Monday, December 28, 2015

HERE THEY ARE: The 2015 Fabulous 50 Blog Award Winners #Fab50

The moment you've been waiting for is here.

The votes are in. The anxious nominees' fingernails have been chewed down to the quick.

Winner - 2015 Fabulous 50 Blog AwardsAnd at least one blogger just excused himself to go to the bathroom (number two, apparently, based upon the length of time he's been gone).

So we're more than pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 Fabulous 50 Blog Awards, the most prestigious new media awards in the conservative blogosphere.

Or, at the very least, in the 993 area code.

These awards recognize a variety of blogs and websites operating in the conservative hemisphere of the Internet, all of which have worked tirelessly to promote conservatism, free market capitalism, fiscal sanity, the sovereignty of the individual, and otherwise protect America from the cockroach-like Statists -- some in very unique ways.

So, without further ado, may I have the envelopes, please?


Larwyn’s Linx: Bitter Clingers 2.0

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Nation

Bitter Clingers 2.0: Victor Davis Hanson
Jihadist in NYC bomb plot may have stabbed child as ISIS tryout: Dean Balsamini
South Carolina: Syrian Muslim/ISIS invasion begins courtesy of Lutheran Services: Creeping

Trump: Hillary’s bullying of Bill’s women may become campaign issue: LI
This Could All Be Over Very Fast: Peter Robinson
You Can’t Be a ‘Conservative’ OR an American and Vote Hillary Over Trump: Publius

Don’t Let Liberals Tell You What You Can and Can’t Say About Hillary: Kurt Schlichter
Looking Back At 2015: The Best, Worst And The Rest: Derek Hunter
Media fails to identify race of 1,000 to 2,000 teens that shut down Kentucky mall: RWN

"Trump Voters Are Not Just Angry - They Want Revenge": Frank Luntz
Ron Coleman Wins Historic First Amendment Victory in Trademark Case: Patterico
They don’t trust you with a gun: Joe Huffman

Economy

Death Watch Illinois: Despite Stock Market Rally, Pension Liabilities Skyrocket: Mish
Has there ever been a more selfish generation?: Great Recession
Flashback: Obama pledges to not to take vacations if elected President: WZ

Scandal Central

Media Silent as Muslim Persecution of Christians Continues: Creeping
Cleric Who Said He Barely Knew San Berno Terrorists Exchanged Dozens of Messages: JWF
Virginia Advice for Out-Of-State CHP Holders: AmmoLand: VCDL

Climate & Energy

10 reasons that show global warming is not man-made. Physics Prof explains his switch to skepticism.: JoNova
Obama’s Energy “Experts” WRONG Again!: Russ Hepler

Media

A Virginia Reader Calls Out His Representative (Barbara Comstock) For Her Endorsement Of Rubio: VDARE
'Allahu Akbar': It Means Almost Everything -- Except What The Establishment Media Says: Robert Spencer
Jim Webb: Why Is No One Going After Hillary for ‘Inept Leadership’ on Libya?: Josh Feldman

World

ISIS Ruling Says Muslims Can EAT Their Enemies' Flesh: Ben Shapiro
ISIS Unveils Training Camp in Philippines: Clarion
Horrifying Moment When ISIS Snatches Girls from Families: Clarion

Unicorns, Skittles and Fairytales: Deconstructing Dishonest DOD Final Report on Afghanistan: Stop Shouting!
Hezbollah threatens to launch terror attacks anywhere in the world: Elder of Ziyon
German MPs angry at Nato plane mission: THE LOCAL de

Misunderstanderers of Islam mercilessly beat girl accused of Koran abuse, then set her on fire: Daniel Greenfield
What It’s Like to Have Russian Jets Bomb the Crap Out of Your Town: Michael Weiss
Duma and the Return of the King: Daniel Greenfield

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

My Love-Hate Relationship With Space X’s Elon Musk: Bre Payton
Firefox is this year's Darwin Award winner: Don Surber
A Baltic Sea Monster Surfaces: Samir S. Patel

Cornucopia

Kimberly Morin: GraniteGrok
Book Excerpt: Gun Control in The Third Reich: Stephen Halbrook, Ph.D.
Explosive Documentary Links Peyton Manning, Major Athletes To Doping Ring: Travis Waldron

Image: What It’s Like to Have Russian Jets Bomb the Crap Out of Your Town
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ConstitutionMan: Ted Cruz for President

QOTD: [Why Jewish refugees from World War II have nothing in common with Syrian and other Muslim refugees]

"... Jewish refugees had no conflict or grievance with the West. The Arab world is in the midst of an open conflict with the West. The United States has been sponsoring some of the fighters operating in Syria. There is no way of knowing whether refugees have allegiance to one faction or another...

