Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Hillary's Fallen Down Laughing and She Can't Get Up

This here is some weapons-grade stupidity:


Of course, being under a criminal FBI investigation apparently isn't disqualifying for a presidential candidate. As long as said miscreant is a Democorat [sic intentional].

Hat tip: Doug Powers.
 

The Orlando Massacre Is Just the Beginning

By Raymond Ibrahim

What is the greatest lesson of the Orlando massacre, where a Muslim shooter killed at least 50 people at a homosexual night club—an event that is now considered the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil since the September 11 attacks of 2001?  It’s that such an attack had to happen—and is destined to happen again.  Why?  Because the surest way of seeing an act occur repeatedly—say a terrorist attack—is to repeat all the same steps that precipitated and paved the way for it in the first place.

Consider: the shooter, Omar Mir Seddique Mateen, was “quite religious” and a pious Muslim (he attended mosque and prayed regularly); he clearly saw himself as a jihadi killing evildoers—he “recited prayers to Allah during the attack,” pledged this act to the Islamic State, and the latter claimed it—officialdom, as usual, is trying to obfuscate the Islamic role. 

DEMOCRAT LOGIC COMIX: An Ideology or a Tool?

By Biff Spackle

You can see Biff's entire comic collection here. Spoiler: it's awesome.
 

Larwyn's Linx: ISIS Terror Shooting At Gay Nightclub Dismantles The Liberal Narrative; Trump's Speech a Game-Changer

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Jihad in Orlando

ISIS Terror Shooting At Gay Nightclub Dismantles The Liberal Narrative: Michael Sebastian
Trump's Speech a Game-Changer: David Horowitz
Obama Whiffs Again: Stuart Schneiderman

The Problem isn’t the Deity. The Problem is the Priests.: The Declination
The Disease of Modern Liberalism: The Z Man
No, President Obama, Americans Don’t Need to Examine Themselves: David Limbaugh

Killing Homosexuals Is Not ISIS Law, It Is Muslim Law: Andrew C. McCarthy
Terror In Orlando – War Comes To America: Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
DHS Taught To Combat Islamic Extremism With Political Correctness: Peter Hasson

How Did the Orlando Muslim Terrorist’s Father Get Into U.S.?: Steve Sailer
Muslim terrorist also scouted Disney World as a potential target: BNI
Orlando jihadi’s father: Pro-Taliban views, said Allah will punish gays: Creeping

Nation

Orlando Attack Is Nothing Compared to What Is Coming...: John Guandolo
...And The Government Won’t Save You: Bob Owens
Pair of Cackling Idiots Believe Scary-Looking Rifles Should be Banned: WZ

Will Orlando Change Anything?: Thomas Sowell
Nearly 600 Charged, Convicted, Connected to Terror Since 9/11; Almost All Muslims: CNS
Democrat Terrorist Slaughters 50 Americans, Democrat Candidate for President Calls for More Gun Control: JWF

Economy

Thanks, Obama: Man With Full-Time Job in U.S. Earned Less in 2014 than 1973: Caroline May

Scandal Central

Hillary’s State Dept. Gave South Sudan’s Military a Pass for Its Child Soldiers: Nick Turse
Hillary's State Dept. Blocked Investigation into Orlando Killer's Mosque: Kit Daniels
Orlando Terrorist Worked at Security Co. Hired by DHS to Transport, Release Illegal Aliens: JW

Media

Blame-Shifters: Democrats Use #Orlando to Scapegoat Christians, GOP, NRA: R.S. McCain
Orlando Shooting: Everything Wrong With the Liberal Media…: Crowder
Trump: Clinton Can't Protect LGBT Community While Importing Those Who Hate Them: Time Haine

What If the Orlando Murderer Were a Christian?: Dennis Prager
Former Co-Worker Calls Orlando Shooting Suspect Angry, Profane: CBSMiami
CAIR tries to sell us its favorite crap sandwich about the Orlando terror attack: BNI

