Saturday, October 03, 2015

The Bear Has Awakened

By Jim Quinn

“Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts” ― Bernard M. Baruch

As the market drops 200 to 300 points daily on a fairly frequent basis these days, and has now dropped 13% in the last four months, John Hussman’s valuation analysis based upon historical facts is proving to be accurate. He’s not an “I told you so” type of person, but I am. The MSM stories follow the same old storyline – this is just a correction, time to buy the dip, stocks are undervalued, the Fed won’t let the market fall. We’ve been here before, twice in the last fifteen years. Wall Street and their media mouthpieces attempted to spread misinformation about the nature of the markets in 2000 and 2007, as epic bear markets were just getting underway. John Hussman cut through their crap then and he is cutting through it now:

Top 10 Misleading Obama Statements After Oregon Shooting That Was Praised by ISIS as an Act of Jihad

By Erich Pratt

On October 1, 2015, the nation witnessed another tragic shooting -- this one at the Umpqua Community College in Oregon.

The President shortly took to a national platform to address the killings.

This should have been an opportunity for the President to unite a grieving nation. But instead, he chose to foment division. He even bragged that it was right for him to politicize this tragedy.

Over and over again, on nationwide television, the President misled the American people in an effort to further restrict the rights of law-abiding Americans who have done no wrong.

But to the President, we say: Shame on you, for leveling so many false accusations about guns and crime in America.

Here are the Top Ten misstatements he made during that nationwide address.

Larwyn's Linx: Oregon Jihadist Killer On Terror List Obama Refused To Take From Russia

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Oregon Jihadist On Terror List Obama Refused To Take From Russia: WAW
Air Force Vet with Gun Held Back From Stopping Attack By UCC Staff: Jenn Jacques
Ted Cruz slams president for 'politicizing' Oregon massacre: Chris Cassidy

The Curious Case of Oregon Shooter Chris Harper-Mercer: Treehouse
Polling Convergence: Polls Show Trump Surging With 34 – 35% Support: Treehouse
The Dogs That Aren’t Barking in the 2016 Campaign: Michael Barone

Pew: Jeb Collapsing, Now Polling at 4 Percent: Cathy Burke
Jeb! at 4%: Will he drop out?: Ryan Girdusky
Ted Cruz, On Mark Levin, Continues Criticizing Mitch McConnell: HayRide

So the Oregon shooter’s guns were legal. Now what?: Jazz Shaw
Today’s Soft-On-Crime, Anti-Cop, Democratic Party: Susan Brown
DOJ Sues Town for Nixing Rezoning Plan to Build Islamic Temple: JW

Economy

Wage Apocalypse: Typical male worker earned less in 2014 than in 1973: MyBudget360
The Fed's Grotesque "Explanation" Why 94.6 Million Are Out Of The Labor Force: ZH
Fighting back against Islamic teachings in school curriculum: iOTWreport

Scandal Central

A Dismal Anniversary—50 Years Of The Immigration Act Of 1965: John Derbyshire
These Are The REAL NUMBERS On Illegal Immigrant Crime In America: John Binder
Oregon Shooter, You Didn't Kill Those People. Liberals Did!: AWD

Liberals Trash Christianity Non-Stop, Then Blame Guns When Someone Murders Christians: John Hawkins
From FUBAR To Russian Phishing: The Latest From Hillary Clinton's Emails: Jessica Taylor
Will Property Crime Uptick Become Crime Wave?: Debra Saunders

Climate & Energy

Climate Alarmist 'Largest Science Scandal in U.S. History': James Delingpole
Bummer: Oceans Not Dying After All: Steven Hayward
A Warming World Could Totally Mean Crocodiles Everywhere Or Something: Cove

Media

Shakespeare in American Politics: Chicago Boyz
'Sicario' Review: A Two-Hour 'Donald Trump for President' Campaign Ad: Breitbart
Bill Kristol’s WEEKLY STANDARD On Trump–Feeling The Heat?: James Fulford

Irony Alert: Hillary Calls Trump ‘Demagogue, Stokes Prejudice’ … To Al Sharpton: Tammy Bruce
Mark Levin: Liberalism Lacks an Appreciation for Human Life: Sam Dorman
Students go berserk after conservative club uses term ‘anchor babies’: Nick Pappas

World

The Elephant In The Room: Yigal Carmon
Obama Pulled Kerry and Amb. Power From Netanyahu Speech: Breitbart
Netanyahu to Kerry: Where's Abbas's Condemnation of Terror?: INN

Could someone have saved the Shafia girls?: Michael Friscolanti
Islamic State disfigures 15 women with acid for not wearing niqab: Robert Spencer
Sweden: 'No Apartments, No Jobs, No Shopping Without a Gun': Ingrid Carlqvist

