Tuesday, January 05, 2016

THE WORLD’S GREATEST GUN SALESMAN: Nearly 25 million background checks in 2015 alone

We already knew that over 100 million firearms have been sold during the Obama presidency. Now, ia Gun Free Zone we get the latest data dump on federal firearm background checks, and the results are just as you could have predicted:

...December breaks all the records with 3,314,594 background checks.

That means guns sold could arm all Federal, State and Local LEOs (704,672 according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics and Criminal Justice Information Services Division) four times and still have some guns to spare.

Larwyn’s Linx: America Doesn't Have a Gun Problem, It Has a Democrat Problem

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Nation

America Doesn't Have a Gun Problem, It Has a Democrat Problem: Daniel Greenfield
Fear and Resentment: The Z Man
Back in the Constitutional Saddle Again: Douglas V. Gibbs

The quota-driven drive to make flying more perilous: William Perry Pendley
Yes, Muslims Should Be Asked to Condemn Islamic Terror: Dennis Prager
Romney to Bush: I don't know if you can win: Jesse Byrnes

Trump on the Path of Reagan: Craig Shirley
How Cruz Wins New Hampshire, and the Nomination: Fritz Pettyjohn
Donald Trump isn’t Rudy Giuliani, He’s Howard Dean: Leon H. Wolf

Dems need 5 seats to take back the majority. Our Senate ratings...: Cook Political
In Public Dems are Confident: Not so Much Behind Closed Doors: PC Graveyard
Illinois Considering Recall Election for Rahm Emanuel: LI

Illegal Aliens Use Fake Puerto Rican Birth Certificates to Get U.S. Passports, Licenses: JW
Finally – Leon Panetta To Speak With Benghazi Committee: Treehouse
California: Cruz surges to top in new Field Poll: OpinionToday

Economy

Obama’s Alien Work Permit Jackpot: Michelle Malkin
New Research on the Minimum Wage: Greg Mankiw
Obamacare Tightens Yoke on Small Business: David Catron

Scandal Central

Here Are Five Reasons You Should Side With The Hammond Family: Ben Shapiro
How Many Foreigners Are Here On Expired Visas? No One Knows: Red Dawn
Crime rises in Los Angeles and other "sanctuary" cities: Tammy Bruce

Climate & Energy

Cruz Refuses To Support Ethanol Subsidy: Washington Shouldn't 'Pick Winners And Losers': Michelle Fields
Drought buster? Up to 10 feet of snow this week for California’s Sierra Nevada: Anthony Watts

Media

Obama's NSA Spying on Congress Not a Story at AP — Until GOP Responds: Tom Blumer
New year, new platform: Joining Conservative Review: Michelle Malkin
New York Times: Tax guns, tax ammo: Pete Kasperowicz

Black Mob Violence: Easier to Find. Harder to Believe.: Colin Flaherty
Top Secret: Shot in the Dark
Chiraq man murdered despite being on school Safe Passage route: Marathon

Islam v. Free Speech: Twitter Surrenders: Andrew C. McCarthy
Why Do CNN, MSNBC Cover Trump Three Times As Much As Fox Does?: The Federalist
Hillary’s War on Women Continues As She Yells at Rape Victim During Rally: NewsFoxes

World

Iran Deal Backers Embarrassed By Obama Admin’s Sanctions Blunder: Adam Kredo
Rush: If The Presence of Guns Are the Problem, Why Does Iran Get Nukes?: Ian Hanchett
Iran has been at war with Britain for some time – it’s time that we took notice: Tom Tugendhat

Iran calls off Major Hajj to Mecca.: MFS-TON
Defending Against Dhimmitude In France: Stephen Brown
Americans will no longer know which country their meat has come from : Daily Mail

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Some New Year's Thoughts On Aircraft Carriers: Bryan McGrath
2015: The Year of the Gun: Stephen Gutowski
So Now Google Is Blocking Access to Anti-Muslim-Immigration Blog Posts?: Reaganite

Cornucopia

The 20 Most Annoying Liberals of 2015: John Hawkins
George Patton on Oregon: WRSA
(Photos) The abandoned homes of Chicago's violent Englewood neighborhood: Marathon

Image: The 20 Most Annoying Liberals of 2015
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QOTD: "[Chicago, Baltimore, Washington DC and Detroit] are the heartland of America’s real gun culture. It isn’t the bitter gun-and-bible clingers in McCain and Romney territory who are racking up a more horrifying annual kill rate than Al Qaeda; it’s Obama’s own voting base.

