Saturday, January 16, 2016

DEMOCRAT PARTY SUCCESS STORY #83,010: Pictures of drinking water Flint, MI residents were told was safe to drink

Flint, Michigan is one of many blue hell-holes infamous for forced unionism, easy access to welfare, and outrageously expensive benefits for public sector workers. Its economy imploded decades ago and the pain still continues for the dazed retinue unable to move away.

The latest debacle? To save money, the bankrupt city government switched its water supply from Detroit's system to one sourced by the Flint River.

The Flint River water was found to contain lead that had leached from ancient plumbing systems.

The result? There have been 87 confirmed cases of Legionnaires' Disease in Flint, including 10 deaths, from June 2014 to November 2015, compared to only 10 cases a year as recently as 2013.

LEVIN: Friendly advice, Donald, and I do mean friendly...

Earlier today, Mark Levin posted a collegial bit of guidance for Donald Trump, who has ratcheted up an increasingly hysterical grab-bag of attacks on his only real competitor for the GOP nomination, Ted Cruz. And said attacks are simply smears like "birtherism", not policy-based differences.


Attorney, author, and radio host Mark R. Levin
Either cut the crap - your accusations this morning that Cruz is Canadian, a criminal, owned by big banks, etc. ("Trump Tees Off: Cruz A ‘Canadian’ Who Goldman Sachs, Citi Bank ‘Owns’") - or you will lose lots and lots of conservatives.

Save the liberal New York City bully tactics for the New York City liberals. Put down your computer keyboard for a few hours, think before you tweet, and collect yourself. You're not politically invincible, regardless of the polls and media.

I am already hearing more and more people getting fed up with the low road you're taking against Cruz, which has obviously intensified this morning.

You don't need to attack his honor or attempt to smear his reputation. You can leave that to Mitch McConnell and the New York Times.

Engage on real and substantive issues that matter to the country. Like I said, my friendly advice.

Trump's increasingly anxious rhetoric is ironic given his troubling shifts in position as the race nears its conclusion.

Remember when Donald Trump supported an assault weapons ban and then lied to AmmoLand about it?

Larwyn’s Linx: GOPe Cozying Up to Trump to Stop Cruz

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Nation

They Fear Cruz This Much: GOPe Cozying Up to Trump: Erick Erickson
And Then There Were Two: Stuart Schneiderman
It’s down to Trump vs. Cruz plus four more things we learned: ConRead

Trump Bolsters Closing Argument With Most Solid Debate Yet: ConRead
'Member When Donald Trump Was For Partial Birth Abortion?: Erick Erickson
New York Values, Straight From Donald Trump's Mouth: Sooper

Moderator: "Why Increase Immigration?" Rubio: "Look, Snowden! Crop Insurance!": CIS
Radical Islamists Have Crossing Southern Border for Over Decade: Taryn O'Nell
U.S. Considers 6 Military Bases to House Illegal Immigrants: JW

Brief Debate Notes: Ace
American Exceptionalism: How Has It Fared in the Obama Years?: Michael Barone
Nightmares are Dreams Too: Susan Brown

Economy

Obama Regulations Cost Americans $784 Million Each Day Government Is Open: MB
Consumers Drowning Sorrows at the Bar: Jim Quinn
What is a middle class income in America? A lot less than you think: MyBudget360

Scandal Central

Treason: SECDEF Reveals Obama Regime LED Iran Straight to Our Sailors: ConTrib
Trey Gowdy: Eyewitnesses confirm Benghazi stand-down order was given: CainTV
State Dept jumped through hoops to allow Hillary attorney to keep classified info: Ed Morrissey

Climate & Energy

Obama administration announces halt on new coal leases: Fox

Media

Movie Review: 13 Hours, A Great Movie and an Enormous, Enormous Problem for Hillary: Ace
Milo Yiannopoulos Warns Twitter to Stop the Lies: EveryJoe
Good news: only 58,586,256 Abortions in America Since Roe v. Wade in 1973: LifeNews

For the annals of nonapologies — Ted Cruz.: Althouse
The Newspaper That Hates Gun Owners Also Hates Ted Cruz: Erick Erickson
Video: Full FBN Thursday Debate: Jawa

