Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Larwyn's Linx: Why You Don't Understand Trump

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Nation

Why You Don't Understand Trump: Captain Capitalism
Home field advantage: Trump, Clinton win New York: W. James Antle III
Cruz shows up Trump in Missouri delegate fight: David M. Drucker

Rush: If Trump wins 50% of vote in NY and gets 90% of delegates, is that “fair”?: Hot Air
Cruz on Trump: Campaign Seems Incapable Of 'Running A Lemonade Stand': Hannity
Wow! Check Out This Ted Cruz Radio Interview! Sparks Flyin'!: PolitiBrew

The Republican Race Becomes The People vs. The Delegates: Roger L. Simon
Stressed Kasich Snaps At Reporter, Snatches His Recorder: Shifra
Something Something Something Danger Zone: BattleSwarm

Vermont Gun Rights Group to Clinton: You’re a Liar!: Jenn Jacques
‘She’s the devil’: Sanders fans slam Hillary: Kyle Olson
Hillary on shameless pandering to black voters: ‘Is it working?’: Larry O'Connor

To #BlackLivesMatter, No Lives Matter: Heather Mac Donald
Uncovering the Hidden Truths of 9/11: John R. Schindler
Cruz Calls for Unity Against Trump: Michael Warren

5 Lessons From Trump's Big Win In New York: Ben Shapiro
Trump campaign pays Breitbart editor $8,000: Gabby Morrongiello
Report: Corey Lewandowski suffers embarrassing demotion: Twitchy

Economy

Obama's open-door immigration policy blamed for surge in rural gang crime: Paul Bedard
E-Verify And The Deep Duplicity Of Our Government On Immigration: John Derbyshire
The Appeal of Sanders and Trump in One Chart: Barry Ritholtz

Scandal Central

Sonia Sotomayor wants Religious Litmus Test!: Leslie Eastman
Rep. Kristi Noem: IRS Is Rehiring Employees Fired for Misconduct: Susan Jones
White House rejects demand to boost IRS integrity: Paul Bedard

Climate & Energy

Gavin Schmidt and Reference Period “Trickery”: Steve McIntyre
Pelosi’s Husband Invested in Solar Firm Weeks Before Lucrative Expansion: Lachlan Markay
Systematic Error in Climate Measurements: The surface air temperature record: Pat Frank

Media

WashPost's Sunday Front-Page Defines New York Values: 'Ted Cruz Is a Complete A--hole': Tim Graham
Paglia: Hillary Clinton Is ‘Utterly Corrupt,’ ‘Incompetent,’ ‘Soulless’: David Rutz
Hannity Tries To Ambush Cruz, Fails: Hank Berrien

How Democrats Win Debates By Corrupting The English Language: David Harsanyi
Ted Cruz on CNBC's Squawk Box: Stuart Schneiderman
Liberals Really Are This Intellectually Disabled....: Feral Irishman

Rapper's ankle bracelet goes off in White House: TMZ
Second New York Observer writer resigns over paper's endorsement of Trump: Gabby Morrongiello
Aspiring rapper killed after music video about guns turns into bloodbath: DailyMail

World

Nothing to Worry about from Middle-Eastern Refugees? Think Again.: Tammy Bruce
The Muslim Will vs. the Western Way: Raymond Ibrahim
Belgian police arrest 23-year-old Swedish national, charged over brutal Brussels attacks: NEOnline

Tommy Robinson, “enemy of the state”: Ted Belman
ISIS plans beach massacres in Europe: Speisa
Where the Streets Have No Jokes (cont): Mark Steyn

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Help us hack FOIA data at BuzzFeed's hackathon: Michael Morisy
Google just pissed off the entire TV industry: Matthew Hussey
12-Year-Old Israeli Girl Discovers Ancient Egyptian Amulet: AP

Cornucopia

The Home Stretch: Steve Berman
A Clever Little Dog Tricks His Big Friend To Get His Toy: Katie McGuire
Video: Shark surprises surfers off Sunset Beach as it goes airborne: OC Register

Image: Uncovering the Hidden Truths of 9/11
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Help Protect Our Constitution: Ted Cruz for President

QOTD: "The #NeverTrump crowd and the #NeverCruz crowd should take a breather. The real enemies are not each other or even the the evil establishment (give Karl Rove and his white board a break). It is that other winner of Tuesday night's primary -- Hillary Rodham Clinton -- now the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party, health and legal issues permitting. She is the one who will extend and expand the policies of Barack Obama that are changing the essence of our country. If you want that, keep fighting with each other." --Roger L. Simon

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Willful Blindness and Our Saudi ‘Friends’

By Andrew C. McCarthy

For many years, I was reluctant to write a memoir of my experience leading the investigation and prosecution of the jihadists against whom we are still at war over 20 years later. For one thing, while an exhilarating experience for a trial lawyer, it was also a very hard time for my family, for obvious reasons. Also, with all the tough judgment calls we had to make, we inevitably made some mistakes - "we" very much including me. A triumphant outcome has a pleasant way of bleaching away any memory of errors; to write honestly about the case would mean revisiting them. Who needed that?

