Thursday, December 17, 2015

Larwyn’s Linx: Comparing the Establishment's and the Base's View of the GOP Hierarchy

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Nation

Comparing the Establishment's and the Base's View of the GOP Hierarchy: Ace
Key Battle of GOP Debate features Megyn Kelly’s Attack on Cruz, Trump: Sara Noble
Annals of the .00002%: WeaponsMan

GOP Post Debate Poll: Donald Trump and Ted Cruz Biggest Winners: Treehouse
The fundamental national security differences between Cruz and Rubio: Bookworm
Jeb (3%) Bush Threatens to Kill the Republican Party: Ace

On His Watch: Abe Greenwald
Obama: Concerns jihadis will be among Syrian refugees unfounded: Robert Spencer
House Democrats Push Ban On Too Much Liberty, Freedom: Bob Owens

Freddie Gray Trial: Hung Jury, All Charges, Mistrial Declared: Andrew Branca
Vetting Obama’s witless vetters at DHS: Michelle Malkin
FOIA Request Finds FBI Chart Showing CAIR’s Ties To Hamas: WZ

Rubio Bill Expanded Visa Program Used by San Berno Terrorists: Daniel Horowitz
Ted Cruz: Happy Conservative Warrior: EIB
GOP debate number five: Cal Thomas

Economy

Dems’ favorite part of $1.1 trillion spending bill: Michelle Malkin
$1.1T omnibus quadruples unskilled guest workers: FAM
The Alinsky-ite Obama has succeeded: the American middle class is dying: Pew

Scandal Central

JW: Suspicious Middle Eastern Group Surveilling U.S. Mexican Border: Treehouse
Confirmed: Clinton Server Emails Were ‘Top Secret’: JWF
DHS Should Release All Documents Regarding San Bernardino Terrorist, says Congress: AIM

Controversial Muslim cleric giving Clinton millions: The Horn
White House Opens Door to CAIR Rep, Ignores Muslim Reformers: CJR
Sen. Corker to Get Scrutiny in Wake of Disclosure Omissions: NLPC

Climate & Energy

E.P.A. Broke Law With Social Media Push for Water Rule, Auditor Finds: Timothy Courtney

Media

Active Shooter Response For Non-Idiots: Bob Owens
An amazing interview with Kurt Russell on Gun Control: John R. Lott
The surprising ineffectiveness of Super PACs in 2016 (so far): Lee Drutman

Salon: Trump or Cruz Supporter? You Want Civil War: James Kirkpatrick
Hillary Says Relatives of Benghazi Heroes Are Liars: MRC
Does the Truth Matter to Hillary Clinton Supporters?: Roger Aronoff

World

The Death of Islam: The Z Man
Saudi Anti-Terror Coalition: Dead on Day One?: Stop Shouting
Just Like Us! Really?: Robert Satloff (2008)

Our Timid Military Leaders: Walter E. Williams
Muslim Refugees Are Pawns of An Extortion Racket: Brent Smith
Jihadis Now Sending Letters to Swedes: Convert to Islam or Face Beheading: JWF

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Russia and China's "Enhanced Human Operations" Terrify the Pentagon: Eric Tegler
The Sharing Economy Goes to the Office: James Delmore
New transparent metal could make screens cheaper: Futurity

Cornucopia

Tour de Force: The Minuteman Missile Historic Site Ranger guide: Allan Lasser
A Hollywood Christmas Story: Larry Elder
7 Hilarious Vids That Explain How Awful Jeb Was At The Debate: Sooper

Image: Freddie Gray Trial: Hung Jury, All Charges, Mistrial Declared
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ConstitutionMan: Ted Cruz for President

QOTD: "Islam never made it out of the Middle Ages until Western prosperity overflowed its cups and brought material wealth to the Arab world. Even so, Iraq is still a Medieval society equipped with satellite dishes and mobile phones. Their culture, economics and politics remain locked in the amber of a bygone age. Even their revolutionaries sound like extras from a B-movie about the Crusades.

That’s not just a reality we in the West accept. It is a reality that every Muslim from the Arab world faces and grapples with every day. The culture that produced him lost to the culture that confronts him. No one stands in line for the latest Muslim mobile phone. There is no Muslim Silicon Valley. The armies of Allah throw rocks at the space ships and lasers of the infidel. To be a Muslim is to be a loser.