Gun violence is at its worst in the cities that Obama won in 2012. Places like New Orleans, Memphis, Birmingham, St. Louis, Kansas City and Philly. The Democrats are blaming Republicans for the crimes of their own voters.

Chicago, where Obama delivered his victory speech, has homicide numbers that match all of Japan and are higher than Spain, Poland and pre-war Syria. If Chicago gets any worse, it will find itself passing the number of murders for the entire country of Canada. " --Daniel Greenfield

Monday, January 04, 2016

HILARIOUS PICS: Bill Clinton’s Female "Fan Club" Backfires as Audience Scowls, Grimaces, Avoids Eye Contact

This is absolutely priceless: turns out B.J. Clinton hit the Hillary speaking tour for the first time using a bevy of handpicked wenches (that's the term Willie prefers, I hear). The result was a tad, eh, awkward:

LEVIN: We Need Obama Control!

By CR Wire

Back from his holiday vacation, Conservative Review Editor-in-Chief Mark Levin took to the airwaves Monday night to lay out exactly what’s at stake with President Obama’s executive action on gun control.

Levin argues that, by ignoring the separation of powers in the constitution to implement gun control measures, President Obama is fundamentally transforming the American regime into a progressive dictatorship in which he can remove your natural law right to protect yourself and your family by himself, without Congress!

OPEN LETTER TO PAUL RYAN AND MITCH McCONNELL: We Demand You Defend the Second Amendment!

By Conservative HQ

If You Won’t Stand With Us Against Obama’s Threat To Our Second Amendment Rights, Why Should We Stand With You On Election Day?

As leaders of the Republican majority in Congress you have consistently betrayed America’s conservative majority and failed to fulfill your campaign promises to fight President Obama’s unconstitutional attempts to “fundamentally change America”:

MAP: What is the Dominant "Refugee" Group in Your State?

Via Ann Corcoran, we discover an interesting map that illustrates the dominant country of origin for "refugees" in each state.

Mr. Obama loves blaming his predecessor for all sorts of problems, constantly complaining about the situation he "inherited".

But it's worth noting that Barack Obama inherited a Middle East, after the Iraq surge, that was relatively stable. Via a bizarre set of actions, we have seen the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, the Obama/Hillary attack that destabilized Libya, a failed "red line" threat in Syria, and a newly resurgent Iran.

The result is a refugee crisis of nearly unprecedented scale, instigated by the Obama-Hillary-Kerry axis of, well, I'm not sure whether its fecklessness or something more nefarious. So consider the following map in that context; you can thank Obama, Hillary and John Kerry for much of this madness.

Larwyn’s Linx: What do we do when the President and Secretary of State commit a felony?

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Nation

What do we do when the President and Secretary of State commit a felony?: RCP
Al-Shabaab Wants to Help Hillary Clinton: New English Review
Hillary Clinton Dismisses Heckler Citing Juanita Broaddrick: Breitbart

Before Barack Obama, We Did Not Have Shootings Like This: Erick on the Radio
What are the Bundys Protesting?: Patterico
Obama is Trying to Make the 2016 Election about Guns: Leon H. Wolf

‘Stump for Trump’ duo rock capacity crowd at MS rally: Kyle Olson
Will ‘Electability’ Sink Trump?: Stuart Rothenberg
Trump is so scared of losing Iowa to Cruz, he’s wetting his pants: Neil Stevens

Donald Trump Is Smart To Remind Voters Of Clinton Drama: Mollie Hemingway
Jeb Bush Now Openly Using George W. Bush for Campaigning: Leon H. Wolf
Jeb Bush Camp Has Plans To Save His Candidacy: Woo Lindsey Graham: WZ

Chicago airport police told to “run and hide” in event of active shooter: Jazz Shaw
Obama Administration hides gay agenda in vandalism at Missouri Mosque: Frank Lea
Time to Take Back State U: Jack Cashill

Economy

The Anti-Capitalist Appeal of Altruism; A Pro-Capitalism Alternative: Jaana Woiceshyn
Liberal Boston University Professor Defends ISIS Sex Slavery: David Ticzon
Record Fed auction suggests more problems for credit, mutual funds in '16: Jared Blikre

