Thursday, May 17, 2018

OBAMA DOJ AND FBI SPY CAMPAIGN: The New York Times Can't Even Keep Its Lies Straight

The reason The New York Times published its "Crossfire Hurricane" puff-piece yesterday is obvious to those following along. Tireless investigators like Inspector General Michael Horowitz and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes are hot on the trail of unprecedented criminality by the Obama administration.

Some careful observers have identified multiple conflicts within the Times story, which was an obvious attempt by those implicated in the scandal to leak their way to a positive spin.

THE STORM: Obama DOJ and FBI Leadership Referred for Criminal Prosecution for Clinton Email Cover-Up

By Tyler Durden

As we reported earlier Thursday, a long-awaited report by the Department of Justice's internal watchdog into the Hillary Clinton email investigation has moved into its final phase, as the DOJ notified multiple subjects mentioned in the document that they can privately review it by week's end, and will have a "few days" to craft any response to criticism contained within the report, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Those invited to review the report were told they would have to sign nondisclosure agreements in order to read it, people familiar with the matter said. They are expected to have a few days to craft a response to any criticism in the report, which will then be incorporated in the final version to be released in coming weeks. -WSJ

Now, journalist Paul Sperry reports that "IG Horowitz has found "reasonable grounds" for believing there has been a violation of federal criminal law in the FBI/DOJ's handling of the Clinton investigation/s and has referred his findings of potential criminal misconduct to Huber for possible criminal prosecution."

Larwyn's Linx: John Brennan's CIA operated as an arm of the Hillary Clinton campaign

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Nation

John Brennan's CIA operated as an arm of the Hillary Clinton campaign: George Neumayr
Carter: Spy, or Informant, Involves Papadopolous, But Was Not Papadopolous Himself: Ace
RCP Average of Generic Congressional Ballot Polling Down to 5.2: Ace

Giuliani Reveals Robert Mueller Conclusion: “Cannot Indict a Sitting President”: CTH
I.G. Submits Draft of Clinton Email Investigation For Principal Review: CTH
Brennan used FBI's Strzok to place info in Obama's daily briefing: CTH

The Rock Fight: The Z Man
The Irish aren't red-headed Mexicans: Coulter
Trump asks DOJ for prosecution of Oakland mayor who warned of ICE raid: Aris Folley

Four Socialist Candidates Win Democratic House Primaries in Pennsylvania: Ace
Doug Jones Sides with Democratic Majority in Opposition to Haspel: Haris Alic
Compare and Contrast: Ace

Economy

Ellison: ‘A Very Good Idea’ for Government to Regulate CEO Pay: Paul Crookston

Scandal Central

Judging by testimony of participants in Trump Tower meeting, the whole thing was a nothingburger: @SeanMDav
Report: John Brennan Worked 'Pee Dossier' into Obama’s Daily Briefing, Called Steele 'Credible Source': Joshua Caplan
DWS Goes Into Hiding As Major Scandal Erupts, Media Is Flat-Out Ignoring It: MadWorldNews

Climate, Energy & Regulations

Don't Tell Anyone, But We Just Had Two Years Of Record-Breaking Global Cooling: IBD
Remember when global warming was going to kill the U.S. Corn Belt? Never mind.: Anthony Watts

Media

Mueller Year One: The Real Heroes in Journalism: Julie Kelly
Twitter Will Continue Providing Material Support to Hamas: Daniel Greenfield
What the Media Reports From Pallywood: @Farberyanki

How Rhetoric on the Left Fuels Bigotry on the Right: Conor Friedersdorf
CNN's Chris Cillizza Tweets GIF With Crosshairs On President Trump: Ryan Saavedra
I guess we can add this to the pile of claims CNN is never going to correct or retract.: @SeanMDav

World

Senior Hamas figure says 50 of 62 Gaza border deaths were its own members: The JC
US Sanctions Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah, Deputy Qassem: Algemeiner
He Shot the Right Person: DailyMail

The First Pro-Israel Administration: Daniel Greenfield
One dead after protesters set fire to police station in southern Iran: MEE
New Knife Control Laws In London?: Washington Standard

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Face recognition police tools 'staggeringly inaccurate': Chris Foxx
Ancient Kailasa Temple exposed: 60 Mind-bending images: Ancient Code
The fierce competition for supremacy in the machine learning chip market: Den Howlett

Cornucopia

Revenge of the Pantsuit: A Probe of Hillary Clinton's Changing Apparel: Rising Serpent
Roger Stone had role in taking NXIVM down; was never in cult: Frank Parlato
Man killed by exploding vape pen is first e-cigarette casualty in US: Alexandra Klausner

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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

STRASSEL: A few important points on that New York Times "Crossfire Hurricane" piece

Based on tweets by Kimberley Strassel

So a few important points on that new NYT "Crossfire Hurricane" piece. A story that, by the way, all of us following this knew had to be coming.

