Wednesday, January 27, 2016

FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY: The Donald Trump Word Search!

Now that Donald Trump has pulled out of tomorrow's Fox News debate, the pundits are speculating non-stop as to what it means.

There's a camp asserting that it's a slap in the face to Iowa's voters. Another group says it demonstrates Mr. Trump's odd and erratic behavior.

Others say it's a canny move designed to avoid getting schooled by Ted Cruz again in a debate.

Given all of that, summer intern Biff Spackle created a helpful word search puzzle using some of Mr. Trump's key traits:

HUSHED MONEY: Hillary made millions off secret Wall Street speeches (from which the press was banned)

By Kerry Picket

Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton laughed when asked if she would release any of her speech transcripts that she delivered to Goldman Sachs in the past during a town hall Friday in Manchester, New Hampshire, The Intercept reported.

Clinton gleaned over $2 million in less than seven months from speeches to Wall Street banking houses immediately following her departure from the Obama administration, The New York Times reported. For example, GoldenTree Asset Management paid her $275,00 for remarks she made before their clients.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders says Clinton is too close to Wall Street to fight the bankers as president. Sanders jabbed Clinton in Iowa over the issue saying, “You got to be really, really, really good to get $250,000 for a speech.”

Larwyn’s Linx: Trump Pulls Out of Megyn Kelly Debate

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Nation

Donald Trump: I’m Skipping Thursday Night’s Debate: Patterico
It's 12 O'Clock High for the Traditional Conservative Establishment: Captain Capitalism
Trump 2012: These GOP Candidates Are Cowards for Skipping The Debate!: Patterico

After years of false alarms, the ‘conservative crackup’ has arrived: Jonah Goldberg
Trump's Debate Withdrawal Strategy Clever, But Could Backfire Big Time: Ben Shapiro
Cruz Wins Iowa Caucus Poll By Large Margin: Scoop

Oregon militia spox killed; traffic stop escalates into FBI shootout: DailyMail
FBI Thwarts Mass Terror Attack at Milwaukee Masonic Temple: John Diedrich
Obama liking Hillary these days: LI

Report: DHS Incapable of Accurately Reporting Visa Overstays: Adam Kredo
Missing in America: Millions of Non-Immigrant Aliens: Michael Cutler
Senatorial Whores Who Hate Ted Cruz Use His Image To Fundraise: Erick Erickson

The Meaning of Trump: Sean Trende
A Pre-Iowa State of the GOP Race Report: John Hawkins
GOP senator who raised Trump's marital infidelities to campaign with Cruz, Rubio: CNN

Economy

Debt Up $70,612.91 Per Household in Obama’s First 7 Years: CNS
It's Probably Nothing: SDA
Why Does Bill DeBlasio Hate Poor People?: DailyMail

In 2024 retirees will cost Illinois more than teachers in the classroom: Marathon
State Programs to Solve the U.S.'s Retirement Crisis: Robert Pozen
Gov. Chris Christie Calls for State Takeover of Atlantic City: Wayne Parry

Scandal Central

FBI going 'right to the source' in Clinton email probe, interviewing intel agencies: Fox
How Hillary Got Classified Information Onto Her Private Email: Kurt Schlichter
Gowdy: ‘Eye-Opening’ And ‘Surprising’ Results To Come Soon From Benghazi Investigation: Steve Guest

Hillary made millions off secret Wall Street speeches (and press was routinely banned): Unyielding
Clinton's paid speech problem goes beyond Goldman Sachs: Sarah Westwood
Some Serious Pushback Against Obama's Imperial Presidency: George Leef

Climate & Energy

Y2Kyoto: It's Been Nice Knowing You: SDA
States ask Supreme Court to stay Obama climate rules: John Siciliano

Media

A Tale of Two Tapes: Teen Cruz and Terror-Coddler Obama: Michelle Malkin
RNC’s Promised Conservative Debate Goes Missing: Jeffrey Lord
Donald Trump Defends Putin Again: Alex Pfeiffer

Ted Cruz Campaign Releases New Iowa Ad Bashing Donald Trump: Michael Van Der Galien
Ted Cruz: ‘We can shock the political world’: Jennifer Harper
Donald Trump and Ted Cruz Are Nearly Side by Side in Iowa, Poll Shows: Alan Rappeport

