Monday, January 16, 2017

PEACE PRIZE: U.S. Lands Troops in Norway for First Time Since World War II as Russia Tensions Grow

By Darius Shahtahmasebi

Shortly after the Obama administration began deploying American troops across Russia’s border in a number of countries, including Lithuania, some 300 U.S. Marines landed in Norway for a six-month deployment. Their Monday deployment marks the first time since World War II that foreign troops have been allowed to station in Norway.

Larwyn's Linx: The Trump Dossier Puts the Deep State in Deep Doo-Doo

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The Trump Dossier Puts the Deep State in Deep Doo-Doo: Clarice Feldman
Cory Booker And The Party Of Robert Byrd: Flopping Aces
Martin O’Malley Compares Trump To Hitler, KKK: RWN

CIA Director John Brennan Attempts To Justify His Agency Leaks To Media: Treehouse
In Scathing Attack, CIA Director Brennan Warns Trump To "Watch What He Says": ZH
Trump Responds To CIA Chief Brennan: "Was He The Leaker Of Fake News?": ZH

Democratic Party Bullies Try to Scuttle Trump’s Inauguration: John Hinderaker
Watch for the Left to Become Even More Ruthless: AmPower
Obama Refuses To Call Trump A Legitimate President – Instead ‘Freely Elected’: RWN

Head of Ethics Office Is Obama Donor, Now Concerned About Trump Nominees: WFB
Shocking Study Shows How Criminals Are Getting Guns In Chicago: RWN
The Media Will Pay the Price for its Fake News: Daniel Greenfield

Economy

Is The U.S. Government Insolvent? Sorry, But Its Accountant Can't Tell You: Investors

Scandal Central

Clinton Foundation Closing ‘Pay For Play’ Arm, The Clinton Global Initiative: Jeff Dunetz
How Chuck Schumer Caused Bank Collapse Dems Now Blame On Trump’s Treasury Nominee: Richard Pollock
Clinton Foundation Shutting Down Clinton Global Initiative: BattleSwarm

Climate, Energy & Regulations

Scott Pruitt’s nomination: a call for support so he can stop the EPA trainwreck: JoNova
Disastrous Climate and Energy Policies – What Not to Do: Dr. Tim Ball
Today'Obama’s Waning Days Of Power Grow The Government By 1.5 Million Acres: Ken Ivory

Media

AP Spins Lewis vs. Trump: John Hinderaker
Not a Hero: a Liar and a Racist: Daniel Greenfield
On PBS, David Brooks Shames John Lewis: Whatever Happened to 'They Go Low, We Go High'?: Tim Graham

CBS News swings for Pulitzer fences with final Harlequin Romance-worthy Obama fawn: Doug Powers
Lunatics Crash Trump International Hotel Restaurant In NYC For Obamacare ‘Cough-In’: WZ
Pro-Life Ben Stein Takes on Hollywood: ‘Thuggish Bullies’: Stephen Herried

World

Thanks go to Trump for intervening: Israpundit
Mexico warns Trump border tariff would trigger 'global recession': UPI
Guantanamo Bay: Oman accepts 10 inmates from prison: MEE

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Oracle's Top 6 Predictions for Developers in 2017: John K. Waters
Aging and Death Are the Evolutionary Price of Complexity: Arunas L Radzvilavicius
America's Next Secret Weapon (That Can Paralyze a City): Electromagnetic Pulse Artillery Shells: NatlInt

Cornucopia

Ubu!: Sondrakistan
Obama golfed 333 times, most since Ike: Paul Bedard
Flashback: Drunk Illegal Alien Who Killed Cop Qualified for Obama Amnesty: JW

Image: Martin O’Malley Compares Trump To Hitler, KKK
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Sunday, January 15, 2017

BUMMER: Clinton Global Graft Initiative Shuts Doors, Lays Off Staff

By Rachel Stoltzfoos

The Clinton Foundation announced it’s laying off 22 staffers on the Clinton Global Initiative, keeping with a plan to deal with the negative spotlight put on the organization during former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

The layoffs will take effect April 15, the Clinton Foundation said in a filing with the New York Department of Labor Thursday, citing the discontinuation of the Clinton Global Initiative. The move is part of a plan put in motion ahead of the presidential election in order to offset a storm of criticism regarding pay-to-play allegations during Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state.