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Lost 'Epic of Gilgamesh' Verse Depicts Cacophonous Abode of Gods: Elizabeth Palermo
More on food mythology: Maggie's Farm
BMW, Mercedes, and GM Could Be Cheating Emissions Tests as Well: Jeff Perez

Cornucopia

Russia in Syria? Look! A College Shooting!: Tad Cronn
"Whom The Gods Would Destroy...": Springer's Blog
Liberalism: It’s not a choice, “it’s a need based on a disorder of the brain.": MOTUS

Image: Pew: Jeb Collapsing, Now Polling at 4 Percent
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QOTD: "Now, I don’t know what Obama thinks, or any of the people on the left think, that just by outlawing more and more guns or controlling more and more law-abiding people that somehow you’re gonna reduce the murder rate. You’re not gonna reduce the murder rate. You’re not gonna do it. You’ve gotta change the culture. You’ve gotta have tough-as-nails prosecutors and judges. After people go through the trial process and get their due process, they need to be put away, if they’re guilty.

The President has unleashed a hate campaign against local law enforcement, and the people who wind up suffering, quite frankly, are the poorest people and minorities in our inner cities.

...Instead, we just need gun control. We don’t even have the facts in this case. We don’t have border control. We don’t control who’s coming here. That he doesn’t care about... We have sanctuary cities that are safe havens for the lawless. That he doesn’t care about. Quite the contrary, he encourages it.

And I might add, we have massive numbers of abortions every year, a majority of which actually occur in the black community, and he supports it. We have this phony Planned Parenthood. That name needs to change. ‘Ooh Planned Parent, ooh we’re planning parenthood.’ No you’re not. Planned Slaughterhouse. We have videos, which have not been altered, which tell the truth and the President won’t even look at them.

“There’s something about liberalism. There’s something about liberalism that truly does not have an appreciation for human life. It’s just true. They want you to believe: we pass another gun control law, ‘Oh, oh, this stuff. Well, it won’t end it, but it’ll help.’ No, it won’t help. It won’t do a thing, except harm those who actually follow the rule of law." --Mark Levin

Friday, October 02, 2015

Larwyn's Linx: Day #1 – Operation “Cold Anger” Begins

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Nation

Day #1 – Operation “Cold Anger” Begins: Treehouse
Levin: ‘Ted Cruz Is the Most Consistently Conservative Candidate Running’: PJM
Latest National Poll: Trump Leading With 25%, Rubio 16%, Carson 15%: Treehouse

Luis Gutiérrez Wants You Dead: The Z Man
Clinton Says Supreme Court Is ‘Wrong’ on Second Amendment: WFB
Jeb Bush: I’m the John McCain of 2016 : FAM

Oregon Shooting Pre Planned Act of Jihad – Warning Posted Yesterday: Treehouse
The Shooter At Umpqua Community College In Oregon IDENTIFIED: Shoebat
Jihadist Oregon gunman singled out Christians during rampage: Chris Perez

Obama likes talking about some deaths, but not so much about others: Ace
Cruz, Rubio and Clarity in the GOP Race: Scott Rasmussen
Planned Parenthood Can’t Handle the Truth: David Limbaugh

Scandal Central

Argentine President: Obama tried to get us to give Iran nuclear fuel: Robert Spencer
Number of classified e-mails on Hillary server doubles in latest release: Ed Morrissey
U.S. Chamber Plans $100 Million Campaign Against Conservatives: Mike Flynn

Media

The Baby Butchers and Their Media Butchers: Michelle Malkin
Pope Disappoints His Cheering Section in the Leftwing Press by Visiting Kim Davis: Ace
Flashback: The 1994 Hillary-Care ‘Debate’: S&L

NYT Writer Attempts to Explain What It Is To Be a "Modern Man," to Everyone's Great Embarrassment: Ace
Jeb Bush Rips Rubio's "Readiness" on... MSNBC: WS
CRACKED: Leftist Humor Site Claims Trump is Just Like Hitler: ProgsToday

World

Understanding the Devastating Impact of the Iran Nuclear Deal on Israel in 45 Seconds: Matthew Clark
The Progressive Left and Israel's Right to Exist: Charles Lipson
Obama Snubs Netanyahu At UN: Both John Kerry And Ambassador Power Skip Bibi’s Speech: WZ

Three Cheers for Terroristine: Sultan Knish
Putin Cutting Obama Down to Size: Jonah Goldberg
ISIS Members posing as refugees Fight with German Police: MINA

Ralph Peters Explains: Scott Johnson
Iran troops to join Syria war, Russia bombs group trained by CIA: Laila Bassam and Andrew Osborn, Reuters
Mark Levin: ‘The Forerunner to War Has Begun’: Michael Morris

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

15 Million T-Mobile Customer Records Compromised In Experian Hack: Chris Thompson
Blockchain explained in three minutes: eFinancial
University of Washington scientists develop 3D printing process to make realistic new ears: 3ders

