Wednesday, January 13, 2016

TAKE A HIKE, NIKKI: Haley Attacks the Conservative Base in Response to State of the Union Speech

By Sara Noble

What do you think about this?

Barack Obama has ruled the nation like a dictator with no regard for the Constitution. He is responsible for the outlandish spending, heavy regulations, the growth in government, Obamacare, the foreign policy mess, the increase in welfare, the increase in illegal immigration, and on and on. The Republicans didn’t do any of this. They should have fought harder against it and they should talk more about the Constitution, but they didn’t cause this mess. Why then is Nikki Haley being so “magnanimous” and giving the GOP some responsibility for the Democrats’ failure? Does she think it will make Democrats want to vote for her?

42% OF AMERICANS NOW REJECT 2-PARTY SYSTEM: Confirm That Government is the Problem

By Claire Bernish

More people in the United States than ever are breaking away from the political duopoly by refusing to self-identify as either Democrat or Republican — and they now effectively comprise the true silent majority: Independents.

According to a Gallup poll released Monday, for 2015, just 29% of respondents call themselves Democrats, while 26% identify as Republicans — but fully 42% say ‘nay’ to both parties and claim to be Independents, down only marginally from 43% last year. Indeed, Independents as a group reached 40% of the population for the first time in 2011, and have comprised at least that percentage since then.

TRUMP MOVES TO THE CENTER: I Support Amnesty

By Marc A. Thiessen

Trump’s supporters loved his promise this week to create a “deportation force” to remove all 11 million illegal immigrants living in America, and his repeated declaration that everyone here illegally will “have to go.”

But his supporters tend to overlook is his other promise — repeated in a recent debate — that under his immigration plan “they will come back.”

That’s right. Under Trump’s immigration plan almost all of 11 million illegal aliens (save for a small minority with criminal records) will get to return and get permanent legal status to stay here in America.

Trump supports amnesty.

Larwyn’s Linx: Confirmed -- The GOP establishment fears Ted Cruz more than Donald Trump

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Nation

The GOP establishment fears Ted Cruz more than Donald Trump: Robert Eno
Trump and Cruz Are Neck and Neck. No One Else Has a Chance.: Erick Erickson
Hillary's Campaign is Crashing; Could Lose Both Iowa and New Hampshire: AmPower

The Ayatollah Takes Obama’s Big Night of Lies Hostage: Daniel Greenfield
Obama Apologizes to Iran After They Kidnapped 10 US Navy Sailors: Sara Noble
10 American sailors detained by Iran freed, on board the USS Anzio: WTKR

Obama Mocks ‘Rhetoric’ About America Getting Weaker, Joint Chiefs Not Amused: WZ
Cruz Had Best Response: Obama’s Speech Was Less SOTU, More State Of Denial: WZ
Leaders of Designated Terrorist Group Invited to State of the Union: Joe Kaufman

The sad, shocking truth about the Republican establishment: Rich Lowry
Tell Me Again How Ted Cruz Can’t Beat Hillary?: Drew Ryun
Executive actions used to enhance power of government: Colin A. Hanna

Optimism and Obama: John Stossel
Community Organizing: 120 People Shot In First 10 Days Of 2016 in Chicago: JWF
Philly Imam Lied About Personal Relationship with Mosque’s Devout Jihadist: Creeping

Economy

More Perverse (but Predictable) Economic Consequences of Obamacare: Dan Mitchell
Record Numbers Of Retired Americans Are Working Part-Time Jobs: ZH
Undercover in Common Core: Executive Says "I hate kids, it's all about the money: Project Veritas

Scandal Central

Rape Island: Bill Clinton in fact was present at an Epstein island orgy: MB
Hillary on Bill's Long List of Sex Scandals: Issue is a “Dead End Blind Alley": Josh Feldman
CAIR Caught In Lie About Philly Shooter’s Attendance At Mosque: WZ

Climate & Energy

Cult Of Climastrology Members Now Tattooing Themselves With Birth Year CO2 Level: Cove
SOTU 2016: Global Warming Gets 5 Mentions – Iranian Hostages Get 0 Mentions: Jim Hoft
How Ukraine Weaned Itself Off Russian Gas: Leonid Bershidsky

Media

Jeb! SuperPAC Establishment Consultants Find New Ways to Torch Millions!: Jason Linkins
Ben Carson’s Super PAC Staff Just Went Over to Ted Cruz: Erick Erickson
Former Libertarian Presidential Nominee Supporting Ted Cruz: Erick Erickson