Larwyn's Linx: Trump May Herald a New Political Order

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Trump May Herald a New Political Order: John Steele Gordon
Rand Paul to unveil GOP's Obamacare replacement plan: Kyle Feldscher
Joe Manchin Rejects Fellow Democrat John Lewis: Lookout

Obama accused of sabotaging Trump's transition: Paul Bedard
Debunking Loretta Lynch's 'Chicago Cops Are Racist Villains' Statistics: ZH
George Soros: The Man Behind the Mayhem: David Haggin

Respect For The Oval Office: Did Obama Have Any?: RightPundit
Sharpton calls for protests against Sessions: Kyle Feldscher
Clinton Should Not Escape Prosecution Over Her Emails: News-Register

Heads Are Finally Beginning To Roll At The Clinton Foundation: TheDC
Controversial anti-cop painting receives official eviction notice: RWN
Rand Paul Says He Has Full Obamacare Replacement Plan: RWN

Economy

The Little Rascals Of Government Want Your 401K Account: Don Surber
Pelosi: Were It Not for Obama, $20 Trillion Debt Would Be Higher: Penny Starr
Why Illinois lost more residents than any other state in 2016: Eric Peterson

Scandal Central

Why Did the Bureau of Justice Stop Publishing the Data on Interracial Crime?: Helen Smith
Virginia: FBI visits mosque with multiple ties to jihad to reassure Muslims of their safety: Robert Spencer
Turns Out Jeb Bush is the Guy Who’s Started All the #GoldenShowers” Nonsense: RalphRetort

Climate, Energy & Regulations

EPA says it can’t pay economic damages from massive mine spill: Dan Elliott

Media

Let’s Review: Peegate: AmDigest
Anderson Cooper: If a Republican Said About Clinton What John Lewis Said About Trump…: Josh Feldman
Video: Idiot Attempts To Rob Gun Store And Pays The Price: DailyWire

World

The decay of Paris: Theodore Dalrymple
‘EU’s new tool against political opponents is to link them to Russia’ – Danish journalist: RT
Let’s see how long Obama’s newly-appointed FBI official lasts under a Trump Administration: BNI

‘If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Forget Her Cunning’: Alex Grobman
"Human rights" groups silent on German court case justifying synagogue attacks: Elder
Farage: European Union is in big trouble: Marathon

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Sugar, explained: Julia Belluz and Javier Zarracina
Artist Creates Fabric That Can Fool Facial Recognition Tech: Derrick Broze
Digital Business Will Increase IT Spending in 2017: Mike Vizard

Cornucopia

This Is How You Wear Black and White: MOTUS
President Obama says First Family is ready to leave the White House: DailyMail
Hollywood Hills, Improved: Elephant

Image: Zoe Saldana Believes Hollywood Bullied Donald Trump
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Saturday, January 14, 2017

VANISHING ACT: Europe, Now You See It, Now You Don't!

By Edward Cline

"Now you see it! Now you don't!" the Super Star Magician recites the magic words, "Allahu Akbar!" (in lieu of "Presto!").

The Islamic magician, sporting a magnificently bejeweled turban (in lieu of a top hat), and a handlebar moustache (not strictly halal) with lascivious grins, first gropes the prone near-nude form of Europa in its intimate parts to prove to the audience that it is a real person and not a mannequin. Then the lights dim, he waves his baton, and sweeps his cape with its blood red lining before the table, and snaps it once with a deft flick of the wrist. When he jerks the cape away, the table is empty. In fact, the table itself has even disappeared.

How did he do that? The audience applauds and wonders.