World

Want to Bury Jihad? Start by Burying Political Correctness: Nicole Russell
London’s Muslim Mayor Bans Sexy Women In Advertisements: Alex Pfeiffer
Most U.S. Mosques Teach Violence: Robert Spencer (2011)

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2B in cash, makes big move into enterprise social media: Ingrid Lunden
10 Great Water Watches for World Oceans Day: Roberta Naas
Orlando mass shooter visited gay clubs, used gay dating apps: Xeni Jardin

Cornucopia

Russia Is Reportedly Set To Release Clinton's Intercepted Emails: OilPrice
Hillary Clinton: I sparred with Muhammad Ali: Dandy Goat
The parlance of pilots: Mark Vanhoenacker

Image: ISIS Terror Shooting At Gay Nightclub Dismantles The Liberal Narrative
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QOTD: "The policy of the US when it comes to Islamic terrorism is to pretend that it has no relation to Islam. Thus, the US continues to import Muslims. But, each new Muslim arrival increases the threat of Islamic terror. To counter that threat, the US steps up surveillance, but to ensure it is not profiling, it increases surveillance of all citizens. One of the shocking revelations that came out of the Edward Snowden affair is that the vast majority of the information gathered on innocent US citizens has no relation to terrorism.

But it is impossible to watch everyone. Real threats, like Omar Mateen, will drop off the radar. As long as there is a large Muslim presence in the US, a certain percentage of terror attacks will get through. This approach is unsustainable. It is not possible to keep increasing the surveillance state and to keep increasing the Islamic population in the US. The only solution is to curb Islamic immigration. Donald Trump’s proposed ban on new Muslim immigration would go a long way of stopping the problem from getting even worse. Deporting known terrorist sympathizers would also help." --Michael Sebastian

Monday, June 13, 2016

OBAMA'S SPEECH AFTER THE ORLANDO TERROR ATTACK: Defeated and Indifferent

A must-read from Stuart Schneiderman, with a few of the key graphs below:

Obama offered up yet another profile in cowardice. He showed no passion, no emotion, no anger…. Nothing. He was acting as someone who had been trying to run out the clock and who had just been shown for the incompetent weakling that he is.

After all, he is the president; his FBI botched the investigation of Omar Mateen; his security agencies failed to pick up on someone who was threatening to kill people and whose father was a notable supporter of the Taliban. It’s Obama’s America; we live in the Age of Obama. His job was to keep us safe. If any American bears responsibility for yesterday’s events, that American is Barack Obama.

This is How Democracy Dies

By Bruce Thornton

The attacks on Trump supporters at a rally in San Jose last week were another example of the left’s violent assaults on free speech and association. Before the election there is likely to be more thuggery, as an emboldened left lets slip their dogs of war to foment disorder to continue Obama’s aim to “fundamentally transform” America. As the long history of political philosophy teaches, this undermining of law by violence is an important sign of democracy’s impending doom.

Over 2100 years ago, the Greek historian Polybius described how democracy dies:

IMPEACHABLE OFFENSES: Officials Knew Pulse Terrorist's Imam was Radicalizing Inmates, Did Nothing

By Karl Denninger

Where are the articles of impeachment?

Against them all.

Congress. Obama. The State Legislatures. The judges.

All of them.

I have written many times about the revolving door problem in our prisons.  There's a basic principle in our justice system that once you serve your time you've paid your debt to society.  This is how it should be, and it should apply across the board.  Yes, that means that when you get out and probation is done, it's done.

No more firearms restrictions, no more anything.

Why?