A Revealing 24 Hours for the American People on Obama, Democrats and Media: DTG
Listening to Four Republican Candidates: Yuval Levin
GOP Responds to Obama With Ad Focusing on National Security: Daniel Halper

World

President Obama: ‘There Are No Existential Threats’ to the United States: Alex Griswold
Former Obama CIA Director: ISIS ‘Lethal Threat ... Would Extend to United States’: CNS
N Korea's H-Bomb EMP Threat to US: Dr. Peter Vincent Pry

Obama’s Middle East Policies Dictated by Phony Iran Deal: Roger Aronoff
Former German police officer Nick Hein says: " Cologne gang has no fear".: MFS-TON
Millions More Muslims on the Way to Germany: MB

ISIS Followers Plan to Take over Gaza Strip: Khaled Abu Toameh
Another Dubious State of the Union Guest: IPT
Pope: "...all of the major religions are different paths to the same God." Really?: Hooben

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

2016 Index of U.S. Military Strength: Heritage
Smart Guns Are Junk Technology Only Wanted By Dumb People: Bob Owens
The Chinese Army Is Going Full James Bond: Kyle Mizokami

Cornucopia

Drunkblogging the Final Obama State of the Union Address: Stephen Green
Deaf Ga. woman’s texts to 911 go viral: PoliceOne
Hillary Emails Reveal True Motive for Libya Intervention: Brad Hoff

Image: US apologises for Iran naval incursion - Revolutionary Guards
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ConstitutionMan: Ted Cruz for President

QOTD: "Americans who are angry and frustrated with what they see as dysfunction in Washington naturally look at the candidates to be the next president. Will they halt the abuse of office in full display today by the current administration? Will the leading Republican candidate, an egotist who puts his name in 20-foot letters above his buildings, be inclined to abide by the limitations of the original intent of the Constitution, or is he more likely to adopt a still more expansive view of executive authority than Obama?

Donald Trump, who has never worked for anyone and thus has not been accountable to anyone, prides himself on how he’s been a clever and successful independent business owner. Has anyone ever told him “no?” Can a person who has never felt the need to ask for forgiveness be held back by constraints of something as old as the Constitution? It’s unlikely, as he has cut his own path in every industry he has worked. Will he be constrained by the balance of power that lies at the heart of the Constitution’s design of the federal government?

Many who think they agree with Trump today may not do so if he takes office and begins wielding power. He has changed his position on several major issues over the years. He was pro-choice, and now he says he’s pro-life. He supported and gave money to Bill and Hillary Clinton, and now he’s criticizing them and their views. He supports the confiscation of private property by eminent domain. Someone who has no record in office is a gamble. What issues would he advocate once elected?" --Colin A. Hanna

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

THE GAMBLE: Obama, Trump and Executive Power

By Colin A. Hanna

There he goes again. President Obama is shamelessly, cynically and hypocritically exploiting a mass shooting to advance his gun control agenda. The executive actions he proposed recently would have had no preventive impact whatsoever on the San Bernardino incident had they been in place a month ago, yet he is skillfully exploiting that tragedy to reframe the debate. He is trying to shift our national focus away from a rigorous examination of what motivates mass shooters, which is where it should be, to support for a new set of restrictions on gun ownership and expansions of background checks, under the banner of “common sense.”

TRUMP: The Evangelicals’ New Hope?

Interesting observations by John Stemberger (illustrated by @BiffSpackle).

Larwyn’s Linx: FBI expands Hillary e-mail probe to investigate corruption

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Nation

FBI expands Hillary e-mail probe to investigate corruption: Ed Morrissey
'150 agents' working Clinton Foundation probe: Ex-U.S. atty: Sarah Westwood
Hillary Capone: The Z Man

Report: U.S. lets United Nations pick which Syrians come to America: Paul Bedard
Obama Admin Stonewalling Investigation Into 113 Terrorists Inside U.S.: Adam Kredo
Levin: Where is the Special Prosecutor for Hillary?: CR Wire

Reflections on Wise and Suicidal Immigration: Victor Davis Hanson
Illegals given nearly 50% of California drivers licenses: Douglas Ernst
Islam will be second-largest religion in America in 24 years: Fellowship

‘Messing With the Constitution’: Thomas Sowell
Somewhere Karl Marx is smiling: Bernie Hints at Warren for Veep: LI
Clinton denies FBI investigation into family foundation: Tony Leys