...Jewish refugees were not accompanied by any terrorist problem in America. Islamist terrorism has already expressed itself through those who have immigrated here legally and illegally...

...Jewish refugee traffic was never exploited to embed people who were simply taking advantage of chaos to slip across borders with criminal or terrorist motivation. That has already been demonstratively the case with the Syrian-Turkish Muslim migration..." --Dr. Michael Weiner

Sunday, December 27, 2015

MISUNDERSTANDERERS OF ISLAM: Israel Will Be A “Graveyard” For Jews

By The Tower

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, threatened to invade Israel and massacre Jews, The Times of Israel reported on Saturday.

ISIS forces are “coming closer” and will “soon meet [the Jews] in Palestine,” al-Baghdadi declared in an audio recording released online. “Israel will pay a heavy price at the hands of our fighters.”

RYAN AND RUBIO: American Companies Will Go Bankrupt If We Don’t Import More Foreign Workers!

By Julia Hahn

In a Tuesday morning interview with radio host Bill Bennett, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) defended his omnibus bill’s controversial expansion in the H-2B visa program, which would allow foreign workers to fill blue-collar American jobs, by arguing that if the provision were not included, American companies would be forced to shut their doors.

Bennett pressed Ryan on the details of the H-2B visa expansion, slipped 700-pages into Ryan’s 2,009-page omnibus spending bill—asking Ryan directly, “Do you believe there are not enough Americans to fill these jobs?”

In response, Ryan described the H-2B visa expansion as “a very small, discrete provision.”

GEORGE WILL AND CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Don’t You Get It? You Fools Helped Create Donald Trump!

Longtime "conservative" columnists George Will and Charles Krauthammer are apoplectic about the possibility that Donald Trump may become the Republican Party's nominee for President.

Will's recent temper tantrum in print implied that the establishment should consider support for Hillary Clinton and asserted that the GOP may splinter because the party leadership didn't get its way.

Similarly, Krauthammer has been a constant critic of Trump's run, calling him a "rodeo clown" and "deeply bigoted" for his proposal to suspend Muslim immigration* until the San Bernardino terror attack can be deconstructed.

Larwyn’s Linx: Just Asking about Islam and Terrorism

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Nation

Just Asking about Islam and Terrorism: Andrew C. McCarthy
A Congressional Overture to Censorship: CJR
Ted Cruz’s Opponents Use the Heads-I-Win-Tails-You-Lose Attack: RS

Progressivism Makes Immigrants Unwelcome: John O. McGinnis
Building a Berlin Wall of Regulations: Instapundit
Jim Webb Attacks Clinton With Eye on Independent Run: Ben Brody

The Great Truth-Teller of 2015: Donald J. Trump: John Nolte
Smoking Gun: The GOP Establishment Cannot Beat Hillary Clinton. Period: John Nolte
Anyone who would rather see Hillary in office is not a conservative: Daniel Greenfield

Illinois: Muslim National Guard member plotted Paris-style jihad attack: Robert Spencer
Homeland Security seeks thieves who stole 43 propane tanks: Fox 43
VA GOP May Strip McAuliffe Of His Protective Detail Over Concealed Carry: Bob Owens

Economy

Big Government Leaves Our Nation Poor in Money and Spirit: Walter Williams
Ted Cruz’s ‘Big Problem’: The New York Sun
Suicide, Crime, Unemployment Soar As Alberta Economic Crisis Builds: Michael Snyder

Scandal Central

Bowe Bergdahl: Taliban Asked Me If Obama is a Sodomite: Standard
Cambridge Professor Refuses to Answer Israeli School Girl's Question About Horses: Tiffany Gabbay
Just Before Passing Surveillance Expansion, Lawmakers Partied With Pro-CISA Lobbyists: Lee Fang