Cornucopia

Kevin McCarthy Comes Clean About Benghazi: Springer's Blog
Leadership: You Know It When You See It. And When You Don’t: MOTUS
UK: 14-year-old Muslim told teacher, “You are on my beheading list”: Robert Spencer

Image: Understanding the Devastating Impact of the Iran Nuclear Deal on Israel in 45 Seconds
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QOTD: "[N]ow we find out that extremely sensitive diplomatic data on the Iranian nuclear negotiations may as well have been on Hotmail [thanks to Hillary Clinton's private email server]. I’m sure that will bolster trust among our allies about our ability to protect discussions held in confidence with our diplomatic personnel.

State’s not the only group distancing itself from Hillary... Valerie Jarrett [just told] Andrea Mitchell that the White House warned Hillary not to use private e-mail for government business, although Jarrett follows that up with a sop to Hillary’s belated dedication to transparency. Looks like the Obama administration wants to keep its distance from the aroma of collapse." --Ed Morrissey

Thursday, October 01, 2015

The Impressive Performance of the Obama Economy in One Simple Chart

Yesterday the non-partisan Congressional Research Service published a brand new report on poverty in America [PDF]. One chart especially struck me:


Notice that after each recession -- depicted in the sudden, upward moves in poverty rate -- a recovery quickly ensued. Each event looks like a pyramid. Until Obama.

For each recession in American history the pattern repeated itself: a rapid rise in the poverty rate, followed by a quick recovery as the economy steamed back.

That is, until Barack Obama took office. Obama has been -- in the words of Mark Levin -- an economic wrecking ball. Whether through nationalizing health care or regulatory strangulation, America's most "historic" president has simply devastated the country's poorest citizens.

The science, as they say, is settled.

Mr. Obama is historic, all right.


Guy who intentionally distributed thousands of assault weapons to criminals offers America lectures on gun control

To paraphrase Rahm Emanuel, never let a tragedy go to waste.

Such is the situation with Democrats, who have once again attempted to leverage a tragic mass-shooting in Oregon as yet another lever to confiscate America's guns.

The sheer idiocy of such advocacy never seems to cross their addled brains. After all, nothing short of a time machine will un-invent guns; new 3D printers have made the home manufacturing of firearms a reality; and the idea of confiscating 800 million guns seems rather irrational when Leftists argue that deporting a few million illegal aliens is impossible.

As it turns out, the Oregon shooter asked victims their religion before shooting them. I don't know, but for me that spells "Militant Quaker terror attack" all the way -- not the typical work of a right-wing Constitutionalist.

So leave it to the terror apologist, racialist hack, and former Attorney General Eric "Nation of Cowards" Holder to weigh in:

Larwyn's Linx: Mitch McConnell Calls for the Destruction of the Republican Party

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Nation

Mitch McConnell Calls for the Destruction of the Republican Party: George Rasley
Mark Levin Was Right – Kevin McCarthy Is an Idiot: Treehouse
Here's a crazy idea: leadership that actually leads: NoisyRm

Ted Cruz Gives Epic Speech on Senate Floor Exposing GOP Leadership: PJM
The GOP Is Overmatched: David Harsanyi
Senate Control Up for Grabs Next Year: Kyle Trygstad

October Surprise on Amnesty from Exiting Boehner?: Steve Sailer
Teamsters Refuse to Endorse Hillary, Want to Sit Down With Trump: TR
The Republican Party’s Big Choice: Ben Shapiro

Pope burnout: Victor Davis Hanson
Democratic Candidates for Governor Avoiding Ties to Clinton: Karyn Bruggeman
Rand Paul: Ted Cruz ‘Pretty Much Done For’ in Senate: Niels Lesniewski

Economy

If You Think Health Insurance Increases Are Personal Only...: Karl Denninger
150 UT professors vow to defy campus carry law: Peter Hasson
Op-ed about Sharia draws ire of student government at UK: Peter Fricke

Scandal Central

Huma Abedin Used One Of Hillary Clinton’s Email Accounts: WZ
State Department Releases New Trove of Clinton Emails: Emily Schultheis
Republicans Fail at Hearings — Again: Mona Charen

Agenda 2030: The UN plan for global socialism: David Leach
NY Democrat Arrested For Submitting Fraudulent Petitions: Rusty Weiss
Hillary Campaign Using Photos Of Trump To Illegally Register Voters: NoisyRm

Media

The Faith of the Crazy: The Z Man
Ted Cruz & My Pal Dave bets and Promises: DTG
CNBC raises the bar for upcoming GOP debate: Dylan Byers