Message to the GOP: Trump supports amnesty: Marc A. Thiessen
An Insider in an Outsider’s Election: Myron Magnet
3 questions evangelicals should ask about Donald Trump: John Stemberger

Economy

Myth #6: Commerce Clause allows federal regulation of all commerce: Douglas V. Gibbs
Fewer U.S.-Born Citizens Working While More Foreign-Born Residents Find Jobs: NUSA
Case argued today before Supreme Court could devastate public sector unions: Jonathan Levin

Scandal Central

Clinton Considered Secret Plan to Spark Palestinian Protests: Adam Kredo
Judicial Watch: State Department Finds New Records in Clinton FOIA Litigation: JW
FOIA: Officially, Undeniably Broken: Sharyl Attkisson

Climate & Energy

Graph vs. Graph = Political Journalism: WUWT

Media

The Problem with the Obama Era, In One Sentence: Chris Jacobs
McCain should be worried about a special prosecutor for Hillary instead of Cruz Birtherism: RWN
Trump takes credit for ending ABC's debate partnership: Daniel Chaitin

Did Ted Cruz Pay Donald Trump To Do The Birther Attack?: Erick Erickson
Gallup Reports on the Obama Legacy: Share of Democrats reaches record low: Nick Gass
Our Moral Superiors: R.S. McCain

Media Form A Human Shield Around Democrats: Derek Hunter
Imagine That: Supposedly Mythical 'No-Go Zones' Back in the News — But Not For U.S. Media: Tom Blumer
The Un-verification of Milo Yiannopoulos: Nicole Russell

World

The Tribal War with Islam: Sultan Knish
Obama’s Latest Plan To Defeat ISIS And Bring Peace To The Region: Patterico
‘I went to join Isis in Syria, taking my four-year-old. It was a journey into hell’: Kim Willsher

Mass Sex Abuse in Cologne: Part of a Disturbing Trend among Muslim Immigrants: Ian Tuttle
German police: It's an Arab rape game called Taharrush, and now it has come to Europe: SPEISA
Turning Your Country Into An Insoluble Problem: Mark Steyn

Germany Just Screwed Europe: John Robb
Blame Terror on Everyone but Terrorists!: Burak Bekdil
How Sean Penn's meeting led authorities to El Chapo: 'They thought they were being clever, they weren't': EW

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

The Iceman tells a new tale: Infection with ulcer-causing bacteria: ScienceNews
How Europe Was Settled by Farmers: Razib Kahn
Japan’s ‘suicide forest’ is creepier and sadder than any movie: David Matthews

Cornucopia

History and Moral Philosophy: The Smallest Minority
Blue State Success: Abandoned homes in the corrupt city of Harvey, Illinois, Part 2: Marathon
Forever a Starman: RIP David Bowie: MOTUS

Image: How Sean Penn's meeting led authorities to El Chapo: 'They thought they were being clever, they weren't'
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ConstitutionMan: Ted Cruz for President

QOTD: "Daniel Schreur, 18, a home-schooled high school senior from Kanawha, who will be caucusing for the first time, was in the crowd at the Surf Ballroom on Saturday and, two days earlier, at a Cruz town hall in Goldfield Old Schoolhouse in sparsely populated Wright County.

The differences between the two candidates was apparent, Schreur said.

“Cruz actually laid out specific ideas,” he said. “Trump spent 20 minutes saying how good he is doing in the polls.”

…In Clear Lake, Trump predicted an upset victory — the only place in the nation, he said, where he is not well ahead — unless his fans are “too lazy” to vote Feb. 1." --Jonathan Tilove

Monday, January 11, 2016

Exhausted Granny Clinton’s Absurd and Evasive Responses on "Face the Nation" Reminded Me of Someone

In her interview on Face the Nation yesterday, a tired-looking Granny Catlady stumbled on new questions about her treatment of classified information while Secretary of State, including a revelation that she instructed an aide to strip a secure document of its classification markings and send it via insecure means. In government circles, that's called a felony.

The elderly lover of cats struggled to explain her message to remove security designations from a fax and "Send Nonsecure":

CBS’S JOHN DICKERSON: “This week another batch of your emails were released by the State Department. One of them is a back-and-forth between you and a staffer about a secure fax that won’t come through and you directed him to ‘turn into non-paper with no identifying heading and send non-secure.’ Aren’t you ordering him to violate the laws on handling classified material there?”