Video of former State Department official seems to admit to Clinton email scandal: Jazz Shaw
Hillary Clinton email delay 'grave' harm to voters, Vice News says: Laura Koran
Bill Clinton's secret lover calls Hillary evil and heartless in open letter : Exam

World

Trump Doesn’t Have a Clue about America’s Enemies: Andrew C. McCarthy
Preparing for the Next Big War: War on the Rocks
ISIS Printing Fake U.S. Passports: Pistachio

Levinson Family Blasts White House After Details of 2011 Iran Talks Emerge: Gretawire
Britain will now give Muslim men with multiple wives extra monthly welfare payments: BNI
European Union is committing 'ritual suicide with its migration policy': DailyMail

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

CDC Dropping the Ball on Zika: Betsy McCaughey
Volvo Plans “Death Proof” Cars By 2020: Steve Hanley
Scientists Create 'De-icing’ Concrete that can Melt Snow from Roads: i4u

Cornucopia

Cam Newton is crushing the NFL the same way he crushed the SEC: Bruce Feldman
Bad Water and Wedgies: MOTUS
California Residences Threatened as Cliffs Crumble: ABC News

Image: Why Does Bill DeBlasio Hate Poor People?
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ConstitutionMan: Ted Cruz for President

QOTD: "The FBI investigation is centered around Clinton and members of her staff to determine if they deliberatively trafficked and shared information from highly classified sources onto an unsecure private email system.

"The bureau does not waive its primacy in espionage cases," the intelligence source said, referring to USC 18 793 and 794. "The security investigation is now part and parcel with the criminal [public corruption] investigation." The source said both tracks are being pursued "vigorously" and there is a sense of "incredulity as to what is being discovered."" --Catherine Herridge

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

WE GOT A BLEEDER! Donald Trump Bails out of GOP Debate, Fearing Questions From... Megyn Kelly

I find it somewhat odd that a man who fancies himself a master negotiator ready to face the world's toughest dictators is so fearful of questions posed by Fox anchor Megyn Kelly that he has bailed out of the final Republican debate.

...Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said on Tuesday night that he is backing out of Thursday's primary debate in Des Moines, Iowa, which will be broadcast by Fox News Channel.

Trump had been publicly mulling the move for a few days, complaining that Fox News host Megyn Kelly, one of three moderators for the event, is biased against him...

SURPRISE: Hillary Clinton Lies About Reagan to Cover Her Benghazi Tracks

By Masked Avenger

At Monday’s Democrat Town Hall, an audience member asked Hillary Clinton how she would deal with the issue of the attack in Benghazi both in the campaign going forward and as president if she’s elected. Rather than actually answer the question, the Democratic presidential front-runner — you guessed it — danced around it.

“I am well aware that for partisan political purposes this continues, but let me tell you why this makes me — it makes me sad. It makes me sad because we’ve had, we’ve had terrorist attacks many times before in our country,” she said before waxing reminiscent. “When Ronald Reagan was president in 1983, our Marine barracks, our embassy were attacked in Beirut. More than 250 Americans were killed. The Democrats didn’t make that a partisan issue."

PRO-LIFE WOMEN SOUND THE ALARM: Donald Trump is Unacceptable

Pro-life women leaders from Iowa as well as the heads of national pro-life organizations are speaking out and urging Republican caucus-goers and voters to support anyone but Donald Trump. The following letter will be sent out to pro-life Iowans today.

Dear Iowans,

As pro-life women leaders from Iowa and across the nation, we urge Republican caucus-goers and voters to support anyone but Donald Trump. On the issue of defending unborn children and protecting women from the violence of abortion, Mr. Trump cannot be trusted and there is, thankfully, an abundance of alternative candidates with proven records of pro-life leadership whom pro-life voters can support. We have come to this conclusion after having listened patiently to numerous debates and news reports, but most importantly to Donald Trump’s own words.

The next president will be responsible for as many as four nominations to the Supreme Court.

