Larwyn's Linx: The Police State in Review, 2013

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Nation

The Police State in Review, 2013: PSUSA
The Year of the Dud: Victor Davis Hanson
Establishment GOP Teams With Left Against Tea Party Candidates: Dan Riehl

2013: The World’s Biggest Losers: Walter Russell Mead
Democrats Need To Come ‘Halfway’ On Immigration, Rand Paul Says: WZ
Support Legal, Lawful Immigration: 90 Miles

Medicaid Backdoor to Government Health Care: Star Parker
Obama’s OFA Thanks Paul Ryan, John McCain for Helping Push Amnesty: TPNN
Black and Latino Caucus Invites Whites, Denies them Voting Rights: FPM

Economy

Right-To-Work Advocates Are Ready For Prime Time In Missouri: LUR
'Savvy Fiat Scooped Up Chrysler (From Obama) For A Song': Tim Graham
The greatest achievement in human history, and you never hear about it: Skillicorn

De Blasio Plans to Destroy NYC: ‘We Won’t Wait. We’ll Do It Now.’: R.S. McCain
Why Wal-Mart can't pay a $15/hr. minimum wage: Looking Spoon
Muslim Mortgages Paid with More than $300 Million of Your Money: Suzanne Hamner

Scandal Central

Coercing Conformity: Andrew C. McCarthy
Surprise! Medicaid isn't free - it's a poorly advertised predatory loan: Robert Laurie
Your Birthday Gift to Michelle: Keith Koffler

Climate & Energy

Obama Winter: The War on Coal: John Ruberry
US Coast Guard Ship To Attempt Rescue of 2 Icebreakers In Antarctica: Slashdot
U.S. Must Build More Icebreakers Now: 90 Miles

Media

MSNBC Lying In The Bed They Made: Blasted Fools
FACT: Greg Gutfeld-Jon Stewart Would See Gutfeld Draw More Viewers: 90 Miles
Will: 'There's Nothing Better for Conservatism Than Periodic Examples of Untrammeled Liberalism': Noel Sheppard

A new power in conservative media: Hadas Gold, Politico
A Liberal Goes to a Gun Event, Comes Away Shocked at How Nice Gun Owners Are: Publius
Outrage Over New York Post Coverage of Tragic Death of Kidnapped Chasidic Jew: Algemeiner

World

Trey Gowdy: What Would Happen If Americans Knew Al Qaeda Really Isn’t On The Run?: Caleb Howe
Kerry continues Mideast shuttle diplomacy: Rantburg
Britain's version of Tea Party rocks political system across the pond: Adam Shaw, Fox

The Chinese High-Tech Dynasty Wrapped in Red: Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
Cubans Shocked At Prices As Foreign Cars Go On Sale: Tammy Bruce
Hateful anti-Israel education shows PA’s true colors, minister charges: Stuart Winer

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

“NSA gate” makes global expansion a sticky wicket for U.S. cloud providers: Barb Darrow
This Tiny Device Brings Exercising to Planes, Couches: Samantha Murphy Kelly
CES: Laser headlights edge closer to real-world highways: Slashdot

Cornucopia

The Truth About What is Going on in America is Far Worse Than We Want to Admit: Dean Garrison
Hillary Posing With Invited Whitehouse Guests: And Of the Gods
Not All Lambeau Leaps Are Equal: Timothy Burke, Deadspin

Image: Britain’s own version of the tea party poised to take 2014 elections by storm
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QOTD: "...when they’ve got scientific evidence on their side, green campaigners spew hate speech about the evil science deniers on the other side. But the moment a scientific consensus attacks some cherished green myth (organic good, GMO bad, for example), they spew hate speech against scientists as corporate shills. There is no intellectual honesty or consistency in this attitude; the one constant is anger and contempt for those who challenge the tenets of green faith.

What the planet and the people who live on it badly need is a pro-environment, pro-people movement that actually cares about scientific evidence. Unfortunately that’s not what we’ve got—and climate change activists again need to come to terms with the reality that cloudy green thinking and downright hypocrisy is a leading cause of climate skepticism." --Walter Russell Mead