Media

Trey Gowdy adds insult to treachery: MFP
The Wall Street Journal Hates Ted Cruz. Here’s Why.: Aaron Bandler
Disappointing -- But Not Unexpected – Trey Gowdy endorses Marco Rubio: FAM

Here’s What A Liberal ‘Gun-Grab’ Would Look Like And Why It Would Ultimately Fail: Kurt Schlichter
Influential Florida GOPer endorses Cruz: Kristen East
The Organic Food Zealots are Wrong: Elephant

Elites and media really hate Donald Trump’s voters: Michael Walsh
Trump thinks he can win without get-out-the-vote operation: Ed Straker
It's Time to Rally Around Donald Trump: Diana West

World

Republicans Slam Administration For Caving To Iran On Visa Waiver Program: David Gerstman
Muslim Brotherhood’s USCMO Launches 2016 Political Campaign: CSP
Obama’s ‘deal partner’ Iran hacked NY dam system in 2013: Doug Powers

"A New Kind of Palestinian Terrorism": Stuart Schneiderman
2 Palestinians attack soldiers near Nablus, are shot dead: Times of Israel
Meeting Refugees Coming Ashore In Greece: Mirit Hadar

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

These truisms proved false in 2015: ScienceNews
Marc Andreessen: 'In 20 years, every physical item will have a chip implanted in it': Madhumita Murgia
Comcast just had a major breakthrough that could mean super-fast internet: Steve Kovach

Cornucopia

More Dim Sum: MOTUS
And He Won: Ted Cruz
Boxing Day: Everybody’s Got a Plan: MOTUS

Image: Ted Cruz’s Opponents Use the Heads-I-Win-Tails-You-Lose Attack
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QOTD: "We asked Trump to disavow a third party run. He's done it. Maybe it's time to start asking Republicans to disavow any Georgewillian schemes to hand Hillary the election. Because anyone who would rather see Hillary in office is not a conservative." --Daniel Greenfield

Saturday, December 26, 2015

The 10 Dumbest Gun Control Political Cartoons of 2015

Perhaps not just 2015. Maybe the dumbest of all times.

Say, you mean stricter gun control laws will stop terrorism? No one tell the 300+ victims of the terror attack in Paris, where civilian ownership of guns is prohibited.

Christmas On The Cross

By Robert Spencer

At Christmas 2015, we are victims of the enemy we have welcomed in our home.

Amel Shimoun Nona saw all this coming, and now it is upon us.

Amel Shimoun Nona is the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul. When the Islamic State captured northern Iraq, it drove 30,000 Christians from the Nineveh plain where they had lived since not long after the time of Christ. In August 2014, Nona predicted that the same thing would happen to Christians in the West: “Our sufferings today,” he said, “are the prelude of those you, Europeans and Western Christians, will also suffer in the near future.” And now, as the few remaining Christians in the Middle East prepare to celebrate Christmas and hope that Muslims won’t murder them for doing so, that future is now.

Larwyn’s Linx: At Christmas 2015, causes for conservative joy

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Nation

At Christmas 2015, causes for conservative joy: Timothy P. Carney
Against Despair: A Christmas Credo for Republicans: Dan McLaughlin
Donald v Hillary: No Democrat is Prepared To Face The Unpredictable: Treehouse

Christmas on the Cross: Robert Spencer
Living with the Muslim Hum: David Solway
Obama's 'Paper Tiger' Doctrine: Thomas Lifson

Cruz Accused of Supporting ‘Amnesty’--But Here’s What the Facts Say: Justin Green
Does Rubio’s Gang of Eight membership doom him?: Paul Mirengoff
Conservatives’ Biographies Show How History Can Move Right: Michael Barone

2016 – 4 More Years of Obama vs GOP?: Dave Jolly
Triggering Decline: Arthur Milikh
Guess which candidate had 101 NH events but still has zero supporters?: Ed Straker

Scandal Central

DHS Documents: Innocent Americans Targeted: Tim Brown
U.S. - Overall Deportations Drop in 2015, 27% for Criminal Aliens.: MFS-TON
Hillary [redacted] Benghazi [redacted] and “Hispandering”: Leslie Eastman