Larwyn’s Linx: Jocks & Nerds

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Nation

Jocks & Nerds: The Z Man
Ted Cruz Cheats at Golf?: Patterico
8 Theories in Search of an Establishment: KausFiles

Hillary's Last Hurrah: Jed Babbin
Judge to rule if Clinton can delay email dump until after IA and NH: Sarah Westwood
Hillary Desperation Campaign Enters Final Meltdown: Bernie's A Racist: Ben Shapiro

No Amnesty for Marco: KausFiles
Rick Perry Endorses Ted Cruz: Scoop
The Real Ted Cruz: Theodore A. Gebhard

Conservative groups battle over Article V Convention: Ashley Balcerzak
A Conservative Civil War Solves Nothing: Rachel Lu
Iowa caucuses a week away, and both parties spilling blood: John Kass

Yes, They are Coming For Your Guns: Mark Tapson
Over 12.8 million concealed handgun permits, 2015 record jump: CrimeResearch
Essay Writing As A Requirement For Concealed Carry: Herschel Smith

Economy

Conservative Artist Crashes Bernie Sanders Art Exhibit: GWP
Community Organizing: Abandoned homes in Chicago's most violent neighborhood: Marathon
The Demand For Villains: Thomas Sowell

Scandal Central

Why the Justice Department Won’t Work with the FBI on Clinton’s E-mail Case: Andrew C. McCarthy
The $15 Million Question: KausFiles
FBI probing how classified info got onto Hillary’s secret server: Ed Morrissey

Climate & Energy

GOP Senators Push Attorney General to Investigate EPA Over WOTUS: Philip Wegmann

Media

“To Die For” : A Study on the Disturbing Culture of Death in the Fashion World: Vigilant Citizen
Weiner review: an unsparing portrait of politics and a gift that keeps giving: Guardian
Guardian to cut £54m of costs and introduce paid-for content: Henry Mance

Why This Former Trump Fan Doesn’t Support Him Anymore: John Hawkins
Americans Tired of Elites Considering Them Stupid and Vicious: Michael Barone
Trump Doesn’t Have to be Conservative, Humble or Polite to Fix America: Tom White

NPR Erases Israel From Map Of Middle East: Tammy Bruce
Conservatism Isn't Dead: Sultan Knish
Interim Missouri chancellor rebuffs calls to fire professor: Jim Suhr

Steve Deace: Don’t believe the Iowa polls that have Trump up by double digits: Scoop
The Gun Is Civilization: ConRead
The Clinton E-Mail Scandal And How It Will End: Joshua

World

F-22s Arrive in Japan in Response to North Korea: David Cenciotti, Aviationist
Revealed: How one in five inmates in maximum security prisons is Muslim: DailyMail
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: Mark Steyn

Video Release: Paris Terrorists Shown Training With ISIS in Syria: LI
Islam Rising in France: Stuart Schneiderman
Billions stolen from Nigeria’s public coffers in seven years: New Europe

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Zika virus: Outbreak 'likely to spread across Americas' says WHO: James Gallagher
DoD Weapons Tester Concerned about F-35 Software Development: Lara Seligman
Shatter, a super-high-potency marijuana, is appearing on the East Coast: Tom Jackman

Cybercom: OPM Hack Highlights China Big Data Spying: Bill Gertz
Why Some People Drop Dead While Shoveling Snow: Brady Dennis
Patent Trolls Laughed All the Way to the Bank Last Year: Mytheos Holt

Cornucopia

Why Was Martha Mitchell Kidnapped?: Mae Brussell, The Realist, August 1972
On This Day: Shays’ rebellion was thwarted: NCC
Snowzilla: That’s Mighty White of You: MOTUS

Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: TIME TO FIGHT FOR OUR CONSTITUTION: Ted Cruz for President

QOTD: "The lawsuits [facing Disney and filed] by Mr. Perrero and Ms. Moore are based on the rules for H-1B visas, which Congress designed to bring foreign workers with special skills
into the country. Employers are required to declare to the Department of
Labor that hiring foreigners on the visas "will not adversely affect the
working conditions of U.S. workers similarly employed."

"Was I negatively affected?" Ms. Moore asked. "Yeah, I was. I lost my job."" --Julia Preston

Monday, January 25, 2016

PAUL RYAN SELL OUT #5,439: GOPe Fully Funds Obama Plan to Import 300,000 Islamist Migrants Into U.S.

By Julia Hahn

Last Wednesday, Senate Democrats successfully and predictably blocked what many conservatives described as Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)’s “Show Vote'”on refugee admissions.

It has been called a show vote because the Ryan plan, even if the President signed it, would still allow the President to bring in an unlimited number of refugees from an unlimited number of countries.