This is DOJ/FBI leakers' attempt to get in front of the facts House Intel Committee Chairman Nunes is forcing out, to make it sound... not so bad.

Don't buy it. It's bad.

Biggest takeaway: Government "sources" admit that, indeed, the Obama DOJ and FBI spied on the Trump campaign.

Larwyn's Linx: Two Colleagues Contradict Brennan's Denial of Reliance on Dossier

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Nation

Liar: Two Colleagues Contradict Brennan's Denial of Reliance on Dossier: Paul Sperry
Report: Brennan Used FBI's Strzok to Plant Dossier Material in Obama's Daily Briefing: CTH
When The FBI Really Began Surveilling The Trump Campaign: Margot Cleveland

Joe diGenova and Sidney Powell Discuss The DOJ and FBI Corruption: CTH
Devin Nunes Is a Badass: Julie Kelly
Second Russia Dossier: The Author Hired and Directed by Clinton: ALR

Haspel Secures Enough Votes for Confirmation: David Rutz
Dems Pour Cash Into California Races to Avoid ‘Nightmare’ Shutouts: Susan Crabtree
Women sweep to victory in House primaries: Politico

Economy

As Obamacare Premiums Soar, Dems Lie: Betsy McCaughey

Scandal Central

Mueller Trying To Shut Down Investigation Into Special Counsel Leaks: ZH
Questions Posed Ask If Comey Was Given Immunity By Mueller: Austin Lewis
Mueller Year One: The Real Heroes in Journalism: Julie Kelly

Federal judge rejects Manafort's bid to dismiss Mueller indictment: Politico
Mueller: Secret Court Order Suspended Statute Of Limitations On Manafort Charge: Tierney Sneed
DCCC Hit With Ethics Complaint After Secret Recording Released: Todd Shepherd

Climate, Energy & Regulations

Democrat Inslee Compares His Fight for Carbon Tax to Nelson Mandela’s Fight Against Apartheid: Brent Scher
Kilauea ash plume reaches 12,000 feet; power outages possible: Star-Advertiser
There Is No Unprecedented Global Modern Warming: Elephant

Media

Levin crushes media over biased coverage of Israel defending itself from Palestinians: Scoop
CNN Pundit Posts Graphic Depicting Shooting of President Trump: CTH
JW: Russia probe isn’t a legal investigation, this is a slow-motion political coup: GWP

MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell: ‘Appalling’ How U.S. Moved Embassy to Israel's Capital: Paul Crookston
Levin: ‘The Democrat Party and the media in this country stand with our enemies’: CR

World

These are members of Hamas Internal Security Service, identified as civilians: Thomas Wictor
24 terrorists identified among Gaza dead: Gary Willig
Iran in Panic Mode, Scrambles to Save Nuclear Deal: Adam Kredo

Why Hamas wants thousands of Palestinians to die next week: Tom Rogan
Nikki Haley Walks Out UN Palestine Speech: DC
Report: U.S. Knows Location of North Korea’s Secret Uranium Stash: Breitbart

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Twitter's new software already used to shadowban people: Kyle
Boom supersonic: Feeling the need for speed: Dave Makichuk
RNA injected from one sea slug into another may transfer memories: ScienceNews

Cornucopia

Don’t Mind Us, We Don’t Really Exist: MOTUS
Take Down the Gaza Criminals: Roger Kaplan
Facial Recognition: Dilbert

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QOTD: "Former CIA Director John Brennan’s insistence that the salacious and unverified Steele dossier was not part of the official Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian interference in the 2016 election is being contradicted by two top former officials.

Recently retired National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers stated in a classified letter to Congress that the Clinton campaign-funded memos did factor into the ICA. And James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence under President Obama, conceded in a recent CNN interview that the assessment was based on “some of the substantive content of the dossier.” Without elaborating, he maintained that “we were able to corroborate” certain allegations.

These accounts are at odds with Brennan’s May 2017 testimony before the House Intelligence Committee that the Steele dossier was "not in any way used as the basis for the intelligence community's assessment" that Russia interfered in the election to help elect Donald Trump. Brennan has repeated this claim numerous times, including in February on “Meet the Press.”" --Paul Sperry

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

GAME-CHANGER: Russian Associate of Robert Mueller Refused FBI Request to Manufacture Collusion Narrative

The hits just keep on coming as the DOJ Inspector General's report is due out within days, if not hours.

John Solomon, writing at The Hill, offers a comprehensive perspective on the FBI's long relationship with Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, starting with Robert Mueller. The digest version is that Mueller's FBI once solicited Deripaska to pony up $25 million to help arrange the rescue of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, captured in Iran in 2007 while working for the CIA.

What Deripaska was offered by Mueller to help is left unmentioned. Deripaska came through, but Levinson was left stranded on Iranian tarmac by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for reasons yet unknown.

The story of the Levinson operation was confirmed by more than a dozen individuals both inside and outside the FBI. Deripaska, his lawyer, the Levinson family, and a retired FBI agent all confirmed the account. And Robert Mueller was, according to the report, kept fully apprised of the high-profile and sensitive operation.