Larwyn's Linx: The Deep State Goes to War With Trump, Using Unverified Claims, as Democrats Cheer

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The Deep State Goes to War With Trump as Democrats Cheer: Intercept
Protesters planning to blockade inauguration checkpoints, 'party' near Pence home: RWN
Israeli officials were advised not to share intel with Trump White House: IntelNews

The Inauguration War: David Horowitz
Democrat Narrative, Rep. John Lewis: “I don’t see this president-elect as a legitimate president”: Treehouse
Meet the biker hosting the biggest pro-Trump demonstration at the inauguration: WaPo

Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner reintroduces bill to dissolve ATF: Daley Gator
Obama to sign bill allowing Mattis to serve as defense secretary: Exam
Sore Loser John Lewis to Skip Trump Inauguration: Roll Call

The Detestable Senator Feinstein – Another Great Example for Term Limits: Jen Kuznicki
Mob protesting Trump labor secretary pick reveal what massive idiots they are: RWN
Trump fires back: John Lewis 'all talk, talk, talk': Daniel Chaitin

Economy

5 Big Myths About ObamaCare's Repeal — Busted: IBD
Right to work will improve economy for all Missourians: Stacy Washington
Trump’s plan for the H-1B visa rules would keep the poor out of America: Annalisa Merelli

Scandal Central

Confirmed: "Unknown" Republican, Democrat Paid For Anti-Trump Report: ZH
Guccifer 2.0 Comes Out of Hiding: I Breached DNC Network, The CIA Report “Is a Crude Fake”: Flopping Aces
Soros’ Son Quietly Steps Up as Major Liberal Donor: Joe Schoffstall

Will the DOJ Reopen the Hillary Clinton Email Case Under Jeff Sessions?: Debra Heine
Why the criminal investigation of Hillary Clinton is back to front and center: Andrew Napolitano
Pelosi’s ObamaCare Regret: We Needed Better Messaging: LI

Media

The Biggest Threat to the Media is the Media Itself: AmInt
Donald Trump's Golden Opportunity: Popehat
'Thousands' of Palestinians Celebrate Car Ramming Terror Attack, Media M.I.A.: CAMERA

Look What This Reporter Just Stole From Trump While No One Was Looking!: NewsFoxes
DeVos will be good for public education: Detroit News Editorial Board
Cavuto Reminds CNN that 8 Years Ago Obama Blacklisted Fox News For Doing Its Job: Daily Headlines

World

German court calls synagogue torching an acceptable act of protest: Benjamin Weinthal
Mexico's president rips Trump over wall, auto companies, NAFTA: Paul Bedard
Obama ‘screwed’ us, angry Cuban migrants say: Manila Times

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

The future of technology in warfare: From AI robots to VR torture: Thomas Macaulay
In 5 years, IBM thinks we'll have tech to see like Superman: Brett Williams
Police worldwide eye Baltimore's vast surveillance complex: CSMonitor.com

Cornucopia

NFL Coaches Yell At Refs Because It Freakin’ Works: Noah Davis
How Can You Miss Someone If They Won’t Go Away?: MOTUS
Geography of Hate versus Hope: Cube

Image: Mob protesting Trump labor secretary pick reveal what massive idiots they are
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Friday, January 13, 2017

BREAKING/EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Top Secret Memo Indicts Trump on Most Serious Charge Yet

Unbelievable.


Legacy of Delusion

By Lawrence Sellin

In the end America went her own way as if the Obamas had never come.

That is a paraphrase of the last sentence, “In the end China went her own way as if the Americans had never come," of Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Barbara W. Tuchman's book "Sand Against the Wind -- Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45."

Like Tuchman’s description of the American experience in China, the policies of Obama failed largely because they “were not indigenous demands of the society and culture to which they were being offered.”

OBAMACARE: Will GOP Repeal and Replace It Simultaneously?

By William Teach

According to Paul Ryan, the answer is yes.

House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday Republicans plan to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care law at the same time they approve a GOP replacement plan.

“We want to do this at the same time, and in some cases in the same bill,” Ryan said during a town hall in Washington sponsored by CNN and moderated by Jake Tapper. “So we want to advance repealing this law with its replacement at the same time.”

Larwyn's Linx: The Wall: 'I don't want to wait, get it started,' Trump says

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The Wall: 'I don't want to wait, get it started,' Trump says: Paul Bedard
Oppo Firm Behind Trump Dossier Is Also A Hired Gun For Planned Parenthood: DC
BuzzFeed Russia "Hack" a Democrat-Leftist Attempt at a Coup d'État: AmPower

Barack Obama's legacy of failure: Jeff Jacoby
How Can We Miss a President Who Won’t Go Away?: Richard Benedetto
Obama to return to community organizing, terrorizing GOP: Philip Wegmann

Cruz, Graham bill aims to slay Obama's abandonment of Israel: Jordan Schachtel
Democrats to Cabinet picks: Save us from Trump: W. James Antle III
Top 11 Mattis quotes from his Senate confirmation hearing: James McIntyre

Mexican Nationals Returning Home and Staying There Ahead of Trump: Breitbart
Pompeo Delivers Another Smooth Confirmation Hearing for Trump: Michael Warren
Hillary’s Pardon – Will He or Won’t He? CNN Indicators Point to... "Yes": Treehouse

Armed Citizen Kills Highway Sniper Who Ambushed Trooper in Arizona: Bob Owens
National Reciprocity Bill Will Apply to Non-Resident Gun Carry Permits: Stephen Gutowski
Democrat Joe Manchin Says He'll Vote To Confirm Sessions: AR2

Economy

Diversity and Reality: The Z Man
A Factual Look at Obama’s Presidency: James D. Agresti
Chavista Socialism Has Destroyed 570,000 Businesses in Venezuela: Sabrina Martin

Scandal Central

Inspector General Should Be Investigating A.G. Loretta Lynch, Not Comey: Chris White
Justice Department watchdog to probe FBI's Clinton email investigation: Sarah Westwood
"SANCTUARY" STATE: Illegal Alien Rapes, Sodomizes 5-Year-Old Girl In California : DownTrend

Climate, Energy & Regulations

Harris to Pompeo: Repent, climate heretic: Ed Morrissey
A Drought of Sanity in California: Daniel Greenfield
With record rainfalls in California, another Nye-Lie bites the dust: Anthony Watts

Media

The Intelligence Community Should Not Be Its Own Shadow Government: DailyWire
CNN’s Acosta Begs For Truce After Spicer Sends Last Warning About Disrespecting Trump!: RWN
Minnesota: First Somali-Muslim Legislator Takes Oath…on Giant Koran: Creeping

NY Times removes references to the 'March for Life' from article about…the 'March for Life': T. Becket Adams
What unsubstantiated 'news stories' about Democrats would you like to see?: Ed Straker
Utah Sen. Mike Lee would 'absolutely' be Trump's Supreme Court pick: Paul Bedard

World

French Ambassadors Declare War on Israel: Gatestone
The Islamization of Britain in 2016: Gatestone
Why Does the Pope Keep Meeting With Mahmoud Abbas: TheTrumpet

U.S. deploys high-tech radar amid heightened North Korea rhetoric: official: Reuters
US troops enter Poland, 1st deployment at Russia's doorstep: Yahoo!
Russia deploys anti-aircraft missile systems around Moscow to protect capital: DailyMail

Political Islam Is All of It: GoV
Berlin: Details emerge about 2017 New Year’s Eve migrant gang sexual assaults: Vijeta Uniyal
Mystery blasts in Damascus: Syria accuses Israel: DEBKA

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

YouTube has removed Legal Insurrection’s Channel: William A. Jacobson
4Chan Claims To Have Fabricated Anti-Trump Report As A Hoax: ZH
The Future Stinks: The Z Man

Cornucopia

Condensed Version Of Obama’s Farewell Address: EIB
The Whole World’s a Stage for the Democrats' Talking Points: MOTUS
Anthony Weiner Wants Huma Abedin to Stay With Him, Call Off Divorce: Chandler Gill

Image: DOJ internal watchdog to investigate FBI's handling of Clinton email inquiry
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QOTD: "Only 230,000 companies remain of the 800,000 that opened in Venezuela during Hugo Chavez’s regime, meaning 570,000 have shut down.

Price controls, labor laws and threats are the main reasons that experts think caused Venezuela’s industrial collapse, and which left the business sector in ruins.

According to unofficial and preliminary figures from the Central Bank of Venezuela, the 2016 inflation was 830 percent and the Gross Domestic Product fell 23 percent.

There will be no end to Venezuela’s crisis as long as President Nicolás Maduro insists on state control of the economy, first Vice President of the National Council of Commerce and Services Alfonso Riera said." --Sabrina Martin

Thursday, January 12, 2017

HILARIOUS: Pencil-Neck, Anti-Gun Leftists Want to "Stop the Peaceful Transition of Power"

This story is really better suited as an SNL short than an actual news article. Oh, and I have a protip for these, errr, activists, below the fold.

#DisruptJ20 organizer Legba Carrefour said Thursday that #DisruptJ20 members were “not in favor of the peaceful transition of power.”

The left-wing protest organization, #DisruptJ20, met Thursday to announce its intentions and plans to obstruct the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20. The group’s website reads: “We call on all people of good conscience to join in disrupting the ceremonies. If Trump is to be inaugurated at all, let it happen behind closed doors, showing the true face of the security state Trump will preside over.”

WAR PORN: "Mad Dog" Mattis on Dealing with ISIS

I think... I think it... I think it... may have just moved. Paul Sperry reports:

Defense secretary nominee Gen. Jim “Mad Dog” Mattis believes ISIS is “al-Qaida on steroids” and must be defeated in head-to-head “battles of annihilation” that leave “no survivors” on the enemy side, according to a recent discussion he participated in with a conservative think tank...

...Mattis made the eye-opening remarks in a little-noticed interview with Stanford University’s Hoover Institution in Palo Alto, Calif., where he is a visiting fellow...

...Mattis doesn’t believe in “managing” the Islamic State threat or just running ISIS out of Middle Eastern towns, but pulverizing the Islamist enemy.

Larwyn's Linx: Trump Just Had the Best Press Conference in the History of Press Conferences

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The Best Press Conference in the History of Press Conferences: Melissa McKenzie
Buzzfeed’s Trump report takes ‘fake news’ to a new level: John Podhoretz
Good Riddance: The Z Man

Media and Deep State Go to War With Duly-Elected Commander-in-Chief To Be: Ace
Senate One Step Closer To Repealing Obamacare: RWN
Trump DHS Pick Addresses Border Wall, Russian Hacks: Morgan Chalfant

Sessions Takes Stand For 2nd Amendment--Triggered Liberals Seek Safe Place: RWN
Mark Levin: we must defend Trump against ‘coup’ attacks on legitimacy: Scoop
Former Senior Judiciary Staffer Dismantles Anti-Sessions Arguments: Nick Bolger

ISIS present in all 50 states, FBI director says: ABC-7 Chicago
"Clock Boy" Gets His Clock Cleaned with Texas' Anti-SLAPP Statute: Ken White
Guess What Slug Was In The Front Row Of Obama’s Farewell Speech?: WZ

My evidence of a massive ISIS network spanning all 50 states of the U.S.: Reddit
Farewell, Radical-in-Chief: Matthew Vadum
79 Times Obama Referred to Himself During His Farewell Address: David Rutz

Economy

Small-Business Optimism About Economic Conditions Jumps Most Since 1980: Ace

Scandal Central

Undercover Video: U.S. Immigration Officer Unconcerned with Fake Syrian Passports: TR
Ukraine Also Sought to Interfere With US Election -- On Hillary's Side: Ace
Intel chiefs did not brief Trump on supposed compromising material, saw it as “disinformation”: Hot Air

Climate, Energy & Regulations

House votes to reform federal regulatory machine: Susan Ferrechio

Media

British Political Correspondent Asks: “Could Obama Kill Trump, Pence And Pardon Himself?”: WZ
Even Chuck Todd Calling Out Buzzfeed’s Ben Smith For Publishing Fake News Report: WZ
Oops: David Brock Now Supports Bernie Sanders: NTK

Piers Morgan: The only hookers in Trump story are the cheap, lazy journalists: DailyMail
If colleges keep killing academic freedom, civilization will die, too: WaPo
Sarah Palin: The excuse of "having no power" is gone; Drain the swamp!: C4P

World

Gunman screaming 'Allahu Akbar' opens fire in Spanish grocery, media uncertain of motive: Victor Laszlo
German Police: 13 Migrant Sex Crimes in Two Days: LifeZette
Protests In Mexico Push Country To Brink Of Revolution And Nobody's Talking About It: ZH

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Can Internet of Things Data Be Trusted?: Tom Kaneshige
Alphabet says balloons beat drones for internet delivery: John Ribeiro
The First Bitcoin Transaction Happened Exactly 8 Years Ago: Merkle

Cornucopia

Loozapalooza 1-20-2017 A Concert For Those With Trump Angst...: Feral Irishman
Hey @BuzzFeedBen, Get In Touch...: Ace
Obama World: The Fun Never Stops!: MOTUS

Image: Trump Just Had the Best Press Conference in the History of Press Conferences
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QOTD: "“You are fake news!” Mr. Trump yelled at the CNN reporter and called Buzzfeed a “failing pile of garbage.”

All heck broke loose among the reporters, with many screeching and trying to ask questions.

It was glorious.

Mr. Trump said [and I’m paraphrasing] that the media is attacking, but that he has this [he was pointing to his microphone] and can fight back. He alluded to the people who couldn’t fight back when attacked by the left and media. Mr. Trump is genuinely offended for how the press has not only treated him, but those who are helpless against a careless media.

Having watched the media destroy innocent people and move along, and conversely let a corrupt administration slide, Mr. Trump’s indictment of the press is welcome. There will be a time to worry about press freedom, but today is not that day. Today, the media should do some soul searching and consider their own careless behavior. Being loose with the facts, shamelessly biased (these were the people crying at Obama’s last speech), and ideologically extreme leftist does not inform so much as alienate people who are trying to be informed. Media reformation is necessary and if it takes Mr. Trump’s stick and carrot to move them in the right direction–well, it’s a start." --Melissa MacKenzie

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Best Sign o' the Year

Yes, I know it's early. But this rocks:


Hat tip: BadBlue Real-Time Sports
 

TRUMP OR THE STING? I'm putting half a million dollars on Lucky Dan to win, third race at Riverside Park

It's like a plot twist out of Game of Thrones, only this time it's the reality show occurring in Washington, D.C., as the alt-left goes kicking and screaming into this good night.

If this went down as reported, it's pretty damn brilliant.

President-elect Donald Trump, after growing suspicious that intelligence officials were leaking news about their classified briefings with him, says he conducted a sting operation to try to prove top spies were behind the leaks.

Trump revealed the extraordinary scheme to try to entrap the senior spies in a furious press conference where he suggested the intelligence community had been behind salacious and totally unproven allegations against him.

Larwyn's Linx: At Sessions hearing, Democrats live up to party’s tradition of racism

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Nation

At Sessions hearing, Democrats live up to party’s tradition of racism: Charles Hurt
Jeff Sessions attorney general showdown fizzles: Byron York
Airport Shooter Converted to Islam Years Before Joining Army: JW

Trump Must Expose Obama’s Abuses of Power: James Bovard
4 Ways Obama's Final Speech Was Load of Crap: Robert Eno
Obama’s ephemeral legacy anchored in delusion: Lawrence Sellin

Petty Partisanship From an Exiting Obama: David Limbaugh
Cruz Obliterates Senate Democrats' Hypocrisy on Sessions: RWN
Nets Fail Cruz's Challenge, Censor Sessions Destroying Alabama KKK: NB

The Trump ‘Kompromat’ Story Is Disturbing — Every Bit of It: David French
Judge Dismisses ‘Clock Boy’'s Lawsuit Against Conservatives: Tammy Bruce
Did 4Chan Troll The CIA?: Christine Rousselle

Economy

Cost for 1 Year of ObamaCare Dwarfs Highest Cost Estimates of Border Wall: Breitbart
Chicago, New York in Worst Financial Shape Among Large US Cities: Fiscal Times
Senate GOP votes to keep earmark ban: Exam

Scandal Central

Immigration Official Okays Syrian Immigrants With Fake Passports: Alex Pfeiffer
Napolitano: FBI’s Latest Hillary Dump Is ‘The Smoking Gun’: Christian Datoc
Feds Admit To Putting Migrants on Planes for U.S. Destinations: Breitbart

Media

Obama’s ‘Farewell Speech’ could trigger flood warnings in Chicago when MSM tear bucket overflows: Doug Powers
SD: : Newspaper failed to report, then hid sex offender’s identity as Somali ‘refugee’: Creeping
Georgetown Professor Calls For Whites To Have An I.R.A. – "Individual Reparations Account": ZH

Pew: Obama legacy, hollowed out middle class, 'bad' race relations: Paul Bedard
The Left is Already in Melt Down Over Trump – Ain’t It Grand?: Brent Smith
Obama's Farewell Address: Campaigner-in-Chief can't resist one last rally: Jason Russell

World

The U.N. is Beyond Reform: Bruce Thornton
UN Speaks Out Against School Textbooks in America: Alex Newman
Diplomat busted for grinding against woman on subway released thanks to immunity: Post

Angela Merkel Finds A Migrant She Doesn't Like: InfLib
A Hate to Kill and Die for: Raymond Ibrahim
Turkey says it may shut off U.S. access to Incirlik Air Base: Breitbart

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

The birth of half-human, half-animal chimeras: BBC
Curious tilt of the sun traced to undiscovered planet: Phys.Org (10/16)
Scientists have figured out how to make wounds heal without scars: ScienceAlert

Cornucopia

What's the Most Obvious Thing To Do?: Diogenes
Peak PC Insanity: U.S. Army Wants To Turn Bullets Into Plants: Vocativ
Give Me A “T” “R” “U” “M” “P”: MOTUS

Image: Give Me A “T” “R” “U” “M” “P”
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QOTD: “The epic showdown just didn't happen. The Democratic questioners were sluggish and without focus; with one exception, their questions lacked the sting of an opposition party that really wants to bring down a nominee...

...Yes, on the one hand, Democrats weren't sharp. But on the other hand, Sessions smoothly handled questions that might have tripped up a less prepared nominee...

...It's not necessary to go down each line of questioning in detail, but the bottom line is that few, if any, laid a glove on Sessions...

...At that point, in the early afternoon, the energy seemed to have leaked out of the room, and out of the Democrats' effort to stop Sessions.” --Byron York

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

JEFF SESSIONS: My Opening Statement

By Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)

Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Feinstein, distinguished members of the Committee, I am honored to appear before you today. I thank you for the opportunity to respond to your questions as you discharge your duty in the appointment process prescribed by our Constitution.

I also want to thank my dear friends, Senator Richard Shelby and Senator Susan Collins for their kind introductions. It is hard to believe, really, that the three of us have served together in this body for nearly 20 years.

I want to thank President-elect Trump for the confidence and trust that he has shown by nominating me to serve as the Attorney General of the United States. I feel the weight of an honor greater than I have aspired to. If I am confirmed, I commit to you and to the American people to be worthy of that office and the special trust that comes with it.

I come before you today as a colleague who has worked with you for years, and with some of you for 20 years. You know who I am. You know what I believe in. You know that I am a man of my word and can be trusted to do what I say I will do. You know that I revere our Constitution and am committed to the rule of law. And you know that I believe in fairness, impartiality, and equal justice under the law.

Larwyn's Linx: Report: U.S. and Other Countries Agree to Give Iran 116 Tons of Uranium

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Report: U.S. and Other Countries Agree to Give Iran 116 Tons of Uranium: Alex Griswold
UK jihadi freed from Guantanamo flees to Syria to join al-Qaeda: Robert Spencer
ISIS Singles Out Dallas Megachurch in Call for Arson Jihad: Bridget Johnson

Michelle Obama’s final speech tells Muslims “this is your country”: Creeping
California's Picky-Choosey Attitude to Complying with Immigration Laws: Dan Cadman
Not just murder: All violent crime way up in Chiraq: Marathon

Mexicans, not Mexico, might pay for Trump's wall: W. James Antle III
Musings Of An Average Joe: Stop Wasting Our Money!: Joe Bilello
WaPo Still Searching For A Way To Stop Trump From Being President: RWN

Jeff Sessions prepared for a rough-and-tumble hearing: Ryan Lovelace
Schumer's Unprecedented Demand to Slow Walk Trump's Cabinet Nominees: Jason Pye
Obama Quietly Hiring New OFA Staff to Fight Trump : Daniel Greenfield

Economy

Toyota announces $10 billion U.S. investment days after Trump warning: Fox
Reader tells us why cheap refugee labor has taken over meatpacking jobs: RSR
The Limited is closing all of its 250 stores: Sarah Halzack

Scandal Central

Iran: U.S. Surrendered More Than $10 Billion in Gold, Cash, Assets: Adam Kredo
New FBI Clinton report shows classification shopping: TruNews
Chaffetz: Clinton email probe to continue 'full throttle': Joel Gehrke

Climate, Energy & Regulations

Beijing Advises Umbrellas to Shield Against Its Gross Snow: Jenn Gidman

Media

The U.S. might be better off without Congress — and a president: Ana Swanson
Kellyanne Conway Snaps Back At Streep: ‘She Lost’: TheDC
Obama Claims He's the Father of the Tea Party: Politopinion

Racist, Bigoted and Ignorant: Christian Mercenary
The Least Trusted Name in News: CNN: The Antimedia
Assange Mocks U.S. Intelligence Report on Hacking, Denies Russian Involvement: Ronn Blitzer

World

Mecca Governor Saudi Prince Khalid Al-Faisal: We Need a New Path of Moderation: Clarion
A Corrupt President Under Foreign Influence: GayPatriot
How One Arab Border Hospital is Treating Wounded Israelis. Just Kidding.: NBC

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

The End Of Car Ownership? Cadillac Launches Vehicle ‘Subscriptions’: Vocativ
NAT is a firewall: Errata Security
Los Angeles Valley College Pays a Whopping $30,000 in Ransomware Incident: Catalin Cimpanu

Cornucopia

We’ll Always Have Hollywood. Unfortunately.: MOTUS
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QOTD: "[Meryl] Streep ... should stick to what she knows -- memorizing words written by people smarter than her and then repeating them when directed to do so. She's incapable of basic reasoning and comprehension. She also disrespected her industry and the viewing public by using the Golden Globe Awards' ceremony to burp up her baloney, as if what she had to say was so urgent and momentous." --Mark Levin

Monday, January 09, 2017

Historic California Sequoia Collapses From Climate Change or a Rainstorm, But Mostly a Rainstorm

By William Teach

Did you hear this one?

(SF Gate) The historic Pioneer Cabin Tree, a former “drive-through” giant sequoia in Calaveras Big Trees State Park in Calaveras County, was felled in California’s weekend storms.

The tree was hollowed out in the 1880s to allow tourists to pass through it, and even allowed cars, but more recently has hosted only hikers. It was part of the “Big Trees Trail” at the state park.

Jim Allday of Arnold is a volunteer at the park who was working there Sunday. He said the tree went down about 2 p.m. and “shattered” on impact.

So, of course, since all these storms are being blamed on ‘climate change’, we get this:

MARK LEVIN DRIVES MERYL STREEP BEFORE HIM: And Then Hears the Lamentation of the Actors

Okay, so I butchered a great line from Conan the Barbarian. But, hey, it's Hollywood!

Writing on Facebook, America's greatest living Constitutional educator laid waste to the preening, pretentious and pusillanimous pretenders at the Golden Globe Award Ceremony, starting with one of the most overrated actresses in history.

That would be someone named "Meryl Streep", if indeed that is her real name.