Thursday, November 05, 2015

The Most Devious Liars in History

By Jim Quinn

There were a few different stories coming out over the last few days that reveal the true nature of government and the apparatchiks who use disinformation, devious machinations, fraudulent accounting, and taxpayer money to cover up their criminality, lies, and the true state of the American economy. The use of government accounting tricks to obscure the truth about our dire financial straits is designed to keep the masses sedated and confused.

A few weeks ago, to great fanfare from the fawning faux journalists who never question any Washington D.C. propaganda, they announced the lowest annual deficit of Obama’s reign of error.

California Knife Attacker Identified as Militant Quaker Extremist

I'm just guessing the religion of the knife-wielding attacker -- who stabbed multiple innocents at UC Merced -- based upon his name.

The UC Merced student who wounded four people in a stabbing spree at the campus has been identified as Faisal Mohammad, a[n 18 year-old] freshman student from Santa Clara...

...Mohammad was shot and killed by UC Merced police just after 8 a.m. on Wednesday morning as he ran from the two-story classroom building where investigators said his violent spree began ...

The Very Thin-Skinned, Sensitive and High-Strung @KevinNR

Kevin D. Williamson of National Review is a talented writer.

Over the years, I've offered him many plaudits. In fact, our prestigious jury awarded Williamson blogging's highest honor in 2014 ("Blog Post of the Year") and 2013 ("Columnist of the Year").

So it would seem rather odd to see this today:

STICK A FORK IN EUROPE: It’s Done

By Karl Denninger

Let me explain what you're not seeing reported about the European situation right here, right now.

There are millions of immigrants coming into the EU.  Germany alone has apparently taken in close to 800,000.  The story being sold to the population is that these are just people from a war-ravaged part of the world seeking a better life.  The first part may be true, the rest is bunk.  There are, on some weekends, over ten thousand migrants coming over one border (Hungary) alone and virtually none have an interest in remaining there.  They are all concentrating in the places where they believe the handouts (not opportunity) will be greatest.

But that is not the bad part.

Larwyn's Linx: Real Clear Politics confirms Ben Carson is the national GOP Frontrunner

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Nation

Real Clear Politics confirms Ben Carson is the national GOP Frontrunner: Neil Stevens
Fox National Poll: Trump Leads, Best GOP Candidate To Defeat Hillary Clinton: Treehouse
Ted Cruz illegal immigration crackdown blocked by Democratic leader Reid: Times

Conventional wisdom proves ignorance in the presidential race: Victor Davis Hanson
How Ted Cruz Changed the Campaign Landscape: Star Parker
Jeb Bush Is No Longer Electable: RS

What Exactly is "The Establishment"?: Jen Kuznicki
Jeb Bush plummets in latest national poll: Nick Gass
Marco Rubio: I will keep Obama's first Executive Amnesty in place: Julia Hahn

False Statements Hillary Clinton Made To The Benghazi Committee: Daniel Bassali
Hillary Clinton Defeated in the Midterms: Amanda Carpenter
Clinton’s Vulnerabilities Highlighted In Latest Q Poll: RNC Research

The Real Issues You Won't Hear About from the 2016 Presidential Candidates: Rutherford
From coast to coast, conservatives score huge victories in off-year elections: WaPo
Virginia voters reject the gun grabbers as GOP retains Senate: Neil Stevens

Economy

The Most Devious Liars in the Room: Jim Quinn
Are refugees taking from federal programs for U.S. poor and homeless?: Ann Corcoran
Imagine Trying to Learn in This Classroom: MB

Scandal Central

Hillary Clinton’s Rogue Agenda: Why Sid Blumenthal Matters: JW
FBI found TOP SECRET info in Hillary emails, evidence enough to charge Clinton: Scoop
Destroying Your Vote: Walter Williams

Climate & Energy

Sen. Russ Feingold Laid Groundwork for Controversial Obama EPA Water Rule: Brian Sikma