But the real news is buried a dozens paragraphs down:

PAPA B: The “Jack” Story

By Papa B

My brother and I were fortunate to be raised by wonderful parents and a large loving family. My father died when I was 25 and while I learned many lessons from him, perhaps my greatest regret is how much more I could have learned as well as being able to pass them on to my children. One of the early stories he would tell us repeatedly until it became such a legend -- in fact, all he had to do was say the phrase, "The Jack Story" -- all became clear to us. Here is:

The “Jack” Story

Larwyn's Linx: FBI Approached Oleg Deripaska in September 2016, for Help Framing Trump-Russia

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Nation

FBI Approached Oleg Deripaska in September 2016, for Help Framing Trump-Russia : CTH
Ramifications of Oleg Deripaska and Contact By FBI in September 2016: CTH
Russians Try to Call Mueller’s Bluff, Request Grand Jury Info: Colin Kalmbacher

Mueller Will Not -- and Can Not -- Charge Trump: John Marston
Mueller Probe Might Not Survive Much Longer: CTH
The Ongoing Battle Between Congress and the Careerists Within the DOJ: CTH

9 Minutes That Almost Changed America: Kate Nocera, Lissandra Villa
Why Trump Is a President Like No Other: Victor Davis Hanson
Stormy’s Lawyer Has Ties to Clinton And Obama Cohorts: S. Noble

Economy

California not the model for America it thinks it is: Joel Kotkin
Columbia University versus the Jews: Rafael Medoff
Homogeneous: The Political Affiliations of Elite Liberal Arts College Faculty: Mitchell Langbert

Scandal Central

Mueller may have a conflict — and it leads directly to a Russian oligarch: John Solomon
The Obama White House Now Directly Linked with Hillary's Email Cover-Up: Michael Barnes
Mueller Indicted a Russian Company That Didn't Exist: Rick Moran

Climate, Energy & Regulations

Huge new 1,000ft fissure opens on Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano: Daily Mail

Media

Headlines of Hate: The GOP and the 'Nazi Problem': Larry Greenfield
Chicago Sun-Times wants subscriptions to peddle its side of the story, not yours: John Ruberry
‘Trevor Noah? Never heard of her’. Mark Levin shows Trevor Noah no mercy: Twitchy

NY Times accused of anti-Israel bias in coverage of Mideast violence: Samuel Chamberlain
Obama’s Ambassador to israel thinks embassy move is... helpful: Breitbart
As a black woman I stand with Kanye West. The Democratic Party feeds black people a defeatist victim mentality: Deplorable Melissa

World

As Jerusalem Embassy Opens, Is Trump Fixing Middle East Too?: Roger L. Simon
'You have made history': Netanyahu hails Trump at Jerusalem embassy opening: The Times of Israel
Trump sends the world a message in recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital: Pirro

Requiem for the Nuclear Deal: It failed even by Obama’s standards: David Gerstman
Shocking news about the missing Malaysia Airways flight MH-370: BNI
Iranian Group Offers $100,000 to Blow Up New U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem: Adam Kredo

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Beware: Critical Vulnerability Could Reveal Contents of Encrypted Emails: Phil Baker
Google Employees Resign in Protest Against Pentagon Contract: Kate Conger
How to try Gmail's AI-powered Smart Compose feature: AppyGeek

Cornucopia

Supreme Court strikes down law banning sports betting: Lydia Wheeler
PDJT v. Evil Super Hero. Put Your money on PDJT.: MOTUS
Green Beret Subjects Himself to Waterboarding to Support Trump CIA Nominee Gina Haspel: Katherine Rodriguez

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QOTD:

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX): "None of us were invited. This trip started two weeks ago when I was walking down the Senate hallway and I turned to Lindsey and said, 'Hey, in two weeks we are moving the embassy, why don't we go to Jerusalem and go there together.' Lindsey said, 'Fantastic. Great idea. Let's do it,' and we put together this trip, and Dean [Heller] and Mike [Lee] both said, "I want to be there.' You look at the 10 House members who came, any member of Congress could have come here as part of the congressional delegation. There was no administration invitation. There was no one in the White House who decided who they want. There were Senators who decided to show up. Former Senator Joe Lieberman chose to be here. It wasn't a formal invitation. I'm gratified by those who came, but I am saddened. Support for Israel should not be a partisan issue, and it's worrisome that the fallout of President Obama's Iran deal is that more and more we are seeing a divide along partisan lines. That's not good for Israel, and it's not good for America."

Monday, May 14, 2018

ANOTHER CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONFIRMS: Comey Contradicting Himself on Gen. Flynn

A "higher truth" indeed. The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board notes yet another Congressional Committee that says former FBI director Comey's statements on his book tour are in direct conflict with his testimony.
The contradictions of former FBI director James Comey keep piling up. The latest came Friday when Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley provided new evidence that Mr. Comey told Congress a different story last year about the truthfulness of former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn than Mr. Comey is now telling the public...
In short, he was lying before Congress or he's lying now. Which is it?

