Monday, September 21, 2015
Ted Cruz: Barack Obama Employing the "Exact Same Argument" ISIS Uses To Justify Killing Christians
Sen. Ted Cruz says President Obama is an "apologist" who is unwilling to name Islamic terrorism as the biggest problem in the world: "He said, yes they are committing acts of terror, but Christians and Jews have committed acts of terror as well, and he invoked the Crusades and the Inquisition."
"That argument is the exact same argument that is made by the terrorists," Cruz said. "ISIS when they are beheading and crucifying Christians, they invoke the Crusades and the Inquisition."
"I don't think it is asking too much to ask this president to stay in the current millenium."
THE AGENDA TO ERASE AMERICA: The Democrats’ Criminal Refugee "Resettlement" Gambit
President Obama and his rancid leftist allies have subjected America to a blizzard of lies. Nothing that leaves his mouth even remotely parrots the truth, but typically stands truth on its head. The propaganda infrastructure spanning media, Hollywood, non-profit institutions and the halls of academia then erects a virtually impenetrable wall of disinformation to advance the lie.
They have just foisted on us a “deal” with Iran that threatens to create a holocaust, the likes of which America, and perhaps the world, has never seen. As Iran chanted “death to America” and “death to Israel,” this “deal” somehow skirted the advice and consent role reserved to the U.S. Senate. While we are afflicted with many feckless, incompetent and corrupt Republican Senators — never mind the Democrats — the “deal” could have never obtained the requisite approval of 2/3ds of senators. The lies about the “deal” are too numerous to catalog, and before the ink has even dried, Iran has suddenly “discovered” massive stockpiles of uranium it never knew it had!
Now the administration wants to use the refugee resettlement program to import a flood of Syrian immigrants into the U.S. It will virtually guarantee an opening for ISIS and other terrorists to establish bases in the U.S. legally with taxpayer dollars. Obama created his own 9-11 in Benghazi. Apparently that wasn’t enough. Now he wants one here.
GREAT NEWS: Iran Cranks Up Global Funding of Terror Groups in Anticipation of Democrat Sanctions Relief
Iran is using the expected financial windfall it will receive from the nuclear deal to increase its funding of the terrorist groups Hezbollah and Hamas, Avi Issacharoff reported in The Times of Israel today.
Since the deal was signed, Iran has significantly increased its financial support for two of the largest terror groups in the region that have become political players, Hamas and Hezbollah. In the years before the deal was signed, the crippling sanctions limited this support, which had significantly diminished along with Iran’s economy. But Tehran’s belief that tens, or hundreds, of billions of dollars will flow into the country in the coming years as a result of sanctions relief has led to a decision to boost the cash flow to these terror organizations.This support, for example, has enabled Hezbollah to obtain highly developed new armaments, including advanced technologies that many militaries around the world would envy.