Larwyn's Linx: “Guns aren't the problem. Radical Islam is the problem”; ISIS claims responsibility for Orlando shooting

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Jihad Strikes America, Again

“Guns aren't the problem. Radical Islam is the problem”: Faith Goldy
Islamic State claims responsibility for Orlando shooting: Robert King
FBI interviewed Orlando gunman 3 times in past 5 years due to suspected terror ties: Vice

The open society and its enemies: Law of Markets
As expected, Obama says nothing of any interest whatsoever: Cold Fury
Did FBI Training Material Purge Cause Dropped Ball On Orlando Shooter?: Kerry Picket

Terrorist Worked For Company Providing Security to Federal Buildings: John Hinderaker
Speaker at Orlando Mosque in April Said Gays Must Die: JWF
Father of the Orlando Shooter Recently Visited Congress, State Dept.: Benny Johnson

Orlando Slaughter: This is What Immigration "Diversity" Gets You: Michelle Malkin
How Orlando Terrorist Legally Bought Guns Despite Being on FBI Threat Radar: Chris White
Found Her: Omar Mateen’s Hidden Wife – Noor Zahi Salman (30): Treehouse

Co-Worker: Mateen Unstable, Unhinged-Employer Did Nothing Because He Was Muslim: JWF
Father of Orlando terrorist met with Democrat Charlie Rangel in April: FAM
Father of Orlando terrorist was Afghan politician who supported Taliban: DailyMail

Nation

When Leftists Believe the Race of a Judge Matters: Ann Coulter
Obama uses Orlando attack to call for gun control: Robert King
GOP senator: 'More of these attacks are coming': Rebecca Savransky

Hillary Clinton Is ‘Historic’: Derek Hunter
#CrookedHillary Ignores Benghazi Dead While Talking About Libya: ProgsToday
Bernie Bro: We found proof thwarted L.A. attacker supports Bernie Sanders: Ryan Girdusky

Economy

American Murder Mystery: Hanna Rosin (2008)

Scandal Central

America’s second chance to prove Clintons aren’t above the law: Michael Goodwin
Republicans fear 'bias' in Clinton email probe after Obama endorsement: Sarah Westwood
Susan Rice: Just because I deliver wrong information to Americans ‘doesn’t make me a liar’: Michele Kirk

Climate, Energy and Regulations

He Flew a Drone to Take Photos for a Friend. Now Faces $55K in Government Fines: Melissa Quinn
Spot the problem: Man-made emissions flat, but global CO2 hits record high: JoNova

Media

Media coordinates, rushes to push "mass shooting" meme as deflection agitprop: Stop Shouting
Reddit Bans Users, Deletes Comments That Say Orlando Terrorist Was Muslim: Christian Datoc
Suspected Orlando shooter called 911, swore allegiance to Islamic State: NBC: Reuters

I'm a Gay Activist, and After Orlando, I Have Switched My Vote to Trump: PJmedia
ABC Blames Orlando Terror on Election Rhetoric and Guns in America: Nicholas Fondacaro
Two critical conclusions from Orlando terror attack: Amb. John Bolton

World

Obama fills the Mullahs' coffers as they promise "Death to America.": Joseph Puder
The Great Heathen Army: The Z Man
Orlando Shooting: Pickled in Hatred: Shoshana Bryen

Would Gays Be Executed or Imprisoned by a Palestinian State?: John McCormack
Will the next San Bernardino be in Florida?: Joe Kaufman (2015)
CAIR-Florida’s New Islamic Extremist Youth: Joe Kaufman (2015)

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Facebook deletes Pam Geller’s page after Orlando: WND
Did Led Zeppelin ripoff “Stairway to Heaven?” Ooh, it makes me wonder: David Kravets
10 Best Arduino Projects: DigitalTrends

Cornucopia

These are the victims of the Orlando massacre: Jack Mirkinson and Casey Tolan
Law Enforcement Motivation, Narrated by Al Pacino: Erik Porter
Hillary Clinton Called Bubba’s Campaign Manager ‘F**king Jew B*stard’: LidBlog

Image: These are the victims of the Orlando massacre
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QOTD: "A former Fort Pierce police officer who once worked with 29-year-old Omar Mateen, the assailant in anOrlando nightclub shooting that left at least 50 dead, said he was “unhinged and unstable.”