World

Russian Airstrike In Syria Hits US-Backed Rebels Who Were Receiving Weaponry From CIA: WZ
Putin in Syria: Russian Airstrikes Begin, But ISIS Is Not Primary Target: Interpreter
Russian Submarine Carrying Nuclear Weapons Arrives In Pacific Region: Christopher Harress

Meet The New Holocaust / Same As The Old Holocaust: Camp of the Saints
ISIS cut out healthy captives' kidneys and corneas and drain their blood for transplants: Daily Mail
ISIS Cures AIDS!: WeaponsMan

Pentagon: Russia Violated Treaty with Recent Missile Test: Brendan McGarry
Report: Russia demands that American planes stay out of Syrian skies: JPost
Putin Calls Out Obama For Arming And Training Fighters For ISIS: ConPost

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

New discovery: Surface of the oceans affects climate more than thought: WUWT
Gartner Says These Vendors Lead in Digital Customer Analytics: Dom Nicastro
The Earth-Twin Planet That Nobody Talks About: Corey S. Powell

Cornucopia

Mandy Nagy – One year later: LI
From “Degrade and Destroy” to “Cease and Desist – in just 12 months: MOTUS
Hillary Clinton says it’s DISRESPECTFUL to the military to make her answer for BENGHAZI: Scoop

Image: Ted Cruz Gives Epic Speech on Senate Floor Exposing GOP Leadership
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #NukeThe Establishment: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT

QOTD: Vladimir Putin is back – and stealing Barack Obama's thunder.

The Russian president showed up at the United Nations on Monday (September 28) for the first time in a decade, proposing a coup against U.S. global leadership and seeking to wrest control of a coalition battling ISIS away from America's grip.

And he wasn't the only leader of a country challenging the United States to effectively upstage Obama at the annual global meeting, which a U.S. president traditionally uses to command the spotlight.

Speeches by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the 70th anniversary of the creation of the world body also left Obama defending not only his personal foreign policy legacy, which is already under assault at home from Republican presidential candidates, but the entire concept of a world order based on seven decades of U.S. global leadership.

The day of speech-making, which also included an address by Cuban leader Raul Castro and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, underscored the multipolar challenges to U.S. power, as slumbering empires seek a resurgence and America faces military challenges from Eastern Europe across the Middle East to Asia." --Stephen Collinson

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

RFK, Theodore White, and the Great Debate over Immigration

By Jerry Kammer

In 1968, when Robert F. Kennedy was a senator from New York campaigning for the presidency, he frequently made a call to idealism that survives as a quotation vividly tied to his memory: "Some men see things as they are and say, why? I dream things that never were and say, why not?"

Over the past several months, as I researched the transformative 1965 Hart-Celler Immigration Act to write the paper we will release Thursday at the National Press Club, I thought often of Kennedy's famous quote.

The Hart-Celler Act was an expression of a national commitment to ideals that had been contradicted by the blatantly discriminatory immigration policy Congress adopted 41 years earlier. Under that earlier legislation immigrants were admitted not according to merit, but under a system that issued visas on the basis of national origin.

ATTACK SCENARIO: How Hillary Clinton’s Lust for Money and Power Led to America’s "Digital Pearl Harbor"

It's hard to overstate the impact on national security of what is commonly known as "The OPM Hack". The secret files of 22 million individuals who have applied for security clearances -- maintained by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) -- was ripped off as cleanly as Michael Moore stealing cookies from a Girl Scout.

WHAT WAS THE 'OPM HACK'?


Every person who applies for a security clearance fills out an electronic application called an EQIP or EPSQ, which are questionnaires of applicants.

Those applying for a Top Secret clearance must answer an extremely detailed questionnaire delving into every aspect of their personal life: marital affairs, drug use, criminal activity, and any other bit of information that foreign intelligence services might use to blackmail or compromise a cleared individual.

All of those files were stolen by Red China.

The OPM hack has been so devastating to clandestine operations, including NOCs (agents operating under non-official cover), that the CIA just pulled its agents from Beijing "for their safety".

Virtually every current and future military and intelligence operation was put at risk by the OPM hack.

Larwyn's Linx: Jeb Bush Campaign Death Watch Begins

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Jeb Bush Campaign Death Watch Begins: RS
Another day, another ‘Obama administration caught off guard by…’ story: Doug Powers
Trump Widens Lead In NC; RNC Changes Rules To Benefit Jeb Bush: Treehouse

Lessons Learned from Boehner Resignation: Brian Darling
#WINNING: Madison Project
The Idiocy of the Anti-Shutdown Republicans: Joe Cunningham

Ted Cruz: GOP Leadership Leads Onslaught Attacking Conservatives: Katie McHugh
Sen. Cruz: The Real Story Of What Is Happening In Washington: Trevor Loudon
Pro-Rand Paul group stops fundraising: Jesse Byrnes and Jonathan Swan