EXCLUSIVE: Security Camera Footage of Cologne Gropers Appears to Capture Well-Known Figure in the Mix

Another @BiffSpackle world exclusive: is that who I think it is?

Did someone say "fondling and groping"?
 

GOOD NEWS: Marco Rubio Now Openly Campaigning in Favor of Obama-Schumer Amnesty Bill

By Julia Hahn

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is reaffirming his support for part of his 2013 Gang of Eight bill by touting its alleged security provisions.

“I continue to support and have supported and sponsored the largest border surge in American history,” Rubio told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos– referring to the security provisions crafted by him, Chuck Schumer, Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) and Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) in the Gang of Eight bill. Rubio repeated the Gang of Eight’s talking points, declaring that his 2013 proposal would provide “20,000 new border agents, 700 miles of fencing and walls, a mandatory e-verify system, entry-exit tracking system to prevent visa overstays.”

What Rubio failed to mention about the Obama-backed proposal is that it provided an instantaneous amnesty for illegal immigrants, a fact he himself admitted at the time during a Spanish-language interview with Univision.

Larwyn’s Linx: Hillary’s EmailGate Goes Nuclear

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Nation

Hillary’s EmailGate Goes Nuclear: John R. Schindler
Who's Afraid of Islam?: Stuart Schneiderman
The Left's Embrace of Islamic Rape: Jamie Glazov

Notes on a Phenomenon: Mark Steyn
Obama gets away with some whoppers on guns at town hall event: Frank Miniter
Texas Governor Leads The Way, Calls For Article V Convention: Tammy Bruce

It Shouldn't Be so Hard for GOP to Tell the Truth About Cruz: Amanda Carpenter
Can Cruz Control Iowa?: Stephen F. Hayes
Ted Cruz's moment: Texan gains national GOP support: Kathy Frankovic

Mass Muslim Immigration Will Bring Islam’s Problems Here: David French
Public Madness: The Z Man
‘Muhammad’ baby boom in full swing in U.S.: Creeping

The Islamic State’s suspected inroads into America: WaPo
The President Who Fell From Grace: Clarice Feldman
Obama will host ISIS Syrian refugee in FLOTUS box State of the Union: Scoop

Economy

Property Rights and Religious Liberty: Larry P. Arnn
Detroit teachers illegally strike with sick-outs and no one cares: John Ruberry
‘Death panels’ resurrected under new Medicare rules: Bob Unruh

Scandal Central

Key to Hillary conspiracy to subvert classification system revealed?: LI
Clinton Email Scandal Widens: JW
Bill Ayers and Truthout.org: Helping Obama, Hillary, Bernie Look Moderate: William F. Jasper

Climate & Energy

The True Price of "Cheap" Oil - Iran, Saudia Arabia, Russia and the Final Countdown: Stop Shouting
Newly constructed Nipigon River Bridge splits in cold: tbnewswatch.com

Media

Meet Tricia… She’s a Little… “Touched.”: Rottweiler
Golden Globes Hollywood leftists sure love guns: FAM
That’s it. Nothing but headlines for me from now on.: DailyPundit

Exposing Major PC Cover-up in Sweden: Cologne-like Sex Crimes in Central Stockholm: Chang Frick
New York Woman converts to Islam; stunned to find she’s now considered property: SPEISA
Empires (Like the U.S.) Fall When Corruption Becomes Rampant: ZH

Der Spiegel Shows What the German Ruling Class Thinks of the People: The Virginian
All Together Now: ”Islam has nothing to do with Islam”: BNI
Woman, 18, raped by five men in Brooklyn playground after one pulled a gun on her father: Daily Mail

World

Iran Secret Missile Site Revealed: Callum Wood
Mexico A.G. reveals plan for the El Chapo extradition, indictments from 8 U.S. cities: Borderland
They are who we thought they were. avatar: DailyPundit

When Worlds Collide: Unassimilable Muslim Migrants Crash Europe’s Fantasy Islam: Andrew C. McCarthy
Chaos and Violence: How New Year's Eve in Cologne Has Changed Germany: Spiegel
Dude of the Week: Tommy Robinson: AWD

Europe Braces Itself For Terrorism As Europe Experience Sexual Jihad Firsthand: NoisyRm
Why Did They Do It?: Irish Savant
Europe will NOT be a superpower if Britain leaves EU, says top US politician: Express