That daily reality is in his pocket when he looks at his cell phone. It is on TV where all the actors wear Western clothes. It is in his house where his sister demands to wear makeup and live on her own, dating men outside the family. Even at mosque he is reminded that he is on the losing side of the fight. He rides a Western made bus or drives a Western made car. He texts his coreligionists on an iPhone, not a Mohammad Phone.

There is an argument that Islam is on the rise. As we see Muslims pouring into Europe and even America, the argument goes, Islam is like rising flood waters, about to wash away the West. That misses what’s happening at the roots of Muslim culture. Every one of those Muslims is on a journey that will end as it did for John the Savage in Brave New World ... Those Muslims on the road to Berlin can either abandon themselves and their identity in order to join their new world, or, they can embrace death. The self-detonation phenomenon is just a dramatic way of choosing the latter.

The thing is, both choices have the same implication, the death of Islam as an organizing philosophy." --The Z Man

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Mark Levin Unloads on @BritHume and Charles @Krauthammer as @FoxNews @SpecialReport Continues to Lurch Left

As expected given the stellar debate performances of Ted Cruz and Donald Trump, the panicked "analysts" at the Fox News channel locked arms with the Chamber of Commerce tonight to air an infomercial for Marco Rubio.

The Special Report panel this evening featured a trio of open-borders, pro-Amnesty establishment apologists who appeared to have donned matching "Vote for Marco" T-shirts (their "Vote for ¡Jeb!" tees having quietly been donated to Goodwill).

Perhaps these rocket scientists might consider why the Fox Business Channel is now the fastest growing cable channel in the U.S. (hint: Lou Dobbs is a rock-ribbed conservative, for starters).

The invaluable Mark Levin let FNC have it tonight and Breitbart's Jeff Poor was on the case:

GOOD NEWS: Jeb Bush Is Thinking of Sabotaging the GOP

By Sara Noble

Ironically, Jeb Bush might be the one to blow up the Republican party. It’s been on life support under Barack Obama anyway, why not commit suicide?

A Politico article on Wednesday has the Establishment cheer-to-the-throne Jeb Bush considering blowing up the Republican party and doing what they’ve been accusing Donald Trump of planning. If Trump is the candidate, Bush might not support him.

He’s going to break his pledge. If he does that publicly, it’s a character flaw.

TERROR PLOT IN MISSOURI: What the Hell is Going On?

By Terresa Monroe-Hamilton

It’s been an interesting few weeks in The Show Me state of Missouri. Events there have not left anyone feeling as safe and secure as Obama keeps claiming they should be from his podium. Quite the opposite. Things in the US are getting really interesting these days in a bad way. First we had the Jihadist killings in San Bernardino by the Bonnie and Clyde of terrorism. On Syred Farook’s phone were pictures of at least 11 schools. Then this morning, the LA School District was evacuated. Over 700,000 students were sent home and 900 schools are being searched from top to bottom today because of an overseas terrorism threat sent to a school board member. That must have been one doozie of a threat. We are a little light on those details, but it evidently involved at least three schools and an unspecified number of students. Welcome to the new America.

Larwyn’s Linx: Rubio vs. Paul vs. Cruz on Foreign Policy

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Nation

Rubio vs. Paul vs. Cruz on Foreign Policy: Conservative Review
Hillary Clinton’s Health Is An Issue: Edward Klein
Trump's Primary Lead Is Bigger Than Hillary's: Ethan Epstein

Debate Line of the Night -- Cruz: 'Political correctness is killing people': Ryan Lovelace
Trump's Best Night, and Cruz Wounds Rubio on Amnesty: James Kirkpatrick
Trump has mastered the art of making Jeb seem small: William A. Jacobson

Cruz: ‘I’ll build a wall and have Trump pay for it’: Ryan Girdusky
Republican Debate Opens With Ted Cruz Enjoying Strongest Hand: Philip Elliott
10,000 Kids Caught Sneaking Across Southern Border in Last Two Months: Sarah Fisher

Rubio, Cruz in Fierce Exchange Over Illegal Immigration at CNN Debate: David Rutz
Serial Liar and GOP Chairman Says There Will Be No Brokered Convention: Hannity
Jeb! vowed Trump would be in decline by 12/15. That didn’t happen.: Ed O'Keefe