And about that triumph: I had, and have, a gnawing sense that we failed. Yes, the conviction of the Blind Sheikh and his henchmen was a great law-enforcement success. Throughout the long trial and in the years that followed, though, I came to appreciate that national security is principally about keeping Americans safe, not winning court cases. Sure, winning in this instance meant justice was done and some terrorists were incarcerated. How safe, though, had we really kept Americans?

BREAKING, EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump poised to win GOP primary in most liberal state in in the Union

By Cliff Kincaid

Donald J. Trump’s admission that two of his adult kids didn’t even bother to register as Republicans, in order to vote for him in the New York primary, says all you need to know about his attempted takeover of the GOP. Trump isn’t a real Republican and his kids aren’t committed to the party. They work for their Daddy.

The evidence is clear: the candidate who had no knowledge of the nuclear triad, which protects America from a Russian nuclear first-strike, and who flip-flops on every major issue, is still a Democrat.

At this late stage in the campaign, it is simply amazing that conservative media personalities and websites (such as the Drudge Report) are ignoring the evidence of Trump’s involvement with the Democratic Party and close relationship with the Clintons, and treating the businessman as an authentic Republican.

THANKS, JOHN KASICH: Ohio's budget-busting Medicaid expansion soars past $7.5 billion

By Jason Hart

Ohio Medicaid expansion costs sailed farther past Gov. John Kasich’s projections in March, as total spending on the program topped the $7.5 billion mark.

Expansion cost $411 million last month, making March the most expensive month yet. For the past six months, expansion costs reported by the Ohio Department of Medicaid averaged $394 million — dwarfing other state programs.

Kasich’s budget office reported $312 million in primary and secondary education expenditures, $186 million in higher education expenditures, and $170 million in justice and public protection expenditures in March.

Larwyn's Linx: Obama is leaving IEDs for the next President, just as Clinton did to Bush

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Nation

Obama is leaving IEDs for the next President, just as Clinton did to Bush: Flopping Aces
Why I Will Be Voting For Ted Cruz In The New York Primary: LidBlog
Clinton campaign blames Democrats’ ‘sexism’ for high unfavorable ratings: Olaf Ekberg

Clinton Surrenders to Yet Another Coughing Fit: Jenna Lifhits
Trump calls Hillary ‘crooked’ and Hillary ‘could care less’: Larry O'Connor
Democrats move to restore ATF powers: Jazz Shaw

The Legal Profession Continues to Steal our Sovereignty: Daniel Horowitiz
Obama DAPA Immigration Policy Is Illegal: Sen. Mike Lee
Nazi-aligned Muslim Brotherhood Day on Capitol Hill: Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.

Here's Why Trump's Long Con Works So Well: Ben Shapiro
Key Trump director quits as campaign restructures over last primary states: Sooper
The Obama Crime Wave Comes to Minnesota: John Hinderaker

Economy

Will Hillary Pay The Extra Taxes She Wants To Force On Other Americans?: RWN
UC Berkeley Forced to Cut 500 Jobs After $15 Minimum Wage Hike: Justin Holcomb
Wall Street Mega Donors Dominate Clinton’s Fundraising Committee Support: Rachel Stockman

Scandal Central

Why Did Congo Offer Clinton $650,000 For Two Pics And A Speech?: Richard Miniter
Inside Panama Papers: Multiple Clinton connections: McClatchy
Nine Gitmo detainees transferred to our friends the Saudis: Larry O'Connor

2012: Trump slams Santorum's lost delegates: 'he is badly organized and not a good manager’: Renee Nal
Photograph their families! Trump ally Gary Forbes plans to brutalize delegates, GOP leadership: Renee Nal
State Department Consents to Depositions Over Clinton Email Server: Alana Goodman

Climate & Energy

Bombshell: State Attorney Generals colluded with Green groups to punish political opponents: Chris Horner
The EPA's Scary Race Car Ban Proposal Is Dead: Matt Robinson
Email: Top radical Marxist EPA lawyer supports Obama Supreme Court pick: Kyle Feldscher

Media

Nehlen campaign: Michelle Malkin endorses Paul Ryan’s challenger, will host fundraiser in Kenosha: WisPolitics
GOP will blow up with or without Trump win, says Republican strategist Mary Matalin: BPR
Trying Not to Die: Erick Erickson

Mr. Trump: In Accusing Patriotic Delegates of Being Bought, You've Gone Too Far: JD Rucker
We Have A Thug Culture Problem, Not A Gun Problem: Bob Owens
ABC's 'Quantico' Goes After Cruz, Tea Party, Iraq War, and Glass Ceiling - All in One Hour!: Erik Soderstrom