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Anatomy Of A Private Jihadi Group On The Encrypted 'Telegram' App: MEMRI
Snapchat wants to manage your money: Ian Kar, Qz
NASA Finds New Alien Planets: Paul Pajarillo

Cornucopia

“Hey Bud, Let’s Party With El Chapo!”: MOTUS
U.S. Migrant Vetting Process...: 90 Miles
David Bowie, barrier-breaking rock star, dies at 69: Trib

Image: When Worlds Collide: Unassimilable Muslim Migrants Crash Europe’s Fantasy Islam
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ConstitutionMan: Ted Cruz for President

QOTD: "Is Trump "conservative"? Peggy Noonan:

Mr. Trump's supporters don't care if he's classically conservative. Doctrinal purity is not the story this year.

If the national GOP is a vehicle for ensuring that John Boehner, Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan have a car and driver and a Gulf emir-sized retinue, then it's very effective. If it's a vehicle for advancing conservative principles, then it's a rusted-up lemon on cinder blocks. At an event with Newt Gingrich about a decade ago, one of my neighbors asked why the Republicans were so ineffectual. Newt said it was because they're still getting used to being the majority party. Somebody responded, "So the Iraqis are supposed to get the hang of self-government after six months, but the Republican Party still can't manage it after ten years?"

For many conservative voters, 2014 was the GOP's last chance, and they blew it. For those conservative voters whose priority is immigration, 2016 is America's last chance, and Trump's the only reason anyone's even talking about that." --Mark Steyn

Sunday, January 10, 2016

WHAT THEY’RE HIDING FROM YOU: Trump 'Silent Protester' Is a Supporter Of Islamic Terrorism

By Mac Slavo

There have been widespread calls for Presidential front runner Donald Trump to issue an apology to Rose Hamid. You’ll recall that Hamid was the woman who silently protested a Trump campaign stop before being ejected from the event by security.

But as has often been the case with political plants at Republican events, the public was only given part of the story.

EVIL DECEPTION: Muslims Wearing Yellow Stars

By Daniel Greenfield

Muslim appropriation of Jewish suffering is obnoxious to begin with, but the bizarre habit of Muslims wearing yellow stars has been condemned by even liberal Jewish groups. It's insanely and gratuitously offensive.

Let's start with the simple fact that the yellow star had its origins in a Dhimmi badge imposed on Jews by Muslims as symbols of their inferiority under Muslim rule. Long before Nazism, the use of yellow badges and other yellow distinguishing clothes was imposed on Jews by Muslims over a thousand years ago.

Larwyn’s Linx: The Left's Betrayal of America

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Nation

The Left's Betrayal of America: David Horowitz
TX Governor Has a Groundbreaking Plan to Override Obama’s Tyranny: Adam Salazar
Two Big Victories for the Religion of Peace: WeaponsMan

Report: Student visa program gives terrorists easy US entry: DailyMail
What are the aspects to a potential Hillary Clinton indictment scenario?: Moe Lane
Muslim convert who beheaded coworker at Oklahoma food plant to stand trial: DailyMail

Yes, really: Hellfire missile accidentally sent to Cuba on Air France: Marc A. Thiessen
Womain Faints at Ted Cruz Event; He Explains Why, Hilariously: Scoop
CAIR calls on Trump to apologize to Muslim woman ejected from rally: Caitlin Yilek

Iranian 'Greens' sought Obama's support in '09 - he refused them: Matzav
No Cindy Sheehan-style media attention for Benghazi victim’s father: Jonah Goldberg
It’s tough being a jihadist in Philadelphia: Arthur Weinreb

Economy

The Solution to Income Inequality is to Empower People: Jeffrey Carter
Obama’s Legacy Is Executive Abuse: David Harsanyi
Powerball: No Winner, So Jackpot May Hit $1.3 Billion: WSJ

Scandal Central

Left Behind by Obama and Hillary: The Benghazi soldiers tell all: Reed Tucker
White House Launches ‘Task Force’ To Combat ‘Violent Extremism’: Adam Kredo
Feds spending millions to arm agencies that don't need guns: Times

Media

Bad Day for the Clintons: Vox Fairly Explains the Rape Allegation Against Bill: David French
20% of likely Democratic voters to cross over, vote Trump: Kyle Olson
Chris Matthews Smears Bernie Sanders on Gun Control: Tommy Christopher

