Facebook Account: My Warning To Other Conservatives: X TribunePeriscope Has 10 Million Users (Kinda): Kurt Wagner
FCC Hits A-hole Robocallers With $2.94 Million Fine: Chris Mills
Cornucopia
Klintonerdämmerung: NoisyRmHillary’s Email Server Chronology: “Don’t Shoot! I’m Just the Piano Player.”: MOTUS
The Richest Zip Codes in America in One Map: Jeff Desjardins
Image: The Richest Zip Codes in America in One Map
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Protect the Rising Generations: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT
QOTD: "The lady out in front of the Department of Justice wears a blindfold and holds a set of scales and she does so that she treats everybody the same whether it's me or you, whether it's General Petreaus, whether it's a cabinet level official. I was not part of the prosecution team or the defense team for David Petreaus, I don't know all of the facts. I know this, the same rule ought to apply people irrespective of their station in life.
So, I'm going to have to count on the Bureau [FBI] and [Director] Jim Comey has a reputation for even handedness and fairness. The same folks who investigated and prosecuted General Petreaus are looking into the current allegations [regarding Hillary Clinton] with respect to classified information and if the facts are the same then I expect the result to be the same." --Rep. Trey Gowdy
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
YOU KNOW THE NEW YORK TIMES IS ECSTATIC: Mark Levin's PLUNDER AND DECEIT Debuts at #1 in Non-Fiction
Mark R. Levin’s PLUNDER AND DECEIT will debut at #1 on the August 23, 2015 New York Times Hardcover Non-Fiction Bestsellers list. Published on August 4, 2015, this is Levin’s fourth consecutive #1 New York Times bestseller.
With PLUNDER AND DECEIT, Levin has struck a chord with readers through his message that a ubiquitous federal government is threatening the liberty and prosperity of the citizenry, and in particular younger people, which Levin describes as the rising generation. As is his hallmark, through his exemplary scholarship – in which he draws from history, philosophy, and evidence -- Levin powerfully analyzes significant issues threatening the well-being of the rising generation and future generations. In each chapter, Levin uniquely and thoroughly exposes the calamitous consequences of governmental policies, as he deconstructs one disastrous federal policy after another -- from the massive federal debt, out-of-control entitlements, the failing educational system, to open-ended immigration, job-killing minimum wage laws, anti-capitalist environmental regulations, and usurpations of the constitutional system. In the end, Levin calls for a new civil rights movement in which the rising generation stirs itself to act in its own defense and against the exploitation of statists, big government, and their devastating public policies.
Mark R. Levin, nationally syndicated talk-radio host and president of Landmark Legal Foundation, is the author of Liberty and Tyranny, the 38-week New York Times bestseller that spent three months at #1 and sold more than one million copies; and the #1 New York Times bestsellers The Liberty Amendments and Ameritopia [Ed: Graphic Novel Version Here]. His books Men in Black and Rescuing Sprite were also New York Times and national bestsellers. He has worked as an attorney in the private sector and as a top adviser to several members of President Reagan’s cabinet. He holds a B.A. from Temple University, where he graduate magna cum laude and Phil Beta Kappa, and a J.D. from Temple University School of Law School.
Editor's note: For my review of Plunder and Deceit please click here.
ALINSKY TACTIC #5,034: Hillary Blames the Clinton Global Graft Initiative and Email Scandal on... Judicial Watch
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
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 FisherWhy 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&LValerie 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: LIHillary, 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”: WUWTWhat 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 ShapiroLaura 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 MalkinGowdy: 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 McCaugheyEPA 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: FreedomWatchWhat 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
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: The only man fighting the Beltway 1%: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT
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
You can follow Mr. Ramirez on Twitter at @RamirezToons.
You'd be foolish not to.
Just sayin'.
Read more: BadBlue Real-Time News.
WHITE HOUSE: China's been hacking our emails since, oh, around the time Hillary began using her own insecure email server
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”: TreehouseThe 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: JWFSpecial 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?: WUWTMedia
NBC Poll: Cruz, Fiorina, Rubio Big Winners of Debate, Not Trump: EveryJoeNew 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 BruceInspired 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 ManStudy Suggests Carbs Fueled Human Evolution: Archaeology
Road Unearthed at Battle of Fulford Site: Archaeology
Cornucopia
My Tank: Driving the Sherman M-4A3: Automnews9 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
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Support Constitutional Conservatism: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT
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
Editorial in official agency IRNA: Obama will side side with Iran in case of Israeli attack. He is fighting his legislature on our behalf.
— Amir Taheri (@AmirTaheri4) August 7, 2015Analyst 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.
Hat tip: BadBlue News.
GOP ESTABLISHMENT HARDEST HIT: NBC Confirms Ted Cruz was the Real Winner of the First GOP Debate
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: RSA 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 MirengoffHillary, 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 HinderakerEPA 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 WildeWhat 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: ClarionTurkey 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 DepressionsScientists Teach AI Machines To Understand Us: Vlad Tverdohleb
9 Year-Over-Year Data Points Every SEO Should Monitor: Josh McCoy
Cornucopia
Hoomph: C&SRemember...: 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!
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: The GOP Trump Card: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT
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
@WilliamShatner deserved an Emmy for his brave performance in the Nightmare at 20,000 Feet episode for Twilight Zone pic.twitter.com/DjpX2RUsZh
— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) August 9, 2015Hat tip: BadBlue News, beyaxch.
Larwyn's Linx: The Fox News debate by the numbers
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The Fox News debate by the numbers: C. Edmund WrightObama: 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 HoweClinton 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 PowellBipartisan 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: PubliusSources: 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 KornWhy 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 UnderwoodNew 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 BookoutFeds 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
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: End the Beltway Cartel: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT
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.
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'
"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
“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.”


