Media

Diversity compels society give up its traditions, its sacred rights, and even its basic decency: ¡No Pasarán!
Watch: Hillary Clinton's Hilarious (And Revealing) 'Freudian Slip': Hannity
It Happened Again! Liberals Shocked to See Conservatism Win on Election Day: EIB

Shut Up and Read Your Teleprompter: Leon H. Wolf
Levin Interviews Kentucky Governor Elect Matt Bevin: CR
CNBC Biased? You Don’t Say!: Larry Elder

The Comedian-In-Chief: Flopping Aces
Sharing firearms for informal target shooting: Another legitimate activity outlawed?: David Kopel
CAIR Leader Nezar Hamze Is Now Deputy Sheriff: Joe Kaufman

World

Iran Responsible for Killing 14 Percent of U.S. Troops in Iraq: Adam Kredo
Iran - Those so called 'removed' centrifuges are still there and spinning.: MFS-TON
U.S. officials believe the Islamic State planted bomb on Russian plane: Robert Spencer

Violating the Muslim Status Quo: Daniel Greenfield
Ingratitude: FLOTUS Goes To Qatar, Complains About Growing Up As A Girl In USA: Shifra
Condell: The Rape of Sweden: Jawa Report

The Gulag: Willful Blindness In Russia: Camp of the Saints
Germany’s Short-Term Future is Anarchy, Civil War, or as a Leaderless Banana Republic: Nicholas Stix
Cruz Just Threw Down the Gauntlet on Obama and Support of the Muslim Brotherhood: Politistick

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Bitcoin Inches Closer to Mainstream with USAA Partnership: Tanaya Macheel
Man Intent on Fixing Toilet Uncovers Centuries-Old Subterranean World Beneath his Basement: Ancient Origins
Secret Inventions on the Rise: Steven Aftergood

Cornucopia

Pick one thing and fight like hell: Carol Brown
CAUTION SNOWFLAKES: Triggers Ahead: MOTUS
Eat Your Honey: Sondrakistan

Image: From coast to coast, conservatives score huge victories in off-year elections
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ProtectOurConstitution: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT

QOTD: "Breitbart News previously reported that Founding Father James Madison used Federalist 46 to make that very point–that armed citizens could band together and resist their government, should it tend toward tyranny. And he pointed out that this demonstrated American exceptionalism inasmuch as citizens of other nations, lacking arms, also lacked the ability to resist.

The Daily Beast addressed the way Hillary mentioned confiscation only later to mock gun owners for fearing the government might come after their guns:

Clinton can joke all she likes about Americans fearing “black helicopters” taking their guns away, but it is no exaggeration to suggest that civil war could erupt on American soil were the U.S. government to attempt anything remotely resembling what was done in Australia.

The column in The Daily Beast is aptly titled, “Yes, They Want to Take Your Guns Away.”" --AWR Hawkins

Wednesday, November 04, 2015

One Chart on Federal "Anti-Poverty" Programs Says It All

By Angela Rachidi

This graphic was created by staff from the House Ways and Means Committee to represent the 80+ federal benefit programs and services for low-income people in the United States.

House Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee, November 3, 2015.

It was unveiled at a hearing yesterday on better coordinating welfare programs for families in need before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources.

Immigration Apocalypse Now

By Arnold Ahlert

A newly-leaked memo from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reveals the Obama administration is seeking to sidestep a federal court injunction that suspended portions of the president’s amnesty-based initiatives known as Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). In short, Obama is determined to impose his transformational agenda on the nation by any means necessary.
 
According to the Hill, the document outlining the administration’s attempt to thumb its nose at the rule of law was prepared at a DHS “Regulations Retreat” last June, four months after a preliminary injunction was initially imposed by Texas Judge Andrew Hanen and subsequently left in place by a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The Fifth Circuit's final ruling on that injunction, either confirming or reversing it, is expected to occur in a matter of days.
 