World

Fearing Obama, Saudis Look to Israel: AmInt
Obama’s ‘Slippery Slope’ Delusion: Richard Fontaine
Arab papers On U.S. Sailors Incident: "Tehran to Washington: I Control The Gulf.": MFS-TON

There Are 653 Cologne Victims of the Muslim Rape Mob: Daniel Greenfield
Woman in ‘Headscarf’ Stabs Boy on London Bus: JWF
Immigrant youths love sniper training in Sweden: SPEISA

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Therapy seeks and destroys prostate cancer in mice: Futurity
Can You Trust the Polls? Probably Not and Here's Why: Elephant
Why Wikipedia might be the most important invention ever: Manu Saadia, Fusion

Cornucopia

Making America Great Again: One Bucket of Popcorn At A Time: MOTUS
New Birther Controversy: A Festivus For The Rest of Us: MOTUS
Pictorial Essay: 19 Weapons Of War That Make You Say “HUH???”: Burning Platform

Image: Donald Trump: "I'm Very Pro Choice," Partial Birth Abortion is OK, Because I was Raised in New York
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ConstitutionMan: Ted Cruz for President

QOTD: "So, today, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City all demanded I apologize....Who am I say to no? I will apologize. I apologize to the millions of New Yorkers who have been abandoned for years by liberal politicians. I apologize to all the hard-working men and women in New York who like to have jobs, but Governor Cuomo banned fracking, so they don't get the jobs the people of Pennsylvania have.

I apologize to all the New Yorkers who are pro-life, pro-marriage and pro-Second Amendment, who were told by their governor — Governor Cuomo — that there is no place for them in state of New York because that's not what New Yorkers believe. I apologize to all the small businesses that are fleeing New York City because of the crushing taxes and regulations that are making it impossible to survive.

I apologize to all African American and Hispanic school children that Mayor de Blasio tried to throw out of their charter schools that were giving them a lifeline and a chance at the American dream. And I apologize to all the cops and all the firefighters and all the 9/11 heroes who were forced to stand up and turn their backs on Mayor de Blasio because over and over again, he sides with the looters and criminals instead of the brave men and women...

...Now I hope that was the apology they were looking for." --Ted Cruz

Friday, January 15, 2016

RAD: Rubio Launched Obama’s Gang Of Eight Immigration Surge a Day After Boston Bombing, Defying Pleas To Stop

By Julia Hahn

In a remarkable exchange during Thursday’s Republican presidential debate, Fox Business moderator Maria Bartiromo defied establishment media norms by challenging Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) about his desire to dramatically increase the nation’s already record-high rate of green card dispensations.

The donor-class favorite seemed dumbstruck by Bartiromo’s direct question, dodging it completely. Rubio declined to explain why he worked with the Chamber of Commerce and Chuck Schumer to engineer the largest expansion of immigration in American history— an expansion which, according to Pew polling data, is opposed by a minimum of 92% of GOP voters.

WE MUST GIVE PROPS TO DONALD TRUMP: But We Must Also Discount Double-Check His Record

By the Editors of the Conservative Review

It is hard not to feel protective over Donald Trump while the political classes are seething and scornful.

They are unacquainted with such powerlessness. Control was never supposed to stray this far from their grasp. And their rage, manifested in every hapless attack on Trump and his supporters, actually seems to be improving the likelihood of that outcome they fear most of all.

THE LATEST ISLAMIC TERROR THREAT: Mass, Organized Rape

By Abigail R. Esman

It was a different kind of terrorist attack: a carefully orchestrated, coordinated mass rape and sexual assault on hundreds of women across Cologne, Germany amongst the firework celebrations of New Year's Eve. Reports of the attacks describe women desperately fleeing as men pulled at them, groped between their legs, dragged them into alleyways, and witnesses who struggled to rescue them as men threw bottles and fireworks at the police.