Scandal Central

How Hillary Clinton's former chief of staff helped a Democratic bundler: Rachel Bade
Paula Jones: Clinton 'Two Faced,' 'Liar,' 'Cares Nothing About Women at All': Breitbart
State Department Kept Tabs on the Drudge Report, Emails Reveal: Oliver Darcy

Some Oregon Protestors Occupy Federal Land, But Are They Justified?: Jenny North
The mysterious fires that led to the Bundy clan’s Oregon standoff: Justin Wm. Moyer
No more free Wacos. A National Three Percent Declaration.: SSI

An open letter to the Bundy family: Renee Nal
If the Hammonds were Indians so obviously targeted by the Feds …: ProWis
Flashback: Eric Holder helped ‘armed’ takeover of Columbia University ROTC office: DC

Climate & Energy

“Climate Change” Expert Jailed for Conning EPA out of $900K: LI
Paris Conference: A Sideshow To More Frightening Use Of False IPCC Climate Science: Dr. Tim Ball
Chinese Coal Is Wrecking Obama’s Global Warming Plans: Andrew Follett

Media

MSM enables Islamist deception: DailyWire
New York Times: No Difference Between Terrorists and Liberals: PC Graveyard
NRA Releases New Year’s Ad Mocking Hillary Clinton: WFB

The Dreadful Dawn of Reality at the NYT: Bill Quick
Wordless PEGIDA Anti-Islamist Hymn Knocks Adele Off Top of Charts in Germany: Jim Hoft
Black violence against white hikers and bikers on Monon trail in Indianapolis : Colin Flaherty

CNN, Obama Conspire To Push Gun Control Rhetoric: Jenn Jacques
Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick schools Chuck Todd on Meet the Depressed: Meet the Depressed
CNN Anchor Pokes Fun At Bernie Sanders For Ducking Question on Bill Clinton’s Sex Scandals: Blake Seitz

World

Saudi Arabia severs diplomatic ties with Iran after embassy attack: Kyle Feldscher
The Middle East couldn't possibly get worse. Could it? : John Hinderaker
Yes, You Are Seeing What You Think You Are Seeing: iOTWreport

We get it, Obama: Vic Rosenthal (10/4/2015)
Unseen Islamic State Pamphlet on Slavery: Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
Sharia Law: Britain's Blind Spot: CJR

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Infographic Of The Day: Why Should You Care About Typography?: Fastcodesign
Interset Brings Reputation Scoring to the World of Insider Threats: Frank Ohlhorst
How PopSugar gets people to watch its Facebook videos for 30 seconds: Sahil Patel

Cornucopia

Marcel Marceau ~ une vie extraordinaire: Jim McNeill
Uptown Funk: Virgula
FBI Steps Up Efforts To Find The Identity of the Guy Who Committed The Improper Wrapper Caper: iOTWreport

Image: Soldier Field Recon?
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QOTD: "Hillary said that guns don’t keep you safe. If she really believes that she should demand that her heavily armed bodyguards quickly disarm!" --Donald Trump

Sunday, January 03, 2016

POLITICAL SCIENTIST: Islam Incompatible With Western Democracy

By Ginni Thomas

Muslim intolerance for non-believers is America’s coming problem with Islam, according to one political scientist.

For Muslims in America, “you’ve got a theological, political problem that I think is incompatible with Western democracy” since they do not tolerate the religious liberty of others, says Matthew Spalding, associate vice president and dean of educational programs for Hillsdale College’s Kirby Center in Washington, D.C.

WCBS News: Now Nakedly Purveying Radical Leftist Propaganda

By Sara Noble

WCBS News in New York offers us a classic example of a manipulative and dishonest media. Our "free press" is biased and is nudging us in one direction – leftward. Here are two disturbing examples though there are many in any given day.

Yesterday at 7:50, they had the president of the notorious leftist organization Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) discuss the Charleston killer. That is the mass shooting that they deploy, not San Bernardino, not Fort Hood, not Garland, but the single mass shooting of blacks by a mentally ill white person. President Richard Cohen was presented as if he were mainstream and his opinion was fact as he blamed right-wing rhetoric and white elitism for the Charleston killer. Whites are afraid of losing their power, he claimed.

PHOTO: I Fully Support This New Kind of Background Check at Gun Shows

So our benevolent leader Mr. Obama intends to bypass Congress once again to "tighten gun-control laws". By my count, this is only the 408th time Mr. Obama has rewritten federal statutes, a new Constitutional power he's apparently created out of whole cloth.