Larwyn's Linx: Cold Anger – The First Signs of The Proud Vulgarians

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Nation

Cold Anger – The First Signs of The Proud Vulgarians: Treehouse
Republicans whip Democrats in key state races: Public Integrity
Another Data Point to be Ignored That Political Reporting is B.S.: Erick Erickson

Popcorn, Anyone? Gun Control Push Splitting Democrats ... Again: Matt Vespa
New polls: Carson surges, Cruz too; Trump shakey: Andrew Malcolm
Obama: background checks for gun owners, but not job applicants: Trey Sanchez

Trump support drops 22.5 percent in two weeks: Dan Spencer
Large Sample FL Poll: Trump Dominates Every Demographic and Region: Treehouse
Ted Cruz: Abolish The IRS: Steve Guest

The terrifying nihilism behind Leftists’ desire for socialized medicine: Bookworm
Impractical Magic: The Z Man
Debates Put Ted Cruz in the Top Tier: Reid Wilson

Campaign 2.0: “Jeb Can Fix It” Flops Hard: Amy Miller
Jeb Bush offers warm kiss — and is left as toast in GOP race: John Kass
Poll: Jeb Bush’s Popularity Problem: Reid Wilson

Economy

Obama legacy: 'He is the $20 trillion debt man.': MFS-TON
Hillary Clinton: American Dream Denier: Betsy McCaughey
Cato: American Decline Accelerating: Bob Adelmann

Scandal Central

Clinton Foundation spinoff won’t refile tax returns: Josh Gerstein
Feds Gave Bonuses to Employees Caught Sleeping and Drinking on the Job: Elizabeth Harrington
Obama Insists High School Girls Stare at Naked Boy Who Thinks He's a Girl: Ben Shapiro

Climate & Energy

14,000 Abandoned Wind Turbines Litter the United States: Elephant
EPA Vows To Lead The Global Fight Against Air Conditioners: Michael Bastasch
Petro-states aren’t panicking over oil price crash: Rachel Marsden

Media

Resolved, Progressivism Is a Cult: Ace
Mark Levin on Prison Reform: ‘Obama Radicalizes Everything He Touches’: Sam Dorman
Family Of Dead Robber Whines That Hero Concealed Carrier Is At Fault: Bob Owens

Republicans vs. The Media: Ben Shapiro
You’re Doing It Wrong, ‘The View’: Michelle Malkin
Ted Cruz: It's In His Heart: Lloyd Marcus

Man who can handle CNBC but not Putin: how will GOP handle Putin if they can’t handle CNBC?: Hot Air
Our Insecure Culture Warriors: Daniel Greenfield
Gizmodo Reporter’s Attempt to Smear Ted Cruz’s Gun Use Goes Embarrassingly Awry: Kemberlee Kaye

World

State Department Won’t Say Whether Iran Will Face Consequences for Detaining Americans: Blake Seitz
Weapons of Mass Migration: Steve Sailer
F-35 Data Smuggler Sentenced to Jail: Lara Seligman

The U.S. Still Doesn’t Know Who’s In Charge if Massive Cyber Attack Strikes Nation: Patrick Tucker
Andrew Bostom on Iranian Nuke Deal Fiasco and Muslim Hijra Jihad Invasion of Europe: CJR
Why are F-15 fighters being deployed to Turkey?: J. Taylor Rushing

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Seeing a gun fire at 73,000 FPS is absolutely definitely the most incredible thing: Casey Chan
Marketers Should Pay Attention to fMRI: Uma R. Karmarkar, Carolyn Yoon, and Hilke Plassmann
Ancient warrior's tomb and huge treasure hoard found in Greece: AFP

Cornucopia

Fighting Back, with Some Help: Cameron Gray
Founders from MIT With a Plan to Change How We Grow and Eat Food: Mark Suster
Resistance: It’s Not Futile: MOTUS

Image: Trump support drops 22.5 percent in two weeks
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ConstitutionMan: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT

QOTD: "Matt Bevin won in Kentucky. He won bigger than anyone expected. He owns this win. But it is again worth noting that nationally Democrats keep losing with Barack Obama as President. The public keeps rejecting the President’s party. They did it last night in Kentucky.