Larwyn’s Linx: Horowitz: It's Beyond Time For A Cold-Eyed Look At Trump's Record

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It's Beyond Time For A Cold-Eyed Look At Trump's Record: Daniel Horowitz
Winners and Losers of the Fox Business Debate: John Hawkins
Cruz, Rubio, and Trump Win. Everyone Else Can Go Home.: Erick Erickson

Anger Fantasies: The Z Man
GOP Nomination Rules Tilt the Playing Field toward Donald Trump: OpinionToday
It's Over for Jeb, Kasich, and Carson: Eric Felten

The Humiliation: Mark Steyn
What Does the DSA (Democrat Socialists of America) Believe?: Renee Nal
Federal Agent Says Iraqi Refugee Wanted to Bomb Texas Malls: AP

The Left’s Endgame Hits the Wall: Dan Gorski
The bogeymen of the ‘billionaire class’: Jonah Goldberg
The Winners and Losers From the South Carolina Republican Debate: Adam Wollner

Open warfare: Sanders group blasts Clinton's 'bald-faced lies': Paul Bedard
Clinton’s Spot on Illinois Ballot Challenged: Lachlan Markay
Ohio: Ted Strickland’s Campaign Spins Out of Control: NatlJrnl

Economy

The Doom of Dubuque: How Progressives Will Turn Every Town Into a Ghetto: MB
Biennial Budgeting Is a Bad Idea: Veronique De Rugy
Surprise: Sanders Has No Idea How to Pay for His Single-Payer Health Plan: Leon H. Wolf

Scandal Central

Nine times Clinton Foundation donors got special access at State: Sarah Westwood
Hillary's Emails Reveals She and Her Advisers Despise Israel: Ari Lieberman
New Benghazi movie reignites ‘stand-down’ order debate: Rachel Bade

Media

Obama's Legacy: a Devastated Democrat Party: Amanda Carpenter
No Hope for Greatness: Ron Fournier
Ex-MSNBC lefty Ed Schultz completes progressive pundit circle-of-life: Doug Powers

Kibbe: Trump is Not the Answer: Matt Kibbe
Benghazi Victim’s Mother Screams: “Hillary Is a Liar!” After Watching ’13 Hours’: Jim Hoft
Mother Jones editor vs. @Nero … what will Twitter do?: Twitchy

The Mask of Anarchy: The Iron Legion
Hilarious: The Onion Lampoons Obama’s State Of The Union Address: ProgsToday
LORD: David Brooks’ Disgraceful Attack on Ted Cruz: Jeffrey Lord

World

Iran Humiliates American Sailors -- And Obama Administration Thanks Them For It: Ben Shapiro
Hollande: Plight of French Jews is 'intolerable': EU Observer
Two potentially Islamic State instruction manuals for muslims living in the Non muslim world: Vlad Tepes

The Obama Administration’s Most Covert War: Caroline Glick
9 Military Units That Define 'The Tip of the Spear': David Nye
Finnish anti-immigrant "Soldiers of Odin" raise concern: DailyMail

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Electronic Doomsday for the US?: Peter Huessy
Online Students Do Not Learn By Video Alone, Finds Study: Paul Riismandel
Amazon has registered to provide ocean freight services: John Ribeiro

Cornucopia

Couscous Eating Surrender Monkeys: Or WWPD: MOTUS
Stupid Man Really Regrets This Tattoo: JWF
Alan Rickman Dead at 69: Daily Beast

Image: The Humiliation
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ConstitutionMan: Ted Cruz for President

QOTD: "Democrats don’t like Citizens United because they think it might blunt their advantages. According to OpenSecrets.org, of the top five organizations — i.e., unions and corporate PACs — that give to federal candidates, all (mostly public unions) give 97 percent to 100 percent of their donations to liberals and Democrats. Of the top 10, eight give almost exclusively to the left. Of the top 25, 18 donate disproportionately to the left.

By the way, Koch Industries is No. 49 on the list, and the National Rifle Association is No. 74." --Jonah Goldberg

Thursday, January 14, 2016

KA-FREAKING-BOOM: Simply Outstanding Interview With Ted Cruz

I cherry-picked some snippets from Hugh Hewitt's great interview with Ted Cruz on Barack Obama's foreign policy, the Trumpster, and the 9/11 Truther-Birthers:

HH: On the night of the State of the Union, drama developing today as two Navy boats have ten American sailors in the custody of, you got it, the Iranians... What do you think the President should say about these Iranians and these sailors tonight?