Obama said over the weekend that he’ll meet Monday with Attorney General Loretta Lynch to discuss his options on tightening federal firearms laws to reduce violence, after instructing his White House team several months ago to look at what types of “action” he could take...

GOOD RIDDANCE: Executed Saudi Shiite Cleric Al-Nimr Backed Terror Attacks on America

By Daniel Greenfield

The Saudi justice system is cruel and barbaric. But occasionally they get one right.

The media is scuttling to turn Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a Shiite leader so great they named him twice, into a martyr after the Saudis put him down on terror charges. But Nimr al-Nimr was a terror leader. There are no shortage of quotes from him endorsing terrorism, backing Iran and calling for Iranian intervention in Saudi Arabia.

And yes, he hated America too.

Larwyn’s Linx: What Explains the Vicious Left?

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Nation

What Explains the Vicious Left?: David Gelernter
Why Are Many Diseases Back, Decades After Being Wiped Out in the U.S.?: Breitbart
Obama Reshapes Politics-But Maybe Not to Democrats’ Benefit: Michael Barone

Middle East Afire as Saudis Execute Cleric; Obama Wants More Gun Control: Kim Quade
Mississippi Democrat Urges Constituents to Hurl Rocks, Bricks at Police: GWP
The Fall of Chicago: Thomas Lifson

Latest MO Poll: Trump Leads Cruz 33% to 23% (Footnote: Bush at 3%): Treehouse
There’s A New Sheriff In Town…This I Tell You: Joe Dan Gorman
Soldier Field Recon?: SCC

Shariah: A unique form of religious law: CJR
Let Allah Sort it Out: CJR
ISIS terror doctors recruited from UK will return to work in NHS: Oli Smith

Three of Cliven Bundy's sons, militia seize federal building in Oregon: Examiner
Full Story on What’s Going on In Oregon: Treehouse
Surge in Illegal Aliens, 500% Increase in Some U.S. Ports of Entry: JW

Economy

Free Markets Are the Way to Create Prosperity, not Foreign Aid: Dan Mitchell
North Carolina Welfare Leeches Just Got Some Very Bad News: DownTrend
UAW goons intimidating workers who didn't join by publishing their names: Marathon

Scandal Central

In New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton throws Benghazi families under the bus: Jazz Shaw
State Department Falls Behind Schedule With Latest Release of Hillary Clinton Emails: Olivia Becker
Rahm to Hire the Mistress of Disaster: Newsalert

Climate & Energy

24 days to Al Gore’s ’10 years to save the planet’ and ‘point of no return’ planetary emergency deadline: WUWT
Daily Beast: How Liberals Are The New Autocrats: William Teach

Media

What’s Wrong With ‘Equality’?: R.S. McCain
Goodbye to 2015, a year of absurdity and overreach: George Will
Cruz Appeared on Fox on NYE to Deliver a Monologue About Obama: Josh Feldman

Why I am determined to keep the pressure on to arrest President Bashir of Sudan: GretaWire
NY Times Correlates Trump Support With Racism — Based on Decade-Old Google Searches: Tom Blumer
Top Trump aide retweets suggestion that Clinton was behind terror video: LegitGov

World

Iran says Saudi Arabia will ‘pay a high price’ for execution of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr: Robert Spencer
NYE in Muslim-Saturated Brussels: Cars Torched, Xmas Tree Explodes: Reaganite
France New Years Car-B-Cue: Police Mobilization Cuts Number of Burned Vehicles …To 804: Brenda Walker

Rules for Radical Raping: WeaponsMan
Non-German in Germany Brags About Gang Raping Young Virgin: MB
Iran: Protestors firebomb, ransack Saudi Embassy after execution of Shia cleric: Robert Spencer

‘The Incredible Bulk’ is Alive and Not So Well in North Korea: Zumwalt
Reset: Putin names U.S. among threats in new Russian security strategy: Vladimir Soldatkin
Merkel doubles down on decision to flood EU with millions more Muslims: BNI

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

New Resistant Superbug Spreading: Eric Niler
2016 Reality: PayPal Lazy Authentication Still the Norm: Brian Krebs
Awesome Tech You Can't Buy Yet: Lighters, LEDs, and Seabins: DigitalTrends