It’s only a matter of time before Democrats blame their losses on climate change in Syria." --Erick Erickson

Bonus QOTD: "A quick polling update before next week's Republican Party presidential debate. And it's very good news for Ben Carson and Ted Cruz. But just so-so news for Donald Trump.

A new Public Policy Polling survey of Iowa Republicans shows that Carson at 21% has moved into an essential tie for first place there with Trump at 22%. What struck those pollsters, however, was Cruz' six point surge to 14% and third place. Marco Rubio also jumped up two points to fourth with 10%. Others in the GOP field were all in single digits, PPP found.

Also Monday a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News national poll showed Carson has jumped into first place at 29%, triple his support in July. The retired doctor is now substantially ahead of the 23% of Trump, who slipped two points in two weeks after a lackluster debate performance recently." --Andrew Malcolm

Tuesday, November 03, 2015

CRUZ TO DOJ: Preserve Every Record Related to the IRS Scandal, Eh, For the Next Administration. Or Else.

This is why we love us some Ted Cruz.

Yesterday, Cruz sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch suggesting that it would be in the administration's best interests to preserve all IRS records for the next administration. The request came after the DOJ covered up closed its investigation into political targeting of conservative and pro-Israel groups by the IRS.

November 2, 2015

Dear Attorney General Lynch:

I write today to strongly urge you, as head of the Department of Justice, to take specific steps to ensure that the Department preserves all of its Internal Revenue Service-related documents and information indefinitely. This Administration’s recent announcement that it does not intend to conduct or allow an appropriate criminal investigation of the IRS’s targeting of Tea Party and other conservative organizations has finally made it abundantly clear that the responsibility of ensuring a thorough, fair, and impartial investigation of IRS employees and their potential criminal conduct will fall to the next presidential administration, and relevant materials must be protected accordingly.

HARSH: Obama Official Who Pled Guilty to Espionage Gets... $250 Fine

By Richard Pollock

Glenn Woodell, a NASA supervisor who pled guilty to violating U.S. espionage laws involving a Chinese NASA contractor was given a slap on the wrist with six months’ probation and a $250 fine, the Daily Caller News Foundation has learned.

Daniel Jobson, a Woodell colleague and fellow NASA supervisor, had his espionage charges reduced to a misdemeanor and was released without any penalty.

The lenient plea deals were quietly delivered October 26 in U.S. District Court in Newport News, Virginia. The U.S. Attorneys office did not to issue a press release about the deals and declined comment when contacted by the DCNF.

Woodell was charged under Title 18 of the nation’s espionage laws and faced a maximum penalty of one-year imprisonment and a fine of $100,000.

“It’s like a traffic ticket or something for littering,” commented former U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf in an interview with the DCNF. A former Virginia Republican congressman who was chairman of a House appropriations oversight subcommittee for NASA, worked to expose Bo Jiang, the Chinese NASA contractor at the heart of the espionage case.

Bizarro President

By Caroline Glick

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with US President Barack Obama next week is likely to look less like a rapprochement than a showdown at the OK Corral.

The flurry of spy stories spinning around in recent weeks makes clear that US-Israel relations remain in crisis.

Two weeks ago, The Wall Street Journal published a fairly detailed account of the US’s massive spying operations against Israel between 2010 and 2012.

Their purpose was to prevent Israel from attacking Iran’s nuclear installations. The Journal report, which was based on US sources, also detailed the evasion tactics the Obama administration employed to try to hide its covert nuclear talks with Iran from Israel. According to the report, the administration was infuriated that through its spy operations against Iran, Israel discovered the talks and the government asked the White House to tell it what was going on.

Over the past several days, the Israeli media have reported the Israeli side of the US spying story.