Good Riddance to Boehner: Thomas Sowell
Boehner is gone – On to McConnell!: David Leach
Bush camp moves to ease donor angst: Politico

Chicago Records 2,300th Shooting: Rahm Blames Guns, Not Gangs: Marathon
Planned Parenthood boss clashes with lawmakers over taxpayer $$, videos: Fox News
GOP: Planned Parenthood wasted millions on 'lavish' travel, parties: Hill

Economy

WTF??? GOP, Obama in talks for two-year budget deal: Susan Ferrechio
Largest Obamacare Healthcare Co-op to Close: You Can't Even Keep Your New Plan: LI
Step Aside Detroit: There Is A New "Worst" City For Housing In The U.S.: ZH

Scandal Central

The New Rich -- Living the High Life Through Your Non-Profit: CoyoteBlog
The Mystery of Hillary’s Missing Millions: JWF
New Jersey’s Web of Injustice: Bob Owens

Huma Abedin's Lawyer Was Benghazi 'Point Person': Patrick Howley
U.S. Gives 1,519 Engaged in Terrorism “While Under Duress” Residency, Asylum: JW
‘RICO letter’ to Obama asking for prosecution of climate skeptics disappears: WUWT

Climate & Energy

Planet Still Standing 500 Days After French Foreign Minister Warned of 'Climate Chaos': Jeryl Bier
Arctic sea ice still too thick for regular shipping route through Northwest Passage: Anthony Watts
Audi Comes…Clean, Says 2.1 Million Cars Are Affected By Emission Scandal: Automnews

Media

CNN Just Happens to Choose Two Openly Gay Journalists to Moderate First Democrat Debate: ProgsToday
President Selfie hires Hollywood to FIGHT ISIS on Snapchat and Facebook: Scoop
The reviews are in – Trevor Noah sucks: FAM

Here's What's Wrong with Dondi Marco Rubio: Reaganite
Memo to the Media: Fetus Video Referenced by Carly Fiorina Released in Full: JWF
Hillary is Even Weaker than People Realize: Michael Graham and William Kristol (Podcast)

World

'Israel's biggest challenge: Iranians on our northern border': Boaz Bismuth
At UN, Putin proposes "coup against U.S. global leadership": CNN
Hot Mic: Mark Zuckerberg Agrees To Curtail Anti-Immigrant Posts On Facebook: WZ

Unnecessary Loss of Life: Walter Williams
A Humiliating Setback in Afghanistan: AmInt
ISIS planning ‘nuclear tsunami’: L. Todd Wood, Times

Russia Confronted by Grim Crude Reality: AmInt
Mexico: Murders on the rise at the capital: Fausta
Welcome to Wealthy Middle Eastern Thug Privilege: Michelle Malkin

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

New clay tablet adds 20 lines to Epic of Gilgamesh: HistoryBlog
Water on Mars: Flowing salt water discovered on the Red Planet: Eric Mack
Is Nazi gold train mystery about to be solved? Polish soldiers finally start digging: Daily Mail

Cornucopia

“Let’s Remember How This Got Started.”: MOTUS
Cho-lling: The Comically Sad Defense Of Planned Parenthood: Grant Gambling
Paul Walker’s daughter sues Porsche over fatal crash: Paultan

Image: Donald Trump is not going anywhere
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QOTD: "Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) is sticking it out until the end of October because he wants to be able to help Barack Obama pass his big government agenda.

Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) wants to reauthorize the crony capitalist Export-Import Bank. He wants to pass a bloated transportation bill. He wants to fund Planned Parenthood. In short, Boehner wants to give a big wet kiss to Barack Obama’s agenda on the way out the door when no one can hold him accountable.

This is akin to the Democrats having to rely on retiring members of Congress to pass Obamacare in 2010 because they would not have to face the voters again.

The only way to stop this is to proceed to the motion to vacate the chair.

Call your member of Congress today and demand that he support the motion to vacate the chair. The Capitol Hill switchboard number is (202) 224-3121." --Erick Erickson

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

MARVELOUS: ISIS to Use Obama Nuclear Arms Race to Achieve "Nuclear Tsunami" and "Religious Cleansing"

Writing at The Washington Times, L. Todd Wood relays excerpts of a startling new book by a German reporter who was able to embed himself with ISIS for nearly two weeks. What he found should raise the hair on the back of your neck:

Nuclear annihilation across the globe. This is what a German reporter who successfully embedded with the Islamic State says the terror group is planning. Jurgen Todenhofer released his findings in a book titled “Inside IS - Ten Days in the Islamic State,” reports the UK’s Daily Express.

“The terrorists plan on killing several hundred million people. The west is drastically underestimating the power of ISIS. ISIS intends to get its hands on nuclear weapons,” says Todenhofer, calling the group a “nuclear tsunami preparing the largest religious cleansing in history.”