Democrats’ filibuster on the motion to proceed to Ryan’s show vote comes one month after Speaker Ryan sent President Obama a blank check to fund visa issuances to nearly 300,000 (temporary and permanent) Muslim migrants in the next 12 months alone. Ryan’s decision to fully-fund Obama’s immigration agenda arguably ceded any leverage he may otherwise have had over Democrats and ensured the large-scale migration into America would continue and grow.

THANKS, OBAMA: Iran Poised to Become the Wal-Mart of Terror, Says Military Assessment

By Yaakov Lappin

Away from the vociferous disputes that continue to rage around the Iranian nuclear deal, the Israel's Military Intelligence Directorate and General Staff have been engaged in detached analysis of the short and long-term effects, and they have come away with three central conclusions.

Details of their assessments, though shared with defense reporters over recent months, were publicly presented for the first last week by IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eisenkot during a conference in Tel Aviv, organized by the Institute for National Security Studies.

GOOD NEWS! Marco Rubio Says Criminal Illegal Aliens Should Be Able to Stay in the U.S., Too

By Julia Hahn

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)’s interview with Meet The Press host Chuck Todd— in which he pledged to allow illegal aliens remain in the U.S.— has received widespread attention.

However, while Politico oxymoronically titled its article “Rubio: Law-Abiding Undocumented Immigrants Could Stay,” perhaps the most striking part of Rubio’s interview was his indication that criminal aliens would be allowed to remain in the United States as well.

Larwyn’s Linx: The Trump Tapes, Volume 1

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Nation

The Trump Tapes, Volume 1: MB
Hail Caesar!: The Z Man
Can Trump Stay on Cruz Control in Vegas?: Russell Berman

Trump pumped as influential Sen. Chuck Grassley attends front-runner’s rally: S.A. Miller
Black Atlantan Scalds Obama: Trump Represents "Real Hope and Change": Olaf Ekberg
Trump Executive Ambitions Worry Some Conservatives: Fred Lucas

Either Carry a Big Stick—Or Shut Up!: Victor Davis Hanson
America’s Ruling Class vs. All: Politically Short
One Week Out: The Problem With Polling Iowa: Erick Erickson

Had Enough Trump? Part Deux.: Stuart Schneiderman
Trump, Carson, Cruz: Champion Material?: Craig Johnson
Rubio Crushes Clinton in Minnesota: John Hinderaker

Economy

Welcome to the Party, Pal!: Derek Hunter
Here are 5 of Bernie Sanders’ Most Ridiculous Ideas: John S. Roberts
How much profit does the average business make?: Elephant

Climate & Energy

Science moves on: Our old light bulbs may yet return: Elephant
Saturday Silliness – wind turbine photo of the year: WUWT
Five Ways We Know Al Gore’s Been Running A Global Warming Racket: Investors

Media

Hillary’s explanation why Wall Street banks paid her all that money is as Clinton as it gets: Doug Powers
This Jake Tapper Interview With Trump Spokesman Is ‘Seriously’ Amazing: Sooper
Chuck Todd's Softball to Hillary on E-Mails: 'Are You Concerned?': Tim Graham

Is Fox News Preparing Proverbial “Kill Shot” Against Trump Campaign?: DC Whispers
This election feels like a reunion of the Woodstock generation: Michael Goodwin
Pic Of The Day: If You’re Will Smith, It’s Hard Being Black In Hollywood: TR

Oh Dear, National Review’s Own Poll Has Trump Smoking the Field: iOTWreport
UK: Watch as ‘Britain First’ activists when they carry crosses into Muslim-controlled areas: BNI
5 Concealed Carriers From Alaska to South Carolina Stop Dangerous Armed Robbers: CPRC

World

Lawmaker: Obama Admin Fueling ‘Campaign to Destroy Israel’: Adam Kredo
The Terrorist Groups' Interpretation Of The Koranic Verses Regarding Jihad: MEMRI
Secret 1970 agreement between Swiss, PLO revealed: Matt Wanderman

How Immigration Transformed London into an UnBritish City: Brenda Walker
The Water is Getting Warmer for the Frog: Interpreter
ISIS's Barbarity and Leftist Feminists' Callous Heart: Joseph Klein

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Falcon landing and Explosion: Elon Musk
Yahoo Promotes (Another) Fringe Hate Site: CAMERA
Banned by Facebook: 16-Year-old German Girl Pleads for Help From Muslim Immigration: Unveiled

Cornucopia

Picture of the Day: Bill Quick
Just Marking Their Territory: Sondrakistan
Trump Solo: Mark Singer, 19 May 1997

Image: How Immigration Transformed London into an UnBritish City
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: #ConstitutionMan: Ted Cruz for President

QOTD: "Trump is spending his own money on local political operators in Iowa and New Hampshire so he can compete at the street level, but without the massive overhang of the consultancy and their party patrons...