Sex Crimes Across Germany: The Coverup Unravels: John Hinderaker
Backlash after women told not to go out alone: The Local at
Twitter Punishment of Breitbart Journalist Sparks Revolt: Jon Nicosia

World

The Western Spring: Richard Fernandez
Horrifying details emerge of Cologne attacks: Carol Brown
German Feminists Claim “Muslim Rape Gang Story” Just A Cover For Racism: VictoryGirls

Sympathy for the Devil in Cologne: The Iron Legion
Police: Most of Cologne Sex Attackers Were Newly Arrived Syrian Refugees; Police Chief Fired: Creeping
Report: Netanyahu to lead effort in thwarting Obama bid for UN chief: JPost

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Got Allergies? Blame Neanderthals: Discovery
Photographer Johan Lolos captures New Zealand's untouched natural beauty Daily Mail: DailyMail
Researcher reveals scheme to create and control gravitational fields: Daily Mail

Cornucopia

Kidnapping Plot Revealed as An Inside Job: MOTUS
Obama's lesson in doublespeak: gun ownership and Islam: Cube
Mitt Romney: Ted Cruz 'natural born citizen': Daniella Diaz

Image: CAIR calls on Trump to apologize to Muslim woman ejected from rally
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ConstitutionMan: Ted Cruz for President

QOTD: "In America, Obama pulled in over 70 per cent of the vote among unmarried women. The pattern is the same in Europe. I wonder how many of these women attacked in Cologne took part in #RefugeesWelcome and #BlackLivesMatter virtue signalling on social media. Young women, decoupled from their natural role as wife and mother, overwhelmingly vote left, and this is the result: looters crawling over a barren and decaying civilisation as it takes its last gasps of air...

...Even now, with roving immigrant rape gangs looting their way across European cities with impunity, women are adamant that they should not have to change their behaviour. It has become a sacred cow of the modern West that women should be able to do whatever they want and live free of any consequences. Women want to dress promiscuously in culturally enriched city centres, and they also insist any and all desert tribesmen should be welcomed into our nations. You can’t indulge these conflicting ideologies simultaneously without serious consequences. We warned them about this and they called us fascists for it. If you’ve done the time anyway maybe you should do the crime." --The Iron Legion

Saturday, January 09, 2016

THE TET OFFENSIVE: European Union Edition

By Matt Bracken

More than a decade ago I wrote my first novel, Enemies Foreign and Domestic. Part of my motivation was to establish my bona fides at forecasting social, political and military trends. I didn’t like the direction America was heading, and I wanted to warn as many readers as possible about some of the dangers I saw coming. At the end of 2015, I hope that my past success at prognostication will encourage people to pay heed to this essay.

As we roll into the New Year, we are witnessing the prelude to the culmination of a titanic struggle between three great actors. Three great social forces are now set in motion for a 2016 showdown and collision that will, in historical terms, be on par with the First and Second World Wars.

IMMIGRATION: "A defining issue for American conservatism"

By Julia Hahn

In a Friday Bloomberg op-ed, Ramesh Ponnuru details how “immigration is rapidly becoming a defining issue for American conservatism.” Ponnuru suggests that this may prove problematic for donor-class favorite Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who supports immigration expansions—which Pew Research says are opposed by more than 9 in 10 GOP voters.

Just as conservative candidates for President cannot be selected if they support abortion, Obamacare or gun control, Ponnuru explains that the new litmus test of conservatism is immigration. “Conservatives are now starting to see a candidate’s position on immigration as an index of his conservatism in general,” Ponnuru writes.

Do you suffer from Islamist Denial Syndrome?

By summer intern Biff Spackle

Larwyn’s Linx: Another 41 "Refugees" Snagged On Terror Charges

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Nation

Another 41 "Refugees" Snagged On Terror Charges: Adam Kredo
Philadelphia: Muslim Attempts to Assassinate Cop, Says Did It in Name of Islam: Creeping
Idaho: Muslim Refugee Gets 25 Years for July 4th Boise Terror Plot: Creeping

If this is what they do, who needs the Republican Party?: Don Surber
It’s Time For Republican Candidates To Endorse The Constitution: CR Wire
Heartwarming Story of the Day: Gun-Packing Grandmother Shoots Mugger: JWF

Is Hillary Eligible for the Presidency?: EIB
Trump’s Attacks Aren’t Fooling Ted Cruz’s Supporters: Rosie Gray
Trump's anti-Establishmentarianism shouldn't blind conservatives: Philip Klein