Larwyn's Linx: Has the liberal wing of the Democrats finally pushed the party too far?

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Nation

Has the liberal wing of the Democrats finally pushed the party too far?: Jazz Shaw
The Criminal Alien Emergency: American Lives Matter: Daniel Horowitz
Illegal Convicted of Drunk Driving Death Back 4 Days After Deportation: Ildefonso Ortiz

Boehner II: The Revenge -- Ryan Will Fund Planned Parenthood: Ben Shapiro
Vote For Or Support Rubio, Lose Your Job: Karl Denninger
Feds Send Man to Jail for Overfishing as 6,000 Drug Convicts are Freed: JW

Latest IA Poll: Trump Leads, Cruz Third, Jindal, Huckabee top Bush: Treehouse
NH Poll: Trump Remains Leader, GOPe Counting On Rubio: Treehouse
Marco Rubio in Spanish says he will keep Obama amnesty: FAM

The Final Four of the GOP Election: Steve Deace
Wealthy Republican donors look to Rubio: Financial Times
How Rubio and Cruz Are Already Consolidating Their Wings of the GOP: Scott Bland

Ignoring the Obvious: Thomas Sowell
Thug Lives Matter: Karl Denninger, Market Ticker
Two dead, 28 wounded in Halloween weekend shootings: Chicago Sun-Times

Economy

Obama Proves, Once Again, That His Promises Are Meaningless: Jason Pye
Students Who Do NOTHING Now Get C Grades: The Daily Caller
5 out of 6 top university donations go to Dems: James Mietus

The 7 Keys To Trapping As Many Americans As Possible In Poverty: John Hawkins
Barack Obama is set to double the National Debt: Neil Stevens
Breaking the Ivy League Monopoly: AmInt

Scandal Central

Leaked DHS memo shows Obama might circumvent federal injunction: Ian M. Smith
Clinton Made Time For Donors At State Department: Shoshana Weissman
Emails show Clinton had 2 Benghazi stories: 1 for Libyans, 1 for Americans: Sarah Westwood

Climate & Energy

Dem Senator Continues To Push To Prosecute Climate Skeptics: William Teach
EPA Finds Emissions Defeat Device In More Diesels Sold By Audi, Porsche & VW: Automnews
Good News: Climate Bigwigs Coming For Your Fridge And AC: William Teach

Media

Ted Cruz ad blasts left media for bias GOP debate display: Daily Mail
Watch Clinton supporters cheer for Sharia law: Personal Liberty
Bad Day for Gay Rights in Missouri: Molly Willms

The Criminal Arrogance of Hillary Clinton: GraniteGrok
“Say That to My Face!” Fiorina Challenges ‘The View’: Mark Edward
Rand Paul’s Political Stock Dipping Back Home: Josh Kraushaar, NationalJournal

5 Hillary scandals the media is missing: Edward Klein
Granny Clinton Adds Media Matters Lunatic as ‘Director of Rapid Response’: JWF
NY Times’ mindless editorial over Stand-Your-Ground law: Andrew Branca

World

Iran Launches Blockade On U.S. Goods: Adam Kredo
Erdogan won't condemn ISIS for shooting down Russian airplane because Putin's supporting Assad: MFS-TON
Heroic Muslim Terrorist Stabs 80-Year-Old Israeli Woman: Daniel Greenfield

Richest Man in the World: ‘Representative Democracy Is a Problem.’: Jim Geraghty
“Palestinian” stabby fashions [Darleen Click]: PW
European concern: Refugees coming, Jews leaving: Hillel Fendel

The Camp of the Saints is Here: John Hinderaker
German village to be overrun this week with Middle Eastern and African migrants: Ann Corcoran
Why Islam is Not a Religion: Rebecca Bynum

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

3D Metal Printing Startup Announces $14 Million in First Funding Round: Sandra Helsel
Mexicans come up with “World’s Worst” internet law: Nick Farrell
Candy Crush Maker King Digital Sells to Activision For $5.9 Billion: Peter Kafka