Cornucopia

Is This Video Responsible for Increased Tensions in the Middle East?: MOTUS
'You look cute': Emails show Hillary aide complimented Clinton's looks: Daily Mail
Ivan the Terrible-era weapons cache found: The History Blog

Image: 'You look cute': Emails show Hillary aide complimented Clinton's looks
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QOTD: "...a dismal threshold has been passed. The value of property that police departments seized through civil asset forfeiture — usually without accusing, let alone convicting, the property owners of a crime — exceeded the value of property stolen by nongovernment burglars. The attorney general of New York, which reaps billions from gambling — casinos, off-track betting, the state lottery — moved to extinguish (competition from) fantasy football because it is gambling. Florida police raided a mahjong game played by four women aged between 87 and 95 because they allegedly were playing the game for money. A Michigan woman was fingerprinted, had her mug shot taken and was jailed until released on bond because she was late in renewing the $10 license for her dog. New Jersey police arrested a 72-year-old retired teacher, chained his hands and feet to a bench and charged him with illegally carrying a firearm — a 300-year-old flintlock pistol (with no powder, flint or ball) he purchased from an antique dealer." --George F. Will

Saturday, January 02, 2016

PAUL RYAN WHINES: Cruz and Sessions Lying About Omnibus Funding New Wave of Muslim Migration

By Julia Hahn

In a Tuesday morning interview with radio host Bill Bennett, House Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) implied that prominent conservative lawmakers have helped spread “misinformation” about his $1.1 trillion omnibus spending package–a bill which presumptive Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer described as “a great victory for the principles Democrats stand for.”

Ryan specifically condemned what he termed “hyperbole” surrounding immigration provisions contained within his 2,009 page bill, which fully funds all visa and refugee programs for Muslim immigrants–including the President’s Muslim refugee expansion.

When Bennett asked Ryan about the immigration provisions in his bill– specifically the bill’s expansion of the H-2B visa program–Ryan, without offering any evidence to document his assertion, declared:

ESCAPE FROM CHICAGO: An Illustrated Tale

Based upon an article by Daniel Greenfield and illustrated by Biff Spackle.

Larwyn’s Linx: Escape From Chicago

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Nation

Escape From Chicago: Daniel Greenfield
New York: Muslim convert planned machete attack on New Year’s Eve diners: Creeping
Brownsville Resident Frustrated over Increased Border Activity: KRGV

After Obama, the Deluge: Stuart Schneiderman
2/3 of Hillary Clinton's Senate Bills Involved Renaming Things: Daniel Greenfield
What Obama's reading about in Hawaii: Murder and aliens: Eliza Collins

Vote for Ted Cruz — because he’s the one your political opponents fear most : Bookworm
Ted Cruz as “Too Conservative to Win” and the Goldwater Talking Point: Erick Erickson
Mike Huckabee’s Selfish Evangelical Campaign: Amanda Carpenter

2016: Into The Fog — Obama, Hillary, Trump, & Space Exploration: Bill Whittle
Congressional Republicans Acted More Like Democrats In 2015: Veronique De Rugy
Real Feminists Support Bernie Sanders: R.S. McCain

Economy

All You Americans Are Fired!: Jessica Garrison, etc.
DOJ grants $63 million for "social justice" program backed by Bill Ayers: Danette Clark
As predicted, New York managed to lose huge amounts of sin tax money: Jazz Shaw

Scandal Central

Boom! Hillary Clinton’s Email Scandal Explodes: More Than 1200 Deemed Classified: RWN
Valerie Jarrett: Unleashed and Unhinged: DC Whispers
New ‘secret’ message among Clinton’s emails as classification rate spikes again: Stephen Dinan

Media

Top Conservative Books of 2015: Edmund Kozak
Ted Cruz Appears on Fox News NYE Special to Usher in 2016 By Blasting Obama and Clinton: Oliver Darcy
Donald J Trump – The American Return to Greatness…: Treehouse

Marco Rubio Campaign Donor Behind Anti-Trump Sky Writing At Rose Bowl: Matthew Boyle
Fighting Jihad in a Politically Correct Comic Book World: Daniel Greenfield
Political “Left” and “Right” Properly Defined: Craig Biddle (2012)

World

Obama delays new sanctions on Iran with no explanation – report: MFS-TON
Unbelievable: Erdogan Just Said That His Caliphate Will Mimmic Hitler’s Nazi Germany: Walid Shoebat
Israeli Arab believed to be gunman who went on Tel Aviv shooting rampage: JPost