Congress reaches deal on spending and tax cuts: Susan Ferrechio
Unlimited Muslim immigration: A Congress of fools or traitors?: Lawrence Sellin
Why the war on guns has failed: Jonah Goldberg

Economy

The Economics of Unreality: The Z Man
Bipartisan Senate bill would cut H-1B visas: Susan Ferrechio
Hiking Without a Map: Barry Ritholtz

Scandal Central

Vetting Obama’s Witless Vetters at DHS: Michelle Malkin
The Obama Doctrine: Ace
Security Dies Where Multiculturalism Thrives: Ben Shapiro

Media

Two Glaring NYT Displays of Ignorance About CAIR in One Day: Steven Emerson
Gun Control Supporter Threatens To Murder Reality Show Star: Bob Owens
Sarah Palin's favorites: Donald Trump and Ted Cruz: Eric Bradner

3 Troubling Signs Ahead: Dan Bongino
The ‘Diversity’ Hustle: R.S. McCain
Sam’s Club CEO admits she discriminates against white males, but it’s ok since she’s black female: Carmine Sabia

Mark Cuban Dishes On Why He Thinks Trump Will Lose: Nicole Russell
Donald Trump Goes Off on CNN: Debate Was Unprofessional and Unfair”: GWP
What is “Countering Violent Extremism”?: GoV

World

Syrian Refugees In Norway Have Pictures Of Severed Heads And Executions On Their Phones: Jim Treacher
Brad Thor artfully sums up Hillary’s upcoming ‘360-degree strategy’: Twitchy
Assyrians Tell of Destruction and Abductions in Town Invaded By ISIS: Matt Brown

Iceberg Warning: 4th Generation Warfare Brought Home: Stop Shouting
Obama’s Favorite New Anti-Israel BDS Group Joins Him for Chanukah: Daniel Greenfield
Report: British girls raped and abused by Muslim grooming gangs on ''Industrial Scale'': Speisa

Chinese Submarine Practiced Missile Attack on USS Reagan: Bill Gertz
ISIS Inc: Loot and Taxes Keep Jihadi Economy Churning: Erika Solomon and Sam Jones
Russian cruise missile flies off target and smashes into apartment block in village: DailyMail

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Spiders perform female genital mutilation to ensure faithfulness.: Discover
Ralph Lauren PoloTech Smart Shirt: Robb Report
HeLi-on is a solar panel charger that can fit in your pocket: Android Community

Cornucopia

No Words: ნიჭიერი
Then and Now: Ace
Texas plumber whose old truck surfaced with Syrian terrorists sues dealership: Fox

Stop!: Earl of Taint
Liberal Logic and Other Nonsense: Woodsterman
Paul Ryan Comes Up With Utterly Brilliant Winning 2016 Strategy! Or, Um, Not.: Ben Shapiro

Image: Andrej Schilder, "Autumn Forest" (n.d.)
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QOTD: "MSNBC's Chris Matthews was not amused after a conservative reporter asked him Tuesday evening at the GOP presidential debate whether he still has a "thrill" up his leg.

The question, which came Tuesday from the Media Research Center's Dan Joseph, is a reference to when Matthews infamously said in 2008 that President Obama's speeches sent a "thrill" up his leg.

"How's your leg?" Joseph asked after introducing himself.

"What leg?" the cable news pundit responded.

"The leg. Is the 'thrill' still there?" Joseph asked.

Mathews, understanding that he was being punked, responded, "You can go to hell. Just go to hell, will you? Just leave me alone."" --T. Becket Adams

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

BUMMER: A Third of Hezbollah’s Fighters Have Been Killed or Maimed Backing Assad in Syria

By The Tower

As much as one third of Hezbollah’s fighting force has been killed or injured fighting in defense of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, Avi Issacharoff reported Tuesday in The Times of Israel.

According to Issacharoff, Israeli sources estimate that between 1,300 to 1,500 members of the Iran-backed terrorist group have been killed in Syria, while an additional 5,000 have been injured. The surging casualty count has forced Hezbollah to deviate from past policy and release details on its losses.

Obama and the Democrats’ War on Black America

By Bill Bennett

It may appear to Black Americans that Barack Obama is in their corner, but it’s a cunning deception. His presidency has had a truly malevolent effect on the Black community—by design. The sole evidence that the White House has any interest whatever in Black America has been an unending stream of rhetoric alleging racism by police against Blacks. Such a campaign can only spawn more resistance to police in encounters between Blacks and cops. And since crime is far more prevalent in Black neighborhoods, those encounters are inevitable.