“They now control land greater in size than the United Kingdom and are supported by an almost ecstatic enthusiasm the like of which I’ve never encountered before in a war zone. Every day hundreds of willing fighters from all over the world come. They are the most brutal and most dangerous enemy I have ever seen in my life. I don’t see anyone who has a real chance to stop them. Only Arabs can stop IS. I came back very pessimistic.”

People Have Been Thrown in Prison for the Kinds of Stuff Carly Fiorina Engaged in as Lucent’s CEO

While Carly Fiorina has unquestionable debate skills, the more I research her background, the more troubled I become. While it's clear that she is -- politically speaking -- somewhere to the left of Jeb Bush on policy, it is her business record that is most alarming.

Let me start with a little history lesson and a company called Lernout & Houspie. Founded in 1987 by two Belgians, L&H went public in 1995 on NASDAQ and operated from U.S. headquarters in Burlington, MA. Specializing in voice recognition software, L&H rode the tech boom to a peak market valuation of $10 billion.

L&H, despite its rise, was dogged by rumors of financial fraud. By early 1999, The Wall Street Journal reported that its earnings had been inflated. A subsequent WSJ investigation led to revelations in August of 2000 that much of the company's value had been achieved by booking imaginary sales through a wide range of accounting gimmicks.

In April 2001, the founders -- Jo Lernout and Pol Hauspie, as well as former CEO Gaston Bastiaens -- were arrested in what was then one of the largest accounting scandals in history.

OH, HE’S SO HISTORIC, MELVIN: Obama Grants 1,500 Terrorists Residency and Asylum

By Judicial Watch

As if the President Obama’s sweeping amnesty measures haven’t compromised national security enough, the administration let 1,519 “inadmissible” foreigners embroiled in terrorism into the U.S. last year because the crimes were committed “while under duress.”

Before the Obama administration tweaked a federal law last year, these foreign nationals would have been banned from the country for supporting terrorist causes. But under the changes the Secretary of Homeland Security has “discretionary authority” to waive certain grounds of inadmissibility relating to terrorism. We’ve seen this discretionary authority abused in the last few years and in fact, the administration has eliminated a zero tolerance policy for granting asylum or residency to individuals who have provided any sort of terrorism-related support.

The government’s latest available figures for granting asylum or residency to individuals embroiled in terrorist causes are incredibly disturbing, especially since the agency charged with keeping the nation safe, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), appears to downplay the seriousness of the crimes.

Larwyn's Linx: Boehner Ouster Is Beginning, Not End

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Boehner Ouster Is Beginning, Not End: EIB
Obama Frees 20th 9/11 Hijacker: Matthew Vadum
Latest National Polling – Donald Trump 30% – With Updates On GOP Race: Treehouse

John Boehner Quit Because He Was Going To Be Fired: Ben Domenech
Cruz Slams Boehner for Not Leaving Immediately: Niels Lesniewski
O'Malley: 'Our Party Is Being Defined by Hillary Clinton's Email Scandal': Daniel Halper

GOP, Let Obama Shut It Down and Own It: David Limbaugh
Jeb Bush’s donors go into crisis mode: Ryan Girdusky, RedAlert
Senator Elizabeth Warren Praises Black Lives Matter Movement: Treehouse

The Marxist Pope Comes To America: Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
Doh: Obama turns Iran ‘death to America’ chants into economics lecture: Doug Powers
Senator Rubio Slurps The Turtle Soup: Camp o' the Saints

Economy

Behavioral Software 'Nudges' Users to Finish Obamacare Applications: Jonathan Miller
The Whole Foods Bear Market: Tim Knight
Trump Wants To Eliminate Income Taxes For 31 Million Americans: Ben Casselman

Scandal Central

Clinton Aide Shared Classified Information With Foundation, Email Shows: Alana Goodman
Yes, Hillary Clinton broke the law: Ken Cuccinelli
Hillary Clinton on the Spot over Abedin Patronage Job: JW

General: Military ‘Degraded’ by Obama: R.S. McCain
Exclusive: This Is the ISIS Intel the U.S. Military Dumbed Down: Daily Beast
Only 19 Republicans vote against funding Planned Parenthood: FAM

Climate & Energy

Big Climate's Sleazy Charlatan: Mark Steyn
‘Wild card’ in climate models found, ‘and that’s a no no’: Anthony Watts
Shukla’s Gold: Steve McIntyre

Media

Likeability and the Lens: Matthew Hennessey
MSNBC: Clinton’s Claim to Not Participate in Deleting Her Emails Inconsistent With Earlier Statement: David Rutz
MSNBC: Hillary won’t ‘reassure’ Dems email scandal is over - because more is coming.: Robert Laurie

Jeb Bush: We’re “going to miss John Boehner”: Poor Richard
MARK LEVIN: Donald Trump’s tax plan could have been proposed by REAGAN!: Scoop
‘Brilliant Mr. Trump’ on ’60 Minutes’: Even non-Trump supporters impressed with performance: Steve Berman

When Political Punditry Was Born: James Panero
The ‘Affordable Housing’ Fraud: Thomas Sowell
Marco Rubio: I Have A Plan To Further Another Long Held Democratic Dream: Ace

World

Putin ushers in a new era of global geopolitics: ISW
Analysis: With Syria policy in tatters, Obama may relax stance on Assad: Patrick J. McDonnell
Saudi appointment to UN human rights panel is a farce: Felicity Arbuthnot

Germany must separate Christians from Muslim migrants as violent attacks surge: Pamela Geller
The Islamic State's Frantic Response To The Wave Of Refugees Fleeing Syria: MEMRI
Last Laughs in Europe: Mark Steyn

The Emperor's Moral Narcissism: Mark Steyn
"Islam Will Conquer Europe Without Firing a Shot": Bassam Tawil
Sixty hurt in mass brawl over food at German refugee camp: Daily Mail

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Mars secret revealed: First "unambiguous" signs of water: William Harwood
Blockchain: An Uber moment for finance - maybe: Gren Manuel
Why I F***ing Hate Unicorns and the Culture They Breed: Mark Suster

Cornucopia

A Killer Hiding on the Appalachian Trail?: Kate Briquelet and M. L. Nestel
CLAIM: Boehner’s Replacement Is Carrying On Long Running Affair With Congresswoman: GotNews
A simple quick test predicts how long you’ll live: Fellowship of the Minds

Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #NukeTheEstablishment: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT

QOTD: "The world is heading into an unprecedented monetary deflation——with output and trade falling nearly everywhere. That implosion is already rumbling through Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Russia, Japan, the Persian Gulf oil states and countless lesser economies in between. And at the center, of course, is the unraveling of the Great Red Ponzi of China.

In the face of this on-coming economic storm, honest financial markets would have been selling off long ago, and, in fact, would never have approached today’s absurd levels of over-valuation. But financial markets have been hopelessly corrupted by two decades of massive central bank intrusion and falsification of asset prices. Consequently, Wall Street punters and their retainers and cheerleaders cannot see the forest for the trees." --David Stockman

Monday, September 28, 2015

Hillary Clinton’s illegal use of insecure email server wrecked State Department’s post-9/11 security

By Richard Pollock

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server to conduct official diplomatic business created many national security problems, but they may pale by comparison with the wreckage she left behind in her department’s main digital information security office.

Harold W. Geisel, the State Department’s acting Inspector General, issued eight scathing audits and investigation reports during Clinton’s tenure, repeatedly warning about worsening problems and growing security weaknesses within the Bureau of Information Resource Management, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation.

Geisel’s critical comments about the deficiencies throughout IRM carry additional weight since he was not considered an “independent” IG. Watchdog groups noted Geisel had served as a U.S. Ambassador for Hillary’s husband, President Clinton, and had never been confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

In fact, President Obama did not nominate an IG to the State Department during Clinton’s entire term. It was only in September 2013 that the Senate finally confirmed Geisel’s successor, Steve Linick, who currently occupies the the post.

After Clinton left the State Department in 2013, Linick quickly undertook remedial action to save the IRM. Barely two months after his Senate confirmation, he issued a “management alert” to State Department leadership, warning that IRM’s languishing security deficiencies since 2010 were still there.

RUH ROH: Conservative Rebellion Threatens Key Mitch McConnell Ally Marco Rubio

By Julia Hahn

While Breitbart News has been reporting for months that Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)’s speakership was in jeopardy, the Washington media was stunned on Friday with the historic announcement of Boehner’s resignation.

The anti-leadership sentiment seems to be growing as the Washington Times is now reporting that a top Republican party official, Louisiana GOP Chairman Roger Villere, has called for Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)’s resignation.

The populist, anti-establishment groundswell could spell trouble for the presidential campaign of donor-class darling Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)—who has twice fearlessly ignored voters and risked his political career to advance the goals of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

The Real Purpose of the Establishment’s 2016 Election Strategy

By Lawrence Sellin

The main objective of the political-media establishment and, in particular, Barack Obama is to prevent any post-election investigation of the rampant corruption in Washington DC.

Both the Democrats and the Republicans want to maintain their standing as permanent political elites, whereby they may continue to treat ordinary Americans as indentured servants and broker the tax revenues for the benefit of themselves and their wealthy donors.

It is clear that the Obamas and Valerie "Rasputin" Jarrett hate the Clintons and do not want to risk "payback time" from a vindictive and ruthless President Hillary.

