Sunday, January 17, 2016

AWESOME: After Obama Pays Nearly $2 Billion in Ransom to Iran, 3 More Americans Reportedly Kidnapped

Barack Obama will pay Iran $1.7 billion in a "settlement" that frees several of the many American hostages Iran is illegally holding.

Obama's statement suggests that the settlement, most of which is interest, is tied to the latest hostage release... "With the nuclear deal done, prisoners released, the time was right to resolve this dispute as well." It sounds a lot like the hostage releases were linked to the amount of money Obama is giving Iran. Which wouldn't be surprising.

This is on top of all the other sanctions relief Iran will be getting.

Larwyn’s Linx: Iran To See $100 Billion Immediately As Implementation Day Hits

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Nation

Iran To See $100 Billion Immediately As Implementation Day Hits: William Teach
Northeastern Values: Trump floats Scott Brown as potential VP: Bradford Richardson
Supreme Court delays taking up Obama immigration case: Paul Ingram

Turning Point? Trump Booed When He Tries Cheap Shots Against Ted Cruz: Sooper
This Really is a Masterful, Textbook Campaign Performance by Ted Cruz: Erick Erickson
"Presidential" Trump Imploding on Twitter Like We Always Knew He Would: Sooper

The Video Proof Trump's a Cynical Phony on 'New York Values': Ben Shapiro
Cruz Wins Prominent NYC Straw Poll AFTER “New York Values” Remark: Erick Erickson
Republicans now see a Trump-Cruz race, with time for a shift running out: WaPo

Tripwire Alert – North Carolina 2016 Republican Primary Ballot Example: Treehouse
Hillary Clinton Doesn't Trust You: Ezra Klein
GOP chairmen threaten to subpoena HHS secretary: Sarah Ferris

Economy

Crony Farmers: Vince Smith
More evidence big business is driving refugee resettlement in America: Ann Corcoran
Welcome To The New Normal: Michael Snyder

Scandal Central

San Fran is Sanctuary City for Illegal Aliens AND TERRORISTS: Stephen Frank
The Hostage Left Behind: Bob Levinson’s Family Devastated He Is Left Out Of Iran Swap: WZ
House Opens New Investigation Into Hillary Email Server: Kemberlee Kaye

Climate & Energy

Obama’s Energy Pie In The Sky Is A Lie: Brent Smith

Media

Three Versions of a Propaganda Splash: WeaponsMan
GOP lawmaker: Benghazi film shows Clinton's 'grotesque conduct': Ariel Cohen
Prominent Jeb Bush Donor Questions Super PAC Strategist Over Negative Marco Rubio Ads: NYT

Star Parker: Progressives describe the horror caused by their policies: Star Parker
Ted Cruz Goes on Multi-Pronged Attack Against Donald Trump: Matt Flegenheimer
ABC producer Anne Swaney was 'murdered and sexually assaulted in Belize': DailyMail

World

U.N. lifts Iranian sanctions: Anna Giaritelli
Iranians Discussing How Iranian Government Is Going To Destroy Saudi Arabia: Walid Shoebat
While the American president uses tax dollars to rebuild mosques overseas...: BNI

Al Qaeda’s hotel siege ends in West Africa: Caleb Weiss
Burkina Faso hotel attacked by Al Qaeda gunmen who kill 27 people: DailyMail
Islamic State Auctions Property of Christians Who Fled Mosul: Clarion

Welcome party for Cologne refugees turned into mass groping: Nick Gutteridge, The Express
Town bans male refugees from pools amid complaints: TheLocal.de
Attackers Yell 'ISIS, ISIS' During Hate-Crime Beating: Police: NBC New York

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

The Smallest Google Street View in Miniatur Wunderland: James Hobson
Pluto probe sends back photos of possible ice volcano: Mariella Moon, Engadget
Imagine Getting Your Bones Crushed By This Bus-Sized Crocodile : Esther Inglis-Arkell

Cornucopia

The Real FoxBusiness GOP Debate: Steven Crowder
Warning to U.S. Military and Federal LEOs: Do Not Follow Orders to “Waco” Ammon Bundy Occupation: Oathkeepers
Would You Vote For Ted Cruz, Even If…: MOTUS

Image: Ted Cruz Goes on Multi-Pronged Attack Against Donald Trump
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ConstitutionMan: Ted Cruz for President

QOTD: "[The tussle with Trump] is a fight Mr. Cruz’s campaign clearly relishes. Since Friday, when Mr. Cruz offered a faux apology to New Yorkers who he said were suffering under liberal policies, Cruz aides and allies have repeatedly circulated his comments.

On Saturday, Mr. Cruz said it was “curious” that Mr. Trump had aligned himself with left-leaning officials in New York in calling for the apology... “It does raise the question of, O.K., if you are offended at my pointing out how much the failed policies have hurt New Yorkers, then which of those policies do you agree with?” Mr. Cruz said.

He added that, because Mr. Trump had donated to Hillary Clinton and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, “it’s a fair inference that he supports their policies.”

Later, Mr. Cruz’s campaign sent reporters a video of an interview with Mr. Trump from 1999, when he said on “Meet the Press” that he was “very pro-choice” and that he was more likely to support gay rights because he lived in New York.
“It is a little bit curious that he is now offended at the notion that he embodies New York values,” Mr. Cruz said." --Matt Flegenheimer

Saturday, January 16, 2016

UNEXPECTEDLY: GOPe Elites Sucking Up to Donald Trump In Last-Ditch Effort to Stop Ted Cruz

I like Donald Trump and would support him for president if he were the nominee. Even with another northeastern liberal Republican -- Scott Brown, who Trump has floated as a VP candidate -- on the ticket.

But my clear favorite is Ted Cruz, because he's the one Constitutional conservative who actually goes to war for what he believes. In 2013, he single handedly shut down the government in an effort to defund Obamacare (a promise that Mitch McConnell made to voters in Kentucky that he quickly abandoned). He called out his own party's leader on the Senate floor for lying to conservatives. He's meant what he's said and he's said what he meant, something precious few politicians ever do.

What does Donald Trump actually stand for? What do we call the Trump movement? Does it have successors as Cruz appears to be to Reagan?

Given a choice between Cruz and Trump, it would appear the GOP establishment has figured it can work with the Donald. So says the Washington Post and many others:

CNN: Hey, Folks, Relax! Don’t Panic! Everything’s Awesome!

By Mac Slavo

Forget for a moment that U.S. stock markets have seen their worst start to a new year since the Great Depression or that some $2.5 trillion in wealth has been evaporated in less than two weeks.

CNN says it’s hardly the time to panic:

While No One Was Watching, Obama Took Control of the Courts

By Sara Noble

The New York Times wrote in 2014, “Democrats have reversed the partisan imbalance on the federal appeals courts that long favored conservatives, a little-noticed shift with far-reaching consequences for the law and President Obama’s legacy.”

It didn’t favor conservatives but there was a dramatic shift to the far left.

The appellate is under the control of leftists and ACLU types. They own the Court of Appeals.

As he has done by ignoring Congress and the Supreme Court of the United States, Obama has been eliminating voices not his own. He has been erasing the Separation of Powers and our Constitution. He has been obliterating states rights.The judicial branch was also on the agenda.

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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Nation

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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Nation

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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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).