Larwyn's Linx: Muslims of America terrorist training compounds
Nation
Muslims of America terrorist training compounds: Carol Brown64 Muslims in US have been charged with supporting ISIS: Robert Spencer
Ben Carson Won't Back Down on a Muslim President: Scoop
A Progressive Grand Scheme: Douglas V. Gibbs
Stop Complaining – Life Isn’t Fair: Iron Legion
Obama: Racism Keeping Blacks Down, Including My Wife And Daughters: DownTrend
Mitt Romney in a Skirt: The Z Man
Following The Fiorina Donor Money Leads Right to Univision: VDare
The 2016 Pack: Victor Davis Hanson
Carson: Let's Not Have a Muslim President: John Hinderaker
Jeb Bush vs. the 2nd Amendment: Daniel John Sobieski
Why I Still Think Fiorina Was a Terrible CEO: Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
Economy
Fed Has Zero Interest in Zero Unemployment: John RansomBankrupt Feds To Give Each New Refugee Thousands In Welfare: Kerry Picket
Trump and the Brown Tide: The Z Man
Scandal Central
John Kerry: U.S. To Accept 85,000 Refugees In 2016, 100,00 In 2017: WZ#BellaBond: Conceived at Occupy Boston, Thrown Out Like Trash: Kim Quade
DOJ to Judge Hanen: 'Miscommunication' Should Not Lead to Punitive Sanctions: Miriam Rozen, Texas Lawyer
Doctors barred from discussing safety glitches in Obama-funded software: Naked Capitalism
The Coming Storm: Chicago Boyz
Obama Doesn’t Want All Illegal Immigrants: Sara Noble
Climate & Energy
Massive tampering of temperature data underway by global warming cultists: RSThe impossible just happened in Texas: Daniel Gross, Slate
VW cheated on U.S. pollution tests for 'clean diesels': Jerry Hirsch
Media
Get Lost, You Palace-Guard Creeps: Mark SteynDeconstructing The New York Times Propaganda On GOP 2016 Race…: Treehouse
Social-justice warriors can’t take the ‘South Park’ heat: Post
Reuters “Walks Back” Report Critical of AP Release Of Iran Side Deal (But Buries Revision): Jeff Dunetz
How Ahmed’s clock became a false, convenient tale of racism: Kyle Smith
Huckabee Rips Obama’s Choice for Army Sec.: ‘Homosexuality Is Not a Job Qualification’: Josh Feldman
Ted Cruz's Classy Response When Asked If He Thinks Obama’s a Christian: Chris Enloe
Benghazi Movie to be Released January 15 but Already Generating Buzz: P.J. Gladnick
Bern’d – Jeb Bush Posing With “Republicans For Bernie Sanders” Supporters: Treehouse
World
The Disaster In Europe: Karl DenningerGerman Refugee Crisis Collides with Oktoberfest: AmInt
Refugees flee from Finland back to Sweden – Finland is dark, cold and racist!: MV Lehti
Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party (PVV) tops Dutch Political Polls as Migrant Crisis Grows: New English Review
MUSLIM ‘REFUGEES’: Savagely Attack Mother & Daughter In Germany: Clash
Al-Aqsa Imam: We Will Conquer Europe Through Breeding: MEMRI
Corbyn: Wow, that was fast!: SDA
Czechs and Slovaks Against Refugees and Merkel: GoV
U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Afghan Allies’ Abuse of Boys: Joseph Goldstein
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)
Facebook developing way to fingerprint the camera you used to take a photo: Ryan WhitwamCerberus is top dog [DSEi15D4]: Christopher F. Foss
Cheap robots may shift car making from China to U.S.: Magna CEO: Reuters
Cornucopia
Progressive Land: iOTWreportJake Brewer, RIP: Ed Morrissey
Finnish baseball is really weird: Holy Kaw!
Great moments in lousy PR: Obama security ejects cancer-stricken kids from park: Doug Powers
What's Your Nerd Skill?: MOTUS
The Missing Pieces: Unraveling the history of the Lewis Chessmen: Nancy Marie Brown
Image: The Missing Pieces: Unraveling the history of the Lewis Chessmen
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ReadyForLiberty: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT
QOTD: "As to whether he's a Christian, have you asked him whether he has attended even semi-regularly any church other than that of Jeremiah ("God damn America") Wright? A man is free to attend the Westboro Baptist Church but if he chooses to do so I'm not obligated to defend his Christianity. And frankly, whatever the President's personal faith, there is no dispute that his leadership of the western world has been an utter catastrophe for Christians around the planet. Some of the oldest Christian communities on earth have been entirely extinguished on Obama's watch: in Mosul, Iraq, which was an American protectorate on the day he took office, not a single Christian remains. Every single one of them is dead or fled. So, instead of jumping through your preposterous hoops and speaking up for the most powerful man in the world, I would rather speak up for the powerless - for the Nigerian schoolgirls, for the Yazidi, for the Copts in Egypt, and for all the other beleaguered Christian communities in the world this feckless president has set alight and watched burn." --Mark Steyn
Sunday, September 20, 2015
PROF. JEFFREY SONNENFELD: Yes, Trump Was Right, Carly Fiorina Was One of the Worst CEOs of All-Time
Fiorina's response was to deflect and deny, but Sonnenfeld penned a blistering response today in Politico:
As Fiorina admits, I have been critical of her for over a decade—long before she announced her political aspirations. I have studied her business record, challenged her leadership abilities and have come to agree with the assessment that she was one of the worst technology CEOs in history...