...That’s certainly part of what is unnerving Conservative Inc about the Trump campaign. If this crude rich guy can buy his way into the game and then shove aside the commentariat on his way to the nomination, why will anyone bother catering to them in the future? ...

...The parties will still have a role as the legislative bodies are regulated to the benefit of political parties. As dangerous as Caesarism sounds, the American system allows for the legislature to claw back its authority in hurry if it cares to do it. Maybe the specter of billionaires buying the White House is what’s needed to slap the political parties to their senses and maybe is is what’s needed for the Congress to reassert its role in government." --The Z Man

Sunday, January 24, 2016

How does Twitter keep missing this obvious opportunity to increase revenue?

I don't get it.

Twitter's stock has suffered from a cascading series of meltdowns since its IPO (see chart, below) as its revenue, growth in users, and related metrics have disappointed when compared to peers like Facebook and Google.

One financial analyst, on record as a Twitter short, describes it this way:
After this week's relief rally, Twitter closed at $17.82, almost 50% down from my initial short recommendation in July 2015. In part, I believe this is because I was fundamentally right about Twitter as a niche product for a select group of power-users such as journalists, media personalities and self-important adolescents...
What I haven't grasped for years, when I first wrote about this topic in 2014, is why Twitter ignores monetizing its incredible reach through embedded Tweets:

"I'M GOING TO DO A LOT OF THINGS": Trump Vows to Use Obama-Style Executive Actions to Bypass Congress

By Fred Lucas

Some conservatives are concerned over Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s vow to take the same path of bypassing Congress as President Barack Obama – even though the billionaire said his actions would be “much better” than Obama’s and done for “the right things.”

“Does Mr. Trump enjoy power? Is he more likely to prefer limited and constitutional or unlimited and unconstitutional power? Where is he likely to fall on that scale? I tend to think it’s with the maximum possible exercise of power,” Colin Hanna, president of the conservative public policy group Let Freedom Ring USA, told TheBlaze.

Trump, as president, might well use the executive powers to advance conservative causes, Hanna added, but he said there is more at stake.

THE ULTIMATE TIMELINE: The Diabolical "Fast and Furious" Scandal

By Renee Nal

Below is a painstakingly detailed timeline surrounding the events and the people involved in the gun-walking program which leaves this author with absolutely no doubt that the purpose of the Operation was to justify a so-called “assault weapons ban.”

In the wake of the revelation that Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was in possession of a .50-caliber rifle (that can “take down a helicopter“), a reminder is in order about the true nature of Operation Fast and Furious.

A PRICE ON EVERY AMERICAN'S HEAD: Concerns Mount Obama Paid $1.7 Billion in Ransom to Iran

By The Tower

There are growing concerns that the $1.7 billion payment the United States released to Iran last week amounted to a ransom for the freedom of American hostages held by the Islamic Republic, The Wall Street Journal reported (Google link) Thursday.

According to the Journal, the money was wired to Tehran at around the same time that the regime allowed thee American captives– Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, Marine veteran Amir Hekmati, and Cristian pastor Saeed Abedini– to depart the country on a Swiss air force jet. Two other Americans were also freed, though one chose to stay in Iran. In exchange, the U.S. released seven Iranians charged or convicted for smuggling prohibited items to Iran and other crimes. Washington also agreed not to pursue 14 other Iranians, including two wanted for transporting troops and weapons to Syria in support of dictator Bashar al-Assad.