Climate & Energy

"Unstoppable" California Gas Leak--Worst Catastrophe Since BP Spill?: ZH
Where is the due diligence on 600 billion dollars invested in “decarbonisation”?: JoNova
Addressing ‘Climate Change’ Is Not Enough Or Something: William Teach

Media

Weekly Paper Freaks Out Over Cabela’s Gun Ad: Michael Stickland, ProgsToday
What Donald Trump Should Have Tweeted: Jared Taylor
Ted Cruz's colleagues don't like him. Do voters?: Alan He, CBS News

Happy Kwanzaa: The Z Man
Image On Church Window Resembles Virgin Mary, Draws Throngs Of Spectators: CBS Atlanta
‘Concussion’ Director Defends Controversial Film: ‘The Best Defense Is the Truth’: Marlow Stern

World

ISIS sanctioned organ harvesting from 'infidels' in document taken in US raid: Hayom
Sharia is Here: Barbaric Practices Happening Around the World--Including the U.S.: Shae McMillan
Muslims Protest ‘Creeping Christmas’ and ‘Charlatan Santa’ in Istanbul: GWP

Operation CUT: Bosnia versus the Islamic State: The XX Committee
Muslim Gang-Rape Marathons Continue Across Europe: Where's the Press?: Baron Von Kowenhoven
Muslim of the Year: Larry Klayman

Jihad: "All the Fault of the West!": Lars Hedegaard
France Passes New Law - Strips Islamic Terrorists' Citizenship ...Obama Golfs: GWP
Official: Militant pullout on hold from area near Damascus: Zeina Karam

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Facebook Censors Story About ‘Refugee’ Raping Swedish Woman: Paul Joseph Watson
Israeli Device to Quiet Snoring Attracts Support from Crowdfunding, High-Tech Sector: The Tower
Eras and the Now: Backwoods Home

Cornucopia

Snopes denies visiting White House during White House visit: Cube
Christmas in History: First Media Reports of Nativity Story: Cube
Difference between Democrats, Socialists, and Communists: Cube

Image: ISIS sanctioned organ harvesting from 'infidels' in document taken in US raid
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ConstitutionMan: Ted Cruz for President

QOTD: "[Hillary's] critics were not impressed. Soon, the hashtag #NotMyAbuela was circulating as a critique of what some saw as a tone-deaf move to pander to a powerful butmarginalized bloc of voters. Her critics pointed out that Mrs. Clinton did not grow up poor like their relatives, and was not separated from loved ones by country borders. Others just made their points with the magic of memes.

Mrs. Clinton is not the only politician who has attempted playful acknowledgment of Latino culture: Jeb Bush, a Republican contender whose wife is Mexican-American, sold a “guaca bowle” on his website, and supporters of Mrs. Clinton’s main challenger, Bernie Sanders, have long referred to him as #TioBernie on Twitter. (On Wednesday, Mr. Sanders’s campaign took steps to distance him from the hashtag.)

In Mrs. Clinton’s case, the Internet soon gave new currency to the word“Hispandering.”" --Via Leslie Eastman

Friday, December 25, 2015

BEWARE, IOWA: GOPe Super PACs Targeting Ted Cruz With Laughable Swarm of "Attack" Ads

I'd noticed this utterly predictable establishment attack on Iowa frontrunner Ted Cruz and had intended to respond, but the invaluable Mark Levin beat me to the punch.

First, let's hear from the GOP establishment hack and failed consultant Nick Ryan, quoted at CNN:

"Ted Cruz has been parading around Iowa trying to hoodwink conservatives, and these ads showcase that he's willing to say anything to get elected," said Nick Ryan, the Iowa strategist behind much of the advertising. "Fact is, he's wrong on the issues and values that Iowa conservatives really care about."

Cruz has looked to characterize recent attacks like these in Iowa and elsewhere as a validation of his campaign's strength, taking the most pride in the daily hits from Rubio's campaign...

LATEST KEY STATE POLLS: Trump and Cruz Surge, Rubio Falters; Paradox for the GOPe

Writing at a Politico microsite called Capital New York, Marc Caputo offers the highlights of key state polls that depict a GOP presidential race increasingly down to two outsider candidates: Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.