Cornucopia

My 2016 Presidential Campaign Platform [McGehee]: PW
Gaslighting or Audiographic Memory: Which Superpower Will Win the Day?: MOTUS
Stunning 1981 BMW M1 Heading to Auction: Brad Anderson, GT Spirit

Image: “Palestinian” stabby fashions [Darleen Click]
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ConstitutionMan: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT

QOTD: "ntil now, I have taken a benign view of Jeb Bush’s presidential candidacy. I have said from the beginning that he has zero chance of getting the Republican nomination, but he was a good governor and he has as much right to seek the nomination as anyone else.

But now, Bush has turned into a negative, anti-Republican force. To an even greater degree than Donald Trump, he mouths Democratic Party talking points. In particular, he is engaged in an obsessive and destructive vendetta against Marco Rubio, who, unlike Bush, is a serious candidate for the nomination...

...At this point, Bush’s continuing his fruitless campaign serves no one except the Democrats. If he can’t stop attacking his fellow Republicans, he should do the right thing and retire gracefully from the field." --John Hinderaker

Monday, November 02, 2015

Radical 80-Year Old Israeli Woman Terrorist Interferes with Innocent Palestinian's Knife-Wielding Practice

By Daniel Greenfield

Another one of Kerry's frustrated oppressed "Palestinians" went on a stabbing spree in Israel. The 19-year-old terrorist stabbed an 80-year-old Israeli woman. She is in serious condition. The terrorist stabbed two others as well.

The crowd attempted to attack the terrorist, but were held back by the police. A local Rishon Letzion politician named Yitzchak Avshalom has managed to get himself in every news story by bragging that he helped protect the terrorist from angry residents. I'm not sure how he's planning to run on that, but there have been worse political platforms than protecting terrorists. I just can't think of any.

OBAMA’S MASS RELEASE OF FELONS: How many more Americans will be killed or maimed as a result?

Writing at Conservative Review, the consistently excellent Daniel Horowitz offers a concise summary of the outrageous behavior of the Obama administration as it pertains to criminal illegal aliens.

There seems to be a grievance group that has successfully attracted the attention of all or a portion of the political class for any perceived injustice under the sun.  But why is it that nobody in the political class finds a need to act with urgency to protect American lives from violent illegal aliens?  Why are American victims of violence from illegal aliens the only group that garners no attention from the media or politicians?  

ASYLUM SCAMMERS: Fake Passport Business is Booming

By Ann Corcoran

That’s what the Wall Street Journal is reporting, thanks to Jeff for sending the story.

The ‘stars’ of the WSJ piece landed in the UK, but I wonder how many are landing at an airport near you as we speak?

ISTANBUL—Somewhere over Europe, Kassem went to the airplane’s bathroom and flushed his fake Italian passport down the toilet.

When he landed in London’s Heathrow Airport a few hours later, Kassem presented his Syrian ID to U.K. immigration officials and requested asylum. The trip wouldn’t have been possible using his actual, Syrian passport—the country’s four-year civil war has turned it into a burden for anyone fleeing the conflict.

When asked where his passport was, Kassem told the officials: “It’s in the toilet.”

TIMELINE: Hillary Clinton’s Lies to the American People, the Families of the Victims and Herself

By Raj Shah

There is a growing disconnect between Hillary Clinton’s public statements following the Benghazi terror attack and what was being communicated in private. 

New information reveals that the State Department not only knew that the attack had nothing to do with a video, but that officials were specifically cautioned to stay clear of that false narrative.

Yet despite the evidence, Hillary maintains, “I still believe to this day that the video played a role.”

During her testimony before the Benghazi committee, she blamed the contradictions between public and private communications as the result of “conflicting information we were trying to make sense of.” But, a breakdown of internal communications shows that there was a clear understanding that the video had nothing to do with the Benghazi attack. 