Sweden Throws in the Towel as Europe Faces 'General, Permanent Terror Threat': Michael Walsh
Antisemitism Hits New High In Turkey: Threats, Expressions Of Admiration For Hitler, Camps: MEMRI
The Myth of Russia’s Containment: Kirk Bennett

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Raymond Wang: How germs travel on planes -- and how we can stop them: TED
Tesla Model S Bursts Into Flames, Burns To A Crisp While Charging: AwakenedWire
Neuron Imaging Of Worms Provides Neuroscience Insights: Mary Walsh

Cornucopia

Trumping Hillary: MOTUS
Crazed Oklahoma man freaks out town with tattooed swastika face and devil costume: NYDN
Q. Why Are There No Muslim Terrorists in Japan?: Steve Sailer

Image: How close are Huma and Hillary?
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QOTD: "Authorities have arrested an accused ISIS supporter who allegedly planned to commit an armed attack at a bar in Rochester on New Year's Eve on behalf of the terror group, officials said Thursday... Emanuel Lutchman, 25, of Rochester, has been charged with attempt to provide material support and resources to ISIS...

Lutchman is a self-professed Muslim convert with a criminal history dating back to about 2006 that includes a New York state conviction for second-degree robbery. He served five years for that crime.

Gov. Cuomo said Lutchman allegedly became radicalized while serving time in Attica." --Jonathan Dienst

Friday, January 01, 2016

The Censored Secret Outtake Files of @BiffSpackle, 2015

Bawdy and inappropriate, handle with care.

As an aside, this is why we now have a firm policy in place to drug-test all interns.

SECRET CONVOS COMIX

Vote for the Candidate Both Sides Fear

By Brent Smith

Yes, Cruz is the real deal. No need to take my word for it. Just look and listen. It’s as Limbaugh says: the left and the establishment right will always tell you who they fear the most.

Sure, they hate both Trump and Cruz. The hatred for Trump is understandable, from their standpoint. He makes Republicans look bad. He’s intolerant and generally causes them embarrassment.

But the antipathy for Cruz is born of fear. They fear the end of the government gravy train if he gets elected. They fear that with Cruz at the helm, Americans may just discover they don’t actually need Washington involved in every facet of their lives. They fear an uncompromising constitutional standard bearer as head of the party.

YES, REALLY: Obama to Fight "Gun Violence" by Freeing Drug Dealers, Importing Terrorists and Gangbangers

And then he'll free more drug dealers and bring in more terrorists

 
By Daniel Greenfield

Barack Obama is very concerned about gun violence.

That's why he voted against charging school shooters as adults back in Chicago and why Federal gun crime prosecutions have fallen to a new low under him. It's why his amnesty has driven hordes of gang members to America even while he continues freeing violent drug dealers from prison.

Like this guy.

Key Metrics and Some "Thank You" Notes for 2015

Okay, I'm bored and watching the college football playoffs* (no skin in the game here, but I find myself rooting for Clemson with one of their top defensive players sidelined on the very first play). Upstairs, a Twilight Zone marathon is occurring (host Rod Serling sidling out with a lit cigarette to intro the show is classic).

This seems an opportune time to visit Google Analytics (GA) and find out who has been naughty and who's been nice.

(*You can tell when I started writing this post)

TOP 10 MOST READ ARTICLES

Larwyn’s Linx: 2015: The Year The American Establishment Committed Suicide

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Nation

2015: The Year The American Establishment Committed Suicide: George Rasley
Terrorists Nabbed at Border as Obama Prepares 34 Million Green Cards: Victory Girls
Top 10 GOP Betrayals of 2015: Daniel Horowitz

NY man arrested for plotting New Year's Eve attack: Kelly Cohen
Clinton in NH: Benghazi families confused, I never blamed attack on video: LidBlog
The Clintons Trashed the White House in '01; Here's the Report: Treehouse

Keeping the Presidential Election in Perspective: Scott Rasmussen
Only Took A Terror Attack For Obama DOJ To Prosecute Straw Purchaser: Bob Owens
Obama set to unveil curbs on gun sellers: Politidoh

Burn it Down -- Burn it All Down: Crayfisher
Cruz: The GOP race will be over by March: Katie Glueck
Why America Is Moving Left: Peter Beinart