Larwyn's Linx: Obama’s Army of Treason And the Entrapment of Donald Trump

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Nation

Obama’s Army of Treason And the Entrapment of Donald Trump: S. Noble
How Obama loyalists conspired to undermine the Trump transition: Times
The left can’t handle the truth on illegal immigration: Paul Mirengoff

Black Support for Trump Reaching ‘Danger Zone’ for Democrats: TPI
Democrats Chart Out 2020 Pre-Window Primary Calendar: Frontloading
Trump Is Starting to Spook the Left: Steven Hayward

Cable News Nets Have Given Michael Avenatti $175 Million Worth Of Airtime: Hot Air
With Avenatti In The Spotlight, His Own Questionable Past Emerges: DC
Sketchy Porn Lawyer Threatens People Not To Look Into Financial Background: CTH

EMP Commission: Blackout To Last Year Or Longer With Huge Death Toll: Herschel Smith
CDC Hid Evidence That Plenty of Americans Defend Themselves with Guns: Brian Doherty
California Pro-Gun School Board Members Told To Resign: WZ

Economy

Time to Dismiss the Nanny State: Jaana Woiceshyn
Failed state Illinois creating pathetic distraction from pension crisis: John Ruberry
Why Intellectuals Fall for Socialism: Friedrich A. Hayek

Scandal Central

Huma Abedin Laptop Emails and The Non-Investigated Issues Therein: CTH
The pictures of the 3 Iranians John Kerry met in Paris: who are they?: Geller Report
Clinton Sent $150K in Campaign Cash to LLC Managing Book, Speaking Income: Joe Schoffstall

Climate, Energy & Regulations

Hawaii volcano stokes fears of West Coast eruptions: Bradford Betz
Residents Warned: Hawaii Volcano Could Erupt at Any Time: Deirdre Reilly
Is this the start of the death-spiral for old windfarms in Europe: JoNova

Media

Savage: Did Giuliani Work Behind the Scenes to Take Down Schneiderman as a Message to Mueller?: GWP
‘The Notion of the Mythical Norm’: R.S. McCain
Mattis Flips the Tables on Audience: ‘You’re Locked in Here with Me’: Cillian Zeal

Journalistic bravery doesn't exist: Don Surber
Eric Holder Blasts Trump for His Skin Color in Divisive Interview: S. Noble
WH Leaker Leaks About Sarah Sanders Criticizing Them for Leaking: S. Noble

World

Paris on Edge Again After Knife Attack: VOA
New figures show scale of forced marriages in the UK – with one child as young as two rescued: Sun
Netanyahu Welcomes U.S. Delegation to Jerusalem on Eve of Embassy Opening: Breitbart

SDF Finally Clearing Euphrates Pocket: BattleSwarm
The danger of believing your own propaganda: Thomas Wictor
How the Islamic State built it's own shoulder-fired rocket launchers.: Thomas Wictor

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Twitter Suspends Me Again: Bosch Fawstin
Secrets to a better password and less hacks: Go long, use variety, and sometimes lie: CNBC
Roborace's self-driving car isn't faster than a human (yet): Jon Fingas

Cornucopia

How the right to self-defense became a crime in England: Robert A. Waters (2000)
The Worst Day At Work, Ever: Chicago Boyz
Phillips Sells 32 Rolex Daytona Watches for Over US$22m: SJX

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Sunday, May 13, 2018

Larwyn's Linx: Senate chairman: Comey 'led us to believe' Flynn wouldn't be charged

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Nation

Senate chairman: Comey 'led us to believe' Flynn wouldn't be charged: Byron York
Sen. Grassley appears to be preparing to bust the frame-up of Gen. Flynn: Thomas Lifson
Grassley Demands DOJ and FBI Turn Over All Info on Flynn: Sara Carter

Platform, or Publisher?: Adam Candeub, Mark Epstein
Facebook Faces Class Action Lawsuit for Saving Texts, Call Logs of Users: Lucas Nolan
Jordan Peterson Doesn't Enable Jew-Hatred, The Forward Does: Daniel Greenfield

The Deep State Mob Targets Nunes: Julie Kelly
Devin Nunes April 22nd: “There Were No Official Intelligence Channels": CTH
First Muslim candidate for Gov. comes unhinged over question about Sharia: Leo Hohmann

"Democrats... released thousands of Russian Facebook ads on Thursday...": Althouse
Mueller Charged Russian Company Not in Existence at Time of Charge: GWP
Me vs. every motherf***er who thinks they can take away my rights: Stealth Jeff

Economy

Hard Times for Dick's as Second Amendment Supporters Respond to Company’s Anti-Gun Bent: NRA-ILA

Scandal Central

Iranian Regime Threatens to Release Names of Western Officials Who Took Bribes to Pass Nuke Deal: GWP
McConnell and Chao Must Address Commercial Ties with ‘Rival Power’ China: Peter Schweizer
Clinton Foundation back to the trough with fundraiser event in NY: Thomas Lifson

Climate, Energy & Regulations

Kilauea volcano raises concerns of eruptions along West Coast: Nicholas K. Geranios
Series of earthquakes rattle California desert: AP

Media

Sanctimonious Comey Defends The “Institutions” He Helped Corrupt: CTH
Dan Bongino Discusses The FBI Operation Against Candidate Trump: CTH
California Bill May Drop Washington/Lincoln Birthday, Replace It With Communist Holiday: DC

Daniel Holtzclaw update: Innocence community in New York speaks out: Michelle Malkin
While Trump Freed Hostages, Captured Terrorists – Hillary Was Mocking His Inauguration Crowd Size: DC
Bret Easton Ellis Warns More Celebrities Will Choose the Red Pill à la Kanye West: Davis Richardson

World

John Kerry Reportedly Spotted Meeting Iranian Diplomats in Paris, Trash-Talking Trump: Megan Fox
12 Reasons Turkey Should Be Expelled From NATO: Ari Lieberman
Liberating Our Jerusalem: Daniel Greenfield

Has Iran Fallen Into a Strategic Trap?: Richard Fernandez
ISIS Claims Deadly Paris Stabbing Spree by Chechen-Born Attacker: Bridget Johnson
Is France Really an Ally of the United States?: Guy Millière

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

The Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code: Kit Chellel
Boeing's Been Granted A Patent For Turning The B-1B Into A Gunship Bristling With Cannons: Tyler Rogoway
The startup that wants you to 'live to 130 in the body of a 22-year-old': Antonio Regalado

Cornucopia

Happy Mother's Day: CTH
Happy Mother’s Day Mom: MOTUS
New law: Kansas cops can't have sex during traffic stops: Dion Lefler

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Saturday, May 12, 2018

TREASONGATE AND THE FBI "SOURCE": A Deep Dive on Stefan Halper

Open-source research points to a man named Stefan Halper as the CIA asset tasked with planting incriminating evidence of Russian "collusion" on the Trump campaign. In March, @The_War_Economy presciently foresaw this development. Here's a deep dive into Halper and his involvement with low-level Trump staffers for the sole purpose of advancing the "insurance policy".


Larwyn's Linx: Senator Chuck Grassley Drops Atomic Sledgehammer on FBI

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Nation

Senator Chuck Grassley Drops Atomic Sledgehammer on FBI: CTH
Months Later, Rosenstein Still Hasn’t Responded To Top Senate Investigator: Sean Davis
Bongino Blasts Report Comey's FBI Had 'Mole' in Trump Campaign: FNI

Secret FBI source’s role becomes dossier-level focus of GOP Russia probe: Herridge
Strassel, Gowdy and Ratcliffe Discuss Ongoing FBI and DOJ Issues: CTH
Peter King: DOJ and FBI “Put One Over” On Nunes and Gowdy: CTH

Trump’s Strategic Brilliance: He’s David, the Swamp Is Goliath: EIB
The Watergate Analogy Applies to Obama, Not Trump: EIB
Levin: Mueller seeks to indict and force resignation of president: WorldTrib

Mueller Is Now Investigating Donations To Trump’s Inauguration: Chuck Ross
VIP Packages for Clinton Foundation’s Upcoming Gala Cost $100K: Jack Heretik
Levin: The MSM ‘too obsessed’ to understand how Mueller is shredding the Constitution: CR

Economy

The Complete List of the Results of the Incredible Trump Economy: GWP
DOJ, USCIS, Team Up to Stop Employers Illegally Hiring Immigrants: WFB

Scandal Central

School district shuts down information after Stoneman Douglas shooting: David Fleshler
The real questions and dangers of criminally charging the president: Alberto Gonzales
2 New Court Decisions Are Quietly Eliminating Californians’ Second Amendment Rights: Declan McCullagh

Brennan, Strzok and Kerry Worked to Set Up Russian Espionage Traps For Minor Players in Trump Camp: GWP
Obama's FBI Spied On Trump More Than Previously Thought, New Report Suggests: DailyWire
Looking for 'solutions' to mass killings? Start with punishing failure: Glenn Reynolds

Climate, Energy & Regulations

The perils of technology forecasting, particularly regarding energy: Mark P. Mills
Open Physics vs Secret Climate Science: Eric Worrall
How Tesla PROBABLY Gamed Crash Tests: Market-Ticker

Media

Here’s Bush Refusing to Criticize Obama, Here’s Bush Criticizing Trump: S.Noble
Never Say Never: Susan McDaniel
Civilization, If You Can Keep It: Jonah Goldberg delivers his magnum opus.: Troy Senik

UK proposes six-year prison sentence for criticizing Islam: Robert Spencer
Voters Celebrate Trump’s Foreign Policy: “Finally Got Somebody With Some Balls”: WZ
Colbert, Kimmel Use Freed American Hostages to Taunt Melania: Christian Toto

World

Nuclear Experts: Iran Nuclear Documents are a “Jackpot,” Show Continued Intent to Make Bomb: TheTower
Former Obama Officials Suggest European States Expel U.S. Ambassadors Over Iran Deal Withdrawal: Alex Griswold
Iranian expansion in US backyard continues unhindered: Mordechai Sones

Russian Nuclear Bombers Intercepted Near Alaska: Bill Gertz
Hamas Leader: 'Hundreds Of Thousands' Of Palestinians May Breach Israel Border: NPR
Trump: Obama paid Iran $1.8 billion for captives’ release, North Korea did it for free: Dave Boyer

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Boston Dynamics' terrifying robots can now run, jump and climb: Fox
Why Every Leader Needs to Be Obsessed With Technology: Lisa Kay Solomon
Robo-callers, robo-cops, robo-runners, robo-car crashes, and more: Katyanna Quach

Cornucopia

PDJT: He’s Got a Pen & a Sword and He Knows How to Use Them: MOTUS
Crooked Hillary Wears $1,100 Hermes Scarf to Hide Bulging Back Brace: GWP
Anonymous Member Arrested in Ohio: Catalin Cimpanu

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Friday, May 11, 2018

THE MUELLER/SALEM WITCH-HUNT: “[A] limitless pit of political hatred dressed up as law enforcement"

By Matthew Vadum

A federal trial judge’s merciless thrashing of lawyers for out-of-control Special Counsel Robert Mueller prosecuting Paul Manafort suggests that the former Trump campaign manager’s conviction on unrelated bank fraud charges may not be the foregone conclusion the media keeps telling us it is.

The independent-minded behavior of T.S. Ellis III at a May 4 hearing on a motion to dismiss charges against Manafort seems so unlike that of so many of his applause-seeking brethren on the federal bench. It also seems to indicate there are still federal judges out there who are not establishment toadies shackled in thrall-like servility to the Deep State. (A transcript of the day’s proceedings may be viewed here.)

Appointed by President Reagan in 1987, Alexandria, Va.-based Judge Ellis “could be the ultimate nightmare” for Mueller, Richard Pollock notes at the Daily Caller, adding that a dismissal of the charges against Manafort “could be a major wrecking ball to Mueller’s overall case in his Russian collusion case against President Donald Trump.”

Larwyn's Linx: Did the FBI Plant an Informant in the Trump Campaign?

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Nation

Did the FBI Plant an Informant in the Trump Campaign?: EIB
The Insurance Policy, The “EC”, and The Mysterious Informant: CTH
An FBI Spy in the Trump Campaign?: Mitch Rapp

Smash Obama's rickety legacy of executive abuse: David Harsanyi
Nunes and Gowdy Meet With DOJ, FBI and ODNI to Discuss Non-Compliance: CTH
Agents Sound Alarm on Syrians Caught Sneaking Across Texas Border: Bob Price

Reviewing the transcript from the April 16 hearing in the Michael Cohen case: Techno Fog
Meadows Calls for Full Financial Audit of Mueller Probe: Randy DeSoto
If a Democrat had appointed Gina Haspel, she'd be CIA Director by now: Amanda Head

Scandal Central

About That FBI ‘Source’: Did they outright spy on Trump campaign?: Kimberley Strassel
FBI Advised Comey to Consult with Mueller’s Office Prior to June 2017 Senate Testimony, Emails Show: Debra Heine
How the Russian collusion myth was hatched by Team Hillary immediately after her loss: Larry O'Connor

Judge Awards $3.5 Million Settlement to Tea Party Groups for Obama IRS Targeting Scandal: GWP
Why Hasn’t John Kerry Been Arrested? He Has Leftist Privilege: Robert Spencer
Avenatti Exposed: Stormy's Lawyer May Face Disbarrment, Legal Action As Past Catches Up: ZH

Climate, Energy & Regulations

Trump dismantles NASA climate change program: John Siciliano

Media

Prospect of World Peace Threatens Media’s Porn Star Narrative: Karl Notturno
CNN's Stormy News Network May Ratings Collapsing by 20-Plus Percent: John Nolte
Trump recounts a call from Bobby Knight: @atrupar

MSM Finds the Really Bad News in Trump Rescuing 3 Americans from NoKo: S, Noble
Can We All Finally Admit Trump Is A Good President?: Michael J. Knowles
Murder and homicide rates before and after gun bans: CrimeResearch (2013)

World

Trump Announces Meeting With Kim Jong Un Will Be in Singapore on June 12: David Rutz
Trump Welcomes Home Freed Detainees from North Korea: ‘It’s a Great Honor’: David Rutz
The largest Israeli attack on Syria since 1973: Thomas Wictor

US and UAE disrupt large scale currency exchange network supporting Iran: حسن سجواني 🇦🇪
Iranians Praise Trump on Twitter for Withdrawing From Iran Deal: #ThankYouTrump: WFB
Levin: ‘It’s Inevitable That There’s Going to Be a War Here’: CNS

Russians Are Leaving Russia: L Todd Wood
Assessment Of SOF Ambush In Niger, The Gun, And Major General Bob Scales: Herschel Smith
China Rapidly Building Advanced Arms for Use Against U.S.: Bill Gertz

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Five "Most Wanted" ISIS Leaders Captured, Trapped Using Smartphone App: ZH
'It Took My Life Over': Inside NBA Players' Fortnite Addiction: Leo Sepkowitz
SEMrush Study: Everything You Wanted To Know About Online Dating Websites: Jana Garanko

Cornucopia

"It is funny you mentioned that Irish" (Bombers): Feral Irishman
Company is COMING!: Chris Fleming
#FLOTUSFRIDAY: #BeBest: MOTUS

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Thursday, May 10, 2018

CHILLING: It Looks Like the Obama FBI Secretly Embedded a Spy in the Trump Campaign

It's been like pulling teeth, but Devin Nunes and Trey Gowdy have finally levered the FBI into revealing the name of a "source" related to the Russian "collusion" probe. Kimberley Strassel at the Wall Street Journal has published the stunning report.

[It appears that] the FBI secretly had a person on the payroll who used his or her non-FBI credentials to interact in some capacity with the Trump campaign.

This would amount to spying, and it is hugely disconcerting. It would also be a major escalation from the electronic surveillance we already knew about, which was bad enough. Obama political appointees rampantly “unmasked” Trump campaign officials to monitor their conversations, while the FBI played dirty with its surveillance warrant against Carter Page, failing to tell the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that its supporting information came from the Hillary Clinton campaign. Now we find it may have also been rolling out [covert agents] to infiltrate the Trump campaign.

Larwyn's Linx: Sketchy Porn Lawyer Accuses Wrong Michael Cohen With Stolen Govt. Documents

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Sketchy Porn Lawyer Accuses Wrong Michael Cohen With Stolen Govt. Documents: CTH
IG Opens Probe: how did Stormy Daniels’ Lawyer get Cohen’s bank records?: TruePundit
Now there are four different Michael Cohens!: DC

Majority of Americans: Mueller Investigation Politically Motivated, Unjustified: Tyler O'Neil
Trump push for conservative judges intensifies, to Democrats' dismay: Lawrence Hurley
Ohio was insane tonight: @RealJack

Latest Private Info Dump From Stormy’s Lawyer Tests Ethics Rules: Caroline Court
US government prosecutors confirm CIA officer passed information to China: IntelNews
Freed North Korean Captives: Thanks Trump, Pompeo ‘For Bringing Us Home’: WFB

Nancy Pelosi Knew About Enhanced Interrogation Before Gina Haspel: Matthew Continetti
Kamala Harris: A Nutcase Who Didn't Learn From 9/11: Nate Madden
97% of Mass Public Shootings since 1950 occurred in... gun-free zones: CrimeResearch

Economy

Federal Appeals Court Tosses Union ID Reqs: Bill McMorris
Mossberg And MKS Break Ties With Dick’s Sporting Goods: Herschel Smith
All of the Dilbert Comics on Blockchain, Bitcoin, or Cryptocurrency: Scott Adam

Scandal Central

Justice Department invites Devin Nunes, Trey Gowdy to view classified Russia investigation info: Kelly Cohen
Report: Secret Source Who Aided Mueller Probe Is Deemed Off Limits To Congress: Chuck Ross
Stormy Daniels’ Lawyer Owes Over $5 Million In Back Taxes: Luke Rohlfing

Media

CNN Fights to Keep Editorial Guidelines Secret amid Lawsuit over Ethical Breach: Chris Queen
Story of man who taunted young Jewish boy takes amazing turn: Twitchy
NBC Instantly Mocked After It Releases Internal Investigation Report on Lauer: Jack Heretik

NBC News Defames Gatestone Institute: Gatestone
It’s time to get real about gang violence in London: Rob Liddle
New York Times embarrasses itself in hit piece on Pompeo : Paul Mirengoff

World

Iran Violated Nuclear Deal, Bolton Says: Bill Gertz
Trump: U.S. Captives in North Korean Have Been Released, Kim Meeting Set: Paul Crookston
Why Are Leftists So Upset About Obama's Iran Deal That Couldn't Make It Through Conress?: EiB

Trump Was Right To Blow Up The Iran Deal: David Harsanyi
Obama's Partners in Peace Burn American Flag in Parliament: Paul Crookston
The Evolution of Chairman Kim Jong-un, aka. ‘Little Panda’: CTH

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Google CEO unveils new era of robots that sound like humans: Seung Lee
Google’s Duplex voice bot is clever, but I’m probably never going to use it: TNW
IBM bans all removable storage, for all staff, everywhere: Register

Cornucopia

Maryland Billboard Warns Liberals: “Better Get Your Guns If You Try to Impeach Trump”: GWP
Don’t Worry, I’ve Got Your Back: MOTUS
Even John Kerry says the Iran deal is not legally binding: Jen Rubin (3/11/15)

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QOTD: "...Remember one thing about this Iran deal. In talking about the Europeans — the French, the Brits, the Germans — and even Americans, the reason that they were all-in on this -- [and it has] nothing to do with nuclear weapons... It had nothing to do with anything other than sanctions were going to be dropped on Iran, which meant the Iranian market was opening up.

At the time, the Iranian national airline was in a decrepit state. Their airplanes, their aircraft were grounded; they had not very many that were airworthy. It was in a disastrous state. One of the reasons that Boeing signed on as a signatory to the deal was they wanted a shot at selling jets to Iran. That’s one of the reasons Iranians were given the $150 billion by Obama. They were tied to Obama’s donors.

Obama sends $150 billion to Iran... John Kerry admitted (summarized), “Some of the money’s gonna fund terrorism. We can’t deny that,” he said. “Yeah, we’re gonna be funding Hezbollah, Hamas, Syria. So, yeah, but, there’s gonna be good that’s done with this money." ... So the French and the U.K. were all-in on this because they had Airbus. Everybody wanted to sell the Iranians aircraft. Everybody wanted to sell the Iranians everything." --Rush Limbaugh

Wednesday, May 09, 2018

RUH ROH, DEMWITS: +13% swing to GOP since Feb '18

And, given their track record in 2016, let's just say that the media's numbers are... understated.


Update:

NIXING THE IRAN DEAL: Where was this concern when Obama abandoned agreements with Ukraine, Israel, Poland,etc.?

The hard left ideologues crowing that Trump has thrown the word of the United States into disrepute through his actions on the Iran deal are, simply, nuts. Never mind that Iran continues to develop ballistic missiles, foment terror worldwide, and fund chemical attacks on civilians in Syria. No, never mind that.

This deal was not America's because Obama refused to take the treaty deal through Congress. He used a pen and a phone, just like Trump.

Larwyn's Linx: Trump Ends Obama’s Iran Hostage Crisis

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Trump Ends Obama’s Iran Hostage Crisis: Daniel Greenfield
The More Iran Lies, The Better the Iran Deal Gets: Daniel Greenfield
Interview with NSC Director John Bolton: Mark Levin

9/11 Mastermind Joins Democrats In Attack on Trump’s CIA Nominee: David Rutz
Report: SoS Pompeo To Return From N. Korea With Three American Detainees: CTH
Levin discusses ‘historic’ Trump action on Iran deal with John Bolton: CR

Is the Midwest the Next South for the Democratic Party?: Julie Kelly
The War on Wisdom: Dennis Prager
Mueller Interviewed NSA's Rogers Just Prior To Rosenstein Renewing FISA App: CTH

Scandal Central

Viktor Vekselberg: Vachel Lindsay
So if Mueller was questioning Vekselberg, Why? Can anyone guess?: Vachel Lindsay
Daniels' lawyer: Cohen got $500K from Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg: NBC

Media

Talk About Bitter Clingers: Haris Alic
McNaughton: “There comes a time when you have to take a stand, Expose the Truth!”: CTH
Kanye West is Right: Jeffrey Lord

World

Trump Announces U.S. Withdrawal From Iran Nuclear Deal: Paul Crookston
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani just confirmed that the Iran Deal was a sham: Twitchy
Another Gift Obama Gave the Iranians: Thomas Wictor

The airstrikes Syria came in response to Iranian proxy activity: Thomas Wictor
US military wives threatened by Russian hackers posing as IS: Raphael Satter
Pompeo and Victory Without Bullets: Abdulrahman Al-Rashed

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

U.S. Navy’s Costliest Warship Suffers New Failure at Sea: Anthony Capaccio
Cryptomining with JavaScript in an Excel spreadsheet: Graham Cluley
Gaia delivers a trove of data revealing secrets of the Milky Way: Emily Conover

Cornucopia

Sorry I’ve Been Away – Here’s More California: Earl of Taint
Your Sedition Is Not Helpful: MOTUS
Another Woman Who Doesn't Need My Protection: Sondrakistan

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QOTD: "Of all the arguments for the Trump administration to honor the nuclear deal with Iran, none was more risible than the claim that we gave our word as a country to keep it.

“Our”?

The Obama administration refused to submit the deal to Congress as a treaty, knowing it would never get two-thirds of the Senate to go along. Just 21 percent of Americans approved of the deal at the time it went through... Build on political sand; get washed away by the next electoral wave. Such was the fate of the ill-judged and ill-founded J.C.P.O.A., which Donald Trump killed on Tuesday by refusing to again waive sanctions on the Islamic Republic. He was absolutely right to do so..." --Bret Stephens, New York Times