Trump on the Second Amendment
The cuckservative world is agape, and the liberals are running screaming -- and scared -- today.
Donald J. Trump on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
The Second Amendment to our Constitution is clear. The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed upon. Period.
Let me begin: While Mr. Trump's position is miles ahead of many others in the political sphere, he could have stopped right here when it comes to the law -- after all, The Second Amendment is clear.
The Second Amendment guarantees a fundamental right that belongs to all law-abiding Americans. The Constitution doesn’t create that right – it ensures that the government can’t take it away. Our Founding Fathers knew, and our Supreme Court has upheld, that the Second Amendment’s purpose is to guarantee our right to defend ourselves and our families. This is about self-defense, plain and simple.
Correct.
These Units are New. They Look Human.
The 600 Series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy. But these are new. They look human. https://t.co/J9Q46LIVPe
— Popehat (@Popehat) September 20, 2015Turing Test fail
https://t.co/vgqFx4mbnL
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) September 20, 2015"I am a real person" - things a replicant would say.
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) September 20, 2015More at Twitchy.
ANSWERING THE MEDIA’S QUESTION: Is Obama a Muslim?
I do not believe Barack Obama is a Muslim, nor do I think he is a Christian, nor do I think it matters, because he is not motivated by any religious belief, but by a secular ideology.
All of his convictions and actions can be explained by a single supposition.Obama is dedicated to the subversion of Western, in particular White European, Judeo-Christian-based democracy.
In the world today, the two strongest forces opposing Western, Judeo-Christian democracy are radical Islam and Marxism in its current manifestations.
The proponents of radical Islam and Marxism have a shared hatred of the United States as the embodiment of evil and the main impediment to the subjugation of the individual by either Sharia or the state.
In that respect, Obama's modus operandi can be considered Islamo-Marxist by embracing their methods that, he thinks, can effectively undermine American culture and weaken the ability to transmit to future generations the principles upon which the United States was founded, in order to pave the way for a new political order, his so-called fundamental transformation.
Larwyn's Linx: Why GOP Leadership Supports the Iran Deal — Follow the Money
Nation
Why GOP Leadership Supports the Iran Deal: Follow the Money: Andrew C. McCarthyGOP Lawmaker Said to Challenge Boehner for Speakership Next Week: Jim Hoft
When Will the GOP Start Fighting?: Dan Bongino
The American Refugee Resettlement Scam: James Simpson
When the US Isn’t Serious, Who Is?: WeaponsMan
Fiorina's False Pitch: Steve Chapman
New GOP rules designed to aid Bush are aiding Trump: Ed Straker
Covert GOP Guerrilla Tactics Have No Chance of Success: Steven Brodie Tucker
Donald Trump: 'Concealed Carry a Right, Not a Privilege': AWR Hawkins
Was Texas clock-bomb hoax targeted at mayor who opposed sharia court?: Creeping
I Pledge Allegiance To...Something: Christian Mercenary
75% in U.S. See Widespread Government Corruption: Gallup
Economy
The Fed has to deal with its own zombie apocalypse: Jeff CoxPalo Alto Outdoes Itself: ZH
“There Was a Crooked House….”: Edward Cline
Scandal Central
The Real Story of #IStandWithAhmed: Ben ShapiroHillary Clinton’s aides relinquish more than 100,000 pages of emails: Times
Group unloads over delays releasing Clinton aides' email: Josh Gerstein
Climate & Energy
Moonbeam Vows to Override Democrat-Led Legislature on Warmist Cult Regulations: Rob NikolewskiMedia