...Gilroy, a former Fort Pierce police officer, said Mateen frequently made homophobic and racial comments. Gilroy said he complained to his employer several times but it did nothing because he was Muslim. Gilroy quit after he said Mateen began stalking him via multiple text messages — 20 or 30 a day. He also sent Gilroy 13 to 15 phone messages a day, he said.

“I quit because everything he said was toxic,” Gilroy said Sunday, “and the company wouldn’t do anything. This guy was unhinged and unstable. He talked of killing people.”" --USA Today

Sunday, June 12, 2016

Smartest President Ever Unable to Deduce Motive of Pulse Nightclub Terrorist

By Sara Noble

The shooter in Orlando is tied to ISIS and worked for a security firm in Jupiter, passing all tests to obtain guns. He was known to the FBI since 2013.

Another man was arrested on a tip today as he was traveling to the Gay Pride parade in Los Angeles carrying possible explosives and rifles with ammo. The car had Indiana plates and he had the components of a pipe bomb.

Remarkably law enforcement in LA are telling the people they are safe and they have no reason to believe there is an ongoing terror threat.

The shooting in Orlando, Florida is tied to ISIS and that has been confirmed. The terrorist was shouting "Allahu Akbar" in the street and in the nightclub.

BEFORE THE BLOOD DRIES: Government-Media Complex pushes "Gun Violence" meme after Pulse terror attack

Try and contain your surprise: the Democrat-controlled government-media complex is doing its very best to coordinate a new meme for the horrific Jihadist attack in Florida. Namely, that the cause is "gun violence", not Islamic terror.


Larwyn's Linx: How Can We Lose? Jihad in Orlando

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Nation

How Can We Lose?: Christian Mercenary
Jihad in Orlando: Real Revo
ISIS Cheers Orlando #Pulse Nightclub Massacre – Warns of More Attacks: Jim Hoft

Muslim who murdered 20 in Florida gay nightclub identified as Omar Mateen: Robert Spencer
Islamic terrorist wearing 'suicide vest' shoots dead at least 20 at Florida gay club: DailyMail
Newt Gingrich on how Islamic supremacy threatens gay rights: Fox

Obama Surge Agenda Threatening U.S. With 100 Syrian Refugees Per Day: Lana Shadwick
Eric Holder: Fingerprinting Is Racist: Debra Saunders
Obama DEA Wants Access to Prescription Drug Records Without a Warrant: Tammy Bruce

Federal Officials Push To Urbanize Suburbia Under New HUD Regulation: Kerry Picket
‘Billy’s’ girlfriend: Hillary ‘The Warden’ ‘borders on sociopathy’: WND
Eerie Parallels Between Trump's Campaign and 1872: Arwen Bicknell

Economy

NPR + NYT: A Recipe for Cluelessness: John Hinderaker
Lies, Damned Lies and Bureau of Labor Statistics: Daily Caller
It's Time To Blame Obamacare For Losing So Many Full-Time Jobs: Edward Morrissey

Scandal Central

Despite Clinton claims, 2012 email had classified marking: Catherine Herridge and Pamela K. Browne
Gowdy subpoenas Pentagon official, suggests he hid Benghazi witness: Mike Zapler
Will Obama pardon Hillary if the FBI refers to Justice?: Richard Henry Lee

Climate, Energy and Regulations

“Green” Millennials set New Standards in Wasteful Consumerism: Eric Worrall
A Man, a Judge, and a Fat Cat: Mark Steyn

Media

Open Letter To “Starting a Conversation” With Katie Couric And The Entire News Media: Mitch Berg
Cop’s Gonna Cop. Grievance Pimp’s Gonna Pimp Grievance.: Shot in the Dark
Three Candidates, One Graph: People On Presidential Campaign Payrolls: Treehouse