Some of the key takeaways from polling in the critical states of New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida:

In South Carolina:

• "Cruz and Trump are tied at 27 percent. Rubio and Ben Carson roughly tied at 12 percent and 11 percent each, respectively. Bush had 7 percent support; 5 percent backed other candidates and 11 percent were undecided."

Larwyn’s Linx: Muslim Immigration is Exactly What ISIS Wants

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Nation

Muslim Immigration is Exactly What ISIS Wants: Daniel Greenfield
DHS preparing immigration raids by, er, noting them a month in advance: Ed Morrissey
Democrats Pass Resolution Condemning Anyone Who Speaks Against Islam: Creeping

Desperate RINOs Scheme to Deliberately Throw Election to Hillary: Dave Blount
Thanks To Obama’s Anti-Gun Push, Guns Are Big Presents For Christmas: Cove
Hispanics Upset at Hillary’s Political Play as a Grandmother: Spencer Irvine

Is the Republican Party Over?: Ben Shapiro
Exclusive: It's Time to Rally Around Ted Cruz: Brent Bozell
Rubio reassures nervous donors his floundering campaign is on track: Alex Isenstadt

Trump, Dictatorship and Competing With An Illiberal Left: Daniel Greenfield
Fearless ‘Viking Warrior,’ Sgt. Eden Pearl Was a Marine Legend: Dave Urbanski
2016 Forecast: The Experts Will Be Wrong: Scott Rasmussen

Economy

Why the War on Poverty Is So Unwinnable: Robert Samuelson
Gray Lady Sings the Blues: AmInt
Clueless Dems Want to Take In Refugees From Non-Existent Town: Patterico

Scandal Central

2015: Hillary Clinton's 111 Scandals, Lies, and Flip-Flops: The Lid
Clinton aide key focus in FBI server investigation: Fox News
Ethics complaint seeks to uncover facts in Hillary influence-peddling scandal: Thomas Lifson

Climate & Energy

The Cult of Magic: The Z Man
Maurice Strong, communist billionaire behind global warming and Agenda 21, is dead: Fellowship of the Minds
Merry Christmas to all, and to all, keep up the good fight: Anthony Watts

Media

Reminder: Republican Staffer Who Criticized Obama’s Daughters Was Fired: ProgsToday
Chris Matthews Fears ‘Horror’ of Ted Cruz Presidency; Calls Him ‘Enemy of the State’: Kyle Drennen
The “schlonged” brouhaha: LI

The ‘Brilliant’ Fool McGeorge Bundy: R.S. McCain
Military to Military: Seymour M. Hersh on US intelligence sharing in the Syrian war: London Review of Books
Seafood Restaurant Robber Gets Popcorn Shrimp, Bullets: Bob Owens

World

AQAP leader says America is the ‘primary enemy’: Thomas Joscelyn
Why is the world obsessed with the Election of Israel?: Spengler
Ex-captives held in Iran during 444-day hostage crisis finally get compensation... from the U.S. Taxpayer: WaPo

Grim Life for Christians in Muslim Pakistan: Raymond Ibrahim
Brunei bans Christmas as sharia law takes hold: Creeping
China Deploying Blinding Lasers?: WeaponsMan

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Musk: Tesla autonomous car could arrive in two years: Justin King
NASA postpones next Mars mission for at least two years: Ryan Whitwam
The Ultimate BMW M3 Review: E30 vs E36 vs E46 vs E92 vs F80: Horatiu Boeriu

Cornucopia

Take A Break From Politics With Two Wonderful Flash Mobs: RS
UFO captured? Man says he has proof: Phil Drake
Ancient Romans landed in America: Staggering discovery will 'change history': Oli Smith

Class vs. Crass: HillBuzz
Football’s War on the Minds of Black Men: Antonio Moore
Washington’s Christmas Poem: Ali Meyer

Image: InTrumpet.com
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ConstitutionMan: Ted Cruz for President

QOTD: "Almost by definition, a “raid” involves the element of surprise. The idea is to catch one or more people unaware in order to ensure that law enforcement can find them. That may be especially true for potential targets who are well aware of their fraught legal status — such as illegal immigrants who have remained in the US in defiance of court orders for deportation.