In Its Efforts to Rewrite Political History, Here’s Other Scandals HBO Should Make Movies About: Joe Concha
Do Jews, Christians and Muslims Believe in the Same God?: Dennis Prager
Demonizing Christianity as a Global Menace: David Limbaugh

World

Good Thing No Israelis Were Present: AmInt
After Muslim terror attacks in 3 countries, DOJ launches Combating Islamophobia effort: Creeping
Dramatic Clash at the UN Security Council: Uzi Baruch

The Perilous Politicization of the Military: Jonathan F. Keiler
China Flight Tests New Multiple-Warhead Missile: Bill Gertz
US to Send Apaches, More Troops to Help in Mosul Fight: Tara Copp

The Sick Man of Europe: The Z Man
Obama Administration Urges States to Lift Sanctions on Iran: Eli Lake
White House hints Obama will veto Saudi immunity bill: Susan Crabtree

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Big Science is broken: Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry
Amazon Echo is on sale for $153 for one day only: Harish Jonnalagadda
You Want to Build an Empire Like Google's? This Is Your OS: Cade Metz

Cornucopia

Tax Day 2016: MOTUS
Bulldozers Battle in China: Stephen Gutowski
Stunned Britons capture 'UFOs flying above major UK city' in astonishing footage: Express

Image: US to Send Apaches, More Troops to Help in Mosul Fight
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Help Protect Our Constitution: Ted Cruz for President

QOTD: "Over the weekend, 2016 Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump accused the Republican Party of stealing the nomination from him via a rigged system designed to deprive him of a rightfully-won victory. “I will say this,” said Trump in Staten Island. “It’s a rigged system. It’s a crooked system. It’s 100 percent crooked.” Trump then threatened, in purely Joe Pesci circa Goodfellas fashion, to burn down the house if he doesn’t get his way at the Republican National Convention: “The Republican National Committee, they’d better get going, because I’ll tell you what: You’re going to have a rough July at that convention. You’d better get going, and you’d better straighten out the system because the people want their vote. The people want their vote, and they want to be represented properly.”

Trump supporters cheer such nonsense. Trump isn’t being screwed. He’s winning more delegates than his vote share would warrant. In South Carolina, 68 percent of voters who didn’t vote for Trump are disenfranchised by his 100 percent delegate win – but that isn’t considered corrupt. Trump himself routinely brags about buying political figures, and says openly that he will bribe people in this process since “nobody has better toys than I do.” But he’s still the victim, according to his worshipful supporters as well as the chattering class who love him..." --Ben Shapiro

Monday, April 18, 2016

YES, REALLY: Trump ally advocates violence against GOP delegates and their families

By Renee Nal

We want each at-risk delegate, while in Cleveland, to receive urgent phone calls from their families and neighbors, that there is a massive demonstration happening in their front yard, with protesters waving signs that are warning that they not betray us. Keep the demonstrations peaceful, as long as that delegate does not switch his/her vote.” – Gary Forbes

It is time for Trump supporters to loudly denounce some of the very questionable behavior of Gary Forbes of “The Forbes Group,” who has been making some bizarre and frightening comments on his websites concerning GOP leaders and delegates across America who he feels are betraying Donald Trump.

GREEN CRIME GANG: Democrat A.G.'s Colluded With Eco-Nazis to Punish Political Opponents

By Chris Horner

Emails obtained by the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) show that the offices of New York Democratic Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and those of other politically aligned AGs, secretly teamed up with anti-fossil fuel activists to launch investigations against groups whose political speech challenged the global warming policy agenda.

These emails, obtained under open records laws, shed light on what followed after a January meeting, reported by the Wall Street Journal on April 14, in which groups funded by anti-fossil fuel Rockefeller interests met to urge just this sort of investigation and litigation against political opponents.

LYIN' HILLARY: On 9/11/2012, She Told Egyptian PM the Benghazi Attack "Had Nothing to Do With the Film"

By Judicial Watch

Judicial Watch has obtained new documents from the Department of State containing the telephone transcripts from the evening of September 11, 2012, in which then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton informs then-Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil that the deadly terrorist attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi “had nothing to do with the film.” The documents include previously unreleased telephone transcripts with world leaders about the Benghazi attack.

Larwyn's Linx: Cruz Wins Wyoming, Trump Threatens Chaos

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Nation

Cruz Wins Wyoming, Trump Threatens Chaos: Deanna Fisher
5 Reasons Ted Cruz Is The Best Choice For President: Jay Caruso
There is just so much wrong with Hillary: David Lawrence

New Poll is Big News for Trump in New York, Pennsylvania and California: Leon H. Wolf
Ted Cruz continues work to lock down Washington State.: Moe Lane
New York investigates mysterious voter fraud allegations: Jazz Shaw

Report: Trump hit on beauty pageant founder, contestants: Robert King
Cruz Campaign's Masterful Performance at GOP State Conventions: Rick Moran
Trump widens lead in California, nearing majority support: Jazz Shaw