New York Times 1996: “Our First Lady… Is A Congenital Liar”: Joe Dan Gorman
The Party of Lincoln, RIP?: Michael Gerson
Study Learns Chicago Criminals DON'T Buy Their Guns Legally: Eric Reed (2015)

World

Globalized Intelligence: The Z Man
Terror-linked CAIR to Muslims: Defy Customs Agents: Creeping
COEXIST: Muslims Hack Christian Man After He Refuses to Fast for Ramadan: Andrew Bleszad

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

This Is Not a Mirage: Colorful Art Installations That Delight, Then Horrify: NatGeo
Daimler to unveil long-distance electric car in October: VB
How Apple Taught the World to Smartphone: David Pierce, Wired

Cornucopia

Reminder: Islam Does Not Approve of the Gay Lifestyle: MOTUS
Whore Today, Gone Tomorrow: Hopenchange
The Internet is Forever: Knuckledraggin'

Image: Muslim who murdered 20 in Florida gay nightclub identified as Omar Mateen
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QOTD: "Globalism is built on the concept of privatizing profits and socializing costs. Importing migrant labor, for example, allows the employer to avoid the cost of labor laws, insurance and competitive wages. At the same time, they can shovel those costs onto the public via welfare programs, crime, charity, etc. There’s nothing more expensive than cheap goods made with illegal labor." --The Z Man

Saturday, June 11, 2016

Larwyn's Linx: Immigration And The Crush Of Humanity; Hillary's Truth Problem; The arrogance of Cali's one-party government

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Nation

Immigration And The Crush Of Humanity: Paul Nachman
The arrogance of one-party government in California: Thomas Lifson
Hillary Clinton's Truth Problem: Ron Fournier

Part of America Has Chosen… Poorly: Declination
Fake Indian Elizabeth Warren Truly Madly Deeply Wants To Be Hillary’s VP: Ninan Bookout
Hillary: Abortion 'Constitutional Right'; right to bear arms not so much: Shoshana Weissman

Bernie Sanders Wins, Even While Losing: Michael Barone
AZ: Kelli Ward to Second Amendment Supporters: Retire McCain: Gun Watch
Mayor’s office racially profiles at Chicago gun buyback: GSL

State Department admits Hillary may have destroyed emails: Jerome R. Corsi
GOP Insiders Pressure Trump To Steer Clear Of Controversy: AP
Gay Latino Trump Supporter: So I Tried to Exercise My Freedom of Assembly...: Ace

Economy

Tax Collection Sets Record Through May; Feds Still Run Deficit of $407 Billion!: CNS
Abbott and Costello on Unemployment: Feral Irishman
Obama Wants To Block All The Exits From ObamaCare: John Merline

Scandal Central

Emails Reveal Totally Unqualified Clinton Donor Bought Seat As Hillary's Nuclear Weapons Advisor: ZH
Justice Dept. weighs in on Clinton IT aide's immunity deal: Sarah Westwood
Hillary's $5 million security guard: Exam

Climate, Energy and Regulations

GOP subpoenas Kerry on Keystone XL: John Siciliano

Media

How Anti-Semitism Became Respectable Again: David Spengler
What’s Up with the (((Echoes))) on Twitter?: Robert Eno
As More High-Paying Jobs Leave California, State's Press Is Unconcerned: Tom Blumer

When Did White Men Become The Bad Guys in America?: John Hawkins
Gawker Files for Bankruptcy: Ace
Going to extremes to start a conversation: Jonah Goldberg

World

The Last Days of the European Union: Stuart Schneiderman
State Department admits it asks only Israel for “restraint” after terror attacks: Robert Spencer
Obama’s strategy to thwart China in South China Sea ‘almost entirely meaningless’: Toshiyuki Hayakawa

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

How a liberal bias is killing science: Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry
Google struggles to deny its obvious manipulation of Hillary search results: Rudy Takala
Narrow wavelength of UV light kills MRSA without harming skin: Stephen Feller