Larwyn’s Linx: Colorblind America: A Malignant Fallacy

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Nation

Colorblind America: A Malignant Fallacy: Chidike Okeem
The Dead Right: The Z Man
Islam and Islamism in America in 2015: Part I: Soeren Kern

Trump Spokeswoman: Malcolm X Is ‘My Idol,’ Republicans Are Racist: Peter Hasson
Markay: We’re Approaching ‘Panic Mode’ for the Hillary Clinton Campaign: WFB
Democratic strategist: Dems underestimate Ted Cruz: Fox

A Soft Civil War: Clarice Feldman
Sister Of Benghazi Victim: ‘Every American Should Despise Hillary!’: RWN
Former 12-Year-Old Rape Victim: Hillary "Took Me Through Hell": Daniel Greenfield

Fox News Poll: Trump gains in Iowa, still dominates in New Hampshire: Dana Blanton
Obama and Ryan, Long at Odds, Said to Meet as Soon as Next Week: Bloomberg
McConnell fast-tracks granting president unlimited war powers: Fellowship

Scandal Central

Hillary’s team copied intel off top-secret server to email: Paul Sperry
Hillary Emails: 7 Smoking Guns Found … So Far: IBD
Hillary's emails contained TOP SECRET HUMINT as State Dept. Stalls: DailyMail

Climate & Energy

"Snowzilla" Slams 85 Million Americans: Photos From The Snow-Covered East Coast: ZH

Media

Saturday Matinee 2016 03: 13 Hours (2016): WeaponsMan
Hillary Clinton's team "forced cuts to film about top aide", report claims: Robert Tait
Anthony Weiner won't be silenced as new film puts politician back in spotlight: OCR

Donald Trump and freedom of speech: he's no champion: AT
Iowa Reporter Data-Mining, Doxing and Mocking Trump Campaign Donors: Treehouse
Glenn Beck endorses Ted Cruz: Katie Zezima

World

"Refugees" take a Merkel in German Public Pools: MB
Cologne Imam: Girls Who Drink Beer Deserve to be Raped: Jim Hoft
“Ban Alcohol Or Else There Will Be More Sex Attacks” Muslims Threaten Germans: Shoebat

Al Qaeda and ISIS: Existential Threats to the U.S. and Europe: Understanding War
Ex-SECDEF: Odds High China, Iran and Russia got access to Hillary's bathroom email server: DailyMail
Dear Bill Gates: Open your home to refugees or shut up!: Fellowship of the Minds

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Nature Reclaims D.C.'s Snow-Covered Streets: Kriston Capps
This Is Why Understanding Space Is So Hard: Dan Falk
Evidence mounts for hidden ninth planet: Christopher Crockett

Cornucopia

From Hearth-Fires to Hell-Fires : Diana Schaub
Brushbeater: Simple, Rugged, Rural Line of Sight Communications: WRSA
In Obama Land, The Future Is Certain, It’s History That Changes. FORWARD.: MOTUS

Image: Hillary's emails contained classified information from HUMAN SPYING as State Dept. Stalls
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QOTD: "...at least one of Clinton’s e-mails included sensitive information on spies.

“It takes a very conscious effort to move a classified e-mail or cable from the classified systems over to the unsecured open system and then send it to Hillary Clinton’s personal e-mail account,” said Raymond Fournier, a veteran Diplomatic Security Service special agent. “That’s no less than a two-conscious-step process.”

He says it’s clear from some of the classified e-mails made public that someone on Clinton’s staff essentially “cut and pasted” content from classified cables into the messages sent to her. The classified markings are gone, but the content is classified at the highest levels — and so sensitive in nature that “it would have been obvious to Clinton.” Most likely the information was, in turn, e-mailed to her via NIPRNet.

To work around the closed, classified systems, which are accessible only by secure desktop workstations whose hard drives must be removed and stored overnight in a safe, Clinton’s staff would have simply retyped classified information from the systems into the non-classified system or taken a screen shot of the classified document, Fournier said. “Either way, it’s totally illegal.”" --Paul Sperry

Saturday, January 23, 2016

TRUMP: "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters"

By Sara Noble

There is nothing Trump can say or do to lose this momentum in the GOP primary. Anyone who attacks Trump gets pummeled.

Donald Trump said Saturday that he could shoot someone and wouldn’t lose voters.

“I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters,” Trump said at a campaign rally.

IRS WIPES ANOTHER HARD DRIVE: Sackless GOP Leaders Issue Sternly Worded Memo in Response

By Kathryn Watson

Leading members of Congress are ripping IRS officials for erasing a computer hard drive after a federal judge ordered it to be preserved.

