Thursday, August 27, 2015

FITTING: Court Halts EPA Takeover of America’s Ponds, Streams and Puddles After it Destroys an Entire River With Toxic Sludge

The same EPA that just destroyed a river in Colorado (with damages estimated as high as $30 billion) had the brakes applied today to its attempted takeover of all waterways within the United States. A federal judge blocked an EPA rule that sought to seize control of ditches, trenches, puddles, and other non-navigable waters in an unconstitutional power grab orchestrated by the hard left Obama administration.

U.S. District Court of North Dakota Chief Judge Ralph Erickson placed a temporary injunction against the agency, which would delay the regulation from taking effect Friday.

"The risk of irreparable harm to the states is both imminent and likely," Erickson said in his decision favoring the 13 states that sued the EPA over its Clean Water Rule, formerly the Waters of the U.S. rule. The rule has become a favorite target of Republicans as an example of federal overreach.

The judge said the water rule requires more study, including "jurisdictional studies" of natural gas, oil and water pipeline projects in North Dakota. The state is a leading U.S. producer of oil derived from shale rock formations deep underground... North Dakota [had] led the charge against EPA in the court, arguing that the rule violated state sovereignty.

Get your popcorn ready and set your DVR to record C-SPAN on September 9th and 17th. That's when the applicable House committees will begin grilling EPA officials as to the cause of their catastrophic spill (hint: they purposely ignored safety measures).

Isn't it ironic that the very same would-be dictators -- who can't even operate the massive federal leviathan they already control -- are never satisfied with the amount of power they possess? Whoever said "absolute power corrupts absolutely" was talking about every single hack in the Obama administration, including the Hack-In-Chief.


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Larwyn's Linx: Bill Clinton ‘Incensed,’ ‘Very Agitated’ by Hype Around Biden Candidacy

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Nation

Bill Clinton ‘Incensed,’ ‘Very Agitated’ by Hype Around Biden Candidacy: Daniel Bassali
Clinton email had classified intel from 3 agencies: Catherine Herridge
How long before Hillary drops out?: Exam

The White House Lies About Gun Violence . . . Again: Charles C.W. Cooke
Yes, Dems Care More about Grabbing Guns Than About Victims of Violence: Leon H. Wolf
Letter to a Friend: ‘Harsh Immigration’ Is Not Why Latinos Hate Republicans: Larry Elder

Of Course: Virginia Killer Wore Obama Badge During On-Air Election Reports: JWF
On-Air Murderer Was A Black, Gay, Racist Fan of Serial Killers: Bob Owens
Black Killer's Manifesto: Murders were a Response to Charleston: Ace

Jeb Should Drop Out of the GOP Primary: Jon Gabriel
Wonderful: Trump wants more progressive income taxes: Ace
CNN, the RNC, and how to cater to the political establishment: Carly Fiorina

Hillary Clinton’s lawyer is in the FBI crosshairs: RS
If Obama Endorses Biden…: Dick Morris
VA Lawmakers & the Freedom Caucus Buck GOP Leaders: Matt Laslo

Economy

Mark Levin: Entitlement Programs Are Theft From Your Children: Julie Prince
Welfare Is the Highest Paying Entry-Level Job in 38 States: Mack Stetson
Obama rubs elbows with Harry Reid's corporate welfare lobbyists: Timothy P. Carney

Scandal Central

James O'Keefe: Yes Hillary, I Have Undercover Video of Your Campaign: Katie Pavlich
Why Does Common Core Require Teaching Islam?: Bethany Blankley
Dear Corporate America: Sultan Knish

Obama Admin. Again Warning That White ‘Militias’ are as Big a Threat as Islamists: Publius
Salomon Melgen kept "a ledger of prostitution activities," and it features Bob Menendez: WyBlog
Charles Koch blasts Barack Obama: Mike Allen

Climate & Energy

CA Gov Jerry Brown’s war on cars and suburbs: ProWis
Obama: $12 billion new federal loan guarantees for renewables: Eric Worrall
Solyndra misled government to get $535M solar project loan: report: Times

Media

Obama's post-racial America: Black leftists dancing on the graves of dead white reporters: FAM
Black Man Kills Two White People for -- Wait for It -- Racism: AWD
Al Sharpton Pretends MSNBC Is Promoting Him To ONE Show Per Week!: Sooper

Review: 'Plunder and Deceit' by Mark Levin: Peter Schweizer
A Black Woman Condemns ‘Black Lives Matter’ in Viral Video: Celina Durgin
NY Times fine with 'maternity tourism,' but 'anchor babies' is racist: Eddie Scarry

World

Crazy isn’t disagreeing with Obama. Crazy is believing anything he says: Flopping Aces
“What bothers me about this debate is its incivility, excoriating people as traitors or dual loyalists”: JWF
U.S. and UK politics are mirror images: Cal Thomas

Building an Islamic State in America, One Church at a Time: Daniel Greenfield
Serkan Engin: “Words of Satan: Islam”: Pamela Geller
Toronto man denied subsidized housing for not being Muslim: Sean O'Shea, Global News

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

North Dakota cops will be first in nation to use weaponized drones: Andrew Tarantola
Archaeologists discover Mycenaean palace and treasure trove of artifacts in southern Greece: Robin Whitlock
Black holes are a passage to another universe, says Stephen Hawking: Andrew Griffin

Cornucopia

The Donald had Jorge Ramos deported from his press conference: MOTUS
College Suspends Fraternity For Expressing Heterosexual Interest in Women: Ace
Stop Iran Rally In NYC, September 1, 2015: Michael Haltman

Image: Mark Levin: Entitlement Programs Are Theft From Your Children
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: LIBERTAS: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT

QOTD: "The issue with Jeb isn’t that he’s the choice of the reviled GOP establishment, but that he doesn’t realize the establishment is reviled. It’s not that Jeb’s political skills are rusty, but that, despite all his missteps, he still doesn’t realize he’s a decade out of step. It’s not that Jeb was blindsided by the Trump phenomenon, but that he is unable to adapt to the unexpected.

Jeb seems like a nice man. He had an excellent tenure as governor many years ago. But it’s obvious that his heart is not in this race, he doesn’t understand our Alinskyite political climate, and he is confused by both his base and modern media. The longer he vies for the nomination, the more he hurts himself and the GOP.

For the good of his country and his party, Bush needs to sit 2016 out." --Jon Gabriel

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

LEGACY: Obama EPA keeps seizing private property and churning out economy-destroying regulations

By Rob Nikolewski

AND THE PROPOSALS JUST KEEP ON COMIN': President Obama announces the details of the Clean Power Plan at the White House, August 4. It’s one of a series of plans the administration has announced this year through the Environmental Protection Agency.
With just 17 months left in his final term, President Obama seems more determined than ever to have the Environmental Protection Agency put in place a slew of the country’s most ambitious environmental standards.

But critics from the business community say the new rules will come at a hefty cost for consumers and argue some of the regulations aren’t even necessary.

“It certainly seems as though they’ve saved some of their biggest regulations for the end of this administration,” said Greg Bertelsen, director of energy and resources policy at the National Association of Manufacturers. “We’re less focused on the motivations behind the regulations than we are on the impacts on manufacturers.”

EPA insists all the new and proposed rules are needed to protect public health and meet the Obama administration’s goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change.

“What this proposal shows … is just how serious this administration is about putting real concrete measures in place to reduce emissions of harmful CO2 and methane,” Janet McCabe, acting assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, told reporters on a conference call regarding the methane rule.

All told, EPA and the Obama administration have announced proposals for at least five measures in recent months:

Larwyn's Linx: Classified Hillary e-mail contained embassy security issues, sensitive diplomatic discussions

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Nation

Classified Hillary e-mails: embassy security, sensitive diplomatic data: Ed Morrissey
What Is Obama’s Top Population-Control Freak Hiding?: Michelle Malkin
Why Clinton's email problem won't go away: John R. Schindler

Something Sketchy In The GOPe: Emperor Rove Campaigning for RNC: Treehouse
Myötähäpeä: The Z Man
Trump’s One-Man Third Party: NoisyRm

Frank Luntz on the Hatred of the Establishment: "This is real... my legs are shaking": Ace
Liberal hypocrisy on the subject of constitutional tinkering: Jonah Goldberg
Democrats Go After Trump: Keith Koffler

Jeb Bush Silent on Mark Levin's Challenge: Jeffrey Lord
What is the point of you, John Kasich?: Joe Cunninghasm
Rank the Candidates: John Stossel

Economy

Median income falls to a 20-year low: RS
The Very Real Economic Costs of Birthright Citizenship: Ian Tuttle
While on Vacation, Obama Criticizes Congress for Taking Vacation: Eric Scheiner

The crushing burden of rents and student debt on future home buying.: DHB
Wisconsin’s "Fully-Funded" Pension Fund: Boots & Sabers
Illinois Towns Drowning in Pension Debt From Hundreds of Funds: Tim Jones

Scandal Central

"Toby Miles": IRS finds yet another Lois Lerner email account: Stephen Dinan
Response to Obama IRS Disclosure of New Lois Lerner Email Account: JW
Meet 'Toby Miles' of the IRS: Bob Belvedere

Climate & Energy

EPA, Obama administration going full speed ahead on environmental regulations: Rob Nikolewski
Punching Back Thrice as Hard: Mark Steyn
Obama torches 20,000 gallons of gas to warn of ‘fossil fuel interests’ conspiring against ‘clean energy’: Doug Power

Media

Progressive Media Mocks Texas Seniors Peacefully Protesting Arabic Immersion School Opening: Breitbart
Ted Cruz TRUMPS Megyn Kelly on unfair question, says ‘I’m not playing the media’s game’: Scoop
Most ridiculous defense of Hillary Clinton’s email scandal. EVER.: RS

World

Memo to Obama: It’s Not Iran Deal Critics Who Are the ‘Crazy’ Ones: Nile Gardiner
MILITARY EXPERTS: Iran Already Has Nuclear Weapons: Jerome R. Corsi
President Closes Border, Orders 1,000 Illegal Aliens Deported…in Venezuela: Barbara Hollingsworth

Israel must call Obama on Iran's Fateh 313 missile: Matzav
Iran Deal Will Trigger Major War in Middle East: Nima Gholam Ali Pour
Iran Unveils More Deadly Solid Fuel Missiles: Bradford Thomas

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Cutting through the HFT Lies: ZH
Galaxy Note 5, #penghazi, and 'inserting it wrong': Rene Ritchie
AT&T reportedly playing dirty tricks to serve extra ads through airport hotspot: Rich McCormick

Cornucopia

“Clean Up on Email 3!”: MOTUS
Have faith America...we will not be destroyed because we have found 'one just and honest person': Norman Hooben
'Hillary is lonely, has trouble expressing her feelings and yearns for an intimate relationship...': Daily Mail

Image: Hillary Clinton email alibi is strikingly inconvenient
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ReadyForLiberty: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT

QOTD: "John Boehner and Mitch McConnell are no more than stuffed puppets of the White House. With each new fight, they inevitably give reasons why they must agree to Obama’s terms. Often this comes at the expense of not only the nation, but the Constitution as well. This disgraceful pattern will likely repeat itself regarding the Iranian nuclear deal.

As a result of their cowardly silence, the United States has retreated across the globe, empowering our terrorist enemies and enraging our civilized (former) allies. Moreover, the American economy remains cadaver-like, and our borders are open to violent drug cartels who work in tandem with ISIS. (Yes, you read that right.)

Behind the twin political marionettes of Boehner and McConnell are the GOP’s party henchmen – Fox News’ Karl Rove and RNC Chair Reince Priebus. The honest observer readily concludes that Rove and Priebus exist to for only one reason: to attack conservative Republicans and keep them out of power, lest they actually do something good for the country.

To put it bluntly, Rove, Priebus, and the RNC will attack anyone who threatens to get in the way of the Washington D.C.-bound Gravy Train." --The American Report

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

EXCLUSIVE: RNC Trump-Cruz Advisory System

Incredibly informative illustration by our summer intern over, lo, these last seven years. I refer, of course, to @BiffSpackle.


If the Beltway establishment is freaking out, you know good things are happening.


Hat tip: BadBlue News.
 

Pictorial follow-ups to my latest post by @WilliamTeach

The prolific and talented author of The Pirate's Cove offers this realistic illustration of Hillary Clinton's future.


I prefer these two, myself:

MORE TOP SECRET EMAILS FOUND: Even before this news, half of American voters wanted Hillary to drop out of race

About half of American voters now think Hillary Clinton should drop out of the presidential race, presumably because it will help us avoid the spectacle of her being handcuffed and frogmarched out of the Democrat Convention (which would be hilarious, I must say).

That number is certain to grow as damaging revelations continue to slow-drip on Hillary's Mao-inspired pantsuit, Chinese Water Torture-style.

Hillary Clinton's classified emails contain discussions of conversations with foreign diplomats, issues with embassy security and relations with countries from Russia to China.

The broad range of information that was deemed classified by the State Department — just within the emails published by the agency to date —underscores concerns that sensitive material was routinely mishandled on Clinton's private email server.

For example, Huma Abedin, Clinton's former deputy chief of staff, forwarded a summary of a high-level Sept. 2009 meeting to Clinton in which she detailed the "embassy security issues" that were discussed... issues had been raised by Eric Boswell, a diplomatic security official who was later forced to resign in the wake of the 2012 terror attack in Benghazi.


In other words, Hillary Clinton has been caught in yet another lie regarding her mishandling of classified information on her own private email server. At this point, it's safe to say she shouldn't be worrying about running for president, she should be more concerned with lawyering up and escaping the long arm of the FBI.


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Larwyn's Linx: EmailGate Gets Worse for Hillary Clinton

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Nation

EmailGate Gets Worse for Hillary Clinton: The XX Committee
Another Lie: State Dept. Never Told DHS About Hillary's Server Despite The Rules: Ace
Obama May be Mulling Biden Endorsement: Keith Koffler

Obama’s Transformation Of America: Not The Change We Need: Nina Bookout
A Biden-Warren Ticket?: Paul Mirengoff
Why Jeb’s Not Catching Fire — And Probably Never Will: Troy Senik

GOP Should Worry Less About Trump and More About Itself: David Limbaugh
Ted Cruz: Rise Of The Evangelical & Constitutional Warrior: NoisyRm
Former 2014 GOP Senate Primary Challengers Rally to Ted Cruz: Adam Wollner

Jeb Bush: DREAMers deserve a path to citizenship: Ildefonso Ortiz
Um, it is not Trump who is alienating people: Don Surber
Boom: Trump Hits Bush Deep Inside The Wall Street Fortress: Treehouse

Economy

Global Markets to Fed: No Rate Hike, the Strong Dollar Is Killing Us: Charles Hugh Smith
The Way We Live Now: Irwin M. Stelzer
The Stunning Comparisons Between The "Flash Crash" Of 8/24/15 And 5/6/10: ZH

Scandal Central

Traitor Senators Took Money from Iran Lobby, Back Iran Nukes: Daniel Greenfield
NASA Employees Caught With Child Porn Escaped Prosecution, Now Have Names Hidden: WZ
Generations of Stolen Black Dreams: Lloyd Marcus

Media

Anti-Gun Left Gets Butthurt At Reminder of NRA’s Original Mission: Bob Owens
Catholic Bishop: Ask God to Forgive Us for Giving Half a Billion in Tax Money to Planned Parenthood: CNS
GOP Establishment Plotting Against Donald Trump, Working to Force Him Off Primary Ballots: AmPower

The New Party Line: Hillary As Victim?: Camp o' the Saints
Hillary’s Latest Defense: I Broke The Rules Because They’re “Ridiculous”: DownTrend
Giuliani on Hillary Clinton: 'This Woman Needs a Criminal Lawyer': Reaganite

YUGE Numbers For Trump Among Hispanics in NEW POLL!: Sooper
10 Tips To Help Hillary Survive Prison, If It Comes To That: Kaitlan Collins
White Manager Fired After Black Employees Refuse to Work for a White Person: Buzzpo

World

American Heroes Awarded Legion of Honor: Ace
Jimmy Carter's Peace: Cal Thomas
Mass Immigration and the Undoing of Europe: Vijeta Uniyal

NYT: White House regrets promising “anytime, anywhere” Iran inspections: Ed Morrissey
Iran Deal Surprise: Clause Negates Snapback Sanctions: Meira Svirsky
791 American Rabbis sign petition against sellout to nuclear-armed Iran: Matzav

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

The Sound Of Settled Science: SDA
Facebook Says It Didn't Censor Content Undermining Zuckerberg's Immigration Agenda, Was 'Error': Julia Hahn
Did Jesus Have a Wife? New Tests on Ancient Coptic Papyrus May Give Answers: Ancient Origins

Cornucopia

How All The Candidates Fit In The Overall GOPe Road Map – “The Big Picture”: Treehouse
Poop on everyone as a beautiful seagull: Laura Hudson
Obama has played more than 1,100 hours of golf as president — here's what that looks like: Insider

Image: Obama has played more than 1,100 hours of golf as president — here's what that looks like
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Protect the Constitution: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT

QOTD: "I think birthright citizenship as a policy matter doesn't make sense.

We have right now upwards of 12 million people living here illegally. It doesn't make any sense that our law automatically grants citizenship to their children because what it does is it incentivizes additional illegal immigration.

My view, there's a good faith argument on both sides. We should pursue whichever one is effective but as a policy matter, we should change the law." --Sen. Ted Cruz

Monday, August 24, 2015

Facebook Blocks Job Reports Related to Immigration

By CIS

EDITOR'S NOTE: Facebook has lifted the ban on the Center's job reports pages. The Center has not heard from Facebook directly, they did make a statement to Breitbart News:

When asked what happened—and for a response to CIS—a Facebook spokesperson told Breitbart News that it was just a simple error in their system, not a malicious attempt by the social media giant to use censorship to push its founder’s political agenda.

“An error in our system that helps block bad links on Facebook incorrectly marked some URLs as malicious,” the Facebook spokesperson said in an email. “We’ve resolved the issue and apologize for the inconvenience this caused.”

Although the Facebook spokesperson states that the pages were banned due to an error marking them as "malicious", the automated response from Facebook while the ban was in place specifically stated that they were blocked for "abuse".


An informed debate over immigration requires data and analysis about its effects. Only with information from a variety of sources can Americans try to understand our current policies, assess proposed changes, and judge candidates for political office.

That is why it is so disturbing that Facebook, owned by immigration-expansionist Mark Zuckerberg, has banned four reports published by the Center for Immigration Studies pertaining to jobs and immigration.

The Center became aware a week ago that these four reports were blocked:

The Fed Rolled a Wheelbarrow of Dynamite into a Crowd of Fire Jugglers

By Jim Quinn

John Hussman has the right to gloat on this Black Monday morning as global stock markets meltdown under the weight of central bank created debt, insane debt financed corporate buybacks, and stock valuations rivaling 1929 and 2000 levels.

He has been scorned, ridiculed and laughed at by the Ivy League educated sociopathic Wall Street titans of greed and avarice. Only in a warped, manipulated, corrupt, rigged financial world would those who speak the truth, use facts, and honestly assess the markets based on historical relationships would a man like John Hussman be abused by the elitist Wall Street lemmings.

He has too much integrity and class to lower himself to the level of Wall Street hucksters. His letter this week is heavy on substance, facts, and sound reasoning. Therefore, it is of no use to CNBC cheerleaders or Wall Street shysters. His lessons are timeless.

OH, MY: I think Donald Trump may have just put a stake in the heart of Jeb Bush’s campaign

Trump just went medieval on Jeb!'s tushy:


But we conservative hobbit visigoths are the bad guys.

Sundance over at The Last Refuge has the usual fine analysis of the situation. Suffice it to say that the likes of Brit Hume, Kevin D. Williamson, and Jen Rubin are apoplectic with rage.

Go back to K Street, Jeb, and don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.


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PIC: Well, it appears the Obama family had a simply delightful time on their 17-day, multi-million dollar vacation

Via Jammie who captions it, "Obamas Look Ecstatic After Luxurious 17-Day Vacation"


I wouldn't be surprised if Michelle Obama's middle name was Antoinette. Though, to be fair, her expression ranks fairly low on the FLOTUS Scowlometer.


Can you imagine Barbara Bush, or Nancy Reagan, or Laura Bush consistently looking like a schlub and wearing a pained scowl over and over again?

We're such a horrid country. We're not worthy of this magnificent family.


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Larwyn's Linx: Buzzards Circling Over Hillary Clinton

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Nation

Buzzards Circling Over Hillary Clinton: Wesley Pruden
Former AG Mukasey: 'Inconceivable' that most of Clinton emails not classified: Sarah Westwood
Hillary’s email caper: She had inside help: Flopping Aces

The Specter of Immigration: The Z-Man
Americans Have Opposed Birthright Citizenship For Anchor Babies Since At Least 2006: Lid
Politi-speak: Who Needs Clarity?: Debra Saunders

Evidence Now Exists To Show Benefit Of GOPe 'Splitter Strategy': Treehouse
Ted Cruz remains a force in crowded GOP field: Rick Jervis, USA Today
Walker flip-flops on birthright citizenship: Curt Mills

Don't Underestimate Biden: Daniel Greenfield
With deafening cheers, Ted Cruz favorite at Americans for Prosperity summit: Fox News Latino
Here's why Donald Trump won't win the Republican presidential nomination: Tom McCarthy

Economy

The beam in CalPERS's eye: Professor Bainbridge
Democrat Utopia Is Coming to a City Near You: Sara Noble
NLRB case asks who's really the boss of subcontractors' workers: Suffield Times

Scandal Central

15 unsolicited observations about Hillary Clinton’s email: Sharyl Attkisson
VA Ruled Responsible For Marine’s Death; Shown As Largest Govt User Of Ashley Madison: Inquisitr
Ellen Tauscher meltdown – Hillary Clinton hack Fox News Sunday Video: FAM

Climate & Energy

UNREAL: Mine owner said he tried to stop EPA but was threatened with massive fines: Poor Richard
EPA: Energy Will Be ‘Reliable and Affordable’ Under Obama Clean Power Plan: Nicholas Ballasy
Attack on natural gas: EPA takes aim at another fossil fuel: Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Media

Trump Sparks War Within Conservatism: Rush Limbaugh
Fiorina Schools Smug Chuck Todd on ‘Climate Change’: Tammy Bruce
ICYMI: Sarah Palin CRUSHES Hillary with brutal Facebook post: Michele Hickford

St. Jude doctor deletes Twitter account after wishing death on conservatives: WZ
Crowd sings “How Great Thou Art” after high school band banned: LI
Found It! Here’s The Caroline Kennedy Interview That Trump Loves to Mock At Speeches!: Sooper

World

French President Hails 3 Americans As 'An Example for All, and a Source of Inspiration': CNS
France Train Jihadi ‘Dumbfounded’ to Be Accused of Terrorism: Robert Spencer
Faced With Sea of Palestinian Flags at Spanish Reggae Festival, Matisyahu Belts Out ‘Jerusalem’: David Efune

China stocks suffer biggest one-day fall since global financial crisis: Reuters
Carnage Continues Across European Stocks; WTI Crude Tumbles To $38 Handle: ZH
Reports from Cuba: Food shortages are getting much worse: Alberto de la Cruz

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Hackers and Assassins: Michael Ledeen
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Fires Back At Trump’s Proposed Immigration Plan: CBS SF Bay Area
7 Amazing Images Of The Future, From 1947: Rose Pastore

Cornucopia

Astaire Way To Heaven: Don Surber
Obama Encounters The Ghost Of Neville Chamberlain: Springer's Blog
The Evolution of the Batmobile: Rob Edwards, TechRadar

Image: Ellen Tauscher meltdown – Hillary Clinton hack Fox News Sunday Video
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Reignite America: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT

QOTD: "We’re hearing the first hints, some of them not so subtle, that the FBI is investigating more than a security situation, defined as a simple matter of learning whether classified information leaked from the State Department when she was the secretary of State, and if so, who it was leaked to. National Public Radio, which usually feeds only the bluebirds of Democratic happiness, reports that it learned from “two lawyers familiar with the inquiry” that a formal criminal investigation is under consideration, presumably at the Justice Department, and it could happen “soon.”

Hillary might not be the first target. She can always find somebody else to throw under the bus or feed to the alligators.

The lady has been saying for weeks that nothing on her email server was classified, and recently she revised and extended that to “nothing was classified at the time it was put it on the server.” Now she revises and extends still further, arguing that the security classifications are confusing and subject to interpretation. “She was at worst a passive recipient of unwitting information that subsequently became classified,” a spokesman “splains.” This may be the first time in her life that Hillary, who has been called many things, has been called “passive.”" --Wesley Pruden

Sunday, August 23, 2015

Top 3 Observations About Hillary Clinton’s Ever-Expanding Email Scandal

The invaluable Sharyl Attkisson, an investigative reporter excommunicated from CBS News for daring to reveal some of the crimes of the Obama administration, offers an informed set of 15 "unsolicited observations" regarding Hillary Clinton's ever-expanding email scandal. My top three?

[1] Turning a blind eye?

There’s no excuse for law enforcement officials failing to investigate the serious allegations made by a former Clinton Deputy Assistant Secretary: Raymond Maxwell. A year ago, Maxwell alleged he witnessed a Benghazi document sorting operation in the basement of the State Department with Clinton aides Cheryl Mills and Jake Sullivan present. Potential evidence that could have been collected, had law enforcement or the State Department elected to conduct a thorough and impartial investigation, includes witness testimony, swipe card records, sign-in sheets and security tapes. Even if authorities were to investigate now, the amount of time that has passed since the alleged event raises the question of how much untainted evidence could be collected.

Looks Like We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Balance Sheet, Jimbo

By Jim Quinn

Driving home from work on Friday night I found it terribly amusing listening to the “business journalists” on the local news station trying to explain the 531 point plunge in the Dow and the 1,105 point plummet from the Tuesday high. The job of these faux journalist mouthpieces for the status quo is not to report the facts, analyze the true factors underlying the market, or seek the truth. Their job is to calm the masses, keep them sedated, and paint the rosiest picture possible.

OBAMA’S PARTNERS IN PEACE: We Will Cleanse the Earth of Jews

By The Tower

Hussein Sheikholeslam, a senior adviser to Iran’s Speaker of Parliament, told the Hamas-affiliated newspaper al-Resalah that Tehran “reject[s] the existence of any Israeli on this earth,” a position he says Iran relayed to the P5+1 powers during the nuclear negotiations, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. According to Sheikholeslam, Iran “will do everything to renew” its support for Hamas, which Tehran lessened in retaliation to the Sunni group’s opposition to the regime of Bashar al-Assad after the outbreak of the Syrian civil war.

Sheikholeslam’s comments are the latest in a series of threats issued against Israel by Iran since the Islamic Republic signed a nuclear agreement with the P5+1 powers last month.

A video posted on a website linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), titled “Preparation of the complete destruction of Israel by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Islamic Revolution in Iran,” called for Israel’s “erasure from the annals of history,” according to another report in The Times of Israel on Wednesday. The clip depicts an invasion of Jerusalem by an Islamic army that includes Hamas and Hezbollah among its ranks.

Larwyn's Linx: Hillary and the five stages of grief

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Nation

Hillary and the five stages of grief: Bookworm
Clinton to cut vacation short amid controversy: Sarah Westwood
Biden holds surprise meeting with Sen. Warren: Barbara Boland

Something’s Happening Here: The Z Man
Ranking the GOP Candidates by their Ability to Win the General Election: JD Rucker
John Kasich: The GOP Establishment’s Spare Prince: George Rasley

Iran's President Vows To Break Terms Of Deal Regarding Missiles And Weapons: RWN
'Anchor Baby' Flap Shows Left Losing Grip: Jack Cashill
GOP Elites Can’t Secure Border, can’t Deport, Can’t Stop Illegals: Treehouse

The "I" Word: The Z Man
Guide for the Mexican Migrant: AmRen
Ed Klein: Michelle and Valerie 'Connected at the Hip': NewsMax

Economy

Plunge Protection Teams of the World, Unite!: Charles Hugh Smith
Americas "Most Trusted Personal Finance Expert" Demands New Fed Bailout: ZH
Obama plays 248th round of golf as market tanks: Paul Bedard

Scandal Central

Federal Appeals Court Slams Holder DOJ for Misconduct in Police Prosecution: Paul Mirengoff
Massive Planned Parenthood protests across US: Barbara Boland
Secret IAEA deal inked with reported ex-head of Iran nuclear bomb effort: Times of Israel

Climate & Energy

Realities Of Climate Change, Politics And Public Knowledge: Dr. Tim Ball
EPA knew of 'blowout' risk for tainted water at gold mine: Michael Biesecker


Media

This Pic Of Obama on Vacation Is Just Sad: Sooper
Phyllis Bennis Slams Israel on C-SPAN While Promoting ISIS Book : CAMERA
Ted Cruz Jokes About Where He’d Send 90,000 IRS Employees After Abolishing the Federal Agency: Blaze

Clinton Campaign Uses TIME to Smoke Out Conservative Journalist 'Dirty Tricks': Tim Graham
Black Mom Gives #BlackLivesMatter a Serious Tongue Lashing, Viral Video Results: Dave Urbanski
Memphis Mayoral Candidate Arrested for Vandalizing Confederate Statue: Jim Hoft

World

"My first reaction was to sit down and hide. Then I heard an American say 'go get him'.": Ace
First Person: Alek Skarlatos Narrates What Happened In His Own Video: Ace
West Virginia: “Support ISIS & The Taliban” sign left at war memorial: Robert Spencer

Agenda 21 soon to become ”the 2030 Agenda”: John C. Velisek
Hacking In The Name Of The Islamic State (ISIS): Steven Stalinsky and R. Sosnow*
Iran Is Responsible for More Than 1,000 American Military Deaths Since 9/11: David French

Belfast Pastor on Trial for Offending Islam: Soeren Kern
The IKEA Murders: Sweden in Crisis: Ingrid Carlqvist
Mohammed Was a Pig: Daniel Greenfield

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Mars Opportunity Time-Lapse is Mind Blowing: Karli Petrovic
“Yolks” and “shells” improve rechargeable batteries: David L. Chandler, MIT News Office
Here's proof that Uber is obliterating New York City's taxi industry: Maya Kosoff

Cornucopia

Top 10 Reagan Achievements: Human Events (2011)
She was the music heard faintly at the edge of sound: Letters of Note
Islamic Jihadi opens fire with AK-47. Terrorism not ruled out.: MOTUS

Image: Friday's other big number: Obama plays 248th round of golf as market tanks
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Reignite America: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT

QOTD: "Undersecretary Patrick Kennedy, a man whose name swirled around Benghazi (and who was not subject to the whitewash investigation) and likely sent more than a few of those classified emails to Hildabeast, is the same man now in charge of handling Hillary's production to the State Dept. He is the man who has cut off all cooperation with the IG of the Intelligence Communities and is refusing to allow them to review any of the produced documents. Why the House Select Committee on Benghazi does not have Kennedy and Lurch before them yesterday to discuss the handling of these documents and the criteria for redaction is beyond me." --Commenter "GW"

Saturday, August 22, 2015

Key Hillary Aide Huma Abedin Could be in a World of Trouble

Longtime Hillary aide and confidante Huma Abedin may be behind the illegal movement of classified documents to Clinton's private email server, Doug Ross @ Journal can now reveal (I'm experimenting with the Daily Mail's style guide).

[One] message [that should have been classified], dated April 10, 2011, was forwarded to “H,” for Hillary Clinton, then the secretary of state. It came from one of her closest aides, Huma Abedin, who is now vice chairwoman of her presidential campaign ... The matter could form the basis for a criminal probe of whether laws for handling classified material were broken.

...There are other examples that suggest Clinton aides drew upon a variety of classified information to produce updates of events in Libya and elsewhere and sent them via email, according to the officials familiar with the investigation who asked not to be identified.

...Anybody who knowingly emailed classified material to Clinton or her top aides when she was secretary of state could face criminal prosecution, according to current and former U.S. national security officials. Those who inadvertently send or receive classified data could be prosecuted for gross negligence.

"A STIMULUS PACKAGE FOR JIHAD": Obama’s Deal with Iran

Last month, David French offered the perfect description of the Democrat Party's insane and suicidal nuclear deal with Iran.

The Obama administration’s nuclear agreement is nothing more than a stimulus package for jihad. Billions of dollars will flow into the world’s worst terror-exporting country — a sworn enemy of the United States — and it will soon enough even have (legal) access to international conventional-arms markets. It can continue to export terror and even kill American soldiers without breaching the nuclear agreement.

According to military experts, Iran has already slaughtered more than 1,000 U.S. soldiers since 9/11.

Larwyn's Linx: Hillary’s Air Gap Problem

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Nation

Hillary’s Air Gap Problem: Charlie Martin
Great news: Hillary planning to “educate the public” on how data is classifiied: Hot Air
Why is Trump holding a mega-rally in Alabama tonight?: Hot Air

With unfrozen assets, Iran could increase funding to terror groups by 50%: Matt Vespa
Iranian Official: We “Reject the Existence of Any Israeli on This Earth”: Tower
Congressional Democrats Targeting Group Behind Planned Parenthood Videos: WZ

Illegal Immigration is the Disease and Trump’s Plan is the Cure: John Hawkins
Obama will leave his party in its worst shape since the Great Depression: Jeff Greenfield
China Tests Most Dangerous Nuclear Weapon of All Time: Zachery Zeck

Why Jeb’s Not Catching Fire — And Probably Never Will: Troy Senik
Bobby Jindal Just Hit A Home Run At The Defending The Dream Summit: Kevin Boyd
Detroit: With police chief's blessing more residents carry guns: Marathon

Economy

Truly, a case of the Federal Government not working: GraniteGrok
The jobs Americans won't do: illegals kidnapped, tortured other illegals in U.S.: Breitbart
Carnage: Worst Week For Stocks In 4 Years, VIX Soars Most Ever: ZH

Scandal Central

StemExpress CEO admits Planned Parenthood sells fully intact aborted babies: FAM
Hillary Clinton’s Email: the Definitive Timeline: Sharyl Attkisson
‘The FBI asked’: John Sexton spots discrepancy in Hillary’s server story (another lie?): Twitchy

Climate & Energy

Europe hit by one of the worst droughts since 2003: WUWT

Media

Ted Cruz Schools Ellen Page on Gay Rights: Variety
Good news…noboby sees the evil…: American Irony
The pantsuit of shamelessness: Hillary now blaming State Dept’s ‘ridiculous classification rules’: Doug Powers

Fox News anchored in stupidity on the 14th Amendment: Ann Coulter
What Kind of Liberalism Won the Culture Wars?: AmInt
Judge Says She’ll Let Anti-Abortion Group Release Videos: WZ

World

U.S. Marines HEAR Terrorist Muslim Loading Up Kalashnikov, Prevent MASSACRE On French Train: Sooper
Unarmed US Marines "saved hundreds" from Islamonazi Terrorists: Daily Mail
French official: 2 Americans subdued train gunman: Greg Keller

Pushback Against Iran Deal Is Warranted: CSP
Obama and Cuba: ‘Am I on the ball or what, Camilo?’: Babalú
Not ONE European Country Gives Automatic Birthright Citizenship to Children Born There Illegally: EIB

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Exclusive: The OPM breach details you haven't seen: Sean Lyngaas
Aztec Skull Rack Unearthed in Mexico: Archaeology
The Mysterious Marree Man of Outback Australia: Largest Geoglyph in the World: April Holloway

Cornucopia

Peter Schramm: ‘You Americans invented freedom': Jonah Goldberg
Hands Up! Or I’ll Shoot!: MOTUS
STOUGH and more STUFF: Woodsterman

Image: PHOTOS of HEROIC U.S. Marines That Thwarted Terrorist Attack in France
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Time for a Constitutional Conservative: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT

QOTD: "As historians begin to assess Barack Obama’s record as president, there’s at least one legacy he’ll leave that will indeed be historic—but not in the way he would have hoped. Even as Democrats look favorably ahead to the presidential landscape of 2016, the strength in the Electoral College belies huge losses across much of the country. In fact, no president in modern times has presided over so disastrous a stretch for his party, at almost every level of politics...

...The party’s record over the past six years has made clear that when Barack Obama leaves office in January 2017 the Democratic Party will have ceded vast sections of the country to Republicans, and will be left with a weak bench of high-level elected officials. It is, in fact, so bleak a record that even if the Democrats hold the White House and retake the Senate in 2016, the party’s wounds will remain deep and enduring, threatening the enactment of anything like a “progressive” agenda across much of the nation and eliminating nearly a decade’s worth of rising stars who might help strengthen the party in elections ahead." --Jeff Greenfield