Media Smears Trump, Ignores Fact That Hillary Clinton Started Birther Movement: John NolteThe Federalist Slams the “Fact-Checkers” on Fiorina and the Planned Parenthood Videos: Patterico
Clinton returns to Sunday shows after 4 years away: Bradford Richardson
Daddy’s Boys: Gavin McInnes
Why won’t U.S. media show Muslim ‘insurgents’ making themselves at home in Europe?: BNI
Mark Levin Slams CNN, Fox News Debate Moderators for Unfair Treatment of Ted Cruz: IJR
Bill Maher Rips Liberals Upset Over Muslim Kid's Homemade Clock: ‘What if It Had Been a Bomb?’: Dave Urbanski
GOP candidate Sen. Ted Cruz: 'Our country is in crisis': Paul Egan
Ted Cruz in Michigan: 'If you see a candidate that Washington embraces, run and hide': Jonathan Oosting
World
How Many Refugees Can Dance on the Head of a Pin?: Richard F. MiniterAn unresounding victory: Richard Baehr
Israel: UN is 'ignoring Palestinian violence' on Temple Mount: Hayom
Opposition in Cuba denounces arrests and ‘social cleansing’ before Pope’s visit: Alberto de la Cruz
Obama’s Tasteless Welcome of Pope Francis: Katrina Trinko
Ahead of Xi's US Trip, China Defends Record on Human Rights: Shannon Tiezzi
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)
Symantec caught issuing rogue Google.com certificates: Cory DoctorowImproved Digital Certificate Security: Google Online Security
8 excellent open source data visualization tools: OpenSource
Cornucopia
I Will Follow God: Christian MercenaryThe Caucasian's Guide To Black Barbecues: Michael Harriot
If Trump sticks to the Message and does not indulge in personal attacks, he has a winning hand: American Digest
Image: Amazing 1968 photo of Jimi Hendrix getting his hair done, reading MAD
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #RestoreTheConstitution: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT
QOTD: "The Trump Conundrum is not only screwing up the RNC/GOPe plan, he is forcing the Wall Street, K-Street money people to rethink EVERYTHING. If they can’t control the RNC side of the equation (coin), they are only left with control over the DNC side of the equation (coin).
Within that consideration they simply cannot run the risk of having vulnerable Hillary Clinton face Donald Trump (who they don’t control).
Wall Street will force the DNC/DEMe team to get a better quality of candidate than Hillary to face Donald Trump if Wall Street is to feel more comfortable amid the inherent risk." --Sundance
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Top 20 Photos of Helpless Muslim Refugees in Europe You’ll Never See in Legacy Media
After all, the Democrat party is demanding that Obama bring 200,000 more of these "refugees" into American cities and towns -- at taxpayer expense. The least they could do is show you what you’ll be getting for your money.
SURPRISE: President Obama Decides to Build a Border Security Wall. Only One Problem: It’s in Africa.
In 2005 then-Governor of Arizona Janet Napolitano famously said that building a wall on the southern border of the United States to stem the flow of illegal immigration would be ineffective. “You show me a 50-foot wall and I’ll show you a 51-foot ladder at the border. That’s the way the border works,” she argued.
That deep seeded focus on domestic security was apparently enough for President Obama to eventually appoint her as head of the Department of Homeland Security, overseeing the safety of the American people.An actual wall designed to keep unknown individuals and potential terrorists out of the country, however, was never part of the security infrastructure and was never effectively implemented in the years following.
Because, of course, walls don’t work.
Except when you are building them in foreign countries.
Though the broader mainline media refuses to touch this story, it shows just how politicized the debate over illegal immigration in the United States has become.