An ancillary Obama campaign makes constant reference to Jim Crow seeping out of every crevice in our society. In an interview with comedian Marc Maron, he actually driveled this out, after admitting that “race relations have improved significantly during my lifetime.”:

PEW RESEARCH: How People in Muslim Countries Believe Women Should Dress

Writing at Pew Research last year, Jacob Poushter shared University of Michigan research revealing how Muslim populations believe women should (be forced to) dress.

An important issue in the Muslim world is how women should dress in public. A recent survey from the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research conducted in seven Muslim-majority countries (Tunisia, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey), finds that most people prefer that a woman completely cover her hair, but not necessarily her face...

...Only in Turkey and Lebanon do more than one-in-four think it is appropriate for a woman to not cover her head at all in public.

Only One Man Can Reverse Obama’s Damage

By Dan Friedman

No one even comes close to Ted Cruz’s ability to put Obama’s evil genie back in the bottle. He’s the complete package. He understands the law, Congress and its politics.

He loves our Constitution and our country with a passion.

His sincerity, integrity and eloquence speak for themselves. He’s not afraid to butt heads with his own party. And he has a brilliant mind and a superb intellect that he will bring to bear on Day One of his presidency to heal the deep wounds Obama has inflicted on us at home and abroad.

If you want someone who can get us on track again, why settle for second best when we can have an American leader who’s the genuine article? Let’s grab the brass ring while it’s still in reach. A man like Ted Cruz doesn’t come along everyday.

Watch this short video and see if you agree: Sen. Ted Cruz: Here’s How to Win the Battle Against ISIS.

Larwyn’s Linx: Rush Finally Turns on Trump

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Nation

Rush Finally Turns on Trump: Jon Gabriel
Trump alienates conservative base in attacks on Cruz: Ed Straker
Ted Cruz isn't just surging — he's winning: Nomiki Konst

Rove-Stupid: Trump Lurches Left to Attack Cruz, Scalia, and More: C. Edmund Wright
Donald Trump is Fighting... But for What: Daniel Horowitz
Rush: Trump Sounds Like The Establishment!: CR Wire

Attacking the Truth: Thomas Sowell
Jeb Bush (Accidentally) Breaks The GOP Cartel: Matt Kibbe
Republican megadonors are sad that elections are so hard to buy: Ezra Klein

Can We Have a Word About the Polls?: Leon H. Wolf
Debunking 5 Phony Statistics Liberals Love To Toss Around: John Hawkins
Why Don’t Republicans Identify What They Are Fighting?: Dennis Prager

Good News and Good Laughs for Supporters of the Second Amendment: Dan Mitchell
White House Clueless Why Gun Sales Hit Record High: Dave Jolly
U.S. judge sworn into office on Quran: Cheryl Chumley

Economy

The Once and Future Liberalism: Walter Russell Mead
December 16, 2015—–When The End Of The Bubble Begins: David Stockman
Paul Ryan in secret budget talks with Nancy Pelosi: David Leach

Scandal Central

Jeh Johnson Reveals Why He Sides With Muslims in the Terror War: MB
White Genocide: MB
Watchdog group calls for probe of Clinton relationship with firm tied to son-in-law: Fox

8% of U.S. Muslims Say Suicide Bombing, Violence Against Civilian Targets 'Justified': CNS
INSANE: How Obama Got Americans Killed in San Bernardino For Political Correctness: Ben Shapiro
Activist Judge Legalizes Illegal Gun Confiscation in New York: PC Graveyard

Climate & Energy

The GOP Don't Never Dance With Them What Brung Them: Mark Steyn

Media

TIME Person Of The Year Merkel Is Now Backing Off Her Muslim Refugee Plans: Ben Shapiro
State Dept. Spokeshole Doesn’t Like Question, Slams Female Reporter: Tammy Bruce
Foreign Interests Prepare To Can Conservative Broadcasters: Cliff Kincaid

Muslims Are Totally Walking In Fear Or Something: William Teach
Grassroots loves Ted Cruz, the Wall Street Journal loves Marco Rubio: CHQ
Producer to tell story of Ted Kennedy’s hellish ordeal after leaving woman to drown: Doug Powers