Why Was Obama Crying?: Stuart Schneiderman
Obama vetoes ObamaCare repeal … quietly: Ed Morrissey
The Racist Roots of Gun Control: Clayton E. Cramer

SEIU Leader: My ‘Blue Collar’ Members Support Trump’s Message: Brian Carey
Bush Donors Getting Sheepish: Ashley Pratte
Ted Cruz Responds To ‘Dreamer’ Illegal Alien Advocate Who Crashes His Rally: Sooper

al-Nusra Wired 600 Dollars to Sacramento Muslim From Damascus: Jawa
Hillary Made More in 12 Speeches to Big Banks Than Most of Us Earn in a Lifetime: Zaid Jilani
Obama and guns: Eleven false or misleading claims from the president's remarks: John Lott

Economy

Have Taxpayers Paid $11 Billion In Fraudulent Obamacare Tax Credits?: Kristina Ribali
Supreme Court’s Big Labor Case Is About Free Speech, Not Unions: Federalist
Vouchered Reality: The Z Man

Scandal Central

Smoking Gun: Email Suggests Hillary Broke Law: Keith Koffler
Grassley: State Dept Gave ‘False Information’ About Hillary Clinton Emails: Morgan Chalfant
Whoa: Hillary e-mail instructs aide to transmit classified data without markings: Ed Morrissey

Media

Man in Muslim Garb Tries to Execute Philadelphia Police Officer; Officials Not Sure if Religion a Factor: JWF
Reporter Questions Bill Clinton On Juanita Broaddrick, MSNBC Edits It Out: Shifra
Author: More Sexual Assault Victims Of Bill Clinton About To Come Forth: WZ

The 2015 Right Wing News Conservative Website Awards: John Hawkins
Awesome Trump Supporter Video – The Reality of Our Situation: Treehouse
'American Sniper' Widow Stands Up to Obama -- During CNN's Town Hall: FNI

Don't Expect a Clinton to Get What He/She Deserves: Richard Winchester
CNN Town Hall Didn’t Go Well for Obama: EIB
New Fox Poll: Trump Beats Hillary: DailyPundit

World

Iran's New Underground Missile Facility: Kyle Mizokami
‘High risk’ Guantanamo detainee transferred to Kuwait: Thomas Joscelyn
Stupid is Not Losing A Hellfire Missile – Stupid Is “Negotiating” With Cuba For A Year To Get It Back: Treehouse

Uncomfortable Truth-Telling: the Left's singularity approacheth: Stop Shouting
In Shameful Glory: Mayor Of Cologne Shows What Denial Looks Like: Patterico
ISIS member executes his own mother in public: Speisa

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Does Facebook Have An Anti-Israel Bias?: Tammy Bruce
Young infants have perceptual superpowers: Laura Sanders
How friendly is your AI? It depends on the rewards: RoboHub

Cornucopia

Obama’s creative, imaginary, non-fiction common sense gun control: MOTUS
Powerball fever sweeps California as the jackpot climbs to $800 million: Taylor Goldenstein
Bill Clinton suffers minor injuries chasing MSNBC intern: Cube

Image: Bill Clinton suffers minor injuries chasing MSNBC intern
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ConstitutionMan: Ted Cruz for President

QOTD:

Friday, January 08, 2016

Dumbest Tweet of the Week, Month and/or Year

Earlier today, a Philadelphia police officer was shot a dozen times* by a man wearing Islamic garb, who was screaming Islamic epithets, while claiming he was simply following the dictates of Islamic law. Philadelphia's mayor (a Democrat, no doubt) indicated that he has no idea what the Islamonazi's motive might have been:

STICK A FORK IN HILLARY: She’s Done. P.S., Feel the Bern?

The Clintons have managed to escape a long list of high crimes and misdemeanors on their road to becoming billionaires as "public servants".

Selling military missile technology to Red China in exchange for campaign donations. Trading rights to nuclear weapons material to Russia for massive contributions to their personal and "Foundation" bank accounts.

Turning $1,000 into over $100,000 in less than a year "trading cattle futures".

Mr. Clinton having allegedly abused, raped or fondled more than a dozen women while his wife dealt with all of the various "bimbo eruptions" through intimidation and other means.

But when clear evidence of a felony emerges -- with written evidence provided by Hillary Clinton herself -- while an FBI investigation is ongoing, the piper must be paid.