JEB BUSH IN A DRESS: Top 9 Fun Facts About Carly Fiorina
The answer on both counts is an obvious "no". Here's why:
Larwyn's Linx: GOPe Rule Changes and How They Impact The 2016 Presidential Primary
Nation
GOPe Rule Changes and How They Impact The 2016 Presidential Primary: TreehouseIrreconcilable Differences: The Z Man
Jeff Flake plays four-dimensional chess on Iran: RS
Syria just one of Obama’s foreign-policy disasters: Jonah Goldberg
Since when is it the job of Republicans to defend Obama?: Daniel Greenfield
On the Second Amendment: Donald J. Trump
The Conservative Case Against Carly Fiorina: John Hawkins
Carly Fiorina's troubling telecom past: Scott Woolley
Authentic Hillary Makes Kids Cry: Shoshana Weissmann
Ahmed Didn’t Build Clock. 1970’s Vintage Available on eBay: Tammy Bruce
Ahmed Is son of Muslim activist; knew it was going to be “suspicious": Treehouse
Second arrest in Charleston church shooting… but why?: Jazz Shaw
Economy
The typical male U.S. worker earned less in 2014 than in 1973: David WesselObama's Legacy: America Plummets to 16th in Global Economic Freedom Ranking: Timothy H. Lee
Spitznagel: If Investors Thought August Was Scary, "They Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet": ZH
Scandal Central
We’ve Been Had: Muslim Kid Definitely Didn’t Make That Clock!: SooperYou will be in compliance with correct thought or you will be terminated: iOTWreport
Primary Dealers Rigged Treasury Auctions, Investor Lawsuit Says: Bloomberg
Climate & Energy
UN Bribes Writers: Make Up A Climate Change Story; Win A Free Trip To Paris: James DelingpoleBut we were promised an ice free arctic: SDA
Scientists Ask Obama To Prosecute Global Warming Skeptics: Michael Bastasch
Media
Did She Have a Tumblr Blog?: R.S. McCainSchlafly to Rubio: Lying About Amnesty in Spanish Disqualifies You from the Presidential Race: Katie McHugh
Joy Behar Pisses Off Nurses, Offers Non-Apology: Robert Coolman
King Michael, Fighting the Tide: Bob Owens
NY Times editorial weighs in GOP debate 'crazy talk': T. Becket Adams
Suspicious Pop-Tart guns versus scientific suitcase clocks: Jeannie DeAngelis
Muslim Threatened To “Slay Infidels” In Church Massacre In Texas. Media Stayed Mum.: Bob Owens
Beltway Hacks Like Bill Kristol Are Why The GOP Needs to be Eliminated: Publius
South Park takes on Caitlyn Jenner and the PC police: C.T. Rex
World
Migrant Crisis Worsens as Hungary Defends 'Christian Culture': John J. XenakisGermany: Migrants' Rape Epidemic: Soeren Kern
Stephen Coughlin’s “Red Pill” Brief: CounterJihadReport
The Pontiff blames the refugee crisis on…capitalism.: Robert Spencer
The Terrorists Are Already Among Us: GoV
Refugee Crisis: Facts and Myths: GoV
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)
First-of-its-kind, 3D printed guide helps regrow complex nerves after injury: 3dersThe Terrifying Effects of 3D Printing in American Horror Story: Hannah Rose Mendoza
New Horizons Mission Beams Back Stunning New Pluto Images: Inquisitr
Cornucopia
Check Out This Student Reaction To Upcoming Visit By Donald Trump: DC WhispersScale Model of the U.S. Government: Bill Miller
This Ted Cruz booster is 13 and black — and just shredded Obama on clock kid: WaPo
Image: The Pontiff blames the refugee crisis on…capitalism.
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Save Our Precious Constitution: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT
QOTD: "On Wednesday night, House Republican Conference Vice Chairwoman Lynn Jenkins, released a statement calling for the end of the 60-vote threshold, the first member of leadership to take that public stand.
“Harry Reid opened the door to this last Congress,” Jenkins said of Reid, who, as majority leader, employed the nuclear option to break the GOP filibuster of Obama’s judicial nominees. “It’s time Senate Republicans walked through that door.