World

Symbolism: Obama's ISIS fight includes "rare" Oval Office speech, "rare" Pentagon visit: Marathon
Maryland Man Charged With Receiving Payments From ISIS To Attack Americans: Sooper
NYC Trying To Suppress Landmark Report On Islamic Radicalization: WZ

Afghan Threat Assessment: The Taliban and ISIS [PDF]: Jessica Lewis McFate, Rob Denaburg, Caitlin Forrest
By the Numbers - The Untold Story of Muslim Opinions & Numbers: Clarion
New EU border force: 'right to intervene': Eszter Zalan

The San Bernardino Terrorists Weren’t Radicals: Daniel Greenfield
ISIS Now Orders Killing Babies With Down Syndrome: JWF
The Graph That Explains the 2015 Migrant Crisis: Steve Sailer

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

FAA Announces Drone Registration Rules: Miriam McNabb, DroneLife
The Serial Swatter: Jason Fagone, The New York Times
The origin stories of JS and wikis: Dave Winer

Cornucopia

Congressional Medal of Honor Winner Tibor Rubin, RIP: BattleSwarm
Christmas: We're Really In A Pickle: MOTUS
The 50 Most Valuable Sports Teams in the World: Jeff Desjardins

Image: Cruz Forces Trump Blunders as the Donald Trashes the Conservative Base
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ConstitutionMan: Ted Cruz for President

QOTD: "...I'm not sure that Mr. Trump even knows who Cruz really is in this regard. No, my only point is for somebody running for the Republican nomination who has set himself up as anti-establishment, to join the establishment in that kind of criticism of Cruz, I don't get it.

It doesn't make a lot of sense.

Now, Trump's not trying to portray himself as a conservative, either. So it's not a violation of that. But he's clearly making himself out to be anti-establishment, yet he joins them here. And then he dumped on Cruz for being opposed to ethanol? In other words, we as Republicans must support government subsidies to corn farmers in Iowa if we're to have any chance of winning Iowa? We've gotta stand for subsidies? And that, again, is not a conservative position. To go after Cruz on that basis, is again the way the Democrats and the media would go after him..." --Rush Limbaugh

Monday, December 14, 2015

THANKS, OBAMA: The Taliban and ISIS are making "unprecedented gains" in Afghanistan

Writing at Institute for the Study of War, Jessica Lewis McFate, Rob Denaburg, and Caitlin Forrest have produced an encyclopedic summary [PDF] of the current state of Afghanistan. And the news -- as you could have predicted with this administration -- is dire indeed.

The Taliban and ISIS are on the move.

Key Take-away: Militant forces including Taliban factions and the Islamic State’s Afghanistan-Pakistan affiliate, Wilayat Khorasan, control considerable terrain across Afghanistan as of December 2015. Militant control extends beyond historic militant sanctuaries and into numerous district centers, representing partial success at establishing governance.

Taliban forces are making unprecedented gains in areas that had been cleared and held during the surge, threatening provincial capitals in northern, southern, and eastern Afghanistan. Wilayat Khorasan has also begun to exert social control in Afghanistan, specifically in Nangarhar province, but this control has not yet extended to district centers. The ANSF lack the higher headquarters and mobility functions to conduct simultaneous or sequential campaigns to counter geographically dispersed threats. NATO lacks the force structure and authority to close this gap even with the enduring presence of 9,800 U.S. troops in 20161.

MARK LEVIN: "Trump Really Screwed Up This Weekend"

By CR Wire

On Monday night’s radio program, Conservative Review Editor-in-Chief Mark Levin called out Donald Trump for mimicking the statists and the Republican establishment by attacking rival Ted Cruz and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia over the weekend.

Levin cited three “reckless comments” made by Donald Trump.

First, Mr. Trump joined in with a leftist on CNN to dump on Justice Scalia, who’s comments during oral argument have been unfairly accused of being racist. Conservatives know better.

SICK: Obama Ordered Homeland Security to Suppress San Bernardino Terrorists' Islamist Ties

By Matthew Vadum

On the day of the deadly San Bernardino, Calif. massacre, President Obama ignored FBI-procured evidence that the attack was an Islamic terrorist operation and ordered federal officials to mislead the public about the true nature of the assault.