The Reason I’m Anti-Anti-Trump: William Voegeli
The Return of the Middle American Radical: John B. Judis
Nevada Poll: Donald Trump 33%, Ted Cruz 20%, Marco Rubio 11%: Treehouse

Crumble: Carson campaign manager, comms director quit over “internal [expletive]”: Hot Air
Everyone Fears Ted Cruz: Brent Smith
Chris Christie’s Path To Victory: Josh Kraushaar

Economy

Thanks, "Great Society": Huge surge in single parent homes, 26% now vs. 9% in 1960: Paul Bedard
Meat Processing Plant Fires 150 Muslims Who Would Rather Pray Than Work: Brian Anderson
NJ: Nearly a dozen Muslims charged in ‘elaborate’ $3M credit card scheme: Creeping

Scandal Central

Israel Was Targeted by US Intelligence for Obama Political Purposes: David R. Shedd
The top 12 revolving-door moments of 2015: Timothy P. Carney
Obama Gives Millions to Radical Kansas City Mosque With Terror Ties: MB

Amanda Marcotte: Hillary Approved Using “Crazy Bitches” Defense Against A Child Rape Victim: Patterico
State Dept. releases 5,500 pages of Clinton emails on New Year's Eve: Sarah Westwood
Bill Clinton: A Long History of Alleged Rape and Sexual Assault: MFP (2013)

Climate & Energy

Blizzards and Bulls***: Dairy Carrie
Montreal Record Busting Snow Sours the Mild Winter Climate Narrative: Eric Worrall
Kerry: Non-binding, Voluntary Climate Agreement Obama's Most Important 2015 Accomplishment: William Teach

Media

Why Hillary Clinton Keeps Stumping With Lena Dunham: Leslie Loftis
Pencil-Neck Geek at Salon Resurrects and Updates His “Hate Crime” Piece: iOTWreport
No, Tamir Rice Was Not “Open Carrying,” You Race-Baiting Liars.: Bob Owens

Dear Texas: please stop honoring Virginia drivers licenses: Shot in the Dark
This Is Your Brain On Koolaid: Crayfisher
NYT’s Roger Cohen: America as Dumping Ground for the Middle East: Steve Sailer

NPR Apparatchik’s Husband Gets a Lesson in Multiculturalism: MB
Hillary Clinton gets her news about Jews from radical anti-religious website Failed Messiah: Matzav
How close are Huma Abedin and Hillary Clinton?: Andrea Drusch

World

Pakistani Man Gets 40 Years in al-Qaida Plot to Bomb New York City Subway System: NBC NY
Clinton’s Real Legacy: Eduardo Llull, Human Events (2004)
Database: Identifiers of Designated Islamic Terrorist Organizations: MEforum

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

The Truth About SpyWar and How 21st Century Espionage Really Works: John R. Schindler
The Warship to End All Battles: Adam Piore
Nanoparticle-enhanced metals could radically change cars: Engadget

Cornucopia

Tell Me Something I Didn't Know: Poll Says Obama is America's Worst President: Daniel Greenfield
It’s 2016: Let’s Make America Great Again.: MOTUS
Book Review: Hard-boiled by Doug Ross: MagNote

Image: Inferno at 63-story luxury hotel in Dubai near New Year’s Eve fireworks display
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QOTD: "In 2011, [The New York Times' featured Syrian refugee] Kamal was arrested and imprisoned by the Syrian military for protesting against the government. Over the next 14 months, he says, he was tortured with electric shocks and beatings -- and the removal of his kidney "as a punishment."

...He says he didn't want to relocate to another part of Syria because the Syrians there would "slaughter" him and his family because he drinks alcohol and his wife doesn't always wear a hijab.

...But he's baffled that Texans are not yelping with joy at the prospect of bringing another 100,000 Syrians here. Why would any country not jump at the chance to admit masses of people who administer electric shocks and remove organs as punishment for protesting the government? We must be crazy!

...If anyone hates Syrians, it's Kamal. He left his home to get 7,000 miles away from Syrians -- whom he now wants to bring to the U.S.

...By contrast, these are the horrors Kamal has suffered at the hands of Texans, which he shared with the Times: The Texas agriculture commissioner posted pictures of refugees and rattlesnakes on Facebook with the caption: "Can you tell me which of these rattlers won't bite you?"

...Well, can you? Kamal can't. He voted with his feet by getting the hell out of his entire country, which -- again -- he now wants to import to Texas..." --Ann Coulter