Cornucopia

All Your Technology Are Belong To Us: MOTUS
Incompetent Layabout Failure Joyboy Endorses America's Veineyest Mothballiest Abuela: Ace
Seven Awesome Conservative Lifehacks: Kurt Schlichter

Image: State Department admits it asks only Israel for “restraint” after terror attacks
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QOTD: "The California state Senate voted 28-8 Wednesday to exempt itself from the pointless gun-control laws that apply to the rest of the populace. Legislators apparently think they alone are worthy to pack heat on the streets for personal protection, and the masses ought to wait until the police arrive." --The Washington Times, via Thomas Lifson

Friday, June 10, 2016

Socialist Scumbag Sanders Only Candidate Not to Denounce Tel Aviv Terror Killings

By Daniel Greenfield

Both Trump and Hillary Clinton have issued statements condemning the Islamic terror attack in Tel Aviv.  This was Trump's statement.

I condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the outrageous terrorist shootings that took the lives of at least four innocent civilians and wounded at least twenty others in Tel Aviv yesterday.

The Israeli security forces’ investigation is ongoing, but some facts have already emerged — and they are grim.

CLINTON CASH COMIX: Helpfully Illustrated for Democrats and the Mentally Deficient, But I Repeat Myself

Courtesy of our summer intern @BiffSpackle:

Larwyn's Linx: Whither the Shards of America? Why is the Left Trying to Incite a Race War?

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Nation

Whither the Shards of America?: Fred Reed
Why is the Left Trying to Incite a Race War?: Michael Sebastian
Trump Gets It. The GOP Doesn't: Sally Zelikovsky

Criminal Ninth Circuit Attempts to Shred the Constitution: Hans von Spakovsky
9th Circuit Paves The Way To Ending Gun Rights: Ben Shapiro
9th Circuit Court of Appeals Attempts to Repeal the Constitution: Deanna Fisher

Interview with Donald Trump: Cal Thomas
NY Times Very Concerned That Democrats Won’t Renounce Hillary Clinton: Cove
To Win, Trump Must Defeat His Toughest Adversary—Barack Obama: Roger L. Simon

Liberal Journalist Comes Back from Border: 'Build That Wall': Trey Sanchez
Clinton Starts General Election With Lead and Momentum: Scott Rasmussen
Fake Native American Endorses Hillary Clinton: Daily Beast

Economy

Hillary blathers incoherently when asked how her economy would differ from Zero's: Warner Todd Huston
Surprise! Public Employees Unions Facilitate Corruption: Larry Huss
Former Gov's Compromise Pension Plan Led to Illinois Fiscal Crisis: Illinois Policy

Scandal Central

The Clinton University Scandal: Steven Hayward
'They Don't Give a Damn!': Judge Nap Rips Feds Over Web Browsing Access: Insider
Attention Massachusetts retirees: Your pension systems are crumbling: Boston Business Journal

Media

Businessman Opts Out of Trump University Class Action: ‘It Worked For Me’: Rachel Stockman
MSNBC “Journalists” Blame Israel for Tel Aviv Terror Attack: Shifra
Sam Harris on CNN: "Islam is the motherlode of bad ideas": Victor Laszlo

Feminist Fantasies: R.S. McCain
Biden’s endorsement of Hillary has people wishing even more that he had run instead: Twitchy
The Mass Killings Leftists Won't Talk About: C&S

World

Demographic Change: The World You Think You Know is Being Overturned: al fin next level
Networks of Evil: Eduardo Salcedo-Albarán and Luis Jorge Garay-Salamanca
"Moderates" Celebrate Slaughter at Israeli Café: IPT News

Islam's Violence is Rooted in Instability: Sultan Knish
Obama expands role of U.S. forces in Afghanistan: Anna Giaritelli
'Uneaten birthday cakes next to pools of blood': Ruthie Blum