Although the FBI knew immediately on Dec. 2 that the mass-casualty event was a Muslim terrorist attack, Obama and FBI Director James Comey reportedly clashed over why Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, opened fire around 11 a.m. local time on Farook's municipal government workmates, leaving 14 dead and 21 wounded.

Rubio-Zuckerberg Bill Would Allow Unlimited Muslim Immigration

By Julia Hahn


Aafia Siddiqui—“Lady Al Qaeda”
In January of 2015, a handful of Senators quietly introduced new legislation in Congress that would allow for virtually unlimited Muslim immigration into the United States – lifting caps entirely on several categories of visas favored by immigrants from Muslim countries.

The Mark Zuckerberg-backed legislation, S.153, is called the Immigration Innovation Act (or I-Squared), and it has taken on new significance following the terrorist attacks in San Bernardino. Those attacks were only possible due to Muslim immigration: Syed Farook is reportedly the child of Pakistani immigrants, and his jihadi bride, Tashfeen Malik, was reportedly born in Pakistan.

The I-Squared bill is significant for a second reason. One of the Senators who introduced the bill is also running for President: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL). And several of Rubio’s most prominent financial backers are among the bill’s boosters.

Larwyn’s Linx: Evil on the March

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Nation

Evil on the March: Stuart Schneiderman
Great Moments in Defense and Foreign Policy: Dan Mitchell
Law Professors: Trump’s Muslim Moratorium Is Constitutional: Scott Greer

Scholars Shine New Light on Old Truths for Fighting Poverty: Star Parker
Down Big to Cruz, Trump Calls Texas Senator 'A Little Bit Of A Maniac': LidBlog
This is how a brokered convention would work: David M. Drucker

Our Superstitious President: Victor Davis Hanson
FBI Arrests Lead Islamic State Recruiter in Minnesota: Clarion
MO: Mass Cell Phones, Propane Tanks and Now Mystery Man in Woods: Treehouse

More Huge Polling for Cruz: Scoop
Podesta to donors: Cruz is likely GOP nominee: Gabriel Debenedetti
Trump, Cruz Lead GOP Field; Support for Carson Plummets, Poll Finds: Janet Hook

Ted Cruz's "Personality Problem": Amanda Carpenter
The Third Jihad: CJR
Trump: Hillary Says I'm Dangerous When 'She's Caused So Many Deaths': Ian Hanchett

Economy

Cruz Gets Real on H-1B Visas–A Minimum H-1B Wage of $110,000!: Randall Burns
The Eerie Echo Of 2007: It Really Is Bear Stearns, All Over Again: ZH
The 'American Dream' is over: Charles Hugh Smith

Scandal Central

Suppress Shooters' Islamist Ties, Obama Ordered: Matthew Vadum
WARNING: The "No BUY" List travels a well trodden road to Tyranny: Stop Shouting
Report: Obama Told NSC And FBI To 'Downplay' Terrorist Angle Of San Bernardino: Jonah Bennett

Deobandi Butchery in San Bernardino: 1977 Roots of the Jihad Carnage: Andrew G. Bostom
DHS Whistleblower: Tablighi Jamaat Is Al-Qaeda-Linked Group Obama Refuses to Track: Edwin Mora
Did Marco Rubio’s Donors Fund a Book That Put $800,000 Into Rubio’s Pocket?: S.V. Dáte

Climate & Energy

Mystery Over Last Minute Change To Paris Agreement: Paul Homewood
Obama seeks to overturn court's block of fracking rules: John Siciliano
EPA: Coal Not Marketable: Casey Junkins, Wheeling News-Register

Media

Studies in Cognitive Disarray: Fisking Michael Ignatieff on Refugees: Richard Landes
Dude of the Week: AWD
Ted Cruz’s response to Trump calling him a MANIAC is hilarious!: Scoop

This Dumb, Dishonest Attack On Justice Scalia Takes The Cake: Dan McLaughlin
Voters Like Trump’s Proposed Muslim Ban: Rasmussen
Media Really Bummed They’re Losing The Gun Control Fight: Bob Owens

Are Republicans Crazy Xenophobes? Answering Fareed Zakaria: Roger L. Simon
Time For An Immigration Moratorium: Jeffrey Lord
Cruz campaign credits psychological data and analytics for its rising success: Tom Hamburger