Sleeping Dogs Are Waking: Victor Davis Hanson
Donald Trump isn’t the Biggest Loser in the Delegate Game: Leon H. Wolf
Sanders's scathing Clinton attack invigorates Brooklyn crowd: Niall Stanage

Economy

Fed Sends a Frightening Letter to JPMorgan; Corporate Media Yawns: WSOP
What in the World is Going on with Banks this Week?: Great Recession
U.S. Economy 2016: 3 Classic Recession Signals Are Flashing Red: Michael Snyder

The Entire Status Quo Is a Fraud: Charles Hugh Smith
Poster child for CA ‘living wage’ policies planning to start fleeing minimum wage increases: Moe Lane
Fiscal Cost of Illegal Aliens and Amnesty to the U.S. Taxpayer: Robert Rector and Jason Richwine (2013)

Scandal Central

FCC agents told to keep Obamaphone fraud secret from Congress until after approval to expand: BPR
Declassified Cable: Pakistani Intelligence Agency Funded Deadly Attack on CIA Personnel: CNS
Final proof Obama and Holder buried Fast and Furious: Sam Rolley

Climate & Energy

4 feet of global warming cancels big 420 rally in Denver: Twitchy
Another taxpayer-funded solar company fails: Jerome R. Corsi
Obama To Score Big Win On Paris Hotcoldwetdry Accord On Earth Day Or Something: Cove

Media

Poll: Vast majority of Americans don't trust the news media: CNS
Reince Priebus Schools Donald Trump On How Math Works: RS
Please DO NOT SHARE this “Bernie is My Comrade” graphic: LI

Great interview with @TedCruz on California radio show ‘John and Ken’: Scoop
Self-Identifying: College Students Unwittingly Reveal The Absolute Idiocy That Comes With It: Patterico
Mom Drops Logic Bomb on Militant Deviancy: MB

Is “The System” Really Rigged?: Derek Hunter
Obama's immigration order overreaches: Our view: USA Today Editorial Board
Rule 34 Blog: Via Ace

World

Thanks, Obama! Cuban Activist Living in USA for Nearly Half a Century Ordered Deported: JWF
Russian Jet Threatened U.S. Recon Aircraft: Bill Gertz
Coexist: Ferocious battle at Paris migrant camp: Refugees armed with metal poles clash with vigilantes: DailyMail

Obama’s Security Advisor: ‘Promoting Sustainable Development’ Will Help 'Defeat ISIL's Ideology': CNS
The Hijab and The Citadel: Toni Williams
Death Toll in Ecuador Rises to 272 After 'Strongest Quake in Decades': ABC News

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Wallpaper Camera Wraps Around Any Surface: Eric Niiler
British Airways plane possibly hit by drone near Heathrow: John Ribeiro, IDG News
ModPOS – The Mechanics of a POS Malware Framework: David Bisson

Cornucopia

(Photos) Abandoned homes in Chicago's violent Austin neighborhood: Marathon
Everything was going along fine until a big wind blew it over.: MOTUS
Photos: Texans begin 2016 cheerleader tryouts: Houston Chronicle Sports

Image: Everything was going along fine until a big wind blew it over.
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Help Protect Our Constitution: Ted Cruz for President

QOTD: "Have we ever elected a president who was being investigated by the FBI? It makes me lose all faith in this country.

Trump is clumsy, bold, and outspoken. Yet he has the integrity of the police compared to a criminal gang like the Clintons." --David Lawrence

Sunday, April 17, 2016

LOOK OUT BELOW: 73% Downside From Here

By Jim Quinn

As the stock market gyrates higher and lower in a fairly narrow range, the spokesmodels and talking heads on CNBC breathlessly regurgitate the standard bullish mantra designed to keep the muppets in the market. They are employees of a massive corporation whose bottom line and stock price depend upon advertising revenues reaped from Wall Street and K Street. They aren’t journalists. They are propagandists disguised as journalists. Their job is to keep you confused, misinformed, and ignorant of the true facts.

Who is the Biggest Demagogue of All?

By Cliff Kincaid

The liberal media want us to believe that Donald J. Trump is the most notorious political demagogue to arrive on the American political scene in decades. But Trump is a piker compared to socialist Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who has gotten millions of young people into a revolutionary frenzy and fervor over the idea of a taxpayer bailout for colleges that provide useless degrees in such areas as women’s studies and queer studies.

Consider the Sanders proposal to “make college tuition free and debt free” for young people. My oldest son Clifford has studied this issue, and has taken many online courses through accredited institutions of higher education. He has written an article noting that the Sanders proposal would funnel students “into an expensive and inefficient system that is largely failing today’s graduates.” He adds, “By doing nothing to address the underlying cost increases of education, the American taxpayer could be looking at a new Medicare, with no horizon in sight for the ever-increasing costs of the program.”

Larwyn's Linx: Why Cruz Could Beat Clinton

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Nation

Why Cruz Could Beat Clinton: Josh Kraushaar
RNC rules official warns lack of transparency could 'blow up the convention': Daniel Chaitin
Ted Cruz Wins Wyoming, Picks Up 14 Delegates: WZ

Insanity: Interview with Anne Richard (Asst. Sec. of State) is revealing!: Ann Corcoran
State seeks to pick up pace on bringing Syrian refugees to US: Kristina Wong
Are you within a 100-mile radius of a resettlement site? : Ann Corcoran

Protesters shout at Hillary: ‘She is guilty, she is evil!’: Kyle Olson
Islamic State threatens Muslim congressman, Clinton aide: Matt Zapotosky
Obama immigration action goes before Supreme Court: Lawrence Hurley

Obama Administration Says Men Entering Girl's Locker Rooms is a Civil Right: Nancy Hayes
Unequally Applied Justice Is No Justice at All: Diane Dimond
Tulane Defends Frat Building ‘Trump Wall’ To Offended Special Snowflakes: WZ

Economy

Ted Cruz Is Right: His Tax Plan Would Supercharge GDP Growth: Tim Worstall
California minimum wage hike hits L.A. apparel industry: 'The exodus has begun': LA Times
Gone to Texas: Ed Driscoll

Scandal Central

Clinton Foundation Donation Scandal Looking More Like Influence Peddling: Glenn Brock
How US covered up Saudi role in 9/11: Paul Sperry
Holder tried to stonewall, spin ‘Fast and Furious’ probe, panel says: Evan Lips

Media

The Queering of Feminism and the Silencing of Heterosexual Masculinity: R.S. McCain
Rep Black Slams 'Sanitized Political-Speak' Forcing Library of Congress to Ban Term 'Illegal Alien': Cortney O'Brien
Mitt Romney’s Drudge Report Connection Pays Off: Sam Stein (2012)

Ted Cruz In Full via Hannity Town Hall and Bloomberg News!: Politibrew
Story Behind Viral Post of Man's Act of Charity at a Utah Denny's Restaurant: Rachel Trost
Who Was Ty Cobb? The History We Know That's Wrong: Charles Leerhsen

World

Thanks, Obama: Iran parades parts of advanced S-300 missile battery in Tehran: Times of Israel
Migrants in Finland pose with preteen girlfriends on social media: Speisa
Immigrant Brings Rare and Deadly Relapsing Fever to Austria: TheLocal.at

Saudi Arabia Warns of Economic Fallout if Congress Passes 9/11 Bill: Mark Mazzetti
The strange death of left-wing Euroscepticism: Brendan O'Neill
Ten Billion Risks in Greece's Summer of Discontent: Mark Gilbert

Trump would leave NATO as president if countries don't pay: Robert King
Drivers for European parliament had ISIS propaganda: Pamela Geller
77 killed, hundreds hurt in Ecuador's 7.8 earthquake: Steph Solis

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Using Rapid Prototyping to Make a Clock: James Hobson
10 big changes with search engines over my 20 years of covering them: Danny Sullivan
Archaeologist sees Bosnia stone sphere as the most massive in Europe: Nancy Owano

Cornucopia

This All Makes Sense to the Left: Woodsterman
"I've got a little list" : Many Americans, and especially Trump supporters, have had it with:: American Digest
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA Shows a Growing Appetite for Craft Beer Brands: Fool

Image: Archaeologist sees Bosnia stone sphere as the most massive in Europe
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Help Protect Our Constitution: Ted Cruz for President

QOTD: "The issue now arises that a few countries with poor human rights histories, such as Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were allowed to purchase weapons [during Clinton's time as Secretary of State]. The possible impropriety comes in when you consider that these countries donated thousands upon millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State. Then, even with poor human rights histories, Clinton authorized weapons sales to these countries after the countries donated to the Clinton Foundation.

Now, consider that in Clinton’s term as Secretary of State, 20 foreign nations were sold over $165 billion in weapons and war technology while she was in office, and those nations had donated to the Clinton Foundation. In 2008, the Clinton Foundation entered into an ethics agreement promising full transparency from all donations, and Clinton pledged that during her time as Secretary of State, she pledged to do nothing that could be perceived as improper." --Glenn Brock

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Time for Hillary to Pay

By Roger Aronoff

Hillary Clinton, for the most part, eagerly embraced the record of President Barack Obama during Thursday night’s Brooklyn, New York debate on CNN against Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT). Sanders has won eight of the last nine state primaries or caucuses, with the all-important New York state primary coming up this Tuesday. The question of Hillary’s mishandling of classified information never came up in the debate. But earlier in the week, the President had doubled down on his attempt to assure the public that at worst, Hillary was just “careless” regarding her handling of classified materials on her private, unsecured email server while secretary of state. And that wasn’t the first time that he has publicly pre-judged this ongoing investigation, while claiming to have no more knowledge of the facts or the investigation than what can be found in the news.

HILLARY IN A SUIT: Top 17 Left-Wing Moments of John Kasich’s Endless Political Career

By Daniel Horowitz

As the race between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz becomes more acrimonious, many people are naturally attracted to a fresh alternative. John Kasich has the benefit of being so irrelevant he can’t even win a congressional district, much less a full state.  And precisely because he’s been so irrelevant, few have bothered to expose his true record.

As we are learning throughout this primary season, the Republican Party is divided and diverse.  But the common denominator between all Republicans is that they want to move in a new direction, far away from the Obama agenda.  What is clear about John Kasich is that far from being a fresh alternative, he is the embodiment of what is fueling everyone’s anger.

Here are the top 17 times Gov. Kasich’s left-wing tendencies on the most critical issues of our time have been on display:  

Larwyn's Linx: Hillary Clinton Benghazi Phone Transcripts: ‘Attack Had Nothing To Do With Film’

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Nation

Clinton Phone Transcripts: Benghazi ‘Attack Had Nothing To Do With Film’: Nina Bookout
Number of Children Illegally Entering U.S. Up 1,200% Between 2011 and 2014: Adam Kredo
Hillary: Hey, we “did a great deal to help the Libyan people”: Ed Morrissey

Trump’s The One: Bill Schanefelt
Ted Cruz’s New York Values: New York Sund
2016 House Ratings: Cook Political

Donald Trump Op-Ed: “Let Me Ask America a Question”…: Treehouse
Donald Trump Uses the Wall Street Journal to Prove He Is One Truly Stupid Person: RS
Dear New York Republicans: Let’s talk about New York values: Bookworm

Hilarious: Watch John Kasich Admit He's A Democrat: Robert Kraychik
John Kasich is a Flaming Jerk: Philip Swicegood
Clinton Email Server Greatest Intel Disaster in History: Ray Starmann

Economy

Economic Inequality Complaints Are Just A Cover For Anti-Rich Prejudice: Don Watkins
Bernie Sanders, Who Demands Higher Taxes, Pays Low Effective Tax Rate: William Teach
American Security: An Economy That Works for All: Alexis Simendinger

Scandal Central

Documents confirm Eric Holder’s role in Fast and Furious cover-up: Paul Mirengoff
Where’s GOP Leadership on Impeaching IRS Commissioner Koskinen?: Josh Withrow
TX Judge resigns when caught texting instructions to prosecutors to help win convictions: Poor Richard

Media

Drudge Report (aka "Tiger Beat for Trump") Alternatives: MB
ABC, CNN Tout 'Major Win' in Lawsuit Against Gunmakers Over Sandy Hook: Matthew Balan
Levin schools Carson on the Electoral College: Scoop

The "At Least We're Talking About These Issues" Defense of Trump: Ace
Getting to know Ted Cruz is learning to like him even more: Jeffrey A. Randall
Socialist Gets Owned in Cable Interview: Dan Bongino

World

Kerry scolds Russia for buzzing U.S. destroyer: Kurt Mills
Obama Plots His Revenge on Israel: Pamela Geller
Muslim Migrant Mobs Riot under Paris Metro: Pamela Geller

Sweden: ISIS is recruiting openly - at the Employment Service: SPEISA
Belgian expert on Why ISIS wants a 'clash of civilizations': MFS-TON
IOM: Nearly 6,000 migrants arrived to Italy since Tuesday: EUobserver

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Facebook Employees Asked Zuckerberg If They Should Try to Stop a Trump Presidency: Michael Nunez
How to Write a Twitter Bot in 5 Minutes: LabNol
The new Rolex Explorer Hands-On: Jason Pitsch

Cornucopia

All You Can Eat: MOTUS
Second 7.0 Earthquake Rocks Southern Tip of Japan's Main Island, Killing At Least 9: Ace
Want Fries with That?: iOTWreport

Image: Watch Neil Cavuto Spar Over Capitalism With A Socialist Who Thinks It’s ‘Illegitimate’
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Help Protect Our Constitution: Ted Cruz for President

QOTD:

Friday, April 15, 2016

COMEDIAN-SLASH-FRONTRUNNER: Voters votes don't count, so don't vote

We're hearing a decidedly mixed message from GOP frontrunner Donald J. Trump.

On the one hand, he insists, voters are being disenfranchised.

On the other, if delegates were proportionally awarded based upon the popular vote, Mr. Trump's come out a couple dozen delegates ahead.

After an unbelievable and unprecedented run of free media coverage -- as well as a few early victories -- Trump appears to have grown lazy and overconfident. He didn't bother to build a ground operation, the heart of a grassroots campaign.

Even though California's primary is in a few weeks, he just hired a political director for that state a couple of days ago.

Further, everyone has known about the delegate rules for months, if not years.

Trump is a decent entertainer. A masterful politician, not so much.


Hat tip: BadBlue Real-Time News.
 

Larwyn's Linx: Cruz: You're damn right I called Mitch McConnell a liar on the Senate floor

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Nation

Cruz: You're damn right I called Mitch McConnell a liar on the Senate floor: Hot Air
“Wreck-It Donald” Is Breaking Conservatism from Within: Jon Gabriel
Guest commentary: A warning directly from Europe: Ann Corcoran

Guess Who Just Got Zero Loyal Delegates In Nebraska?: RS
Trump’s Seeming Incomprehension Of State Primaries Is A Big Red Flag: Brent Smith
Several State Parties Rule That Rubio's Delegates Are No Longer Bound To Him: Ace

Justice Thomas: Mr. Republican: Ken Masugi
The Donald/Bernie Show: Shades Of Hugo Chavez: Mona Charen
Uber Gave Gov. Agencies Data on Over 12M Users: NBC New York

Fox News Exclusive: U.S. Marines are at the Breaking Point: Scoop
The War on the Little Sisters of the Poor: BattleSwarm
House 2016: How a Democratic Wave Could Happen: OpinionToday

Economy

Puerto Rico Bailout Shows Corruption of Paul Ryan and GOPe Leadership: CHQ
UC Davis Wondered If $175,000 Would Make The Internet Go Away. Conclusion: No.: Ken White
Illegal Aliens Being Deported On Luxury Jets, Taxpayers Paying $300,000/Day: WZ

Scandal Central

Cornyn: Obama 'trying to influence' FBI Clinton probe: Joel Gehrke
Judge: Sandy Hook Victims Can Sue Gun-maker: Herschel Smith
Ferguson/Trayvon DOJ Unit Used Taxpayer Cash for Airfare, Dentist Visits, and Ritzy Dinners: J. Christian Adams

Climate & Energy

Bill Nye: Throw ‘climate deniers’ in jail: Ryan Girdusky
Warmist Michael E. Kraft Wants To Punish Climate Deniers: William Teach

Media

Pick Up the Owner's Manual for Politics and Know How to Use It!: EIB
Mark Levin to Trump: Stop ‘whining’ about GOP rules: Mark Hensch
Sharpton Snaps at Megyn Kelly to ‘Calm Down’ When Challenged on Ferguson Findings: CNS

7 times Ted Cruz's daughters stole the show: Anna Giaritelli
MOOK SPOOKED: Bernie lying about crowd sizes!: Olaf Ekberg
Sharpton Ruins Man’s Life, Doesn’t Care: PoliZette

World

Very Uncomfortable Truths: What if the Arabs won?: DTG
Why Bernie Sanders Says Terrible Things about Israel: Roger L. Simon
Expert: - The situation is catastrophic: Speisa

IS destroys the “Gate of God”: NewEurope
Gavin Boby does the math on Muslim rape gangs in the UK: Vlad Tepes
Britons Taste the Joy of Multiculturalism: MB

Russia rejects criticism of fly-by near US Navy destroyer: WaPo
Saudi-Iran Clash Possible at Islamic ‘Unity’ Summit: CNS
This year, Elijah to face armed guards outside Brussels Seders: Judah Ari Gross

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Meet Naked, a mirror that tracks your body's changes: Lily Prasuethsut
How Obamacare Is Fueling America’s Opioid Epidemic: Sean Gregory, Time Magazine
Swallowing a smart pill: The future of monitoring sports performance: Michael Sawh

Cornucopia

Steph Curry Is On Pace To Hit 102 Home Runs: Ian Levy
Talk Obama to Me: Talk Obama to Me
The NBA’s Carmelo Anthony Talks Watches: WatchReport

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QOTD: "According to The Wall Street Journal, here’s what [Speaker Paul] Ryan and his establishment Republican “leadership” want you to bailout with your hard-earned tax dollars:

Puerto Rico’s $46 billion unfunded pension liability is its single largest debt. The government pension funds are projected to run out of cash by 2019. Pension payments from the general fund would then exceed annual debt service under the proposed restructuring.

Like Illinois and other liberal states, Puerto Rico has shortchanged its pensions while buying the votes of its Brahmin public-employee class. In 2003 and 2007, politicians created new public-worker retirement entitlements including Christmas, summer and medication “bonuses” (in addition to their subsidized health benefits).

The pension funds have also served as a credit union for public workers. According to a 2013 audit, employees and retirees could borrow up to $100,000 for home mortgages and $5,000 for travel “to foreign countries for rest, recreation or educational pursuits.” As of 2013 such personal loans represented about a quarter of the general employees’ retirement system’s investment portfolio.

In other words, one segment of the elite political class – Congress – is demanding that the taxpayers bailout another segment of the elite political class – Puerto Rican public employees. " --George Rasley

Thursday, April 14, 2016

SHOCK REPORT: Obama Grants 700,000 Green Cards to Islamic "Migrants"

By Judicial Watch

With Islamic terrorism on the rise in the United States and Western Europe, it’s worth mentioning that the Obama administration issued around 680,000 green cards to foreigners from Muslim countries during a five-year period, according to data published by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The stats, the latest made available by DHS, also show that the U.S. government admits more than double the number of immigrants from Muslim nations than from the European Union.