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Did Google Manipulate Search For Hillary?: WZ <=== Must Watch
Samsung exec says bendable displays are 'right around the corner': Harish Jonnalagadda
Twitter locks 'millions' of accounts with exposed passwords: Richard Lawler

Cornucopia

This is going to be Epic Fun: C&S
Ramadan, Two Ways: MOTUS
Trump one-bedroom sells at record price: Chicago Business

Image: Fake Native American Endorses Hillary Clinton
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QOTD: "The fatal shooting at UCLA wasn’t supposed to happen. Late last year, California passed a ban on people being able to carry a permitted concealed handgun on college campuses. California instituted the ban despite the previous rule being in effect for over 100 years without a single example of any problem...

...The shooting last week at the campus engineering building took place only about 400 yards from the UCLA police station. But despite police being so important in stopping crime, this case again illustrated a simple fact: Police virtually always arrive on a crime scene after the crime occurs.

Time after time, killers consciously avoid places where victims might be able to defend themselves." --Tim Groseclose and John Lott, Jr.

Thursday, June 09, 2016

5 Ways Orwell’s 1984 Has Come True Since Its Publication 68 Years Ago

By Claire Bernish

It’s debatable whether George Orwell surmised the ominous threat of totalitarianism that inspired him to pen the dystopic vision, 1984, would extend worldwide and resurface nearly seven decades after its publication. But the novel’s apt description of a world on end have undoubtedly come to pass.

Innumerable examples evidence how 1984 would better be described as a dark portent than a fascinating read, but one thing — the political language dubbed Newspeak, employed by the ruling government, Ingsoc — seems to have served as an instruction manual for the American empire.

Political language stands as arguably the most influential means to shape foreign policy. Through deliberate manipulation of speech, politicians can rally popular support for factually undesirable military operations — or stir fear of any enemy when geostrategic goals demand, even if the targeted group or government poses no actual threat at all.

On the 67th anniversary of the publication of Orwell’s 1984, the following list comprises only a fraction of possible examples of the U.S. government’s version of Newspeak.

UCLA PROVES ONCE AGAIN: Gun-free zones are magnets for murderers

You say someone violated a newly defined "gun-free zone" to shoot innocents at UCLA?

Impossible! Preposterous! Outrageous!

Economist-slash-statisticians Tim Groseclose and John Lott, Jr. explain (more patiently than I could) for the mentally defective and the Left, but I repeat myself.

Help us Obi Wan Romney, you're our only hope!

By Lawrence Sellin

Jay Cost, a writer for the Weekly "NeverTrump" Standard, penned an article begging Mitt Romney to run for president as an independent candidate in 2016.

According to Mr. Cost, at this critical juncture in our nation's history, the country needs not a Washington, Jefferson or a Lincoln, but - brace yourself - a Martin van Buren.

Well, if it is a Martin van Buren you are seeking, then I guess Mitt Romney is your guy; a man who lost the Republican nomination to John McCain in 2008 and, after securing the nomination in 2012, proceeded to lose an eminently winnable election against a feeble Barack Obama, only by exceeding that feebleness, running a campaign of monumental timidity.

Larwyn's Linx: Trump and Democratic Political Incorrectness; DNC Platform Comrade Doesn’t Think Anyone Should Have A Gun

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Nation

Trump and Democratic Political Incorrectness: Daniel Greenfield
DNC Platform Comrade Doesn’t Think Anyone Should Have A Gun: Herschel Smith
Conservatives Score First Victory of 2016 Cycle in North Carolina: Daniel Horowitz

McConnell Slams ‘Unreasonable’ Conservatives, Blames Talk Radio: Philip Wegmann
Levin: Can GOP attack Dems as hard as they attack other Republicans?: Chris Pandolfo
I-Team: Another Electrician Arrested for Carrying Knife He Uses to Do His Job: NBC-4

Trump to Sanders voters: ‘We welcome you with open arms’: Larry O'Connor
What Sotomayor Said Was Worse Than Anything Trump Has Uttered: Larry Elder
Hillary is not worried about Clinton Foundation, FBI investigation: John Sexton

Primary Results Rundown: The State of the Dumpster Fire: Kemberlee Kaye
Warning: Optimism Ahead: Treehouse
Trump and the Judge: Cynical Politics, Not Law and Not Racism: Andrew C. McCarthy

Economy

Feds spend $20,000 to settle each refugee, who is eligible for welfare and health care: Paul Bedard
In the Fiscal Health Beauty Pageant, Everyone Loses: Veronique De Rugy
Feds Spend Eight Years And $300M To Develop *Useless* Software: Shifra

Scandal Central

'When Clinton Ordered The Deletion Of 30,000 Emails, That Was A Federal Crime': Daily Bail <== Must Listen
New Mexico Ended Civil Asset Forfeiture. Why Then Is It Still Happening?: Martin Kaste
New frontiers in asset forfeiture: Radley Balko

Hillary Clinton's TPP Emails Could Reveal Damning Information About Her: The Inquisitr
State Department will release these Clinton emails after everyone who sent them is dead: The Week
Found: At Least One Pagliano Email Sent Directly to Clinton: Jeryl Bier

Climate, Energy and Regulations

Kenya Power Company Say Monkey Caused Nationwide Blackout: AP

Media

‘Four Legs Good! Two Legs Bad!’: R.S. McCain
Why the brackets on Twitter names?: EBL
CNN Depicts 'History-Making' Hillary Clinton As Glowing 'Golden God': Matthew Balan

Response to Goldberg: JAG
Epic Correction of the Decade: Steven Hayward
Andrea Mitchell: Obama ‘Ready to Go All in to Make Sure’ Hillary Wins: Pam Key

Sixty Percent of Newspaper Jobs Have Disappeared Since 1990: Don Irvine
‘Historic’ Female Candidate Celebrates ‘New Beginning’ By Stealing Catchphrase From Her Husband: JWF
I Reconsider #NeverTrump Stance: Steve Deace

World

America: history’s exception: Victor Davis Hanson
4 dead in Tel Aviv shooting attack: David Rosenberg
In Search of Iranian Moderates: A.J. Caschetta

Russia’s Pacific pivot: The Moscow-Beijing shadow boxing continues: Miles Maochun Yu
A First: Chinese Naval Vessel Enters Senkaku Contiguous Zone in East China Sea: Ankit Panda
US commander: Lack of intelligence assets slowing down ISIS war: Kristina Wong

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

These Glass Speakers Work Like Magic: Bryan Menegus
When Innovation Collides with Rules, Which Should Prevail?: Mark Pulliam
Pentagon To Buy Advanced Microchips From Company Owned By Abu Dhabi: Jonah Bennett

Cornucopia

(Photos) Volo Bog, Illinois' only quaking bog: Marathon
Long May You Run: MOTUS
Feel the Bern From That Regrettable Tattoo: JWF

Image: Feel the Bern From That Regrettable Tattoo
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QOTD: "The FBI is focusing on the 30,000 emails Hillary and her staff deleted. That's where the Clinton Foundation's bodies are buried." --Former U.S. Attorney Joseph DiGenova

Wednesday, June 08, 2016

GRIM MILESTONE: More than 100 million working-age Americans do not have jobs

By Michael Snyder

This is exactly what we have been expecting to happen. On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the U.S. economy only added 38,000 jobs in May. This was way below the 158,000 jobs that analysts were projecting, and it is also way below what is needed just to keep up with population growth. In addition, the number of jobs created in April was revised down by 37,000 and the number of jobs created in March was revised down by 22,000. This was the worst jobs report in almost six years, and the consensus on Wall Street is that it was an unmitigated disaster.