World

We're in the very best of hands: Tashfeen Malik was talking jihad on social media for years: Jazz Shaw
German TV channel films ISIL slave trade in Turkey: Today's Zaman
Has Everyone Forgotten?: iOTWreport

What Comes Next: The Z Man
About the whacked-out leader of the world’s newest Islamic republic: John Ruberry
Bank collapse and personal ruin in Italy: Tim Hedges

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Designing Robots That Learn as Effortlessly as Babies: Shelly Fan
Sex, love and robots: is this the end of intimacy?: Eva Wiseman
Bitcoin Roller Coaster Continues with 14% Plunge, Record Volumes: Leon Pick

Cornucopia

American Sniper widow Taya Kyle outshoots NRA champion: Fox News
The Return of Independence Day: Joe Cunningham
Obama and his family to spend Christmas in Hawaii for eighth consecutive year: Daily Mail

Image: It Only Took Conor McGregor 13 Seconds to Knock Jose Aldo Out at UFC 194
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QOTD: "Trump is a symptom, not the problem. And the problem is the cancer in Islam itself which people like [Fareed] Zakaria (and Obama) refuse to accept or even name, deflecting the issue to Trump's pronouncements, which are self-admittedly meant to provoke and almost always backtracked on anyway. In the final analysis, the one doing the bloviating is Zakaria, not Trump.

I am a Jew and relatively as secular in my faith as Zakaria is in his, yet I hope if there were an explosion of Jewish violence and terrorism toward innocent civilians across the globe on anything approaching the Islamic level, I would be doing everything I could to oppose it vehemently and publicly, demanding a deep and abiding reformation of my religion as immediately as possible.

With rare and cherished exceptions, few Muslims are doing that. I'll start worrying about Donald Trump the minute I see Fareed Zakaria using his bully pulpit at CNN to insist on a through reformation of Islam, instead of endless blathering about Islamophobia. Until then, I am, to say the least, unimpressed." --Roger L. Simon

Sunday, December 13, 2015

RED ALERT: Paul Ryan Set to Hand Obama a Blank Check to Bring In an "Unlimited Number" of Islamic Refugees

By Julia Hahn

A Saturday report from Fox News’ Chad Pergram lends support to the repeated warnings of Alabama Senators Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) and Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is preparing to issue President Obama a blank check in the year-end omnibus to admit Muslims refugees from across the globe. According to Pergram, the massive trillion-dollar omnibus is expected to be made public Monday and voted on Wednesday.

TRUMP: The Ugly Truths the Democrat and Republican Establishment Seek to Conceal From Us

By Karl Denninger

The fear in both the GOP and Democratic party is visible at the surface when it comes to Trump, and it's not that he's any of what they've accused him of.  No, it's really much simpler than that, and both Republican and Democrat parties, along with the mainstream media, are utterly terrified that you, the average American, is going to figure out what underlies all of these institutions in America.

No, it's not that they're evil.

It's worse, for evil frequently is recognized and fought back yet for decades America has not awakened to what has been going on in the political and media establishment.  It was evident during the Vietnam war and has only gotten worse since.

NEW WSJ/NBC POLL: Trump and Cruz Running Away From the Field

Writing at The Wall Street Chamber of Commerce Journal, a glum Janet Hook reports that Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are now dominating the national GOP field as Ben Carson's support has dropped precipitously.

Donald Trump has risen to a new high and Ben Carson’s support has plummeted among Republican primary voters after a tumultuous month of international and domestic terrorism, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds...

...Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas has vaulted into second place, amid signs that he has picked up former Carson supporters. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida placed third in the survey, but the poll also carried evidence that he stands to benefit most when the big field of GOP candidates is winnowed.

Larwyn’s Linx: Suppose there was an ideology.

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Nation

Suppose there was an ideology.: J. Fine
The right to bear arms isn’t up for debate: Charles C.W. Cooke
A Rash Leader in a Grave Time: Peggy Noonan

Photo of the day – from the U.S. border: Creeping
Post-Obama, Cruz is the best candidate to repair our damaged Constitution: Bookworm
Cruz Firmly on Top in Iowa: Des Moines Register Poll: Patterico

Former aides: At State, Hillary mainly promoted Clinton ‘charities’: Deroy Murdock
Ex-FBI Counterterror Expert: ‘Vast Majority’ of US Mosques are ‘Jihadi Network': Tony Lee
Obama’s Crazy Policies – Its All Heredity: Brent Smith

The Ugly Truth Donald Trump Has Exposed: Karl Denninger
Trump Has A Point–Why NOT Ban Muslim Immigration?: John Derbyshire
Trump Right Again: U.S. Admits Massive Vetting Flaw in Visas for Terrorist: Treehouse

Economy

Paris Climate Deal Calls for America to Transfer Wealth to 'Developing' Countries: CNS
Debunking “The Big Short”: How Michael Lewis Turned Villains into Heroes: Yves Smith
Is Your Fantasy Football Squad Illegal?: Jim Pagels

Scandal Central

DHS Whistleblower: State Dept. Killed Inquiry Into Mosque Group Syed Farouk Belonged To: Ace
Of Course Not: State Department Can't Find Emails of Hillary Clinton's IT Director: John Sexton
DHS Rarely Deports for Terrorism: 1,000th of 1 % of Cases: JW

Climate & Energy

What Happens Now That Politicians Have Signed “Historic” Climate Pact?: William Teach
Global Warning: Paris Climate Change Accord is a bureaucratic boondoggle: Leslie Eastman
The perfectly respectable environmental movement has been hijacked by radicals: Conrad Black

Media

NY Times Poll Shows Left’s Gun Control Rhetoric Strengthening Support For Gun Rights: Greg Campbell
The Polls May Be Underestimating Trump’s Support: Henry Olsen, The Atlantic
Pro-Gun Trump Supporter Shows Up At Anti-Trump Rally And Lives To Tell The Tale: Brian Carey

David Brock Says Ted Cruz Is the Main Threat And Lays Out His Attack Plan: RS
Ted Cruz Trouncing Trump In New Iowa Poll! Donald Cries ‘BIAS!’: Sooper
Cruz responds to Cher's attack on Twitter: Daniella Diaz

World

Revealed: U.S. Warships Dangerously Outgunned by Russia and China: Dave Majumdar
If Kerry is interested in an actual strategy, he can fork out 20 bucks and buy my book: Caroline Glick
"Ins'Allah!": Obama Chanukah Party Attacks Islamophobia, Calls for "Justice" for Palestinians: Daniel Greenfield

Two ISIS terrorists suspected of eleven murders arrested in Finland: Speisa
Erdogan and the Islamic State Oil Trade: Is Turkey Funding Terrorism?: Sam Nunberg
Germany: Facebook Bans Islam-Critics: Gates of Vienna

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Walking City: Universal Everything
Driver Flees Accidents, But Her Smart Car Calls Police: John Keefer
What It's Like to See L.A. Bury 1,300 Unclaimed Bodies in One Service: Brock Wilbur

Cornucopia

Cruzin' To Victory?: MOTUS
Do Gun Bans Reduce Violent Crime? Ask the Aussies and Brits: Glen Tshirgi (2012)
Man escapes death with just a SCRATCH when huge steel beam impales his car: DailyMail

Image: Walking City
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ConstitutionMan: Ted Cruz for President

QOTD: "Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has surged ahead to become the latest front-runner in the campaign for the Iowa caucuses, dislodging Ben Carson and opening an impressive lead over a stalled Donald Trump, a Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll shows.

The firebrand junior senator from Texas is backed by 31 percent of those likely to attend the Republican caucuses that start the presidential nomination season on Feb. 1. Trump is a distant second at 21 percent, up slightly from 19 percent in October, but below his peak of 23 percent in August...

...Cruz's 21-percentage-point jump since October is the largest surge between Iowa Polls recorded in at least the last five presidential caucus campaigns

When first and second choices are combined, he has the support of 51 percent of likely caucus-goers. The senator’s great leap forward comes largely at the expense of Carson, as Iowa’s evangelicals appear to have picked the candidate they want to get behind." --NewsMax

Saturday, December 12, 2015

BREAKING: WSJ and The New York Times Merge!

By Dan Friedman

Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Here’s a meeting of the minds for you. There is no daylight whatsoever between the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times when it comes to Donald Trump.

Both become apoplectic when they hear his name.

And neither has any problem taking a dive into the sewer when the occasion calls for it. You could call this cheap mudslinging, but it only has the consistency of mud and smells much worse.