So … is a month’s notice about the “raids” considered a sporting chance, or what?" --Ed Morrissey

Thursday, December 24, 2015

SPLITTERS HARDEST HIT: Rubio, Bush, and Christie Vie to be the Pro-Amnesty GOPe Candidate

According to Politico, Marco Rubio has a "Chris Christie Problem."

Jeb Bush, sadly, also has a "Chris Christie Problem."

Oh. One other thing. Mr. Rubio -- the youngest and most attractive of the open borders, Chamber of Commerce, GOP establishment posse -- has been forced to reassure his donors that his flagging campaign is still on track.

Here's a helpful hint: it's not.

COMING SOON: The 8th Annual Fabulous 50 Blog Awards... #Fab50

Punt the Pulitzers! Flush those stinking Nobel Prizes! Forget the Oscars! Kick the Kardashians to the kurb! There's only one award ceremony worth watching and let's all admit it.

Every year at this time we are pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 Fabulous 50 Blog Awards™ (Note: until the award ceremony, this link refers to last year's winners), recognizing the year's 50 most important blogs and websites in the conservative world. There are no judges. No debates. No voting. No nominations. Just facts. Immutable truths, chiseled in stone and then forged in molten steel on Zeus' anvil for posterity. No prize carries more panache, more prestige, or more sex appeal than a Fab 50 Award, save something you might find in a Crackerjacks box.

Larwyn’s Linx: A Top Ten List of Hillary’s Lies, Scams, Hustles and Deceitfulness

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Nation

A Top Ten List of Hillary’s Lies, Scams, Hustles and Deceitfulness: Edward Klein
The Great Republican Revolt: Who Benefits?: Paul Mirengoff
Cruz surges in key state polling, but national polling conflicting: LI

Next President Could Repair Much of Obama’s Damage: MB
The Elite Who Are Destroying America: R.S. McCain
Literally a Terrible Candidate: Jonathan S. Tobin

15 Questions in Search of a Democratic Debate: Larry Elder
Hillary plays the teary eyes and bullied cards, again: LI
Hillary Hints At Defeats In Iowa And NH: Dick Morris and Eileen McGan

President Trump: The Z Man
Lying About Gitmo: Stephen F. Hayes
4 concealed carriers use guns to stop violent crimes... in the last week: John Lott

Economy

Government Causing Higher Tuition, Administrative Bloat in Higher Ed: Dan Mitchell
The business lobby wins on unskilled guest workers: Timothy P. Carney
Schools using tuition vouchers see dramatic improvement: Jason Russell

Scandal Central

Politicians Without Borders: John Stossel
Immorality and Contempt for Liberty: Walter Williams
The Death of Gratitude: Victor Davis Hanson

Climate & Energy

Cheap Oil Puts the House of Saud at Risk: David P. Goldman
1800s Poverty Diseases, Malnutrition Surge in Green Britain: Eric Worrall

Media

Mark Levin shreds Wall Street Journal: 'Delusional. Unprincipled. Cronies.': Paul Bedard
Frum on the class war between the corporate and working class wings of the GOP: Ace
Only six GOP candidates likely to make next debate stage: Hadas Gold

WaPo Lets Cartoonist Go After Ted Cruz's Five and Seven Year Old Daughters: "Fair Game": Ace
Secret Recordings of Cruz Shows Nothing Secret At All: Amanda Carpenter
Ted Cruz hits back with his own cartoon of liberal media: FAM

Ask Uncle Max: Schmuck, Putz, or Schlong?: Son of Spengler
Penny Nance discusses Donald Trump's Electability with Conservative Women: CNN
City Councilors Call For Hagen To Apologize Or Resign: Fox 21 KQDS

World

Report: French Jews Fleeing to Israel in Record Numbers: Tiffany Gabbay
How Saddam Hussein Gave Us ISIS: Kyle W. Orton
ISIS Defenses Slow Iraqi Advance: Ghassan Adnan and Matt Bradley

Year-End DHS Memo: Deportations Plummet in 2015: Brenda Walker
ISIS and the Take-Out Myth: Paul Pillar
Chipotle Hires Illegals From Mexico–And Gets E. Coli With Them: Federale