Larwyn’s Linx: Ted Cruz Takes Back the Lead in Iowa

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Ted Cruz Takes Back the Lead in Iowa: Erick Erickson
The Stupid Party Gets Stupider: Mark Steyn
In Your Heart, You Know He's Right: Trump and Muslim Immigration: Roger L. Simon

Has Mark Levin Declared War on Donald Trump?: Ed Straker
Trump's Questionable Political History: CR
Obama’s failings among the reasons for Trump’s rise: Victor Davis Hanson

Nikki Haley: GOP Leaders Said to Target Trump, Cruz In SOTU Response: John Nolte
Trump thought Cruz was a natural-born citizen until he passed him in the polls: AT
Ted Cruz begins to sharpen his response to Donald Trump: CBS News

Trump, the non-establishment GOP candidate, is leading in Vermont: ConservativeRead
Trump’s Trump Card: Blue-State Republicans: Josh Kraushaar
Republicans warn Bush team against harming Rubio: Eli Stokols

Obama’s Legacy: A Shellacked Democratic Party: Amanda Carpenter
“This was less a state of the union than it was a state of denial”: LI
Donald Trump: Scarier to the ‘Establishment’ Than Bernie Sanders: Larry Elder

Economy

Feds Won’t Permit Asking Welfare Moochers About Immigration Status: MB
580 students speak 42 languages at Buffalo, NY high school: Victor Skinner
The REAL State Of Obama's Union In 5 Charts: Hannity

Scandal Central

Busted: GOP State of Union Response Carried Amnesty Pledge in Spanish Version: Treehouse
Obama’s Chief of Staff Promises ‘Audacious Executive Action’ in Final Year: Brendan Bordelon
Hillary Clinton's Coming Legal Crisis: Charles Lipson

Climate & Energy

The abject failure of official global-warming predictions: WUWT
Obama gets faced trying to lecture SUV driver at Detroit Auto Show: CainTV

Media

Obama’s final SOTU oddly silent on … guns?: Ed Morrissey
Obama’s Ethnic Divide-and-Conquer Strategy: Mike Gonzalez
Haley's response shows what's wrong with GOP: Bryan Fischer

Bummer: Al Jazeera America shutting down: Hot Air
‘Two Mohameds Shoot Up A Calgary Bar’, Here’s How The Media Deals With It: WZ
Phil Robertson’s New Ad for Ted Cruz Is Unbelievable: Erick Erickson

World

Obama’s Persian Debacle: Saber Rattling in the Gulf: John R. Schindler
What a Real President Did When Iran Assaulted a Navy Ship: Brian Sikma
When North Korea Tests a Nuke, Assume It's Iran's as Well: Ryan Mauro

The Saudi Problem: The Z Man
Explosions, Gunfire Rock Indonesia Capital: 4 Dead (1 Cop); 14 Gunmen, Suicide Bombers Involved: ZH
Sydney Opera House: police operation underway: ConRead

Trump: Germans Are Going To Riot, Overthrow Merkel: RCP
Palestinian child parades in mock suicide belt … in Bethlehem: William A. Jacobson
'ISIS Training Yazidi Children As Suicide Bombers': Clarion

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Why doesn’t my phone understand me yet?: Kurzweil AI
Facebook CTO in NYC shares his thoughts on the future of Artificial Intelligence: John Furrier
Microsoft R Server Is Free for Developers and Students: Pedro Hernandez

Cornucopia

SOTU: It’s all good.: MOTUS
The winning 1.6 billion dollar Powerball jackpot numbers have been released: John Hawkins
Lawrence Phillips Is Dead in Suspected Suicide in Prison: Victor Mather

Image: Jakarta Terror Attack: Source Tells IS-Affiliated Agency IS Responsible
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ConstitutionMan: Ted Cruz for President

QOTD: "Yes, Ted Cruz is a natural born citizen. And even Donald Trump thought so, at least before Ted Cruz slipped past him to top the Iowa polls. As recently as last August Trump was saying all the legal people he talked to vouched for Ted Cruz’s eligibility to be president." --Daniel John Sobieski

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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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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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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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