THE RINGLEADER: Obama Organizes Mass Jailbreak from Gitmo

By Matthew Vadum

Despite warnings that Muslim terrorists remain a grave threat to the United States, President Obama gave two dangerous veteran jihadists at Guantanamo Bay get-out-of-jail-free cards earlier this month.

Emptying out Guantanamo is a longtime goal of Obama. Shuttering the terrorist detention facility located on U.S.-held territory in Cuba has been a goal of President Obama, going back at least to the campaign trail in 2008. He wants to close the prison camp and unleash the worst of the worst among Islamic terrorists, allowing them to wreak havoc and kill more Americans. Violent Muslim militants are merely misunderstood people from a foreign culture, in Obama's view.

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Poll: Trump just 2 points behind Clinton, wins most Cruz voters: Paul Bedard
With a 5/7 Deadline, Trump Only Hired a Cali Political Director Yesterday: Erick Erickson

Syrian surge! ‘Refugees’ flood into U.S. at rate of 358 per week: Leo Hohmann
Trump’s Convention Manager is Wrong About April Delegate Projections: Robert Eno
Kasich has a Legal Problem with his New Jersey Delegates: Robert Eno

How Hillary Clinton’s Misuse Of Classified Documents Alters U.S. Law: Angelo Codevilla
Hillary: Why Yes My Proposals Require a $1 Trillion Tax Hike: Katie Pavlich
Clinton Announces Immigrant Affairs Office Amid Heated NY Primary: Molly O'Toole

Cruz suggests prison for Clinton: Rudy Takala
Obama puts his thumb on the scale for Hillary: John Kass
Ted Cruz might have enough support to block Trump on second ballot: Rebecca Shabad

Economy

Feds Could Save Hundreds of Billions By Killing Redundant Programs: Elizabeth Harrington
Why is the Media Covering Up Recessionary Data?: Jim Quinn
Loophole Allows People to Receive Disability and Unemployment at the Same Time: Melanie Hunter

Scandal Central

Russias Jets Make ‘Simulated Attack’ On US Warship, Obama Responds By Doing Nothing: WZ
Iran Blocking Congressional Access to Country, Nuke Sites: Adam Kredo
Obama lawlessness: IRS says it’s OK for illegal aliens to use fraudulent Social Security numbers: Fellowship

Four Months After Promising “Regular Order”, Paul Ryan Announces Chance for 2017 Budget: Treehouse
Shoe Company: Obama Admin Pressured Us to Stay Quiet on TPP: Jim Swift
Snowden slams Clinton double standard on classified information: Rudy Takala

Climate & Energy

Promise Kept: Barack Obama Breaks the Coal Industry: Steve Milloy

Media

Facebook Billionaire Living in Fortress Condemns "Fearful Voices" "Building Walls": Daniel Greenfield
Soviet Immigrants Rip Sanders Supporters' Stupidity: Daniel Greenfield
Planned Parenthood Email Shows Cruz Terrifies Them: JD Rucker

Rape and Civility: Ken White
36 Reasons to Stop Me Before I Tweet Again: Larry Elder
Ted Cruz Daughters Steal the Show at CNN Town Hall With This Moment: Oliver Darcy

World

In the City of the Decadents: Daniel Greenfield
Is NATO Worth Preserving?: Victor Davis Hanson
Hundreds of Muslim invaders hijack a train carriage to use as a battering ram: BNI

The Africa Problem: The Z Man
Another Gun Ban, Another Horrific Outcome (Venezuela Edition): CPRC
Socialism Works: Venezuela Is So Broke It Can’t Even Print Its Own Money: PanAm Post

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

9 open source robotics projects: Jason Baker
CDC: Zika virus causes birth defects: Robert King
Node.js Foundation Survey: Janet Swift

Cornucopia

On Thomas Jefferson's Birthday, Here Are His Most Prophetic Statements: ZH
Warning: Objects in Mirror Are Dumber Than They Appear: MOTUS
Possible $100M Caravaggio painting found in attic after 400 years missing: Ed Adamczyk

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QOTD: "...even under the older, more permissive view of the Espionage Act, Hillary Clinton is in big trouble. It is not possible to argue that she maintained a private system of communication for public business in a fit of absentmindedness. Pleading ignorance or nonchalance about whether the information that crossed her inbox over four years as secretary of State was irrelevant to the safety of Americans is untenable prima face.

Nor can she take refuge in the fact that much classified information is classified improperly. Surely, secretaries of State get documents that come from communication intercepts, unmistakably. Mishandling those is supposed to get you ten years in the slammer plus a $10,000 fine for each count. Then there are the Special Access Programs, the very subject matter of which justifies the Codeword classification.

In short, her case cannot be laid in front of a jury, grand or petit, without a nasty outcome. That is why the Democratic Party cannot allow it to get there. " --Angelo Codevilla