I KNOW YOU’LL BE SHOCKED: Obamacare seems designed to launder your tax dollars from Feds to... Blue States

By Mytheos Holt

Could the failed Obamacare exchanges have been merely an excuse to direct payola to safely Democratic states? Based on a new report from the Government Accountability Office, and the actions of acting head of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Studies (CMS) Andrew Slavitt, the answer may well be yes.

Let’s start with the report. Americans for Tax Reform summarized its findings:

Larwyn's Linx: Another day; another lie by Hillary Clinton

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Nation

Another day; another lie by Hillary Clinton: RS
Ahmed and the Art of the Psychodrama: Victor Davis Hanson
Cold Anger: Treehouse

The One Thing You Must Understand About Boehner Resigning: Erick Erickson
Boehner to Rely on Democrats to Pass CR That Funds Planned Parenthood: CNS
Ted Cruz Explains Why Republicans Lose: BattleSwarm

K Street Crushed, Conservatives Elated over Boehner Departure: Roll Call
Boehner: those seeking limited government ‘false prophets’ spreading ‘noise”: Scoop
Marco Rubio Aligns With Hillary Clinton On Family Leave Act: Treehouse

What the four previous popes had to say about socialism: Mark J. Perry
Pope Francis' sins of omission: Ruthie Blum
Make or Break Time for Jeb Bush: Ed O'Keefe and Matea Gold, WaPo

Economy

Fourth Turning: Crisis of Trust: Jim Quinn
Kill the Department of Ed.? It’s been done: Kevin R. Kosar
Study: Taxpayers fleeing from high-tax states: RS

Scandal Central

Is Obamacare Officially A Money Laundering Scheme?: Mytheos Holt
Clinton fundraiser was hosted by convicted drug dealer: Anita Kumar
Could Hillary please start getting her lies straight?: Exam

Hey, did Hillary Clinton and Americans United For Change just violate federal campaign law?: Moe Lane
Hillary Clinton: First we blame the lawyers: RS
GOP Discontent That Helped Sink John Boehner Isn’t Easing Up: WSJ

Media

Hillary Clinton’s Meet the Press interview was as bad as you’d expect: Twitchy
Trump: I’m Not Thin Skinned, I’m Angry : Steve Guest
Keeping It Classy: Protesters Throw Condoms At Carly Fiorina: Patterico

Boehner Admits He Scammed the Public: Sara Noble
2015 AB (After Boehner): Derek Hunter
Big Government Buried Under Thousand Points of Light: John Ransom

World

Israel's biggest fears are materializing: Boaz Bismuth
US Army Issues New Shoulder Patch for Campaign Against “ISIL”: Christopher Holton
New Army Patch Looks Just Like The Muslim Brotherhood Patch: Shoebat

After 26 Years, East Defeats West: Gates of Vienna
The Strategy That Dares Not Speak Its Name: Walter Russell Mead
Mid-East “Refugees” Turned Around By Human Wall In Finland: Treehouse

Obama Throws Christian Refugees to the Lions: Raymond Ibrahim
Where the Islamic State has directed or inspired jihad attacks worldwide: Robert Spencer
CIA Officer Clare Lopez: Obama Has Muslim Brotherhood Ties; Wants to Take Down USA: ConPapers

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Text messaging patients reduces heart attack, stroke, smoking: Jack McCarthy
With Stolen Cards, Fraudsters Shop to Drop: Brian Krebs
DARPA is implanting chips in soldiers’ brains, according to this new book: Kristen V. Brown

Cornucopia

Good News for Hillary: She’s Still Got 15 Minutes: MOTUS
Gone with the Whim: RWR
Your three most vulnerable locations: John Boch, Guns Save Life

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QOTD: "I don’t like lies. I… I don’t mind a bad story. If you did a bad story on me for “60 Minutes,” if it were a fair story, I wouldn’t be thin- skinned at all. You know, some of the media is among the worst people I’ve ever met. And I mean a pretty good percentage is really a terrible group of people. They write lies, they write false stories. They know they’re false. It makes no difference and frankly, I don’t call it thin-skinned; I’m angry." --Donald Trump

Sunday, September 27, 2015

SYMPHONY OF LIES: Hillary Clinton’s Startlingly Awful Performance on Meet The Press

Hillary Clinton appeared today on Meet the Press and her performance was just as disingenuous and as evasive as you might have predicted.

Chuck Todd introduced Hillary Clinton with the collaborative and sympathetic disclaimer that "there's always conspiracy theories out there... you know?" as if active FBI investigations into the former Secretary of State's activities are conspiracy theories.

Todd began his questions with a clip from Clinton's appearance on Meet The Press is 2008, when she asserted her support for transparency and open government.

I want to have a much more transparent government. And I think we now have the tools to make that happen. I want to have as much information about the way our government operates on the internet. So the people who pay for it, the taxpayers of America can see that.

Hillary's template for evading honest answers followed a simple process: