Monday, January 23, 2017

Favorite Books Thread

Here are some of my all-time faves:


Feel free to suggest some good titles in the comments.
 

Soros and the March of Hate

By Matthew Vadum

On Saturday, the nation’s capital was inundated with masses of loud, obnoxious, foul-mouthed Trump-hating women (and some men) at what was billed the “Women’s March on Washington.” The Guardian called the event a “spontaneous” action for women’s rights, while Vox spoke of a “huge, spontaneous groundswell” behind the march.

While the mainstream media bombarded news consumers with news stories claiming few Americans were interested in the inauguration festivities, television ratings for President Donald Trump’s inauguration were the second-highest Nielsen has recorded in 36 years, drawing 30.6 million TV viewers across 12 networks. Factoring in live streams provided by the networks, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and other online portals adds millions more viewers to the total. But what happened Saturday at the “Women’s March” was not spontaneous. No mass rallies are, especially on the Left.

This so-called “protest”, like the violent attacks orchestrated by the DisruptJ20 coalition on pro-Trump events such as Friday’s “DeploraBall” at the National Press Club, was not an organically generated demonstration.

The usual culprits were involved behind the scenes using the same fascistic tactics they used to shut down the massive Trump campaign rally at the University of Illinois at Chicago in March last year.

COMMENT O' THE DAY: An Open Letter to NBC's Clueless Executive Teeam

A superb open letter to NBC's executive team by "Captain America", spotted at Weasel Zippers and edited only sligthly for readability:

I honestly don't give a rat's ass about President Donald Trump's tax return. I highly doubt your claim that 70 percent of Americans want to review his return. Most people don't even know how to review a 1040 and supporting schedules. Besides, you were so accurate in your polls during the election and predicting who would win.

In fact, I have about zero percent confidence in your reporting. I took a statistics course in college. The first day of the course my professor said you can make stats say anything you want them to say. So every time you flash your "trusted" poll numbers up on the screen, I know you are spreading fake news and B.S. It's unfortunate that the poorly educated and low information Americans don't understand that. But that is your target audience isn't it?

Larwyn's Linx: The Looming Showdown Over Sanctuary Cities

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Nation

The Looming Showdown Over Sanctuary Cities: Full Measure
The Meltdown Games: Angry White Dude
It’s hard to argue with a million pussy-marchers: DailyMail

They Came. They Marched. They Left a Mess. They Accomplished?: Elephant
Many Arrested Inauguration Day Protesters Will Face Felony Rioting Charges: CBS-11
Trump inauguration rabbi attacked with antisemitic hate speech: Tamara Zieve

McConnell won't rule out nuclear option for Supreme Court nominee: Sarah Westwood
A Preview Of Trump's Seven Imminent Executive Orders: ZH
New Hampshire Senate Passes Constitutional Carry: Herschel Smith

The Long Civil War: The Z Man
Yes, America First: Chris Buskirk
Suddenly, The Permanent Campaign Is Problematic Because Trump: RWN

Why Those Who Wear ‘P***yhats’ Will Help Re-Elect Trump: Ben Shapiro
The Anti-Semite Who Organized the 'Women's March on Washington': John Perazzo
Animal Farming: Sondrakistan

Economy

Trump will meet leaders of Mexico and Canada to renegotiate NAFTA: Sarah Westwood
President Trump Pulls The US Out Of The Trans-Pacific Partnership: RWN
Brock Conference Organizers Embody Dems’ Big Money Problem: Lachlan Markay

Scandal Central

Why is Chicago so corrupt?: John Ruberry

Climate, Energy & Regulations

Obama Official Issues Ammunition Ban for Federal Lands on Last Day in Office: Stephen Gutowski

Media

Monday Morning In America: Christian Mercenary
Priebus: Ex-CIA chief John Brennan is ‘bitter’ he wasn’t retained by President Trump: Times
Definitive CNN Gigapixel Image of Crowd During Trump Inauguration Speech Confirms...: Treehouse

Women's March in DC leaves millions of cats hungry at home: Cube
SNL Writer Katie Rich Allegedly Fired After Barron Trump School Shooter Tweet: Retort
An elite group of lawyers and lawprofs is suing POTUS for violating the Emoluments Clause: Althouse

World

It Flopped Like a Failed Souffle: TAB
Pope warns populism could lead to 'saviours' like Hitler: EUobserver
British Army: Russia could completely destroy our lone fighting unit in just an afternoon: DailyMail

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

The Infrastructure Behind Twitter: Scale: Twitter
AI system performs better than 75% of American adults on standard visual intelligence test: Kurzweil AI
A Critical Shift in Thinking About AI and Big Data: Lee Beardmore

Cornucopia

Having a VaJayJay is NOT a Thoughtful Political Position: Sondrakistan
Car explodes, firefighter doesn’t flinch: HolyKaw
The highly unusual company behind Sriracha, the world’s coolest hot sauce: Roberto A. Ferdman

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QOTD: "When asked how she felt about being the first woman to “break the glass ceiling,” Conway responded, “I want everybody to remember, that it was Donald J. Trump who elevated a woman to the highest position in his campaign, much like he has done in the Trump Corporation for a number of decades– it is he who gave women responsibilities.”" --Qpolitical

Sunday, January 22, 2017

EXCLUSIVE: The Cigar-Pussyhat Project Tops Off Massive Anti-Clinton Women's March in Washington

CNN alerts us to the critical news that the "Pussyhat Project tops off Women's March on Washington". I'm thankful that Democrats are finally protesting Bill Clinton's serial abuse of females, including youthful employees.


Seriously, folks: what kind of man abuses an intern with a cigar? And, more importantly, what kind of twisted political ideology ignores actual sexual abuse, conflating it with an off-the-record audio recording of someone bragging about sexual exploits?

And that's how you got President Trump, leftists.
 

COMMON SENSE, 2017: Part II

By Jim Quinn

In Part One of this article I explored Thomas Paine’s critical role in the creation of our nation. His Common Sense pamphlets inspired the common people to uncommon acts of courage and heroic feats of valor; leading to the great experiment we call the United States of America. Paine, Franklin and the other Founding Fathers produced a republic, if we could keep it.

John Adams championed the new Constitution precisely because it would not create a democracy, as he knew a democracy “soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself.” Their herculean efforts, sacrifices, and bloodshed have been for naught as we allowed our republic to devolve into a democracy and ultimately into our current corporate fascist warfare/welfare surveillance state. Sadly, we were unable to keep the republic Franklin and his fellow revolutionaries gave us.

LET THE HEAD CRACKINGS BEGIN: DHS Whistleblower Ready To ‘Drain The Swamp’ With Trump

By Ginni Thomas

A road-worn, devoted Department of Homeland Security (DHS) whistleblower and author is uniquely positioned to help President Donald Trump do the forensics on what is on the bottom of the swamp.

Since Phil Haney’s book, “See Something Say Nothing,” came out, he saw, felt and witnessed the rising up of Americans who coalesced at the ballot box to turn this country away from willful blindness, excessively loose immigration policies and failed counter-terrorism policies in the name of civil rights. Haney says, “people knew intuitively that something wasn’t right” in our government’s policies to keep Americans safe.

“I know where the valves are and people like me do,” the soft-spoken Haney — who traveled to 90 cities starting in Indianapolis, Ind. in April to Omaha, Neb. on Nov. 7, speaking to millions of worried Americans — says in this exclusive video interview for The Daily Caller News Foundation.

Larwyn's Linx: Deprogramming Snowflakes During Trump

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Deprogramming Snowflakes During Trump: Den Warren
Donald Trump is a realist. His speech was all about problem solving: Adam Garrie
I Am Mad As Hell About The Protests and The Press: Steve Berman

The #WomensMarch: Why Trump Won: R.S. McCain
Police: Arrested leftist Charney featured in Project Veritas inauguration video: Times
Trump to CIA: 'You're going to get so much backing': Sarah Westwood

President Trump Gets a 5 Minute Standing Ovation at CIA Headquarters: Sara Noble
Pelosi: the Lord's work includes killing babies about to be born: Twitchy
Jared Kushner, Beware of Jamie Gorelick: Jack Cashill

Stunning Admission from Obama on Wikileaks: Craig Murray
Obama Shows His True Colors as He Leaves Office : Charles Krauthammer
Trump signed a stack of executive orders moments after taking office: Olivia Becker

Like ISIS: Antifa Releases Propaganda Video Showing Inauguration Day Attacks: Retort
Trump to sign Executive Order defunding International Planned Parenthood: RWN
Paul Ryan Has Some Words Of Farewell For His ‘Least Favorite President’: RWN

Economy

The Cruelest Tax Of All: Willis Eschenbach
"Travesty... We Have 23.5 Million Americans Aged 25-To-54 Outside The Labor Force": ZH
Foxconn CEO: Investment For Display Plant In U.S. Would Exceed $7 Billion: OAN

Scandal Central

WikiLeaks: Hillary Clinton Bribed Republicans to Influence Election: Douglas V. Gibbs
How This CEO Got Caught Up In the Clinton Email Scandal: Adam Penenberg
Guess who was left unpardoned!: Russ Vaughn

Climate, Energy & Regulations

Mainstream Media Ignores New Study Showing "Indistinguishable" Temp Changes: Bob Tisdale

Media

The Strange Anti-Trump Ignorance of PolitiFact: Jeff Dunetz
Multiple Anti-Trump Supporters Assault Lauren Southern: MagaFeed
Ashley Judd’s: Trump Is Hitler with ‘Nazis’ for a Cabinet, Ivanka Is His Top ‘Sex Symbol’: NB

The Race to Weaponize Empathy: John Robb
Madonna calls for violence and hate, “blowing up The White House”: TheDuran
White House slams 'shameful' media reports downplaying inauguration crowds: Sarah Westwood

What Does “Drain the Swamp” Mean at Your Local Level?: Kevin DuJan
You gotta love James Woods: Daley Gator
Nielsen: 31 Million Viewers Saw Trump's Swearing-in: NBC-4

Media Has Decided Obama Had Zero Scandals But We Found a Few: Sara Noble
George Will dumps on Trump’s inaugural speech: James Longstreet
Fox News will not renew George Will's contract: The Hill

World

Israel is the legal occupant of the West Bank, says the Court of Appeal of Versailles, France: dreuz
New Defense Secretary James Mattis arrives at the Pentagon, gets to work: Dan Lamothe
The Muslim Taxi-Cab Rapists: Average 22 Rapes Per/Week in London: Unveiled

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

An AI Is Finally Trouncing The World's Best Poker Players: Slashdot
Tesla Autopilot update now rolling out with new semi-autonomous features: Adam Westlake
Real-life adventure tale details search for legendary city: Erin Wayman

Cornucopia

I Feel Your Pain; Now Go Home and Shut Up: MOTUS
The Struggle Is Real: Treehouse
Tweet of the Day: Man Gives Trump Protestors Verbal Slap Down: Bluegrass Pundit

Image: New Defense Secretary James Mattis arrives at the Pentagon, gets to work
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QOTD: "If we want to give government back to the people, we must first take it away from the corrupt media." --Steve Berman

Saturday, January 21, 2017

BOOM: POTUS Signs Executive Order That Could Gut Obamacare's Indivdiual Mandate

By William Teach

One of Mr. Trump’s first acts as President was to sign an order on Obamacare:

(The Hill) President Trump on Friday signed an executive order directing federal agencies to “ease the burden of ObamaCare.”

The order did not direct any specific actions, instead giving broad authority to the Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies to take actions available to them under the law to ease regulatory requirements from ObamaCare.

It pushes agencies to target provisions that impose a “fiscal burden” on a state or a “cost” or “regulatory burden” on individuals or businesses.

It is not clear what practical effects will come from the order.

But, they can guess:

Larwyn's Linx: Trump: If You Thought I Was Kidding, Think Again!

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Trump: If You Thought I Was Kidding, Think Again!: John Hinderaker
POTUS: ‘Open Your Heart to Patriotism, No Room for Prejudice’: Tammy Bruce
The Winners of 2016: AmInt

America's Long National Nightmare is Finally Over: Daley Gator
Trump trashes the establishment to their faces in inaugural address: W. James Antle III
Hope & Change Comes Eight Years Into the Obama Presidency: Daniel J. Flynn

Senate votes 98-1 to confirm Mattis as Trump's defense secretary: Jacqueline Klimas
Senate confirms John Kelly to lead Trump's DHS in a 88-11 vote: Joel Gehrke
'Mad Dog … is back’: Sec. Mattis gives a shout out to the Intelligence Community: Twitchy

Dear FBI: Please Check These Assassination Threats On POTUS: NoisyRm
What I saw at the anti-Trump riot in DC: Philip Wegmann
LA Officer Killed Execution Style While Helping Injured Woman: PoliceMag

Economy

Trump Signs Obamacare Order Potentially Gutting The Mandate: RWN
Report: Average Obamacare Deductible Will Jump 20% in 2017: Ali Meyer
Trump Pays Complete Stranger’s $1000 Bill Without A Second Thought: RWN

Climate, Energy & Regulations

Why NYT Hid The Numbers For The 'Hottest Year On Record': Robert Tracinski
Trump signs executive order on Obamacare; enacts regulatory freeze: CNN
All References to Climate Change Have Been Deleted From the White House Website: Vice

Media

A New Type of Republican — Jeff Giesea’s Remarks At The #Deploraball: D&P
The Classic First Couple: Treehouse
Bill Gets in Hot Water With Hillary After She Catches Him Staring Lustily at Ivanka: Ralph Retort

MSNBC's Chris Matthews Refers to Trump's Inaugural Address as "Hitlerian": RS
HBO’s Sinatra Documentary Acknowledges JFK’s Racism: Brent Baker
Facebook’s Zuckerberg sues to force land sales: Andrew Gomes

World

U.S. B-2 bombers 30-hour round trip mission to pound Daesh in Libya aircraft : Aviationist
Surprise, Russia’s Anti-Aircraft Missiles in Syria Are Not as Capable as Believed: Guy Plopsky
Man said to steal $1.6M in gold flakes in NYC arrested in Ecuador; had been deported 4 times: Fox

How Trump Could Rerrange the National Security Matrix: John McLaughlin
Obama slams Congress for blocking Guantanamo closure: DailyMail
2016 was the bloodiest in Tijuana's history, with 910 homicides: Fox

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Keefe Report: SIG Sauer Wins U.S. Army XM17 Modular Handgun System (MHS) Contract: American Rifleman
Qualcomm Calls Apple's Claims 'Baseless' in Response to $1 Billion Lawsuit: MacRumors
Best apps for learning a language: Jen Karner

Cornucopia

The Chalice of Magdalene – Is this the Holy Grail?: Ancient Origins
Secret Service Ushers Obamas Safely Out of Washington: Diogenes
Look Who's Back in the Oval Office: BNI

Image: The Classic First Couple
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QOTD: "Donald Trump’s inaugural address was historic. Not because it was good, although it was very good indeed. But because it didn’t give an inch. Trump’s message to the world was: if you thought I wasn’t serious; if you thought I might go native; if you thought the weight of responsibility might force me to accept the conventional wisdom; forget it. I meant every word I’ve been saying for the last two years.

There were very few fancy turns of phrase, and those felt slightly false. For the most part, Trump’s sentences were like sledgehammers. He appealed strongly for unity among the American people, but he didn’t back off from his critique of the Washington establishment, most of which was assembled before him. Washington has enriched itself at the expense of the American people, Trump said, but that will end." --John Hinderaker

Friday, January 20, 2017

Day One

By Daniel Greenfield

In the first days of 2017, Washington D.C. was empty. It was a city holding its breath. Secret Service police officers in balaclavas waited at the White House as a black SUV carrying departing staffers passed. It had not been so long ago that they came into the city as if they owned it and the entire country. Now the same men and women who ran and ruined the lives of millions were scrolling through job postings on their smartphones. They watched Obama speak from faded screens at sports bars and they cried.

They knew it was coming. Day 1.

FULL TEXT: Donald Trump's Powerful Speech That the Left Immediately Labeled Hitlerian or Something

Read the full transcript and do let us fake news-reading, nativist, bitter clingers know where President Trump sounded like a Democrat Socialist, for that is indeed what Adolf Hitler was. Not a right-winger. Not a tea-partier. Not a Constitutionalist. But a Democrat Socialist (as in the National Socialist Democrat -- or Nazi -- Party):

Chief Justice Roberts, President Carter, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, fellow Americans, and people of the world: thank you.

We, the citizens of America, are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our country and to restore its promise for all of our people.

Together, we will determine the course of America and the world for years to come.

Larwyn's Linx: A Consuming Fear of Small Government

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A Consuming Fear of Small Government: Noah Rothman
What the Obama years represent about our political order: Bruce Thornton
Dem blockade frustrating Trump team; 'beachhead' units ready to go: Byron York

The Disloyal Opposition: Stuart Schneiderman
And Now The Left’s War On Normal Americans Truly Begins: Kurt Schlichter
Inauguration Day Protests or Tantrums?: Gail Boer

The Day at the DMV: The Z Man
New Border Terror Threat: JW
Trump Gets to DC...: RWN

Brennan, the Russian Dossier and Obama's Grand Political Strategy: Lee Smith
A New Dawn, A New Don: Mark Steyn
Judge From Trump’s SCOTUS List Issues Major 2nd Amendment Ruling: RWN

Economy

Report: Trump Planning Massive Budget Cuts, Federal Downsizing: Mark Hemingway
Oooops! $1.9 Billion Medicaid Error Adds to California's Deficit Woes: Rick Moran
Illinois taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to bail out politicians’ failures: Illinois Policy

Scandal Central

Obama grants 330 commutations on last full day in office: Kelly Cohen
Obama Commutes Life Sentences of Four Mexican Cartel Leaders: Breitbart
Obama sends 3 more Gitmo jihadis to UAE, 1 to Saudi Arabia: Creeping

Climate, Energy & Regulations

Good News: Marxist Terrorist Freed by Obama Wants to Establish Think Tank to Fight Climate Change: JWF
At Last Minute, Obama Flushes $500 Million of Our Money Down “Green Climate Fund”: MB

Media

This is CNN: Assassinating Trump Could Keep Obama Administration in Power: Warner Todd Huston
Open Letter To Those Who Just Don’t Get It Yet: Mitch Berg
CNN Hires Valerie Jarrett’s Daughter To Report On Trump’s Justice Department: Lookout

Up Next … The Supreme Court Can Stop Trump: Dan Phillips
The Obama Era Tarnished the Press: Noah Rothman
Accused Orlando Cop Killer Goes Nuts, Shouts Profanities at Judge: Chris White

The Real Story Of 2016: 538
Fox News’s ratings at 9 p.m. rise after Tucker Carlson replaces Megyn Kelly: Hot Air
4 Recent Examples Show Why No One Trusts Media Coverage Of Trump: Mollie Hemingway

World

My Journey Out of Radical Islam: Ammar Anwer
In Italy: Muslim Art Appreciation: Hugh Fitzgerald
Hyperinflation renders Venezuela a nation of broke millionaires: Fox

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Tesla’s crash rate was reduced by 40% after introduction of Autopilot: Fred Lambert
Designer Babies Dilemma in Sharp Focus With Fast Moving Fertility Tech: Edd Gent
IS turns hobby drones into remote-control bombs: Lisa Vaas

Pentagon plans for 'doomsday' artillery shell to cripple an entire city's electronics revealed: DailyMail

Cornucopia

Psst Obama, this is how it’s done: Twitchy
Pizzagate XVI: Herschel Smith
Turn Out the Lights, Obama’s Party’s Over.: MOTUS

Image: Psst Obama, this is how it’s done
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POTD:

Thursday, January 19, 2017

CENSORSHIP AT THE HILL: Spencer article pulled after pressure from Leftists and Islamists

By Robert Spencer

The Hill published my piece on Lindsay Lohan’s possible conversion to Islam yesterday; you can read it in its entirety here, but you can’t read it at The Hill. It was a minor piece about a minor celebrity, but it caused the foes of freedom major agitation. All day today, Leftists and Islamic supremacists have been tweeting at The Hill, outraged that they published the “racist” “hatemonger” Robert Spencer.

YOUR MAINSTREAM MEDIA: CNN Engages in Assassination Fantasies That Would Keep Obama in Power

By William Teach

During most of George W. Bush’s two terms, there was a constant fantasy about him being assassinated, especially starting around the time of the 2004 general election. Michelle Malkin did a great job in highlighting this through the years, and noted the big return back in November aimed at Trump. Now we get this:

Larwyn's Linx: The Ghost of Robespierre

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Nation

The Ghost of Robespierre: The Z Man
Why Term-Limiting People Like John Lewis Would be Good for the Nation: Jen Kuznicki
Border town residents face daily threat from trafficking: Fox

The Left's Nutty Tactics Almost Make Me Want to Switch Sides: CoyoteBlog
Close the border Donald!: Ann Corcoran
Michigan: CAIR shakes down Dept of Corrections over sharia meals: Creeping

Trump says he's working on a plan to accommodate DREAMers: DailyMail
Obama to respond if Trump threatens Dreamers, rights: DailyMail
Law would cut off aid to countries that refuse to accept illegal immigrant criminals: Fox

Obama Predicted To Pre-Pardon Hillary If She Isn’t Charged Before His Leave: RWN
Saul Alinsky Leaves the White House: Quin Hillyer
Clinton Family Friend Arrested for Threatening to Kill Trump: RWN

Economy

Here’s why Moody’s is warning of an Illinois death spiral: Illinois Policy
Betsy DeVos vs. the education status quo: Chicago Tribune Editorial Board
What Happens to Cities Overrun With Democrats?: Down Trend

Scandal Central

Report: John Lewis didn't pay taxes on his nearly $1 million DC downhouse: GotNews
Dawnna Dukes Indicted on 15 Counts, Faces 28 Years in Jail: BattleSwarm
Is Pizzagate ‘fake news’? Maybe…Maybe not.: Breaking 911

Climate, Energy & Regulations

Navajo Nation vows to fight EPA for toxic mine spill: Fox News

Media

Dear press corps: We don't believe you.: Don Surber
CNN Smears Tom Price With Fake News: EIB
College Dem exec jumps ship as Party drifts to extreme left: Kassy Dillon

Dear Rosie: EveryJoe
Bill Maher puts Hollywood ‘bubble’ on notice: ‘We’re the losers now’: Times
Krauthammer on the hypocrisy over the Manning commutation: Fox News Video

World

Keith Ellison Lies to CNN: IPT
Ft. Lauderdale Airport Killer Did It for ISIS: Sara Noble
Canada: Syrian Refugee Sexually Assaults 14-Year Old School Girl: Creeping

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

When Invisible Borders Trump the Real Ones: Richard California
Here Come The AIs To Make Office Workers Superfluous: TechDirt
Uber Versus the World: Cash Edition: The Information

Cornucopia

Discoverers of Lost City of Monkey God Almost Lose Their Faces to Flesh-Eating Parasite: Ancient Origins
Clinton, 1995, immigration, SOTU: C-Span
One by one, 3 utility workers descended into a manhole. One by one, they died: Breaking 911

Image: Avalanche in Italy Buries Hotel, Leaving up to 30 Missing
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QOTD: "As a person with four decades in newspapering, now retired, I do not blame [newspaper] readers in the least.

This election cycle has shown that the news business is dominated by social justice warriors who push a narrative rather than tell stories in a fair and balanced manner.

From John Harwood asking Trump in a debate if he was running a comic book campaign, to John Harwood secretly asking questions from the Clinton campaign, to Donna Brazile giving the Clinton campaign debate questions ahead of time, no intelligent voter should trust the news media to deliver news that is fair, impartial, and balanced.

I thank you, personally, for opening our eyes once and for all to the folly of the Fourth Estate." --Don Surber

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

ONE CHART TO RULE THEM ALL: You'll never guess which political party leads in poverty and crime

I'd be more a lot more snarky if the human toll wasn't so devastating. The sad fact remains: progressives don't get it and never will.

Their policies are based on emotion, not facts. Feelings, not human experience.

Their policies are those of a cult, not a real political party.

Most political parties recognize when, for example, six decades of failure have left some of their primary consitituency groups in ruins.

Democrats don't.

They never learn because they're incapable of learning.

Larwyn's Linx: Hackers are so dangerous to our democracy that Obama will free Chelsea Manning

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Hackers are so dangerous to democracy Obama will free Chelsea Manning: Jon Gabriel
Clinton Inc exposed for what it was: Exam
Politico: The largely unremarked Democratic civil war still percolating: Ed Morrissey

Support for Al Qaeda preached at New England’s largest mosque: Robert Spencer
Just another guy from tne neighborhood: NYC bomber freed: WZ
Trump Meets With Possible Supreme Court Pick – The Left Hates Him: RWN

The Providers Will Be Paid!: Oregon Guy
Trump was right: New reveals a politicized CIA under Obama: RWN
NYC’s Bill de Blasio uses official Twitter account to organize Trump protests: BPR

The Left loses its mind over Betsy DeVos: Jennifer Kabbany
New Congress, Old Rule Means Bad Federal Employees May Get Boot: Dan Spencer
Who’s Afraid of Betsy DeVos?: WSJ

Economy

Trump Considering Cutting Budget by 10%, Federal Workforce by 20%: Ace
Unions Bankrolling School Choice, DeVos Opposition: Bill McMorris
Social Security has a looming $11 trillion shortfall: CNBC

Scandal Central

580 students speak 42 languages at Buffalo, NY high school: Victor Skinner
DNC chair choice: Muslim Brotherhood Congressman enemy of free speech: Robert Spencer
John Brennan wants legacy to be the work he did for LGBTQ community: Times

Climate, Energy & Regulations

Statistician: UN climate treaty will cost $100 trillion – To Have No Impact: Climate Depot
Mr. Trump: For Science Advisor, You Can't Do Better Than Dr. Judith Curry: Ace
Obama gives another $500 million to Green Climate Fund: Exam

Media

WaPo savages Trump after he grants interview, called 'hellish': Paul Bedard
A particularly ugly Martin Luther King Day op-ed: T. Becket Adams
Yes, Anti-Trump Republicans Deserve To Be Blacklisted: CHQ

Napolitano on meeting with Trump to discuss Supreme Court: Fox
Marc Lamont Hill: 'Bunch Of Mediocre Negroes' Meeting Trump: TheDC
Note last line about paid line-standers at DeVos hearing: NewsDiffs

World

Cuba: US to share law enforcement info with the regime: Fausta
A real killer elite: Michael Smith
We voted for Brexit to regain control. It's that simple: Matthew Ellery

Shock: Widow of Orlando Nightclub Shooter Was Terror Wife: Ace
Germany: Muslim translators deliberately misinterpreting Christians to get them deported: Christine Williams
Iraqis Who Escaped Islamic State Grapple With Trauma: Stephen Kalin

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

World Subway Map Shows What a Hyperloop-Powered Future May Look Like: Mike Brown
Gravity Waves Might Be Lighting Up Venus’ Atmosphere : WIRED
Earth’s atmosphere can be turned into massive surveillance system using lasers: TheSun

Cornucopia

Former president George H.W. Bush hospitalized: KHOU
The Stress of Victimhood Denial: MOTUS
Report: Roger Stone 'Poisoned by Polonium-210': InfLib

Image: Dissent is no longer racist, it's patriotic again!
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QOTD: "Democrats are searching for a cabinet nominee to defeat, andit’s telling that progressive enemy number one is Betsy DeVos. Donald Trump’s choice to run the Education Department has committed the unpardonable sin of devoting much of her fortune to helping poor kids escape failing public schools.

Progressives and their media allies have spent the last week roughing up Mrs. DeVos in preparation for her Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, which will feature the charms of Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. Liberals claim that Mrs. DeVos, wife of former Amway president Dick DeVos, is unqualified to lead the Education Department because she’s never been a teacher.

Yet the same crowd howls that bankers shouldn’t be regulating banks. Which is it? Managing a bureaucracy isn’t like running a classroom, though both require a steely resolve. Most Education secretaries have been former teachers or school superintendents—not that student test scores are better for it." --WSJ

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

UNEXPECTEDLY: Foreign-Inspired Domestic Terrorist Attacks Spiking During Obama Era

By William Teach

How’s that hope and change working out?

(NJ.com) The greatest terrorism threat facing New Jersey is likely already here, according to an annual counter-terrorism report that found domestic attacks across the U.S. were on the rise.

ANALYSIS - TRUE: Obama Ethics Office Chief Breaks New Records for Unethical Behavior

By America Rising

Ever since NPR uncovered that Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub used the OGE Twitter account to attack Trump, questions about Shaub’s motivations have grown more prominent. This morning, The Hill moves that story forward with reporting on the how Shaub’s latest public criticism broke with “[OGE’s] longstanding practice”: