Sunday, October 04, 2015

ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK: GOPe in panic mode as Kasich support evaporates and Jeb! numbers drop below IQ of Biden

The Beltway Establishment's secretive plan to hand Jeb Bush the GOP nomination by flooding the zone with candidates (also known as the "GOPe Splitter Strategy") has totally unravelled.


Let's start in New Hampshire, where support for John Kasich has fallen off the cliff:

Larwyn's Linx: Kevin McCarthy: Too Dumb and Incoherent to be Speaker

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Nation

Kevin McCarthy: Too Dumb and Incoherent to be Speaker: George Rasley
Hillary Clinton doesn’t like that Constitution thing: RS
Mark Levin: Obama Trashes the Constitution and No One Says a Thing: Scoop

Obama Goes Beyond Mere Gun Control, Hints at Confiscation: AWR Hawkins
Anti-gunnites More Overt Reaching For Ban On Private Gun Ownership: William Teach
ISIS Claims Responsibility for Umpqua College Shooting: Pamela Geller

Arne Duncan Resigns: Remember Who He is & Why Obama Chose Him: MagNote
America Is Not Japan, and ‘Common Sense’ Won’t End Mass Shootings: Trevor Burrus
Why Are Democrats Still Supporting a Compulsive Liar?: Dave Jolly

Clinton emails show simmering tensions with Obama: Sarah Westwood
Oh Snap: Obama Smacks Hillary's Syria Strategy: Caleb Howe
Here Are the Shocking Numbers On Crimes Committed By Illegals: John Binder

Panic in Bushworld: Rubio now most likely GOP nominee in predictions market: Hot Air
Rep. Jason Chaffetz Running for Speaker of the House: Ace
Guns Killed in Oregon Not Shooter Per Dad: Toni Williams

Scandal Central

Jordan: Congress will impeach IRS' Koskinen: Barbara Boland
Emails show Hillary's deep involvement in bank investigation: Sarah Westwood
Secret Service director changes account of his role in Chaffetz leak case: WaPo

Obama Administration and UN Announce Global Police Force to Fight 'Extremism' In U.S.: Pamela Geller
Emails Reveal How Far Clinton Was Willing to Go to Promote Ex-Ambassador's Interests: Avi Asher-Schapiro
9 Emails That Hillary Clinton Received About Anthony Weiner's Weiner: Alicia Lu

Climate & Energy

Did James Hansen Unwittingly Prove The Null Hypothesis Of AGW?: Dr. Tim Ball

Media

Challenged By NRO Reporter, Halperin Can’t Offer Single Policy Solution To Gun Violence: Daniel Bassali
NBC Military Analyst tells Obama to “Shut Up” on Syria – “We Don’t Even have a Strategy”: Onan Coca
Campus speaker touting men’s rights has fire alarm pulled on her: Jason Weaver

E-Mail to Hillary Assures Her State Department 'Planted' Questions With '60 Minutes': Tim Graham
Actor James Woods: 'Hate Crime Massacre of Christians Finally Silences Obama': Mark Judge
Ben Carson’s AWESOME response to Oregon shooting is going viral: Michelle Jesse

Why are students now cheering about the massacre at Charlie Hebdo?: Brendan O'Neill
What if shooter had targeted Muslims, not Christians?: BPR
Survivor of Oregon Shooting Rejects Obama's Gun Control Inanity: GJWHG

World

House of Bribes: How the United States Led the Way to a Nuclear Iran: GoV
A Nightmare, Reborn, Part 2: GoV
The Other Immigrant Invasion: GoV

I guess Obama just didn't notice the ISIS Command Center there: Ace
Largest US Foreign Policy Blunder Since Vietnam Complete: Iran Readies Massive Syrian Ground Invasion: ZH
The "Obama Doctrine" is just misguided dithering: Taylor Dibbert

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Cape Verde Volcano Triggered Megatsunami 73,000 Years Ago, Could History Repeat Itself?: Matthew Buchanan
This machine produces the largest humanmade waves in the world: Martin Enserink
'Legacy' London Car Hire Companies Lawyer Up Against Uber: Slashdot

Cornucopia

In London, a cupboard beneath a staircase asks $750 a month: The Real Deal
Geraldo Says the 2nd Amendment is “bullsh*t”: Sara Noble
If There Were No Guns: Joe Huffman

Image: Today's Pompous Putz
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #RestoreOurConstitution: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT

QOTD: "In 1999, at the height of the Lewinsky scandal, Hillary again assaulted the president. Stone cites Christopher Andersen’s account:

“Much of what transpired . . . was plainly audible to Secret Service and household staff members down the hall. In the past, Hillary had thrown books and an ashtray at the president — both hitting their mark . . . Hillary slapped him across the face — hard enough to leave a red mark that would be clearly visible to Secret Service agents when he left the room.

“ ‘You stupid, stupid, stupid bastard,’ Hillary shouted.”

As editor and author R. Emmett Tyrell has reported, the verbal and physical abuse has not relented since the Clintons left the White House: “Sources close to the Secret Service . . . report that dreadful altercations have erupted several times,” and usually involve “yelling, screaming, throwing of soft and hard objects, breakage of vases and glasses and just plain nastiness.”" --Maureen Callahan

Saturday, October 03, 2015

CNN Photoshops Oregon Jihadist Shooter to "Fundamentally Transform" Him into a Caucasian Male

More yeoman's work by The Last Refuge, which has been tracking down the rapidly disappearing social media profile of Scumbag McScumbag (it is the policy of our august and highly respected journal not to name psychopathic jihadist mass-murderers).

Remember the Trayvon Martin case? You know, the dude involved in burglary, PCP-like drug cocktails, and/or drug dealing who assaulted George Zimmerman and got capped for his trouble?

Remember how the media claimed there was a new race called "White Hispanics", a term invented "by The New York Times to describe Zimmerman, apparently in some kind of push for a white vs. Black narrative"?

Good times.

Well, the media is at it again, this time photoshopping the Black Jihadist Oregon shooter -- whose name, if memory serves, was Abdul Bin Scumbag -- to make him appear white:

CHART: Five Most Expensive Commercial Real Estate Properties in the World

Despite President Obama's best efforts to ..., the U.S. still has the highest priced property in the world.


There are plenty of concerns by global real estate investors, however. And they related directly to the Democrats' insane and oppressive tax policies:

OBAMA AND THE UN 2030 AGENDA: An Almost Unbelievably Criminal Plan for One World Government

By Daniel John Sobieski

Lost among the addresses to the U.N. General Assembly by Pope Francis, President Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other world leaders, is the fact that this U.N. session is also the kickoff for the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development conference. “Sustainable” is U.N.-speak for “controlled.” And that means controlled by governments at the expense of liberty and freedom around the world.

The planet is in peril, don’t you know, and humanity is the plague infecting it. The U.N., with U.S. compliance, is hammering out an agenda that will determine not only how many people there will be, but where they will live, how they will live, and what governments will permit them to do in order to save the planet.

If this sounds familiar, it should, for it is the follow-on for the failed Agenda 21 which was rolled out in 1992 at the U.N. Earth Summit in Rio De Janiero, Brazil. Agenda 21 failed in its attempt to eradict poverty and save the earth, but it did serve as a justification for world governments to enhance their power at the expense of the liberty and freedom of their people. Agenda 2030 is no less ambitious in its goal for global government control, according to the preamble of the document outlining the agenda:

10 STARTLING FACTS: Obama, Putin and Syria

By Lawrence Sellin

Ed.: We may be seeing the opening moves of World War III:
  1. Vladimir Putin's overall strategy is to prop up Russia's long-time regional ally, Syrian President Bashar al Assad.
  2. Russia has bombed targets in northwestern Syria, an area mainly held by non-ISIS rebel groups such as the Free Syrian Army and an Islamist coalition, Jaysh al-Fatah.
  3. The aim is to eliminate non-ISIS groups first. Then the Syrian, Russian, Iranian, Hezbollah alliance can turn its attention to ISIS and, thereby, force the United States to support or, at least, do nothing to hinder their operations.
  4. Controlling northwest Syria also safeguards Assad's Shia-Alawite home region and his base of support, as well as securing the strategically critical coastal area containing the Latakia airbase used by Russian forces and the important port of Tartus.

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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Nation

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

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
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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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Nation

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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Nation

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

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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