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

AI ‘alarmists’ nominated for 2015 ‘Luddite Award’: Kurzweil AI
Magnesium Nano-composite Has 'Record Breaking' Strength-to-Weight Ratio: Jamie Condliffe
Google Working on an AI-Powered Messaging Service: Alistair Barr

Cornucopia

40 Of The Most Bad-Ass, Masculine, Manly, Alpha Male Quotes Of All Time: John Hawkins
Can You Find the Trans-Panda in the Sea of White Privilege?: MOTUS
FIFY: Sondrakistan

Image: The business lobby wins on unskilled guest workers
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ConstitutionMan: Ted Cruz for President

QOTD: "On the heels of polls showing Bernie Sanders chopping 15 points off Hillary’s lead in Iowa — narrowing her advantage to 50-45 — Hillary Clinton has sent out an email to her supporters today (Wednesday, Dec. 23) warning them to brace themselves for the chance that she might lose Iowa or New Hampshire.

In a highly unusual email headlined “If We Lose Iowa Or New Hampshire”, Hillary speculates that she might meet defeat in the first two contests with Bernie Sanders ...

...Anticipating the possibility — or likelihood — of one or two early defeats, she writes: “If we lose in Iowa or New Hampshire, we’re going to need to dig in and work that much harder to make sure we win the nomination. I’m going to fight as hard as I can to earn every last vote.”

The stunning admission that Sanders might capture one or even both of the two earliest states is unprecedented. Sanders has always led in New Hampshire with RealClearPolitics.com polling average showing him up but 51-43 over the last seven polls." --Dick Morris and Eileen McGann

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

TWISTED: The Moral Inversion of WaPo Cartoonist @AnnTalnaes

By now, only six people in the United States are unaware of the Washington Post's latest clowntastic screwup, in which a "political" "cartoonist" named Ann Talnaes depicted Senator Ted Cruz's five- and seven-year old daughters as monkeys.


But T. Becket Adams had the best response:

WON’T YOU PLEASE HELP? I'm a single tweet away from 700 retweets on my latest Granny Catlady meme

Brother, can you spare a tweet*?


Interesting side-note: it appears that Her Royal Catlady once supported racially profiling Muslims and even restricting immigration. To be fair, though, she thought this particular video had only been stored on her email server.

* Special thanks to Hollywood legends Adam Baldwin and James Woods.

GOP NOMINATION TRACKING CHART: And Some Thoughts About the Current State of the Race

The accompanying chart represents the current trending chart for the Real Clear Politics average.

• I’d be interested in knowing exactly how many tens of millions of dollars the donor class has blown on Yeb Bush. Even more interesting would be to know how pissed off they are at the RNC and its bevy of Roveian scam artists "consultants" who promised yet another winner and instead delivered a turd.

• Ben Carson's star had begun to fade even prior to the Paris terror attacks, but the former neurosurgeon went into freefall as national security took a prominent place on the debate stage.

Larwyn’s Linx: Cruz: Mitch McConnell Is ‘Most Effective Democratic Leader In Modern Times’

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Nation

Cruz: McConnell the ‘Most Effective Democrat Leader In Modern Times’: Breitbart
Quinnipiac Poll: 50% Would be "Embarrassed" By a President Trump: Ace
Ted Cruz Rising: Stuart Schneiderman

Hillary: No I Won't Apologize For My Latest Terrorism Video Lie: Ace
Obama’s Jihad Denial Gravely Endangers the Nation: Andrew C. McCarthy
Suddenly, Guns Are a Problem: John Hinderaker

Trump, Borders and Masculinity: The Iron Legion
Jeb Bush, take your ball and go home: L. Todd Wood
Quinnipiac National Poll: Cruz Surges to Virtual Tie With Trump: Sandy Fitzgerald

Donald Trump and the American Future: David Horowitz
Hillary Is the Islamic State’s Best Recruitment Tool: Ben Shapiro
It’s Time For The Other 13 Candidates to Drop Out: Ann Coulter

Economy

Gem Buried in Spending Bill: Double H-1B Fees for Outsourcers: David North
Chicago schools’ credit rating sinks below ‘junk’ status: Victor Skinner
Cal prof wonders if 200,000 jobs lost to minimum wage bump is positive: Peter Fricke

Scandal Central

Washington Post depicts Ted Cruz’s children as monkeys. And won’t apologize for it.: Moe Lane
Navy SEAL, dog handler: How a failed mission to rescue Bowe Bergdahl caused irreparable loss: Dianna Cahn
Whistleblower: Islamic Groups Control Narrative Of American Law Enforcement: Pamela Gelller

Harry Reid Under Investigation for Bribery in Utah: PC Graveyard
Vets Still Waiting For Real Reform: Betsy McCaughey
As Muslim women, we ask you not to wear hijab in name of interfaith solidarity: Asra Q. Nomani and Hala Arafa

Media

‘It’s Because I’m Black, Isn’t It?’ : Kevin D. Williamson
"Swedish Problem" Here: Muslims Gang Rape woman in upscale DC exurb; media silent: Stop Shouting
Hiding Hillary: Third Dem Debate Has Lowest Viewership Yet For Any 2016 Debate: Doug Mataconis

Report: Some Jersey City Muslims did celebrate 9/11: Creeping
Pathetic Don Lemon Cuts Off Interview With Kurt Schlichter Cuz He Can’t Handle The Truth: Sooper
Survival tip: Don’t Bring a Brick to a Gunfight: WeaponsMan

Cruz Talks to Steyn: Mark Steyn
Where is the reporting on Iran's Islamic terrorist groups that are as monstrous as ISIS?: Dr. Majid Rafizadeh
Muslims Gang Rape 39 year old woman in upscale DC exurb; crickets in major media: Stop Shouting

World

The Pentagon’s Groveling Apology to China for Flying Near a Contested Island: Tom Rogan
Pew Poll: 63 Million Muslims Support ISIS in Eleven Countries: Jim Hoft
Sinister theory: why Mexican government can’t take down fugitive drug lord 'El Chapo' Guzmán: Christopher Woody

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Juniper Backdoor Picture Getting Clearer: Michael Mimoso
15 years ago the CIA tried to predict the world in 2015. Here's what they got wrong: Telegraph
What Happens If Two Driverless Cars Crash? Lawyers Drool: Bloomberg

Cornucopia

White men must be stopped: The very future of mankind depends on it: Frank Joyce, Salon
Keep Calm and Coup D’etat: MOTUS
Ultimate Warrior: One-Third Of WrestleMania VI Competitors Now Dead: ThePostGame

Image: Navy SEAL, dog handler: How a failed mission to rescue Bowe Bergdahl caused irreparable loss
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QOTD: "I doubt you can find anyone in science claiming that only 75% of intelligence is inherited. The general consensus is 90% and there are many who argue it is closer to 98%. But, you have to leave room for the one true faith so we’ll pretend education and parenting have some significant role.

Of course, even if we accept the lower number it means that 90% of education theory is just nonsense. If little Johnny has a native IQ of 85, he’s never going to be college material. The configuration of the school and the efforts of the teacher will not change that enough to make the effort worthwhile...

...At some point, it is going to be impossible to be both a Progressive and a scientist.

Even more amusing is that at some point, Progressives will be forced to oppose abortion. After all, if IQ is genetic, so is sex and color and sexual preference. Once parents can test for homosexuality and abort the gay fetus, how long before the Cult moves to stop it? Maybe we will live to see Progressive hipsters picketing Planned Unparenthood." --The Z Man

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

HILLARY AND THE U.N.: Your 2016 Democrat Running Mates

By Anne Bayefsky

Islamic activists say 9/11 and San Bernardino were terrible — because of their effects on Muslims.

Over at the United Nations, they are laying the groundwork for the 2016 American presidential election — on behalf of the Democratic party. The perceived golden ticket? Playing the victim card. Wild and repeated accusations are being hurled against the GOP of systematic racism, xenophobia, and, in particular, “Islamophobia.”

On December 18, 2015, the U.N. hosted two panels under the title “The Changing Dynamics of Islamophobia and Its Implications on Peaceful and Inclusive Societies.”

The predominant theme was victimhood. There were frequent mentions of 9/11, but not of the 2,977 who died, or their families. The alleged victims of 9/11 of interest to the U.N. gathering were the entirety of American Muslims.