Larwyn's Linx: Georgia's Growing Problem with Violent Illegal Aliens

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Nation

Georgia's Growing Problem with Violent Illegal Aliens: New English Review
America's Soft Tyranny is Hardening: Patricia McCarthy
Nearly Half of Obamacare Co-Ops Have Failed: Ali Meyer

The Deceit and Lawlessness Just Keep on Coming: Gary Hancock
He’s in league with the Democrats: Robert Romano
When irresistible voter anger meets immovable partisan division: Michael Barone

POWER RANKINGS: It's now Marco's world, with Cruz rising: Timothy P. Carney
GOP Campaigns Cut RNC Out of Debate Process: Matthew Boyle
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. for Cruz coming from the strangest places: Reaganite

Baltimore Mayor: Bring on the refugees to save dying city!: Ann Corcoran
15 Wounded In Gun-Free Chicago Shootings Since Friday Evening: WZ
Michigan: County Violated Constitutional Rights of Christians: Creeping

Economy

Education: A Winning Issue for Republicans: Josh Gelernter
'In the long run our system will collapse': The Local se
Utah nonprofit co-op’s collapse illustrates Obamacare’s Big Lie.: Moe Lane

Scandal Central

Hillary Clinton's lies about Benghazi disqualify her for presidency: Washington Examiner
Looking at the latest round of Hillary's emails: RS
Marco Rubio’s Donor-Class Agenda – Open Border Globalists: Treehouse

Hillary Too Big To Jail? Nonsense! They Have an Orange Pantsuit in Just Her Size: RWN
Here Are 16 Times Obama Promised No "Boots On The Ground" In Syria: ZH
White House Panicked as Even Michelle is Embroiled in Scandal: Coach is Right

Climate & Energy

Climate science frauds try to hide data from Congress: RS
Justice Kennedy will decide the EPA climate plan's fate: John Siciliano
NASA study: Antarctic ice increasing faster than warming can melt it, but panic anyway: Doug Powers

Media

Reclaim the Debates: Ending ties with NBC should be just step one for Reince Priebus: Mark Corallo
Analysis: CNBC’s Agenda Designed To Make GOP Candidates Look Stupid: Robert Gehl
NPR: Non-entity Kasich gets more GOP debate talk time than Trump and Cruz: FAM

The Best Debate Ever: Derek Hunter
‘Had some fun and no reporters were shot’: Ted Cruz reflects on Saturday pheasant hunt : Twitchy
Non-Entity Kasich Thinks the CNBC Debate Was Awesome: Leon H. Wolf

World

Did Hillary’s Libyan “Rebels” Just Shoot Down A Passenger Plane?: Treehouse
Europe’s Migration Policies Threaten Jews and All Europeans: Judith Bergman
IDF warns soldiers against CIA recruitment efforts: Times of Israel

Israel is Avoiding the Abyss, For Now: Jonathan Spyer
Syrian rebels use caged civilians, fighters to deter airstrikes: Thomas Joscelyn
Controversial Erdogan wins re-election in Turkey: Curt Mills

China takes over the sea and ‘Bamlet’ dithers — again: Ralph Peters
Why the Arab Spring Failed: the Cultural Roots of the Arab Predicament: Jonathan W. Pidluzny
1937: ‘Palestine Arabs’ Celebrate Mohammed’s Birthday With Pictures of Hitler, Mussolini: Algemeiner

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

How Does a Patriot Hacker Tell Time? Check this out!: Liberty Speaks
GM And Google To Team Up On Autonomous Cars?: Trevor Collett
British Researchers Make Lighter, Cheaper, Longer Lithium-oxygen Batteries: Aaron Cole

Cornucopia

Black Hawk tragedy: Orders were ignored and 11 men died: Kevin Lilley
Adriani Relandi's trip to 'Palestine' A.D. 1699 revisited.: MFS-TON
Hurrah for the cleaner who acccidentally threw away a modern art exhibit: Rod Liddle

Image: Fred Thompson, with larger-than-life persona, dies at 73
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #SaveOurConstitution: TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT

QOTD: "The school districts of most big cities are awful, but two stand out as utter, pathetic failures: Cleveland and Detroit. In Cleveland, 90 percent of students are unable to read “proficiently”; 91 percent are non-proficient at math. Detroit, remarkably, is even worse: 93 percent of kids fail at reading and 96 percent fail at math. It’s staggering.

Cleveland has had Democratic mayors for the last 25 years. Detroit has had Democratic mayors for the last 63 years. It’s hard to imagine that either city could be run worse — but Republicans barely contest mayoral elections in either. The last mayor’s race in each city featured two candidates who were both Democrats. No Republican thinks he would have a chance in either city. No Republican has the requisite ambition.

In 2012, nine of ten blacks voted Democratic, along with seven of ten Hispanics. As of 2010, Cleveland was 63 percent black and Hispanic, and Detroit was 89 percent black and Hispanic. In the minds of Republicans, those numbers represent an insurmountable obstacle. But they shouldn’t. Education is the number-one issue among both black and Hispanic voters, and the Democrats they overwhelmingly support have in no area failed more overwhelmingly than in education. Education is the number-one issue among both black and Hispanic voters, and the Democrats they overwhelmingly support have in no area failed more overwhelmingly than in education. What makes Republicans think that black and Hispanic voters have more loyalty to party than to self-interest? If that were the case, black voters would never have begun supporting the Democratic party in the first place — they would have stayed loyal to the Grand Old Party that ended slavery." --Josh Gelernter

Sunday, November 01, 2015

POLL: For First Time, Most Democrats View Insane, Failed, Murderous Political Philosophy Favorably

Over at Rasmussen, the pollsters have discovered that -- for the first time in history -- self-identified members of the Democrat Party now view socialism favorably.

The man currently running a distant second for the Democratic presidential nomination, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, is a self-declared socialist, and most of his party’s voters now have a positive view of socialism. They are almost evenly divided as to whether they like capitalism or socialism more.

Socialism, Communism, Maoism, and National Socialism (e.g., the Nazi Party) are all offshoots of Marxism. They are all branches of the same defective tree.

Marxism has failed in literally every venue it has been tried, despite progressives' laughable efforts to claim certain countries have implemented it successfully.

IMPRISONMENT, NOT IMPEACHMENT: What Rogue IRS Commissioner John Koskinen Really Deserves

By Daniel John Sobieski

The introduction of a resolution to impeach IRS commissioner John Koskinen should come as no surprise considering the lawlessness of the Obama administration and its use of the IRS to bludgeon its political opponents and the refusal by the DOJ to prosecute Lois Lerner for her political targeting of the Tea Party and other conservative political groups, as well as her destruction of evidence.

The resolution, introduced by .House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Rep. James Jordan (R-OH) and 18 other committee members, accuses Koskinen of making false statements under oath, failing to comply with a subpoena, and failing to notify Congress that key evidence was missing or destroyed. As they explained it to Fox News’ Sean Hannity:

EXPERT: Marco Rubio Misleading Voters, Plans to Open the Floodgates to Foreign Tech Workers

By Julia Hahn

Marco Rubio is trying to defend his unpopular effort to expand the controversial H-1B outsourcing program by claiming that he wants to protect American professionals from being replaced by low-wage foreign professionals.

In a Thursday morning radio interview, Rubio amped up the defensive claims he made at Wednesday night’s CNBC debate. Rubio said that he “proposed… reforms” that would prevent wealthy corporations from using foreign professionals as low-cost alternatives to experienced American professionals.

But Rubio’s claim is “an outright fabrication,” said Howard University’s Ron Hira, an expert on the H-1B outsourcing program. Rubio “has not included any such [anti-abuse] proposal in his bill, even though he had ample opportunity to do so.”