“Our nation cannot afford a government continually held hostage by Democrats unwilling to hold a vote on the critical issues facing America,” Jenkins continued. “These votes are simply too important to continue to be ignored.”" -- Emma Dumain and Niels Lesniewski
Friday, September 18, 2015
IN HIS OWN WORDS: 20 Quotes by Barack Obama on Islam
It's worth highlighting the hypocrisy of the media. After all, it was Hillary Clinton -- during the 2008 Democrat primary campaign -- who first raised suspicions that Obama was likely a crypto-Muslim.
Oh, and it wasn't Donald Trump who uttered the following public statements regarding Islam. It was Barack Obama:
1 “The future must not belong to those who slander the Prophet of Islam”
2 “The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer”
3 “We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world — including in my own country.”
4 “As a student of history, I also know civilization’s debt to Islam.”
5 “Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.”
I HOPE YOU’RE SITTING DOWN: Obama rolls out the White House red carpet for racist, pro-cop-killing movement
The Obama White House rolled out the red carpet this week for leaders of the racist revolutionary Black Lives Matter movement, providing yet more confirmation that the Obama administration supports its members' increasingly violent activism.
News of the meeting comes after a Southern police chief was given the boot for posting a note critical of Black Lives Matter and of President Obama's incessant race-baiting.
Black Lives Matter is animated not only by anti-white racism but by a hatred of normal American values, including law and order. Its members denounce the U.S. for imagined institutional racism and discrimination against African-Americans. Members idolize convicted, unrepentant cop-killers Assata Shakur and Mumia Abu Jamal, both of whom are black, and have declared "war" on law enforcement. Its members openly call for police officers to be assassinated.Black Lives Matter activist Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks, a 25-year-old black man, murdered 31-year-old white Kentucky State Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder last Sunday night. Johnson-Shanks apparently committed suicide-by-cop when troopers caught up with him the next morning. The convicted felon pointed a gun at police and they shot him in self-defense.
The White House love fest Wednesday came after several high-profile attacks on law enforcement across America.
Hillary Answers Zero Questions During Wide-Ranging CNN Interview
Wolf Blitzer interviewed Hillary Clinton for 14 minutes and managed to let her duck every question. He also didn’t ask a single follow up question. Why even bother interviewing her?
The questions she didn’t answer:
• Carly Fiorina said you lack accomplishments. What’s your biggest accomplishment as Secretary of State?
• Carly Fiorina dared you to watch the Planned Parenthood videos, have you seen them?
• Might Planned Parenthood have broken any federal laws?
• On your server, why did it take you so long to apologize?
• Why is Bernie Sanders beating you in Iowa and New Hampshire?
• Are you more qualified than Vice President Biden?
• Are you ready to accept more DNC debates?
• Will you call on the DNC to authorize more debates?
• Would you be a better president than your husband?
It would be pretty funny if she wasn’t running for president. It would be nice to find out what she thinks her biggest accomplishments as Secretary of State are.
You can see the entire video at Independent Sentinel.
Yes, America could really be in this much trouble
Just over an hour ago, Al-Reuters reported that some of the DNC's most powerful donors are sensing that Hillary is walking around with a fork in her back and that Biden needs to jump in - stat!
Hat tip: BadBlue News.