“The destruction of evidence subject to preservation orders and subpoenas has been an ongoing problem under your leadership at the IRS,” Committee on House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz and Rep. Jim Jordan, wrote in a letter to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen late Thursday.

Larwyn’s Linx: Yes, Trump Can Win

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Nation

Yes, Trump Can Win: Jeffrey Lord
Trump: Vote For Me Because, Unlike Cruz, I'll Make Deals With the Democrats: Ace
Nine Tales of Trump: Matt Labash

Trump's bad bet: How too much debt killed his flagship casino: Robert O'Harrow, Jr.
Senate GOP: Cruz alienates voters, endangers retaining control: ConRead
Trump: Replace Obamacare With Government Funded Universal Healthcare: Onan Coca

“Moderate Democrat” State Senator Wants to Take California's Guns: Stephen Frank
What Would a Donald Trump Presidency Look Like?: Ben Shapiro
Trump Funded Boehner and McConnell Against the Tea Party: The Resurgent

Emotion Trumps Facts, Part II: Thomas Sowell
Can’t Decide Between Trump and Cruz?: Erick Erickson
Donald Trump, Our Dear Poll Leader: Amanda Carpenter

Economy

Dear Minimum Wage Activisits: Your Replacements Have Arrived: ProgsToday
The Democrats Stumble Toward 50 Shades of Socialism: Joe Klein
Tab for John Kasich’s Obamacare expansion tops $6 billion: Jason Hart

Scandal Central

Report: Clinton Email Exposed Intelligence from Human Spying: Morgan Chalfant
State Department Hints At Investigation Into Hillary’s Blackberry Decision : Chuck Ross
NPS Admits It Discussed Plan To Close War Memorials With Obama Officials: WZ

Climate & Energy

Hottest Shattering Year since the last one: Five reasons it was not hot, and not relevant: JoNova
Are the Global Warmistas Simply Juicing Up the Latest Years' Temperatures With "Adjustments"?: Ace
Snowzilla LIVE: DC Blizzard Snow Cams: Kemberlee Kaye

Media

Trump-Cruz 2016: Jeffrey Lord
Cruz Masterfully Dismantles Latest Trump Claims on Mark Levin Show: Reaganite
Mark Levin: One Campaign Trying to Silence Me: Scoop

National Review magazine tells conservatives to shun Trump: ConRead
RNC Cuts Ties with National Review after Magazine’s Anti-Trump Issue: Fox
NRO Standing Athwart Trumpism: Jon Gabriel

Donald Trump's changing positions on many issues over the last year alone: John R. Lott
Flashback: Donald Trump Tells CNN He Identifies as a Democrat: LidBlog
Had Enough Trump?: Stuart Schneiderman

World

Concerns Mount That $1.7 Billion Paid to Iran Was Ransom for American Hostages: The Tower
White House: Taliban Are/Are Not Terrorists, We Must Work a Deal With Them: Bridget Johnson
Don’t make Obama come down there! Gitmo detainee refuses to leave: Doug Powers

The Obama Administration and Iran: Strange Bedfellows: Susan Brown
As Iran Seizes U.S. Boats, Three Stooges Rush to Emasculate America: FSM
Former CIA Official: No Question Hillary Broke the Law and FBI Must Recommend a Criminal Grand Jury: Ace

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

The state of privacy in America: What we learned: Lee Rainie
Google’s latest breathtaking addition to Street View is a virtual tour of Mont Blanc: 9to5Google
Tunnel Vision – The Mysterious Forced Entry of the Caliph into the Great Pyramid of Giza: Ancient Origins

Cornucopia

Slimy Clinton Hack Already Playing Race Card Against Sanders: JWF
Check Your White Privilege: MOTUS
Listen: Alleged Bill Clinton Sexual Assault Victim Describes Her Encounter: Hannity

Image: Check Your White Privilege
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QOTD:

Friday, January 22, 2016

PARANOID: Fear, hate and conspiracy theories have destroyed Hillary Clinton’s campaign

By Daniel Greenfield

Hillary Clinton’s political future is caught between an old hippie and the FBI.

Under fire, her collapsing campaign is retreating into paranoia and conspiracy theories. The Intelligence Community Inspector General, an Obama appointee, is being accused of conspiring with Republicans. The rise of Bernie Sanders is being attributed to “dark money” and political enemies by Clintonworld.