Larwyn's Linx: DNC moves to separate itself from Hillary Clinton’s fundraising apparatus
Nation
DNC moves to separate itself from Hillary Clinton’s fundraising apparatus: Moe LaneA Special Spot in Hell for Hillary Clinton: Daniel Greenfield
Hillary New Hampshire Town Hall Empty: LI
25 Million to Zero: Erick Erickson
Draft Biden Official: ‘I Am 100 Percent That Joe Is In’: Ramesh Ponnoru
Is Joe Biden really the answer to Democrats’ problems?: Jonah Goldberg
John Kasich: The Republican For People Who Hate Republicans: Erick Erickson
Carly Fiorina stood with establishment over government shutdown: Scoop
8 Rules For Right-Wing Rebels: Leslie Loftis
Muslim “Bomb-Clock” Kid’s Innocent Victim Narrative Just Imploded: MWN
Dana Perino: I Think Someone Might Run Third Party: Ace
Attackers sever fiber-optic cables in San Francisco area, latest in a string: USA Today
Economy
McConnell: Congress will “inevitably” break spending caps: RS5th Grade Homework Assignment Tells Kids Who Creates Jobs: WZ
Scientific proof that public debate is dominated by idiots: Breitbart
Scandal Central
The Iran nuclear deal is final: RSState Dept. requests deleted Clinton emails from FBI: Sarah Westwood
State Dept. Asked Hillary Clinton to Delete Copies of Classified Benghazi Emails Four Months Ago: JW
Elusive crime wave data shows frightening toll of illegal immigrant criminals: Malia Zimmerman
NOAA Refuse To Publish Methodology For Temperature Adjustments: Paul Homewood
State Dept. Mum On Whether Hillary Signed Important Classified Information NDA: Chuck Ross
Media
Why the Long Face?: John KenneyWhy “The View” Is Bombing: Michelle Malkin
A Pretender Tells the Truth on Pop-Music Prostitutes: Trevor Thomas
Why Did The CNN Debate Moderators Limit Time And Cut Off Ted Cruz?: WZ
Ann Coulter's Tweets Called "Anti-Semitic": Ace
Ted Cruz knows he was shut down by CNN moderators — and he knows why: BPR
World
The Islamic Basis of the Islamic State: FjordmanA Nightmare, Reborn: GoV
Islamic State could unleash the plague and cause the Black Death 2: Express
Immigration And America’s Fair Share: BlurBrain
Probe of hero Green Beret focusing on presentation he made on Bowe Bergdahl: Times
Mexican Cartels Kidnap Children, Rip Their Hearts As They Are Still Alive: Shoebat
Of course: Obama pins blame for colossal failure of his Syrian plan on GOP and… Hillary: Doug Powers
How This US Navy Admiral Gives In to China Is Exactly What’s Wrong With US Power Today: DefenseOne
As Tensions Rise in the East, Europe’s Militaries Shop For Heavier Weapons: DefenseOne
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)
Will Facebook 'Like' a New Thumbs-Down Button?: Chris PreimesbergerTurning a Raspberry Pi into a portable streaming camera: Anderson Silva
Microsoft has developed its own Linux. Repeat. Microsoft has developed its own Linux: Simon Sharwood
Cornucopia
The GOP Debate: Summarized in 7 emojis in 7 seconds: MOTUSOne 9/11 survivor's experience: News Machete
Gun Free Zone: American Digest
Image: The Latest: German Says Islamic Extremists Target Migrants
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ReadyForLiberty: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT
QOTD: "...at minimum 25 million Americans have seen Republicans debate issues, disagree, and have a Presidential primary process. The Democrats are still in hiding. The sad thing is, it has more to do with protecting one old lady too scared to answer tough questions than actually having a primary debate process." --Erick Erickson
Thursday, September 17, 2015
SMASHING THE GOP ESTABLISHMENT: Trump, Bush, Cruz and Me
The GOP establishment (which the Refuge dubs "GOPe") devised a wide-ranging set of tactics to achieve that goal:
- Hidden within the massive CRomnibus bill to fund the government were obscure federal election law changes that allowed unlimited SuperPAC (large political action committees unaffiliated with specific candidates) contributions.
- They funded SuperPACs in order to incentivize the desired candidate behavior
- They changed the nomination rules of the 2016 primary (e.g., "winner take all delegates") to allow an unpopular candidate like Jeb to secure the nomination with only 20% (one-fifth!) of the delegates
- They altered the calendar dates of primaries to advantage a weak, establishment candidate (Bush) that had little, if any, grassroots support
For instance, Cruz vs. Bush was projected to be an utter rout in Florida, with internal polling showing that Cruz would crush Bush. But what would happen if the GOPe added Carly Fiorina, John Kasich, Chris Christie, Rand Paul, Scott Walker, and Marco Rubio to the mix?


















